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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 10 January 2008

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 10 January 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 10 January 2008


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 10 January 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 10 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 10 January see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps are being taken to encourage householders to access the Low Carbon Building Programme.
(178091)
2
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether those operating nuclear power plants are liable for the identification and remediation of radioactive contaminated ground within the sites they operate.
(177745)
3
N
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the Government's total liability for remediation of radioactively contaminated land in the UK.
(177746)
4
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the total cost of contaminated land remediation following the planned decommissioning of existing nuclear power stations.
(177807)
5
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's letters of 10th October 2007 and 23rd November 2007, with regard to Mr Iain Hay of Edinburgh.
(177822)
6
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans there are to designate regional development agencies (RDAs) as regional planning bodies; how conflicts of interest between RDAs' planning and economic roles will be prevented; and what estimate he has made of the likely costs to RDAs of making such changes.
(178008)
7
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the British Franchise Association's compliance with the European code of ethics for franchising.
(178013)
8
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on the British Franchise Association's mediation in disputes with its members.
(178014)
9
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on the risk of inundation of existing coastal nuclear energy installations from tidal flooding.
(177839)
10
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what policy decisions have been taken on renewable energy as a result of recommendations made by the Renewables Advisory Board since November 2002.
(177840)
11
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received from energy companies interested in building new nuclear power stations on guarantees for the funding of radioactive waste arisings and final decommissioning of any new plants constructed.
(177841)
12
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of the costs of providing security for nuclear energy power stations, associated facilities and storage will come from the public purse in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
(178206)
13
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost was of providing security for nuclear energy power stations, associated facilities and storage in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(178208)
14
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government is taking to protect the pensions of those post office workers affected by national post office reorganisation.
(177816)
15
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small to medium sized businesses there were in each region of the UK in each of the last 20 years.
(177513)
16
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer for Great Britain has produced on whether revenue from a trades union's political fund raised in Northern Ireland may be spent by the same trades union in another part of the UK for political purposes, where the trades union has branches in both Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK.
(177600)
17
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Trades Union Congress has a political fund, according to the records held by the Certification Officer.
(177601)
18
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what figures (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer holds on the average political levy charged by (i) all trades unions and (ii) each trade union in the latest period for which figures are available
(177602)
19
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether revenue raised from trades union political levies in other parts of the UK may be spent in Northern Ireland, where a union has branches in both Northern Ireland and other parts of the UK.
(177603)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
20
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of raising the level of trivial commutation to (a) £16,000, (b) £17,000, (c) £18,000, (d) £19,000, (e) £20,000, (f) £21,000, (g) £22,000, (h) £23,000, (i) £24,000, (j) £25,000, (k) £26,000, (l) £27,000, (m) £28,000, (n) £29,000, (o) £30,000, (p) £31,000, (q) £32,000, (r) £33,000, (s) £34,000 and (t) £35,000.
(177955)
21
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue which would be raised per annum by increasing duty on spirits by (a) one penny, (b) five pence, (c) 10 pence and (d) 20 pence; and if he will make a statement.
(178026)
22
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue which would be raised per annum by increasing duty on wines by (a) one penny, (b) five pence, (c) 10 pence and (d) 20 pence; and if he will make a statement.
(178027)
23
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of duty was charged on (a) spirits, (b) wines, (c) beer and (d) tobacco in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.
(178028)
24
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which drinks are exempt from value-added tax; and if he will make a statement.
(178029)
25
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received calling on him to (a) reduce and (b) abolish value-added tax on 100 per cent. fruit drinks; and if he will make a statement.
(178030)
26
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue is expected to be received from vehicle licence duty in financial year (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.
(177878)
27
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic implications of the sale of gold by the International Monetary Fund.
(177507)
28
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of when the last economic cycle concluded.
(177604)
29
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what security measures he has put in place to protect data exchanged via the HM Revenue and Customs website by contractors to file online returns under the Construction Industry Scheme.
(177605)
30
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards he has put in place to protect the data held by HM Revenue and Customs for the Construction Industry Scheme.
(177606)
31
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many excess winter deaths were recorded in (a) Norwich and (b) Norfolk in each of the last five years.
(177801)
32
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons both value added tax and gross profit tax are applied to the bingo industry; and if he will introduce a single tax regime for the industry.
(177893)
33
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in the last five years in each region.
(178235)
34
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) live births and (b) stillbirths there were in each region of England in 2006.
(177976)
35
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk were in receipt of (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit on (i) 30th April 2006, (ii) 31st December 2006, (iii) 30th April 2007 and (iv) 31st December 2007.
(178085)
36
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HM Revenue and Customs has produced on whether subscriptions to trades unions qualify for tax relief.
(177520)
37
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to (a) reinstate and (b) extend the scope of the agricultural buildings allowance.
(178158)
38
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce tax relief for agricultural infrastructure required to comply with the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones regulations.
(178160)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
39
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will bring forward measures to establish the status of teachers in classrooms as in loco parentis; and if he will make a statement.
(178162)
40
N
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 16 to 18 year olds are not in education, training or employment.
(177270)
41
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether improved joint working across agencies for services to children with speech, language and communication difficulties will be included in the Statement of Values for Integrated Working with Children and Young People due to be published in 2008.
(178287)
42
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department will provide to children's trusts and their partners to ensure that by 2010 they have in place arrangements to provide identification and early invervention for children who need additional help; whether this guidance will include information on identifying and supporting children with communication difficulties; and if he will make a statement.
(178301)
43
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of whether children entering primary school have the communication skills required to learn and achieve; what support is available to primary schools to help them (a) identify children who do not have adequate speech, language and communication skills when they enter the school and (b) refer those children to appropriate services; and if he will make a statement.
(178303)
44
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support his Department plans to provide to schools to assist them to identify and refer children with speech, language and communication difficulties, as announced in his Department's Children's Plan.
(178305)
45
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to prevent school staff removing unencrypted sensitive pupil data from school premises.
(178044)
46
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to support parents during the first year of a child's life.
(177808)
47
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government plans to take to engage parents further in the education of their children.
(177809)
48
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to extend modern foreign language teaching in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; whether he plans to make the study of a modern foreign language at school compulsory; and if he will make a statement.
(177922)
49
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what new children's centres he plans to open in Hendon; when and where each is expected to open; what the original timetable was for opening such centres; what (a) capital and (b) revenue funding his Department expects to provide for each over the next three financial years; how many places each such centre will offer; and if he will make a statement.
(177923)
50
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what children's centres operate in Hendon; what (a) capital and (b) revenue funding his Department has provided to each such centre in the last three financial years; how many places are offered by each such centre; and if he will make a statement.
(177924)
51
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the amount of guaranteed funding per school pupil in Hendon is from the (a) dedicated schools grant and (b) other specific grants in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09.
(177925)
52
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students in Barnet have (a) applied for, (b) enrolled for and (c) received an education maintenance allowance during the 2007-08 academic year; what assessment he has made of the effect of education maintenance allowances on staying-on rates in education in Barnet; and if he will make a statement.
(177926)
53
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of GCSE students in schools in Hendon constituency achieved five or more A* to C grades inclusive in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007; what the value added score for each school in Hendon constituency was in 2007; what the average point score at A level was (i) for each school in Hendon constituency (A) per candidate and (B) per exam entry, (ii) for all schools in Hendon constituency and (iii) nationally in 2007; what the percentage of (1) A and B and (2) A to E grades achieved at each school in Hendon constituency was in 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(177927)
54
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what financial support his Department provides to schools in Hendon to improve school food; and if he will make a statement.
(177928)
55
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children attending Bexley Business Academy are resident in the (a) London Borough of Bexley and (b) London Borough of Greenwich.
(178082)
56
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the age discrimination implications of the new qualification requirements for early years foundation stage teachers which will come into force in September 2008.
(177799)
57
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what dates changes were made to the wording of his Department's consultation document on the transfer of responsibility for the registration of independent schools and the regulation of independent and non-maintained special schools to Ofsted following its initial publication; whether any such changes were made to electronic versions of the consultation document only; and if he will make a statement.
(177800)
58
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many mainstream secondary schools did not enter students for a GCSE in a modern language in each of the last three years.
(177817)
59
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children attending schools in Norfolk have special educational needs without a statement; how many counties in England have (a) fewer and (b) more such children attending schools within their boundaries; and if he will make a statement.
(177802)
60
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what schools in Norfolk have specialist status; what the specialty is in each case; how much each such school has received in relation to the specialist status for the latest period for which figures are available; and what applications for specialist status have been received from schools in Norfolk.
(177805)
61
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people are studying (a) sports studies, (b) PE, (c) photography, (d) performing arts, (e) performance studies, (f) music technology, (g) media studies, (h) leisure studies, (i) technology, (j) information and communication, (k) home economics, (l) health and social care, (m) film studies, (n) drama and theatre studies, (o) design and technology, (p) dance, (q) communication studies, (r) business studies, (s) art and design, (t) accountancy and (u) travel and tourism at (i) AS-Level and (ii) second year A-Level; and how many people completed the relevant A-Level in each of the last 10 years.
(178118)
62
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in his Department are responsible for liaising with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.
(178123)
63
N
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments have been made by Geronimo Communications to (a) his Department and (b) officials in his Department in each year since 1999; and if he will make a statement.
(177741)
64
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of entrants for GCSE (a) mathematics, (b) modern languages, (c) science (dual award), (d) physics, (e) chemistry and (f) biology examinations in 2007 attended (i) academies, (ii) maintained comprehensive schools, (iii) faith schools, (iv) grammar schools and (v) private schools.
(177825)
65
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of entrants for GCSE (a) media studies, (b) dance, (c) business studies, (d) film studies and (e) communication studies examinations in 2007 attended (i) academies, (ii) maintained comprehensive schools, (iii) faith schools, (iv) grammar schools and (v) private schools.
(177826)
66
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will publish the outcome of the review of academies which concluded on 4th January 2008.
(177827)
67
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each local authority are using temporary mobile classrooms; and how many such classrooms there are in each local authority.
(177828)
68
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which officials in his Department have managed the contract with Geronimo Communications since 1st January 2000; and if he will make a statement.
(177829)
69
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what departmental investigations have taken place since 1st January 2007 into the management of his Department's contracts with private sector agencies; and if he will make a statement.
(177830)
70
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons the Government target for GCSE performance is measured against the standard of performance at a C grade or better; and if he will make a statement.
(177887)
71
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will introduce compulsory and random drug tests in all state schools for pupils over 15 years old.
(178103)
72
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what definition he uses of institution as used in section 76(1)b of the Education and Skills Bill.
(177889)
73
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many institutions, other than independent schools, he expects to be registered on the new Independent Educational Institutions register as set out in the Education and Skills Bill.
(177890)
74
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the reasons are for the decision in the Education and Skills Bill to treat part-time educational institutions differently from other forms of education otherwise than at school provision.
(177892)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
75
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the effect on payments made under the Fire Service Pension Scheme from the likely change in the number of retirements due to ill health in each of the next 10 years.
(177957)
76
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances an intention by a local planning authority to issue a temporary planning permission is called in by her Department; how many such call-ins have occurred since 1st January 2005; and if she will make a statement.
(178163)
77
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many accredited surveyors for home information packs there were in each district and unitary council area on 1st January 2008.
(178194)
78
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will seek discussions with Cabinet colleagues on reviewing guidance on fire reduction (a) regulation and (b) technology in relation to publicly owned buildings; and if she will make a statement.
(178242)
79
N
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the proposed eco-town at Throckmorton; and if she will make a statement.
(177311)
80
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on her consultation for the proposed future financial provision for the North Yorkshire Fire Service.
(177982)
81
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason she is proposing to reduce the floor of spending.
(177983)
82
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking on overcrowding in housing following the Tackling Overcrowding consultation.
(175525)
83
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities and registered social landlords on dealing with mice and rat infestations in residential properties.
(178040)
84
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on (a) the number of local authorities which charge for treating mice infestations in residential properties and (b) the average price charged by local authorities for such treatment.
(178041)
85
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which hon. and right hon. Members made formal submissions to the public consultation on the draft East Midlands Regional Plan.
(178204)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
86
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the future funding proposals for the London Bubble Theatre Company by Arts Council England.
(178079)
87
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the availability of funding to swimming clubs in Greater London.
(178080)
88
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to regulate greyhound racing; and if he will make a statement.
(177814)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
89
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those (a) establishments and (b) parcels of land where the US authorities have been granted exclusive occupation by his Department.
(178154)
90
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Tiger Team report into security at RAF bases occupied by US forces.
(178155)
91
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the RAF Hercules transport fleet currently in service have been fitted with foam fire suppressant in the wings.
(177888)
92
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether a new production plant for highly enriched uranium is needed for Trident nuclear warheads.
(177838)
93
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether meetings between the Taliban and the British army would have to receive Ministerial approval from his Department before going ahead.
(177508)
94
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are based in Kenya; and what their roles are.
(177310)
95
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will record the number of suicides of former UK military personnel who have served in either Iraq or Afghanistan.
(177356)
96
N
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding the United Kingdom provided to the Athena provisional financing scheme in each year since 2004.
(177521)
97
N
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected budget is for the European Defence Agency in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
(177523)
98
N
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service members the 25th December 2007 Permanent Joint Headquarters Personal Report stated were in (a) Iraq, (b) Kuwait, (c) Bahrain, (d) Oman, (e) Qatar and (f) at sea in support of Operation Telic.
(177524)
99
N
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the EU's Athena budget was in each year since 2004; and what percentage of that budget was provided by the United Kingdom.
(177525)
100
N
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure from the public purse has been spent on European Security and Defence Policy military operations (a) under the Athena mechanism and (b) not under the Athena mechanism since January 2004, broken down by operation.
(177526)
101
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates the (a) C130K and (b) C130J Hercules fleets will be moving from RAF Lyneham to RAF Brize Norton.
(178001)
102
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date for the C130K fleet is.
(178002)
103
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) existing military capabilities and functions will be retained and (b) new military capabilities and functions will be undertaken at the RAF Lyneham site once the Hercules fleets have been redeployed to RAF Brize Norton; what capabilities and functions undertaken at RAF Lyneham will be relocated; and to where they will be relocated.
(178003)
104
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the number of civilians employed at RAF Lyneham of the transfer of the support contract to a new contractor.
(178004)
105
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has held with local authorities on supplementary planning guidance needed to facilitate the redevelopment of Deepcut Barracks; and if he will make a statement.
(178196)
106
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been received from Qinetiq following the sale of each former Government-owned site as a result of the clawback agreement; and in relation to which sites the money has been received.
(178249)
107
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in relation to the sale of which sites he expects to receive monies from Qinetiq as a result of the clawback agreement during 2008; how much he expects to receive in relation to each such site; and for which sites he does not expect to receive monies.
(178250)
108
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons were for the change of specifications in relation to the Eurofighter cannon; and if he will make a statement.
(178209)
109
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of adding the cannon option to the Eurofighter was; how many changes to specifications occurred over this capability; and what the end cost was of such changes.
(178210)
110
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military programmes are operated for the rehabilitation of people aged 16 to 25 who are (a) services personnel and (b) civilians.
(178211)
111
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what helicopters are (a) owned and (b) utilised by (i) his Department and (ii) the armed forces; what the (A) original date of manufacture and (B) first in service year was for each such helicopter; and if he will make a statement.
(178043)
112
N
Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the basis was for the decision to sell the DARA Helicopter, Rotary Wing and Components business in Almondbank on to the Canadian company Vector Aerospace.
(176802)
113
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the peace establishment was of the 4th Regiment of the Royal Artillery before its deployment to Afghanistan; what the strength was of the Regiment on deployment; how many reinforcements to the Regiment were received from (a) the regular Army, (b) the Territorial Army and (c) the regular Army Reserves; how many of all ranks were (i) left behind on recruitment duties, (ii) physically unfit to deploy and (iii) left behind in barracks to form a rear party; and what the Regiment's battle casualty replacement policy is.
(177936)
114
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the peace establishment was of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards before its deployment to Afghanistan; what the strength was of the Battalion on deployment; how many reinforcements to the Battalion were received from (a) the regular Army, (b) the Territorial Army and (c) the regular Army Reserves; how many of all ranks were (i) left behind on recruitment duties, (ii) physically unfit to deploy and (iii) left behind in barracks to form a rear party; and what the Battalion's battle casualty replacement policy is.
(177938)
115
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the peace establishment was of the Household Cavalry Regiment before its deployment to Afghanistan; what the strength was of the Regiment on deployment; how many reinforcements to the Regiment were received from (a) the regular Army, (b) the Territorial Army and (c) the regular Army Reserves; how many of all ranks were (i) left behind on recruitment duties, (ii) physically unfit to deploy and (iii) left behind in barracks to form a rear party; and what the Regiment's battle casualty replacement policy is.
(177940)
116
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the peace establishment was of the 40 Commando Royal Marines before its deployment to Afghanistan; what the strength was of the Commando on deployment; how many reinforcements to the Commando were received from (a) the regular Army, (b) the Territorial Army, (c) the Royal Navy and (d) the Royal Marine Reserves; how many of all ranks were (i) left behind on recruitment duties, (ii) physically unfit to deploy and (iii) left behind in barracks to form a rear party; and what the Commando's battle casualty replacement policy is.
(177941)
117
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the peace establishment was of the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles before its deployment to Afghanistan; what the strength was of the Battalion on deployment; how many reinforcements to the Battalion were received from (a) the regular Army, (b) the Territorial Army and (c) the regular Army Reserves; how many of all ranks were (i) left behind on recruitment duties, (ii) physically unfit to deploy and (iii) left behind in barracks to form a rear party; and what the Battalion's battle casualty replacement policy is.
(177942)
118
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision to charge nurses employed by his Department £15 for influenza inoculations on the operational effectiveness of the armed forces.
(178006)
119
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the rest and recuperation arrangements for armed forces personnel during their deployment on operational tours.
(177844)
120
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bedspaces his Department has of each classification on fitness for habitation for personnel based at (a) RAF Kinloss and (b) RAF Lossiemouth.
(178129)
121
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the Defence Export Services Organisation's budget was spent securing naval orders from other EU countries (a) in 2007-08 and (b) in each of the previous 10 years.
(178149)
122
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the budget of UK Trade and Investment will be spent on securing naval orders from other EU countries in 2007-08.
(178150)
123
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans to put the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability project out to EU tender.
(178151)
124
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions have taken place with staff at BAE Govan and Scotstoun about the procurement of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability project.
(178152)
125
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government has made of the future viability of Govan and Scotstoun without work from the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability project.
(178174)
126
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many orders the Government has helped secure for Govan and Scotstoun from other EU countries.
(178175)
127
Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff are employed to secure military procurement orders from other EU countries.
(178176)
128
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2007, Official Report, columns 1224-5W, on Iraq: detainees, whether the United States authorities have at any time requested British consent for any individual to be transferred to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
(177561)
129
N
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down by married accommodation location the married service personnel based at (a) Woolwich, (b) Wellington Barracks, (c) Hounslow and (d) Windsor.
(177560)
130
Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many bedspaces his Department has of each classification for fitness for habitation for personnel based at RM Condor in Arbroath.
(178128)
131
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many explosive devices have been activated against or by (a) Mastiff and (b) Vector/Pinzgauer vehicles since being deployed to theatre; how many (i) deaths and (ii) injuries have resulted in relation to each type of vehicle; and how many vehicles have been damaged beyond repair.
(177985)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
132
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding has been provided by his Department for programmes run by (a) central Government, (b) local authorities, (c) other public bodies and (d) non-governmental organisations to (i) mitigate and (ii) assist adaptation to climate change; and how much was spent on such programmes in each of the last five years.
(177944)
133
N
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make representations to Severn Trent plc to grant compensation to Gloucestershire residents who were without mains water for a substantial period of time following the July floods.
(177678)
134
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to make proposals for regional development agency waste performance targets.
(177937)
135
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) the total funding received from BREW and other Government sources, (b) the total landfill diverted in tonnes, (c) the total carbon dioxide saved in tonnes, (d) the amount of virgin materials saved in tonnes, (e) the amount of hazardous waste reduced in tonnes and (f) the amount of water saved in tonnes was by (i) the Carbon Trust, (ii) Envirowise, (iii) the National Industrial Symbiosis programme and (iv) WRAP in (A) 2005-06 and (B) 2006-07.
(178038)
136
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement the Water Framework Directive; what account his Department will take of the interim conclusions and recommendations of the Pitt Review in implementing the Directive; and what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation is required to implement the Directive.
(178243)
137
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will accept interim conclusion number IC33 of the Pitt Review and bring forward legislation to update flooding legislation.
(178244)
138
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the total costs of all Warm Front schemes were material costs in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(177639)
139
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many backboilers have been replaced under the Warm Front scheme; how many such backboilers have been disconnected rather than removed; and how many chimneys have been converted to allow a gas fire to be installed.
(177640)
140
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of Warm Front assessors' recommendations have led to work being carried out (a) in Nottinghamshire, (b) Bassetlaw and (c) England.
(177742)
141
N
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in how many and what proportion of cases the cost of Warm Front work recommended exceeded the available grant (a) in Bassetlaw and (b) nationally in the latest period for which figures are available.
(177747)
142
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures are in place to monitor the effect of the tribulyte tin from ships on the marine environment in the Irish Sea.
(177511)
143
N
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his next OSPAR quality status report on the Irish Sea is due; and if he will make a statement.
(177512)
144
N
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of how changes in funding for Natural England will affect the Government's 2010 target of halting biodiversity loss; and if he will make a statement.
(177562)
145
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the level of protection for wildlife in the Moray Firth against oil spillages from ships.
(178222)
146
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will ensure that less than 70 per cent. of England will be designated as nitrate vulnerable zones (NVZs); what research has been used by his Department in its designation process for NVZs; and if he will make a statement.
(178156)
147
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on trends in overall nitrate levels in monitored rivers in England.
(178157)
148
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to introduce capital grants to assist farmers with increased storage requirements under the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones directive.
(178159)
149
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on introducing measures to provide financial assistance to farmers to comply with Nitrate Vulnerable Zone regulations.
(178161)
150
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what scientific and other reasons under the nitrate vulnerable zones legislation there is (a) a six month slurry storage requirement for (i) the poultry and (ii) the pig sectors and (b) a five month requirement for other sectors.
(178168)
151
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce a longer time period for compliance with the requirements of the nitrates vulnerable zone directive.
(178169)
152
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to introduce a derogation from the 170kgsN/ha whole farm limit to as near a 250kgsN/ha limit as possible.
(178170)
153
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy for the Government's new action programme proposals to be waived in those areas of existing nitrate vulnerable zones exhibiting a long-term decline in levels of nitrate.
(178171)
154
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will undertake more intensive monitoring of those areas where nitrate vulnerable zone designation has been questioned by farmers and landowners.
(178172)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
155
N
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that EU aid to the Occupied Palestinian Territories is used for legal and legitimate purposes.
(177305)
156
N
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the reported seizure in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of potassium nitrate disguised in sugar bags that were marked as being part of the humanitarian aid provided by the European Union.
(177306)
157
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the United Kingdom voted on the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, A/C.1.62/L.18/REV/i, on 5th December 2007; which other states voted in the same way; and what the reasons were for the UK vote.
(177842)
158
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) the British Government, (b) the British army and (c) coalition forces in Afghanistan have had with the Taliban.
(177509)
159
N
James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what definition the Government uses of the Taliban.
(177510)
160
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British ex-patriates are living in Kenya; and what provisional plans the Government has to repatriate them.
(177309)
161
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 90W, on Cyprus: diplomatic relations, what meetings in the UK have been attended by the hon. Member for Enfield North in her capacity as the Government's Special Representative to Cyprus.
(177843)
162
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 90W, on Cyprus: diplomatic relations, when the Government's Special Representative to Cyprus, the hon. Member for Enfield North, next plans to visit Cyprus; and whom she plans to meet on the visit.
(177845)
163
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 90W, on Cyprus: diplomatic relations, what meetings were held during the visit to Cyprus by the Government's Special Representative to Cyprus, the hon. Member for Enfield North, in October 2007; and what the cost of the visit was.
(177846)
164
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent efforts have been made by the Government to secure the release of Craig Alden, a British subject imprisoned in Brazil; and if he will make a statement.
(178087)
165
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response the British embassy in Brasilia has made to the recent letter from Mr Craig Alden, a British subject imprisoned in Brazil, calling for a petititon to be made to the Brazilian Supreme Court in relation to his case.
(178088)
166
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 90W, on Cyprus: diplomatic relations, who accompanied the Government's Special Representative to Cyprus on her visit to that country in October 2007.
(178265)
167
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the retrieval of bullion from HMS Sussex, with particular reference to Gibraltarian territorial waters.
(178225)
168
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what trade union programmes are currently funded under EU budget line (a) 04 03 03 01 and (b) 04 03 03 03 that pertain to training in (i) arbitration, (ii) industrial action, (iii) employment rights and (iv) work as a shop steward.
(178236)
169
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of primary legislation passed between 3rd May 1997 and 27th June 2007 originated in (a) EU regulations, (b) EU directives and (c) EU decisions.
(177677)
170
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the government of Afghanistan on the release from prison of the Taliban leader Mullah Sorkh Naqaibullah.
(178116)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
171
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold a meeting with hon. and rt. hon. Members with a National Blood Service centre in their constituency to discuss the McKinsey report into the National Blood Service as soon as it is presented to Ministers.
(178066)
172
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to make work more family-friendly for NHS staff in the (a) Barnet Chase Farm Hospital, (b) Royal Free Hospital and (c) Barnet Primary Care Trust; and if he will make a statement.
(177895)
173
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) highest annual income was amongst GPs in Barnet in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
(177896)
174
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve emergency ambulance services in Barnet.
(177898)
175
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce diagnostic waiting times for patients in Barnet Primary Care Trust area; and if he will make a statement.
(177899)
176
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on the breast screening service in Barnet; what estimate he has made of how long it will take to clear outstanding cases; and if he will make a statement.
(177900)
177
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from Barnet are waiting for treatment; how many there were at the end of (a) 2006-07 and (b) 1996-97; and if he will make a statement.
(177901)
178
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of cancer patients in Barnet were (a) seen and (b) treated within the target time of (i) one month from diagnosis to treatment and (ii) two months for urgent GP referral to treatment; what the performance of (A) Barnet Chase Farm and (B) Royal Free hospitals was in each category; and if he will make a statement.
(177902)
179
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) target response time and (b) average response time in the (i) last 12 months and (ii) in 2008 and (c) longest response time in the (A) last 12 months and (B) 2007-08 for an NHS ambulance service call was in Barnet; and if he will make a statement.
(177903)
180
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) highest number of patients registered with a GP in Barnet was (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the most recent date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(177904)
181
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the financial position of (a) Barnet Primary Care Trust, (b) Barnet Chase Farm NHS Trust and (c) Royal Free NHS Trust (i) was at the end of 2006-07 and (ii) is expected to be at the end of (1) 2007-08 and (2) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
(177905)
182
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) hospital doctors, (b) nurses, (c) GPs, (d) GP practice nurses, (e) nurse practitioners, (f) modern matrons, (g) community matrons and (h) NHS managers there were in Barnet in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
(177908)
183
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for an (i) outpatient appointment and (ii) operation for patients in the Barnet Primary Care Trust area in (1) 2006-07, (2) 2007-08 to date and (3) 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(177909)
184
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists offering NHS services there are in Barnet; how many there were in 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(177929)
185
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was in the Barnet Primary Care Trust area for (i) operations for (A) cataracts, (B) heart disease, (C) hip replacement, (ii) cancer, (iii) an MRI scan and (iv) a CT scan in (1) 2006-07, (2) 2007-08 to date and (3) 1997; in each category of treatment how many procedures were conducted; and if he will make a statement.
(177930)
186
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the participation rates of drug users in treatment programmes in Barnet are; what the performance of such programmes has been against targets in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(177979)
187
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who stopped smoking in Barnet in each of the last three years.
(177981)
188
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve maternity services for Barnet residents; and if he will make a statement.
(177984)
189
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average salary of a (a) newly qualified nurse, (b) qualified nurse and (c) nurse consultant in Barnet was in (i) 1997 and (iii) 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(177986)
190
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentists in Barnet; and if he will make a statement.
(177987)
191
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are awaiting registration with an NHS dentist in Barnet; and if he will make a statement.
(177989)
192
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to GP services in Barnet; and if he will make a statement.
(177992)
193
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the Royal Free Hospital's bid to become a Foundation Trust.
(177993)
194
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of (a) nursing care and (b) cleaning services at Barnet Hospital.
(177994)
195
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of accident and emergency department admissions at (a) Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital, (b) Royal Free Hospital and (c) Northwick Park Hospital were seen, treated and discharged or admitted within target times set in the most recent period for which figures are available; what the equivalent figures were in 1997; what the (i) average and (ii) longest waiting time for treatment was in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(177995)
196
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the review of services at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
(177996)
197
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve access to physiotherapy services in Barnet; and if he will make a statement.
(177997)
198
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the choose and book system at (a) the Royal Free and (b) Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
(177998)
199
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what GP practices in Barnet offer specialist services; what these services are; and if he will make a statement.
(177999)
200
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve management of out-patient and follow-up appointments at Edgware Hospital.
(178060)
201
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being considered to provide more beds at Edgware Hospital.
(178061)
202
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to develop rehabilitation services at Edgware Hospital.
(178062)
203
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made with plans for independent treatment services at Edgware Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
(178063)
204
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made towards the 18 week hospital treatment target in Hendon.
(178064)
205
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve community health services for Hendon residents; and if he will make a statement.
(178065)
206
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in improving mortality rates in Barnet for (a) cancer, (b) heart disease and (c) stroke; and if he will make a statement.
(178069)
207
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore.
(178070)
208
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust's plans for foundation trust status.
(178071)
209
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on drugs and pharmaceuticals by Barnet Primary Care Trust in 2006-07; what estimated expenditure on such products is for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
(178072)
210
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made towards computerisation of NHS records of Barnet residents.
(178073)
211
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage change in revenue allocation Barnet Primary Care Trust will receive for 2008-09; and what progress has been made in returning top sliced and other withheld funds relating to previous years to Barnet Primary Care Trust.
(178074)
212
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born at (a) Barnet, (b) Royal Free and (c) Edgware hospitals in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) 2007-08 to date; in each hospital how many pregnancies resulted in complications; how many Caesarean sections were performed in each hospital; and if he will make a statement.
(178077)
213
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances there were at (a) Barnet Hospital accident and emergency department, (b) Royal Free Hospital accident and emergency department and (c) Edgware Hospital walk-in centre in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) 2007-08 to date; and if he will make a statement.
(178083)
214
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in allowing opticians to refer patients direct for opthalmology services at Edgware Hospital.
(178117)
215
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made with the plans to modernise Finchley Memorial Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
(178164)
216
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in arrangements for GPs in Barnet to make direct referrals for diagnostic services; and if he will make a statement.
(178165)
217
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the re-organisation of children's services at the Royal Free Hospital.
(178166)
218
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the new building for psychiatric services provision at Barnet Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
(178167)
219
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile there are at (i) Barnet Hospital, (ii) Royal Free Hospital and (iii) Northwick Park; how many there were in 2006-07; and what steps are being taken to reduce the incidence of these and other hospital-acquired infections in each hospital.
(178173)
220
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in Barnet were diagnosed with (a) type 2 diabetes, (b) obesity problems as (i) adults and (ii) children, (c) alcohol dependency and (d) drug dependency in (1) 2006-07 and (2) 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(178177)
221
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women in (a) Hendon and (b) Barnet participated in the healthy start programme in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(178178)
222
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on breast cancer screening for Hendon residents.
(178179)
223
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Hendon residents received influenza vaccinations for the 2007-08 winter.
(178180)
224
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons specialist top-up funds paid to Bournemouth and Christchurch Primary Care Trust district general hospitals in recognition of patients with complex conditions have been discontinued.
(177357)
225
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by Bexley Care Trust on cancer services in each of the last three years.
(178078)
226
Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made on the phasing out of mixed sex wards in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
(177823)
227
Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of NHS chiropody services for pensioners in Stoke-on-Trent; and if he will make a statement.
(178081)
228
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to consult service users and their families on Valuing People Now.
(177891)
229
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield's letter of 30th July 2007 to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Services on the SIGN charity in Beaconsfield constituency.
(178005)
230
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of levels of health inequality in each council area in Hampshire over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(178202)
231
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what purpose his Department records the political opinions of members of his Department's staff.
(177308)
232
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was raised from NHS prescription charges in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.
(178238)
233
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking with food manufacturers to improve food labelling.
(178228)
234
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in implementing the Social Partnership Forum's action plan to maximise employment opportunities for newly qualified healthcare professionals; and if he will make a statement.
(177824)
235
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much additional funding has been given to (a) Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust and (b) all other hospital trusts for a deep clean.
(177837)
236
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has produced on mergers between an NHS foundation trust and a non-foundation NHS trust; what his policy is on the treatment of non-foundation NHS trust historic deficits when merging with a NHS foundation trust; and if he will make a statement.
(178245)
237
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, whether the customer insight unit referred to in paragraph 5.3 of the minutes of the meeting held in March 2007 has now been created; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the paper entitled Embedding the Customer.
(177980)
238
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 875W, on maternity services, which trusts provided maternity services in each of the five years before 2005-06.
(178009)
239
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 996W, on departmental expenditure, what written guidance documents were provided by the finance directorate; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the note entitled Financial Planning and CSR2007.
(178010)
240
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent in near cash in 2005-06 for each activity in figure A.2 of his Department's Annual Report 2007; and what the level of near cash (a) overspend or (b) underspend was in relation to each activity.
(178011)
241
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4th December 2007, Official Report, column 1118W, on departmental public expenditure, how much (a) near cash, (b) non cash and (c) capital expenditure was moved from each year; and to which year it was moved in the reprofiling of the Department's budgets.
(178012)
242
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department's screening programme for clostridium difficile on admission to hospital will begin; and what budgetary provision he has made for the programme in each financial year to 2010-11.
(178031)
243
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects (a) blood tests, (b) electrocardiograms and (c) ultrasound to be available on demand in GPs' surgeries.
(178032)
244
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training posts for nurses specialising in (a) inflammatory bowel disease, (b) upper gastrointestinal cancer, (c) lower gastrointestinal cancer, (d) stoma care and (e) liver disease there were in the last five years.
(178033)
245
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on treating gastrointestinal disease in England in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.
(178034)
246
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of (a) radiologists, (b) pathologists, (c) surgeons and (d) specialist nurses to support national bowel cancer screening programme objectives and delivery of the 18 week pathway.
(178035)
247
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the drug budget for the treatment of inflammatory bowel conditions is in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority area in 2007-08.
(178036)
248
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times from referral to treatment were for upper and lower gastrointestinal cancers, broken down by condition, in the latest period for which figures are available.
(178037)
249
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist gastroenterology units there are (a) in England and (b) in each region of England.
(178045)
250
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations his Department has had with gastroenterologists on the new referral pathways under the choose and book system for patients with gastroenterological disease.
(178046)
251
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with each type of gastroenterological condition were seen by a consultant within 18 weeks of referral in the latest period for which figures are available.
(178047)
252
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England have a gastrointestinal disease, broken down by condition; what plans he has for a National Service Framework for gastroenterology; and how many (a) gastroenterological consultants and (b) specialist gastroenterologist training posts there were in the National Health Service in England in each of the last five years.
(178048)
253
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations were consulted on screening for (a) heart disease, (b) kidney disease, (c) stroke and (d) diabetes prior to the Prime Minister's announcement of a new screening programme for these conditions on 8th January 2008.
(178255)
254
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of additional medical personnel, (b) the quantity of additional scanning equipment and (c) the increased analysis laboratory capacity required to deliver his Department's screening programme for (i) heart disease, (ii) kidney disease, (iii) stroke and (iv) diabetes.
(178257)
255
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of an individual screening for (a) heart disease, (b) kidney disease, (c) stroke and (d) diabetes.
(178258)
256
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received from the National Screening Committee in favour of (a) universal and (b) targeted screening for (i) heart disease, (ii) kidney disease, (iii) stroke and (iv) diabetes.
(178259)
257
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department plans to spend in each financial year until 2010-11 on advertising and education campaigns to encourage people to take up the offer of screening for (a) heart disease, (b) kidney disease, (c) stroke and (d) diabetes.
(178260)
258
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the likely take-up of (a) universal and (b) targeted screening programme for (i) heart disease, (ii) kidney disease, (iii) stroke and (iv) diabetes.
(178261)
259
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data his Department collects from primary care trusts on hospital at night teams.
(178262)
260
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services will be available to patients under his Department's life check programme.
(178263)
261
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on his Department's life check programme.
(178264)
262
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 5.5 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, what the value of resources released for frontline activity as a result of the streamlining of NHS leadership was, broken down by strategic health authority.
(178269)
263
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the proposed 100 new general practitioner practices in the 25 per cent. of primary care trusts with the poorest primary care provision have a remit to prevent as well as treat disease.
(178270)
264
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 6.2 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, on which local authority schemes there was slippage; and for each such scheme what costs arose from such slippage.
(178271)
265
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 6.2 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, for what reason the setting up of individual budget pilots was delayed, and by how long.
(178272)
266
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 6.4 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, if he will break down his Department's £128 million revenue underspend on central programmes by programme; and what the reasons were for the underspend on each programme.
(178273)
267
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 6.4 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, for what reasons his Department underspent its non-cash budget by £490 million.
(178274)
268
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 11, page 33 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, to what extent each of his Department's five assurance standards were met in 2006-07, broken down by directorate.
(178275)
269
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 12, page 33 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, which risks were (a) added to and (b) removed from his Department's high-level risk register in 2006-07.
(178276)
270
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 28, page 35 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, on what date the Commision for Racial Equality completed its report; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report.
(178277)
271
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 28, page 35 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, for what reasons the Commision for Racial Equality was concerned about his Department's production of race equality impact assessments.
(178278)
272
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 29, page 35 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Commission for Racial Equality Action Plan.
(178279)
273
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 33, page 36 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, what the 199 significant control issues were, broken down by reporting trust.
(178280)
274
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 39, page 37 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, what the dates were of each meeting held by the Review Group led by Professor Neil Douglas; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of each meeting.
(178281)
275
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 10, page 59 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, if he will break down the £836,000 his Department lost on the disposal of fixed assets by asset disposed of.
(178282)
276
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 10, page 60 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, if he will break down the other non-cash items charged to operating expenditure.
(178283)
277
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 10, page 60 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, what stock items his Department was required to write-off; what bad debt expenses occurred; and what the value of each item was in each category.
(178284)
278
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 11, page 60 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, if he will break down his Department's losses on the disposal of fixed assets by asset disposed of.
(178285)
279
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 21, page 67 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, on what basis his Department calculated the periods over which clinical negligence provisions are expected to be payable.
(178286)
280
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 21, page 67 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, for what reason provision for clinical negligence was increased during 2006-07.
(178288)
281
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 33b, p. 79 of his Department's resource accounts 2006-07, if he will provide a breakdown by private finance initiative scheme of compensation payments made by his Department on behalf of NHS private finance initiative schemes that were cancelled or deferred.
(178289)
282
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes closed in England in each of the last five years, broken down by region.
(178290)
283
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the publication of the NHS in England's Operating Framework for 2008-09, how much of the addition to his Department's baseline expenditure in 2008-09, set out on page 207 of the 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review, has not been allocated to primary care trusts, broken down into resource and capital resources.
(178291)
284
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of GP practices offer extended opening hours, broken down by (a) region and (b) primary care trust area.
(178302)
285
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 2.50 of the NHS in England's Operating Framework for 2008-09, how his Department defines `sufficient numbers of maternity staff and neo-natal teams to meet local needs' in terms of (a) the population of a primary care trust and (b) the number of births at a maternity unit.
(178304)
286
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to paragraph 4.34 of the NHS in England's Operating Framework for 2008-09, if he will break down the £5,859 million from central budgets to be devolved to strategic health authorities.
(178306)
287
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he has set aside in each financial year until 2010-11 to make (a) blood tests, (b) electrocardiograms and (c) ultrasound available on demand in GP practices.
(178307)
288
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to determine that it is not in the best interests of an individual patient for the 18-week referral-to-treatment target apply to them.
(178308)
289
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has conducted a cost/benefit analysis of the introduction of routine screening of pregnant women for Group B Strep.
(177810)
290
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to educate (a) relevant health professionals and (b) pregnant women about the symptoms and prevention of Group B Strep infections in babies.
(177811)
291
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the Health Protection Agency on the use of the enriched culture medium (ECM) testing method for detecting Group B Strep in late pregnancy; and if he will bring forward proposals for the ECM test to be available on the NHS.
(177812)
292
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12th November 2007, Official Report, column 58W, on cancer: waiting lists, whether his Department's press release of 9th October 2007 was approved by a Minister before it was issued.
(177897)
293
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations his Department received from (a) strategic health authorities, (b) primary care trusts, (c) hospital trusts and (d) members of the public on lack of (i) clean towels and (ii) clean bedding in hospitals in each year since 1997.
(177975)
294
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the fertility rate projections published by the Office for National Statistics on 23rd October 2007 on (a) future workforce requirements for midwifery and (b) the number of places provided for student midwives in the future.
(177977)
295
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted on the likely effect changing the BCG vaccination programme to a selective scheme will have on rates of tuberculosis infection in children.
(177978)
296
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will undertake research on whether there is a relationship between numbers of violent attacks on patients and staff in mental health wards and numbers of available beds on mental health wards.
(178007)
297
N
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient pathologists are trained to carry out specialist examinations on deceased children; how many such pathologists are available in each Government Office region; and if he will make a statement.
(177739)
298
N
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to assist coroners in the South West in locating child pathologists to carry out specialist examinations on deceased children for the purposes of an inquest.
(177740)
299
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of overcrowding in housing on health.
(175523)
300
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the effects of overcrowding on health are reflected in the development of standards for housing.
(175524)
301
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the number of NHS dentists in Leicester.
(177934)
302
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs are practising in Leicester.
(177935)
303
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many influenza vaccinations were administered in Leicester in each of the last five years.
(178039)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
304
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of levels of people trafficking into the UK.
(177906)
305
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her letter to the Home Affairs Committee of 17th December 2007, how many of the cases closed under the legacy exercise were due to (a) erroneous and (b) duplicate records; how such errors and duplications arose; how many of the individuals concerned have been traced; how many of the cases were closed because the individual concerned could not be traced; and what estimate she has made of the number of people dealt with by the legacy exercise who remain in the UK without leave to remain.
(177360)
306
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the letter of 17th December 2007 from the Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency to the Home Affairs Committee, how many cases dealt with under the legacy exercise in which leave to remain in the UK has been granted concerned individuals who had been refused leave to remain under the October 2003 family indefinite leave to remain exercise; and what her policy is on the grant of leave to remain under the legacy exercise to individuals who have been refused leave under the family indefinite leave to remain exercise.
(177361)
307
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the cases in which leave to remain in the UK was granted under the legacy exercise related to (a) failed asylum seekers and (b) asylum seekers whose cases had yet to be considered.
(177362)
308
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the letter of 17th December 2007 from the Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency to the Home Affairs Committee, when the criteria used to determine the grant of leave to remain to foreign nationals was adopted; and what means were used to publicise them.
(177363)
309
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she used to select the cases to be dealt with in the legacy exercise as referred to in the letter of 17th December 2007 from the Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency to the Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee.
(177364)
310
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers were asked to report to North Shields immigration office in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
(178067)
311
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what National Asylum Support Services contract costs were paid to Newcastle City Countil in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07; and how much is expected to be paid in 2007-08.
(178068)
312
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) violence against the person, (b) criminal damage and (c) drug related offences have been recorded in London since 2001.
(178075)
313
N
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 1261W, on Border and Immigration Agency: uniforms, when she will write to the hon. Member for Ashford.
(177559)
314
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 years were (a) injured and (b) killed by bladed weapons in the last year for which figures are available.
(178203)
315
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on UK participation in the development of EU rapid border intervention teams.
(178213)
316
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many protective vests were issued to police officers in each year since 1997.
(178214)
317
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK Europol officers have permission to operate within the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.
(178229)
318
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives were voluntarily handed in to the police in the last year for which figures are available.
(178230)
319
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fatalities there were arising from the use of bladed weapons in the last year for which figures are available.
(178231)
320
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents involving bladed weapons were reported in the last year for which figures are available.
(178232)
321
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents were reported of attacks on police officers involving bladed weapons in the last year for which figures are available.
(178233)
322
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many knives were confiscated by the police in the last year for which figures are available.
(178234)
323
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions sponsors of visa applications have been found to be under investigation for obtaining indefinite leave to remain by fraudulent means; and if she will make a statement.
(177815)
324
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to deal with people who steal expensive metal objects to sell to scrap yards.
(178000)
325
Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers of each age group and sex were returned to Somalia in the six months from 1st July 2007; what her policy is on returning women and children to Somalia; and what areas in Somalia are considered safe for return.
(177821)
326
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving the fraudulent use of credit or debit cards in Surrey were (a) reported and (b) successfully detected in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(178095)
327
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts were reported in Surrey in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what percentage were successfully detected .
(178098)
328
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate for domestic burglary was in Surrey in each of the last six years.
(178099)
329
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will outsource drug work currently undertaken by statutory authorities to private charities; and if she will make a statement.
(178102)
330
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of drug rehabilitation beds in England and Wales are (a) occupied and (b) vacant; and if she will make a statement.
(178104)
331
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will seek to re-classify cannabis as a class B drug.
(178106)
332
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of persons found in possession of a class C drug for the first time were (a) cautioned and (b) charged with an offence in the area covered by the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(178107)
333
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which recommendations of the Downing Street Strategy Unit report on drugs of 2005 have been implemented.
(178109)
334
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the cost to the criminal justice system associated with the criminal activity of problematic drug users in 2007-08.
(178110)
335
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the street price of (a) heroin and (b) cocaine was in each of the last 10 years.
(178111)
336
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations on grounds that a person remaining in the UK would not be conducive to the public good have taken place in the last 12 months.
(178113)
337
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) Nigerian and (b) Chinese nationals are in prison in the UK; and in respect of how many such people deportation was judicially recommended.
(178115)
338
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she received from the government of Pakistan on (a) Hyrbyair Marri and (b) Faiz Baluch prior to their arrest in the UK.
(177813)
339
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many laboratories are licensed for animal testing in the UK.
(177931)
340
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Government funds and resources have been allocated to research and development in finding an alternative to animal testing since 2001.
(177932)
341
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many proposals were made under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to use animals in science in 2007; and how many of these proposals were accepted.
(177933)
342
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of crime there were in each of the last 25 years, broken down by (a) police and (b) local authority area.
(177988)
343
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) methods and (b) technologies her Department has recommended to (i) police forces and (ii) local authorities for controlling the unlawful assembly of young people.
(177990)
344
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Pendle of 9th March 2001, Official Report, column 310W, on the Home Office, which police forces used cardboard mock ups of police officers in crime prevention initiatives in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
(177991)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
345
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of withdrawal of support to institutions in South East London for students studying equivalent or lower qualifications.
(178076)
346
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make it his policy to exempt students of the Relate Institute at Doncaster college from the decision to reduce funding for students studying for an equivalent or lower qualification; and if he will make a statement.
(178254)
347
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what courses are offered to offenders serving custodial sentences.
(178086)
348
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what training financed by his Department is offered to trades union representatives in his Department.
(178089)
349
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much student debt is owed to the Government.
(178090)
350
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students studying for an equivalent or lower qualification are part-time students.
(178119)
351
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposal to withdraw Higher Education Funding Council for England funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications; and if he will make a statement.
(178120)
352
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on re-skilling the existing workforce.
(178121)
353
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people aged between (a) 30 and 39, (b) 40 and 49, (c) 50 and 59 and (d) 60 years and above completed an equivalent or lower qualification in (i) 2007, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2005.
(178122)
354
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in his Department are responsible for liaising with the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
(178124)
355
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which 10 universities awarded the highest number of first-class degrees as a proportion of entrants in 2007.
(178125)
356
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in which 10 subjects the highest proportion of grades awarded to undergraduates were firsts in 2007.
(178126)
357
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department takes to check the employment status of foreign nationals in the United Kingdom to study.
(178127)
358
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on congestion charges in 2007.
(178195)
359
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of his staff responsible for work on skills possess a vocational qualification.
(178197)
360
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of his staff dealing with universities hold a university degree.
(178198)
361
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what training courses are available to departmental staff via his Department's learning and development unit.
(178207)
362
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, into what languages departmental publications were translated in 2006-07; how many were translated; and what the total cost of translation was in that year.
(178220)
363
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on measures to avoid grade inflation.
(178221)
364
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on the decertification of university courses deemed not to be of adequate academic quality; and if he will make a statement.
(178223)
365
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in educational departments within his responsibilities are on suspension; and how many of these have been on suspension for over 12 months.
(178224)
366
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what trade union programmes are funded by his Department that pertain to training in (a) arbitration, (b) industrial action, (c) employment rights and (d) work as a shop steward.
(178237)
367
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total value of private endowments managed by universities.
(178240)
368
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many crimes were reported to have taken place in teaching establishments for which his Department is responsible in 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(178241)
369
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on encouraging sport at establishments within the responsibilities of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
(178247)
370
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is towards healthy eating in establishments within the responsibilities of his Department, with particular reference to undergraduate students; and if he will make a statement.
(178248)
371
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the lifelong learning of Peterborough residents of the reduction in funding for equivalent or lower qualifications.
(178094)
372
N
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what research his Department has undertaken on the impact of removing funding for equivalent or lower level qualifications on women; and what discussions he has had with the Minister for Women on this issue.
(177596)
373
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the numbers of students entering further education to study dentistry.
(177259)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
374
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes the Government plans to make to the DfID-Pakistan Country Programme following recent events in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(177879)
375
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes the Government plans to make to the DfID-Kenya Country Programme following recent events in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(177880)
376
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's bilateral spending is directed towards (a) tuberculosis and (b) tuberculosis/HIV; whether the UK's strategy on HIV and AIDS for 2008 to 2012 will include a specific target on tuberculosis/HIV co-infection reduction; and what steps he plans to take to support an integrated response to tuberculosis and HIV in other countries.
(177743)
377
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take to facilitate the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria reaching its target size of USD 8 billion by 2010.
(177744)
378
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department's website will be updated in relation to the conclusion of economic partnership agreements by the 31st December 2007 deadline.
[R] (177798)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
379
N
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are in prison for (a) non-payment of fines, (b) civil debt and (c) other civil matters; and if he will make a statement.
(177608)
380
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) women and (b) men were convicted for drink driving offences in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
(177359)
381
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cautions and (b) fines have been issued for (i) vandalism, (ii) graffiti, (iii) litter and (iv) anti-social behaviour in each district and unitary council area in Hampshire in each of the last eight quarters for which records are available.
(178199)
382
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cautions and (b) prosecutions for mobile telephone use by (i) motorists and (ii) other road users there have been in each district and unitary council area in Hampshire in each of the last eight quarters for which records are available.
(178200)
383
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the failure rate was for mandatory drug testing at HMP Peterborough in the last 12 months for whch figures are available.
(178239)
384
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the future role of Swansea prison.
(178227)
385
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider introducing a court diversion scheme for offenders aged 16 to 25 involving attendance on a course of military training as an alternative to court sentencing.
(178215)
386
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons in Surrey were (a) convicted for speeding and (b) received a fixed penalty for speeding in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(178096)
387
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons in Surrey were convicted of drink driving in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(178097)
388
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what percentage of criminal cases in the Crown courts in England and Wales there was a change of plea to guilty at the start of the trial in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(178100)
389
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of prosecutions in magistrates' courts in England and Wales resulted in dismissal following the Crown offering no evidence at the start of the trial in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(178101)
390
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance the Government gives to courts on sentencing in first time class C drug possession cases.
(178108)
391
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) full-time and (b) deputy district judges there were in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
(178112)
392
N
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 507W, on courts: Colchester, when in 2008 he expects the outline business case for a new courthouse at Colchester to be (a) completed and (b) submitted for approval; on what date he expects building work to (i) commence and (ii) be completed; and if he will make a statement.
(177638)
Questions to the Leader of the House
393
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Leader of the House, what estimate she has made of the required rate of employer contribution to the pension scheme of hon. Members using the FRS 17 accounting standard to assess the costs of that scheme; and if she will make a statement.
(178042)
394
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1225W, on the Communications Allowance, for what reason the Retail Price Index was selected to calculate the annual increase in the Allowance.
(177597)
395
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1225W, on the Communications Allowance, what representations she has received supporting an increase in the Communications Allowance by more than the rate of inflation; and what assessment she has made of such representations.
(177598)
396
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1225W, on the Communications Allowance, what the aggregated budgeted expenditure on the Communications Allowance is expected to be in 2007-08.
(177599)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
397
N
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what changes were made to the regulation of political funds of Northern Ireland trades unions, during periods of direct rule from Westminster, since the Trade Union and Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 came into force.
(177519)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
398
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many working days have been spent to date by people employed in connection with hosting the London 2012 Olympics on study visits to (a) former Olympic venues and (b) China.
(178226)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
399
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage change in traffic levels (a) on English roads and (b) in each county within England was for each year since 1997, taking the 1997 levels as 100 per cent..
(178130)
400
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average amount of carbon dioxide emitted per mile driven was for road traffic in each EU country in the latest year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
(178131)
401
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the amount of carbon emissions from (a) rail and (b) road haulage in each year since 1990 (i) per mile and (ii) in total.
(178132)
402
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual movement of freight by road, in billion tonne kilometres, was in each year since 1997.
(178133)
403
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage change there has been in the average fuel efficiency of cars sold in England in each year since 1997.
(178134)
404
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average mileage of a car in England was in each year since 1994.
(178135)
405
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of (a) roads and (b) cycle lanes were constructed in England in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
(178136)
406
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of new cars sold in 2006 emitted less than 100g of carbon dioxide per kilometre; and what projection she has made of the percentage emissions that will be allowed in each year up to 2040.
(178137)
407
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are employed by the British Railways Board (Residuary); and what that body's budget was in 2006-07.
(178138)
408
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a list of all property, including railway structures, owned by the British Railways Board (Residuary).
(178139)
409
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of railway line are available to freight traffic only.
(178140)
410
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations have been (a) opened and (b) re-opened since 1st May 1997.
(178141)
411
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the amount of carbon emissions from rail haulage in each year since 1990.
(178142)
412
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage change from a 2003 baseline she has projected for (a) rail passenger and (b) rail freight mileage by (i) 2010, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2025.
(178143)
413
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how far people living in an English (a) urban and (b) rural area travelled per person on average in 2006.
(178144)
414
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage changes there were in the movement of freight within the United Kingdom by (a) road, (b) rail, (c) water and (d) pipeline in each year since 2001.
(178145)
415
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of waterways and canals have been lost for transportation purposes in each year since 1997.
(178146)
416
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail journeys have taken place in which (a) spent nuclear fuel and (b) nuclear waste was carried through the Channel Tunnel since 2001; and for each such journey what the (i) place of origin, (ii) destination and (iii) volume carried was.
(178147)
417
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average carbon emissions were per UK air passenger in each year since 1997.
(178148)
418
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights to the US operating out of (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick were accompanied by armed air marshals in 2006-07; what the nationality of such marshals was; and to whom they are accountable.
(178153)
419
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken in response to the European Commission warning of possible court action against the UK for failing to implement European legislation on the recognition of seafarer certificates; and when her Department plans to implement the relevant legislation.
(177818)
420
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the UK to ratify the International Labour Organisation Maritime Labour Convention.
(177819)
421
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to bring forward legislation to enforce the North Sea SOx Emission Control Area regulations and set penalties for non-compliance.
(177820)
422
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to increase public awareness of the volumes and timings of alcohol consumption likely to result in reaching the maximum blood alcohol concentration permitted for driving on public roads.
(177358)
423
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will pursue provisions requiring (a) an additional train coach to the current two car unit service operating hourly and (b) a half hourly three car unit service between Portsmouth and Cardiff in the next relevant franchise negotiations; and if she will make a statement.
(178246)
424
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement on final operational control arrangements for the Galileo Supervisory Authority, with particular reference to the mechanism for shutdown in time of conflict.
(178205)
425
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of First Great Western in meeting its existing rail franchise obligations and targets; and if she will make a statement.
(177831)
426
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of train (a) punctuality and (b) overcrowding on the Weymouth to Bristol line; and if she will make a statement.
(177832)
427
N
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to ascertain the reasons for the delay in the completion of works to the railway infrastructure near London Liverpool Street station over the Christmas and New Year holiday period; and if she will make a statement.
(177449)
428
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what weights bridges across railway lines are required to support.
(177803)
429
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has provided for the (a) maintenance, (b) repair, (c) rebuilding and (d) construction of bridges across railway lines in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
(177804)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
430
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on cross-border health service issues affecting England and Wales.
(177907)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
431
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of women with (a) 30, (b) 31, (c) 32, (d) 33, (e) 34, (f) 35, (g) 36, (h) 37, (i) 38 and (j) 39 contributory years towards the basic state pension; and how many in each case will be aged (i) 50, (ii) 51, (iii) 52, (iv) 53, (v) 54, (vi) 55, (vii) 56, (viii) 57, (ix) 58, (x) 59, (xi) 60, (xii) 61, (xiii) 62, (xiv) 63 and (xv) 64 and over on 6th April 2010.
(177943)
432
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of beneficiaries of pension sharing orders under the age of 65 years whose former spouse already receive a pension.
(177952)
433
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the return an individual saving in a personal account would receive with (a) a full saving record, (b) 10 years saving, (c) 20 years saving, (d) 30 years saving and (e) 40 years saving as (i) a percentage of salary and (ii) weekly cash value in retirement if they had an average salary over the period of (A) £10,000, (B) £11,000, (C) £12,000, (D) £13,000, (E) £14,000, (F) £15,000, (G) £16,000, (H) £17,000, (I) £18,000, (J) £19,000, (K) £20,000, (L) £21,000, (M) £22,000, (N) £23,000, (O) £24,000, (P) £25,000, (Q) £26,000, (R) £27,000, (S) £28,000, (T) £29,000, (U) £30,000, (V) £31,000, (W) £32,000 and (X) £33,000.
(177953)
434
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials in his Department have had with officials from HM Treasury on increasing the level of trivial commutation.
(177954)
435
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the funding that will be made available for advice and information on personal accounts in each year from now until 2050.
(177956)
436
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of people that will receive pension forecasts from his Department in each year until 2050, broken down by (a) age and (b) ethnicity.
(177958)
437
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are employed in the official error taskforce; how much is paid in salaries annually to staff in the taskforce; how many cases in relation to each type of benefit the official error taskforce has corrected in each week since its creation; and what the cost was of official error in relation to each type of benefit corrected by the taskforce in each week since its creation.
(177959)
438
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) percentage and (b) cash value of each type of benefit is paid (i) into bank accounts, (ii) into building societies, (iii) into Post Office card accounts and (iv) by giro.
(177960)
439
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which areas his Department has made savings towards its March 2008 target of a £960 million saving.
(177961)
440
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of staff in his Department met (a) 100 per cent., (b) 90 per cent., (c) 80 per cent., (d) 70 per cent., (e) 50 per cent., (f) 40 per cent., (g) 30 per cent., (h) 20 per cent., (i) 10 per cent. and (j) none of their objectives and targets in their most recent appraisals.
(177962)
441
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what intervals staff in his Department are subject to appraisals; how long his Department's probationary period for new staff is; and what percentage of staff did not have their employment continued at the end of their probationary period in the last 12 months.
(177963)
442
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what objectives, targets or standards new employees in his Department are required to meet in their probationary period; and how the performance of new recruits in his Department is assessed.
(177964)
443
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unfair dismissal employment tribunals his Department has been involved in in the last 10 years; what the grounds were for each case brought; in how many cases the employment tribunal found in favour of the former employee; and what action was taken by his Department to change its working practices as a result of such cases.
(177965)
444
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to identify and address barriers to taking up formal childcare by (a) low income groups, (b) lone parents, (c) workless households with two adults and (d) ethnic minorities.
(177966)
445
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on providing information to businesses on age discrimination in each of the last 10 years; and by what means this information was provided.
(177968)
446
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what surveys his Department has conducted of its customers in the last 10 years; and if he will place in the Library copies of such surveys.
(177969)
447
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum number of forms an applicant for each benefit administered by his Department must complete is (a) between initially applying and receipt of benefit and (b) each year thereafter.
(177970)
448
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people work in his Department's customer insight team; and what the (a) remit and (b) objectives of the team are.
(177971)
449
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents are in receipt of in-work credits; and what percentage of them have stayed in employment for (a) up to three months, (b) three to six months, (c) six to nine months, (d) nine to 12 months, (e) 12 to 18 months, (f) 18 to 24 months and (g) over two years.
(177972)
450
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents have taken part in pathways broken down by (a) ethnicity, (b) age of youngest child and (c) number of children.
(177973)
451
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on each means of communication under the national communications campaign to communicate the benefits of formal childcare in each month since its launch.
(177974)
452
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to establish a strategy for providing advice and information on personal accounts.
(178292)
453
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women reaching the age of 68 in 2010 who will have (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight and (i) nine years too few of national insurance contributions to claim a full basic state pension.
(178293)
454
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on developing the Better Off Calculation system; and if he will make a statement.
(178294)
455
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on training Jobcentre Plus personal advisers to carry out the Better Off Calculations; how many hours of training are required before a personal adviser may carry out a Better Off Calculation; how many personal advisers have been so trained; and if he will make a statement.
(178295)
456
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Jobcentre Plus offices offer Better Off Calculations; and if he will make a statement.
(178296)
457
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which circumstances repeat Better Off Calculations are offered; and if he will make a statement.
(178297)
458
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Better Off Calculations take into account income from tax credits and benefits in the second year of employment; and if he will make a statement.
(178298)
459
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice is provided to individuals along with the outcome of their Better Off Calculation; and if he will make a statement.
(178299)
460
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which unit of his Department is responsible for Better Off Calculation policy.
(178300)
461
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to improve access to suitable financial instruments to reduce financial exclusion amongst those unable to use conventional financial arrangements due to their religious beliefs.
(177881)
462
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to encourage initiatives from mainstream lenders to provide affordable credit to those on benefits and others at risk of financial exclusion.
(177882)
463
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of means-tested benefits in retirement on incentives to save.
(177883)
464
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target is for the number of local employers to be involved in the local employment partnership in the (a) Banbury and (b) Oxford travel-to-work area.
(177885)
465
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the target is for the number of unemployed people to be found jobs in the (a) Banbury and (b) Oxford travel-to-work area via local employment partnerships.
(177886)
466
N
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of women who will qualify for the basic state pension in their own right by 2020.
(177607)
467
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of fuel poverty of people claiming benefits in Hampshire in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(178201)
468
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what purpose his Department records individuals' political opinions.
(177307)
469
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents took place at Health and Safety Executive facilities over the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by category.
(178217)
470
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals under 35 years of age were in receipt of incapacity benefit in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) each constituency in the Eastern Region in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(178092)
471
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals in Peterborough constituency had been in receipt of jobseekers allowance in excess of 12 months as at 31st December 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(178093)
472
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much compensation has been paid to the 497 staff dismissed for poor attendance by Jobcentre Plus between October 2006 and September 2007.
(177834)
473
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was to Jobcentre Plus of the attendance management procedures, including staff time to issue warnings and investigate grievances, associated with the dismissal of 497 people for unsatisfactory attendance between October 2006 and September 2007.
(177835)
474
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costs Jobcentre Plus incurred in employment tribunals and legal fees arising from the dismissal of 497 individuals for poor attendance between October 2006 and September 2007.
(177836)
475
N
Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases have (a) been brought under the Special Educational Needs and Disability Discrimination Act 2001 and (b) been ruled unlawful confirming that less favourable treatment has taken place; and how many of these cases have been brought against universities.
(176803)
476
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costs the Health and Safety Executive has incurred to date from the investigation of the Stockline/ICL explosion at Hopehill Road, Glasgow on 11th May 2004.
(178251)
477
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work-related deaths in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK were not investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in the last five years.
(178252)
478
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned timetable is of the public inquiry instructed to investigate the circumstances of the Stockline/ICL Plastics explosion in Hopehill Road, Glasgow on 11th May 2004.
(178256)
479
N
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is meeting the cost of the Health and Safety Executive's inquiry into the Buncefield disaster.
(177365)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
480
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many cases of age discrimination have been brought before the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service and found in favour of the employee in cases where discrimination took place against an employee for being too (a) young and (b) old in each of the last 10 years.
[Transferred] (177967)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
481
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the tax changes introduced in April 2006 in relation to occupational pension schemes, with particular reference to tax relief for employer contributions on the same basis as other business expenditure.
[Transferred] (177884)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
482
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the role of the Cultural Ambassador for the United Kingdom is; if he will break down the allocated budget by mission statement priorities; and what prior discussions were held with the British Council on respective responsibilities and avoiding duplication.
[Transferred] (178216)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
483
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of stray animals in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (178218)
484
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department has on the number of dog wardens in each local authority in England; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (178219)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
485
N
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many nursing homes receiving local authority funded residents have been placed on a caution list in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority.
[Transferred] (177528)
486
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require local authorities to publish on the web a list of all restaurants and establishments serving food to the public with (a) the date when last inspected by environmental health officers, (b) their hygiene scores and (c) details of any successful prosecutions for breaches of food safety legislation; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (177894)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
487
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on whether the UK should join the (a) Schengen area and (b) Schengen visa system in the future.
[Transferred] (177355)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
488
N
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what progress has been made towards increasing transparency in the higher education admissions system.
[Question Unstarred] (177268)
489
N
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding for English for Speakers of Other Languages has been allocated in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
[Question Unstarred] (177253)
490
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding from medical research charities and the Medical Research Council is effectively co-ordinated.
[Question Unstarred] (177260)
491
N
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of young people who will be awarded the higher education study support guarantee in each year.
[Question Unstarred] (177265)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
492
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals for the police to have power to compel an offender to pay compensation to a victim without the precondition of a prosecution for a criminal offence.
[Transferred] (178212)
493
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for offenders given a drug rehabilitation requirement by the courts in the most recent period for which figures are available.
[Transferred] (178105)
494
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many nationals of other EU member states are in prison in England and Wales.
[Transferred] (178114)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
495
Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many work-related deaths were investigated in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch in the last five years.
[Transferred] (178253)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
496
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk whose income is below 60 per cent. of median UK household income; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (178084)
497
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate how many (a) UK and (b) non-UK residents would be eligible to purchase an additional (i) six and (ii) nine years national insurance contributions assuming six per cent. and 15 per cent. take-up rates if purchasing those additional years were available only to those who already had (A) 10 years or more, (B) 15 years and (C) 20 years or more national insurance contributions in (1) 2010, (2) 2020, (3) 2030, (4) 2040 and (5) 2050; and if he will estimate the costs of such purchases in each case.
[Transferred] (177833)

 
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