Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2007 - 08
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 17 January 2008

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 17 January 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 17 January 2008

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 17 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Thursday 17 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 17 January see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180221)

2
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward proposals to increase the minimum wage for (a) adults and (b) young workers; and if he will make a statement.

(180059)

3
N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he will take to ensure that UK firms can bid for contracts to undertake work on nuclear power stations developed by foreign owned companies.

(179369)

4
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many significant interventions UK Trade and Investment are expected to make in 2008.

(180262)

5
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what role his Department's recently appointed emerging markets consultants will perform; and what size firms they will advise.

(180263)

6
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many UK Trade and Investment posts there are in (a) London and (b) Glasgow; and how many there are planned to be at each location in January 2009.

(180264)

7
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many UK Trade and Investment staff there are at each UK embassy in Europe; how many posts at each embassy are to be discontinued; and what are the expected resulting cost savings.

(180265)

8
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the value of (a) exports and (b) inward investment created by each UK embassy in Europe in the latest period for which figures are available.

(180266)

9
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government has taken to encourage the recycling of electrical equipment.

(179565)

10
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether it is intended that the Independent Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning Fund, as described at paragraphs 3.46 to 3.76 of the White Paper on Nuclear Power, Cm 7296, should be available to pay for such functions including those necessary in the event of unplanned release of radioactivity in the case of an accident involving a breach of containment at a nuclear power station.

(180062)

11
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to bullet point two in paragraph 4, page 69, relating to the impact assessment for the Energy Bill, what are the European legislative requirements.

(180064)

12
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to paragraph 3.77 of the White Paper on Nuclear Power, CM 7296, what steps may be taken by Ministers to ensure a level playing field between nuclear power and other forms of electricity generation.

(180088)

13
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Government plans to consult on amending the Nuclear Installations Act 1965.

(180089)

14
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to paragraph 3.4 of the White Paper on Nuclear Power, Cm 7296, whether an inquiry looking into an application for a new nuclear power plant will be permitted to examine any potential local effects of such a plant being built and operated.

(180090)

15
N Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Certification Officer in scrutinising union political funds.

(179572)

16
N Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what requirements there are on the Certification Officer to make Gershon savings or annual efficiency savings.

(179573)

17
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he was (a) consulted on and (b) asked to approve the tendering process conditions imposed by the Welsh Assembly Government on renewable energy company investors in schemes that will exceed 50 megawatts; and if he will make a statement.

(179933)

18
Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what procedures the Exports Credits Guarantee Department has put in place to ensure that fraudulent or unethical export contracts are identified and excluded prior to abandonment of export credit claims under the UK's debt cancellation policy.

(180436)

19
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he last met representatives of Ofgem to discuss energy prices.

(180397)

20
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value of the recycle payment for each renewables obligation certificate held was on each occasion on which recycle payments have been made.

(180446)

21
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has for funding of the Franco-British Nuclear Forum; and if he will make a statement.

(180447)

22
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of disposing of historic nuclear waste.

(180448)

23
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty since 2004.

(180462)

24
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power stations in each year until 2020.

(180475)

25
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what amount of carbon dioxide emissions have come from coal-fired power stations in each of the last 10 years.

(180477)

26
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post offices have closed under the Network Change Programme.

(180478)

27
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions radioactive waste material was moved from each nuclear site by (a) rail and (b) other means in each of the last five years.

(180479)

28
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff are employed by the Energy Technologies Institute.

(180481)

29
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost to the public purse is of the Energy Technologies Institute in 2007-08.

(180482)

30
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans his Department has to publish a waste heat strategy.

(180483)

31
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of the UK's electricity was supplied from sources outside the UK in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07.

(180181)

32
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of electricity supplied to Kent was from sources outside the UK in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07.

(180182)

33
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take before 2012 to reduce the waste of electrical power.

(180183)

34
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many severe electrical blackouts were recorded in (a) Gravesham constituency and (b) Kent in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(180184)

35
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many power cuts attributable to the performance of networks operated by distributors covering the Kent area were reported in each year since 2002; and in each case what was the (a) date, (b) location and (c) number of users affected.

(180185)

36
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he has taken to ensure that consumers have access to information on the performance of energy suppliers in handling complaints; and if he will make a statement.

(180190)

37
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest version of the Public Sector Index (Non-Housebuilding) (PubSec) Index.

(180297)

38
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether an alternative site for the main post office in Cowgate, Peterborough has been identified for after the expiry of its lease in December 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(179271)

39
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions his Department has had with the United States administration on Global Nuclear Energy Partnership proposals.

(180030)

40
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on his proposals to restructure the post office network; and if he will make a statement.

(180042)

41
N John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the draft regulations referred to in the memorandum and letter dated 15th July 1997 to Mr Bigmore concerning the Trading Schemes (Exclusion) Regulations 1997 entered into force.

(179827)

42
N Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what Government support and advice is available to community groups who wish to operate their local post office as a community business.

(179597)

43
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's record management practice is on keeping information relating to and contracts for loans made to developing countries, with particular reference to the (a) length of time for which information is retained and (b) the information which is retained.

(180304)

44
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with energy companies on support for vulnerable consumers.

(180129)

45
N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he is taking to ensure proportionate liability for consultants and engineers in construction projects.

(179694)

46
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether mobile telephone providers have a statutory obligation to inform their customers when they have reached the end of their mobile contract.

(180378)

47
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he has taken to protect consumers from phishing texts; and if he will make a statement.

(180379)

48
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what regulations his Department has introduced prohibiting phishing texts on mobile telephones.

(180380)

49
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consumer protection legislation his Department has introduced to require (a) mobile telephone companies, (b) mortgage lenders, (c) insurance companies and (d) utilities companies to notify their customers of forthcoming changes in charging practices.

(180381)

50
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, in relation to which sectors the new National Consumer Council will pursue complaints from consumers.

(180383)

51
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the annual effect on costs for his Department resulting from the merger of Energy Watch, Post Watch and the National Consumer Council.

(180384)

52
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Government plans to restrict further the sale of fireworks; and if he will make a statement.

(180145)

53
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if the Government will (a) consider a public ban on fireworks within the category 3 noise limit and (b) take steps to further reduce the decibel limit of category 3.

(180146)

54
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of category 3 noise fireworks on animal welfare; and if he will make a statement.

(180147)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

55
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180223)

56
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions he has made for the accounting of (a) the loans advanced to Northern Rock and (b) the guarantees made for deposits held within Northern Rock within the national accounts; and if he will make a statement.

(180032)

57
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timescale has been identified for the repayment of loans advanced to Northern Rock; and if he will make a statement.

(180033)

58
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs have been created as a result of trade with the EU in the last two years; and how many are expected to be created in the next two years.

(180267)

59
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of UK jobs which are contingent upon UK exports to the EU.

(180268)

60
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of total goods exported from the UK were exported to the EU in each of the last 10 years.

(180269)

61
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of total UK trade was with the EU in the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(180270)

62
N Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he has on the remuneration packages of directors and senior managers of Northern Rock.

(179831)

63
N Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the outcome was of the review of the 16 hour rule announced in paragraph 4.10 of the Parole Board Review 2004 document, Choice for Parents.

(179778)

64
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the numbers of Russian nationals living in (a) London and (b) the UK.

(180311)

65
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of proposals submitted in response to the HM Revenue and Customs Angels and Dragons internal communications initiative; how many proposals were received; and what the cost of the process was.

(180163)

66
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of servicing the national debt was in the latest period for which figures are available; and what it was in 1997.

(180437)

67
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were handled by the Tax Credits Helpline in each year for which figures are available.

(180231)

68
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on advertising the Tax Credits Helpline in each year for which figures are available.

(180232)

69
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on staff recruitment for the Tax Credits Helpline in each year for which figures are available.

(180233)

70
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints about the Tax Credits Helpline were received in each year for which figures are available.

(180234)

71
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methods have been used to recruit staff for the Tax Credits Helpline in the last year.

(180235)

72
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training is given to staff working on the Tax Credits Helpline; and how many full working days of training staff must undertake before handling calls to the Helpline.

(180236)

73
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the training budget is for the Tax Credits Helpline in each year of the 2007 Spending Review period.

(180237)

74
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the total cost of training staff working on the Tax Credits Helpline in each year for which figures are available.

(180238)

75
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions disciplinary action has been taken against staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year for which figures are available.

(180239)

76
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been dismissed for fraudulent activity in each year for which figures are available.

(180240)

77
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations into suspected fraudulent activity by staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been undertaken in each year for which figures are available.

(180241)

78
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what personal data held by HM Revenue and Customs has been copied to compact disc for transfer to external agencies since 15th December 2007.

(180247)

79
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals in HM Revenue and Customs have been formally disciplined over the recent loss of two child benefit payment discs.

(180248)

80
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals in HM Revenue and Customs have been dismissed following the recent loss of two child benefit payment discs containing 25 million personal records.

(180249)

81
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at each grade were employed on the Tax Credits Helpline in each year since it was established.

(180419)

82
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether data of individuals' records held by HM Revenue and Customs has been transferred without encryption between HM Revenue and Customs and external agencies since 15th December 2007.

(180434)

83
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 339W, on Revenue and Customs: postal services, how many items of post were sent by (a) recorded and (b) non-recorded post by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.

(180460)

84
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 339W, on Revenue and Customs: postal services, what guidance is provided to HM Revenue and Customs staff in deciding whether an item of post is sent by recorded post; and if he will place a copy of this guidance in the Library.

(180461)

85
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of redundancies was to his Department in each month since 30th June 2006.

(180486)

86
N Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the merits of linking changes in the winter fuel allowance to changes in fuel prices.

(179828)

87
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the UK has (a) contributed to and (b) received from the EU Solidarity Fund in each of the last 10 years.

(180144)

88
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has undertaken on the conversion by the courts of unsecured to secured loans against borrowers' wishes; and what plans he has to bring forward proposals to amend the regulatory regime affecting such cases.

(180476)

89
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in each (a) age cohort and (b) region without a bank account.

(180382)

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

90
Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools have started construction under the Building Schools for the Future programme, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency.

(180200)

91
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180210)

92
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on the promotion of A-Levels to students at schools.

(179822)

93
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many unauthorised absences there were from schools in the last year for which records are available.

(179823)

94
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for specialist schools for children with autism.

(180092)

95
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of school leavers in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007 attained GCSE Grade A in (i) English language and (ii) mathematics; and what proportion of school leavers attained Grade A in each subject at O Level in the last year of that examination.

(180172)

96
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which universities have agreed to sponsor academy schools; and which representatives from those universities Ministers in his Department have met in the past 12 months.

(180342)

97
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many educational establishments in receipt of funding from his Department are accommodated in listed buildings; and how many of these have been designated as in need of significant repair.

(180350)

98
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which obligatory training courses school staff must attend annually.

(180356)

99
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what ways his Department liaises with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on the sponsorship of academy schools by universities.

(180398)

100
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing the new system of school diplomas.

(180445)

101
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, columns 212-4W, on education maintenance allowance, what the reasons were for the increase in the administration costs of the education maintenance allowance between 2003-04 and 2004-05.

(180458)

102
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each local education authority area had fewer that 25 per cent. of pupils achieving five A* to C grade passes at GCSE including mathematics and English in each of the last three years.

(180463)

103
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to schools on the display of flags.

(180464)

104
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when small group tuition will be available across England.

(180465)

105
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding will be provided to secondary schools to introduce small group tuition.

(180466)

106
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate has been made of the cost of introducing small group tuition into secondary schools.

(180467)

107
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans there are to introduce small group tuition into secondary schools.

(180468)

108
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when every secondary school pupil will have a personal tutor throughout their school years.

(180469)

109
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding will be provided to enable every secondary school pupil to have a personal tutor throughout their school years.

(180470)

110
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans there are to give every secondary school pupil a personal tutor throughout their school years.

(180471)

111
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to meet Education Otherwise and other home education organisations.

(179960)

112
Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has assessed (a) the cost and (b) the merits of providing dyslexia screening for all school children.

(180058)

113
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research his Department has undertaken on levels of debt of looked-after children on graduation from university.

(179570)

114
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children's homes do not meet the national standards for care homes.

(179571)

115
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many designated school buses are fitted with seat belts.

(179578)

116
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of the recommendations relating to his Department contained in the Defence Committee report, Educating Service Children (HC (2005-06) 1054), have been implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(180359)

117
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils and students were taken to hospital due to accidents within schools in Colchester constituency in each of the last five years.

(180360)

118
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of young people in (a) Colchester constituency and (b) Essex County Council area remained in full-time education in the year after they ended compulsory schooling in each year since 1997.

(180361)

119
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) Colchester constituency and (b) Essex County Council area of school leaving age were functionally illiterate in each of the last 10 years.

(180362)

120
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many nurseries closed in England in each of the last 10 years.

(180394)

121
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools closed in England in each of the last 10 years.

(180395)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

122
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180217)

123
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2007, Official Report, columns 911-2W and the letter of 18th December 2007 from the Cabinet Secretary to the Chairman of the Public Administration Select Committee, what contribution the Labour Party made towards legal expenses incurred in relation to special advisers.

(180310)

124
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 916W, on official hospitality, if he will amend the (a) Ministerial Code and (b) Civil Service Code to introduce specific guidance on making bets (i) with and (ii) via a commercial organisation on political events.

(180432)

125
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the members are of the Warwick Task Force Group Compact; what its remit is; and how many times it has met.

(179758)

126
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether new guidance on information security has been issued to staff in his Department since 1st October 2007.

(180413)

127
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 20th November 2007, Official Report, column 682W, on departmental public consultations, if he will place copies in the Library of the (a) summary and (b) full findings of each such internal survey undertaken since 1st March 2007.

(180457)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

128
N Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is Government policy that any proposed eco-towns should be treated as counting towards Government house building targets.

(179754)

129
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by her Department have given rise to responses that have been published by her Department.

(180211)

130
N Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether under Clause 225, sub section (2) of the Housing and Regeneration Bill a specified person to whom management functions of a registered provider may be transferred could be an arm's length management organisation.

(179370)

131
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many shared services are operated by her Department; and what the timetable is for the implementation of new shared services by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies.

(180188)

132
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will allow the redesignation of disused or underused farm buildings for the purposes of developing affordable housing.

(180189)

133
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what local consultation processes she plans on the location of eco-town developments.

(179832)

134
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role local authorities will have on the process to select eco-town sites.

(179833)

135
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when local authorities will be informed that a bid for an eco-town has been (a) made, (b) successful and (c) unsuccessful in their area.

(179834)

136
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes must be provided for in each eco-town bid.

(179835)

137
N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to consult hon. Members on bids for housing growth points in their constituencies submitted by local authorities.

(179824)

138
N Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role regional Ministers will play in deciding applications for housing growth points; who will make the final decision on such applications; and when each decision will be made.

(179825)

139
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have given her Department notice that they will not be able to achieve the decent homes standard by 2010.

(180080)

140
N Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, column 770W, on Ministerial duties: West Midlands, how much time the hon. Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill has spent on his regional Ministerial brief in each week since his appointment as Minister for the West Midlands.

(179591)

141
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, columns 780-1 on home information packs, if she will place in the Library copies of case studies of house purchases held by her Department which indicate that the purchase has been materially influenced by the content of a home information pack.

(180424)

142
N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she (a) informed the Permanent Secretary in the relevant Department of the donations she received as part of her campaign for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party and (b) registered them with the Cabinet Office in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

(179968)

143
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contracts have been provided to Vista Panels by the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder schemes.

(180156)

144
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in England have a zero liability for council tax due to 100 per cent. council tax benefit.

(180157)

145
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in England have zero liability for council tax due to 100 per cent. council tax exemptions.

(180158)

146
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in England have a liability for council tax.

(180159)

147
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic dwellings in England are classified as empty.

(180160)

148
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic dwellings are on the valuation list in England.

(180161)

149
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee's Fifth Report of 11th December 2007 on the Home Information Pack (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2007 and the submissions in Appendix I, for what reason her Department has not published the research and data by MORI into home information packs.

(180162)

150
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 142W, on housing: standards, what regional house building targets were set out for each government office region per year since 1997-98 in each Regional Planning Guidance document that was in force prior to the publication of the Sustainable Communities Plan in 2003.

(180196)

151
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, columns 667-8W, on local authorities: grants, what the grant per capita to each local authority was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what the average grant per capita to (i) district councils, (ii) unitary councils, (iii) county councils, (iv) metropolitan councils and (v) London boroughs was in (A) 2006-07 and (B) 2007-08.

(180197)

152
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, columns 667-8W, on local authorities: grants, what the grant per capita was in real terms to each local authority in England in (a) 1998-99, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07; and what the average grant per capita in (i) district councils, (ii) unitary councils, (iii) county councils, (iv) metropolitan councils and (v) London boroughs was in each of those years.

(180198)

153
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, columns 131-9W, on Green Belt, how many hectares were designated Green Belt in (a) Durham district and (b) Easington district in 1997.

(180199)

154
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the equivalent notional APR is of interest charged to a homebuyer under the 32.5 per cent. Open Market Homebuy scheme when they sell their property and are obliged to share any increase in property value with the Homebuy Agency and Yorkshire Building Society, assuming annual property price inflation over the period of the loan of (a) 4 per cent., (b) 8 per cent. and (c) 12 per cent.

(180391)

155
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to what extent a homebuyer has liability for the (a) Homebuy Agent's and (b) Yorkshire Building Society's equity loss if their home purchased under 32.5 per cent. Open Market Homebuy scheme is subsequently sold at less than the purchase price.

(180392)

156
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under the 32.5 per Open Market Homebuy scheme, what liability the Homebuy Agent has for (a) their own and (b) Yorkshire Building Society's equity loss if a property is subsequently sold for less than the original purchase price.

(180393)

157
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) village halls and (b) community centres closed permanently in each of the last 10 years.

(180387)

158
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in respect of how many sites applications for planning permission for change of use from a place of worship to (a) private housing, (b) commercial usage, (c) community functions and (d) other usage have been granted in each of the last 10 years.

(180429)

159
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local area agreements are required to include provisions on ring-fenced funding for projects which used to be funded through the Children's Fund for Youth Inclusion Projects; and what other arrangements her Department has put in place for the future funding of such projects.

(180377)

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

160
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180218)

161
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the long-term future of the Portable Antiquities Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(180100)

162
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in his Department are working on the review of licensing legislation announced by the Prime Minister in July 2007.

(180474)

163
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many regularly-funded organisations will be supported by Arts Council England in 2008-09.

(179699)

164
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria the Arts Council England uses when assessing the artistic quality of the work of their regularly funded organisations.

(179700)

165
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 will be supported by Arts Council England in 2008-09.

(179701)

166
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many regularly funded organisations are supported by Arts Council England.

(179702)

167
N Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much lottery funding will be allocated to (a) the 2012 London Olympics and (b) the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games over the next five years.

(179829)

168
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have closed in England in each of the last 10 years.

(180386)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

169
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 400W, on RAF Menwith Hill, for what reason the exchange of letters between the US Defense Secretary, dated 29th June 2007 and the UK Secretary of State for Defence. dated 17th July 2007, is classified.

(180271)

170
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service families' properties were upgraded to (a) S1fC and (b) S2fC categories under the standard for condition initiative in each of the last four years.

(179926)

171
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets he has set for upgrading service families' accommodation to (a) S1fC and (b) S2fC categories under the standard for condition initiative; and when he expects these targets to be met.

(179927)

172
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets he has set for upgrading all single living accommodation to grade (a) 1 and (b) 2 categories under the grade for charge initiative; and when he expects these targets to be met.

(179928)

173
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single living accommodation bed spaces were upgraded to grade (a) 1 and (b) 2 categories under the grade for charge initiative in each of the last four years.

(179929)

174
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many newly-acquired (a) Grade 1, (b) Grade 2, (c) Grade 3, (d) Grade 4 and (e) ungraded single living accommodation bed spaces were added to stock in each of the last five years; and what targets he has for adding new bed spaces to stock in each grade for charge.

(179932)

175
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in securing the commitment of personnel from other European NATO member states to the international security assistance force in Afghanistan.

(180124)

176
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the acquisition of paintings for his departmental art collection; and what his Department's budget for art acquisitions is in 2007-08.

(180195)

177
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of spare parts lost in transit in each year since 2003.

(180272)

178
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on project SLAM on increasing and enhancing service accommodation.

(180294)

179
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what minimum compensation is paid to the families of servicemen killed in action; how compensation to bereaved families is calculated; what arrangements are in place for the payment of compensation to bereaved families; whether a civilian inquest is necessary before compensation is paid to bereaved relatives; and what arrangements are in place for meeting bereaved families' immediate expenses such as a funeral if there is any delay in paying compensation.

(180098)

180
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to release the general design specification for Bowman batteries and invite a range of companies to tender for their supply.

(180403)

181
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of ABSL/AEA to provide batteries for Bowman to the standard required in theatre; and if he will make a statement.

(180404)

182
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons Bowman HF batteries have been recalled for replacement; and who was responsible for ensuring that the quality of this product was of the standard necessary for theatre before it was sent overseas.

(180405)

183
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for improving UK combat search and rescue cover in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(180406)

184
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 27th June 2007, Official Report, column 801W, on unidentified flying objects, what the security classification of the report was; what its official title was; who commissioned the study; for what reason; and if he will place it in the Library.

(180170)

185
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Defence Council has granted an authority to (a) possess, (b) acquire, (c) manufacture, (d) transfer and (e) sell items under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 in each of the last 10 years.

(180242)

186
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Defence Council has revoked an authority to (a) possess, (b) acquire, (c) manufacture, (d) transfer and (e) sell items under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 in each of the last 10 years.

(180243)

187
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library an index of military salaries of his Department's staff, rebased to 2000, for each financial year from 1996-97 to 2006-07.

(180296)

188
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) net paybill cost and (b) net percentage increase to the paybill was of implementing his Department's civilian pay rises in each financial year from 1996-97 to 2007-08.

(180298)

189
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) net paybill cost and (b) net percentage increase to the paybill was of implementing the Armed Forces Pay Review Body recommendations in each financial year from 1996-97 to 2007-08.

(180299)

190
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library an index of civilian salaries of his Department's staff, rebased to 2000, for each financial year from 1996-97 to 2006-07.

(180300)

191
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service deaths have occurred where the service parent was in receipt of continuity of education allowance or boarding school allowance at the time of their death since 1997; how many children of deceased service personnel received his Department's financial assistance in these cases; what the total cost has been over that period; how much provision is made in his Department's budget annually for such cases; and if he will make a statement.

(180039)

192
N Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK helicopters with hoists for medical support there are in theatre in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq.

(179579)

193
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to agree a manufacturing contract for the building of the two new aircraft carriers; and if he will make a statement.

(180301)

194
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will fully implement the forthcoming recommendations of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body; and if he will make a statement.

(180302)

195
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received from (a) parliamentarians, (b) businesses, (c) academics and (d) media sources have been agreed to by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force.

(180191)

196
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of freedom of information requests received by his Department since the entry into force of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 originated from (a) parliamentarians, (b) businesses, (c) academies and (d) media sources.

(180192)

197
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are used to return non-UK citizens serving in the armed forces to their country of origin on discharge (a) if they have completed basic training, (b) on completing their engagement and (c) before they have completed their engagement.

(180044)

198
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK citizens discharged from the armed forces did not return to their country of origin in each year for which figures are available (a) having completed their engagement, (b) before completing their engagement and (c) before completing basic training.

(180045)

199
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are used in recruiting non-UK citizens to the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

(180046)

200
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what printed documents are used to recruit non-UK citizens to the armed forces; and if he will place copies in the Library.

(180047)

201
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what entitlements non-UK citizens have on discharge from the armed forces (a) before they have completed basic training, (b) on leaving before the end of their engagement and (c) leaving at the end of their engagement.

(180048)

202
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of non-UK citizens serving in each branch of the armed forces went absent without leave in each of the last 10 years.

(180050)

203
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the medical criteria for acceptance into the armed forces of people with asthma.

(179755)

204
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that people with asthma are not automatically rejected upon application to the armed forces.

(179756)

205
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what grounds rejections of applications to join the Army are made.

(179757)

206
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the recommendations contained in the Defence Committee report, Educating Service Children (HC (2005-06) 1054), have been implemented; and if he will make a statement.

(180433)

207
Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 891W, on vetting, which other Government Departments use the Defence Vetting Agency for vetting (a) applicants for security clearance and (b) employees.

(180034)

208
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the Panther command and liaison vehicles are located; and (a) when and (b) where they will be deployed.

(180035)

209
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what forms Territorial Army personnel have to complete in order to take a vehicle out.

(180036)

210
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British military personnel are required to hold the relevant British driving licence for the relevant category while driving different vehicles in theatre.

(180096)

211
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the (a) combat and (b) un-laden weight of the (i) WMIK, (ii) E-WMIK and (iii) M-WMIK vehicles.

(180097)

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

212
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) wild and (b) farm birds were tested for the H5N1 virus in each of the last five years.

(179930)

213
N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria he uses to identify sites for testing for the H5N1 virus; and if he will make a statement.

(179931)

214
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180215)

215
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department provides to the public on the disposal of spent long-life light bulbs; and what regulatory requirements apply to such disposals.

(180246)

216
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from recipients of assistance under the WarmFront programme in relation to the performance of contractors; what steps he has taken in response; and if he will make a statement.

(179972)

217
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the performance of EAGA and its subsidiaries in operating the WarmFront programme; and what plans he has to review the operation of (a) the programme and (b) its commercial contractors.

(179973)

218
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to increase levels of recycling of batteries.

(179566)

219
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the future administration, finance and control of Brogdale and of the UK's special fruit tree collection; and if he will make a statement.

(180194)

220
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria his Department will use to estimate best value when considering tenders to provide long-term relocation of the fruit collection at Brogdale; and what independent scientific and horticultural advice on those criteria was received by the Department.

(180303)

221
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on steps the Government is taking to improve domestic energy efficiency.

(179531)

222
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he made representations to the Department for Transport in relation to the Project for Sustainable Development of Heathrow Airport; and if he will make a statement.

(179965)

223
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role his Department had in relation to the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow; and if he will make a statement.

(179975)

224
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the company Morgan Allan Moore in the last 12 months.

(179592)

225
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government has spent on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in each year since 1997, broken down by main components of expenditure in each year.

(179151)

226
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what bluetongue movement restrictions have been relaxed following the declaration of a vector-free period for bluetongue; and if he will make a statement.

(180179)

227
N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he (a) informed the Permanent Secretary of the relevant department of the donations he received as part of his campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party and (b) registered them with the Cabinet Office in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

(179969)

228
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence has been obtained by Natural England to form a basis for ending the 10 year Countryside Stewardship agreement with Eastmoor Commoners Ltd (Cornwall); and if he will make a statement.

(179752)

229
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects full payment to be made in respect of the Eastmoor Commoners Ltd (Cornwall) single payment scheme entitlement for 2005 and 2006.

(179753)

230
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals were in quarantine in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by species; and if he will make a statement.

(180425)

231
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what size of enclosure each type of animal entering the UK is kept in during quarantine; and if he will make a statement.

(180426)

232
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has been given to administering inoculations against rabies to animals in quarantine in the UK.

(180427)

233
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the forms to be available to enable former members of the Women's Land Army and Women's Timber Corps to apply for their badge of recognition.

(180414)

234
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the threat to endangered whale species posed by the Japanese whaling fleet in waters off Antarctica.

(179596)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

235
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180222)

236
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Turkish government on its prohibition of the proposed visit of the Archbishop of Cyprus to the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul; and if he will make a statement.

(180049)

237
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Turkish government on the prosecution of the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church for using the title Ecumenical; and if he will make a statement.

(180051)

238
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to Turkey on its recognition of the spiritual and religious status of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; and if he will make a statement.

(180052)

239
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Turkish government on its obligations under the Lausanne Treaty provisions and the UN Declaration on Freedom of Religion or Belief; and if he will make a statement.

(180056)

240
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the decision of the British Council to close its dedicated film office; what cost savings he expects to be made accordingly; and what evaluation was carried out into the impact of this decision on the effectiveness of the British Council to communicate its key messages abroad.

(180126)

241
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 851W, on Cyprus, if he will place in the Library the full itinerary of the visit to Cyprus by the Government's Special Representative to Cyprus, the hon. Member for Enfield North, in October 2007.

(180430)

242
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 851W, on Cyprus, if he will list the (a) date, (b) venue and (c) people attending each meeting in the UK attended by the hon. Member for Enfield North in her official capacity as the Government's Special Representative to Cyprus.

(180431)

243
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role is played by the British embassy in Washington to facilitate visits by British subjects to US administration sites including the Pentagon.

(180171)

244
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what liaison work is undertaken between his Department and the political intelligence section of the European Commission in London; what meetings have taken place as part of that work in the last 12 months; what matters have been discussed at these meetings; and who participated in them.

(180308)

245
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer price index, (ii) the retail price index and (iii) other measures of inflation.

(180037)

246
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who in his Department took the decision to refer the matter of Mr Derek Pasquill to the Crown Prosecution Service.

(179693)

247
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the classification of any of the documents disclosed by Mr Derek Pasquill has been amended since the submission to the police of his Department's considered assessment of the damage caused to international relations under section 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 by Mr Pasquill's disclosures.

(180408)

248
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Ministers approved, before it was presented to the police, the witness statement by his Department setting out its considered assessment of the damage caused to international relations under section 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 by Mr Derek Pasquill's disclosures.

(180422)

249
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of those documents the disclosure of which formed the basis of the prosecution of Mr Derek Pasquill for breaches of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

(180423)

250
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK travel operators are obliged to notify the Government when their clients require hospitalisation whilst on holiday (a) in another EU member state and (b) outside the EU.

(180480)

251
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much aid was provided by the UK to Colombia in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that aid was classed as military assistance in each of the last five years.

(180116)

252
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on alleged murders of civilians and breaches of human rights by soldiers of the Colombian army, in particular the High Mountain Battalions.

(180117)

253
Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visitors' visas were issued to residents of (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Sri Lanka in each of the last three years; and how many of these visitors overstayed.

(180118)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

254
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180219)

255
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital-acquired infections there were in each London hospital in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(179950)

256
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients are dependent upon oxygen cylinders; and how many were so dependent in each of the last three years.

(179971)

257
N Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies supply oxygen cylinders and oxygen to the NHS; and what minimum standards of service are required of them.

(179974)

258
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to reduce referral to treatment waiting times since 1997.

(179567)

259
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to improve record-keeping systems in the NHS since 1997.

(179568)

260
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to assist elderly people who are on the autism spectrum.

(180091)

261
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to regularise the trade in prepared sheep meat, known as smokies; and if he will make a statement.

(179690)

262
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the value of the illegal trade in prepared sheep meat, known as smokies.

(179691)

263
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total value of the market in prepared sheep meat, known as smokies.

(179692)

264
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent per head of the population on health provision (a) in Wiltshire, (b) in Hampshire, (c) in Northumberland, (d) in London, (e) in Gloucestershire and (f) in Oxfordshire in each of the last five years; and what will be spent in each area in each of the next five years.

(180099)

265
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to prevent inappropriate discharges of patients into the community by (a) trust and (b) foundation hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(180346)

266
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public funds in addition to those announced in the 2007 Spending Review have been allocated to the (a) programme of preventative care, (b) checks in GP surgeries and (c) screening programme announced by the Prime Minister on 7th January 2008

(180229)

267
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are to extend the services offered by nurse-family partnerships.

(180230)

268
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which budget the £50 million for deep cleaning hospitals has been allocated.

(180250)

269
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in England have completed a deep clean since 23rd September 2007.

(180251)

270
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be screened for (a) heart disease, (b) stroke, (c) diabetes, (d) kidney disease and (e) aortic aneurysm in each of the next three years in each primary care trust.

(180333)

271
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the screening programme for (a) heart disease, (b) stroke, (c) diabetes, (d) kidney disease and (e) aortic aneurysm will be operational in all strategic health authority areas.

(180334)

272
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants are employed on Lord Darzi's review of the future of the NHS.

(180335)

273
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish Lord Darzi's final report on the future of the NHS.

(180336)

274
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department uses to monitor patients' access to out-of-hours general practitioner services.

(180337)

275
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries are equipped to provide (a) blood tests, (b) electro cardiograms and (c) ultrasound scans.

(180338)

276
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of GP surgeries which will be equipped to provide (a) blood tests, (b) electro cardiograms and (c) ultrasound scans following the Prime Minister's announcement of 7th January 2008.

(180339)

277
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding will be provided for the screening programme announced by the Prime Minister on 7th January 2008.

(180340)

278
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of adults who will have preventative health check-ups in their GP's surgery in each of the next three years.

(180341)

279
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what average length of time hospital wards which have been deep cleaned have been out of use during deep cleaning.

(180396)

280
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to encourage high risk groups to access screening for (a) heart disease, (b) stroke, (c) diabetes, (d) kidney disease and (e) aortic aneurysm.

(180407)

281
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the adult population saw an NHS dentist in each strategic health authority area in the 24 month period preceding 31st March 2001.

(180420)

282
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the direct healthcare costs, in current prices, of obesity (a) in the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) in 2050 or the latest year for which an estimate is available.

(180421)

283
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pilot projects there are of individual budgets for older people.

(180435)

284
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what indicators his Department uses to measure health inequalities.

(180440)

285
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new NHS constitution proposed by the Prime Minister on 7th January will be established by primary legislation.

(180449)

286
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of NHS hospitals are equipped with sprinkler systems.

(180484)

287
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has produced on the use of sprinkler systems in (a) hospitals and (b) other NHS buildings.

(180485)

288
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) level, (b) quality and (c) accessibility of information and support offered to people with osteoporosis in (i) the Stockport Primary Care Trust area and (ii) England.

(179574)

289
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of provision of treatment for osteoporosis in (a) the Stockport Primary Care Trust area and (b) England.

(179575)

290
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve the (a) level, (b) quality and (c) accessibility of information and support offered to people with osteoporosis in the last 12 months.

(179576)

291
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the implementation of the recommendations for osteoporosis services contained in the National Service Framework for Older People.

(179577)

292
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in fees for abortions and sexual health services by the NHS to the Peterborough branch of the British Pregnancy Advice Service in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(179272)

293
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date prior to 14th December 2007 the deep cleaning plan by Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust was submitted to the East of England Strategic Health Authority.

(180415)

294
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to ask the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation to review the weighted-capitation formula in respect of the allocation to Peterborough Primary Care Trust with reference to the provision of general practitioners; and if he will make a statement.

(180416)

295
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many newly trained junior doctors have been employed in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the last 12 months.

(180417)

296
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) nurses, (b) midwives and (c) doctors were working in the NHS three years after they qualified in each year since 1997.

(180027)

297
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pension entitlements are provided to NHS (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses.

(180028)

298
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people under the age of 65 were assessed as having significant or urgent personal care needs in each year since 2001; and what the cost to the public purse of providing care to such people was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

(180029)

299
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish performance information for each operational independent sector treatment centre.

(180031)

300
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of (a) the procurement process and (b) any compensation payments to relevant parties for those Phase 2 independent sector treatment centres which will now not proceed.

(180041)

301
Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Macugen will become available on the NHS as a treatment for macular degeneration.

(180148)

302
N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he (a) informed the Permanent Secretary in the relevant department of the donations he received as part of his campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party and (b) registered them with the Cabinet Office in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

(179970)

303
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners are practising in Colchester constituency; and how many were practising in May 1997.

(180363)

304
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest number of patients registered per general practitioner in (i) Colchester constituency and (ii) Essex was in (A) 1997 and (B) the most recent period for which figures are available.

(180364)

305
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the availability of NHS chiropody services for pensioners in Colchester constituency.

(180365)

306
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alcohol related emergency admissions to Colchester General Hospital there were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex.

(180366)

307
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Colchester constituency and (b) Essex are awaiting registration with an NHS dentist; and if he will make a statement.

(180367)

308
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about care in the National Health Service are under investigation by the Healthcare Commission; and what the average length of time between the start of an investigation and the publication of a report on it has been in the last 12 months.

(180164)

309
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints about care in the National Health Service are under investigation by the Health Service Commissioner; and what the average length of time between receipt of a complaint and publication of a decision on it has been in the last 12 months.

(180165)

310
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GP surgeries and (b) health centres have closed in each of the last 10 years.

(180385)

311
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental surgeries in England closed permanently in each of the last 10 years.

(180388)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

312
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by her Department have given rise to responses that have been published by her Department.

(180220)

313
N Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many grants of discretionary leave to remain in the UK in cases where return would breach Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights have been made in (a) asylum cases and (b) non-asylum cases in each year since the inception of discretionary leave.

(179814)

314
N Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 261W, on asylum: entry clearances, whether the number of asylum applicants granted discretionary leave to remain in each of the categories set out in Criteria for granting discretionary leave is recorded by her Department.

(179815)

315
N Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made by her Department in responding to the key findings of the National Audit Office report Asylum and migration: a review of Home Office statistics (HC (2003-04) 625) of 25th May 2004.

(179816)

316
N Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those arrested were identified as illegal immigrants in each of the last five years; and how many of these were (a) detained in police cells or immigration removal centres and (b) not detained but referred to a Home Office Unit.

(179817)

317
N Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those attending a Home Office Unit to make an asylum application had been referred there by the police following arrest and release in each of the last five years.

(179818)

318
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects on police involvement in community services of the planned reduction in funding for police authorities in 2008-09.

(180295)

319
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate has been made of the number of illegal immigrants in the UK.

(180043)

320
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what voting arrangements in the Council of Ministers will apply to decisions relating to EU policy on legal migration once the Treaty of Lisbon enters into force.

(180180)

321
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which measures the UK has decided to participate in through the opt-in arrangements under Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Communities.

(180187)

322
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for restricting the policy on prosecuting everyone carrying a knife to London, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool.

(179819)

323
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recommended minimum number per ward is of participants in key individual networks.

(179820)

324
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars were (a) seized and (b) held by police in (i) Lancashire, (ii) Cumbria, (iii) Yorkshire and (iv) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.

(179935)

325
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures her Department employs to ensure that licences to conduct scientific experiments on animals are only granted in circumstances where no viable alternative exists; and what steps it takes to ensure that licences are not granted unnecessarily to different scientists simultaneously.

(180347)

326
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what forms are required to be completed by a policeman processing a burglary from investigation to conviction; and how many pages each form contains.

(180119)

327
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the numbers of children who carry knives.

(180121)

328
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been undertaken by her Department on (a) areas and (b) communities with high levels of knife-related crime.

(180309)

329
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on external consultants for work relating to the identity cards programme.

(180253)

330
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which external companies and agencies her Department has awarded contracts for the identity cards programme.

(180254)

331
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers her Department has requested the return of under the Dublin II Agreement in each year since it came into force.

(180255)

332
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been returned to the UK under the Dublin II Agreement in each year since it came into force.

(180256)

333
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the error rate in each of the databases operated by the Border and Immigration Agency.

(180257)

334
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the error rate in each of the databases operated by the Identity and Passport Service.

(180258)

335
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions there have been data security breaches in her Department in the last year.

(180374)

336
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions officials in her Department and its agencies have been disciplined for breaching departmental guidelines on data security in the last 12 months.

(180375)

337
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether personal data held by her Department has been transferred to compact discs and sent to external agencies in the last 12 months.

(180399)

338
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether personal data held by her Department is always encrypted prior to being transferred to compact discs for transmission.

(180400)

339
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which external agencies and companies personal data held by her Department has been transferred in the last 12 months.

(180401)

340
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the likely error rate in the National Identity Database.

(180402)

341
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times officials in her Department and its agencies have been disciplined for breaching the terms of the Data Protection Act in the last 12 months.

(180439)

342
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to find the file relating to the constituent of the hon. Member for Vauxhall, case reference B3416/7 (H423624); and when she expects the case to be resolved.

(180305)

343
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with (i) foreign governments and (ii) foreign intelligence services on granting access to UK databases to foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies; and if she will make a statement.

(180149)

344
N Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 13th November 2007 from the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire inviting the Minister for Borders and Immigration and for the West Midlands to visit Worcestershire to discuss the future of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.

(179826)

345
N Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to complete the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Human Trafficking.

(179564)

346
Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners have been deported since May 2007; and to which countries they have been deported.

(180040)

347
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the way in which funds for technology have been allocated to police forces in England and Wales.

(180150)

348
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on (a) hand held computers and (b) other time saving technologies for police forces in England and Wales since January 2007.

(180151)

349
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects all forces in England and Wales to issue all officers with (a) hand held computers and (b) other time saving technologies.

(180152)

350
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the procedures are by which police forces in England and Wales may apply for funds for hand held computers and other time saving technologies before September 2008.

(180153)

351
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whom her Department consults before a police force is awarded funds to provide its officers with hand held computers and other technology.

(180154)

352
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the Legacy Casework Programme questionnaires completed and returned, how many recipients (a) were granted leave to remain (b) were not granted leave to remain and (c) are awaiting a decision; and if she will make a statement.

(180227)

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

353
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180209)

354
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government plans to take to prevent students from being banned from university campuses due to late payment of fees.

(177316)

355
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people under 25 years with autism or Asperger's syndrome are currently studying in universities.

(180093)

356
Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what plans he has to assist young people with autism and Asperger's syndrome to gain access to higher education.

(180094)

357
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the A List items are of the next EU Council of Ministers meeting he will be attending.

(180167)

358
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what A List items were agreed to by his Department in the EU Council of Ministers in 2007.

(180168)

359
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of staff in his Department dealing with universities are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge University.

(180169)

360
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which 10 university degree subjects had the 10 (a) highest and (b) lowest proportions of graduates entering employment immediately after graduation in the latest period for which figures are available.

(180178)

361
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many educational establishments in receipt of funding from his Department are accommodated in listed buildings; and how many of these have been designated as in need of significant repair.

(180349)

362
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many civil servants in his Department are suspended; and on what grounds.

(180351)

363
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many employees of his Department were dismissed in 2007; and what financial payments were made to such employees.

(180352)

364
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many officials in his Department have been identified as lacking core skills as a result of the annual review process; and what measures are planned to ensure any such deficiencies are rectified.

(180353)

365
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he has taken to improve the skills base in his Department in the last 12 months.

(180354)

366
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage innovation in his Department in the last 12 months.

(180355)

367
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of providing first aid (a) facilities and (b) training at teaching establishments for which his Department is responsible; what the estimated cost was of such provision in 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(180357)

368
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent on providing health and safety training for (a) his Department and (b) educational establishments for which his Department has responsibility in the last 12 months.

(180358)

369
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to date of the establishment of his Department.

(180409)

370
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of copyrights held by teaching establishments within his responsibilities and (b) the revenues which accrue annually from such copyrights.

(180418)

371
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many copyrights held by the Government have been surrendered for the benefit of humanity in the last 10 years; and what his policy is on surrendering Government-held copyrights in the field of genetics for the public good.

(180438)

372
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what mechanisms he plans to employ to train teachers to prepare pupils studying for the new school diplomas; where he expects such training to be delivered; what organisations in the (a) public and (b) private sector he expects to deliver such training; and if he will make a statement.

(180441)

373
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) financial and (b) non-financial contribution his Department has made to the EU Erasmus Mundus programme since 2001; and which third countries were partners in the programme in the latest period for which information is available.

(180444)

374
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many university students receive (a) grants and (b) full grants.

(180442)

375
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of technical and vocational training and education in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.

(179270)

376
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students are registered with the Open University, broken down by constituency.

(179959)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

377
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180216)

378
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contracts his Department holds with Dyncorp International.

(176999)

379
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer price index, (ii) the retail price index and (iii) other measures of inflation.

(180038)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

380
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180212)

381
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the recruitment procedures in place for the appointment of the Director General of HM Prison Service.

(180053)

382
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the responses to the recent consultation on case track limits and the process for personal injury claims.

(180060)

383
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of referral fees on the personal injury claims process; and if he will make a statement.

(180061)

384
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been submitted to his Department relating to the (a) Tasker Inquiry and (b) Stuart investigations; and if he will make a statement.

(180063)

385
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Director General of HM Prison Service has given notice of his intention to retire; and if he will make a statement.

(180065)

386
N Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people charged with (a) murder and (b) crimes of violence were granted bail in the last five years.

(179821)

387
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people received custodial sentences in relation to driving offences in each of the last five years; and how many young people committed driving offences in that period.

(179976)

388
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted prisoners have been released early as a result of prison overcrowding.

(180115)

389
Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policies are in place to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

(180123)

390
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the provision of acupuncture in prisons.

(180343)

391
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of providing gyms in prisons in the latest period for which figures are available.

(180344)

392
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suspects were (a) remanded in custody, (b) bailed on tag and (c) bailed without tagging for a charge of (i) murder, (ii) rape, (iii) manslaughter and (iv) grievous bodily harm in the last year for which information is available.

(179921)

393
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) suspects, (b) convicted unsentenced offenders, (c) convicted offenders on community sentences and (d) prisoners on licence were provided with accommodation by Clearsprings in each month since August 2007.

(179922)

394
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid to Clearsprings for the provision of bail and home detention accommodation in each month since July.

(179923)

395
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria are for identifying properties to be managed by Clearsprings for the provision of bail and home detention accommodation.

(179924)

396
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what properties (a) are and (b) will be managed by Clearsprings for the provision of bail and home detention accommodation in England and Wales.

(179925)

397
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Government (a) departments and (b) agencies have business user accounts with Land Registry Direct.

(180373)

398
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount of time spent doing exercise each week by (a) young offenders and (b) adult prisoners was in each prison in the last 12 months.

(180376)

399
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for drink driving offences were pursued against (a) males and (b) females in each criminal justice area in each of the last 10 years; and how many resulted in conviction.

(180411)

400
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cases have been brought and (b) convictions there have been in each police area for offences under section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 in each of the last 12 months.

(180443)

401
N Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides the judiciary on the granting of bail to people accused of murder; and if he will make a statement.

(179695)

402
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Commission for Racial Equality was asked to conduct a race impact assessment on the introduction of the indeterminate sentence for public protection.

(180285)

403
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is given to prison governors on arrangements for releasing juveniles at the end of their sentences when they have no accommodation arranged.

(180288)

404
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many black and minority ethnic people have been given an indeterminate sentence for public protection.

(180289)

405
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners under 21 years old there were in each week since 26th January 2007.

(180290)

406
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juveniles had no fixed abode when they were received into prison in each of the last five years.

(180291)

407
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the certified normal accommodation was for each prison in each week since 26th January 2007.

(180292)

408
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many under 18 year old (a) remand and (b) detention and training order prisoners there were in each week since 26th January 2007.

(180293)

Questions to the Leader of the House

409
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will commission and publish an independent assessment of the effect of programming on the passage of Government legislation, including information on (a) the number of Government amendments made at Third Reading in the House of Lords and (b) the length of time taken between introduction and enactment of Government bills (i) in the last three years and (ii) in the last three years before the introduction of programming.

(180193)

410
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 511W, on Members: allowances, what rules in the Green Book apply to such claims against the office cost allowance; and if she will make a statement.

(180095)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

411
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the company Morgan Allan Moore in the last 12 months.

(179594)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

412
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much has been spent on consultants in preparation for the 2012 Olympics.

(180166)

413
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the 10 highest salaries are of staff working on preparations for the 2012 Olympics whose salaries are paid from the public purse.

(180307)

Questions to the Prime Minister

414
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Office have given rise to responses that have been published by his Office.

(180224)

415
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to discuss the human rights situation in Tibet on his forthcoming visit to China.

(180054)

416
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to raise the issue of the human rights situation in Burma with Chinese officials on his forthcoming visit to China.

(180055)

417
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to discuss China's use of the death penalty with Chinese officials on his forthcoming visit to China.

(180057)

418
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, when the rules governing gifts received by Ministers and registered as part of the Donated Asset Reserve were last updated.

(180122)

419
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, how much depreciation has taken place of items held in the Donated Asset Reserve over the last 12 months.

(180313)

420
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions since 27th June 2007 (a) the Smith Institute and (b) SI Events Ltd have used facilities at No. 10 Downing Street.

(180252)

421
N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he (a) informed the Permanent Secretary at the Treasury of the donations he received as part of his campaign for the Leadership of the Labour Party and (b) registered them with the Cabinet Office in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

(179967)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

422
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on new nuclear power stations in Scotland.

(180125)

423
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2008, Official Report, column 350W, on departmental redundancies, how many staff in the Scotland Office are on loan from each Government department.

(180459)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

424
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by her Department have given rise to responses that have been published by her Department.

(180213)

425
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the safety of UK-based aircraft crews flying into Islamabad.

(180225)

426
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the works to be completed at Birmingham New Street railway station are estimated to cost; and how much of this is expected to be met from public funds.

(180244)

427
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much extra capacity for train movements will be created by the works to be completed at Birmingham New Street railway station; what plans there are to (a) create new platforms and (b) lengthen existing platforms; and if she will make a statement.

(180245)

428
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual budget of BRB (Residuary) Ltd was for each year since 1997; and what functions it discharges.

(180259)

429
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many timetabled engineering projects Network Rail has carried out in each of the last five years.

(180260)

430
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many timetabled engineering projects run by Network Rail have overrun their timetable in each of the last five years; and what percentage of works this represents.

(180261)

431
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the Review of Funding for the Commissioners of Irish Lights in hard copy and electronically.

(179005)

432
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Republic of Ireland (a) was contributed to the funding of the Commissioners of Irish Lights in the last five years, (b) will contribute to the funding of the Commissioners of Irish Lights for 2007-08 and (c) is recommended to contribute towards the funding of the Commissioners of Irish Lights by the recent review of such funding.

(179006)

433
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the study commissioned by her Department in December 2005 into longer heavier vehicles will report; and whether the full report will be published.

(180127)

434
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultants have been employed by her Department in relation to the study commissioned in December 2005 into longer heavier vehicles.

(180128)

435
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is considering to raise the awareness of driving with underinflated tyres; and what data she has on numbers of vehicles on the road with underinflated tyres.

(179696)

436
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to detrunk the A63.

(179697)

437
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what obligations are placed on local parking enforcement authorities to make refunds when an adjudicator has ruled a particular parking zone or bay illegal or not fully in compliance with legislation.

(179698)

438
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she was informed of the Non-Stated Preference peer review findings in relation to the Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources in England report; and if she will make a statement.

(179962)

439
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment was made as part of the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow of the carbon dioxide emissions in relation to option (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 from the additional passenger traffic travelling to and from Heathrow under each option; and if she will make a statement.

(179963)

440
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines have been issued for breaches of aircraft following Noise Preferential Routes at Heathrow Airport in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

(179964)

441
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, column 700W, on trains: standards, who undertook the study commissioned and funded by South West Trains; what the terms of reference of the study were; and if she will make a statement.

(180226)

442
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, column 700W, on trains: standards, whether the full report commissioned by South West Trains was made available for review by Passenger Focus; and if she will make a statement.

(180228)

443
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effect of the positioning of a back-up control centre for Galileo in a different country from the primary control centre on the (a) costs and (b) operational effectiveness of the system.

(180120)

444
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the UK bid to host the permanent offices of Galileo; and if she will make a statement.

(180312)

445
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on determining (a) which legal regime will govern the concession contract of the Galileo programme and (b) which courts will have jurisdiction over the contract.

(180314)

446
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many detrunking orders her Department has made in each of the last 10 years.

(180412)

447
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost is of replacing the underpass connecting Down's Road and Hog Lane under the A2 in Gravesham.

(180186)

448
N Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons were for the overrunning of engineering works affecting train services between Liverpool Street and Essex over the Christmas and New Year period; and if she will make a statement.

(179569)

449
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the contribution to (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) congestion reduction targets of permitting the use of two-wheeled, self-balancing electric transportation devices on the public highway; what plans she has to bring forward measures to allow the use of such devices on such highways; and if she will meet representations of manufacturers of such devices to discuss their merits.

(179961)

450
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers aged 17 or under who died as a result of road traffic accidents were (a) wearing a seatbelt and (b) not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident in each of the past 10 years.

(180130)

451
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many young people who died as a result of road traffic accidents were (a) under the influence of alcohol and (b) under the influence of drugs in each of the past 10 years.

(180131)

452
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at which times of day incidents causing the deaths of drivers aged between 17 and 25 years occurred in each of the last 10 years, broken down by hourly interval.

(180390)

453
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in how many road traffic accidents in which a driver aged between 17 and 25 years old died there were (a) no passengers, (b) passengers aged between 17 and 25 and (c) passengers aged over 25 in the vehicle in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement.

(180428)

454
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of train (a) punctuality and (b) overcrowding on the line between Colchester and London.

(180368)

455
N Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the status of Daedalus airfield at Lee-on-Solent.

(179830)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

456
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had on the tendering process conditions imposed by the Welsh Assembly Government on renewable energy company investors for schemes that exceed 50 megawatts; and if he will make a statement.

(179934)

457
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the company Morgan Allan Moore in the last 12 months.

(179593)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

458
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

(180214)

459
N Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his statement of 24th July 2007, Official Report, column 230WH, when the Child Support Agency case of Sonia Poulton will be resolved; and if he will make a statement.

(179751)

460
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, columns 730-1W, on unemployment, how many households included no-one in full-time employment in (a) 1997 and (b) 1979.

(179703)

461
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of paying pension credit to women who do not qualify for the full state pension due to broken National Insurance contribution records; and if he will make a statement.

(180132)

462
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the review his Department conducted of the options to buy additional years of National Insurance contributions for people with broken work records; and if he will make a statement.

(180133)

463
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's target time is for answering written parliamentary questions; and what the average time taken for answering parliamentary questions has been in each of the last 12 months.

(180134)

464
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new claimants on the new employment and support allowance are expected to claim (a) the employment portion and (b) the support portion when the new allowance is introduced.

(180135)

465
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to announce the level of the new employment and support allowance; and what preliminary work his Department has carried out on the level of that allowance.

(180136)

466
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assumptions he has made of the level of take up of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) income support for lone parents and (d) pension credit in determining planned benefit spending for the next spending period.

(180137)

467
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of children lived in families claiming out-of-work benefits in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

(180138)

468
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) projected and (b) actual cost was of the new Health and Safety Executive headquarters in Bootle.

(180139)

469
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the office space is of the new Health and Safety Executive headquarters in Bootle.

(180140)

470
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the original office space of the new Health and Safety Executive headquarters in Bootle was planned to be.

(180141)

471
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Department has spent on sending birthday messages to people on their 100th birthday in each of the last 10 years.

(180142)

472
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the practice of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions sending messages to people on their 100th birthday was introduced.

(180143)

473
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the company Morgan Allan Moore in the last 12 months.

(179595)

474
N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he (a) informed the Permanent Secretary in the relevant Department of the donations he received as part of his campaign for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party and (b) registered them with the Cabinet Office in accordance with the Ministerial Code.

(179966)

475
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he gives to employers on the volume of recorded music broadcast in the workplace; and if he will make a statement.

(180369)

476
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he gives to operators of sports stadia on the volume of recorded music and public announcements; and if he will make a statement.

(180370)

477
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what legislative provisions are in place governing the volume of recorded music which may be broadcast in the workplace; and if he will make a statement.

(180371)

478
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an employer's duty of care includes taking account of the volume of music broadcast in the workplace; and if he will make a statement.

(180372)

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

479
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many citizens' advice bureaux have closed permanently in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (180389)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

480
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12th December 2007, Official Report, column 605W, on pensioners: inflation, what the components are of the retail price index basket of goods and services; and how they are weighted.

[Transferred] (180287)

481
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requirements a home must have to be eligible for zero stamp duty land tax.

[Transferred] (180155)

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

482
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the reasons are for the length of time taken to appoint a new chair of the Youth Justice Board; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (180286)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

483
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list planned commemorative (a) coins and (b) events for 2008 in which the Government will be involved.

[Transferred] (180345)

484
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many appointments of (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in each salary band have been made to his Office in each month since 27th June 2007.

[Transferred] (180472)

485
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers are employed in each salary band in his Office.

[Transferred] (180473)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

486
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure British military assistance to Colombia is targeted towards counter-insurgency and counter-narcotics operations.

[Transferred] (180348)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

487
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Meat Hygiene Service has to alter its method of charging from headage to hourly rates.

[Transferred] (180081)

488
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) operation and (b) cost efficiency of the Meat Hygiene Service.

[Transferred] (180082)

489
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to reform the operation of the Meat Hygiene Service; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (180083)

490
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to replace the Meat Hygiene Service with private commercial inspection organisations.

[Transferred] (180084)

491
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will contribute to the Meat Hygiene Service's current consultation on charges; and if he will publish the results of the consultation.

[Transferred] (180085)

492
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the operation of the Meat Hygiene Service.

[Transferred] (180086)

493
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the operating cost of the Meat Hygiene Service was in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (180087)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

494
Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions for sale of alcohol to a drunk person have been pursued in each criminal justice area in each of the last 10 years; and how many resulted in conviction.

[Transferred] (180410)

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

495
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which academic courses undertaken by prisoners had the 10 (a) highest and (b) lowest pass rates in the latest period for which figures are available.

[Transferred] (180306)

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