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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 24 January 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 24 January 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 24 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 24 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 24 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1216W, on regional development agencies: planning, what powers regional development agencies will have with regard to income from section 106 planning obligations following the implementation of single integrated regional strategies. | | [R] (182273) | 2
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many members of the Certification Officer's staff are members of a trades union. | | (181854) | 3
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Certification Officer's office has a recognition agreement with a trade union. | | (181855) | 4
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1631W, what plans he or his officials have to meet representatives of (a) Virgin Media, (b) ITV plc, (c) Rapture Television and (d) other interested parties in relation to the Competition Commission's report on BSkyB's acquisition of ITV plc shares. | | (182426) | 5
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's predecessors main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182239) | 6
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which Government agencies have provided support for exports from UK-based environmental industries in each year since 2005; what the budget for this work was for each agency in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (182340) | 7
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was (a) allocated to and (b) spent by UK Trade and Investment's Environmental Industries Sector Unit in each year since 2005. | | (182341) | 8
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff working in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181401) | 9
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many planning applications for new public telephone boxes were submitted to local authorities in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by local authority; how many boxes were proposed in such applications; how many applications were successful; and how many boxes were proposed in such successful applications. | | (182202) | 10
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of public telephone boxes which (a) display advertising on their exterior and (b) displayed advertising on 24th January (i) 2007 and (ii) 2003. | | (182212) | 11
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department has provided to (a) the furniture manufacturing industry and (b) its supply chain in the last 10 years; which elements of such support has been provided on a regional basis; and what plans he has to fund future assistance to the (i) furniture manufacturing sector and (ii) its supply chain to support its global competitiveness. | | (182233) | 12
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many furniture manufacturers operate in the UK; how many people the industry employs; and how many items made by British furniture manufacturers were exported in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (182234) | 13
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the British economy made by UK furniture manufacturers. | | (182235) | 14
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to encourage British furniture manufacturers to reduce their carbon footprint through the use of sustainable manufacturing practices. | | (182246) | 15
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of furniture imports from (a) China and (b) Poland on the British furniture manufacturing industry. | | (182247) | 16
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely future change in levels of use of internet shopping and the implications for high street retail outlets; and if he will make a statement. | | (182045) | 17
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding his Department has allocated for green energy technologies in each of the next five years; to which programmes; and for what purpose in each year. | | (181852) | 18
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what tidal power schemes are under consideration in Government. | | (181853) | 19
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North Wiltshire of 17th January 2008, Official Report, columns 1067-8, on post office closures, if he will give details of the background costs taken into account when deciding whether a post office is profitable. | | (181970) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 20
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the resilience of the UK banking system; and if he will make a statement. | | (181411) | 21
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on fuel duty for motorists, with particular reference to the overall price of fuel and the Government's climate change policy. | | (181583) | 22
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the factors taken into account by local authorities in deciding whether or not to introduce road-pricing schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (181584) | 23
N | Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the difference between the retail price index and the rate of inflation experienced by families with an average income. | | (181409) | 24
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent guidance has been issued to staff in the Tax Credit Office on deadlines for responding to letters from hon. Members. | | (182097) | 25
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future of the Northern Rock Foundation in the event of the nationalisation of Northern Rock bank. | | (182155) | 26
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182257) | 27
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to launch his consultation on the replacement of air passenger duty with a tax payable per plane rather than per passenger as outlined in PBRN 24 on 9th October 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (181719) | 28
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to amend the taxation and duties payable by (a) bookmakers, (b) bingo operators and (c) gaming machines operators. | | (181969) | 29
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the treatment received under the taxation regime by married couples with children and single people without children. | | (182423) | 30
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the levels of stamp duty charged on care home leases; and if he will make a statement. | | (181926) | 31
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there is an upper limit to the level of stamp duty which may be levied on individual care home leases; and if he will make a statement. | | (181927) | 32
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the relationship between the cost of residential care home provision and the level of stamp duty levied on care home leases; and if he will make a statement. | | (181928) | 33
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional funding has been allocated to (a) local authorities in England and (b) Scotland under the Barnett formula for the costs of dealing with Single Status matters. | | (181945) | 34
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the 10 per cent. tax band on low income working people who do not qualify for working tax credits. | | (182281) | 35
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the 10 per cent. tax band on pensioners who do not qualify for pension credits. | | (182282) | 36
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the 10 per cent. tax band on people earning less than £18,750 per annum. | | (182283) | 37
| Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce legislation to require the Financial Services Authority to regulate sale-and-leaseback schemes on residential property. | | (181931) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 38
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions he has had with local authority children's services on their use of emergency protection orders; and if he will make a statement. | | (181856) | 39
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of 3 to 4 year olds in workless families for whom the entitlement to 12.5 hours of formal childcare per week was taken up in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (181860) | 40
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) 1 year, (b) 2 years, (c) 3 years, (d) 4 years and (e) 5 years were identified as having a special educational need in each year since 2001, broken down by local authority. | | (181861) | 41
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in the first year of secondary education in (a) England and (b) each local education authority were entitled to free school meals in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (181921) | 42
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many year 1 pupils there were in schools in England in each of the last five years. | | (179310) | 43
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in Barnet have specialist status; what the specialisms are in each case; what funding was made available to each in the latest period for which figures are available; what outstanding applications for specialist status there are from schools in Barnet; and if he will make a statement. | | (181968) | 44
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much money was allocated to local authorities to be spent on educational transport for wheelchair-bound people (a) under 18, (b) under 25 and (c) aged 25 and over in each of the last five years. | | (181775) | 45
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school dinners were served in Norfolk schools in each of the last 12 months. | | (182099) | 46
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers have a degree level qualification in Mandarin Chinese. | | (182160) | 47
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals entered for examinations did not obtain any GCSEs in each of the last three years. | | (182171) | 48
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of (a) mainstream maintained, (b) specialist science and (c) independent schools entered students into separate GCSEs for physics, biology and chemistry in 2007. | | (182172) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what number and proportion of pupils who obtained five GCSEs at Grade C or above in 2007 obtained them in English, mathematics, science, a foreign language and either history or geography. | | (182225) | 50
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals who attained level 5 at Key Stage 3 in 2005 did not obtain five GCSEs at grade C or above in 2007. | | (182228) | 51
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils not eligible for free school meals who attained level 5 in Key Stage 3 tests in 2005 did not obtain five GCSEs at grade C or above in 2007. | | (182229) | 52
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils sat more than 15 GCSEs in each year since 1997. | | (182230) | 53
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils sat a GNVQ in information technology in each year since 1997. | | (182231) | 54
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained mainstream schools did not have a specialist science teacher in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (182232) | 55
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils (a) entitled to and (b) not entitled to free school meals who gained level 4 in Key Stage Two tests in 2004 did not gain level 5 in their Key Stage Three tests. | | (182238) | 56
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what number and proportion of pupils (a) entitled to and (b) not entitled to free school meals obtained GCSEs at D grade or below or no GCSEs in 2006-07. | | (182241) | 57
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils obtained GCSEs at D grade or below or no GCSEs in 2006-07. | | (182242) | 58
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what number and proportion of pupils (a) entitled to and (b) not entitled to free school meals were given a fixed period exclusion from school in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (182243) | 59
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained mainstream schools do not have school kitchens. | | (182244) | 60
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained mainstream schools do not offer music at GCSE. | | (182245) | 61
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who had English as an additional language received a fixed period exclusion in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (182275) | 62
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils speak English as an additional language, broken down by their first language. | | (182276) | 63
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified teachers were trained to teach Urdu last year. | | (182277) | 64
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers are teaching Mandarin Chinese. | | (182278) | 65
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) maintained and (b) independent schools took all three separate science GCSEs in 2007. | | (182279) | 66
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified teachers trained in (a) food technology, (b) history and (c) a modern language in each year since 1997. | | (182280) | 67
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils entered for Chinese GCSE were of Chinese ethnicity. | | (182284) | 68
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils entered for a foreign language GCSE were pupils with English as an additional language. | | (182285) | 69
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils given a fixed period exclusion were in schools with (a) more and (b) less than 50 per cent. of pupils with English as an additional language. | | (182286) | 70
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils given fixed period exclusions were in secondary schools with (a) fewer than 1,000, (b) more than 1,000 and (c) more than 1,500 pupils in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (182287) | 71
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many schools more than 20 per cent. of pupils have received more than one fixed period exclusion. | | (182288) | 72
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils received more than 15 fixed period exclusions in the latest year for which the data is available. | | (182289) | 73
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils were entered for a modern language GCSE in 2007, broken down by local authority. | | (182290) | 74
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils sat all three separate science GCSEs in 2007. | | (182291) | 75
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) A*, (b) A, (c) B and (d) C grades at GCSE went to pupils eligible for free school meals in 2007. | | (182300) | 76
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182208) | 77
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff working in his Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181398) | 78
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate the Government has made of the total number of children not meeting the two hour sport and physical education public service agreement target. | | (181784) | 79
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether time spent (a) on roll call and general administration, (b) changing, (c) travelling and (d) before a lesson starting late may be included in the two hours spent on physical education in the public service agreement target. | | (181785) | 80
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with the Isle of Wight Council on possible Government intervention should existing primary schools not be closed. | | (181929) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 81
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what percentage of non-departmental public bodies changed their names in each of the last 10 years. | | (181502) | 82
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182255) | 83
N | Mr John Horam (Orpington): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidelines he has provided to Government Departments on responding to letters and e-mails from members of the public on (a) acknowledging receipt of the correspondence and (b) the time allowed for a substantive answer to be sent. | | (181137) | 84
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff working in the Cabinet Office were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181400) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 85
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff of the Church Commissioners were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (181399) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 86
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from the housing department of Birmingham City Council on the impact of national rules governing the Supporting People programme on local decision-making in respect of sheltered accommodation schemes. | | (182413) | 87
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has been informed of any cases where residential houses have been built on contaminated land before such land has been signed off by an environmental health officer. | | (182210) | 88
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration has been given to amending planning policy statements so that houses may not be built on contaminated land that has not been signed off by an environmental health officer. | | (182211) | 89
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance is given to fire authorities on the assistance which should be given to householders who have experienced flooding. | | (182292) | 90
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals to the planning inspectorate led to the local planning authority paying costs in each region in England in each of the last five years; and what costs were paid in each case. | | (181862) | 91
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning inspectorate site visits had not taken place 12 months after the date an appeal was lodged in each of the last five years. | | (181863) | 92
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals were (a) lodged with the planning inspectorate and (b) successful in each region of England in each of the last five years. | | (181864) | 93
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, further to the letter of 18th December 2007 to the hon. Member for Wycombe from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Gloucester, about the Radical Middle Way Roadshow, when officials from her Department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will contact the hon. Member for Wycombe about the commitment given in that letter. | | (181859) | 94
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Wycombe of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column1304W, on community relations: religion, where the three pilots already launched are taking place; and where the two pilots due to be launched in 2008 will take place. | | (181880) | 95
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dedicated full-time equivalent staff of each grade work for the Minister for the West Midlands in his capacity as such; and what the cost of these staff is expected to be in 2007-08. | | (181930) | 96
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) male and (b) female members of staff working in her Department were issued with personal digital assistants in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (181402) | 97
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1146W, on licensed premises, what the permitted hours are that the Eland Darts Club may supply alcohol; and how much was spent on the venue in the last year for which figures are available. | | (182043) | 98
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1152W, on local government finance: participation, whether the local ballots would be binding on the local authority under her proposals; and whether there would be a threshold number of ballots above which a decision would be valid. | | (182057) | 99
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1152W, on local government finance: participation, who would take the decision on whether to ballot a local community on spending decisions under her proposals. | | (182058) | 100
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, columns 1157-8W, on regional planning and development, whether a Secretary of State's decision to require the draft Local Area Agreement to be amended may be imposed on local councils against their advice. | | (182059) | 101
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many councillors each of the restructured local authorities will have; and how many councillors in total across both tiers the council areas will have in each case. | | (182080) | 102
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities undergoing restructuring will have elections for the new council in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and in which year in each case parish council elections will take place. | | (182081) | 103
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to abolish grants for best value compliance to parish councils. | | (182082) | 104
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of local government restructuring on the level of council reserves in councils facing restructuring or abolition prior to their restructuring or abolition. | | (182083) | 105
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value of council tax receipts was in each government office region in England in each year since 1997-98. | | (182084) | 106
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average number of (a) national priority targets and (b) local improvement targets that local area agreements will contain. | | (182085) | 107
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role the (a) Audit Commission, (b) District Auditor and (c) Local Government Ombudsman play in (i) auditing and (ii) considering complaints relating to (A) the Greater London Authority and (B) the London Development Agency. | | (182086) | 108
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Public Library Service Standards will be included in the new national indicator set. | | (182087) | 109
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated time is for an eco-town to be constructed and fully completed, following initial approval from her Department's bidding process. | | (182088) | 110
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the new Planning Policy Statement on climate change will (a) allow local authorities to continue to implement the Merton Rule and (b) require that a minimum proportion of all new developments' energy needs should come from on-site renewables. | | (182089) | 111
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings her Department has had with Itis Holdings in the last 36 months. | | (182090) | 112
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments her Department and its agencies have made to Itis Holdings in the last 36 months; and what ongoing contracts it has with the company. | | (182091) | 113
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the consent regimes for local authorities that are overseen by the government offices for the regions. | | (182092) | 114
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff work in the European Unit in each government office for the regions. | | (182098) | 115
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Surrey, of 11th December 2007, Official Report, columns 554-5W, on regeneration: Greater Manchester, what the terms of reference are for the review of regeneration alternatives to the regional casino in Manchester; and whether the review will consider (a) the option of eight small and eight large casinos and (b) the effect of the increase in the number of casinos authorised under the Gaming Act 1968 prior to the implementation of the Gambling Act 2005. | | (182164) | 116
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1306W, on council tax: standards, for which datasets, used to calculate best value performance indicators but not required for either the National Indicator set or local indicators, the data will continue to be collected. | | (182165) | 117
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1306W, on council tax: standards, for what reasons the performance data collected from local authorities through final quarterly returns will not be included in the National Indicator set. | | (182166) | 118
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby of 17th December 2007, Official Report, columns 1140-1W, on housing: finance, for what reasons her Department's capital investment in (a) council-owned housing stock and (b) home ownership schemes in relation to housing associations was less in 2006-07 than in each of the previous three years. | | (182177) | 119
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her review of Policy Planning Statement 6 on planning for town centres will include an assessment of (a) the effect on levels of carbon emissions and (b) the effect on small shops of permitting out-of-town retail development. | | (182219) | 120
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Surrey of 11th December 2007, Official Report, columns 554-5W, on regeneration: Greater Manchester, and to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1131W, on casinos, whether the review of regeneration alternatives to regional casinos has received evidence from representatives of (a) Anschutz Entertainment Group, (b) its associated companies and (c) business partners. | | (182236) | 121
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance (a) her Department and (b) the Standards Board for England have issued on the applicability of (i) the code of conduct for councillors and (ii) codes of conduct for local authority employees to the Mayor of London's senior policy advisers. | | (182249) | 122
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the administrative cost of the European Unit in each Government Office for the Regions was in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (182250) | 123
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether vacant Crown property will be liable to pay the business rate once rate relief for empty properties has been removed. | | (182252) | 124
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will compensate fire authorities under the new burdens principle for Firelink service charges. | | (182253) | 125
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase competition in the market for property purchase local searches. | | (182254) | 126
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent changes the Valuation Office Agency has made to its practices employed in valuing composting facilities for business rate purposes; what guidance the Agency has produced on such practices; and under what circumstances such facilities are eligible for an agricultural rating exemption. | | (182336) | 127
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role her Department and its agencies have in relation to supervising the actions of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. | | (182381) | 128
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consent is needed from (a) the Secretary of State and (b) the government office for the region for a local authority to designate additional land with green belt status. | | (182382) | 129
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Valuation Office Agency paid to Rightmove.co.uk plc in 2006-07. | | (182402) | 130
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her reasons were for replacing departmental Guidance 2004 (FSC 30/2004) on the ill-health retirement provision in the Firefighters Pension Scheme with CLG Revised Guidance 2006 (FPS Circular 11/2006); and if she will make a statement. | | (182051) | 131
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters retired through ill health and were entitled to ill health retirement and a pension in each of the 10 years prior to the 2004 amendment to the Firefighters Pension Scheme; and how many were entitled in each subsequent year. | | (182052) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 132
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the use of temporary event notices by licensed premises; and if he will make a statement. | | (182131) | 133
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to bring forward amendments to the Licensing Act 2003 so that licensed premises may not operate outside their licence when operating under a temporary events notice; and if he will make a statement. | | (182134) | 134
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will consider the merits of providing financial support to arts organisations in the North of England affected by the decision of the Northern Rock Foundation to stop funding arts and heritage projects. | | (182112) | 135
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182206) | 136
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding English Heritage received in each year since 1997, expressed in 2007-08 prices. | | (181922) | 137
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what role he expects the heritage sector to play in the delivery of his Department's public service agreement targets. | | (181923) | 138
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the total value of Heritage Lottery Fund awards was given in grants of (a) less than £1 million and (b) more than £5 million in each year since 1997. | | (181947) | 139
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to announce the appointment of the new Chair and four Trustees of the Heritage Lottery Fund. | | (181948) | 140
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which English Heritage sites (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited since appointment; and on what dates. | | (181949) | 141
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) his Department's and (b) English Heritage's policies on the conservation of stone in English cathedrals; and if he will make a statement. | | (182190) | 142
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recurrently funded organisations are to receive (a) a reduced grant and (b) no grant following the conclusions of the Arts Council England's review, broken down by Government office region. | | (182425) | 143
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's plans are for Sportsmatch UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (181782) | 144
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial commitments were made to the Government by the Premier League as part of the recent broadcasting agreement. | | (181783) | 145
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been allocated by (a) his Department and (b) UK Sport to overseas sports programmes until 2012. | | (181786) | 146
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued on the treatment of requests for the (a) return and (b) permanent loan of historical artefacts held by a museum in one part of the UK which were (i) discovered and (ii) created in another part of the United Kingdom. | | (182176) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 147
| Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel were based in Iraq on 1st January 2008; and how many there were on 1st January in each of the previous three years. | | (182162) | 148
| Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many private contractors were employed by his Department in Iraq on 1st January 2008; how many were employed on 1st January in each of the previous three years; and what the cost was of such employment in each year. | | (182163) | 149
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of (a) single living and (b) service family accommodation units (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas there are in each of the four condition grades. | | (182314) | 150
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency officers were recruited in each year since 1997. | | (182315) | 151
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the recruiting goals for Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency were in each year since 1997. | | (182316) | 152
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role of Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency officers is in supporting the British armed forces. | | (182317) | 153
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at which locations Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency officers have replaced Ministry of Defence Police officers since 2003. | | (182318) | 154
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change the number of Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency officers. | | (182319) | 155
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency officers there were in each year since 1997. | | (182320) | 156
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out-of-service date is for each (a) submarine, (b) frigate, (c) destroyer and (e) minehunter vessel in the Royal Navy. | | (182321) | 157
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many crèches there were on Ministry of Defence estates (a) in the UK and (b) overseas at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (182322) | 158
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) financial support and (b) childcare provision his Department provides for the families of service personel deployed on operations. | | (182323) | 159
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military vehicles were cannibalised in each of the last 12 months, broken down by vehicle type. | | (182324) | 160
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of (a) single living and (b) service family accommodation units in (i) Germany, (ii) Cyprus, (iii) Gibraltar and (iv) the Falklands Islands there were in each of the four charge grades at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (182325) | 161
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days of rest and recuperation leave personnel deployed to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan lost on average as a result of delays in the airbridge in each of the last 12 months. | | (182326) | 162
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average and (b) highest percentage of annual leave lost by personnel in the (i) Army, (ii) Navy, (iii) RAF and (iv) all services has been in the last 12 months. | | (182327) | 163
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to mark Veterans Day 2008. | | (182328) | 164
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average and (b) highest number of working hours for personnel in the (i) Army, (ii) Navy, (iii) RAF and (iv) all services was in the last 12 months. | | (182329) | 165
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most recent tour intervals were of each regiment in the (a) Household Cavalry, (b) Royal Armoured Corps and (c) the Royal Logistic Corps. | | (182330) | 166
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual complement is of each medical personnel type in each branch of the armed forces of the Defence Medical Services. | | (182331) | 167
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual complement is of each regiment in the (i) Household Cavalry, (ii) Royal Armoured Corps and (iii) Royal Logistics Corps. | | (182332) | 168
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many parachute jumps service personnel must make to qualify for parachute pay each year. | | (182333) | 169
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects of permanent structured co-operation on the military capabilities of (a) the EU and (b) NATO; and if he will make a statement. | | (182334) | 170
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which areas of European Security and Defence Policy the Lisbon Treaty will introduce qualified majority voting; and if he will make a statement. | | (182335) | 171
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role he has in determining what information is classified and who is able to have access to classified information in his Department. | | (182345) | 172
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the new EU High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy will have in the European Defence Agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (182346) | 173
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the application of the Solidarity Clause to the area of defence in the Lisbon Treaty. | | (182348) | 174
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182207) | 175
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's military airfield capability; and if he will make a statement. | | (181952) | 176
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many men from the (a) 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles, (b) 1st Battalion The Rifles and (c) 2nd Battalion The Scots Guards are providing reinforcements to the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment in Afghanistan. | | (182313) | 177
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the peace establishment was of the (a) 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh, (b) 1st Battalion Irish Guards, (c) 4th Battalion The Rifles and (d) 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery before its deployment to Iraq; what the strength was of the battalion on deployment; how many reinforcements to the battalion were received from (i) the regular Army, (ii) the Territorial Army and (iii) the regular Army Reserves; how many of all ranks remained in the UK (A) on recruitment duties, (B) as physically unfit to deploy and (C) in barracks in reserve; and what the battalion's battle casualty replacement policy is. | | (182384) | 178
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on recruitment and retention of psychologists for the armed forces of not having practitioners in uniform. | | [R] (182405) | 179
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the UK's policy on uniformed psychologists in the armed forces compares with that of other NATO countries. | | [R] (182406) | 180
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) uniformed and (b) civilian unfilled posts there were in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Air Force and (iii) Royal Navy for (1) clinical psychologists, (2) psychiatrists and (3) psychiatric nurses at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | [R] (182410) | 181
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) uniformed and (b) civilian posts in each of the armed forces for (i) clinical psychologists, (ii) psychiatrists and (iii) psychiatric nurses are vacant. | | [R] (182411) | 182
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the statement of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1225, on MoD (data loss), how many of the 347 laptops stolen or lost from the Ministry of Defence since 2004 have been recovered. | | (182359) | 183
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the statement of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1225, on MoD (data loss), how many of the 600,000 individuals who registered an interest in an armed forces career whose details were on recently stolen Ministry of Defence laptop computers subsequently joined the armed forces. | | (182360) | 184
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his officials first discussed with Essex local authority schooling for the children of Colchester Garrison; on what subsequent dates discussions have been held; which (a) officials from his Department and (b) officials from Essex local authority attended; which (i) Ministers and (ii) Essex County Councillors were present at these meetings; what the location was of each meeting; and what the subject heading was of each item discussed. | | (182349) | 185
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1204W, on which dates officials of his Department had discussions with officials from the Department of Children, Schools and Families on the sponsorship of academies. | | (182350) | 186
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contact he has made with the devolved administrations to ensure that child protection measures are in place to protect anyone under 18 whose data were on the laptop recently stolen from a Royal Navy recruiting officer. | | (181586) | 187
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the 600,000 people whose personal data were on the laptop recently stolen from a Royal Navy recruiting officer were (a) under 18 and (b) under 18 when they contacted the recruitment service. | | (181587) | 188
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to ensure that anyone under 18 whose data were on the laptop recently stolen from a Royal Navy recruiting officer are protected from harm by child protection measures. | | (181588) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 189
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish the legal status under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Japan's killing of CITES Appendix I listed whales in the Southern Ocean and North Pacific; and if he will make a statement. | | (182157) | 190
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department travelled by (i) car, (ii) rail and (iii) air on Government business in each year since 1997. | | (181876) | 191
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on providing fortnightly collections for (a) recycling and (b) household rubbish; if he will place a copy of the guidance in the Library; and if he will make a statement. | | (182371) | 192
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of landfill sites on the health and wellbeing of nearby residents. | | (182296) | 193
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of Wirral South's waste was put into landfill in (a) 2007 and (b) 2003. | | (182297) | 194
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on reducing fuel poverty in vulnerable households in Easington. | | (182419) | 195
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has in relation to a joint fund with insurance companies to enable leaseholders at risk of flooding to (a) improve defences and (b) re-locate. | | (182227) | 196
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were (a) charged, (b) convicted, (c) fined, (d) banned from keeping animals, (e) imprisoned and (f) otherwise punished for offences to cruelty to animals in each year since 1997, broken down by type of animal involved. | | (181498) | 197
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of cruelty to animals, broken down by type of animal. | | (181499) | 198
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made towards its public service agreement target to eliminate fuel poverty in vulnerable households in England by 2010 in line with the Government's Fuel Poverty Strategy objective; and if he will make a statement. | | (181503) | 199
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the difference in productivity was between the least well performing quartile of rural areas and the English median in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (181504) | 200
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made towards its public service agreement target to bring 95 per cent. of sites of special scientific interest into favourable condition by 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (181505) | 201
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information is made available by his Department for pig farmers on the prevention of swine fever. | | (182047) | 202
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what controls are in place on the import of pork and pork products into the UK. | | (182048) | 203
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the cause of the outbreak of classical swine fever in East Anglia in 2000. | | (182049) | 204
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk of (a) classical swine fever and (b) African swine fever to the UK pork farming industry. | | (182050) | 205
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms closed in Norfolk in each of the last five years. | | (182101) | 206
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182209) | 207
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he or his officials have made representations to the European Commission in relation to the EU Air Quality Framework Directive on derogations for time limits on meeting pollution levels covered by the Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (181718) | 208
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his strategy is for increasing the number of facilities for reprocessing plastic waste in the UK. | | (182380) | 209
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the water industry on the use of anaerobic digesters on farms to reduce nitrate pollution. | | (182046) | 210
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the use of free range chicken and eggs in departmental catering facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (182054) | 211
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to review the presentation of the statistics of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in cattle to give an accurate indication of trends in TB incidence independent of any changes to testing regimes. | | (182373) | 212
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of waste the Waste and Resources Action Programme disposed of in the last year for which figures are available; and what proportion of total residual waste this represented. | | (182222) | 213
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records his Department collects on the number of fines issued by local authorities for fly-tipping offences in relation to putting out household rubbish (a) at the wrong time, (b) in breach of a closed lid policy and (c) in breach of a no side waste collection policy. | | (182223) | 214
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has given to waste collection authorities on (a) closed lid policies and (b) no side waste collection policies. | | (182224) | 215
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether in those areas piloting charges for household rubbish collection waste disposal authorities will be liable to make payments to waste collection authorities for costs arising from (a) collection, (b) pilot administration and (c) charge collection; and whether such disposal authorities will be liable to make payments to cover potential savings in disposal costs. | | (182248) | 216
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether households on council tax benefit will be liable for the proposed new household rubbish collection charge in the pilot areas. | | (182272) | 217
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what penalty may be imposed on people who not do pay the levied charge in a pilot area for the proposed new household rubbish collection charge scheme. | | (182424) | 218
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the flood defence grant in aid budget for the next three financial years for the Midlands area; and if he will make a statement. | | (181519) | 219
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much he has allocated to the Environment Agency via the flood defence grant in aid for the Midlands area for each of the next three financial years, in (a) capital and (b) revenue; and if he will make a statement. | | (181520) | 220
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the Sustainable Development Commission to publish its Sustainable Development in Government report for 2006-07. | | (181960) | 221
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost was of each of the five largest IT contracts awarded in 2007 by his Department; and what the actual cost has been. | | (181961) | 222
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of miles of inland waterways are (a) publicly owned, (b) privately owned and not accessible by the public and (c) privately owned and accessible by the public. | | (181962) | 223
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated volume of emissions of sulphur dioxide was in (a) large combustion plants and (b) total in each year since 1997. | | (181963) | 224
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated volume of emissions of hydrogen fluoride was from (a) energy industries, (b) manufacturing industries and construction, (c) road transport, (d) residential housing, (e) agriculture and forestry fuel use, (f) fugitive emissions from fuels, (g) industrial processes, (h) solvent and other product use, (i) agriculture, (j) waste disposal and (k) other sources in each year since 1997. | | (181964) | 225
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated volume of emissions of hydrogen chloride was from (a) energy industries, (b) manufacturing industries and construction, (c) road transport, broken down into (i) passenger cars, (ii) light duty vehicles and, (iii) mopeds and motorcycles, (d) residential housing, (e) agriculture and forestry fuel use, (f) fugitive emissions from fuels, (g) industrial processes, (h) solvent and other product use, (i) agriculture, (j) waste disposal and (k) other sources in each year since 1997. | | (181965) | 226
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated volume of emissions of carbon monoxide was from (a) road transport, (b) residential and (c) other sources in each year since 1997. | | (181966) | 227
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated volume of emissions of ammonia was from (a) energy industries, (b) manufacturing industries and construction, (c) road transport, (d) residential housing, (e) agriculture and forestry fuel use, (f) fugitive emissions from fuels, (g) industrial processes, (h) solvent and other product use, (i) agriculture, (j) waste disposal and (k) other sources in each year since 1997. | | (181967) | 228
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the future of cider brandy production. | | [R] (182192) | 229
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22nd January 2007, on the outcome of the December 2007 Agriculture and Fisheries Council, what steps are being taken to resolve the technical problem resulting from the omission of the term cider brandy; and if he will make a statement. | | (182259) | 230
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason cider brandy was omitted from the product descriptions in the European Regulation on the definition, description and labelling of spirit drinks; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (182260) | 231
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons he voted in favour of the regulation on the definition, description and labelling of spirit drinks at the December 2007 Agriculture and Fisheries Council; how the representatives of other governments voted; and if he will make a statement. | | (182261) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 232
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government formally recognises the government of President Kibaki in Kenya. | | (181972) | 233
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funds are available to facilitate the training of the next generation of Afghan civil servants in the UK or the US; and how many individuals have participated in such a scheme. | | (182191) | 234
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he has held with the government of Israel on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. | | (181566) | 235
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made, together with European Union member states' foreign ministers, to Israel on the situation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (182420) | 236
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking at the United Nations to support the initiative announced by the Prime Minister on 21st January to include India as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. | | (182053) | 237
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of the proposed cease-fire in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with particular reference to the position of General Nkunda. | | (182226) | 238
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1610W, on the diplomatic service: EU nationals, how many times non-UK EU citizens have received services from British embassies under Article 20 of the Treaty Establishing the European Community, broken down by (a) year and (b) nationality since 1998; and if he will make a statement. | | (182391) | 239
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182193) | 240
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the interim government of Bangladesh towards lifting restrictions on political activities in Bangladesh. | | (182102) | 241
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement. | | (182103) | 242
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what practical support he is offering to Bangladesh ahead of the elections scheduled for December 2008. | | (182104) | 243
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the imprisonment of three professors at Dhaka University in Bangladesh for two years for taking part in protests which contravened the emergency rule of the government of Bangladesh; and what assessment he has made of such reports. | | (182106) | 244
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the interim government of Bangladesh on holding elections in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement. | | (182107) | 245
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Bangladesh on the detention without trial of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Mr Moudud Ahmed; and if he will make a statement. | | (182374) | 246
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet the Jordanian Ambassador to discuss improving equestrian welfare at Petra in Jordan. | | (182156) | 247
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in support of the United Nation Security Council's call for greater dialogue between the military government and pro-democracy leaders in Burma. | | (182174) | 248
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the timeframe for the full deployment of the joint UN-AU hybrid force for Darfur. | | (182161) | 249
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to convene a meeting to focus on generating the requisite units for the joint UN-AU hybrid force for Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (182196) | 250
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of the security situation in Western Darfur and the impact it may have on the deployment of the UN-AU hybrid force to the region. | | (182197) | 251
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to increase the number of Burmese officials subject to the EU asset freeze and travel ban. | | (182198) | 252
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his South African counterpart on the current status of South African mediation efforts between the government and opposition parties in Zimbabwe through the South African Development Community initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | (182199) | 253
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Contact Group counterparts on the situation in Somalia; and if he will make a statement. | | (182200) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 254
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps have been taken to increase provision of mental health in-reach teams in prison for those with mental illnesses which are not severe or enduring. | | (181487) | 255
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding is allocated for mental health in-reach teams in prisons in 2007-08. | | (181489) | 256
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis was for the decision to propose a change to the number of quality and outcomes framework points allocated for access. | | (182139) | 257
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to include malnutrition in the quality and outcomes framework for general practitioners. | | (182140) | 258
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the National Service Framework for long term neurological conditions; and what the responsibilities of primary care trusts are with regard to the Framework. | | (181496) | 259
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the effect on costs of the establishment of the County Durham Primary Care Trust has been; and if he will make a statement. | | (182418) | 260
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost was of the occupancy of an NHS hospital bed per night (a) in England and (b) in each NHS hospital for each of the last three years. | | (182293) | 261
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many IPSOS MORI NHS questionnaires his Department sent out. | | (181958) | 262
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182194) | 263
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where the early adopter sites under the Maternity Matters strategy are. | | (182338) | 264
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his strategy is for improving the performance of South Central Ambulance Primary Care Trust. | | (182379) | 265
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is expected to complete its assessment of Sunitinib. | | (181497) | 266
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born in NHS hospitals in England in each month since January 1997, broken down by (a) stage of gestation at birth and (b) birth weight. | | (182274) | 267
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has issued to (a) parents and (b) dentists on the prevention of dental fluorosis in children. | | (182407) | 268
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the prevalence of dental fluorosis in children under the age of 10 years. | | (182408) | 269
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of dental fluorosis in children, other than that of fluoride added to the water supply. | | (182409) | 270
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on (a) the incidence and (b) the rate per 1,000 live births of group B Streptococcal infection in babies aged (i) 0 to 6 days and (ii) 7 to 90 days in each strategic health authority area since 1997. | | (181924) | 271
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 1002W, on hospital telephones, whether his Department has conducted any assessment of the effect of telephone charges in children's wards on recovery rates. | | (181959) | 272
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of different cleaning products to combat healthcare-acquired infections since 1997. | | (182060) | 273
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on commissioning reports from non-Departmental sources (a) based in the UK and (b) based overseas in each year since 1997; and what the (i) title, (ii) terms of reference and (iii) purpose was of the reports. | | (182079) | 274
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking in relation to exposure from electromagnetic microwave radiation from mobile telephone masts and wireless broadband technology. | | (182167) | 275
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will request the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection to undertake an urgent review of guidance on exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic and electro magnetic fields in the frequency range up to 300Ghz, with particular reference to non-thermal health effects. | | (182168) | 276
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent published medical research he has evaluated on the effect of telephone mast emissions on the health of nearby communities in the UK. | | (182169) | 277
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an ecological study into the health of people living in communities close to mobile telephony masts. | | (182170) | 278
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration his Department has given to the ethical implications of face transplants; and if he will make a statement. | | (182263) | 279
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on inpatient costs, excluding those related to surgery, for cancer patients in 2006-07. | | (181396) | 280
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs have been identified in the Inpatient Management Programme for cancer services, as outlined in the impact assessment of the cancer reform strategy. | | (181397) | 281
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to receive the recommendations of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel on hospitals in West Suffolk. | | (182295) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 282
| Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long the Government retains the DNA records of individuals who are not found guilty of committing an offence. | | (181946) | 283
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which events in London the Government has (a) part and (b) fully funded the policing of in each of the last 10 years. | | (182369) | 284
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of each of the 101 non-emergency numbers projects; and if she will make a statement. | | (182370) | 285
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is given to police forces on the requirement to record the ethnic origin of victims of crime before crime numbers are issued. | | (182294) | 286
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attempts to deport asylum seekers failed because the receiving country refused to accept them in each of the last five years. | | (181490) | 287
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attempts to deport asylum seekers failed because the receiving country refused to accept them after the flight had left the UK in each of the last five years. | | (181857) | 288
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total operational cost of the suspicious activity Reports regime has been since it was created; and how much was spent on capital establishment costs. | | (182158) | 289
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total operational cost of the suspicious activity reports regime has been to the Government in the past 12 months. | | (182213) | 290
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been collected through the suspicious activity reports regime since its creation. | | (182214) | 291
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total sum is of money collected relating to the suspected financing of terrorism through the suspicious activity reports regime since its creation. | | (182215) | 292
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many websites have been shut down for terrorism-related reasons since 1997; and how many of these websites have subsequently reopened. | | (182216) | 293
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted for terrorism offences specifically involving the internet in the last 10 years. | | (182217) | 294
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which criminal offences have been created in each Act sponsored by her Department in the last five years. | | (182351) | 295
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to date of removing errors from the National DNA Database. | | (182352) | 296
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed in the five (a) most and (b) least deprived Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (182353) | 297
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when foreign nationals issued with biometric immigration documents will have their details entered on to the National Identity Register. | | (182354) | 298
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what biometric information will be held on biometric immigration documents. | | (182355) | 299
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Identity Cards Scheme Cost report published in November 2007, if she will provide a break down by main budget heading of the £38 million in set-up costs for providing identity cards to foreign nationals from October 2007 and October 2017. | | (182356) | 300
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Identity Cards Scheme Cost report published in November 2007, if she will provide a break down by main budget heading of the £144 million in operational costs for providing identity cards to foreign nationals from October 2007 and October 2017. | | (182357) | 301
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 4 in the Identity Cards Scheme Cost report published in November 2007, if she will provide a break down, by main budget heading of the costs which make up the £2,964 million in spending common to passports and ID cards | | (182358) | 302
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in the Home Office were working full time on the Street Crime Initiative in (a) December 2002 and (b) December 2007. | | (182361) | 303
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK-based websites have been closed down in the past five years because they contain extremist material inciting terrorism. | | (182362) | 304
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Acts of Parliament sponsored by her Department which relate either wholly or partly to criminal justice have been passed since May 1997. | | (182363) | 305
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were recorded by the police in which deactivated or reactivated firearms were used in the last five years. | | (182364) | 306
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on artwork by her Department in each year since 1997-98. | | (182365) | 307
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 4 in the Identity Cards Scheme Cost Report published in November 2007, if she will provide a breakdown by main budget heading of the costs which make up the £1,005 million in spending specific to identity cards. | | (182366) | 308
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign nationals already in possession of a biometric visa will be required to apply for an identity card. | | (182367) | 309
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 4 in the Identity Cards Scheme Cost Report published in November 2007, if she will provide a breakdown by main budget headings of the costs which make up the £1,461 million in spending specific to passports. | | (182368) | 310
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2008, Official Report, columns 868-9W, on opium: crops, if she will break down the figures by the location in which the crops were grown. | | (181714) | 311
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will estimate the number of known illegal immigrants in each constituency. | | (181776) | 312
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake an investigation into the Forensic Science Service's use of DNA testing in criminal investigations. | | (182056) | 313
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to her Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182195) | 314
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the time taken by the Borders and Immigration Agency to reply to the request made by the appellant in case number 15A/1510/2007, despatched by special delivery on 26th September 2007 (ZU 5490 3847 8GB) and delivered on 29th September 2007 (DL 8504 23545GB); and if she will make a statement. | | (180893) | 315
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Borders and Immigration Agency will make available a copy of the letter dated 27th August 1998 which was despatched from Beckett House to the appellant in case number ISA/15110/2007 to (a) the appellant and (b) the hon. Member for Thurrock before the hearing on 31st January; and if she will make a statement. | | (180894) | 316
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 172036 tabled by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire on 3rd December 2007, on the identity card scheme. | | (181951) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 317
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether he plans to make personal digital assistants available for use by hon. Members. | | (181570) | 318
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on the use of (a) free-range chicken, eggs, other poultry and pork, (b) organic food and (c) fair trade products in House of Commons catering. | | (181954) | 319
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make a statement on the origin of veal products used in House of Commons catering. | | (181955) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 320
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which Minister in his Department is responsible for policy on intellectual property. | | (182417) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 321
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza. | | (181565) | 322
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the building of an airport on St Helena; and if he will make a statement. | | (182377) | 323
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising commodity prices on living standards in Bangladesh. | | (182105) | 324
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes he has co-financed in Pakistan to promote the education of women and girls since 2004. | | (182262) | 325
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has offered to the government of Zambia and neighbouring states to manage the consequences of recent flooding in the region. | | (182173) | 326
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research his Department is undertaking to examine the effectiveness of agricultural adaption to climate change in low income countries. | | (181062) | 327
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on the effect on poverty levels of his Department's expenditure relating to the oil and gas extractive industries in Africa. | | (181096) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 328
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of budget reductions on the support provided to offenders as a result of budget cuts in the Northumbria probation area. | | (182342) | 329
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to prevent reductions in the budget for Inventory of Offenders programmes in the Northumbria probation area. | | (182343) | 330
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on employees' terms and conditions of budget reductions in the Northumbria probation area. | | (182414) | 331
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on trainee probation officers of budget reductions in the Northumbria probation area. | | (182415) | 332
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff will be made redundant as a result of budget reductions in the Northumbria probation area. | | (182416) | 333
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average length of time taken by the Court of Protection to deal with an application in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (181971) | 334
| 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. | | (182141) | 335
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the responses to the consultation on case track limits and the claims process for personal injury claims; and if he will make a statement. | | (182142) | 336
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the action progressed against the United Kingdom by the European Union for failing to implement European Directive 95/46/EU on the basis that there is no lex forum for a Children and Family Courts Advisory Support Service report to be rectified; and if he will make a statement. | | (182143) | 337
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms exist to allow litigants to correct inaccuracies in a Children and Family Courts Advisory Support Service report where a family court judge does not order rectification and assertion remains disputed; and if he will make a statement. | | (182144) | 338
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of European Directive 95/46/EU on the ability of an individual to correct inaccurate information contained within a Children and Family Courts Advisory Support Service report; and if he will make a statement. | | (182145) | 339
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the incidence of dirty protests at each prison establishment in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (182146) | 340
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers at each prison establishment are trained to use cutting gear designated for dealing with hostage situations; and if he will make a statement. | | (182147) | 341
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the role of dedicated search teams in prison establishments. | | (182148) | 342
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations have been received by (a) HM Prison Service, (b) officials at his Department and (c) Ministers on the conduct of Governor Steve Rodford at HM Prison Whitemoor; what action has been taken in consequence; and if he will make a statement. | | (182149) | 343
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) deaths by natural causes and (b) suicides at HM Prison Whitemoor in each year since 1992; what assessment he has made of any (i) trend or (ii) causality; what steps are being taken to reduce the incidence of suicide at the establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (182150) | 344
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff at HM Prison Whitemoor have been dismissed in each of the last 24 months; what reason was given for each dismissal; and if he will make a statement. | | (182151) | 345
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is being made available to (a) governors and (b) prison officers at HM Prison Whitemoor to assist with (i) stress and (ii) mental health problems; and if he will make a statement. | | (182152) | 346
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) drugs have been recovered at HM Prison Whitemoor in each of the last 12 months; what assessment he has made of the contribution to contraband detection at the establishment through (i) dedicated search teams, (ii) prison dogs, (iii) the prison's correspondence office, (iv) wing staff and (v) security intelligence reports; and if he will make a statement. | | (182153) | 347
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the levels of staff morale at HM Prison Whitemoor in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (182154) | 348
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there has been an investigation of all those with management responsibility at HM Prison Whitemoor; and if he will make a statement. | | (182403) | 349
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will reply to the letter of 22nd November 2007 from the hon. Member for Hornchurch on a new prison at Beam Reach, Rainham. | | (181781) | 350
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what key performance indicator is used to assess the effectiveness of drug treatment in prisons. | | (181488) | 351
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 1st May 2007, Official Report, column 1601W, on Drugs: prisons, how many detainees began clinical drug treatment on (a) detoxification and (b) extended prescribing programmes in 2006-07. | | (181571) | 352
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders and juveniles in custody had one or more diagnosed mental health disorders in each of the last five years. | | (182132) | 353
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young offenders and juveniles with mental health disorders re-offended within (a) one, (b) two and (c) three years of their release in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (182133) | 354
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Prison Service has spent on taxis for prisoners in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (182383) | 355
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1213W, on prisoners: Muslims, what the scheme is called; and what public funding is allocated to it in 2007-08. | | (181925) | 356
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to reply to the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford's letter of 3rd December 2007 on a constituent, reference: 182611/3702. | | (181956) | 357
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money accrued via the victim surcharge introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 has been (a) used directly or indirectly for the purposes of victim support and (b) has remained with the Treasury; and if he will make a statement. | | (182347) | 358
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are working on the central management of change programme (a) in London and (b) in each region. | | (181935) | 359
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on resolving IT problems connected with probation at his Department in each of the last four years. | | (181936) | 360
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate what percentage of (a) probation officer and (b) probation service officer time was spent in direct contact with offenders in each of the last 10 years. | | (181937) | 361
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what annual cost of depreciation is used for accounting purposes at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS); what formula is used to calculate it; and whether depreciation is accounted for as a current cost in NOMS. | | (181938) | 362
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how prison and probation service property is defined; and what the value of that property is. | | (181939) | 363
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the budget for prison and probation service property held at the National Offender Management Service includes repayment costs for private finance initiative projects. | | (181940) | 364
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether estates development, including in relation to prison capacity, is classified as capital expenditure in the National Offender Management Service budget. | | (181941) | 365
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how responsibility for property costs was allocated between his Department and the Home Office after the restructuring of the Department's responsibilities. | | (181942) | 366
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the money budgeted for the end-to-end offender management roll-out was allocated to each probation area in 2007-08; and how that allocation was decided. | | (181943) | 367
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost is of the regional offender managers' property and accommodation in the National Offender Management Service in 2007-08; and where this cost is published. | | (181944) | 368
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in the National Offender Management Service were involved in the central commissioning and contestability programme and whether this include numbers at an area level. | | (182130) | 369
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those convicted of rape in each of the last three years received (a) a determinate prison sentence, (b) a life sentence, (c) an indeterminate sentence for public protection and (d) any other disposal; and what was the average determinate sentence length and average tariff for life and indeterminate sentences. | | (182298) | 370
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of accused people whose cases were discontinued in the interests of justice were convicted of a further offence within two years in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (182299) | 371
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted for (a) robbery and (b) grevious bodily harm were transferred to open prisons in 2007. | | (182339) | 372
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted for (a) a violent offence and (b) actual bodily harm were transferred to open prisons in 2007. | | (182404) | 373
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were detained in open prisons in England and Wales on the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by prison establishment. | | (182421) | 374
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individual offender records of individuals in prison or on probation were held on electronic databases in each of the last six years. | | (182108) | 375
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to (a) implement the pay recommendations of the prison and police review boards and (b) pay probation staff their regular yearly increments. | | (182109) | 376
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely consequences of not rolling out C-NOMIS to the Probation Service. | | (182110) | 377
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish the review of Ministry of Justice structures. | | (182111) | 378
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the non roll out of C-NOMIS to the Probation Service will affect (a) shared information in real time, (b) risk management, (c) managed sentencing and rehabilitation and (d) efficiency. | | (182113) | 379
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are being put in place for liaison between probation and prison staff on the end-to-end management of individual offenders. | | (182114) | 380
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the efficiency of existing legacy IT systems used by the Probation Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (182115) | 381
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many estimated individual offender records relating to offenders held or under supervision by the National Offender Management Service will be on the C-NOMIS system in each of the next 10 years. | | (182116) | 382
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated maximum capacity of the C-NOMIS system will be in each of the next 10 years. | | (182117) | 383
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what has been the cost of the C-NOMIS project to date; and what the estimated cost is of national implementation of C-NOMIS. | | (182203) | 384
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of any decision not to roll-out C-NOMIS to the Probation Service. | | (182204) | 385
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is expected that the end-to-end management of offenders will be available for all persons placed on supervision. | | (182205) | 386
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) investigations and (b) prosecutions there were under the Harrassment Act 1997 in each year since the Act came into force. | | (181572) | Questions to the Leader of the House 387
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Leader of the House, which chairmen of House Committees receive a salary in addition to that of an honourable Member to reflect their role as chairman. | | (181568) | 388
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Leader of the House, what meetings the Deputy Leader of the House has had with Ministerial colleagues on the business of the House in each of the last six months. | | (181934) | 389
| 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 claims against the additional cost allowance for the costs of local authority charges for the collection of household rubbish; and if she will make a statement. | | (182201) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 390
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons have been arrested in connection with the incident in which two young men were publicly paraded with placards on the Shankill Road, Belfast, on 11th January 2008; and what assessment he has made of whether there was a paramilitary involvement in that incident. | | (182412) | Questions to the Prime Minister 391
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Prime Minister, what the Prime Minister's salary was in each of the last 10 years. | | (181500) | 392
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he held during his recent visit to India on discrimination by caste and descent in that country. | | (181567) | 393
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what obligations there are on special advisers to (a) divest and (b) declare financial interests held prior to appointment; and if he will make a statement. | | (181517) | 394
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Prime Minister, how many official visits he has made to English Heritage sites since taking office. | | (181950) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 395
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many donations by registered political parties to regulated donees were recorded by the Electoral Commission in each year since 2000. | | (181777) | 396
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many individual donations to regulated donees by registered political parties were registered by individual regulated donees in each year since 2000. | | (181778) | 397
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission takes when a regulated donee does not register a donation made to him or her by a registered political party at the request of a donor. | | (181779) | 398
N | Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how the Electoral Commission monitors compliance with the requirement by registered political parties to advise regulated donees to register donations passed to them at the request of donors. | | (181780) | 399
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has issued to electoral registration officers when referring to credit referencing as an encouragement to the public to apply for inclusion on the electoral register. | | (182135) | 400
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance is issued by the Electoral Commission to electoral registration officers to highlight the requirement for Commonwealth citizens to have valid leave to remain in order to legally register. | | (182136) | 401
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance is issued by the Electoral Commission to electoral registration officers on their duty to maintain accurate electoral registers in relation to illegal immigrants. | | (182137) | 402
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, when the Electoral Commission will complete its compilation and review of information from police forces on alleged fraud in connection with elections. | | (182138) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 403
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage changes she anticipates in transport-related carbon dioxide emissions by (a) 2020 and (b) 2050 under Government plans. | | (181585) | 404
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy that the maximum limit in 2020 for car emissions should be 100 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre. | | (181974) | 405
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures her Department has taken to monitor the route of the floating timber lost from the Ice Prince; what system there is for warning shipping, sailors and swimmers of additional risk; what estimate she has made of the cost of removing the timber from beaches; which organisations are responsible for meeting the clear up costs; and if she will make a statement. | | (181569) | 406
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to re-open rail stations at Horden, Easington and Blackhall in Easington constituency; and if she will make a statement. | | (182376) | 407
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, what measure of inflation is used by her Department in determining rail price increases under the terms of the South Eastern Franchise Agreement for 2008. | | (181858) | 408
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of cycling track have been developed in each of the last five years in (a) Norfolk and (b) Norwich. | | (182100) | 409
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to her Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182258) | 410
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of planes landing at Heathrow Airport using the continuous descent approach; what assumptions have been made regarding the proportion of planes landing at Heathrow Airport using the continuous descent approach in the noise modelling findings contained in the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document; and if she will make a statement. | | (181715) | 411
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects National Air Traffic Services Ltd to submit a design that is feasible and safe regarding mixed mode options for expanding Heathrow capacity as outlined in paragraphs 3.43 to 3.45, page 49 of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document; and if she will make a statement. | | (181716) | 412
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are to be used to assess the appropriateness of the need for a public consultation on flightpaths for a third runway at Heathrow airport once detailed design and simulation work has been carried out, as noted on paragraph 1.24, page 24 of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document; and if she will make a statement. | | (181717) | 413
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost was of travelling a mile by (a) road, (b) rail and (c) air, expressed in (i) constant and (ii) current price in each year since 1997. | | (182337) | 414
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had regarding the operation of a rail service on each day of the year; what further discussions she plans to have; and if she will make a statement. | | (182378) | 415
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with officials in the European Commission on the prioritisation of funding for the Trans European Road Network in East Anglia; and if she will make a statement. | | (181495) | 416
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Network Rail on its programme of engineering work over the Easter 2008 holiday period. | | (181953) | 417
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is taking to improve maritime safety standards following the sinking of the Flying Phantom. | | (182175) | 418
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date (a) she, (b) the Permanent Secretary and (c) the Department's press office were informed that a computer hard drive containing details of three million learner drivers had been mislaid by Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd. | | (181501) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 419
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what meetings (a) she and (b) the Deputy Minister for Women has had with Ministerial colleagues on the Government's policy on prostitution in each of the last three months. | | (181932) | 420
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what meetings (a) she and (b) the Deputy Minister for Women has had with Ministerial colleagues on women's issues in each of the last six months. | | (181933) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 421
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new jobs were created in Bexley in each of the last four years. | | (182093) | 422
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were prosecuted for crimes relating to benefit fraud in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. | | (182094) | 423
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of single mothers receiving child support in the London Borough of Bexley. | | (182095) | 424
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of pensioners living in poverty in the London Borough of Bexley. | | (182096) | 425
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) special advisers and (b) Ministerial appointees in possession of a security pass enabling access to his Department's main building in the month prior to the prorogation of Parliament for the 2005 general election. | | (182256) | 426
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to maintain levels of (a) income support and (b) jobseekers allowance of those recipients of such benefits who have lodged appeals against the removal of incapacity benefit. | | (182344) | 427
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals against incapacity benefit removal were made in each year since 2003; what proportion of such appeals were successful; and how much income support or jobseekers allowance was not paid to appellants who were subsequently successful. | | (182372) | 428
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on (a) the adequacy of and (b) changing the winter fuel allowance in light of increasing fuel prices; and if he will make a statement. | | (181491) | 429
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average percentage of pensioners' energy bills that will be met by the winter fuel allowance this year. | | (181492) | 430
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of pensioner households eligible for the winter fuel allowance in (i) Cheadle Constituency, (ii) Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and (iii) the North West. | | (181493) | 431
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the winter fuel allowance in light of increasing fuel prices; and if he will make a statement. | | (181494) | 432
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations he has received on the rights of people with mental illnesses to claim the higher level of mobility benefit under the disability living allowance in each of the last three years. | | (182159) | 433
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the mode length of time in respect of each (a) benefit delivery centre and (b) other processing site, for the processing of Social Fund community care grant applications to the (i) initial decision, (ii) internal review, (iii) application and (iv) final decision stage was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (181518) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 434
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) 16 to 18 and (b) 18 to 24 year old people are unemployed in Easington constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (182375) | 435
N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the trends in the availability of credit to householders in the last 12 months. | | [Question Unstarred] (181410) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 436
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1133W, on domestic wastes: waste disposal, whether the new national indicator set of performance indicators will include measures of public satisfaction with local authority waste collection services. | | [Transferred] (182237) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 437
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times passenger queues at Heathrow Airport incoming immigration security checks have exceeded the designated maximum 10 minute waiting period in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (182042) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 438
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1422W, on incapacity benefits, how many appeals lodged against the Incapacity Benefit Personal Capability Assessment were upheld in each year between 2000 and 2006. | | [Transferred] (181957) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 439
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by her Department's agencies (a) in preparation for the A628 Mottram to Tintwistle bypass public inquiry and (b) in total to date. | | [Transferred] (181973) |
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