Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2007 - 08
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 6 December 2007

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 6 December 2007
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 6 December 2007

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 6 December 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 Thursday 6 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 6 December see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172247)

2
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions Ministers and officials from his Department have had with internet service providers on the adoption of minimum standards of security offered to consumers; and if he will make a statement.

(172393)

3
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much inward investment was made to the UK for each £1 spent on attracting inward investment by UK Trade and Investment in the most recent period for which figures are available.

[R] (172138)

4
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172325)

5
N Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to reform legislation governing insolvencies and the fees levied by liquidators in the administration thereof.

(171180)

6
N Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance he has issued on obligations for the liquidator of an insolvent firm to (a) consider the Official Receivers Rate when setting his fees and (b) ensure that a fair and proportionate percentage of the assets owned by the bankrupt firm are used to compensate the creditors.

(171181)

7
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172511)

8
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 the Greater Glasgow, Central Scotland, Argyll and Bute Area Plan.

(172043)

9
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he has had any recent discussions with ministerial colleagues on freezing or reducing fuel duty to assist businesses.

(172579)

10
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since its establishment; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172232)

11
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced by his Department and its predecessor in each year since 1997.

(172345)

12
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many miles he and Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172571)

13
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165576)

14
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for what reasons Companies House returned to Book Keeping Services Devon Ltd of Kingsbridge confidential information about a company in Falmouth following their request for an increase in ordinary share capital of a different company based in South Devon; and if he will make a statement.

(170675)

15
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many claims regarding discrimination on the grounds of (a) disability, (b) gender reassignment, (c) religion, (d) sex, (e) race, (f) age and (g) sexual orientation were made to employment tribunals in each year for which data is available; how many such cases were heard by tribunals in each year; and in how many cases heard by a tribunal the claimant was successful in each year.

(172328)

16
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect on carbon dioxide emissions of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172337)

17
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he last assessed the potential effects on UK energy consumption of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172338)

18
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will assess the effects on (a) domestic and (b) commercial fuel bills of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172339)

19
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's assessment is of the potential effects on energy consumption of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172341)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

20
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on average per year on the administration of tax credits over the last five years; and what proportion was spent on the delivery of frontline services.

(172615)

21
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of telephone scripts used by call centre staff for the tax credits helpline.

(172616)

22
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of calls received by the tax credits helpline were from a mobile phone in the last period for which figures are available.

(172618)

23
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will freeze the rate of fuel duty; what recent representations he has received about the issue; and if he will make a statement.

(172469)

24
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to support the application of Israel to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); what discussions he has had with the OECD on the issue; and if he will make a statement.

(172470)

25
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers and officials from his Department have had since July with the government of Israel on its application to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and if he will make a statement.

(172471)

26
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers and officials from his Department have had since July with the US Administration on the application of Israel to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and if he will make a statement.

(172472)

27
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172262)

28
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department's contracts with courier and postal service providers include provisions requiring (a) security clearance for the employees of such providers and (b) a check on residence entitlement in the UK.

(171490)

29
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what outsourced couriers and postal service providers HM Revenue and Customs has used since 2005-06; and how much was paid to such providers in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

(171491)

30
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the data disc was sent by HM Revenue and Customs to Standard Life containing details of personal pension contributions; when it was discovered to be lost; and when this loss was reported to Ministers.

(171492)

31
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what extra security measures have been put in place as a result of the recent loss of data sent between HM Revenue and Customs and Standard Life; what review of procedures was undertaken at HM Revenue and Customs following the loss of data in transit; what recommendations were made; what steps were taken; and if he will make a statement.

(171493)

32
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how frequently discs are sent to pension providers containing information on national insurance rebates; how many are sent each year; and how many such discs have gone missing in transit over the last three years.

(171494)

33
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the receipts from a one pence rate of income tax in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(172585)

34
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the total number of income taxpayers in the City of Newcastle in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and how many of these were pensioners.

(172586)

35
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed changes in capital gains tax on private equity firms.

(172636)

36
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the transparency of private equity finance; if he will bring forward proposals to increase such transparency; and what research he has commissioned or supported to this end.

(172637)

37
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated cost would be to the Exchequer for the tax year (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 of raising the individual inheritance tax allowance to £1,000,000 if (i) allowances remained transferable between spouses and civil partners as announced in the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and (ii) the system operated as it did prior to the changes announced in the 2007 Pre-Budget Report.

(172529)

38
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to how many people HM Revenue and Customs has written to advise them that their personal data was included on the two lost discs; how many families this accounted for; and what the total cost of this correspondence was.

(170664)

39
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of those whose data was lost by HM Revenue and Customs were (a) adults and (b) children resident in (i) Ribble Valley constituency and (ii) Lancashire; and how many families this represents.

(171370)

40
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training is provided to staff in his Department and its agencies on the safe handling of data to counteract identity theft and other data security breaches.

(171371)

41
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional training has been provided in the last two weeks to the staff of HM Revenue and Customs on the safe handling of data to counteract identity theft and other data breaches.

(171372)

42
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-British EU citizens are in receipt of (a) family benefit and (b) child tax credits in respect of children who are not domiciled in the UK.

(171374)

43
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether all the monies lent by the Bank of England to Northern Rock plc and underwritten by HM Treasury are secured by a fixed charge over specific assets.

(172326)

44
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172435)

45
N Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Government contracts have been awarded to PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the purposes of administering an insolvency in which the Government was a creditor in the last 10 years; and what percentage of Government debt was recovered in each case.

(171179)

46
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a fiscally-neutral scheme to (a) reward and (b) penalise manufacturers of motor vehicles according to vehicle (i) fuel efficiency and (ii) carbon dioxide emissions.

(172307)

47
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the current system of offering enhanced capital allowances to enable businesses to write-down the capital costs of low-carbon vehicles during the first year of ownership to cover scooters.

(172577)

48
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172515)

49
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172242)

50
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced by his Department in each year since 1997.

(172348)

51
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172570)

52
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what response he has made to the European Union's decision to implement the World Customs Organisation's ruling that mobility scooters should be classified as leisure vehicles for tax purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(172130)

53
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165035)

54
David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many young people were not in education, employment or training in Scotland in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by Westminster constituency.

(172414)

55
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue lost to tax evasion in each of the last five years.

(171839)

56
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to publish the findings of the review of trading funds commisioned from Cambridge University.

(172474)

57
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with how many (a) private sector stakeholders and (b) public sector stakeholders the Cambridge University team carrying out the review of trading funds has met.

(172475)

58
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the death rates from cancer in under 75 year olds were in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area and (c) each primary care trust area in each year since 2000.

(172582)

59
N Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs data consisting of (a) names and addresses of tax credit and child benefit claimants, (b) bank account details of such claimants and (c) a combination of names and addresses and bank account details are given a protective marking in accordance with the manual of protective security.

(172044)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

60
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172248)

61
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172324)

62
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which universities have applied to establish academy schools.

(172272)

63
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in international ranking of UK schools for science since 2000.

(172273)

64
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172509)

65
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since its establishment; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172231)

66
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172574)

67
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what special educational provision is available for adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder after their release from a penal establishement.

(172350)

68
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if his Department will collect information on the number of academies which use (a) selection by aptitude and (b) selection using banding as part of their admission arrangements; and if he will make a statement.

(172132)

69
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, columns 919-20W, on academies: Manchester, how many of the (a) lead sponsors and (b) co sponsors of the seven academies in Manchester are publicly funded organisations; and if he will make a statement.

(172133)

70
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much notice a secondary school is required to give parents before keeping a child after school hours on detention.

(172150)

71
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of five to 16 year olds taking part in at least two hours high quality PE and school sport within and beyond the curriculum in each week; and if he will make a statement.

(172156)

72
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent in each local authority on delivering the PE, School Sport and Club Links strategy since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(172157)

73
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list the public sector (a) sponsors and (b) co-sponsors of academies in each quarter since 1st January 2002.

(172501)

74
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which 20 English schools achieved the lowest GCSE success rates in the latest available year on the basis of (a) five A*-C at GCSE and (b) five A*-C at GCSE, including English and mathematics, and what the (i) local authority and (ii) school type was of each; and if he will make a statement.

(172502)

75
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what marks were required in Key Stage 2 tests in (a) English and (b) mathematics to achieve a level (i) 4 and (ii) 5 in (A) 1999, (B) 2006 and (C) 2007.

(172503)

76
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any maintained schools have declined to have their pupils take the Key Stage 3 English tests; and if he will make a statement.

(172504)

77
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any of the Key Stage 3 English tests are marked overseas; and if he will make a statement.

(172505)

78
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff work in his Department, broken down by area of responsibility; and if he will make a statement.

(172550)

79
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been allocated for administrative costs of running his Department for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09, broken down by main budget heading.

(172551)

80
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils aged (a) three to 15, (b) 14 to 15 and (c) 16 to 19 there are expected to be in academy schools in each year between 2008-09 and 2010-11.

(172552)

81
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the ratio of pupils to teachers was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Cleethorpes constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.

(172517)

82
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect his departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(166422)

83
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on participation in school sport of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172340)

84
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of road accidents involving school children of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172343)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

85
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of posts in (a) his Department, (b) No. 10 Downing Street and (c) the Office of the Leader of the House were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172246)

86
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what non-departmental public bodies have been (a) established and (b) abolished since 1st May 1997.

(171110)

87
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many attempted breaches of (a) Government and (b) private systems as a result of cyber-based espionage were recorded in the UK in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(172531)

88
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibits the assignment of debt.

(172351)

89
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Cabinet Office (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect the Office's responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(166423)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

90
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Government gives to housing associations on the provision of residential wardens in sheltered accommodation.

(172042)

91
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of posts in her Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172249)

92
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value is of the new consultancy and contracts awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2007-08; and whether those contracts contain provisions limiting freedom of information disclosure.

(172584)

93
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what safeguards she has put in place to ensure that funding provided to organisations by local authorities under the Preventing Violent Extremism programme is used for the purposes for which the programme is intended.

(171941)

94
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the spending of Preventing Violent Extremism programme funding by local authorities is audited.

(171943)

95
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by her Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibits the assignment of debt.

(172323)

96
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the ability of waste authorities in Hampshire to meet the requirements of the European Land Directive on waste facilities.

(172135)

97
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average fire and rescue appliance response times were in Hampshire in each year since 1997.

(172315)

98
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste her Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172418)

99
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in her Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172230)

100
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many miles she and other Ministers in her Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172526)

101
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect her departmental responsibilities; and if she will make a statement.

(166421)

102
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether live/work units are classified as sui generis.

(171940)

103
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason her Department paid £2,260,000 to Ordnance Survey in 2006-07.

(172476)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

104
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials from his Department attended the cross-government working group on anti-semitism on 11th October, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement.

(172409)

105
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ministers from his Department attended the cross-government working group on anti-semitism on 11th October; and if he will make a statement.

(172410)

106
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of state-funded secondary schools play competitive cricket.

(172346)

107
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172250)

108
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172322)

109
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172508)

110
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172229)

111
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172564)

112
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect his departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(166424)

113
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of new buildings approved by his Department were built to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (a) very good and (b) excellent standard in each of the last five years; and what the construction cost of those buildings was.

(172282)

114
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on participation in sport and outdoor recreation of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172342)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

115
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the decision was taken to give permission to the US Administration to use Menwith Hill in the Missile Defense system; who took the decision; and what (a) formal agreement and (b) memorandum of understanding was produced.

(172359)

116
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans in Edinburgh have received compensation from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

(172415)

117
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans in Edinburgh have been found to have suffered disability as a result of their service in the armed forces but are not eligible for assistance through the (a) Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and (b) War Pension Scheme.

(172416)

118
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172251)

119
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Lynx helicopters are available for service on a 24 hour basis throughout the year in Afghanistan.

(172535)

120
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the earliest date is by which the Future Lynx could be available in Afghanistan.

(172536)

121
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the capability of the EADS Eurocopter UH-145 to fulfil the light utility role prior to awarding the Future Lynx contract to Finmeccanica; and if he will make a statement.

(172537)

122
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the capability of the US Sikorsky Seahawk to fulfil aspects of the capability role identified in the Future Rotorcraft Capability programme prior to awarding the Future Lynx contract to Finmeccanica; and if he will make a statement.

(172538)

123
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department considered procuring different helicopter types to fulfil separately the different capability requirements detailed in the Future Rotorcraft Capability programme prior to awarding the Future Lynx contract to Finmeccanica; and if he will make a statement.

(172539)

124
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances his Department does not give any indication to suppliers of the amount it is willing to spend on a procurement programme when issuing invitations to tender.

(172559)

125
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated average cost is of each of the Future Lynx helicopters to be delivered under the contract with the Finmeccanica group.

(172588)

126
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what alternatives to the Future Lynx helicopter his Department considered to fulfill the Battlefield Light Utility Helicopter requirement before awarding the contract; and what the average cost per helicopter was of each contract considered.

(172589)

127
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British helicopters are carrying out operations in Afghanistan.

(172578)

128
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries UK personnel are deployed under UN peacekeeping mandates; and how many personnel are deployed in each case.

(172530)

129
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172321)

130
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on the programmes for (a) Type-45 destroyers, (b) Astute submarines, (c) MARS and (d) CVF; and what is expected to be spent on each project in each of the next seven years.

(172144)

131
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the job descriptions of his special advisers.

(172303)

132
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) maintenance, (b) refurbishment and (c) new build in relation to armed forces' accommodation in each of the last five years; what the projected expenditure is over the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(172310)

133
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational restrictions have been imposed at AWE Burghfield following the report from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate.

(172494)

134
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the current risk assessment at AWE Burghfield was adopted; and what plans there are to revise it.

(172495)

135
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why AWE Burghfield did not meet the deadline of 27th September to address the shortfalls identified as a result of its periodic review of safety.

(172496)

136
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safety care shortfalls were identified by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate at AWE Burghfield.

(172497)

137
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what responses he has made to the letter from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate dated 9th May, Annex 1, with particular reference to its conclusions on the safety of continuing to operate at AWE Burghfield; and if he will make a statement.

(172498)

138
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172506)

139
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172228)

140
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many air miles were travelled by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) other Ministers in his Department on short haul flights over the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172455)

141
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements have been made since 2002 in the provision of an effective supervisory regime in the Army training establishment; and what was the ratio between numbers of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and recruits at (a) Deepcut, (b) Catterick barracks and (c) the 10 other largest Army training establishments in each of the last five years.

(172300)

142
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165258)

143
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Taliban commanders who have surrendered in Afghanistan as a result of (a) diplomatic and (b) military action.

(172152)

144
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Taliban members who have surrendered then subsequently returned to anti-coalition forces.

(172153)

145
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) ambush and (b) improvised explosive device attacks have been carried out against international security assistance force troops in Helmand Province in each month in 2007.

(172154)

146
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) commanders and (b) foot soldiers surrendered to (i) the International Security Assistance Force and (ii) the Afghan National Army in each month during 2007.

(172155)

147
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance is available to non-forces spouses to find suitable alternative accommodation following the breakdown of armed forces marriages.

(172557)

148
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of ex-spouses who have overstayed the 90 days notice to vacate period as a result of the breakdown of an armed forces marriage; how many of these who overstayed had children; and how many have subsequently been evicted.

(172558)

149
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of armed forces marriages that broke down in each year since 2001; and what support his Department provides for armed forces marriages in circumstances where services personnel are absent for long periods of time on training activities or deployment.

(172561)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

150
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172252)

151
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action the Government has taken to reduce incidents of fly-tipping in the West Midlands.

(162986)

152
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 increase the availability of organic food to low income families.

(171834)

153
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 promote the use of energy saving light bulbs.

(171835)

154
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172320)

155
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on (i) the proportion of shot game which is released to the black market and (ii) the proportion of shot game in respect of which income tax is declared.

(172621)

156
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on the number of game birds (i) reared and (ii) shot by persons who are not members of registered field sport organisations.

(172622)

157
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 740W, on game: non-domestic rates, what his timetable is for consulting the Information Commissioner; and if he will place a copy of the Commissioner's reply in the Library when it is received.

(172639)

158
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172514)

159
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent under his Department's Market Transformation Programme.

(172137)

160
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172267)

161
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many air miles were travelled by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) Ministers in his Department on short haul flights over the last year; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172454)

162
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has made to countries who permit whaling.

(172413)

163
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on recent UK Government representations to the International Whaling Commission.

(172563)

164
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly tipping were recorded in each London borough in each year since 1998; and what the estimated cost was of dealing with these incidents in each borough in each year.

(172493)

165
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices were (a) issued, (b) cancelled, (c) unpaid after 28 days, (d) unpaid and resulting in court action and (e) unpaid and resulting in no further action to date for (i) nuisance parking, (ii) abandoned vehicles, (iii) litter, (iv) street litter control, (v) litter clearance notices, (vi) graffiti, (vii) fly-tipping, (viii) inappropriate use of waste, (ix) dog fouling, (x) noise during the day, (xi) inappropriate disposal of chewing gum and (xii) noise at night in each London borough in each year since 1998.

(172638)

166
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165578)

167
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government funding went into supporting research into the development of new rodenticides in each of the last five years.

(171837)

168
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of which areas of the UK support populations of rats that have become resistant to all legally-available rodenticides.

(172000)

169
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of new buildings approved by his Department were built to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (a) very good and (b) excellent standard in each of the last five years; and what the construction cost of those buildings was.

(172283)

170
N Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research the Government has (a) commissioned and (b) assessed on the release of lead into the environment from land excavation.

(171242)

171
N Phil Wilson (Sedgefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to amend his Department's guidelines on spreading sewage sludge on farmland to prohibit the spreading of sewage sludge on farmland adjoining villages and other centres of population.

(171840)

172
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 31st October on the Climate Change Bill.

(171841)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

173
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Israeli authorities on ensuring that people living in Gaza are not deprived of access to (a) food, (b) water, (c) medical supplies and (d) electricity.

(172352)

174
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy in respect of the Hamas administration in Gaza.

(172353)

175
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Israeli government to reopen (a) the Karim crossing and (b) other closed crossings from Gaza.

(172354)

176
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172253)

177
Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government has offered Tristan da Cunha following the outbreak of an acute virus on the island.

(172141)

178
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with the Israeli government on the movement of Palestinians across borders.

(171831)

179
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place between the British and Israeli governments on dismantling check points.

(171832)

180
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place between the British and Israeli governments on the Israeli security wall.

(171833)

181
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made in the cases of Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, currently on trial in Ethiopia.

(172625)

182
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 562W, on Iran: nuclear power, what decisions have been made about the publication of the report by the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy on discussions with Iran.

(172278)

183
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations on the conduct of the recent elections to the State Duma in Russia; and if he will make a statement.

(172380)

184
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to raise the issue of human rights in Zimbabwe at the EU-African Union Summit in Lisbon; and if he will make a statement.

(172381)

185
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanism will be put in place to monitor the implementation of both sides of the performance-based road map to a permanent two-state solution, as set out in the Annapolis Joint Understanding of 27th November; and if he will make a statement.

(172382)

186
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on whether the Government shares the assessment of the November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate by the US National Intelligence Council that Iran maintained a covert programme of nuclear weapon design, weaponisation work and covert uranium conversion-related and uranium enrichment-related work prior to 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(172383)

187
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the UK made to UN peacekeeping operations in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(172533)

188
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department received language training in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(172534)

189
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172319)

190
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 Mexico on the safety of human rights defenders in that country with particular regards to Francisco, Emiliana and Alejandro Cerezo; and if he will make a statement.

(172158)

191
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what checks are initiated by High Commission staff in New Delhi to ensure that no medical staff recommended by the High Commission are involved in practices associated with female foeticide.

(172619)

192
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many times on average members of his Department's staff based in the provincial reconstruction team in Lashkar Gar left the team's compound other than by air in each of the last six months.

(172128)

193
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172237)

194
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many air miles were travelled by (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department on short haul flights over the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172456)

195
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165036)

196
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the means of securing an earlier termination of the term of office of the President of the European Council envisaged under the draft EU Reform Treaty; what representations he has received on the subject; and if he will make a statement.

(172162)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

197
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers from his Department (a) attended and (b) spoke at the Women Deliver conference held in London from 18th to 20th October; whether his Department contributed (i) direct funding, (ii) informal support and (iii) personnel; whether officials from his Department (A) attended and (B) participated; what discussions his Department had with the Department for International Development on this conference; and if he will make a statement.

(172422)

198
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on his Department's Education for Choice initiative.

(172423)

199
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the speech made by Andrea Duncan, manager of his Department's Sexual Health and HIV Division at the Marie Stopes International Conference on 24th October; which (a) organisations and (b) individuals were consulted prior to the speech; who wrote the speech; what input Ministers in his Department had; and if he will make a statement.

(172428)

200
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to increase (i) usage of and (ii) research into cord blood stem cells; and if he will make a statement.

(172429)

201
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what files are held by his Department on (a) the Abortion (Amendment) Bill of Session 1987-88 and (b) the Unborn Children (Protection) Bills of sessions (i) 1984-85, (ii) 1985-86 and (iii) 1987-88; and if he will make a statement.

(172430)

202
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that the Commission for Social Care Inspection should have to make an additional inspection of a care home assessed as requiring a three yearly inspection in cases where there have been significant levels of staff turnover.

(172165)

203
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will review the (a) efficacy and (b) effect on service users of the new inspection methodology introduced in April 2006 by the Commission for Social Care Inspection; and if he will ensure that such a review includes a comparative assessment of care inspection frequency in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(172166)

204
N Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many speech therapist hours per week are available within the NHS in Northumberland.

(165579)

205
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department were recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172254)

206
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures were used in determining the status of a delayed discharge patient in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in (a) 2002 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available.

(171842)

207
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether changes have been made to (a) the definition of the term delayed discharges and (b) the procedures in determining a delayed discharge since the implementation of the Delayed Discharges Act 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(171843)

208
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharges there were in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in each of the last 12 months.

(171844)

209
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effect of the closure of the intermediate care wards at St John's Hospital, Chelmsford on the number of delayed discharge patients in the Mid-Essex Hospital Trust area in the last 24 months.

(171845)

210
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last commissioned studies into the prevalence of pressure sores in (a) hospital settings, (b) care homes and (c) the community.

(172553)

211
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data are routinely collected by (a) the Commission for Social Care Inspection and (b) the Healthcare Commission on the prevalence and severity of bed sores.

(172554)

212
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many critical incident reports in which pressure sores have been cited as a factor were produced in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS trust.

(172555)

213
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to NHS trusts on collecting and recording data on bed sores.

(172562)

214
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172318)

215
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of training student midwives in the 2006-07 financial year.

(172145)

216
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwifery training places were commissioned in each academic year since 1997-98.

(172146)

217
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which higher education institutions offer training in midwifery.

(172147)

218
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwifery academics there were in each year since 1997.

(172148)

219
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of (a) training available and (b) skills required of care home staff dealing with people with dementia.

(172308)

220
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it mandatory for care home staff to receive training in dementia care.

(172309)

221
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average ambulance response times were in each primary care trust area in Hampshire in each year since 1997.

(172314)

222
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has he (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on the practice of female foeticide.

(172626)

223
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172513)

224
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172238)

225
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many air miles were travelled by (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department on short haul flights over the last year; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172452)

226
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department plans to provide in support of Breastfeeding Awareness Week 2008.

(172288)

227
N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 on stroke services, broken down by primary care trust.

(172041)

228
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report referred to in paragraph 6.1 of the minutes of the meeting held in January 2007.

(172440)

229
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, if he will place in the Library all papers, including the agenda and minutes, for the meeting referred to in paragraph 1.4 of the minutes of the meeting of his Departmental Board in January 2007.

(172441)

230
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, what the outcomes of the leak inquiries referred to in paragraph 1.3 of the minutes of the meeting held in January 2007 were.

(172442)

231
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, if he will place in the Library a copy of the evaluation report from the Winter Willow scenario exercise referred to in paragraph 4.1 of the minutes of the meeting held in July 2007.

(172443)

232
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, what issues were put to Ministers as areas where his Department might increase its focus, following the discussion referred to in paragraph 3.1 of the minutes of the meeting held in June 2007.

(172444)

233
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, on what date the NHS Management Board met to discuss the health input to the Olympics, as referred to in paragraph 1.9 of the minutes of the meeting held in June 2007.

(172445)

234
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W on the Departmental Board, what the outcome of the work programme to assess the fitness for purpose of his Department's capital regime was; and what reports or other papers were produced as part of this work programme.

(172446)

235
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 711W, on the Departmental Board, what communications were issued to NHS staff in response to the decision noted in paragraph 2.2 of the meeting held in February.

(172447)

236
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many letters his Department received concerning mortality rates for patients following (a) lung transplant, (b) heart transplant and (c) heart and lung transplant in 2006; and how many it has received in 2007 in each case.

(172448)

237
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the planned start date is of the (a) National Cancer Survivorship Initiative and (b) National Cancer Equality Initiative; and what the expected cost is of each in each financial year for which estimates have been made.

(172449)

238
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department's plans (a) to extend the 31 day standard to all cancer treatments, (b) to include all patients with suspected cancer in the 62 day pathway and (c) to ensure that all patients with breast symptoms seen within two weeks of referral are expected to cost in each year for which estimates have been made.

(172450)

239
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department's plans (a) to tackle the falling participation of women aged 25 to 35 years in cervical screening, (b) to extend breast cancer screening to nine screening rounds between 47 and 73 years, (c) rollout digital mammography, (d) to expand the bowel cancer screening programme from 2010 and (e) to introduce a new National Awareness and Early Diagnosis initiative are expected to cost in each financial year for which an estimate has been made.

(172451)

240
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was (a) allocated to and (b) spent by primary care trusts for stop smoking services in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.

(172458)

241
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department plans to allocate to primary care trusts for stop smoking services in each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11.

(172459)

242
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department is spending on its Catch it, Bin it, Kill it campaign broken down by (a) financial year and (b) expenditure on (i) the launch event on 28th November, (ii) fees for producing the logo, name and other marketing materials, (iii) other fees to consultants, (iv) printing costs, (v) distribution costs, (vi) staff costs and (vii) other costs.

(172460)

243
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultancy firms worked with his Department on its Catch it, Bin it, Kill it campaign; and when his Department started working with each firm.

(172461)

244
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the launch event for his Department's Catch it, Bin it, Kill it campaign on 28th November.

(172462)

245
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the outcome was of the Commission for Racial Equality's investigation into the Department of Health's discharge of its duty to promote race equality launched in 2007.

(172463)

246
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he expects his Department's programme to roll out a human papilloma virus vaccine to all girls to cost in each year to 2010-11.

(172464)

247
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he expects the cross-government strategy to tackle obesity to be published.

(172465)

248
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) start and (b) end date is of each activity he has planned for next year to tackle excessive alcohol consumption; and what the expected cost is of each activity in each year for which expenditure is planned.

(172466)

249
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has allocated to the Sunsmart campaign in each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11.

(172467)

250
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the additional cost the NHS will incur to ensure that women in all primary care trusts receive the results of their cervical screening test within two weeks of it being taken.

(172468)

251
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting times for (i) inpatient and (ii) daycase admissions were in Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available.

(172519)

252
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished consultant episodes there were in each specialty at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust in 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.

(172521)

253
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 255W, on NHS: loans, how much of the £777.881 million of loans issued to national health service trusts on 22nd March was used to finance private finance initiative projects, broken down by individual trusts to which a loan payment was made.

(171944)

254
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which of his Department's areas of responsibility there is (a) an EU competence and (b) a shared competence between the EU and member states; which Ministers take responsibility for those areas; and what meetings those Ministers have had with (i) European Union officials, (ii) Ministers from other EU member states and (iii) European Commissioners to discuss those issues in the last 12 months.

(172298)

255
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the status is of the Child Health Interim Application; and if he will make a statement.

(172301)

256
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the comments of the clinical director for NHS Connecting for Health on 27th February 2006, whether all children in the primary care trusts affected by problems with the Child Health Interim Application were offered vaccinations at the appropriate time within two months of 27th February 2006; and whether that process has continued.

(172305)

257
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 714W, on doctors: housing, whether (a) current Foundation Year 1 doctors, (b) Foundation Year 1 doctors for the year 2007-08 and (c) Foundation Year 1 doctors for the year 2008-09 will be covered by (i) existing contractual provisions and (ii) the guidance within the Terms and Conditions for Employment for Junior Doctors on the application of charges for accommodation provided through hospital channels.

(172627)

258
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances have been in operation in each London borough in each year since 1997.

(172373)

259
Dr Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions his Department has requested that the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence review its economic model for determining cost-effectiveness in technology appraisals.

(172397)

260
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the costs of providing community care (a) in people's own homes and (b) at a single central location in rural areas.

(172280)

261
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the costs of providing community care in people's own homes in (a) rural and (b) urban areas.

(172281)

262
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect on the incidence of seasonally affected depresssion of introducing British Summer Time in winter and Double British Summer Time in summer.

(172285)

263
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) time spent by and (b) costs of healthcare professionals travelling to provide community care in homes in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas.

(172289)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

264
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to improve the publication of the statistics on children being held in immigration removal centres to ensure that interested parties are able to see how many children are held, and how long they have been held for; and if she will make a statement.

(172613)

265
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help children in immigration removal centres who are suffering from (a) post-traumatic stress disorder, (b) self-harming, (c) suicide attempts, (d) depression and (e) psychological trauma as a result of torture; and if she will make a statement.

(172614)

266
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help children (a) who are HIV positive, (b) who have malaria and (c) who have tuberculosis and are living in immigration removal centres; and if she will make a statement.

(172632)

267
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultations her Department (a) has had and (b) is planning to have with charities and other NGOs working with children in immigration removal centres; and if she will make a statement.

(172633)

268
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many social workers are working at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre; how many days they spend a week at the centre; and if she will make a statement.

(172634)

269
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 180W, on the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, for what reasons she did not provide the information requested in the Question; and if she will make a statement.

(172525)

270
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of posts in her Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172255)

271
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 made by the Police and Justice Act 2006 to become effective; and what guidance has been published in relation to the new offences created thereby.

(172390)

272
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures taken by internet service providers offering broadband connections to prevent access to images of child abuse.

(172391)

273
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British Standards Institute kite marks for internet content control software had been issued and to whom pursuant to the initiative announced by her Department in December 2006; and if she will make a statement.

(172392)

274
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2006 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were performed in (a) public health authorities, (b) universities and medical schools, (c) NHS hospitals, (d) Government departments, (e) other public bodies, (f) non-profit making organisations and (g) commercial organisations.

(172528)

275
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were carried out for (i) fundamental and applied studies other than toxicology and (ii) toxicity tests or other safety efficacy evaluation.

(172540)

276
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i) birds, (j) amphibians, (k) reptiles, (l) fish, (m) cats, (n) dogs, (o) New World primates and (p) Old World primates were used in regulated procedures conducted in Scotland under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in 2006.

(172623)

277
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that were in force in Scotland at the end of 2006 were in (a) mild, (b) moderate, (c) substantial and (d) unclassified severity bandings.

(172624)

278
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2006 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) cats, (b) dogs, (c) rabbits, (d) horses and other equids, (e) New World primates and (f) Old World primates.

(172635)

279
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls there have been to the new 101 service in each of the local authority areas in the Northumbria Police Authority area (a) in total and (b) per head of population.

(170301)

280
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people and (b) units of accommodation were supported by the National Asylum Support Service and the Border and Immigration Agency in the City of Newcastle through (i) the city as housing provider and (ii) other providers in each quarter of (A) 2005, (B) 2006 and (C) 2007.

(172045)

281
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people entered National Asylum Support Service and Border and Immigration Agency-supported accommodation in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in each quarter of (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; and how many left such accommodation on resolution of their cases in each of those periods.

(172046)

282
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent in 2007 by her Department on (a) newspaper and print media, (b) online, (c) radio, (d) television and (e) other advertising to raise public awareness on identity fraud, and to advise on methods of preventing identity theft.

(170663)

283
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is provided to staff in her Department and its agencies on the safe handling of data to counteract identity theft and other data security breaches.

(171373)

284
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by her Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibits the assignment of debt.

(172317)

285
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average police emergency response times were in Hampshire for each year since 1997.

(172311)

286
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police constables, (b) police community support officers and (c) special constables were allocated to each local policing area in Hampshire in each year since 2005.

(172312)

287
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procedures are for reporting cases of physical and verbal abuse (a) by and (b) against failed asylum seekers during the removal process; and how many cases there have been of each in the last 12 months.

(172269)

288
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) the UK Passport Service, (b) the Identity and Passport Service, (c) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, (d) the Immigration and Nationality Directive and (e) the National Policing Improvement Agency recycled in terms of (i) volume of total waste and (ii) percentage of total waste in each of the last five years.

(172420)

289
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the policy is of (a) the Identity and Passport Service, (b) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, (c) the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and (d) the National Policing Improvement Agency on recycling.

(172421)

290
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department recycled in terms of (a) volume of total waste and (b) percentage of total waste in each of the last five years.

(172479)

291
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) reviews, (b) consultations and (c) taskforces her Department is (i) responsible for and (ii) scheduled to undertake; on what date each (A) started and (B) is expected to be completed; and what the purpose is of each.

(172549)

292
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in her Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172239)

293
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many miles she and other Ministers in her Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172527)

294
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage crime detection rate for (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) burglary, (d) robbery and (e) theft from a vehicle was in each London borough in each year since 1988, broken down by age group.

(172541)

295
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded for (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) burglary, (d) robbery and (e) theft from a vehicle in each London borough in each year since 1988, broken down by age group.

(172542)

296
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change as they affect her Departmental responsibilities; and if she will make a statement.

(165038)

297
Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government will ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.

(172592)

298
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cyber attacks against UK critical infrastructure took place in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(172287)

299
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the new immigration rules which will mean that students studying proliferation sensitive courses require ATAS clearance to enter the country are planned to come into force.

(172368)

300
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether membership of or attachment to certain Iranian higher education institutions leads to a ban on an individual's entry into the UK.

(172369)

301
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Fereydoon Abbasi, Mohammad Tavalaei, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Mansour Asgari or Mohamad Amin Bassam of the Imam Hossein University in Tehran have been allowed admittance to the UK in the last 10 years; and whether they would currently be allowed into the UK.

(172396)

302
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made by her Department of the level of funding required to roll out each of the 101 non-emergency number pilots under the second wave of the pilot project; and if she will make a statement.

(172543)

303
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been committed by her Department for maintaining the national 101 telephony infrastructure; and if she will make a statement.

(172544)

304
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated by her Department for each 101 non-emergency number pilot in each month since their initiation, broken down by relevant police force area ; and if she will make a statement.

(172545)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

305
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans the Commission has to review its practices involved in transporting personal data; and whether the Commission uses TNT to transport such data.

(172286)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

306
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many officials from his Department attended the cross-government working group on anti-semitism on 11th October, broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement.

(172411)

307
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which Ministers from his Department attended the cross-government working group on anti-semitism on 11th October; and if he will make a statement.

(172412)

308
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172256)

309
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of abolishing interest on student loans.

(172394)

310
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies to encourage people from low income households to study at university.

(172395)

311
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibits the assignment of debt.

(172316)

312
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what he plans to spend the £100 million annually previously spent on second degrees.

(172265)

313
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students studied in work-based learning in each of the last 10 years.

(172270)

314
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will break down by scheme the 7.5 million training places announced in Her Majesty's Gracious Speech.

(172271)

315
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people who completed a programme-led apprenticeship based at a college went on to complete a full level-3 apprenticeship in the same field in each year since 1997.

(172274)

316
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which 10 universities attracted the (a) highest and (b) lowest numbers of students from socio-economic classes (i) C, (ii) D and (iii) E in each year since 1997.

(172275)

317
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost was of the AimHigher programme in each year since its inception.

(172276)

318
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students were studying for a higher educational qualification in a further education college in each of the last five years.

(172277)

319
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste the Learning and Skills Council recycled in each of the last five years.

(172417)

320
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172507)

321
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since its establishment; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172234)

322
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172567)

323
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many qualifying English for Speakers of Other Languages teachers with a degree from (a) a Russell Group and (b) another British university there were in each of the last 10 years in (i) England and (ii) London.

(172491)

324
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people obtained English for Speakers of Other Languages qualifications at level (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 in London in each of the last 10 years.

(172492)

325
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he plans to extend the study of the Young Participation in Higher Education Rate by Local Authority beyond 2000.

(172593)

326
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprenticeships there were in Cleethorpes constituency in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07.

(172518)

327
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of 16 to 19 year olds in Cleethorpes constituency were registered as unemployed in the last five years for which figures are available.

(172520)

328
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect his departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(166425)

329
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether funds were paid to (a) Jewish, (b) Muslim and (c) Christian seminaries by his Department's predecessors between 1997 and 2001.

(172370)

330
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students subject to Foreign and Commonwealth Office visa requirements before entering the UK to study at university have studied at the Imam Hossein University in Tehran.

(172371)

331
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what research was used as the basis for calculating the economic benefits of increasing the compulsory education age to 18 years.

(172372)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

332
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to address the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

(172355)

333
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and what steps he is taking to improve the position for the indigenous population.

(172356)

334
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172257)

335
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 915W, on Iraq: reconstruction, for what reasons the Government maintains that increased attention must be given to monitoring of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq; and what shortcomings have been identified.

(172374)

336
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 915W, on Iraq: reconstruction, what body will conduct the independent review of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq.

(172375)

337
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 915W, on Iraq: reconstruction, what the remit of the independent review of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq will be; and what the deadline is for the review to report.

(172376)

338
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 915W, on Iraq: reconstruction, how many projects have been completed in Iraq for each of the last five years; and how many of these projects received the top score for success in meeting its objectives in the relevant project completion report.

(172377)

339
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 915W, on Iraq: reconstruction, whether the annual output to purpose reports on reconstruction in Iraq focus only on projects which have been completed in that year; and if he will make a statement.

(172378)

340
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 915W, on Iraq: reconstruction, if he will place of copy of the annual output to purpose report on reconstruction in Iraq for each of the last five years in the Library.

(172379)

341
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the availability of medical stocks in hospitals and clinics in Gaza; and if he will make a statement.

(172532)

342
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibits the assignment of debt.

(172335)

343
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the progress of his strategy for supporting children with AIDS.

(172499)

344
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172512)

345
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times on average individual members of his Department's staff based in the provincial reconstruction team in Lash Kar Gar left the team's compound other than by air in each of the last six months.

(172129)

346
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172241)

347
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172568)

348
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165577)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

349
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

(172424)

350
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of an offence under Section 61 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, in each year since the Section came into force, broken down by police force area.

(172425)

351
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) amendments have been made to and (b) recent representations he has received about the operation of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(172426)

352
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential to the provisions of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.

(172427)

353
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of an offence under provisions in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 in each year since it came into force, broken down by relevant section.

(172522)

354
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the operation of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.

(172523)

355
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906 in each year since 1997.

(172524)

356
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172258)

357
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been given to departments about the inclusion of provisions limiting freedom of information disclosures in their contracts with consultants or contractors.

(172583)

358
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172439)

359
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172516)

360
Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) reviews, (b) consultations and (c) taskforces his Department is (i) responsible for and (ii) scheduled to undertake; on what date each (A) started and (B) is expected to be completed; and what the purpose is of each.

(172548)

361
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were not allocated places in mother and baby units in prisons in England and Wales due to (a) lack of space and (b) other reasons in each year for which data is available.

(172121)

362
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places there are in mother and baby units in prisons in England and Wales.

(172122)

363
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in prisons in England and Wales are held (a) more than 50 miles and (b) more than 100 miles from the sentencing court.

(172123)

364
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) certified normal accommodation and (b) total capacity available to house women prisoners was in each year since 1997.

(172124)

365
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions women prisoners have been held in police or court cells over the last 12 months.

(172125)

366
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since its establishment; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172235)

367
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172569)

368
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been made available in each year since 2003 for legal representation of bereaved families at inquests into deaths of service personnel who have lost their lives as a result of (a) hostile action and (b) any other cause of death while serving in HM Armed Forces.

(172299)

369
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what national standards exist for the level of care and support for offenders with learning difficulties whilst (a) in custody and (b) after release.

(172304)

370
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reception screening is in place for mental health needs in prisons.

(172360)

371
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the adequacy of funding of support services for women affected by sexual crime in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement.

(171942)

372
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 to adapt to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165037)

373
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outcome was of the risk assessment required under the EU Biocide Directive into the possibility that rats in the area may become resistant to that rodenticide after the licensed use of Brodificoum in Winchester Prison in December 2006.

(171838)

374
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007 to the hon. Member for Renfrewshire West, Official Report, column 798W, on compensation: industrial diseases, if he will reconsider his decision not to bring forward legislative proposals to provide for compensation to people who have contracted pleural plaque as a result of exposure to asbestos in the workplace.

(172279)

375
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of school buildings approved by his Department were built to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (a) very good and (b) excellent standard in each of the last five years; and what the construction cost of those buildings was.

(172284)

376
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims of discrimination have been made under the Sexual Orientation Regulations 2007 to date.

(172327)

Questions to the Leader of the House

377
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Leader of the House, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by her Office in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172438)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

378
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172259)

379
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172431)

380
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172236)

381
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced by his Department in each year since 1997.

(172347)

382
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172566)

383
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what contracts his Department (a) has and (b) has had with (i) Causeway Consultants and (ii) White Rock Research and Consultancy; what the (A) nature and (B) value was of work undertaken; when each piece of work was (1) started and (2) completed; and if he will make a statement.

(172547)

Questions to the Prime Minister

384
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to foster and promote the public's trust in those in public life; what recent discussions he has had on the issue; with whom; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if he will make a statement.

(172407)

385
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Office in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172432)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

386
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172260)

387
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172433)

388
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place a copy of the job descriptions of his special advisers in the Library.

(172306)

389
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Office in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172233)

390
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Office travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172572)

Questions to the Solicitor General

391
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Solicitor General, what process was followed in the appointment of the Director of Public Prosecutions; where the post was advertised; how many persons applied for the post; how many were short-listed for interview; whether consideration was given to a candidate's political views; how each was appraised; what criteria were adopted for each candidate; how many candidates were rejected; and if she will make a statement.

(172473)

392
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Solicitor General, for what reason the Crown Prosecution Service took the decision that it was not in the public interest to proceed with the prosecution of Martin Allen.

(172357)

393
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) legal advice and (b) recommendations the Crown Prosecution Service received from counsel before taking the decision whether to prosecute Martin Allen; and if she will make a statement.

(172358)

394
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has recycled in terms of (a) volume of total waste and (b) percentage of total waste in each of the last five years.

(172477)

395
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Solicitor General, what the Serious Fraud Office's policy is on recycling.

(172478)

396
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Solicitor General, what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced by the Law Officers' Departments in each year since 1997.

(172349)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

397
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what files are held by her Department on Part Four of the Transport Act 1981; and if she will make a statement.

(172408)

398
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will delay any decision on whether to allow cables to be laid in the southerly Woodhead tunnel until the publication of the final Yorkshire and Humber Route Utilisation Strategy.

(172361)

399
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Woodhead tunnel was taken out of railway use.

(172362)

400
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential strategic significance of the Woodhead railway tunnel for improving transport links, with particular reference to targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

(172363)

401
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has conducted an appraisal of the (a) costs and benefits and (b) the value for money of reopening the Woodhead tunnel to rail freight against the building of the Mottram-Tintwistle bypass through the Peak District National Park.

(172364)

402
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will intervene to prevent National Grid from implementing any plans to utilise the Woodhead tunnel for power cables and other purposes which would prevent the tunnel being able to be used in future for rail.

(172365)

403
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commit to safeguarding the trans-Pennine rail route with particular reference to the Woodhead tunnel for future rail use.

(172366)

404
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the reopening of the Woodhead tunnel with the (a) Delivering a Sustainable Railway White Paper, (b) Towards a Sustainable Transport System paper and (c) the Eddington transport study.

(172367)

405
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of posts in her Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172261)

406
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effects on safety of changing the protected manual railway gate at Frinton-on-Sea railway crossing to a gate controlled remotely and monitored by closed circuit television.

(172313)

407
Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the London Borough of Bexley planning authority on the impact of an increase in the number of aircraft arriving at and departing from London City Airport on the vector path over that borough.

(172243)

408
Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the relevant planning authorities on increasing the number of aircraft arriving at and departing from London City Airport.

(172244)

409
Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library copies of exchanges between her Department and the London Borough of Newham on proposals to increase the number of aircraft arriving at and departing from London City Airport.

(172245)

410
Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits to travellers from Sidcup and Albany Park stations of the formation of a stakeholder advisory board by the Southeastern Railway Company as part of the franchise agreement conducted by her Department.

(172546)

411
Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures her Department followed in making the recent franchise agreement with Southeastern Railway Company; and what assessment was made of the likely effect on fares for travellers from Sidcup and Albany Park stations before agreeing the franchise.

(172556)

412
Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library the correspondence between her Department and the Southeastern Railway Company that resulted in the Department's derogation from the operating franchise agreement enabling the company to increase fares from Sidcup and Albany Park stations in excess of the Retail Price Index plus three per cent. formula previously in place.

(172590)

413
N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will require Network Rail to make arrangements to help commuters with luggage, the elderly and disabled to access the underground from the concourse of Euston station while the escalators are being refurbished; if she will assess the compliance of the works with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 2005; whether her Department was consulted over the works; if she will take steps to monitor the compliance of future works by Network Rail with the DDA; and if she will make it her policy to require Network Rail to (a) provide and (b) advertise assistance to vulnerable groups when such works take place.

(172001)

414
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by her Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172434)

415
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will seek the views of passengers who travel in Desiro Class 450 Units, on mainline services between Portsmouth and London on passenger comfort.

(172134)

416
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 605W, on South West Trains: rolling stock, what assessment she has made of the difference in seated passenger comfort between the Desiro Class 450 units and the previous stock on the mainline journeys between Portsmouth and London; and if she will make a statement.

(172149)

417
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to include two-wheeled transport in her Department's review of low-carbon technologies.

(172575)

418
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her strategy is for encouraging (a) local authorities and (b) businesses to develop a comprehensive infrastructure network of charging points for electric vehicles.

(172576)

419
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the premises of former travel centres at Hampshire rail stations; and if she will make a statement.

(172620)

420
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste her Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172419)

421
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of the Government's Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation which will come from (a) imports and (b) sustainable sources in 2010.

(172136)

422
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in her Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172266)

423
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced by her Department in each year since 1997.

(172344)

424
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air miles were travelled by (a) the Secretary of State and (b) Ministers in her Department on short haul flights over the last year; and what estimate she has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172453)

425
Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the number of cars in (a) London and (b) South East England which have carbon dioxide emissions (i) under 120g/km and meeting the Euro 4 standard for air quality, (ii) under 120g/km and not meeting the Euro 4 standard for air quality, (iii) between 120 and 225g/km and (iv) above 225g/km in each of the last five years.

(172591)

426
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect her Departmental responsibilities; and if she will make a statement.

(165574)

427
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of whether the arrangements made by London Gateway Port for a disturbance compensation scheme comply with the conditions of approval for the development.

(172163)

428
Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential effects on the number of road accidents of introducing British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer.

(172336)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

429
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172263)

430
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172436)

431
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172268)

432
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172573)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

433
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which executive agencies have responsibility for implementing the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005.

(172227)

434
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many electronic databases held by his Department contain (a) names, (b) addresses, (c) bank details and (d) other personal information of members of the general public; and when each such electronic database was created.

(172329)

435
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many security breaches regarding access to personal data have occurred within his Department in each year since 1997.

(172330)

436
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have access to electronic databases held by his Department, which contain personal information on members of the general public, broken down by grade.

(172331)

437
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times databases held by his Department, containing personal information on members of the general public have been accessed in each month for the last five years.

(172332)

438
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests his Department has received from the National Audit Office for access to databases containing personal information on members of the general public in each year since 1997.

(172333)

439
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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 steps and (b) for unauthorised purposes.

(172334)

440
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of telephone scripts used by call centre staff in (a) the Social Fund and (b) Jobcentre Plus.

(172628)

441
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on average per year on the administration of Jobcentre Plus in the last five years; and what proportion of this has been spent on the delivery of frontline services.

(172629)

442
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on average per year on the administration of the Social Fund in the last five years; and what proportion of this has been spent on the delivery of frontline services.

(172630)

443
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the proportion of calls received by (a) the Social Fund and (b) Jobcentre Plus were from a mobile telephone in the latest period for which figures are available.

(172631)

444
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004.

(172264)

445
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit the assignment of debt.

(172437)

446
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

(172510)

447
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the numbers moving from incapacity benefits into paid employment in (a) Wirral and (b) other Pathways to Work pilot areas; and if he will make a statement.

(172580)

448
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether consideration has been given to ending the age-related graduated structure of minimum wage rates.

(172581)

449
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who will reach state pension age between now and April 2010 with 30 years or fewer national insurance contributions or credits.

(172159)

450
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the net cost would be of increasing the basic state pension for all pensioners to £119.05 a week in 2008-09.

(172160)

451
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the net cost would be of increasing the basic state pension for all existing pensioners to 60 per cent. of median population income in 2008-09.

(172161)

452
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely net cost of restoring the link between pensions and earnings in April 2008 in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12, (e) 2020-21, (f) 2025-26 and (g) 2030-31.

(172164)

453
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions produced as a result.

(172240)

454
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many miles he and other Ministers in his Department travelled on short haul flights in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon emissions produced as a result of these flights.

(172565)

455
N John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why his Department cancelled its autumn staff survey; what consultations his Department had with the Trade Union Side before deciding to cancel; what costs were incurred in drafting the survey before it was cancelled; and when his Department next plans to survey its staff.

(171836)

456
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last visited a Child Support Agency office.

(172131)

457
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the effects of climate change as they affect his Departmental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement.

(165575)

458
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to discourage members of the public from attempting to fix faulty gas appliances themselves; and if he will make a statement.

(172139)

459
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of illegal gas installers; and if he will make a statement.

(172140)

460
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal gas installers working in the UK.

(172142)

461
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of carbon monoxide poisoning incidents caused by illegal gas installers in the last period for which figures are available.

(172143)

462
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Suffolk registered for New Deal for Young People in each of the last five years.

(172151)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

463
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which academies have been (a) visited and (b) contacted as part of the Delivery Unit Review of Academies; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (172500)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

464
N Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures Ofwat has put in place to improve the reliability of its consumption and leakage data.

[Question Unstarred] (171754)

Questions to the Solicitor General

465
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Solicitor General, what resources have been provided to the Prisoners Learning and Skills Unit since its formation; what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of its work; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (172302)

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