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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 30 January 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 30 January 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 30 January of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 30 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 30 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library the summaries of responses to the Post Office's Area Plan Proposal for North Yorkshire with Yorkshire East and Keighley given by Post Office Ltd to Postwatch at the Day 92 meeting on the plan. | | (178829) | 2
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what provision has been made to protect vulnerable Post Office users who will lose access to Post Office counter services as a result of branch closure. | | (178830) | 3
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last 10 years. | | (183302) | 4
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the United Kingdom spent on importing cotton from Uzbekistan in each year since 1997; and what steps his Department has taken to ensure British consumers know the country of origin of the cotton they buy. | | (183414) | 5
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to reduce energy costs for vulnerable people in the community; and if he will make a statement. | | (183328) | 6
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether Baroness Vadera's ministerial responsibilities include oversight of (a) UK Trade and Investment and (b) the Defence and Security Group; and if he will make a statement. | | (183629) | 7
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress is being made on the Ofcom review into utility bill charges for people who do not pay by direct debit. | | (183410) | 8
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the extent of personal financial losses by consumers as a result of responses to fraudulent phishing emails which purport to originate from individual banks and financial service providers in each of the last five years. | | (183476) | 9
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of fraudulent and spam phishing emails, which purported to originate from individual banks and financial service providers, sent to email addresses in the .uk domain in the last 12 months. | | (183477) | 10
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many households in settlements with a population of 10,000 or less in England were in fuel poverty in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (183519) | 11
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many board members of each regional development agency have made a declaration of political activity that involved activity in relation to (a) the Conservative Party, (b) the Labour Party and (c) the Liberal Democrat Party. | | (178889) | 12
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total subsidy was to post offices in Lancashire in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (183618) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 13
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were (a) employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time and (b) unemployed in (A) City of York constituency, (B) City of York Council area, (C) Yorkshire and the Humber region and (D) the United Kingdom (1) at the latest date for which figures are available and (2) at the same date in each of the previous 10 years. | | (183405) | 14
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183348) | 15
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many ministerial residences were available to his Department's Ministers in each of the last 10 years. | | (183352) | 16
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the term sheet for the planned guarantees of bonds for Northern Rock; and if he will make a statement. | | (178708) | 17
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish Goldman Sachs' assessment of his Department's plan to guarantee bonds for Northern Rock; and if he will make a statement. | | (178709) | 18
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate received from rents paid by shellfish farmers in (a) Orkney, (b) Shetland, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each of the last five years. | | (183389) | 19
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of applications made to the Crown Estate's research committee for research proposals in each of the last five years; how many applications were made in each year; what the value of research funding allocated was; and how many applications were successful in each year. | | (183390) | 20
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate spent on its communications department in each of the last five years. | | (183391) | 21
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate spent on hospitality in each of the last five years. | | (183392) | 22
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of producing the Crown Estate's annual reports was in each of the last five years. | | (183393) | 23
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income the Crown Estate received from rents paid for (a) marinas and (b) piers in each of the last five years. | | (183394) | 24
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many aquaculture projects paid rent to the Crown Estate in Orkney and Shetland in each of the last five years; and what income was generated from such rents in each year. | | (183395) | 25
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Crown Estate made of the value of the seabed surrounding the Orkney and Shetland Isles in each of the last three years. | | (183396) | 26
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many external contracts the Crown Estate had with public relations companies in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost of those contracts was. | | (183397) | 27
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Crown Estate spent on advertising in each of the last 10 years. | | (183398) | 28
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost to the Exchequer would be of restoring the exemption from vehicle excise duty for 25 year old vehicles. | | (178839) | 29
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Statement of 21st January 2008 on Northern Rock, whether the Government plans to require restrictions on (a) salary, (b) bonus payments and (c) other remuneration for (i) directors and (ii) senior executives of Northern Rock whilst the backstop guarantee remains in place. | | (183103) | 30
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of suicides in Wales in each constituency in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) sex and (b) age; and if he will make a statement. | | (183369) | 31
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of (a) all employees, (b) full-time employees and (c) part-time employees in (i) Scotland and (ii) each unitary local authority area in Scotland and the UK earned hourly rates (gross, excluding overtime) below (A) £8.05, (B) £6.05 and (C) £5.35 in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by gender. | | (183317) | 32
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down by subheading the effect on costs of the restructuring of the Welshpool HM Revenue and Customs office; and if he will make a statement. | | (183305) | 33
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of level of compliance with tax regulations in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (183306) | 34
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the changes in staff numbers were in HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (183307) | 35
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals were identified as having intentionally failed to comply with tax regulations in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (183308) | 36
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the rates of staff retention were in the tax offices in HM Revenue and Customs offices (a) Cardiff, (b) Wrexham and (c) Welshpool in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (183309) | 37
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the staff in the HM Revenue and Customs office in Welshpool to be informed of the future status of and plans for that office; and if he will make a statement. | | (183310) | 38
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Financial Services Authority is taking to remove Ethnic Mutual from its register; and if he will make a statement. | | (178890) | 39
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's most recent edition of its guidance on regularity and propriety in force for public authorities and accounting officers. | | (183406) | 40
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what monetary value was assigned to (a) each of the Ministerial residences in Admiralty House and (b) the Government House in Pimlico in the most recent edition of the Government's National Asset Register. | | (183407) | 41
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider bringing forward proposals for introducing tax relief on gym membership for the clinically obese. | | (183314) | 42
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many alcohol-related deaths there were in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk in each of the last five years. | | (178897) | 43
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what test of what constitutes reasonably required information under section 8 of the National Audit Act 1983 is carried out on data transferred from his Department to the National Audit Office. | | (178783) | 44
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards are in place in his Department to prevent more information than is required by the National Audit Office being passed on for auditing purposes. | | (178784) | 45
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Acts of Parliament permit disclosure of information which is held by HM Revenue and Customs in accordance with section 18(3) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005. | | (178785) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 46
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last 10 years. | | (183292) | 47
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many girls between the ages of 13 and 16 were removed from school rolls after failing to return from an authorised absence abroad during 2006. | | (183546) | 48
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what reviews of teachers' pay are scheduled to take place in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009. | | (183461) | 49
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure the continuity of local education authority services provided to children with autism and Asperger's syndrome as they make the transition to adulthood. | | (183401) | 50
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Somerset had special educational needs in each year since 2001, broken down by category of special educational need. | | (183449) | 51
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many tribunals were held in Somerset relating to children with special educational needs statements in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the outcome was of those tribunals. | | (183450) | 52
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Somerset had special educational needs statements at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (183451) | 53
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the special educational needs budget is for Somerset County Council in 2007-08; how much of the budget is allocated to each category of special educational needs; and how much is allocated for (a) the employment of staff and (b) other expenditure. | | (183452) | 54
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were on the roll in each moderate learning difficulty school in Essex in each of the last five years. | | (178836) | 55
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children entered moderate learning difficulty schools in Essex in each of the last five years. | | (178837) | 56
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in Essex fingerprint pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (178838) | 57
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in Essex use a lottery system to allocate school places; and if he will make a statement. | | (178841) | 58
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in local authority care are waiting for (a) placement with a foster parent or parents and (b) adoption. | | (183547) | 59
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the reasons why (i) foster family units break down and (ii) family units with an adopted child or children breakdown. | | (183548) | 60
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many foster family arrangements (a) remained as a stable family unit for longer than 12 months and (b) broke down with the children returning to care facilities within 12 months in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (183549) | 61
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average time was that children waited in local authority care to be placed (a) with a foster parent or parents and (b) with a parent or parents for adoption in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (183550) | 62
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of local authorities in administering support required by primary legislation to parents who foster and adopt children. | | (183551) | 63
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average time was that local authorities took to interview and process an application form from couples and individuals wishing to (a) foster and (b) adopt a child or children in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (183552) | 64
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) couples and (b) individuals made enquiries to local authorities to (i) foster and (ii) adopt a child or children in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (183553) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 65
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by (i) the Cabinet Office, (ii) No. 10 Downing Street in each of the last 10 years; and how many were (A) owned and (B) purchased by the Office of the Minister for the Olympics since its establishment. | | (178919) | 66
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by the (i) Cabinet Office and (ii) Prime Minister's Office in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of such penalties was in each year. | | (183350) | 67
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Ministerial Committee on Life Chances differentiates between UK citizens and foreign nationals when considering policies which maximise the life chances of all in the UK. | | (183179) | 68
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1080W, on Admiralty House: empty property, which Minister previously occupied the flat in Admiralty House which was occupied by the former Lord Chancellor before his departure from Ministerial office. | | (183453) | 69
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside vacated the Government house in Pimlico. | | (183520) | 70
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date the Government House in Pimlico was advertised for sale. | | (183521) | 71
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what dates the (a) right hon. Member for Ashfield and (b) right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Hull East vacated official Ministerial residences in Admiralty House. | | (183523) | 72
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of Civil Service vacancies have been advertised on the (a) public and (b) Civil Service and accredited non-departmental public bodies staff-only sections of the Civil Service recruitment gateway website in the last 12 months. | | (183536) | 73
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has interviewed an ex-Minister on the nature of an appointment he or she proposes to take up while still serving as an hon. Member in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (183615) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 74
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2047W, on heating: standards, when she expects to publish the Building Regulations review on the safety of hot water systems in homes. | | (178901) | 75
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2047W, on heating: standards, what meetings she has had with (a) the Health and Safety Executive and (b) industry organisations to discuss possible alterations to the (i) industry guidance and (ii) legal provisions governing hot water systems in homes; what the outcome of those meetings was; and if she will make a statement. | | (178902) | 76
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by her Department and its predecessor in each of the last 10 years. | | (178920) | 77
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by her Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183364) | 78
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to (a) mark Holocaust Memorial Day and (b) commemorate those who died in more recent genocides. | | (178892) | 79
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Islamic scholars are employed by her Department to advise on the Prevent strand of Project Contest. | | (183319) | 80
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff are employed by her Department on the Prevent aspect of Project contest. | | (183320) | 81
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cost to her Department of (a) rental, (b) VAT, (c) business rates and (d) other associated costs of the regional control centres in the (i) South West, (ii) East Midlands and (iii) North East was from their establishment until the date of the first fire and rescue service control room cutover in each region. | | (183462) | 82
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cost to her Department of (a) rental, (b) VAT, (c) business rates and (d) other associated costs of the regional control centres in the (i) South West, (ii) East Midlands and (iii) North East was from set up until the date of the last fire and rescue service control room cutover in each region. | | (183463) | 83
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proposals there are for testing radio coverage from resilient base stations under the FireLink Project; and if she will make a statement. | | (183464) | 84
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the outcome of discussions to date between her Department and the (a) police and (b) ambulance services on proposals for testing of radio coverage from resilient base stations under the FireLink Project has been; and if she will make a statement. | | (183465) | 85
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was given to local authorities for tackling homelessness in each of the last five years. | | (183479) | 86
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken against local authorities who fail to meet departmental targets on reducing (a) homelessness and (b) the number of families residing in bed-and-breakfast accommodation. | | (183480) | 87
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers there were in Chorley borough in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (183481) | 88
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was allocated to Chorley Borough Council for tackling homelessness in each of the last five years; and how that funding has been spent. | | (183482) | 89
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much government funding was allocated to Warrington Borough Council in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years; and what the percentage increase in funding was in each such year (i) on each preceding year and (ii) taking 2000-01 as year one and 100 per cent. | | (183544) | 90
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, columns 546-7W, on housing: energy, what her Department's estimate is of the costs of retrofitting the existing (a) public and (b) private domestic housing stock to meet minimum standards for energy efficiency at entry level (one star rating) of the Code for Sustainable Homes. | | (178910) | 91
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research her Department has evaluated on parental alienation syndrome; what conclusions she has drawn; whether steps are being introduced to take into account research into parental alienation syndrome in family court proceedings; and if she will make a statement. | | (183530) | 92
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many representations she has received from residents of Worcestershire opposing the proposal to build an eco-town at Long Marston. | | (178882) | 93
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contribution to the revised West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy house building requirements would be made in (a) Warwickshire and (b) Worcestershire as the result of the construction of an eco-town at Long Marston. | | (178883) | 94
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the commencement of the new regime on empty property business rates will entail tax liability on only properties which have been empty for three to six months after 1st April 2008. | | (183408) | 95
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she (a) has given and (b) plans to give to local authorities on the provision without charge of local authority facilities for political campaigning. | | (183528) | 96
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has given to local authorities on leasing or renting local authority facilities at below market rates. | | (183529) | 97
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department has provided to (a) Gloucestershire County Council, (b) Tewkesbury Borough Council and (c) Cheltenham Borough Council for (i) flood recovery and (ii) improved flood resilience in the last 12 months; what restrictions she has placed on the ways in which such funds can be spent; what plans she has for further similar expenditure over the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (183648) | 98
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from Persimmon in the last 12 months; and what meetings between her Department and Persimmon have taken place in the same period. | | (178914) | 99
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from Co-operative Estates on the proposed development near Great Glen in Leicestershire; and what meetings have taken place between her Department and Co-operative Estates on the development. | | (178915) | 100
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations her Department has received from QinetiQ on the proposed development near Throckmorton in Worcestershire; and what meetings have taken place between her Department and QinetiQ on the development. | | (178916) | 101
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations her Department has received from Banks Developments on the proposed development near Cambois; and what meetings have taken place between her Department and Banks Developments on the development. | | (178917) | 102
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from GMI Property on the proposed development near Selby in Yorkshire; and what meetings officials from her Department have had with GMI Property where the development has been discussed. | | (178918) | 103
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from representatives of RLW in relation to the proposed development in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire; and what meetings her Department's representatives have had with that company. | | (183321) | 104
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) representations her Department has received from and (b) meetings her Department's representatives have had with, representatives of Hallam Land Management and Commercial Estates Group in relation to the proposed development in Clifton Moor, Yorkshire. | | (183322) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 105
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183363) | 106
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help community football clubs develop facilities and membership in West Lancashire; and if he will make a statement. | | (183412) | 107
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many casinos there were in the UK in each year since 1997. | | (183325) | 108
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, to the hon. Member for Southend West, Official Report, columns 2169-70W, on Capita, what services were received from Capita in each of the last three financial years for the payments listed. | | (183402) | 109
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January 2008 to the hon. Member for Sunderland South, Official Report, column 1402W, on sports: greyhounds, whether he plans to exempt greyhound tracks from regulatory requirements under the Gambling Act 2005; and what de-regulation is planned arising from the objective for the industry to be self-regulated. | | (178770) | 110
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations his Department has received from (a) hon. Members, (b) members of the public and (c) others on the portable antiquities scheme since 1st December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (183531) | 111
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a statement on his film policy. | | (183539) | 112
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to introduce free weeks for dance, music and theatrical performances at publicly-funded entertainment venues in England; what estimate he has made of the annual cost of free weeks; and how many venues he expects to participate. | | (183411) | 113
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proposals he has to invite members of the public to sit on the boards of publicly-funded museums, galleries and other arts organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (183447) | 114
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who the members are of his Convergence Think Tank; on which dates the Convergence Think Tank plans to hold its seminars; what the title is of each seminar; what the (a) names and (b) job titles are of those invited to attend each seminar; and what estimate he has made of of the cost of establishing and running the Convergence Think Tank. | | (183448) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 115
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183289) | 116
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183362) | 117
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether NATO member states who are not members of the EU providing troops and resources to an EU military mission which falls under the 2002 Berlin Plus Agreement are allowed to (a) participate in and (b) be present during voting in the ATHENA Special Committee; and if he will make a statement. | | (183505) | 118
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the bank account used by the ATHENA Special Committee for EU military missions has ever been overdrawn; and if he will make a statement. | | (183506) | 119
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name and (b) country of location was of the bank used by the ATHENA Special Committee for each EU military mission since 2004. | | (183507) | 120
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the UK has spent on European Security and Defence Policy training exercises under the ATHENA mechanism since January 2004. | | (183508) | 121
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) name, (b) date and (c) location was of each EU military training exercise in which British military personnel have taken part since 2004; and how many British military personnel participated in each. | | (183509) | 122
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on bank charges relating to payments from the UK's contribution to the ATHENA mechanism in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (183510) | 123
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) qualified majority voting, (b) unanimity and (c) another voting procedure is used when voting in the ATHENA Special Committee. | | (183511) | 124
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the ATHENA mechanism common funding of EU military missions has been paid to NATO for use of NATO assets for EU (a) military missions and (b) military training exercises by (i) the UK, (ii) the EU and (iii) NATO member states who are not members of the EU in each year since 2004. | | (183512) | 125
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the efficiency savings target is for Defence Estates in 2007-08. | | (183514) | 126
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of (a) C-17 Globemaster, (b) C-130K Hercules, (c) C-130J Hercules, (d) Tristar and (e) VC-10 aircraft are (i) in service with the RAF and (ii) fit for purpose. | | (183515) | 127
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most recent tour interval is for each unit in the Royal Marines. | | (183516) | 128
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) outflow, (b) voluntary outflow in total and (c) voluntary outflow rate from the Royal Marines was in each year since 1997. | | (183517) | 129
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is expected that the President of the European Council will convene and chair the meetings of the ATHENA Special Committee under the Treaty of Lisbon if ratified; and if he will make a statement. | | (183518) | 130
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, columns 1601-3W, on military equipment: Iraq, what types of body armour were gifted by the UK to the Iraqi government in 2005; and what the origin of the body armour so gifted was. | | (183554) | 131
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned closure dates are for the UK defence sections in posts in (a) Albania, (b) Croatia, (c) Guatemala, (d) Iceland, (e) Macedonia, (f) Slovakia and (g) Thailand. | | (183380) | 132
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) helicopters available with winching equipment, (b) Pinzgauer vehicles and (c) mine resistant Mastiff trucks were available and being used by the British forces in Southern Afghanistan in January 2008. | | (183404) | 133
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timetable is for announcing which utility variant vehicle has been chosen for the Army as part of the future rapid effect system programme. | | (178893) | 134
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the authorised strength of the Ministry of Defence Police Force at the Colchester Garrison was in (a) May 1997, (b) May 2001 and (c) May 2005; and what the authorised strength now is. | | (183466) | 135
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence police officers were employed at Colchester Garrison in (a) May 1997, (b) May 2001, (c) May 2005, (d) May 2006 and (e) May 2007; and how many are now employed there. | | (183467) | 136
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has contracted a private security firm to provide security at Colchester Garrison; how many private security employees have been engaged; when the decision to involve a private security firm was made; what competitive tendering procedure was undertaken; what the (a) value and (b) period of the contract is; and if he will make a statement. | | (183468) | 137
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what licence is required for military personnel in theatre to drive the (a) Snatch land rover, (b) WMIK, (c) E-WMIK, (d) M-WMIK, (e) variants of Pinzgauer Vectors, (f) Mastiff and (g) Future Ridgeback vehicles. | | (183610) | 138
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Husky or Chubby vehicle sets the Army has; and where they are stationed. | | (183611) | 139
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) replacement lifting gear and (b) temporary alternative arrangements were considered for those Chinook helicopters in theatre which had their winches removed. | | (183612) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 140
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will seek to place the recent report by a panel of independent legal experts on the legality of the Japanese whaling industry on the agenda of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Congress in Santiago in June 2008 for consideration by the parties. | | (183470) | 141
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of waste collected in City of York was recycled in each year since 1996-97; and what financial assistance has been provided by the Government to York for recycling in that period. | | (183419) | 142
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last 10 years. | | (183290) | 143
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183346) | 144
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with veterinary professionals on the effectiveness of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in safeguarding household pets from cruelty. | | (183403) | 145
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single farm payment cheques were issued by the Rural Payments Agency for less than (a) £60, (b) £40, (c) £20, (d) £10 and (e) £1 in each year since 2001. | | (178782) | 146
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals for incentives to companies proposing to invest in innovative plastics reprocessing facilities in England. | | (183630) | 147
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers the British Horseracing Authority has to tackle excessive use of whips by jockeys in horseracing; and if he will make a statement. | | (183634) | 148
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the European Food Standards Agency's draft scientific opinions relating to (a) animal health and welfare and (b) the environmental impact of cloned animals, their offspring and the products obtained from them; and if he will make a statement. | | (183635) | 149
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will use powers under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to criminalise the excessive whipping of racehorses by jockeys; and if he will make a statement. | | (183636) | 150
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research on the implications for animal welfare of whipping racehorses during races. | | (183637) | 151
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding in addition to that delivered through the local government settlement his Department will make available to Gloucestershire County Council to reduce the risk of flooding in Gloucestershire in 2008-09. | | (178736) | 152
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what air quality management areas there are in the South East region of England, broken down by (a) location and (b) year of designation. | | (183638) | 153
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Australian government on potential legal action against Japanese whaling activities in the Southern Ocean; and if he will make a statement. | | (178894) | 154
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the effect on animal welfare of the Hunting Act 2004 over the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (183311) | 155
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of expenditure on measures to counter bovine tuberculosis in the period of the 2008-11 Comprehensive Spending Review, broken down by activity. | | (183457) | 156
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle have been slaughtered as tuberculosis reactors (a) solely as a result of the gamma interferon test, (b) solely as a result of the tuberculin skin test and (c) as a result of a tuberculin skin test and the gamma interferon test in each of the last 24 months; and how many of these in each case tested negative for bovine tuberculosis at post mortem examination. | | (183458) | 157
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reliability of the (a) gamma interferon test and (b) tuberculin skin test for detecting bovine tuberculosis. | | (183459) | 158
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1133W, on domestic wastes: waste disposal, whether the satisfaction survey that local authorities must carry out as part of best value performance indicators includes a requirement to assess public satisfaction with local authority waste collection services. | | (178899) | 159
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether members of the public will be able to make submissions to the organisation which will produce the reports to lay before Parliament under the provisions of the Climate Change Bill on the operation of the new household rubbish collection charge pilots. | | (183370) | 160
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed household rubbish collection charge pilots will apply to composite hereditaments. | | (183371) | 161
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will designate an independent agency to undertake the reports to be laid before Parliament on the operation of the new household rubbish collection tax pilots under the provisions of the Climate Change Bill. | | (183372) | 162
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed power of the Secretary of State under the Climate Change Bill to (a) designate a specific area as a pilot for new household rubbish collection charges and (b) issue guidance on the administration of such a specific pilot, will require Parliamentary approval by the procedure of affirmative resolution. | | (183373) | 163
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what technical definition he plans to use of a good recycling service to assess whether an area should participate in the proposed new households rubbish collection charge. | | (183374) | 164
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what public authority or independent complaints authority individuals will be able to appeal under the household rubbish collection charge pilots decisions on liability for charges under the scheme. | | (183375) | 165
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at what point in the financial year he expects (a) charges and (b) rebates to be made under the proposals for household rubbish collection charges. | | (183376) | 166
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public authorities, other than local authorities and their partner organisations, have access to the MAGIC database. | | (183377) | 167
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to report to the House on the feasibility study on ending the use of non-domesticated animals in travelling circuses. | | (183327) | 168
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department provided to (a) Gloucestershire County Council, (b) Tewkesbury Borough Council, (c) Cheltenham Borough Council, (d) the Environment Agency and (e) other agencies for flood (i) recovery and (ii) prevention in the last 12 months; what restrictions there are upon the ways in which such funds can be spent; what plans he has for further similar expenditure over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (183647) | 169
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any prosecutions have taken place for offences related to the protection of vole habitats under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 since 1998. | | (183387) | 170
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any derogations have been granted from the protection afforded to vole habitats under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 since 1998. | | (183388) | 171
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to submit the Operational Programme of the European Fisheries Fund to the European Commission; when he expects approval to be granted for the UK Operational Programme by the Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (183541) | 172
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he or officials from his Department (a) have been invited to attend and (b) will attend meetings of the Scottish Fisheries Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (183542) | 173
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, columns 2127-8W, on white fish: conservation, pursuant to the advice given by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea ICES that bass stocks appeared to be fished sustainably, for what reasons his Department decided to increase the bass minimum landing size; whether his Department was aware of the ICES advice when it made that decision; and if he will make a statement. | | (183543) | 174
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he next plans to discuss fisheries quota management with Ministers in the devolved administrations; and if he will make a statement. | | (183594) | 175
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, columns 2124-5W, on fisheries: public appointments, if he will provide the information requested in relation to the current members of the sea fisheries committees; and if he will make a statement. | | (183595) | 176
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, columns 2124-5W, on fisheries: public appointments, what the names are of all (a) current and (b) previous members of each sea fisheries committee; and if he will make a statement. | | (183596) | 177
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to help provide more quota to the ten metre and under fleet in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (183598) | 178
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, column 744W, on fisheries: quotas, what proposals his Department supported to (a) reform quota management and (b) improve quota availability for the 10 metre and under fleet prior to June 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (183613) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 179
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his Department's email, dated 25th January 2008, copied to the hon. Member for Billericay, on Coalition Information Centre documents, what the (a) origin, (b) recipient and (c) date of despatch was in relation to each document referred to. | | (178786) | 180
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, further to the decision of the Information Tribunal of 22nd January 2008, if he will reconsider his Department's decision not to release documents relating to the Iraq dossier passed to and from the Coalition Information Centre in 2002 requested by the hon. Member for Billericay. | | (178835) | 181
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183291) | 182
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each such year. | | (183361) | 183
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens were (a) injured and (b) killed abroad as a result of terrorist activity in each of the last 10 years, broken down by country in which such incidents occurred. | | (178913) | 184
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps are being taken towards the government of Iran on the human rights of the Baha'i community in Iran. | | (183413) | 185
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan, the Afghan Special Narcotics Force and the Counter Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force are making in tackling the production and distribution of drugs in Afghanistan. | | (183588) | 186
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding for anti-narcotics activity in Afghanistan the UK is providing in 2007-08; and what progress is being made by the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund. | | (183589) | 187
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many hectares of poppies were grown in Afghanistan in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; and how many (i) tonnes of opium were seized, (ii) people were arrested and (iii) facilities were destroyed in each of these years. | | (183590) | 188
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what co-ordination the Government is undertaking with the governments of (a) Pakistan and (b) Iran on anti-narcotics policies. | | (183591) | 189
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what co-ordination of anti-narcotics policy is taking place between the Afghan government, the US Operation Enduring Freedom military HQ Kabul, Nato Operations Plan and the British Embassy Drugs Team in Kabul. | | (183592) | 190
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how the Afghan National Drugs Control Strategy has changed since it was launched by President Karzai in January 2006; what the UK's current role in the strategy is; and whether Her Majesty's Ambassador has observer status on the Afghan Cabinet Sub-Committee on Counter Narcotics. | | (183593) | 191
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of Iraq's contribution to total world oil pollution; and if he will make a statement. | | (183619) | 192
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information the Government collates on the activities of individual arms dealers, with particular reference to those who are reported to have (a) broken UN sanctions and (b) supplied countries where UK armed forces are operating. | | (183628) | 193
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the UK has made to its international partners on communicating and raising public awareness of the mandate for the UNAMID police component in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (183315) | 194
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the coordination of civilian protection in Darfur since UNMIS withdrew from the region; and if he will make a statement. | | (183316) | 195
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training the civilian police in UNAMID have received in dealing with gender issues such as rape; and if he will make a statement. | | (183365) | 196
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress is being made towards the designation of an agency to replace UNMIS as leading the co-ordination of civilian protection in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (183366) | 197
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the GNI own resources column in the Summary of financing of the general budget by type of own resource and by Member State table appended to the latest budget adopted by the European Communities. | | (183513) | 198
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th November 2007, Official Report, column 340W, on Afghanistan: detainees, how many detainees have been transferred from UK forces to the Afghan authorities under the terms of the bilateral memorandum of understanding on the transfer of detainees. | | (178903) | 199
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th November 2007, Official Report, column 340W, on Afghanistan: detainees, whether the UK's bilateral memorandum of understanding on the transfer of detainees with the Afghan authorities contains provisions for the monitoring of the human rights condition of detainees after transfer; and if he will make a statement. | | (178904) | 200
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 2nd May 2007, Official Report, column 1720W, on UN resolutions: frontiers, how many further notifications have been received by the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to UN Resolution 1737 (2006) from states reporting the entry into or transit through their territories of designated persons. | | (178905) | 201
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, columns 52-3WS, on the new strategic framework, what (a) resources and (b) numbers of staff within his Department are currently assigned to (i) counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation, (ii) climate change and (iii) reform of international institutions. | | (178906) | 202
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, columns 52-3WS, on the new strategic framework, whether any other Government department will be affected by changes related to the planned reduction in his Department's resources in certain areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (178907) | 203
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, columns 52-3WS, on the new strategic framework, what changes in (a) resources allocated and (b) staff numbers are expected in each area which has been identified for a reduction in departmental resources. | | (178908) | 204
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, columns 52-3WS, on the new strategic framework, which areas have been identified for a reduction in departmental funding; what the reasons are in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (178909) | 205
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Iraqi citizens have been (a) admitted to the UK and (b) awarded financial assistance under the scheme of assistance for locally engaged Iraqi staff announced by the Prime Minister on 8th October 2007. | | (178911) | 206
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what is the legal basis for the deployment of the EU's civilian mission to Kosovo. | | (178912) | 207
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from (a) human rights organisations and (b) International Security Assistance Force coalition partners about the human rights conditions in Afghan prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (183378) | 208
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the human rights situations in prisons used to house detainees transferred to the Afghan authorities by UK forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (183379) | 209
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the final decision on the (a) date and (b) modalities of the EU mission for Kosovo will be made; and if he will make a statement. | | (183381) | 210
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the Government's policy to support the signing of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Serbia and the EU. | | (183382) | 211
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the signing of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Serbia and the EU prior to the extradition of Ratko Mladic by the Serbian authorities to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. | | (183383) | 212
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conduct of the recent presidential elections in Georgia. | | (183460) | 213
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Afghanistan to stay the execution of the death sentence imposed on the journalist Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh charged with insulting Islam. | | (183312) | 214
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date Lord Malloch Brown first occupied his official Ministerial residence in Admiralty House. | | (178887) | 215
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the official Ministerial residence of 1 Carlton Gardens became unoccupied following the departure from it of the right hon. Member for Derby South. | | (178888) | 216
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on plans for the forthcoming Irish referendum on the EU Constitution; and if he will make a statement. | | (178896) | 217
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Canadian government on Omar Khadr's detention at Guantanamo Bay and his forthcoming hearing before a military commission. | | (178828) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 218
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of C.difficile were recorded in Basildon Hospital in each of the last two years; what proportion of patients admitted to Basildon Hospital this represents in each of those years; and how these figures compare with equivalent figures from other NHS hospitals in (a) Essex and (b) England. | | (178843) | 219
N | Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of cases of MRSA recorded in NHS hospitals was in 2007; and how many such cases were recorded at the University Hospital of North Durham in the same period. | | (178713) | 220
N | Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects money allocated to the University Hospital of North Durham to tackle MRSA to be spent. | | (178714) | 221
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183294) | 222
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancelled (a) operations and (b) other appointments in NHS hospitals there were in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (183304) | 223
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2222W, on Bexley Care Trust: cancer, what the definitional changes in data were which took place in 2006-07. | | (178880) | 224
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what issues the SunSmart campaign will be spending resources in the summer of 2008. | | (183409) | 225
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that supermarkets provide clear labelling of confectionery products containing liqueurs. | | (183478) | 226
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms his Department has in place to ensure the continuity of health and social care services provided to children with autism and Asperger's syndrome as they make the transition to adulthood. | | (183400) | 227
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) assaults and (b) incidents of verbal abuse of GPs which resulted in a patient being removed from a GP practice in each year since 2000, broken down by strategic health authority area. | | (183367) | 228
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of creating long-term conditions networks on the management of patients with long-term conditions. | | (183555) | 229
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish a patients' prospectus, as referred to by the Prime Minister in his speech to King's College London and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing of 7th January; and if he will make a statement. | | (183556) | 230
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes and services will be provided under the (a) active patient and (b) care at home care options announced by the Prime Minister in his speech to King's College London and the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing of 7th January; how many patients he expects to be cared for through each care option in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; whether the care options will receive central Government funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (183557) | 231
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's Preventative Technology Grant (a) was spent on telecare in 2006-07 and (b) he estimates will be spent on telecare in 2007-08; whether he plans to extend the Preventative Technology Grant into the 2008-09 financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (183558) | 232
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department's Whole System Demonstrator project sites in (a) Newham, (b) Kent and (c) Cornwall did not go live in accordance with the expected timetable; and when he expects each such project site to begin providing services to patients. | | (183559) | 233
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) target population and (b) evaluation criteria are of the Whole System Demonstrator project sites in (i) Newham, (ii) Kent and (iii) Cornwall. | | (183560) | 234
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) titles and (b) dates of all documents held by his Department are which concern the (i) planning and (ii) implementation of the Whole System Demonstrator pilot sites in (A) Newham, (B) Kent and (C) Cornwall; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each such document. | | (183561) | 235
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with (a) NHS Direct, (b) pharmaceutical companies and (c) other interested parties on the possibility of providing a (i) telephone review and (ii) follow-up service for patients participating in clinical trials through NHS Direct; what assessment he has made of the viability of NHS Direct supporting clinical trials; and if he will make a statement. | | (183562) | 236
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have yet to achieve foundation status; and on what date in each case this status is expected to be granted. | | (183616) | 237
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many blue light accident and emergency departments have become urgent care centres in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such transitions. | | (183617) | 238
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people had a consultation with their GP within 48 hours of requesting an appointment in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) Enfield borough in the latest period for which information is available. | | (183469) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 239
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts of (a) bicycles and (b) motor cars were reported in each police force area in England in each year since 2001. | | (183656) | 240
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts from a motor car were reported in each police force area in England in each year since 2001. | | (183657) | 241
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts of (a) bicycles and (b) motor cars there were from railway stations in each police force area in England in each year since 2001. | | (183658) | 242
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) violent and (b) other crimes were recorded in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) City of York constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (183420) | 243
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by her Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183298) | 244
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by her Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183360) | 245
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 284W, on identity documents, how many of the 1,222 people convicted or cautioned for failing to produce immigration documents between September 2004 and November 2007 received a sentence of imprisonment. | | (183597) | 246
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has appointed a specialist to deal with Muslim media issues. | | (178886) | 247
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Islamic scholars are employed by her Department to advise on the Prevent strand of Project Contest. | | (178898) | 248
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged under 16 have a profile on the National DNA Database; and of these how many have a conviction recorded on the police national computer. | | (183323) | 249
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged over 65 years have a profile on the DNA database; and of these how many have a conviction recorded on the Police National Computer. | | (183415) | 250
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged under 10 years have a profile on the national DNA database; and of these how many have a conviction recorded on the Police National Computer. | | (183416) | 251
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on the national implementation of alcohol disorder zones. | | (183417) | 252
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff are employed by her Department (a) full-time and (b) part-time on the Prevent strand of Project Contest. | | (183418) | 253
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners were removed from the UK after being released from prison in 2007. | | (178778) | 254
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to police forces on steps which may be taken against persons taking photographs in public places. | | (183454) | 255
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 105W, on immigration, how many unresolved electronic and paper asylum records within the Border and Immigration Agency related to the London Borough of Hillingdon; and how many and what proportion of such cases were concluded within the six month target period up to December 2007. | | (183522) | 256
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Enfield North in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007, how many community safety officers there were in Enfield North in 2007; and how many incidents of recorded crime there were in Enfield North in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. | | (183318) | 257
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to French authorities in Calais on the use by British border guards of X-ray machines to detect illegal immigrants in lorries; and if she will make a statement. | | (178842) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 258
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department and pro-rata its predecessor in each of the last 10 years. | | (183293) | 259
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183359) | 260
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many midwifery students there were in each year since 1997. | | (183633) | 261
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what arrangements his Department (a) has in place and (b) will have in place if the Education and Skills Bill is enacted to ensure the continuity of education and skills services provided to children with autism and Asperger's Syndrome as they make the transition to adulthood. | | (183399) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 262
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183297) | 263
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines have been issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each such year. | | (183358) | 264
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the government of South Africa on HIV/AIDS. | | (183473) | 265
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid was provided to South Africa by the Government in each of the last five years, broken down by type of aid. | | (183474) | 266
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of progress in tackling HIV/AIDS in South Africa; and if he will make a statement. | | (183475) | 267
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (183537) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 268
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Ministerial residences were available to his Department's Ministers and those of its predecessors in each of the last 10 years. | | (178884) | 269
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last 10 years. | | (183301) | 270
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183357) | 271
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is investigating complaints made to the Law Society's Legal Complaints Service by miners and their families relating to solicitors making inappropriate deductions from miners' compensation awards, with reference to the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner's report Investigation into the Handling of Coal Health Compensation Schemes Complaints by the Legal Complaints Service and Solicitors Regulation Authority, dated 15th January 2008; whether he plans to take other steps in response to that report; and if he will make a statement. | | (178831) | 272
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to (a) retrain Legal Complaints Service caseworkers on the various options open to miners and (b) assess the financial implications of each option with reference to the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner's report Investigation into the Handling of Coal Health Compensation Schemes Complaints by the Legal Complaints Service and Solicitors Regulation Authority, of 15th January 2008. | | (178832) | 273
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will establish an investigation into the payments made between solicitors as identified in the Legal Services Complaints Commissioner's recent report on the handling of Coal Health Compensation Schemes and the trades unions which referred cases to them. | | (178833) | 274
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many injuries were reported as sustained by prison staff whilst they were off-duty but deemed to be related to the office they held in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (178777) | 275
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of new prison places that will become available for use between 25th January 2008 and (a) 31st July 2008 and (b) 1st December 2008; and what estimate he has made of the net number of prison places available at each date. | | (178779) | 276
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many knife attacks were made on prison staff by prisoners in prisons in 2007. | | (178780) | 277
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration of a prisoner's stay in any one custodial location has been over the last three years. | | (178771) | 278
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what regulations there are on prison (a) construction, (b) location and (c) specifications. | | (178772) | 279
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what specifications are applicable to (a) design, (b) lighting, (c) furniture, (d) amenities, (e) privacy, (f) ventilation and (g) space requirements of (i) existing and (ii) new prison places. | | (178775) | 280
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the value of the land occupied by each prison in HM Prison Service. | | (178776) | 281
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign nationals likely to serve custodial sentences in England and Wales in each year to 2014. | | (178712) | 282
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals were accommodated in the Peterborough City Council area under the auspices of the Cambridgeshire Probation Service MAPPA arrangements at (a) level 1, (b) level 2 and (c) level 3 as at 31st December in each year since 2001. | | (178644) | 283
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of wounding were transferred to open prisons in 2007. | | (182422) | 284
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted for a violent offence were transferred to open prisons before reaching the final 28 days of their sentence in 2007. | | (182437) | 285
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many crimes were committed by people on bail in the last period for which figures are available. | | (183538) | 286
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were charged or cautioned for robbery in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk in each of the last five years. | | (183385) | 287
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will give the dates of any meetings he had with (a) the Labour Party Registered Treasurer or Representative Officer, (b) the Conservative Party Registered Treasurer or Representative Officer or (c) the Liberal Party Registered Treasurer or Representative Officer since December 2006, other than those which took place during meetings with Hayden Phillips. | | (178769) | Questions to the Leader of the House 288
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by her Office in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183354) | 289
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Leader of the House, what the cost was of publishing the report of the Review Body on Senior Salaries on its review of parliamentary pay, pensions and allowances in 2007. | | (178781) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 290
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of the Bloody Sunday inquiry to the public purse has been to date; when he expects the inquiry's final report to be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (183641) | 291
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183296) | 292
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183353) | 293
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many suspected members of dissident Republican terrorist organisations have been arrested in Northern Ireland since 1st September 2002; how many of those arrested have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of offences; how many of those arrested were released as a result of charges being withdrawn or otherwise abandoned; and for what reasons in each case. | | (183313) | Questions to the Prime Minister 294
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he met representatives of (a) Npower, (b) EDF, (c) Powergen, (d) British Energy, (e) Scottish Power and (f) Scottish and Southern Energy in each of the last five years. | | (183386) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 295
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183349) | Questions to the Solicitor General 296
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Solicitor General, how many Ministerial residences were available to Ministers in the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last 10 years. | | (178891) | 297
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Solicitor General, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by her Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183303) | 298
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183355) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 299
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by the Electoral Commission in each year since it was established; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183356) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 300
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents in England in 2006 involved drivers who were 17 years of age. | | (183639) | 301
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the use of air marshals on flights operating out of Heathrow and Gatwick and flying to the United States. | | (183640) | 302
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to bring forward measures to make (a) train operating companies and (b) Network Rail subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (183643) | 303
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents there were involving cyclists in each constituency in England in each of the last five years. | | (183644) | 304
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents there were involving (a) pedestrians and (b) road freight in each region in England in each of the last five years. | | (183645) | 305
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) traffic accidents and (b) traffic accidents involving road freight there were on the (i) M1, (ii) M2, (iii) M6, (iv) M20, (v) M25, (vi) M60, (vii) M62, (viii) A14 and (ix) A1(M) in each of the last five years. | | (183646) | 306
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the loss of revenue from fare evasion on the railways in each of the last five years. | | (183649) | 307
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many on-the-spot fines were issued for fare evasion and possession of an incorrect ticket on trains in each of the last five years; and how much revenue this has generated. | | (183650) | 308
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints were made following on-the-spot fines on the railways in each of the last five years; and how many of these were upheld. | | (183651) | 309
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths there were in motor accidents in which a contributory factor was (a) consumption of illegal drugs, (b) consumption of alcohol and (c) tiredness of the driver during December in each year since 1997. | | (183652) | 310
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department expects to announce which Transport Innovation Fund bids will be granted programme entry. | | (183653) | 311
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Network Rail and train operating companies on the provision of secure bicycle parking at stations; and if she will make a statement. | | (183654) | 312
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered setting minimum standards for the provision of secure bicycle parking at major railway stations. | | (183655) | 313
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by her Department and its predecessors in each of the last 10 years. | | (183295) | 314
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by her Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183351) | 315
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by Network Rail in each region in each year since its establishment; and what its projected spend in each region is in each of the next three years. | | (183545) | 316
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles over 25 years of age pay vehicle excise duty for all or part of the year. | | (178834) | 317
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have free historic vehicle tax discs. | | (178840) | 318
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulations cover the driving of a vehicle fitted with bull bars that was imported as such; and if she will make a statement. | | (183631) | 319
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the national concessionary fares scheme offers concessions to people with mental health illness; and if she will make a statement. | | (183632) | 320
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures are in place to penalise bus operators who consistently fail to deliver a clean and punctual service; what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of this system; and what further measures have been considered to hold such operators to account. | | (183329) | 321
N | Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Trans-European Network classification of the A47 road between Great Yarmouth and Peterborough has been amended by the European Commission. | | (182708) | 322
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) the chairman and (b) chief executive of Network Rail on that organisation's proposals for new high speed lines in the UK. | | (183614) | 323
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with her counterpart in Iceland to improve bi-lateral coastguard cooperation. | | (183326) | 324
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement on the future of the Eurostar North Pole depot in West London. | | (183455) | 325
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse has been provided for the former Eurostar North Pole depot in West London. | | (183456) | 326
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by each highway authority on (a) highway maintenance, (b) compensation for personal injury and (c) damage caused to vehicles as a result of inadequate maintenance of highways in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (178895) | 327
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's television advertisements aimed at stopping vehicle excise duty fraud. | | (183503) | 328
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars were impounded and destroyed for failure to pay vehicle excise duty in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last six years. | | (183504) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 329
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183299) | 330
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) parking tickets and (b) speeding fines were issued for vehicles used by his Department in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse of those penalties was in each year. | | (183347) | 331
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme. | | (182940) | 332
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent meetings have been held with National Assembly for Wales Government Ministers to discuss the number of male suicides in Wales. | | (183368) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities 333
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress the Government Equalities Office has made on the production of a long-term strategy to tackle persistent inequalities; and if she will make a statement. | | (178735) | 334
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she expects to publish the responses her Department received to its consultation on proposals for an Equality Bill. | | (178737) | 335
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she expects to publish the equality strategy. | | (178738) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 336
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled children eligible to claim the (a) lower, (b) medium and (c) higher rate of the (i) care and (ii) mobility component of the disability living allowance who are (A) under 16 and (B) under 18 years old in full-time education. | | (183532) | 337
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disabled children under (a) 16 and (b) 18 years old in full-time education claimed the (i) lower, (ii) medium and (iii) higher rate of the (A) care and (B) mobility component of the disability living allowance in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (183533) | 338
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children and young people up to the age of 18 years old eligible to claim disability-related benefits in the UK, broken down by age. | | (183534) | 339
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department plans to measure the performance and efficacy of the pension education fund. | | (183535) | 340
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Ministerial residences were available to his Department's Ministers in each of the last 10 years. | | (178885) | 341
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vehicles were (a) owned and (b) purchased by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (183300) | 342
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons payment of the £60 per week in work credit for lone parents was deemed to be incompatible with the employment retention and advancement pilot operating in North East London. | | (183620) | 343
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts his Department has for the provision of call centres outside the UK. | | (183621) | 344
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons residents of care homes are considered ineligible for the winter fuel allowance. | | (183642) | 345
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have found sustained employment through Workstep; and what his Department's annual expenditure on Workstep has been in each year since the scheme was introduced. | | (178739) | 346
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to extend eligibility for the Motability vehicle scheme to those people in need of mobility assistance who are over 65 years. | | (183421) | 347
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in households in poverty in Peterborough constituency in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (178645) | 348
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the Peterborough City Council area were living in a household where the income was less than 40 per cent. of median income in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (178646) | 349
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed in Enfield North constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008 as a percentage of the working-age population. | | (183471) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 350
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in Enfield borough in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008 as a percentage of the working-age population. | | [Transferred] (183472) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 351
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1146W, on local authorities: publications, if she will place in the Library a copy of the pamphlet pack. | | [Transferred] (178900) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 352
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how long the UK Visas telephone service has been suspended. | | [Transferred] (183524) | 353
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget of UK Visas was in 2006-07; and how these resources were allocated by main budget heading. | | [Transferred] (183525) | 354
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether alternative provision has been made to assist visa applicants following the suspension of the UK Visas telephone service. | | [Transferred] (183526) | 355
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to reinstate the UK Visas telephone service. | | [Transferred] (183527) | 356
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Department took the decision that the Ministerial residence occupied by Lord Malloch Brown was to be refurbished and redecorated when the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Hull vacated the flat in Admiralty House. | | [Transferred] (178881) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 357
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many robberies were committed by children in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (183384) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 358
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will place in the Library the latest copy of the Olympic Delivery Authority's (a) register of interests and (b) register of gifts and hospitality. | | [Transferred] (183324) |
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