|
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 16 January 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 16 January 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 16 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 Wednesday 16 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 16 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of UK Trade and Investment's budget is spent on (a) promoting exports and (b) encouraging inward investment. | | [R] (179658) | 2
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, columns 1343-4W, on regional government: Brussels, how many staff are employed in each office. | | [R] (179659) | 3
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what criteria his Department uses in allocating funds to private sector companies to prevent redundancies. | | [R] (179732) | 4
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how the Certification Officer oversees political funds and finances of trades unions. | | (179427) | 5
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of the Certification Officer's time is spent overseeing political funds and finances of trades unions. | | (179428) | 6
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many hearings before the Certification Officer were held to consider complaints against trades unions in each of the last five calendar years. | | (179429) | 7
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Certification Officer may take to investigate the affairs of a trade union. | | (179430) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179838) | 9
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179871) | 10
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179877) | 11
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179912) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179941) | 13
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government plans to take to assist people on low incomes to meet the cost of electricity and gas, with particular reference to recent price increases. | | (179689) | 14
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has undertaken into awareness of the regulations on waste electrical and electronic equipment among (a) producers, (b) retailers and (c) households; and if he will publish the results of that research. | | (179557) | 15
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which public bodies for which his Department is responsible use non-geographical telephone numbers for lines intended for use by members of the public. | | (179563) | 16
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures are in place to regulate door-to-door tradesmen in order to ensure elderly people are protected from fraudulent cold calling. | | (179605) | 17
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the regulatory framework will be for the introduction of smart meters for electricity and gas; and if he will make a statement. | | (179722) | 18
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to implement the aim in the 2007 Energy White Paper that every home should have a smart meter for electricity and gas; and if he will make a statement. | | (179723) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 19
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average household income was in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (179726) | 20
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of loans advanced to Northern Rock on the Government's (a) public sector borrowing requirement and (b) sustainable debt rule; and if he will make a statement. | | (179899) | 21
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff in (a) total, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) each region of England were dismissed because of (i) their attendance record and (ii) their attendance record on grounds of sickness in each year since 2005. | | (179308) | 22
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of nationalising Northern Rock. | | (179803) | 23
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 27th February 2007, Official Report, columns 1287-9W, on alcoholic drinks: death, when the figures for the number of deaths with an alcohol-related underlying cause in 2006 and 2007 will be available; and if he will make a statement. | | (179660) | 24
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes to its administrative procedures on transfer of confidential data HM Revenue and Customs has instituted since the beginning of November 2007. | | (179639) | 25
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Statement of 20th November 2007, Official Report, columns 1110-18, on HM Revenue and Customs, whether the package contained material other than the two missing computer discs. | | (179642) | 26
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cell field structure was of the data on the two child benefit data missing discs. | | (179656) | 27
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179836) | 28
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179869) | 29
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179875) | 30
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179918) | 31
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179943) | 32
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of HM Revenue and Customs' initial impact assessment of socio-economic factors in its Work for Change programme. | | (179552) | 33
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many departmental (a) Ministers, (b) civil servants and (c) consultants, contractors or secondees working full-time or part-time for his Department attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. | | (179196) | 34
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the North East Lincolnshire and (b) North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust areas died from (i) stroke-related illnesses, (ii) lung disease and (iii) heart disease in each of the last five years. | | (179713) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 35
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to promote the teaching of Mandarin in primary schools. | | (179630) | 36
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools in each London borough teach a modern foreign language. | | (179546) | 37
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which modern foreign languages are taught in primary schools in London. | | (179547) | 38
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the take-up of free school meals in (a) Portsmouth, (b) Southampton and (c) Hampshire local education authorities was in each of the last five years; what the estimated number of children eligible was in each year; and what steps he is taking to increase the take-up. | | (179746) | 39
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he has budgeted for (a) adoption support and (b) special guardianship as part of children's services grant for each of the financial years 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11. | | (179807) | 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179868) | 41
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179874) | 42
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179911) | 43
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and how much was spent by his Department and its predecessor on producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179916) | 44
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179944) | 45
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what factors were taken into account in deciding the amount allocated to Staffordshire for the school funding settlement for 2008-09 to 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (179761) | 46
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the annual schools census in 2008 will include collection of data on children of families in military service. | | (179551) | 47
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people from the poorest backgrounds who obtained degree level qualifications in each of the last 10 years. | | (179610) | 48
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people from the richest backgrounds who obtained degree level qualifications in each of the last 10 years. | | (179611) | 49
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) Teesside and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency are in receipt of 15 hour entitlement to free nursery care. | | (179617) | 50
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimates he has made of the number of children in (a) Teesside and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency who will be affected by the funding allocated to improve nursery schools in the region. | | (179618) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what additional finance will be made available to schools for each student studying for a diploma; and if he will make a statement. | | (179706) | 52
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on the equivalence between diplomas and GCSEs. | | (179707) | 53
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children with English as a second language there were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each English local authority in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001, (iii) 2005, (iv) 2006 and (v) 2007. | | (179954) | 54
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding was available to support pupils with English as a second language in each English local authority area in (a) 1997, (b) 2001, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007 in 2005-06 prices; how much has been made available for 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (179955) | 55
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on the school league table position of schools of a high proportion of pupils with English as second language; and if he will make a statement. | | (179956) | 56
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advice he has sought on whether decisions to exclude children from school may be challenged in the courts; and if he will make a statement. | | (179957) | 57
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of looked after children in each local authority area received the immunisations appropriate for their age group in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (179417) | 58
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of looked after children in each local authority area received a health assessment from their primary care trust on an annual basis in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (179418) | 59
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of looked after children in each local authority area received a dental check on an annual basis in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (179419) | 60
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has allocated any resources to be spent via the regional development agencies' single pot in 2007-08. | | (179812) | 61
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many days of teacher absence were caused by stress-related illnesses in each local education authority in each of the last five years. | | (179657) | 62
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps have been taken to ensure that developments under the Building Schools for the Future programme have the lowest possible environmental impact. | | (179587) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 63
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether an official group within the Government has been established to take forward the implementation of the Warwick Agreement. | | (179638) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179795) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179840) | 66
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179859) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179872) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 68
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration has been given to requiring the inclusion of information on risk of flooding in home information packs. | | (179739) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of her Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179839) | 70
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings she has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179861) | 71
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect her Department's recruitment policy. | | (179873) | 72
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179919) | 73
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what items of her Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179945) | 74
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities applied for funding from her Department to help fund local leisure facilities in each of the last five years. | | (179767) | 75
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department gives to local authorities on claims for single person discount for council tax from single parents whose children are serving with the armed forces. | | (179710) | 76
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what level of funding was allocated to each English fire authority, in each of the last three years; and how many incidents were attended by firefighters from each authority in each such year. | | (179608) | 77
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been allocated to Cleveland Fire Authority for the next funding period. | | (179619) | 78
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to take into account the number of high risk industrial sites in each fire authority area allocating resources to fire authorities. | | (179620) | 79
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the number of additional new households which will be formed in the next 25 years beyond those expected in a zero net migration scenario; and what proportion of total household growth such households will represent over the same period. | | (179440) | 80
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reasons were for the 100 per cent. increase in housing development expected in Torbay proposed by her appointed panel in the South West Regional Spatial Strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (179704) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 81
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what projects were awarded money by the Big Lottery Fund in Wirral South in each of the last five years. | | (179645) | 82
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people voted for each project competing in the Big Lottery Fund People's £50 million Lottery contest. | | (179749) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179794) | 84
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179841) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179857) | 86
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179881) | 87
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179947) | 88
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes Arts Council England plans to make to funding criteria and allocation mechanisms; what changes it has made in the last 24 months; and what (a) internal guidance and (b) external guidance has been amended accordingly. | | (179445) | 89
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for finalising Arts Council England funding proposals to arts organisations, with particular reference to regional theatres. | | (179446) | 90
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which local organisations in each region received funding from Arts Council England in each of the last three years; how much funding was received in each case; and how much each such organisation is expected to receive from Arts Council England in 2008-09. | | (179447) | 91
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Arts Council England regularly funded organisations were informed in December 2007 that their funding was to be reduced. | | (179448) | 92
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many regularly funded, theatre-based producing companies in the regions were supported by Arts Council England in 2007-08. | | (179449) | 93
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding was made available for (a) women's sport and (b) women's netball in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (179762) | 94
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) UK and (b) overseas tourists visiting Cleethorpes in each of the last five years. | | (179714) | 95
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people involved in work-based training in the tourism sector in Cleethorpes constituency in each of the last five years. | | (179715) | 96
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average expenditure per head of tourists visiting Cleethorpes in each of the last five years. | | (179716) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 97
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many citizens of other Commonwealth countries served in the UK armed forces in each year of the last 10 years, broken down by country of origin. | | (179777) | 98
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the UK armed forces who are citizens of other Commonwealth countries served in (a) each of the services and (b) operational theatres in each of the last 10 years. | | (179797) | 99
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what work is being undertaken by his Department on the cost and structure of the Armed Forces' Pension Scheme. | | (179671) | 100
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British personnel based at Camp Buehring in Kuwait will receive the (a) Iraq Medal and (b) council tax rebate; and if he will make a statement. | | (179672) | 101
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether transportation and lodging of military forces in support of the European Security and Defence Policy mission to Chad will be financed by the EU or its member states under the costs lie where they fall principle. | | (179673) | 102
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget is for the Individual Resettlement Training Costs Grant in financial years (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (179674) | 103
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's total expenditure was on the Individual Resettlement Training Costs Grant in each year since 2000-01. | | (179675) | 104
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military units are allocated for potential deployment with (a) EU and (b) NATO missions. | | (179676) | 105
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current percentage shortfall is of each pinch point trade in the armed forces. | | (179677) | 106
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow of units based in (i) Scotland and (ii) Wales was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (179678) | 107
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on legal representation for military inquests in each year since 2003. | | (179679) | 108
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the status of the European Security and Defence Policy mission to Chad. | | (179680) | 109
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many force generation conferences have taken place for the European Security and Defence Policy mission to Chad since August 2007. | | (179681) | 110
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Bulldog vehicles have been (a) ordered to date and (b) delivered to UK Land Command. | | (179682) | 111
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Vector armoured fighting vehicles have been (a) ordered to date and (b) delivered to UK Land Command. | | (179683) | 112
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Mastiff armoured vehicles have been (a) ordered to date and (b) delivered to UK Land Command. | | (179684) | 113
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his official engagements were between 11th December 2007 and 13th January 2008. | | (179687) | 114
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2007, Official Report, column 1031W, on departmental mobile telephones, what central controls his Department maintains on the (a) purchase and (b) reasons for purchase of mobile telephones. | | (179641) | 115
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179793) | 116
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179842) | 117
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179856) | 118
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179880) | 119
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179948) | 120
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the provision of continuing financial support to the widows and widowers of service personnel who die (a) on and (b) off operations while in receipt of Armed Forces' Continuity of Education Allowance. | | (179900) | 121
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in 2007-08. | | (179548) | 122
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has established a cross-UK forum of devolved administrations, the Department for Children, Schools and Families and his Department as part of the Tri-Service Schools Liaison Policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (179553) | 123
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that blood transfusions given to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are screened effectively before use. | | (179644) | 124
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who will take over from the 52 Brigade in Afghanistan; and what changeover date (a) was originally planned and (b) is expected to be. | | (179958) | 125
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 312W, on health services: armed forces, what funding is to be made available for care home funding for war pensioners in each financial year until 2016-17. | | (179747) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 126
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals had a pre-movement test for bovine tuberculosis in 2007; and how many of those were found to be reactors. | | (179662) | 127
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on Common Agricultural Policy subsidies from the 10 largest landowners in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (179750) | 128
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will allocate more resources to the Government Affairs Team of the WarmFront scheme to provide timely and substantive responses to enquiries from hon. Members. | | (179705) | 129
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect that the introduction of a sea-angling licence would have upon the economy of UK coastal resorts. | | (179306) | 130
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the costs of the (a) introduction and (b) policing of a requirement for recreational sea-anglers to hold a valid sea-angling licence. | | (179307) | 131
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179792) | 132
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179843) | 133
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179855) | 134
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179879) | 135
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179949) | 136
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities applied for funding from his Department to support local wildlife facilities in each of the last five years. | | (179763) | 137
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many departmental (a) Ministers, (b) civil servants and (c) consultants, contractors or secondees working full-time or part-time for his Department attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. | | (179194) | 138
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provisions are in place to compensate customers whose water supply is interrupted by (a) works caused by a leak or burst in a strategic main and (b) contamination which makes the water supply unfit for human consumption; and if he will make a statement. | | (179439) | 139
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the electricity requirements of the central Government estate were procured from renewable energy providers in the last period for which figures are available. | | (179813) | 140
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what responsibility he has for sustainable construction on the Government estate; and what steps he has taken to ensure sustainability is achieved. | | (179809) | 141
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, columns 997-8W, on fishing vessels, what plans he has to extend the deployment of observer schemes in 2008. | | (179798) | 142
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, columns 997-8W, on fishing vessels, if he will place in the Library details of specific numbers of on-board observer schemes deployed in 2007. | | (179799) | 143
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, columns 997-8W, on fishing vessels, what assessment he has made of the on-board observer scheme deployed in 2007. | | (179800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 144
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the operation of British Chevening scholarships. | | (179646) | 145
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been frozen in bank accounts under economic sanctions taken against Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (179737) | 146
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department is holding with (a) the European Commission and (b) the US Administration to strengthen the sanctions regime in relation to Zimbabwe. | | (179740) | 147
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1363W, on Zimbabwe: sanctions, if he will make representations to (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU-member states to (i) increase the number of and (ii) share information on bank accounts frozen as part of economic sanctions against Zimbabwe. | | (179743) | 148
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what circumstances British embassies provide services to citizens of EU member states who lack diplomatic representation in a particular country; and if he will make a statement. | | (179685) | 149
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, column 791W, on the Committee of Permanent Representatives, how many personnel work in support of (a) the UK Deputy Permanent Representative in the Committee of Permanent Representatives I and (b) the UK Permanent Representative in the Committee of Permanent Representatives II. | | (179808) | 150
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 828W, on Departmental Internet, how many times each individual blog has been visited since it was established. | | (179635) | 151
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179791) | 152
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179844) | 153
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179854) | 154
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179878) | 155
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many departmental (a) Ministers, (b) civil servants and (c) consultants, contractors or secondees working full-time or part-time for his Department attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. | | (179195) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 156
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to collect centrally information on (a) the allocation by primary care trusts of funding to chiropody services and (b) the number of chiropody clinics. | | (179647) | 157
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the the efficacy of the NHS complaints procedure when handling complaints from patients treated by GSUP-2 contractors; and if he will make a statement. | | (179648) | 158
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given by (a) his Department and (b) NHS trusts to clinicians on substantiating clinical opinion and medical diagnosis prior to the instigation of child protection measures. | | (179549) | 159
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many child protection investigations were initiated by the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; and in what percentage of these cases a child was shown to be (i) in need of and (ii) not in need of protection. | | (179556) | 160
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS trusts publish data on the number of child protection investigations undertaken. | | (179688) | 161
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of posting the IPSOS MORI NHS questionnaire and reply envelopes by first class post; and what estimate was made of the cost of sending the questionnaires and replies by second class post. | | (179411) | 162
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179790) | 163
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179845) | 164
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179853) | 165
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179883) | 166
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy for junior doctors. | | (179915) | 167
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179936) | 168
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the preventative effects in relation to mental health of promoting mental activity through adult education courses; and if he will make a statement. | | (179902) | 169
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the use of non-geographic telephone numbers for lines used by members of the public; which of the primary care trusts in England advertise such telephone numbers to the public; and what estimate he has made of the number of calls to these numbers in the last 12 months. | | (179558) | 170
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 14th March 2007, Official Report, column 447W, on osteoporosis, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that strategic health authorities spend the capital provision for dual x-ray absorptiometer scanning provision for that purpose. | | (179554) | 171
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many radiotherapy linear accelerators for cancer treatment are in use in each acute hospital trust in the eastern region; and if he will make a statement. | | (178579) | 172
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the cleanliness of hospitals contracted to South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust. | | (179769) | 173
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health (i) services and (ii) procedures provided for infants from birth to first birthday in different primary care trust areas. | | (179765) | 174
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the antenatal (i) services and (ii) procedures provided to pregnant women in different primary care trust areas. | | (179766) | 175
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to medical research in each of the last five years. | | (179602) | 176
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many grants were awarded to UK universities for antibiotic-related research in each of the last five years. | | (179603) | 177
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage more women to accept their breast screening appointment invitations. | | (179609) | 178
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of looked after children in each local authority area received an optical check on an annual basis in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (179416) | 179
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many methylphenidate prescriptions were issued to children under the age of 18 years in the last year. | | (179420) | 180
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) financial position and (b) effectiveness of management of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (179561) | 181
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were applied to assess the eligibility of the Royal Wolverhampton and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS trusts for the writing-off of their historic debt; for what reasons the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has had its historic debt written off; and if he will make a statement. | | (179562) | 182
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has allocated any resources to be spent via the regional development agencies' single pot in 2007-08. | | (179811) | 183
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to improve the GP to patient ratio in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (179624) | 184
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died as a result of alcohol-related illness within the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in 2007. | | (179625) | 185
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of assault there were against members of staff from the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust in 2007; and what the prosecution rates were in these cases. | | (179626) | 186
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to improve the Medical Training Application System in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (179627) | 187
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people had a diagnosis of diabetes in (a) Romford, (b) Greater London and (c) Essex (i) in the latest period for which figures are available and (ii) in 1997. | | (179653) | 188
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) outpatients and (b) inpatients were treated within their target waiting time at Queen's Hospital, Romford in 2007. | | (179654) | 189
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many drug rehabilitation clinics there were in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (179655) | 190
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many under 25-year olds received treatment for sexually transmitted infections in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in 2007. | | (179664) | 191
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many newly trained junior doctors were employed in (a) Greater London, (b) Essex and (c) Queen's Hospital, Romford in the last 12 months. | | (179665) | 192
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to tackle obesity rates of people under the age of 21; and if he will make a statement. | | (179666) | 193
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what new services and buildings (a) have been provided and (b) are planned for the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust since the approval of the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust in the area. | | (179667) | 194
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants were working at Queen's Hospital, Romford in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what steps the Government is taking to increase the number. | | (179668) | 195
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact the prohibition of smoking in public places has had on health since its introduction; and if he will make a statement. | | (179669) | 196
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional resources will be allocated to Queen's Hospital, Romford under the Government's recent announcement of extra staff to tackle hospital infections. | | (179670) | 197
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRI scanners there are in the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust; and how this level of provision compares to that in other NHS trust areas in Greater London. | | (179708) | 198
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were waiting for an operation in each London borough at the latest date for which figures are available; and what steps the Government plans to take to reduce these figures in 2008. | | (179728) | 199
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the likely changes to the age profile of the population in the next 10 years on the service requirements of the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (179730) | 200
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government plans to spend in each of the next three years on improving the public's knowledge of what constitutes a unit of alcohol. | | (179412) | 201
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget has been allocated for each year of the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative. | | (179413) | 202
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish an impact assessment for the proposals contained in Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances, and related services, to primary care revised proposals. | | (177314) | 203
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish a summary of responses to the consultation Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances, and related services, to primary care; and if he will make a statement. | | (177315) | 204
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he has made to the results of the consultations on the arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances, and related services, to primary care; and if he will make a statement. | | (177875) | 205
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in the Eastern Area Strategic Health Authority have experienced delays in appointing new staff as a result of changes made to the fast track system of Criminal Records Bureau checks. | | (179589) | 206
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on delays in making appointments for hospital jobs following changes made to the Criminal Records Bureau fast track checking systems; and if he will make a statement. | | (179590) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 207
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide local crime statistics. | | (179633) | 208
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce levels of domestic violence. | | (179634) | 209
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were being required to report to a particular centre in December 2007. | | (179770) | 210
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign former prisoners were housed in (a) immigration detention centres and (b) young offender institutions on 31st December 2007. | | (179773) | 211
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of her Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179837) | 212
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179870) | 213
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect her Department's recruitment policy. | | (179876) | 214
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179917) | 215
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what items of her Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179942) | 216
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 90W, on passports: lost property, how many such passports were reported as lost in the post in each year. | | (179764) | 217
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding allocated to domestic violence prevention programmes in (a) England and Wales, (b) Teesside and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each of the last five years. | | (179604) | 218
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many elderly people in Teesside reported being a victim of violent crime in (a) Teesside and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each of the last 10 years. | | (179612) | 219
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under 16 in (a) the North East, (b) Teesside and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were arrested for possession of class (i) A drugs, (ii) B drugs and (ii) C drugs in each of the last seven years. | | (179614) | 220
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under 16 were arrested in (a) the North East and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency for dealing class (i) A drugs, (ii) B drugs and (ii) C drugs in each of the last seven years. | | (179615) | 221
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many weapons seized (a) in England and Wales, (b) in the North East and (c) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland were reactivated firearms in each of the last 10 years. | | (179650) | 222
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of recovered sub-machine guns were reactivated firearms in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (179651) | 223
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects deactivated guns to be reclassified as replicas. | | (179652) | 224
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effects of the introduction of additional transitional measures to case worker guidance on handling work permit applications relating to senior care worker posts and applications from senior care workers previously refused extensions on grounds that their new posts were not advertised nationally. | | (179760) | 225
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures exist for former agents of the United Kingdom intelligence services to make complaints about alleged operational misconduct practised and directed by officers of the intelligence services responsible for recruiting them. | | (179734) | 226
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many spouses from Pakistan left the marital home before being granted indefinite leave to remain and were allowed to stay in the UK as result of an administrative decision by her Department in each year since 2000. | | (179774) | 227
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has allocated any resources to be spent via the regional development agencies' single pot in 2007-08. | | (179810) | 228
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police on the funding arrangements for the policing of community events. | | (179622) | 229
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet members of the Police Federation from West Mercia Constabulary to discuss pay issues. | | (179748) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 230
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many times the escalators in Portcullis House have been (a) replaced and (b) repaired since the building opened. | | (179727) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 231
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many Vietnamese nationals are studying in the UK's higher education system; and if he will make a statement. | | (179632) | 232
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies since its establishment. | | (179789) | 233
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179852) | 234
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179884) | 235
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays since it was established. | | (179913) | 236
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179937) | 237
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he plans to take to minimise debt amongst young graduates from poor backgrounds. | | (179649) | 238
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will hold discussions with the management of Wolverhampton University on the impact of proposed changes to equivalent learning qualification funding. | | (179621) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 239
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that the European Commission observes World Trade Organisation rules on (a) most favoured nation and (b) Singapore terms clauses within European partnership agreement negotiations. | | [R] (179731) | 240
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make representations to the EU for alternatives to be offered to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries unable to conclude European partnership agreements by 31st December 2007. | | [R] (179735) | 241
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179788) | 242
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179846) | 243
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179860) | 244
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179885) | 245
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps he has taken to encourage the government of Pakistan to spend a higher percentage of its national income on education; and if he will make a statement. | | (179890) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 246
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on programmes directed at offenders given community sentences in each of the last five years. | | (179661) | 247
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing measures to cap the level of fees for legal services in personal injury claims cases; and if he will make a statement. | | (179891) | 248
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take following the consultation exercise on Case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims that closed on 13th July 2007 in relation to personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (179892) | 249
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reform the civil justice system in respect of personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (179893) | 250
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on administering each type of community sentence in each of the last five years; and what the cost per offender was in each category. | | (179896) | 251
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on programmes directed at offenders with community sentences in each of the last five years. | | (179897) | 252
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suicides there have been in Chelmsford Prison since 4th May 2007; what steps are being taken to prevent suicides at Chelmsford Prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (179433) | 253
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the trend in the number of suicides in Chelmsford Prison since 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (179434) | 254
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data protection obligations there are on (a) police authorities, (b) NHS trusts and (c) social services departments to (i) amend and (ii) delete data collected through child protection investigations undertaken on the basis of incorrect clinical diagnosis. | | (179555) | 255
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates the Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service and the Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency have met in the last 12 months. | | (179898) | 256
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted foreign national prisoners were released from prisons in England and Wales in the last 12 months. | | (179901) | 257
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria are for selecting offenders to be accommodated in bail and home detention facilities managed by Clearsprings. | | (179904) | 258
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences have been committed by offenders housed in bail and home detention accommodation managed by Clearsprings, broken down by (a) number of offences, (b) category of offence and (c) location of the accommodation. | | (179905) | 259
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what categories of offences were committed by offenders prior to their transfer to bail and home detention accommodation managed by Clearsprings. | | (179906) | 260
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders housed in bail and home detention accommodation managed by Clearsprings have been returned to custody since the inception of the scheme; and for what reason in each case. | | (179907) | 261
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place for notifying local residents that bail and home detention accommodation managed by Clearsprings is opening in their area. | | (179908) | 262
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place for consulting local authorities on proposals to open bail and home detention accommodation managed by Clearsprings in their area. | | (179909) | 263
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders convicted of rape were given indeterminate sentences for public protection in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (179910) | 264
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between the Border and Immigration Agency and the National Offender Management Service on policy towards foreign national prisoners. | | (179920) | 265
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what products featuring departmental or Government branding have been procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies since its establishment. | | (179796) | 266
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179858) | 267
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179882) | 268
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays since its establishment. | | (179914) | 269
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179946) | 270
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were eligible for legal aid in each of the last 10 years. | | (179599) | 271
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of legal aid in the UK was in each of the last 10 years. | | (179600) | 272
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the availability of high quality legal aid to the poorest members of society. | | (179601) | 273
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that people vulnerable to forced marriages are made aware of the provisions of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007. | | (179606) | 274
| Mr Owen Paterson (North Shropshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service employees have been dismissed as a result of their non-compliance with rules on (a) sex and (b) race discrimination in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (179733) | 275
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the process is whereby honours are awarded to citizens from British Crown Dependencies. | | (179801) | 276
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many honours have been awarded to individuals from the Channel Islands since 1997. | | (179802) | 277
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is an upper limit on the number of honours awarded in (a) the New Year Honours List and (b) the Birthday Honours List to (i) citizens resident in the UK and (ii) citizens resident in the British Crown Dependencies. | | (179804) | 278
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place to administer nominations for honours for citizens of (a) the British Overseas Territories and (b) the UK. | | (179805) | 279
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether individuals filling certain public roles are awarded honours as a matter of custom. | | (179806) | Questions to the Leader of the House 280
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 758W, on departmental meetings, how many times she met the Prime Minister in each week of the last two months. | | (179640) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 281
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many convicted foreign national prisoners were released from prisons in Northern Ireland in the last year. | | (179903) | 282
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (179785) | 283
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179849) | 284
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179865) | 285
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179887) | 286
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179940) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 287
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what meetings she has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179862) | Questions to the Prime Minister 288
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1229W, on departmental email, how many email accounts he has for official purposes. | | (179636) | 289
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1229W, on departmental email, what procedures there are (a) to identify whether emails sent to the webpage are party political in nature and (b) to deal with such emails. | | (179637) | 290
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 625W, on manpower: Prime Minister's Office, how many staff hours were spent on average on speechwriting in his Office in each week of the last month. | | (179643) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 291
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with HM Treasury colleagues on fuel costs in rural Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (179951) | 292
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the development of high speed rail to Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (179952) | 293
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has any plans (a) to review the Scotland Act 1998 and (b) for further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament. | | (179953) | 294
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his official engagements were between 11th December 2007 and 13th January 2008. | | (179686) | 295
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (179784) | 296
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179850) | 297
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179864) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 298
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the disruption of the Liverpool Street to Chelmsford rail line experienced since 31st December 2007; what steps are being taken to improve the quality of service for commuters on that line; and if she will make a statement. | | (179431) | 299
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Liverpool Street Station was not fully operational for commuters on 1st January 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (179432) | 300
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the 16 undesignated sites of archaeological importance identified as at risk of substantial disturbance referred to in Annex B, paragraph 2.31, of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation document; and if she will make a statement. | | (179435) | 301
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Annex B, paragraph 2.34 of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation document, which sites of significant importance for nature conservation have been identified as indirectly negatively affected in terms of biodiversity by the proposals outlined in the consultation paper; and if she will make a statement. | | (179436) | 302
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of nitrogen dioxide emissions at Heathrow Airport in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (179437) | 303
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation document, Annex B Impact Assessment Options 1, 2 and 3, how much air passenger duty government tax revenue benefit was included as part of the key monetised benefits calculation for each option; and if she will make a statement. | | (179438) | 304
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which individuals and organisations have been sent a copy of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation document; and if she will make a statement. | | (179450) | 305
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities and (b) injuries have resulted from accidents at each level crossing in Hampshire since 2002. | | (179736) | 306
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she expects to be made in (a) improving the safety of level crossings open to road traffic and (b) eliminating such crossings by over bridges within the timetable of the Network Rail Strategic Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (179738) | 307
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities and (b) injuries have occurred at railway stations in Hampshire since 2002, broken down by cause. | | (179741) | 308
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the level of compliance of each Hampshire rail station with the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. | | (179742) | 309
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which occasions the Rail Regulator has imposed penalties on rail companies in each of the last three years; what penalty was imposed; on which company it was imposed; for what reasons it was imposed; and to what purpose the fines have been put. | | (179745) | 310
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179787) | 311
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of her Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179847) | 312
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings she had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179867) | 313
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect her Department's recruitment policy. | | (179886) | 314
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what items of her Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179938) | 315
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which types of ticket for rail journeys from Gravesend to London Charing Cross are regulated by the Government. | | (179711) | 316
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time-tabled journey time by train from Gravesend to London Charing Cross was in each of the last 10 years. | | (179712) | 317
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to complete the works on Upper Gungate Bridge in Tamworth constituency by Network Rail. | | (179768) | 318
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with BAA on screening passengers passing through scanners at airport security points more quickly. | | (179197) | 319
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who has access to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database. | | (179889) | 320
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on Southern Trains' proposal to withdraw its Watford to Brighton service; if she will make it her policy to preserve the Watford to Brighton service through conversion of trains to dual-voltage to operate on Thameslink; and if she will make a statement. | | (179559) | 321
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the withdrawal of Southern Trains' Watford to Brighton service on passengers with disabilities or heavy luggage required to change platforms at Clapham Junction. | | (179560) | 322
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many unadopted roads in the UK Network Rail owns. | | (179709) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 323
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (179783) | 324
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179851) | 325
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179863) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 326
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in relative poverty in each region paid full council tax in the last year for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (179441) | 327
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in relative poverty in each region paid full council tax in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (179442) | 328
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2008, Official Report, column 436W, on low incomes: council tax, how many people constitute the (a) 2.7 million households in relative poverty before housing costs and (b) the 3 million households in relative poverty after housing costs, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. | | (179443) | 329
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prisoners released (a) in 2007 and (b) in the last five years are on jobseekers allowance; and what the cost to the public purse has been of ex-offenders claiming jobseekers allowance in each such year. | | (179720) | 330
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prisoners released in the last five years were receiving housing benefit on the most recent date for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse was of paying such benefits in the last financial year. | | (179721) | 331
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for migrating all Child Support Agency cases onto the new system; and if he will make a statement. | | (179663) | 332
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rationale is for taking a parent's new partner's income into account in setting contributions under the old Child Support Agency rules; and if he will give consideration to amending the old rules to reflect the situation under the new rules. | | (179729) | 333
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's staff in (a) total, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales, (e) Northern Ireland and (f) each region of England were dismissed because of (i) their attendance record and (ii) their attendance record on grounds of sickness in each year since 2005. | | (179309) | 334
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many active cases the Child Support Agency has. | | (179550) | 335
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (179786) | 336
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many posters or displays there are in the offices of his Department and its agencies displaying the names and photographs of Ministers; and what the cost has been of producing such posters or displays in the last five years. | | (179848) | 337
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings he has had with trades union officials since 1st July 2007; on what dates; and with which trades unions. | | (179866) | 338
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy. | | (179888) | 339
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii) other measures of inflation. | | (179939) | 340
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) in Teesside and (b) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland are expected to benefit from the restoration of private pensions for those in company schemes which collapsed. | | (179724) | 341
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that those eligible for having pensions restored following the collapse of company schemes are aware of their entitlement. | | (179725) | 342
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the destination was upon leaving of individuals who participated in the new deal for young people in Cleethorpes constituency. | | (179717) | 343
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customers were incorrectly identified as being in prison due to a computer fault by the Pension Service over the last 12 months. | | (179588) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 344
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the employment rate in Wirral is; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (179628) | 345
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support people who are on low incomes and working full-time. | | [Transferred] (179629) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 346
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps he has taken to put the core principles of the Civil Service in statute. | | [Transferred] (179631) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 347
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on which occasions the Office of the Water Regulator imposed penalties on water companies in each of the last three years; what the (a) penalty, (b) company penalised and (c) reason for penalty was in each case; and to what purpose the fines have been put. | | [Transferred] (179744) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 348
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many successful prosecutions there have been in the UK over the last 10 years for the preparation, marketing or selling of prepared sheep meat known as smokies; and what sentences or penalty was imposed in each case. | | [Transferred] (179623) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 349
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications have been made for UK citizenship on behalf of children of members of UK armed forces who do not have UK citizenship over the last 10 years, broken down by country of origin. | | [Transferred] (179775) | 350
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children of members of the armed forces who are citizens of other Commonwealth countries have been born in the UK and granted UK citizenship. | | [Transferred] (179776) | 351
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were held in English and Welsh prisons on 31st December 2007, broken down by nationality. | | [Transferred] (179771) | 352
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners of no known country of origin there were in England and Wales on 31st December 2007. | | [Transferred] (179772) | 353
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what facilities in Teesside are available to young people who have been convicted of drug offences to help prevent them from re-offending; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (179613) | 354
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children under 16 who had previously been convicted of drug-related offences in (a) the North East, (b) Teesside and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were prosecuted for drug dealing in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (179616) | Questions to the Solicitor General 355
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Solicitor General, what the ratio of domestic violence prosecutions to convictions was in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (179607) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 356
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average level of housing benefit was for tenants of (a) local authorities, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private sector landlords in (i) North East and (ii) North Lincolnshire in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (179718) |
|
