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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 22 January 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 22 January 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 22 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 Tuesday 22 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 22 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to protect the public from identity fraud. | | (181262) | 2
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will review the definition of relay services for the deaf in the Government's 2003 Universal Service Order to include newer technologies such as video and internet protocol relay; and if he will make a statement. | | (181095) | 3
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide each electricity company has been granted a permit to emit in each year from 2008 to 2012. | | (181131) | 4
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many grants have been awarded under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for each month since April 2007; and what has been the total value of grants awarded in each month. | | (181127) | 5
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government plans to take to assist vulnerable groups affected by energy price increases. | | (178469) | 6
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 reduce levels of fuel poverty since 1997. | | (178470) | 7
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) powers and (b) discretion he has to disagree with the findings of the Competition Commission on (i) competition issues, (ii) the creation of merger situations, (iii) media plurality issues and (iv) public interest issues. | | (180283) | 8
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) powers and (b) discretion he has to decide on different actions from those proposed by the Competition Commission (i) generally and (ii) in respect of divestment of cross-media shareholdings. | | (180284) | 9
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what procedures are in place to monitor and audit the public monies remitted to trades unions under the auspices of the Union Modernisation Fund; and if he will make a statement. | | (180990) | 10
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer have produced on whether the fixed costs of (a) photocopiers and (b) other equipment may be fully charged to the general fund of a trade union in circumstances where that equipment is used for political purposes. | | (181283) | 11
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what advice or guidance (a) the Certification Officer and (b) his Department has produced on whether the Trades Union Congress may engage in political campaigning using funds raised from trades unions' general fund contributions. | | (181284) | 12
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Trades Union Congress is classed as a trade union for the purposes of political fund and political levy rules. | | (181286) | 13
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his most recent estimate is of the number of post offices to be closed (a) nationally and (b) in Leicestershire in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (181278) | 14
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the budget was for the running of Post Office Ltd in (a) 2007, (b) 2006 and (c) 2005; and what it is expected to be in 2008. | | (181279) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 15
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department received in fines levied on Network Rail in each year since its inception; and what his policy is on re-allocating such monies. | | (180958) | 16
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports have been received to date of fraudulent activity on bank accounts belonging to people whose details were included on the two compact discs lost by HM Revenue and Customs in 2007. | | (180950) | 17
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suicides there were in the UK in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age, (b) sex, (c) region and (d) ethnic origin. | | (181129) | 18
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were in full-time employment in each year since 1997. | | (181287) | 19
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were employed in each year since 1997. | | (181288) | 20
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were unemployed in each year since 1997. | | (181289) | 21
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were employed by agencies in each year since 1997. | | (181295) | 22
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were in part-time employment in each year since 1997. | | (181372) | 23
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK were in temporary employment in each year since 1997. | | (181373) | 24
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181368) | 25
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is on course to meet the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets to (a) source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010. | | (181296) | 26
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme. | | (181297) | 27
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007. | | (181298) | 28
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system for (a) its whole estate and (b) some of its buildings. | | (181299) | 29
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted a sustainability appraisal in respect of the relocation of the Office for National Statistics. | | (181300) | 30
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the number of communications staff included as working for the Valuation Office Agency in the Central Office of Information's White Book differs from the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 241W, on Valuation Office Agency. | | (181329) | 31
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 332W, on government departments: property, in what methodological or statistical ways the data in the table placed in the Library differs from the data provided in the Answer of 6th January 2008, Official Report, column 630W, on the same subject. | | (181335) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 32
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to encourage students to choose single science GCSEs. | | (179586) | 33
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children achieved five or more A to C grades at GCSE in (a) Newcastle local education authority schools and (b) England in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (180888) | 34
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children gained GCSE above grade C in mathematics, science or science related subjects in (a) England and (b) the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in each year since 1997. | | (180889) | 35
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many schools in Newcastle upon Tyne (a) under 20 per cent., (b) under 30 per cent. and (c) under 40 per cent. of children gained five or more A* to C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2007-08; and what percentage of the GCSE candidates in Newcastle local education authority attended those schools in each year. | | (180890) | 36
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged 11 to 16 years there were in local education authority maintained schools in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in each year since 1997. | | (180891) | 37
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children in local education authority maintained schools left school with (a) no qualifications and (b) no GCSEs above grade D in each local education authority in the North East of England in each year since 2001. | | (180892) | 38
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children at local education authority maintained schools gained GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and mathematics in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Local Education Authority, (b) England and (c) each English region in each year since 1997. | | (181059) | 39
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start children's centres are open; and how many he expects to be open by (a) 31st January, (b) 29th February, (c) 31st March, (d) 30th April, (e) 31st May and (f) 30th June 2008. | | (180886) | 40
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what rights of appeal an individual has against a refusal to grant a licence under the Children (Performances) Regulations 1968; when these regulations were last reviewed; and what plans he has to review the regulations. | | (181188) | 41
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what standard of British Sign Language attainment is required of teachers of the deaf. | | (181230) | 42
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what comparative assessment he has made of the educational progress of deaf children taught using British Sign Language and those taught using total communication. | | (181231) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 43
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library (a) the full version of the report by Nick Coleman, Inspectorate Review of Government Information Assurance, and (b) the summary paper of the report. | | (180994) | 44
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what his role is with regard to (a) the operation of the political office at 10 Downing Street, (b) the development of Government policy, (c) responding to day-to-day events and (d) forward-planning of Government announcements; whether that role has changed in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (181232) | 45
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of Nick Coleman's 2007 Review of Government Information Assurance. | | (181233) | 46
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many public sector websites with unique URLs are in operation in (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom. | | (181302) | 47
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which public sector websites have been discontinued since his Department announced plans to rationalise the overall number; and on what dates each was discontinued. | | (181303) | 48
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff within the Cabinet Office work for the Prime Minister's Office, other than those directly employed by that Office. | | (181304) | 49
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reason the number of communication and press staff listed in the Central Office of Information's White Book differs from those given in the Answer of 12th September 2007, Official Report, column 2056W, on departmental manpower. | | (181305) | 50
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Cabinet Office guidance for civil servants on restrictions on political activity. | | (181306) | 51
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will take steps to ensure that the executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies listed in the Central Office of Information's White Book include full details of their press and communication officers. | | (181307) | 52
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which executive agencies and non-departmental bodies are not listed in the Central Office of Information's White Book. | | (181308) | 53
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment the Cabinet Office has made of whether (a) the Prime Minister's Office and (b) the Cabinet Office have met the Departmental Strategic Objective of ensuring the highest standards of propriety and integrity in public life. | | (181309) | 54
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when his Department received Freedom of Information request case FOI248081, relating to guidance on Parliamentary Questions; when it began to assess the public interest considerations relating to the request; what the reasons are for the time taken to consider the request; and if he will make a statement. | | (181310) | 55
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if the Cabinet Office will collate and publish a list for each Government department, executive agency and non-departmental public body, of which public authorities process personal data in processing centres directly or via contractors outside the European Economic Area. | | (181312) | 56
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what meetings the Parliamentary Secretary of the Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for Lincoln, has had with trades unions since June 2007 in the course of her official duties; and for what purpose such meetings were held. | | (181330) | 57
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 826W, on departmental records: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, what the timetable is for the transfer of the files of the former Deputy Prime Minister's Office to the National Archives. | | (181334) | 58
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, columns 755-6W, on honours: criminal investigation, and with reference to the letter of 18th December 2007 from the Cabinet Secretary to the Chairman of the Public Administration Committee, what the financial contribution was from the Labour Party to the costs of external legal advice for special advisers. | | (181338) | 59
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, columns 755-6W, on honours: criminal investigation, and with reference to the letter of 18th December 2007 from the Cabinet Secretary to the Chairman of the Public Administration Committee, which lawyers were commissioned to provide external legal advice. | | (181342) | 60
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, columns 755-6W, on honours: criminal investigation, and with reference to the letter of 18th December 2007 from the Cabinet Secretary to the Chairman of the Public Administration Committee, what the cost was to the public purse of the external legal advice and support for the right hon. Tony Blair. | | (181343) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 61
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department provided for the citizen's advice bureau in each of the local housing allowance pathfinder areas to support money advice services. | | (181374) | 62
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals to introduce a power to rescind planning permission where there is a serious risk of that location flooding or if that development will cause another site to flood; and if she will make a statement. | | (180966) | 63
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Harborough of 20th December 2007 on the eco-town proposal in Harborough. | | (181136) | 64
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what capital receipts from sale of council housing were in each year since 1997 in each year, broken down by region. | | (181055) | 65
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers were recorded in each region in England in each year since 1997; and how many were (a) over the age of 60 years and (b) under the age of 25 years in each year. | | (181056) | 66
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, columns 1338-9W, on Muslims: females, which academics, theologians and leading Muslim women attended the two roundtable meetings in which women's access to mosque life was discussed; and who attended the two wider stakeholders meetings. | | (181184) | 67
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has held a Citizens' Jury on English for speakers of other languages since 6th October 2007. | | (181185) | 68
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has published good practice guidance on initiatives to support the role of Muslim women in the community since the report on preventing violent extremism was published. | | (181186) | 69
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made by the Improvement and Development Agency on the establishment of a group of accredited peers from local government and the voluntary sector on preventing extremism. | | (181187) | 70
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 680W, on council housing: energy, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance on sustainable ways of replacing windows in local authority-owned homes. | | (181239) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 71
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households without access to the internet, broken down by (a) income decile, (b) ethnicity and (c) region. | | (181375) | 72
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households containing children without access to the internet, broken down by (a) income decile, (b) ethnicity and (c) region. | | (181376) | 73
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents with internet access, broken down by income decile. | | (181377) | 74
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £45 million fund for cultural spending on coastal towns, announced on 30th November 2007, will come from (a) his Department, (b) the National Lottery and (c) private partners; and if he will make a statement. | | (181050) | 75
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the first funding from the £45 million fund for cultural spending on coastal towns, announced on 30th November 2007, to be allocated. | | (181051) | 76
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much National Lottery funding has been spent on (a) arts, (b) heritage, (c) community sport, (d) school sport and (e) capital funding for schools in each year since 1997. | | (181141) | 77
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what stage has been reached in his Department's plans to sell the area of land located to the north of the British Library; what recent estimate of the value of the site has been made; and whether the Department will receive a proportion of the proceeds of any such sale. | | (181179) | 78
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in Library all correspondence between his Department and the East of England Development Agency on funding of arts projects in Peterborough in the last 12 months. | | (181132) | 79
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181353) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 80
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken by the Government to assess the feasibility of implementing non-nuclear strategic defence options after the expiration of the viability of the UK's current nuclear deterrent. | | (180610) | 81
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181354) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 82
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has received from the World Animal Health Organisation on the storage of the H5N1 virus between the taking of samples and testing. | | (181054) | 83
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the reductions in (a) greenhouse gas emissions and (b) terawatt hours of domestic fuel used as a result of the implementation of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. | | (181181) | 84
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward amendments to the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. | | (181182) | 85
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with insurance companies on mitigation of flood risks through measures to be included in the settlements of claims for previous flood damage. | | (181178) | 86
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on dispersed flooding; and how such research will support greater co-ordination between the Environment Agency, local authorities, water companies and other statutory bodies in their response to flooding. | | (181180) | 87
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation was undertaken by his Department on the criteria to be used to assess best value when considering tenders to provide long-term relocation of the fruit collection at Brogdale. | | (180951) | 88
N | Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the long-term continuation of the fruit collections at Brogdale; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of those steps; and if he will make a statement. | | (180952) | 89
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase the target for reducing UK carbon emissions to 80 per cent.; and if he will make a statement. | | (181344) | 90
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181355) | 91
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to stop the export of live horses and ponies from the UK to continental Europe; and if he will make a statement. | | (180968) | 92
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to ban the long-distance transportation of live horses and ponies for slaughter in Europe; and if he will make a statement. | | (180969) | 93
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will make representations to ensure the enforcement of Council Regulation No. 1/2005, on the protection of animals during transport, in all Member States; and if he will make a statement. | | (180970) | 94
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the number of communication and press staff listed as working for the Rural Payments Agency in the Central Office of Information's White Book differs from the Answer of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 280W, on the Rural Payments Agency. | | (181315) | 95
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements are being made to ensure the continuity of funding hitherto provided through the Rural Social and Community Programme. | | (181345) | 96
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when details of the Rural Housing Challenge Fund will be announced. | | (181347) | 97
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Rural Communities Action Network budget details for Humber and the Wolds Community Council will be announced. | | (181348) | 98
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to measure the low level sounds produced by wind turbines. | | (180993) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 99
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and more recent genocides on Holocaust Memorial Day. | | (181378) | 100
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the safety of departmental staff working in Afghanistan following the bombing of the Serena Hotel. | | (181227) | 101
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department urged the government of Uganda not to interfere in the democratic processes of Kenya; and if he will make a statement. | | (180965) | 102
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what further steps the Government plans to take to secure nuclear disarmament in accordance with its commitments under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. | | (180611) | 103
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181356) | 104
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is on course to meet the commitment in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets to (a) source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010. | | (181320) | 105
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme. | | (181321) | 106
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007. | | (181322) | 107
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system for (a) its whole estate and (b) some of its buildings. | | (181323) | 108
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's involvement in the peace process in Sri Lanka. | | (181234) | 109
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met members of the Sri Lankan government; what was discussed; and if he will make a statement. | | (181235) | 110
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans next to meet representatives of the Sri Lankan government. | | (181236) | 111
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his officials last met members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; and if he will make a statement. | | (181237) | 112
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the deployment of child soldiers in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement. | | (181238) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 113
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 723, if he will place in the Library a copy of the relevant part of each code of practice in which co-payment is ruled out. | | (181133) | 114
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average NHS pay of a (a) GP and (b) GP with special interest in dermatology in each year since 1997. | | (181290) | 115
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on trends in prevalence of skin disease and skin-related illnesses, excluding skin cancer. | | (181292) | 116
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how funding for dermatology services in primary care will change as a result of the recent Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (181293) | 117
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to quantify the annual productivity losses associated with members of the workforce suffering from skin-related illnesses in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (181294) | 118
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the healthy living centres established as part of the New Opportunities Fund Healthy Living Centres programme remain in operation, broken down by region. | | (181346) | 119
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2007, Official Report, column 1309W, on Bridlington Hospital cleaning services, when the deep clean of the hospital will be completed; and what the expected cost is. | | (180887) | 120
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181357) | 121
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many matrons were employed in the NHS in each year since 1997-98. | | (181285) | 122
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is on course to meet the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets to (a) source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010. | | (181316) | 123
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme. | | (181317) | 124
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007. | | (181318) | 125
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system for (a) its whole estate and (b) some of its buildings. | | (181319) | 126
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December to the hon. Member for Eddisbury, Official Report, column 1207W, on drugs: consultants, what the terms of consultancy contracts in relation to the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff are, with particular reference to performance-related elements. | | [R] (180912) | 127
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of low level decibel sound on public health; and if he will make a statement. | | (180992) | 128
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how an activity based system for funding screening services, as outlined in the Cancer Reform Strategy, will operate. | | (181379) | 129
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of women entitled to screening attended their appointment for breast cancer screening in each of the last three years, broken down by primary care trust. | | (181380) | 130
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of women attended their appointment for cervical cancer screening in each of the last three years, broken down by primary care trust. | | (181381) | 131
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 1004W, on dentistry: manpower, how many orthodontists were available to the acute health sector in England in each year from 2001. | | (181273) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 132
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Oral Statement of the Prime Minister of 14th November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, if she will publish the work commissioned by the Economic Research Council, King's College and the Royal Society for Arts on dealing with radicalisation at home and abroad. | | (181183) | 133
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in her Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (181358) | 134
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was to public funds of responding to the break-out from Campfield House Detention Centre in August 2007. | | (180113) | 135
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases where asylum seekers have been pursued for failing to report to a reporting centre there have been administrative errors in notification of the appropriate centre, in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (180114) | 136
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's average response time to representations from hon. and right hon. Members on immigration cases has been in each month since January 2006. | | (181229) | 137
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA samples are on the national DNA database. | | (181241) | 138
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of DNA samples on the DNA database are from people who have not been convicted of any crimes. | | (181242) | 139
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have never been convicted of a crime have a sample of their DNA on the national DNA database. | | (181243) | 140
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances a police officer may ask for a DNA sample. | | (181244) | 141
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of crimes solved as a result of a DNA sample being on the national DNA database. | | (181245) | 142
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of irregularities on the national DNA database. | | (181246) | 143
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security measures exist to protect the information on the national DNA database. | | (181247) | 144
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions are placed on the activities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam within the UK. | | (181339) | 145
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reconsider the restrictions placed on the activities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. | | (181340) | 146
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often she reviews the proscription of organisations considered to be involved in terrorism. | | (181341) | 147
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa cases were personally considered by a Minister in her Department in 2007. | | (181382) | 148
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of visa cases which were considered by Ministers in her Department as a result of the original decision by the Border and Immigration Agency was overturned in 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (181383) | 149
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances Ministers in her Department consider overturning a decision by the Border and Immigration Agency in a visa case; and if she will make a statement. | | (181404) | 150
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proscriptions of organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000 are indefinite; and if she will make a statement. | | (181405) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 151
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff of the House were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181350) | 152
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what guidance has been provided to staff employed by the Commission on the extent to which they can engage in political activity in their spare time; and what political restrictions exist for each grade of staff. | | (181314) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 153
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181359) | 154
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department is on course to meet the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets to (a) source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010. | | (181324) | 155
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme. | | (181325) | 156
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007. | | (181326) | 157
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system for (a) its whole estate and (b) some of its buildings. | | (181327) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 158
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the percentage of his Department's funding for microfinance which reaches families living on the equivalent of less than US$1 a day. | | (180967) | 159
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the safety of departmental staff working in Afghanistan following the bombing of the Serena Hotel. | | (181228) | 160
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181360) | 161
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the £600,000 spending allocated to the monitoring of the recent election in Kenya. | | (180964) | 162
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department is providing to tackle AIDS in developing countries in 2007-08; how much of this funding is going to children affected by AIDS; and if he will make a statement. | | (180913) | 163
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his G8 counterparts on the provision of funding for AIDS programmes in developing countries; how much of the funding agreed at Gleneagles in 2005 for this purpose has been provided; and if he will make a statement. | | (180914) | 164
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress he has made in increasing the access of people with AIDS in developing countries to generic medicines; and if he will make a statement. | | (180915) | 165
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on reducing trade barriers to goods from developing countries. | | (180916) | 166
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his G8 counterparts on the provision of health workers to work with people with AIDS in developing countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (180917) | 167
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist women in sub-Saharan Africa in combating HIV/AIDS. | | (180208) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 168
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were employed on average in each prison workshop in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (180953) | 169
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were (a) employed in workshops, (b) employed outside workshops and (c) without work in each adult male training prison in England and Wales on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (180954) | 170
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) expenditure and (b) income of prison industries in England and Wales was in each of the last 10 years. | | (180955) | 171
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons in England and Wales offer employment opportunities under enhanced earnings schemes; and for how many priosners. | | (180956) | 172
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the turnover of prison (a) industries and (b) farms was in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (180957) | 173
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions since the implementation of the Licensing Act magistrates have awarded costs against objectors; and what written guidance he has given to magistrates on the exercise of their discretion to award such costs. | | (181060) | 174
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any criminal suspects have had charges against them withdrawn as a result of prison overcrowding. | | (181240) | 175
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181361) | 176
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 32WS, on review of voting systems, on what date in January he plans to publish the Government's completed review of voting systems. | | (180991) | Questions to the Leader of the House 177
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in her Office were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (181362) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 178
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181363) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 179
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff of the Government Olympics Executive were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (181351) | Questions to the Prime Minister 180
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff of his Office were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181364) | 181
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 1076W, on Departments: ministerial policy advisers, whether Mr Bob Shrum provides him with potential consultancy, speech-writing or related advice, in relation to his official duties. | | (181226) | 182
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the timetable is for the publication of the annual report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner for 2006; and if he will make it his policy to publish such reports within 28 days of receipt. | | (181280) | 183
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff are employed by his Office. | | (181282) | 184
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the timetable is for the production of the annual report of the Intelligence Services Commissioner for 2006; and if he will make it his policy to publish such reports within 28 days of receipt. | | (181301) | 185
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1229W, on departmental e-mail, whether he uses an e-mail account to send e-mail to civil servants and ministerial colleagues in the course of his duties. | | (181336) | 186
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1229W, on departmental e-mail, whether he personally reads the e-mails sent to him by members of the public via the No. 10 website. | | (181337) | 187
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 1398W, on Gordon Brown, whether a date has been set for the publication of the list; whether it will include details of the dates on which donations to Ministers' campaigns for the Leadership and Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party were (a) notified to Permanent Secretaries and (b) registered with the Cabinet Office. | | (181134) | 188
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will attend the launch of the `Don't Close Your Eyes' Blue Blindfold Campaign on human trafficking in the House on 29th January. | | (181053) | Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission 189
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff of the National Audit Office were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181352) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 190
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181365) | Questions to the Solicitor General 191
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in the Attorney General's Office were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (181366) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 192
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff of the Electoral Commission were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181349) | 193
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what research the Electoral Commission has conducted on spending by local party associations under £25,000 a year; and what accounts of associations have been collected as part of that research. | | (181313) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 194
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average delay was on England's motorways and trunk roads, expressed in minutes per 10 miles, in respect of (a) all journeys and (b) the slowest 10 per cent. of journeys in each year since 1997. | | (180959) | 195
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred in each county in the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by the (a) day of the week and (b) time of day on which the accident occurred. | | (180960) | 196
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road traffic accidents, (b) road traffic fatalities, (c) accidents involving motorcyclists, (d) fatalities involving motorcyclists, (e) accidents involving bicyclists and (f) fatalities involving bicyclists there were in each county in the UK for each year since 1997. | | (180961) | 197
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding per head of population was allocated to Mersey Travel in each year since 1993, expressed in (a) cash and (b) real terms. | | (181281) | 198
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many containers were lost overboard from container ships in UK coastal waters in each of the last 10 years. | | (180609) | 199
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what processes are in place to report losses of shipping containers at sea. | | (180612) | 200
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in her Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (181367) | 201
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deliveries were lost by Government Mail in the last year for which figures are available. | | (181328) | 202
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what basis it was decided which local areas to include in her consultation on the Dartford river crossing local discount scheme; if she will include Castle Point residents in that consultation; when the consultation will begin and end; whether the consultation will include public meetings; and how the consultation will be conducted. | | (179249) | 203
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Network Rail are required to replace their bridges that bear a load of 24 tonnes. | | (181385) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 204
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181369) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 205
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in the Government Equalities Office were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (181370) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 206
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made by the Child Support Agency in meeting its Operational Improvement Plan debt recovery targets (a) to collect at least £113 million of additional debt via the use of external private debt collection agencies by March 2009 and (b) to collect at least £110.8 million of additional debt using internal resources by March 2009. | | (181248) | 207
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases the Child Support Agency holds which have outstanding debt. | | (181249) | 208
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of total child support debt is owed (a) to the Secretary of State and (b) to parents with care. | | (181250) | 209
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the £1.5 billion child support debt regarded as collectable is owed (a) to the Secretary of State and (b) to parents with care. | | (181251) | 210
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the £3.7 billion child support arrears relates to cases on the (a) old child support computer system and (b) the new child support 2 computer system. | | (181252) | 211
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will break down the number of non-resident parents from whom the Child Support Agency is seeking to collect maintenance arrears by (a) age of their debt and (b) the amounts owed within each age of debt band. | | (181253) | 212
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the time taken to pay child support to parents with care whose cases are being dealt with clerically and where maintenance has been paid to the Agency by the non-resident parent or via his employer as a result of a deduction from earnings order; and if he will make a statement. | | (181254) | 213
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of engaging Veredus Recruitment Consultants to recruit the Chair, Commissioner and Non-Executives for the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. | | (181255) | 214
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used in selecting Veredus Recruitment Consultants to recruit the Chair, Commissioner and Non-Executives for the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. | | (181256) | 215
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what services have been provided by (a) Veredus and (b) other recruitment consultants to his Department in the last five years; and what the cost was of such services. | | (181257) | 216
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pilots his Department and Jobcentre Plus have carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of online access to better off calculations. | | (181259) | 217
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when better off calculations will be made available online. | | (181260) | 218
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Jobcentre Plus staff will be given of the use of the online better off calculations software. | | (181261) | 219
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2008, Official Report, column 1381W, on performance appraisals, in what format information is available on departmental staff (a) performance against objectives and (b) appraisals. | | (181263) | 220
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2008, Official Report, column 1381W, on performance appraisals, what information is collected by his Department on the performance of departmental staff (a) at appraisals and (b) against objectives. | | (181264) | 221
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2008, Official Report, column 1381W, on performance appraisals, what standards of (a) behaviour and (b) attendance employees of the Department are required to meet. | | (181265) | 222
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2008, Official Report, column 1381W, on performance appraisals, how many and what percentage of staff in his Department did not meet (a) some and (b) all of the objectives and targets in their appraisals in each of the last five years. | | (181266) | 223
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of staff in his Department have received written warnings for breaching standards of behaviour or attendance in each month in the last five years. | | (181267) | 224
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 574W, on social security benefits: personal records, what percentage of successful applicants have their criminal records checked. | | (181268) | 225
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 574W, on social security benefits: personal records, how many (a) successful applicants and (b) criminal records checks there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (181269) | 226
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 574W, on social security benefits: personal records, whether all those with access to the entire database have had their criminal records checked. | | (181270) | 227
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 574W, on social security benefits: personal records, how many successful applicants were found to have a criminal record after a criminal records check took place in each of the last 10 years. | | (181271) | 228
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 574W, on social security benefits: personal records, whether the selection of successful candidates who will undergo a criminal records check is random or targeted; and if he will make a statement. | | (181272) | 229
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of disability living allowance was for (a) children under 16 and (b) children under 18 in full-time education, broken down by (i) region and (ii) ethnicity in the last period for which figures are available. | | (181275) | 230
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of attendance allowance was amongst (a) children under 16 and (b) children under 18 in full-time education, broken down by (i) region and (ii) ethnicity in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (181276) | 231
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of disability related benefits was amongst (a) children under 16 and (b) children under 18 in full-time education, broken down by (i) benefit, (ii) region and (iii) ethnicity in the last period for which figures are available. | | (181277) | 232
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claimants were prosecuted for fraudulently claiming an amount (a) less and (b) more than £103,000 in each year since 1997. | | (181386) | 233
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefits claimants were imprisoned for fraudulently claiming an amount (a) less and (b) more than £103,000 in each year since 1997. | | (181387) | 234
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were prosecuted for falsely declaring income in each year since 1997, broken down by type of benefit. | | (181388) | 235
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the claim for incapacity benefit by Mr Bernard Pierce of Verwood, Dorset will be determined; and what the reason is for the time taken. | | (181135) | 236
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each region claiming incapacity benefits experienced (a) alcoholism, (b) drug abuse, (c) depression and (d) other long-term mental conditions and problems in each year since 2002; and what proportion of total incapacity benefits claimants each category represented in each region. | | (181058) | 237
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women were incapacity benefit claimants in Newcastle upon Tyne in each year since 1997. | | (181061) | 238
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take up rate for pension credit was in each constituency in (a) Hampshire, (b) Portsmouth and (c) Southampton in each of the last three years. | | (181057) | 239
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181371) | 240
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) incidents and (b) complaints were (i) reported and (ii) investigated by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last four years, broken down by region. | | (181128) | 241
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) enforcement notices have been served and (b) prosecutions have been initiated by health and safety inspectors under health and safety at work legislation in each year since 2002-03, broken down by region. | | (181130) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 242
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents with internet access, broken down by income decile. | | [Transferred] (181258) | 243
| Mr Bruce George (Walsall South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds regional figures for five year survival rates for skin cancer. | | [Transferred] (181291) | 244
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance document on using the Knowledge Network software and database. | | [Transferred] (181311) |
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