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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 25 January 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 25 January 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 25 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 Friday 25 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 25 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each year since establishment. | | (182528) | 2
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182712) | 3
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the United Kingdom's total storage capacity for liquefied natural gas is; and what recent proposals he has considered to increase this capacity. | | (182264) | 4
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many jobs in the manufacturing sector there were in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire County Council area and (c) England in each of the last 10 years. | | (182266) | 5
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much each regional development agency spent on (a) travel agency services, (b) travel within the UK and (c) overseas travel in each of the last five years. | | (182786) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much each regional development agency spent on (a) stationery and (b) headed paper in each of the last five years. | | (182788) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much each regional development agency spent on (a) consultants, (b) IT systems, (c) advertising and (d) branding in each of the last five years. | | (182795) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182842) | 9
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to (a) reduce the cost and (b) improve the availability of domestic carbon monoxide detectors with audible alarms and combined smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. | | (182674) | 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 red public telephone boxes that have been replaced. | | (182548) | 11
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182446) | 12
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on Royal Mail's revenue of the Post Office's planned programme of branch closures. | | (182181) | 13
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the minimum number of Post Office branches is that would allow Post Office Ltd to fulfil the minimum access criteria laid down in the Network Change programme. | | (182063) | 14
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many Post Office branches earmarked for closure as part of the Network Change programme were profitable. | | (182064) | 15
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many Post Office branches earmarked for closure as part of the Network Change programme have had that decision changed following the public consultation process. | | (182065) | 16
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what minimum number of urban Post Office branches would be required to ensure 95 per cent. of the total urban population lived within one mile of a Post Office branch. | | (182066) | 17
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many Post Office branches classified as urban there were at the end of the financial year 2006-07. | | (182067) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 18
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 1026W, on fuel: excise duties, how much and what percentage of the increase in fuel duty announced in Budget 2007 has been used to fund public services; and if he will make a statement. | | (182679) | 19
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by his Department on the number of motorists who (i) cease using their car, (ii) reduce the number of times they use their car and (iii) maintain their driving levels following an increase in fuel duty; and if he will make a statement. | | (182680) | 20
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182505) | 21
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182711) | 22
N | Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's estimate is of the impact on the measurement of national debt of the latest package of guarantees for Northern Rock plc; and how it will be accounted for in the published accounts of the national finances. | | (181989) | 23
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there are plans to zero-rate VAT for bingo establishments. | | (181981) | 24
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many homes have claimed the zero rate of stamp duty on zero carbon homes in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (182306) | 25
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of zero carbon houses that will qualify for stamp duty land tax relief which are currently under construction; and if he will make a statement. | | (182433) | 26
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were in receipt of the winter fuel payment in Wirral West constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (182924) | 27
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse arising from the loss of the two child benefit discs containing confidential personal data. | | (182796) | 28
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182840) | 29
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what benchmarking he has undertaken in relation to UK tax policy on one earner married couples with children amongst OECD member states. | | (182554) | 30
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account he took of the Government's objectives on child poverty in determining the tax regime for married couples; and if he will make a statement. | | (182631) | 31
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to allow credit unions to provide interest-bearing savings accounts to their members. | | (182675) | 32
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182451) | 33
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact his proposals for changes in the capital gains tax regime applied to second homes will have on the housing market in rural areas. | | (182305) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 34
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of GCSE geography students who had the opportunity to participate in a course-related field trip in the school year ending (a) 2005 and (b) 2007. | | (182812) | 35
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level (a) geography and (b) biology students who had the opportunity to participate in a half-day field trip in the school year ending (i) 2005 and (ii) 2007. | | (182813) | 36
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level (a) geography and (b) biology students who (i) did not and (ii) had the opportunity to conduct course-related field-work in the school year ending (A) 2006 and (B) 2007. | | (182814) | 37
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of GCSE science students who took a residential field trip in the school year ending (a) 2007 and (b) 2006; and what percentage he expects to do so in 2008. | | (182818) | 38
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level biology students who had the opportunity to participate in a half-day field trip in the school year ending 2006. | | (182819) | 39
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level geography students who had the opportunity to participate in a half-day field trip in the school year ending 2006. | | (182820) | 40
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level biology students who had the opportunity to participate in a half-day field trip in the school year ending 2005. | | (182821) | 41
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-Level geography students who did not have the opportunity conduct course-related field-work in the school year ending 2006. | | (182822) | 42
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level biology students who had the opportunity to participate in a course-related field trip in the school year ending 2005. | | (182823) | 43
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level biology students who did not have the opportunity to conduct course-related field-work in the school year ending 2005. | | (182824) | 44
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level geography students who had the opportunity to participate in a course-related field trip in the school year ending 2006. | | (182825) | 45
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's recommendation that A-level geography coursework be abolished; and if he will make a statement. | | (182826) | 46
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of GCSE science students had the opportunity to participate in a course-related field trip in the school year ending 2005. | | (182827) | 47
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of GCSE science students who took a residential field trip in the school year ending 2005. | | (182828) | 48
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of GCSE geography students who had the opportunity to particpate in a course-related field trip in the school year ending 2006. | | (182829) | 49
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-level geography students who will have the opportunity to participate in a course-related field trip in the school year ending 2008. | | (182831) | 50
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-Level geography students who will have the opportunity to participate in a half-day field trip in the school year ending 2008. | | (182860) | 51
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of A-Level geography students who will not have the opportunity to conduct course related field-work in the school year ending 2008. | | (182861) | 52
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) biology GCSE and (b) geography students who will have the opportunity to participate in a course-related field trip in the school year ending 2008. | | (182862) | 53
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children's centres in each local authority employs at least one graduate. | | (182072) | 54
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each year since establishment. | | (182526) | 55
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182713) | 56
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to reduce the administrative burdens associated with undertaking an outdoor school trip. | | (182920) | 57
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were in receipt of free school meals in Easington in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (182657) | 58
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were excluded from schools in Easington constituency in each year since 2004. | | (182659) | 59
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals sat A-Level examinations in 2007. | | (182582) | 60
| 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 pupils did not obtain level 4 in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics key stage 2 tests in 2007. | | (182747) | 61
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils took authorised absence in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (182748) | 62
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils took unauthorised absence in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007, broken down by local authority. | | (182749) | 63
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils were given (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions in schools with (i) less than 10 per cent. free school meals pupils, (ii) more than 10 per cent. free school meals pupils and (iii) more than 30 per cent. free school meals pupils. | | (182750) | 64
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) school action and (b) school action plus special educational needs pupils were given a fixed period exclusion in the last 12 months. | | (182751) | 65
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of school action plus pupils were persistent truants in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by local authority. | | (182752) | 66
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils gained three GCSEs or fewer at D grade or below in 2007. | | (182753) | 67
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils gained a single F grade at GCSE in 2007. | | (182754) | 68
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils gained a single G grade at GCSE in 2007. | | (182755) | 69
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals were entered for a GNVQ qualification in 2007. | | (182756) | 70
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils obtained five A* to C grades at GCSE, excluding equivalents, applied GCSEs, media studies, law, psychology, statistics, physical education and humanities GCSE in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (182761) | 71
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who were not eligible for free school meals obtained level 4 in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics Key Stage 2 tests in 2007. | | (182762) | 72
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps have been taken to make the teaching of climate change and its implications for the future part of the curriculum; and if his Department will consider combining physical education with green activities, such as planting trees. | | (182743) | 73
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides on procedures for dealing with (a) guns, (b) knives and (c) other weapons after they have been confiscated by teachers from students. | | (182745) | 74
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents have been fined for failing to ensure their children attend school in each of the last 12 months; what the total amount of fines for each of these months was; and what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum fine was. | | (182765) | 75
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on youth centres in each of the last 12 months. | | (182766) | 76
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has given to (a) schools and (b) teachers on their powers to confiscate weapons from students. | | (182780) | 77
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) guns, (b) knives and (c) other weapons have been confiscated by teachers from (i) primary school students and (ii) secondary school students in each of the last 12 months. | | (182781) | 78
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have confiscated (i) guns, (ii) knives and (iii) other weapons from pupils in each of the last 12 months. | | (182783) | 79
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182839) | 80
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of secondary schools submitted one or more pupils for GCSEs in (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) biology, (d) science, (e) history, (f) mathematics, (g) English, (h) French, (i) Spanish, (j) German, (k) Italian and (l) a modern language in (i) 1997-98, (ii) 2000-01, (iii) 2004-05, (iv) 2005-06 and (v) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (182894) | 81
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of secondary schools with sixth forms submitted one or more pupils for A-levels in (a) 1997-98, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07 in (i) mathematics, (ii) physics, (iii) chemistry, (iv) French and (v) a modern language. | | (182895) | 82
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children studied GCSE Food Technology in each year since 1997. | | (182533) | 83
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what services are provided by the Sure Start programme to prevent or respond to violence against women. | | (182735) | 84
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the Teenage Pregnancy Unit has responsibility to develop measures to combat, or respond to, incidents of violence against women. | | (182736) | 85
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research the Teenage Pregnancy Unit has conducted into the proportion of pregnant teenagers who are victims of (a) rape and (b) domestic violence. | | (182737) | 86
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many three and four year old children are entitled to free nursery places in each local authority area; how many such places are available in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (182062) | 87
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what was the average staff complement of a Sure Start centre in each of the last five years; what proportion of Sure Start centre staff had qualifications accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority at (a) level 6, (b) level 3 and (c) level 1 or 2 only over the period; and if he will make a statement. | | (182268) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 88
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers the Cabinet Office employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182527) | 89
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many non-departmental public bodies there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by government department. | | (182651) | 90
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182728) | 91
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182731) | 92
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1172W, on youth volunteering, what (a) local, (b) regional and (c) national organisations v has commissioned to provide volunteering opportunities. | | (182847) | 93
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many cases of bullying have been reported in his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (182884) | 94
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what considerations the Families at Risk Review gave to measures to combat violence against women. | | (182677) | 95
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what meetings he has held since 27th June 2007 with representatives of (a) rape crisis centres, (b) women's refuges, (c) sexual assault referral centres, (d) prostitution, trafficking and sexual exploitation support services and (e) other third sector organisations dealing with violence against women. | | (182733) | 96
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what research the Social Exclusion Task Force has conducted on the issue of violence against women; and what steps the Social Exclusion Task Force has taken to develop measures to prevent violence against women. | | (182734) | 97
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many of the Senior Civil Service staff employed at No. 10 Downing Street are female; and what percentage they represent of all staff. | | (182787) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 98
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers were employed by the Church Commissioners in each of the last 10 years. | | (182525) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 99
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the work undertaken by the Regional Minister for the South East since his appointment; and what towns he has visited since appointment. | | (182071) | 100
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the proposed regional emergency control rooms for the Fire Service. | | (182303) | 101
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated budgets for the regional emergency control centres for the Fire Service are; what the original estimated budgets were; and how much was allocated to UK fire services in total for 2007-08. | | (182386) | 102
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers her Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182524) | 103
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182714) | 104
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were (a) made to, (b) investigated by, (c) dismissed by and (d) upheld by the Standards Board for England in each of the last five years; and what sanctions were imposed in each case upheld by the Board. | | (182186) | 105
| Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much land was designated as green space in new housing development plans (a) between 1996 and 2006, (b) between 1986 and 1996 and (c) in each of the last five years. | | (182611) | 106
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers there were in England in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of these were estimated to be military veterans. | | (182265) | 107
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1525W, on departmental marketing, for how long display boards with the names and photographs of Ministers have been present in the foyers of her Department's two main central London buildings. | | (182621) | 108
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182838) | 109
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with local authorities on access arrangements for those with temporary disabilities. | | (182556) | 110
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182449) | 111
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role her Department is playing in the implementation of the European Union's (a) INTERREG IVA, (b) INTERREG IVB and (c) INTERREG IVC programmes; and what form of control system is being put in place to monitor the outcomes for each. | | (182553) | 112
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local authorities on the extent of the financial assessment which should be undertaken when considering whether individuals receiving long-term support under the Supporting People programme are eligible to pay charges; and whether individual's debts and monthly outgoings should be taken into account. | | (182185) | 113
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to coordinate best practice in the implementation of the national licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupation. | | (182439) | 114
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the original projected cost was of the East of England regional fire control centre; and what the most recent projected cost is. | | (182790) | 115
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when work was originally planned to start on the East of England regional fire control centre; when she now expects work to (a) start and (b) finish; and if she will make a statement. | | (182791) | 116
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the site of the proposed East of England Regional Fire Control Centre was purchased; from whom it was purchased; how much it cost; and where it is located. | | (182798) | 117
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authority areas are eligible for the Working Neighbourhood Fund in the South West region. | | (182438) | 118
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the external funding received per head of population is for each local authority in the South West region, in descending order. | | (182543) | 119
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the local authority eligibility criteria are for working neighbourhood funding. | | (182544) | 120
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what private finance initiative contracts her Department and its predecessor authorised with (a) Veolia Environmental Services and (b) Onyx. | | (182557) | 121
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) civil servants and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with (a) Veolia Environmental Services and (b) Onyx in the last 24 months. | | (182558) | 122
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments her Department and its predecessor made to the New Local Government Network since 2002. | | (182559) | 123
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many citizens were registered to vote in local elections in England at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (182560) | 124
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the new burdens doctrine contained in the central-local concordat over-rides the polluter pays principle. | | (182561) | 125
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations the Sustainable Development Commission has made to her Department on (a) the Planning Bill and (b) the Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (182562) | 126
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the planned yearly cost to the public purse is of the new (a) Infrastructure Planning Commission and (b) Homes and Communities Agency. | | (182563) | 127
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the take-up rate has been of Government Connect by local authorities. | | (182564) | 128
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions since her appointment as Secretary of State she has travelled outside the United Kingdom on official business; for what purposes; and at what cost. | | (182565) | 129
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in receipt of working neighbourhood funding previously did not receive neighbourhood renewal funding. | | (182566) | 130
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities which were in receipt of neighbourhood renewal funding will not receive working neighbourhood funding. | | (182567) | 131
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the members are of her Department's external expert panels. | | (182568) | 132
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has produced a simplification plan. | | (182569) | 133
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) public authorities, (b) public corporations and (c) partnership bodies are involved in the Thames Gateway development. | | (182570) | 134
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use her Department is making of Government Connect to share and transfer data with and to local authorities. | | (182572) | 135
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be set local improvement targets via the new (a) local area agreements and (b) multi-area agreements. | | (182573) | 136
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the completion of the Roger Tym Partnership/Three Dragons report into council tax and empty properties. | | (182574) | 137
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many court cases there have been since April 2007, where private tenants have been seeking to enforce their right to have their tenancy deposit protected under the provisions in the Housing Act 2004. | | (182575) | 138
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the dates will be for the next set of elections for each of the new unitary councils. | | (182577) | 139
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Minister in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister authorised the choice of pilot planning delivery agreement projects to be undertaken by the Planning Advisory Service and the advisory team on large applications. | | (182578) | 140
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding was provided by the public purse to the Leadership Centre for Local Government in each year since its creation; and what the annual budget is for the next three years. | | (182579) | 141
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the existing system of business rate reliefs and exemptions will apply to the supplementary business rate. | | (182580) | 142
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department undertook the review into agricultural de-rating in England. | | (182581) | 143
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research the Audit Commission (a) has undertaken and (b) is planning to undertake into the accuracy of the electoral register. | | (182584) | 144
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether transitional relief will be applied to the rates levied through (a) supplementary business rates and (b) business improvement districts (i) at and (ii) following the 2010 business rates revaluation. | | (182585) | 145
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes to Government policy on local government finance will follow from the signing of the new Central/Local concordat. | | (182587) | 146
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in her Department worked on the Government's review of business rate reliefs and exemptions following the Lyons Inquiry. | | (182591) | 147
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on the minimum size of a new unitary council, in terms of (a) resident population and (b) number of households, under her plans for local government restructuring. | | (182592) | 148
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the regional inter-faith forums will be based on the Government Office for the Regions boundaries. | | (182593) | 149
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local authorities on the processing of personal data outside the European Economic Area, either directly or via contractors. | | (182594) | 150
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual budget is for the regional inter-faith forums. | | (182595) | 151
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to mineral planning guidance on opencast coal mining since 1997. | | (182596) | 152
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from representatives of Dunsfold Park Ltd in relation to the proposed development in Dunsfold Park, Surrey; and what meetings her Department's representatives have had with that company. | | (182597) | 153
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the 2016 Taskforce plans to discuss the relationship between housing and energy policy with respect to heating from low carbon electricity as proposed in the 2007 Energy White Paper; and which heating industry representatives the Taskforce plans to invite to attend the meeting. | | (182598) | 154
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the move towards a lower carbon grid through deployment of new nuclear, renewables and carbon capture and storage will be reflected in the setting of future building regulations. | | (182599) | 155
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with colleagues in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the (a) next set of building regulations and (b) long-term impact of moving towards a lower carbon grid. | | (182600) | 156
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any (a) home owners and (b) estate agents have been fined for marketing a property without a home information pack. | | (182601) | 157
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any assessment has been made of the level of compliance by (a) home owners and (b) estate agents with the requirement for a home information pack. | | (182602) | 158
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 536W, on business: non-domestic rates, what multiplier is levied in each business improvement district that is in operation. | | (182613) | 159
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 554W, on planning, what the timetable is for the publication of the counter-terrorism supplement; and what its status will be in planning law. | | (182623) | 160
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, columns 1143-45W, on housing: standards, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the reduction in completions of local authority dwellings between 1990-91 and 2006-07. | | (182810) | 161
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th December 2007, Official Report, columns 148-49W, on planning: public participation, if she will place in the Library a copy of each substantive response to the Planning White Paper, excluding campaign write-in submissions. | | (182811) | 162
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13th December 2007, Official Report, columns 898-99W, on local government finance, if she will place in the Library a copy of the demographic change modelling which informed the settlement. | | (182815) | 163
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 147W, on local authorities: disclosure of information, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued to the regional assemblies in March 2006. | | (182885) | 164
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 142W, on the Institute for Public Policy Research: finance, what the name of the research commissioned by the Commission on Integration and Cohesion was; and how much public funding was allocated to the work. | | (182886) | 165
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th December 2007, Official Report, columns 131W-9W, on the green belt, how many hectares of green belt there were in (a) Durham and (b) Easington in 1997. | | (182887) | 166
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 116W, on council tax: empty property, which organisation has been commissioned to undertake the research; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the tender notice or terms of reference for the research. | | (182888) | 167
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 898W, on floods, if she will place in the Library a copy of the latest regional flood risk appraisal for each government office region. | | (182889) | 168
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 552W, on maps: green belt, what the timetable is for incorporating the green belt digital data from local authorities into the Maps on Tap database. | | (182902) | 169
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 552W, on local government: standards, what additional information local authorities will need to report to support national policy development. | | (182906) | 170
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 553W, on parish councils: finance, what the estimated average precept is that will need to be levied by a parish council in London in the first 12 months after establishment. | | (182910) | 171
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 149W, on planning: retail trade, what representations she has received from supermarkets in the revision of Planning Policy Statement 6 since May 2007. | | (182918) | 172
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 540W, on council tax: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, what the maximum levy that can be charged by the Authority is. | | (182925) | 173
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) capital and (b) revenue costs were of the East of England Regional Assembly in each of the last three years. | | (182897) | 174
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will estimate for each of the unitary authority and district council areas covered by the draft Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West the percentage increase proposed in the independent panel report over the 2006 base in the number of new houses. | | (182182) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 175
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arrangements there are to refund the TV licence fee when people lose their television signals for more than a year. | | (182125) | 176
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182523) | 177
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182715) | 178
| Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consultation was held about the criteria being used by the Arts Council to make funding reductions to certain organisations; when a full list of the organisations that are to receive funding reductions will be released; and how many organisations (a) serving rural communities and (b) in Oxfordshire are to receive funding reductions. | | (182759) | 179
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign visitors to the North East of England in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (182916) | 180
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on tourism by the South West Regional Development Agency in each of the last five years. | | (181982) | 181
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) laptop computers and (b) discs have gone missing from his Department in the last 10 years. | | (181983) | 182
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been ringfenced for promoting tourism in the lead up to the 2012 Olympics; and if he will make a statement. | | (181984) | 183
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visitors there were to the UK in each of the last six years. | | (181985) | 184
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) total hits and (b) unique visitors the active places website had in each of the last three years. | | (182741) | 185
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182836) | 186
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been distributed by the Heritage Lottery Fund in each year since 1995, expressed in 2007-08 prices. | | (181990) | 187
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182450) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 188
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182522) | 189
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182716) | 190
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's properties in Scotland have been declared unfit for habitation. | | (182536) | 191
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops will remain in Belize at the end of 2008. | | (182654) | 192
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer on 19th January 2007, Official Report, columns 1363-4W, on departmental equipment, how many of the computers which have been stolen since 1998 contained information with a classification of (a) none, (b) restricted, (c) confidential, (d) secret and (e) top secret. | | (182387) | 193
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the (a) classification and (b) electronic storage of sensitive information. | | (182388) | 194
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the statement of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1225, on MoD (data loss), whether the laptop stolen on 9th January 2008 was a departmental laptop or a privately owned laptop. | | (182389) | 195
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 58W, on departmental computers, how many of the computers which were stolen in 2007 had a classification of (a) no classification, (b) restricted, (c) confidential, (d) secret and (e) top secret. | | (182390) | 196
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182835) | 197
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182443) | 198
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are recorded as absent without leave, broken down by (a) unit and (b) nationality. | | (182429) | 199
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK nationals served in the armed forces in each of the last 10 years, broken down by nationality. | | (182430) | 200
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of HM Armed Forces were killed in off-duty road traffic accidents in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (182789) | 201
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British citizens employed overseas at Ministry of Defence establishments receive wages lower than the UK minimum wage; and if he will make a statement. | | (182792) | 202
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of members of each service enrolled for courses leading to additional (a) military-related and (b) non-military-related qualifications in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many successfully completed the courses; and if he will make a statement. | | (182793) | 203
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on encouraging members of the armed forces to improve their driving skills through (a) the Advanced Drivers Test and (b) refresher driving courses; and if he will make a statement. | | (182794) | 204
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which ships are base-ported at Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth. | | (182119) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 205
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what soya products have been tested for glyphosate residues by the Pesticides Residues Committee since 1996; what the country of origin of each product was; what the date of each test was; and what level of any glyphosate was found to be present in each case. | | (182120) | 206
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public authority has lead responsibility for the monitoring of pesticide residues in animal feed and animal feed ingredients; and if he will make a statement. | | (182121) | 207
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the maximum residue limit is for glyphosate in (a) soya meal, (b) whole soya beans, (c) tofu, (d) soya pieces and mince, (e) soya oil, (f) eggs, (g) poultry meat, (h) milk and dairy products, (i) beef and (j) pork; and if he will make a statement. | | (182122) | 208
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each year since establishment. | | (182521) | 209
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182717) | 210
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total cost of clean-up of fly tipping was in Wirral South in (a) 2007, (b) 2003 and (c) 1997. | | (182307) | 211
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly tipping there were in Wirral South in the past (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. | | (182308) | 212
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has conducted on the potential hazards of re-using landfill sites for recreational land. | | (182309) | 213
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on the clean up of fly tipping in the District of Easington in (a) 2002, (b) 2005 and (c) 2007. | | (182915) | 214
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of total UK carbon emissions was estimated to be produced in (a) Ribble Valley constituency and (b) Lancashire County Council area in each year since 2000. | | (182267) | 215
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given to the merits of putting operational arrangements in place to implement an emergency vaccination programme in the event of a classical swine fever outbreak. | | (182178) | 216
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any updates have been made to the classical swine fever contingency plan since 2003. | | (182179) | 217
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many breeding pigs there were in England in each of the last 10 years. | | (182180) | 218
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which areas covered by the draft Regional Spatial Strategy and designated by the Environment Agency as at risk of flooding have had houses built on them since 1997; on which of those areas development is planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (182539) | 219
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) reliability of genetic use restriction technologies as a biosafety tool. | | (182547) | 220
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182834) | 221
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations received funding from his Department to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in each of the last five years; how much each received; and what volume of emissions each saved in each year. | | (182571) | 222
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken since the summer 2007 floods to reduce the risk of flooding in residential areas; what steps he is planning to take; and if he will make a statement. | | (182576) | 223
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action has been taken by (a) the Inland Drainage Board and (b) the Environment Agency to stop the backing up of (i) Saundby Beck, (ii) Wheatley Beck and (iii) Leverton Beck. | | (181994) | 224
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182445) | 225
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will re-appoint the current official Verderer; and if he will make a statement. | | (180918) | 226
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the carbon dioxide emissions of his Department as a result of the consumption of (a) gas and (b) electricity in 2006-07. | | (181980) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 227
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182520) | 228
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182718) | 229
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the remit is of the delegation to Tibet as part of the UK-China Human Rights dialogue; what rank or grading each member of the delegation has; who is leading the delegation; and what meetings they plan to have with Tibetans which are unsupervised and unarranged by the Chinese authorities. | | (182921) | 230
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have taken place with the Turkish government on removing Turkish troops from Cyprus. | | (182662) | 231
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK has been invited to observe the forthcoming second Sudan People's Liberation Movement convention in Juba. | | (182649) | 232
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1609W, on departmental internet, what proportion of (a) visits and (b) page views to the blogging platform came from computers with Government IP addresses. | | (182620) | 233
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182833) | 234
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182440) | 235
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 18th December 2007, on Iraqi interpreters. | | (182184) | 236
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any information has been passed to the UK from detainees held by the US administration since 2001, obtained through the use of interrogation techniques which may constitute torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under British law, including the technique known as waterboarding. | | (182070) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 237
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 984W, on the Abortion (Amendment) Bill of Session 1979-80, for what reasons two files were destroyed; what the (a) prefix and (b) title of these files was; what criteria are used by his Department on reviewing files; and if he will make a statement. | | (182666) | 238
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what files are held by his Department on the Unborn Children (Protection) Bill of Session 1986-87; and if he will make a statement. | | (182667) | 239
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the Annual Abortion Statistics 2007 will be published; if he will place copies in the Vote Office on publication; and if he will make a statement. | | (182668) | 240
| Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the NHS estate repair backlog. | | (182913) | 241
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182519) | 242
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182719) | 243
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what facilities exist for the treatment and rehabilitation of those on addictive drugs in (a) the County of Durham and (b) Easington constituency. | | (182660) | 244
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many MRI scanners there were in the NHS in (a) 2007 and (b) 1997. | | (182545) | 245
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many private operations were carried out in NHS premises in 2007. | | (182655) | 246
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of donated organs; whether any discussions have taken place on creating a system of presumed consent; and if he will make a statement. | | (182744) | 247
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide more flexible maternity services for women, including (a) one-to-one support from pregnancy through to birth and (b) improving the quality of post-natal care. | | (182746) | 248
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the staffing costs for (a) doctors, (b) nursing staff and (c) all NHS staff were in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (182784) | 249
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182832) | 250
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what written representations his Department has received from NHS trusts on the 18 week waiting time target in the last six months; and if he will place copies of all such representations in the Library. | | (182646) | 251
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the financial cost of workplace accidents in the NHS in (a) loss of staff hours and (b) other costs in each of the last three years. | | (182848) | 252
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department on (a) advertising campaigns and (b) opinion polling services in each of the last five years. | | (182849) | 253
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average age was of (a) GPs, (b) consultants, (c) nurses and (d) midwives in the most recent period for which figures are available; and how many from each group he expects to retire in the next 10 years. | | (182850) | 254
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by primary care trusts on interpreters in each year since 2001. | | (182851) | 255
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children were admitted to accident and emergency departments in England as a result of dog attacks in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital trust. | | (182852) | 256
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to address the difference in numbers of men and numbers of women being screened for chlamydia. | | (182854) | 257
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the re-imbursement of home-to-work travel for community based staff who use personal cars as their private and work transport. | | (182856) | 258
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to remedy problems in administering the payment of travel expenses to community based health staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (182857) | 259
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidences there were of NHS staff being paid late due to problems with the payroll system in each of the last three financial years. | | (182858) | 260
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints were made by NHS staff about problems with the NHS payroll system in each of the last three financial years. | | (182859) | 261
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 724W, on Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: finance, if he will place a copy of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report in the Library. | | (182586) | 262
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2008, Official Report, column 1360W, on health services: standards, what information his Department collects on the reasons for decisions taken by clinicians that it is not clinically appropriate for a patient's treatment to start within 18 weeks. | | (182588) | 263
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2008, Official Report, column 1360W, on health services: publicity, what the total cost of the campaign is in each relevant financial year; and how many staff of each pay band are running it. | | (182589) | 264
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2008, Official Report, column 1353W, on departmental public expenditure, what level of funding he estimates will be needed by strategic health authorities (SHAs) in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each subsequent financial year until the 2012 Olympics; what this funding will be spent on; and to which SHAs it will be allocated. | | (182590) | 265
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January 2008, Official Report, column 1360W, on family practitioner services: working hours, what proportion of patients were able to make appointments at their general practitioner practice outside 8a.m. to 6p.m. Monday to Friday in each quarter for which figures are available since 2000. | | (182603) | 266
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was received in prescription charges for drugs prescribed for (a) cancer, (b) cystic fibrosis, (c) Parkinson's Disease, (d) asthma patients and (e) colitis and Crohn's Disease patients in 2006-07. | | (182890) | 267
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of the Healthcare for London consultation for (a) events, (b) fees for producing the logos, names and other marketing materials, (c) other fees to consultants, (d) printing costs, (e) distribution costs, (f) staff costs and (g) other costs in each financial year. | | (182891) | 268
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescribing advisers were employed in the NHS in England in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available, broken down by primary care trust. | | (182892) | 269
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to raise awareness of medical practitioners of the risks to health of carbon monoxide and the symptoms, diagnosis and consequences of carbon monoxide poisoning. | | (182673) | 270
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the work commissioned by his Department that (a) has been finished and (b) is ongoing on the implications of merging the Healthcare Commission, the Commission for Social Care Inspection and the Mental Health Act Commission. | | (182073) | 271
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182444) | 272
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn NHS Trust, (b) Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust, (c) Hitchingbrooke Health Care Trust and (d) Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust has spent in the last year on specialist lifting equipment and beds for obese people. | | (182648) | 273
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts (a) offer and (b) do not offer bariatric surgery. | | (182650) | 274
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many letters his Department has received since the deadline for comments on the proposed changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff from (a) right hon. and hon. Members and (b) others; and whether the views expressed in those letters will be taken into account when he considers the options for Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances - and related services - to Primary Care. | | (181986) | 275
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he intends to make it his policy to consult further before making any final decision upon the details and impact of any revised option for the proposed changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff when he considers the responses to the consultation Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances - and related services - to Primary Care. | | (181987) | 276
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the future of the Commercial Directorate of his Department; and by what date he intends to introduce any changes to its structure and responsibilities. | | (181988) | 277
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to place senior appointments in NHS foundation trusts within the terms of reference of the Commissioner of Public Appointments; and if he will make a statement. | | (182465) | 278
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold an inquiry into all circumstances relating to the building of the Bluebell Surgery at Highwoods, Colchester to establish (a) the reasons for the time taken and (b) who is responsible; what additional costs have been incurred by the National Health Service as a result of the time taken; and when he expects the surgery and associated Bluebell Centre facilities to open. | | (182785) | 279
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when public consultation on prescription charges in England will commence; when its findings will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (182797) | 280
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to provide a financial loss allowance for members of local involvement networks. | | (182777) | 281
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to support the involvement of patients and the public in monitoring the effectiveness of services provided for the NHS by (a) the third sector and (b) the private sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (182778) | 282
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts are held between private sector providers of health care and (a) primary care trusts, (b) NHS trusts and (c) NHS foundation trusts. | | (182779) | 283
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the Local Involvement Network Regulations 2008 require private sector providers of health and social care to allow members of local involvement networks reasonable access to their premises for the purpose of viewing and monitoring the quality of health and social care. | | (182782) | 284
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require the Healthcare Commission to include the monitoring of private patient transport services provided for NHS patients in the annual health check. | | (182898) | 285
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Darzi reviews of the NHS are informed by patient and public involvement. | | (182899) | 286
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet members of the National Association of Patients' Forums to discuss effective patient and public involvement in his reviews of the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (182900) | 287
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that local involvement networks are funded to establish regional and national networks to monitor (a) cancer networks, (b) mental health services and (c) ambulance services. | | (182901) | 288
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to promote (a) the involvement of and (b) consultation with patients and the public who receive NHS services through (i) third sector and (ii) independent sector organisations. | | (182903) | 289
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has taken advice on the application of the Children's Act 2004 and the Human Rights Act 1998 to the use of mobile telephones with cameras in hospital wards. | | (182893) | 290
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 991W, on blood: prisoners, what his Department's policy was on blood donations from prisoners in each year from 1978 to 1986; and if he will make a statement. | | (182618) | 291
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 991W, on blood: prisoners, what records are kept of communications between his Department and regional transfusion centre directors over blood donations from prisoners in 1980; and if he will make a statement. | | (182619) | 292
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has been asked to provide a witness by the Inquiry Team for the Independent Public Inquiry into contaminated blood and blood products; and if he will make a statement. | | (182624) | 293
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of calls to the 999 emergency services number were requests for an ambulance in the most recent year for which figures are available (a) in total and (b) broken down by trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (182632) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 294
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers her Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182518) | 295
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182720) | 296
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect that the implementation of the Respect Agenda has on West Chelmsford constituency. | | (181506) | 297
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for a Criminal Records Bureau check to be made from the date of application in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (182612) | 298
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those issued security industry authority licences who were not entitled to work in the UK were employed in Scotland in the last five years. | | (182537) | 299
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received about the International Training Agency's removal of failed asylum seekers from the UK; and how many have been substantiated. | | (182068) | 300
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) burglary, (e) theft and handling of stolen goods, (f) theft from the person, (g) theft from shops, (h) theft of vehicles, (i) theft from vehicles, (j) fraud and forgery, (k) criminal damage and (l) drug offences were recorded in each (i) UK police force area and (ii) settlement type as defined by the Rural and Urban Area Classification in each of the last 10 years. | | (181993) | 301
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many post-conviction anti-social behaviour orders were issued in each constabulary area in the last period for which figures are available; what assessment she has made of the variation in bureaucratic procedures used by constabularies for post-conviction anti-social behaviour orders; how many pages each constabulary's application form runs to; and if she will make a statement. | | (182583) | 302
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests for breach of bail conditions were made in each police area in the last year for which data is available. | | (182301) | 303
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to educate people about the identity risks they face when providing personal information to social networking sites. | | (182732) | 304
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislative proposals she intends to bring forward to ensure that everyone found in possession of a knife in public in a crime hot spot is prosecuted. | | (182757) | 305
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) non-EU citizens and (b) foreign nationals who were convicted of (i) firearms and (ii) drug offences in the UK were deported in each of the last 12 months. | | (182763) | 306
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been confiscated as proceeds of drug crime in each police force area in each of the last 12 months. | | (182773) | 307
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crack houses have been closed down in each of the last 12 months; and under what powers they were closed down. | | (182776) | 308
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182841) | 309
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the violent crime action plan. | | (182853) | 310
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the violent crime action plan will include proposed primary legislation. | | (182855) | 311
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to the police to ensure that everyone found in possession of a knife in public in a crime hot spot is prosecuted. | | (182923) | 312
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions there have been for the offence of persistently selling alcohol to children under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006; and how many licensees have lost their licences as a result. | | (182681) | 313
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of forced marriages which took place in the (a) UK, (b) North East and (c) Tees Valley in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (182534) | 314
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of numbers of Asian women subject to domestic violence in the (a) UK, (b) North East and (c) Tees Valley in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (182535) | 315
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted consultations on restricting or controlling the sale of knives; and if she will make a statement. | | (182529) | 316
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the minutes of the meeting with the Police Federation at which her Department agreed to pursue arbitration measures on police pay. | | (182530) | 317
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to licensing the sale of domestic and non-domestic knives; and if she will make a statement. | | (182531) | 318
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions are in place on the sale of (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic knives; and if she will make a statement. | | (182532) | 319
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what official meetings the hon. Member for Gedling held during his recent visit to Sweden. | | (182914) | 320
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182442) | 321
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum applications originated and (b) asylum seekers were housed in Enfield in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. | | (182664) | 322
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether each individual instance of money stolen through the cloning of debit and credit cards is counted as a distinct crime in local police crime statistics; and if she will make a statement. | | (182269) | 323
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, columns 253-4W, on 101 calls, what information her Department has received from each pilot on the costs and benefits of the 101 Single Non-Emergency Number; if she will place the information in the Library; and if she will make a statement. | | (182614) | 324
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, columns 253-4W, on 101 calls, what evaluation has been conducted of the costs and benefits of the 101 Single Non-Emergency Number pilots; and if she will make a statement. | | (182615) | 325
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total costs were of running and maintaining the National DNA Database in each year since it began operation; and if she will make a statement. | | (182622) | 326
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been reimbursed to date to each police force for costs incurred over the police force merger consultations; and if she will make a statement. | | (182627) | 327
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been pledged to be reimbursed to each police force from the costs of police force merger consultations; and if she will make a statement. | | (182628) | 328
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the full cost of the police force merger consultations was (a) to her Department and (b) to each police force; and if she will make a statement. | | (182629) | 329
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of calls to the 999 emergency services number were for the (a) police and (b) fire service in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (182630) | 330
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA samples from the National DNA database have been used for each research project undertaken using data from the National DNA database to date; and if she will make a statement. | | (182636) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 331
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers the House of Commons Commission employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182517) | 332
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the Commission paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182730) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 333
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he will answer question (a) 177121, (b) 177140 and (c) 177131 tabled by the hon. Member for Southend West on 4th January 2008; what the reason for the time taken to reply is in each case; what steps he has (i) taken and (ii) plans to take to seek to answer ordinary written questions within a working week of them being tabled; and if he will make a statement. | | (182642) | 334
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department has employed since its establishment. | | (182516) | 335
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessors paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182721) | 336
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many cases of bullying have been reported in his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (182830) | 337
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been (i) spent and (ii) allocated for each of the next three years on the large hadron collider. | | (182767) | 338
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the intitial programme of activity is for the large hadron collider; what the programme's objectives are; and if he will make a statement. | | (182768) | 339
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what progress has been made in commissioning and operating the large hadron collider; and if he will make a statement. | | (182769) | 340
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what process is in place for British universities and organisations to bid for projects to run on the large hadron collider; and if he will make a statement. | | (182770) | 341
N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, who will undertake the Ministerial responsibilities of Lord Triesman when he leaves the Government. | | (182061) | 342
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) 16-year-olds, (b) 17-year-olds and (c) 18 to 24-year-olds are (a) in part-time education and (b) not in any education. | | (182643) | 343
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) UK, (ii) EU and (iii) non-EU (A) undergraduate and (B) postgraduate students have been (1) excluded from using some university facilities and (2) suspended for the non-payment of fees. | | (182644) | 344
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent through (a) AimHigher, (b) bursaries paid out by universities from fee income, (c) the higher education funding councils and (d) other public spending on widening access to university in each year since 2001. | | (182645) | 345
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cheltenham of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1200W, on Student Loans Company: complaints, if he will provide the equivalent information on complaints to the Student Loans Company made from January 2001 to November 2006. | | (182919) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 346
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each year since its establishment. | | (182515) | 347
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182722) | 348
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the impact of the multi donor trust funds to Sudan on health service provision in South Sudan. | | (182682) | 349
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) reliability of genetic use restriction technologies as a biosafety tool. | | (182656) | 350
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to offer Jordan assistance with improving animal welfare; and if he will make a statement. | | (182927) | 351
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182846) | 352
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that the rights and needs of children affected by AIDS are a priority in the revision of the Government stategy Taking Action, the UK Strategy for Tackling HIV and AIDS in the Developing World; and whether the revised strategy will include the continuation of the commitment to earmarking 10 per cent. of all HIV funding to children affected by AIDS. | | (182873) | 353
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department is working with civil society organisations to develop and implement a system to track HIV and AIDS resources to ensure that they reach the communities which are most affected and to monitor the results they achieve. | | (182874) | 354
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to support national governments to ensure the provision of co-trimoxazole to all HIV-exposed children as a prophylaxis and for the treatment of opportunistic infections. | | (182875) | 355
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to provide support to strengthen the organisational capacity of national governments and civil society working with children affected by HIV and AIDS. | | (182876) | 356
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to support national governments to deliver comprehensive and integrated prevention of mother-to-children HIV/AIDS transmission services, outlined by the G8 summit in June 2007. | | (182877) | 357
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department plans to ensure the development of infant diagnostics for HIV, adaptable to resource-limited settings; and how this will be achieved. | | (182878) | 358
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Government plans to meet the commitment made by G8 leaders at Heiligendamm to contribute substantially to (a) the estimated US 1.5 billion dollar cost of providing universal coverage of prevention of mother to child transmission programmes, (b) the US 1.8 billion dollars cost of providing universal access to paediatric treatment by 2010 and (c) providing care for 10 million orphans and vulnerable children in Africa. | | (182879) | 359
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to promote infrastructure development in the developing world. | | (182760) | 360
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 23rd November 2007, on funding to support the new AIDS strategy. | | (182183) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 361
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on sentencing policy on the offence of causing death by careless driving. | | (182658) | 362
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each year since its establishment. | | (182514) | 363
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182723) | 364
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the results of the Government's investigation into early intervention programmes on prisoners suffering from dyslexia, as referred to by the former Prime Minister in Official Report, 23rd May 2007, column 1270, on dyslexia and criminality, will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (181507) | 365
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when sections 28 to 30 of the Offender Management Act 2007 will come into force; and if he will make a statement. | | (182069) | 366
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the freehold owner is for each prison in England and Wales; and, where the Prison Service rents or leases land or buildings within the Prison Estate, what the remaining periods of each such contract or lease were as at 1st January 2008. | | (182431) | 367
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1654W, on Offenders: Accommodation, how many of those bailed for violence against the person (a) were acquitted, (b) received a custodial sentence and (c) received a non-custodial sentence in each of the last three years. | | (182270) | 368
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1654W, on Offenders: Accommodation, how many of those receiving bail in respect of alleged violence against the person breached their bail conditions as a result of (a) alleged re-offending, (b) failure to attend court and (c) another cause. | | (182271) | 369
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of defendants (a) bailed and (b) remanded in custody (i) were acquitted, (ii) received a custodial sentence and (iii) received a non-custodial sentence in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (182302) | 370
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Irish and (b) other foreign EEA nationals are serving sentences of imprisonment for murder in prisons in England and Wales. | | (182310) | 371
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has issued guidance on the granting of bail to a person charged with possessing a knife in a public place. | | (182742) | 372
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have received (a) the maximum sentence, (b) a custodial sentence and (c) a community sentence for possession of a knife in a public place in each of the last two years. | | (182758) | 373
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) non-EU citizens and (b) foreign nationals were convicted of (i) firearms and (ii) drug offences in Britain in each of the last 12 months. | | (182764) | 374
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of bullying have been reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182837) | 375
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to review the methodology used in collating performance indicators for prisons, with particular reference to HMP Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (182385) | 376
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what means his Department ensures that transfers of prisoners to the open estate comply with Prison Service Instruction PS I17/2007. | | (182604) | 377
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will allocate an increased budget to probation services in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (182908) | 378
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the planned budget is in 2010-11 for (a) the central administration, (b) probation element and (c) prisons of the National Offender Management Service. | | (182909) | 379
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional responsibilities the hon. Member for Liverpool, Garston has taken up since her appointment as Ministerial Champion for Women and Criminal Justice. | | (182739) | 380
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings the hon. Member for Liverpool, Garston has attended since 1st December 2007 in her role as Ministerial Champion for Women and Criminal Justice. | | (182740) | 381
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182441) | 382
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released on end of custody licenses were recalled for being out of touch with their supervising probation officer in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (182771) | 383
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released on end of custody licences in each month since July 2007; and how many of those have been taken back into custody for offending during the period of their licence. | | (182774) | 384
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish a further White Paper on House of Lords reform. | | (182616) | 385
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the issues raised in the recently published review of electoral systems will form a part of the Governance of Britain consultation process. | | (182617) | 386
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of trafficked children who were transferred from adult prisons to the juvenile secure estate following a re-determination of their age assessment in the last three years. | | (182647) | 387
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to ensure that the concerns of local government lawyers will be addressed by the Public Law Family Fees Consultation Paper. | | (182775) | 388
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average length of prison sentence was (a) imposed and (b) served in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (182625) | 389
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average length of sentence had been served by each of those serving life sentences who were released from prison in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (182626) | 390
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of all prison sentences handed down in each year since 1997 were for three months or less; and if he will make a statement. | | (182633) | 391
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of all prison sentences handed down in each year since 1997 were for six months or less; and if he will make a statement. | | (182634) | 392
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transfers of high risk offenders from a (a) category A and (b) category B prison to open prisons there were in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (182635) | 393
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age was of (a) juvenile and (b) young offenders in secure accommodation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (182637) | 394
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) juvenile and (b) young offenders were in each secure accommodation in each month of each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (182638) | 395
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been allocated to the implementation of the Corston Report's recommendations that have been accepted; and if he will make a statement. | | (182639) | 396
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoner on prisoner and (b) prisoner on officer assaults were recorded in each year since 2002, broken down by prison establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (182640) | 397
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison recalls there were in each of the last 12 months; how many of those were due to (a) breaches of licence and (b) committal of further offences; and if he will make a statement. | | (182641) | Questions to the Leader of the House 398
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers her Office employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182513) | 399
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Leader of the House, how much her Office paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182729) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 400
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182512) | 401
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182724) | 402
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of building a female prison as referred to in the recent Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Report on the Prisons Estate in Northern Ireland (HC 118). | | (182304) | 403
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of bullying were reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182843) | 404
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days he spent in Northern Ireland on official business in each of the last 12 months. | | (182864) | 405
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his official engagements were in December 2007. | | (182867) | 406
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) first-class and (b) other flights he has taken since 28th June 2007; and on each occasion (i) how many staff travelled with him and (ii) what the cost of the travel was. | | (182882) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 407
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers were employed to promote (i) the bid for and (ii) the hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics in each year for which figures are available. | | (182511) | Questions to the Prime Minister 408
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he discussed (a) the Chinese One Child Policy and (b) forced abortion with the authorities during his visit to China; and if he will make a statement. | | (182896) | 409
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, whether it is his practice personally to approve replies to written parliamentary answers in his name. | | (181977) | 410
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers the Prime Minister's Office employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182510) | 411
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, which individuals he has invited to Chequers to meet him in his capacity as Prime Minister since 27th June 2007. | | (182817) | 412
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Prime Minister, when he will reply to the letter from the President of the European Parliament of 5th December 2007, on the report by the European Parliament's Committee of Inquiry in the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. | | (182432) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 413
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182509) | 414
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182725) | 415
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of output Hunterston B Power Station was producing at the end of December 2007. | | (182661) | 416
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many days he spent in Scotland on official business in each of the last 12 months. | | (182863) | 417
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his official engagements were in December 2007. | | (182880) | 418
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) first-class and (b) other flights he has taken since 28th June 2007; and on each occasion (i) how many staff travelled with him and (ii) what the cost of the travel was. | | (182883) | Questions to the Solicitor General 419
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers her Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182508) | 420
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Law Officers' Departments paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182726) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 421
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers the Electoral Commission employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182507) | 422
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much the Electoral Commission paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each year since it was established; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182727) | 423
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance on (a) loans and (b) donations has been sent to regulated donees by the Electoral Commission in the last 12 months. | | (182799) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 424
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the national roll-out of road pricing. | | (181975) | 425
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement on the application of tag and beacon technology in road pricing schemes. | | (181976) | 426
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to improve safety on the A27 in the Selmeston area; and what the timetable is in each case. | | (181978) | 427
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to arrange the method of bonus calculation for Network Rail directors so as to incentivise growth of the network. | | (182540) | 428
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will wind up the British Rail Board (Residuary) and transfer its assets to Network Rail. | | (182541) | 429
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives exist to encourage the British Rail Board (Residuary) speedily to dispose of its assets. | | (182542) | 430
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total estimated cost of providing the national free concessionary bus pass scheme for pensioners in the Taunton Deane area was in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 to date; and what the actual costs were in each of these years. | | (182393) | 431
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the national free concessionary bus pass scheme for pensioners is entirely funded by central government. | | (182394) | 432
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been allocated to Taunton Deane Borough Council to fund national free concessionary bus travel scheme for pensioners in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 to date; and what percentage of that cost was provided by Central Government. | | (182395) | 433
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers her Department employed in each year since establishment. | | (182506) | 434
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a decision will be taken on whether to build a new railway station in the North Chelmsford-Springfield area; and if she will make a statement. | | (181333) | 435
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1084W, on A21, what the latest cost estimates are for the contracts for the A21 Tonbridge to Pembury and the A21 Kippings Cross to Lamberhurst improvement schemes. | | (181979) | 436
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of missed approaches made by planes landing at Heathrow in each of the last four years; and if she will make a statement. | | (182434) | 437
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in relation to the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document what is (a) the current proportion of twin-engined aircraft to four-engine aircraft using Heathrow Airport and (b) the assumed proportion of twin-engined aircraft to four-engine aircraft used in projecting future noise and environmental modelling contained in the consultation document; and if she will make a statement. | | (182435) | 438
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document, what monetary value she has placed on the reduction in costs to passengers noted in paragraph 2.37, page 143-144; and if she will make a statement. | | (182436) | 439
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of bullying were reported in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182845) | 440
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of maintaining Woodhead tunnel fit for future rail operations should the National Grid lay electricity cables along it. | | (182501) | 441
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the most viable option for a new cross-Pennine rail link. | | (182502) | 442
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182448) | 443
N | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will extend and fund national concessionary travel schemes to (a) rail services and (b) London underground. | | (182392) | 444
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the production of a standard accessible electronic register of underground assets. | | (182652) | 445
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the statutory Network Management Duty introduced in the Traffic Management Act 2004 on the co-ordination and management of road works in each local traffic authority area. | | (182653) | 446
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures her Department uses to collect statistics on the number of road traffic accidents, with particular reference to accidents in Devon. | | (182118) | 447
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will assess the causes of road traffic accidents on the A38 between Marsh Mills and Ivybridge in Devon over the past 12 months. | | (182123) | 448
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will order an inquiry to be carried out into the number of road traffic accidents on the A38 between Plymouth and Ivybridge in Devon. | | (182124) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 449
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182504) | 450
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182710) | 451
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many days he spent in Wales on official business in each of the last 12 months. | | (182865) | 452
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his official engagements were in December 2007. | | (182866) | 453
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) first-class and (b) other flights he has taken since 28th June 2007; and on each occasion (i) how many staff travelled with him and (ii) what the cost of the travel was. | | (182881) | 454
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department is on course to meet the commitment in the Sustainable Operations on the Government estate targets to source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008. | | (182904) | 455
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department is on course to meet the commitment in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets to increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010. | | (182905) | 456
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system (a) for its whole estate or (b) in some of its buildings. | | (182911) | 457
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate programme to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007. | | (182912) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities 458
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what meetings she has held since 27th June 2007 with representatives of (a) rape crisis centres, (b) women's refuges, (c) sexual assault referral centres, (d) prostitution, trafficking and sexual exploitation support services and (e) other third sector organisations dealing with violence against women. | | (182678) | 459
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had since 1st December 2007 with the hon. Member for Liverpool, Garston in her role as the Ministry for Justice's Ministerial Champion for Women and Criminal Justice. | | (182738) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 460
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years. | | (182503) | 461
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) highest and (b) lowest such bonus was in each of those years. | | (182709) | 462
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of at least one benefit at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (182549) | 463
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of bullying were reported in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last 12 months. | | (182844) | 464
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings his officials held with representatives of Somerset County Council on Chard Jobcentre before its closure was announced; and if he will make a statement. | | (182546) | 465
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department's agencies spent on (a) Christmas cards and (b) postage of Christmas cards in each year since 1997. | | (182447) | 466
N | John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people receive the over 80s age allowance. | | (180972) | 467
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people found work in Enfield North through the New Deal in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (182922) | 468
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, column 724W, on pensions, how the target group of 632,000 was defined; and which categories of pensioners in the target group were not sent letters. | | (181991) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 469
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of a letter of formal notice issued by the European Commission in March 2007 to the UK Government initiating infringement procedures for incorrectly transposing Directive 2007/78/EC into national law. | | [Transferred] (182663) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 470
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government Actuary's Department has completed reviews of or reports into the pension schemes in (a) the NHS, (b) the police force, (c) local government and (d) the Civil Service in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (182926) | 471
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many single mothers were in receipt of child benefit in Easington constituency in the last period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (182917) | 472
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms are used to gain parliamentary approval to transfer funds from the UK to the EU each year. | | [Transferred] (182665) | 473
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the gross value added per head of population was for each local authority in the South West Region. | | [Transferred] (182464) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 474
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, columns 710-11W, on pork, what minimum level of substantial change is required in order to permit the country in which a pork product was processed to be described as the country of origin on its labelling. | | [Transferred] (181992) | 475
| Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which alcohol is being sold at a price lower than the cost of duty payable on it. | | [Transferred] (182816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 476
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research the Respect Task Force has conducted on violence against women. | | [Transferred] (182676) | 477
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for the extradition of UK citizens were received in each of the last five years; and how many of those extradition applications were granted. | | [Transferred] (182772) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 478
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will allocate an increased budget to probation services in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | [Transferred] (182907) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 479
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures of support are in place to help those with temporary disabilities gain increased mobility and access to essential facilities. | | [Transferred] (182555) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 480
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to promote the use of carbon monoxide detectors with audible alarms in all homes. | | [Transferred] (182669) | 481
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions there were of domestic landlords for breach of gas safety regulations in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (182670) | 482
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of private rented homes which do not have a valid annual gas safety certificate. | | [Transferred] (182671) | 483
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to promote greater awareness amongst domestic landlords and their tenants of their duties and rights under gas safety regulations. | | [Transferred] (182672) |
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