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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 1 February 2008

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 1 February 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 1 February 2008


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 1 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Friday 1 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 1 February see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many individual burdens in business compliance requirements have been (a) removed and (b) amended in each year since the introduction of the Better Regulation Agenda.
(184091)
2
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to reduce energy costs for (a) vulnerable people and (b) people on low incomes in (i) West Lancashire and (ii) England.
(184309)
3
Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total expenditure was by Post Office Ltd on the Post Office network, excluding Crown Offices, in the last financial year; what the estimated expenditure is for this financial year, broken down by (a) payments to local providers and (b) central infrastructure costs of the payments to local providers; how much is expected to be spent on (i) salaries and (ii) commissions; and if he will break down by standard accountancy heading the central infrastructure costs in each financial year.
(184462)
4
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make an estimate of (a) how much wind energy the National Grid can manage and (b) the total capacity of wind the UK can absorb for energy use.
(184408)
5
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will consider the merits of introducing pre-judging planning decisions for potential renewable energy sites.
(184409)
6
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) planning applications to local authorities and (b) pre-application enquiries to the Ministry of Defence for onshore wind turbines were objected to by the Ministry of Defence or Defence Estates in each of the last three years; and what the reason was for the objection in each case.
(184413)
7
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings the Department has had with wind farm (a) companies, (b) organisations and (c) associations to discuss objections to wind farm applications by the Ministry of Defence; and what the outcome has been.
(184414)
8
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps are being taken in the (a) short and (b) medium term to solve the difficulties related to wind turbines and air defence radar.
(184415)
9
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184107)
10
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his Department (a) records, (b) monitors and (c) audits grants made by the London Development Agency.
(184429)
11
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much Postwatch received from public funds in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.
(184167)
12
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many submissions were received by Post Office Ltd to its consultation on proposed post office closures in Leicester.
(184168)
13
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department has made available to attract inward investment to (a) Warrington and (b) the North West in the last three years.
(184355)
14
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with colleagues in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential of the digital switchover programme to increase access to the internet for (a) older people and (b) people with a disability.
(184357)
15
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will hold discussions with industry representatives on measures to increase the affordability of access to broadband for (a) people with a disability and (b) older people.
(184358)
16
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) older people and (b) people with a disability using broadband to enhance their access to goods or services; what further scope there is for increasing the number of older and disabled people who can gain such access; and if he will make a statement.
(184359)
17
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on the creation of a single set of competency standards for the construction industry; and if he will make a statement.
(184488)
18
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to staff in his Department or its predecessor were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184348)
19
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department and its predecessor since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184360)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
20
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of unsecured debt owed by individuals in the UK in each year since 1990, broken down by income decile of debtors.
(184505)
21
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing the new design of the 50 pence piece coin.
(184297)
22
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in each European country for whom UK child benefit was received by a parent resident in the London Borough of Bexley in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(184174)
23
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the percentage productivity changes were for (a) the tourism and leisure industry, (b) the service industry and (c) the UK economy in each year since 2002; and if he will make a statement.
(183922)
24
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many payments of child tax credit have been made since their introduction; and how many have involved overpayment because of a failure by HM Revenue and Customs to record the return of an annual declaration.
(184504)
25
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184096)
26
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the Milton Keynes tax office's practice of not issuing receipts for tax returns handed in in person before the 31st January deadline.
(184078)
27
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the trend in prostate cancer (a) one-year, (b) two-year and (c) five-year survival rates over the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
(184248)
28
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths from prostate cancer there were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) Government Office region and (b) age group.
(184249)
29
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to allow local community organisations to invest in credit unions serving their communities.
(184131)
30
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to enable more people to access the services of credit unions.
(184132)
31
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Financial Services Authority staff indicated in the most recent staff survey that they were considering leaving the organisation.
(183872)
32
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what range of estimates of the potential level of support required by Northern Rock were provided to his Department by (a) Northern Rock, (b) the Financial Services Authority and (c) the Bank of England prior to the agreement to provide financial support.
(183920)
33
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role his Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
(184230)
34
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps were taken to (a) prevent similar losses and (b) examine data protection procedures in (i) HM Revenue and Customs and (ii) other parts of HM Treasury following the loss of the disc containing data for Standard Life customers in transit between HM Revenue and Customs in Newcastle and Standard Life in Edinburgh; and if he will make a statement.
(184205)
35
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184344)
36
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the review of tax credit cases announced on 25th July 2007; and what implications the outcomes of the review have for those people whose cases are subject to review and are also involved in disputes on tax credit entitlements for the immediately succeeding years.
(184539)
37
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184361)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
38
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified physical education teachers there were in each London borough in each year since 1997.
(184182)
39
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008 to the hon. Member for South Holland and the Deepings, Official Report, columns 174-5W, on secondary education: standards, what the figures are excluding pupils from selective schools.
(184023)
40
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many groups of parents have established maintained schools under section 10 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006; and where these schools are located.
(184024)
41
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his Department's Green Paper Raising Expectations, what he expects the additional expenditure per pupil to be on education after 2013.
(184025)
42
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to schools on the use of teaching assistants to cover qualified teachers who are absent.
(184199)
43
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many allegations of child abuse have been reported by (a) state maintained and (b) independent schools to (i) the police and (ii) social services in each of the last five years.
(183585)
44
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what obligations state maintained schools have to report allegations of child abuse to (a) the police and (b) social services; and whether independent schools operate under the same obligations.
(183586)
45
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184106)
46
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools offered (a) GCSE and (b) A-Level Mandarin in the most recent period for which figures are available.
(184195)
47
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the pupils who sat the pilot stage tests in English and mathematics will receive their results.
(184196)
48
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will ensure that information on helplines and access to support for victims of forced marriage or persons in fear of forced marriage is available in secondary schools to teachers and pupils; and if he will make a statement.
(184353)
49
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to staff in his Department or its predecessor were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184349)
50
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department and its predecessor since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184362)
51
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will undertake an assessment of the appropriateness of the value for money criteria in relation to the schools grant for providing education services in rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
(184225)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
52
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184095)
53
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the titles of all working groups attached to Cabinet Committee MISC 32.
(184555)
54
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the European Union on the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon on (a) European civil society and (b) the European compact.
(184133)
55
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments requires former Ministers who are still hon. Members to submit a detailed description of their responsibilities and duties in proposed outside employment before considering whether to impose any conditions on them before they take up such employment.
(184094)
56
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which public appointments for which his Department is responsible Sir Alistair Graham has held; and what total annual salary he has received in respect of such appointments in each of the last five financial years.
(184563)
57
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the special advisers employed in the Cabinet Office since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184380)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
58
N
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were sleeping rough in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Northamptonshire and (d) Wellingborough constituency in each of the last five years.
(183966)
59
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on flood risks to existing householders from nearby large scale developments in flood plains; and if she will seek to arrange discussions with insurance companies on these concerns.
(183837)
60
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department will publish its response to the report of the Councillors Commission on representing the future; and if she will make a statement.
(184228)
61
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost to local authorities of the collection of council tax in 2008-09.
(184317)
62
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what accounts were submitted for audit by her Department in the last period for which figures are available; and if she will place a copy of each submission in the Library.
(184335)
63
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list each of the representations made by regional Ministers to other Departments relating to issues within the region for which they have responsibility; and if she will place copies of such representations in the Library.
(184336)
64
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals to place a duty on planning authorities to take into account community involvement when making decisions on planning permission for renewable energy schemes.
(184201)
65
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of renewable energy projects dealt with by local planning authorities (a) were turned down and (b) had decisions pending in the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of each category had been considered by (i) national park authorities and (ii) (A) Labour, (B) Conservative, (C) Liberal Democrat and (D) independently led councils.
(184204)
66
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was of each grant provided by her Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184108)
67
N
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what key performance targets have been set for the Milton Keynes Partnership.
(184075)
68
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fines have been levied against landlords for breaches of licence provisions for houses in multiple occupation in the last 12 months; and what the value of all such fines was.
(184183)
69
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have used their discretionary powers to extend the houses in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing scheme to smaller than those required to be licensed by law HMOs.
(184184)
70
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department allocated to (a) Luton, (b) Caddington parish, (c) Slip End parish and (d) East Hyde parish in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the funding was in each case.
(184224)
71
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the average consumption of (a) mains gas and (b) electricity from the national grid by an average sized home built to (i) minimum building regulation standards, (ii) Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, (iii) Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and (iv) Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
(184237)
72
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets her Department has set for the number of (a) privately developed, (b) social rented and (c) other affordable homes to be built in each region of England in each of the next 10 years; what her latest estimate is of the number likely to be built in each case; and if she will make a statement.
(184238)
73
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average projected lifespan is of a new domestic dwelling in England; and if she will make a statement.
(184239)
74
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimates her Department has made of the number of houses which have been built to the carbon emission standards set out at (a) Level 3, (b) Level 4 and (c) Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes; and if she will make a statement.
(184240)
75
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Code for Sustainable Homes assessors in each region (a) have been fully accredited and (b) are in training; and if she will make a statement.
(184241)
76
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require a net return to the public purse from the regulatory work of the Homes and Communities Agency; what discussions she has had with the Treasury on the matter; and if she will make a statement.
(184474)
77
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many representations she has received on permissions (a) granted to and (b) withheld from mosques by local authorities to broadcast by loudspeaker the call to prayer; and if she will make a statement.
(184092)
78
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in England do not allow council taxpayers to pay their council tax in cash over post office counters.
(184093)
79
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role her Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if she will make a statement.
(184232)
80
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen since 2001.
(184324)
81
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will list the special advisers employed in her Department and its predecessors since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184363)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
82
Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average cost per square metre of (a) stand alone Visit Britain offices outside the UK and (b) Visit Britain offices incorporated in other Government offices abroad was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(184311)
83
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 110W, on Members: correspondence, when he expect to reply substantively to the letter of 16th August 2007 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford concerning his constituent Mr C. Metcalf.
(183437)
84
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what powers his Department has to ensure that TV Licensing carries out its duties to detect those not paying a television licence fee in a proportionate and equitable manner.
(183931)
85
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects Ofcom to issue its review of charges of calls made to 0870 numbers; what the reasons are for the time taken to complete the review; and if he will make a statement.
(184308)
86
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which public libraries have closed in each London borough since 1997; and in which year each closed.
(184175)
87
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards achieving his Department's target to improve the productivity of the tourism, creative and leisure industries; and what measures he has put in place to ensure the target is met.
(183921)
88
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of playing fields of an area of less than 0.4 hectares in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(183923)
89
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 19W, on planning permission: playing fields, if he will break down the planning applications considered by Sport England by region.
(183924)
90
N
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement with VisitBritain on his Department's progress towards the target of creating a £100 billion tourism industry by 2010.
(184026)
91
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average cost of upgrading a home to receive digital television as part of the targeted assistance programme; and if he will make a statement.
(184257)
92
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) best case and (b) worst case modelling was for the cost of the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme.
(184270)
93
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what performance indicators the BBC have established for evaluating the value for money of its funding of Digital UK.
(184272)
94
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the results were of Digital UK's monthly external mystery shopping of its call centres in each month since August 2007.
(184273)
95
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide a full budgetary breakdown of the £603 million ring-fenced within the BBC licence fee settlement to pay for the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme.
(184274)
96
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of those in the Copeland area who have received assistance from the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme have opted for (a) satellite, (b) cable, (c) television via a telephone line and (d) freeview.
(184275)
97
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) integrated digital televisions and (b) personal video recorders have been provided in the Copeland area as part of the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme.
(184276)
98
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £603 million funding for the targeted assistance scheme has been allocated for contingencies.
(184468)
99
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 24th July 2007, Official Report, column 950W, on the digital switchover help scheme, on how many occasions the Emerging Technologies Group has met; how often they meet; and when they will next meet.
(184470)
100
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1809W, on digital switchover help scheme: Copeland, what targets were set for the expected response rate from households in Copeland eligible for assistance from the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme.
(184471)
101
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1809W, on digital switchover help scheme: Copeland, when the detailed evaluation of the programme to switch off analogue television services in the Copeland area will be completed; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
(184472)
102
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1809W, on digital switchover help scheme: Copeland, what estimate was made of the number of people in Copeland who qualify for the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme who are registered blind or partially sighted and qualify on grounds of registration rather than on grounds of age or entitlement to disability benefits; and what efforts were made to contact them.
(184473)
103
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who are (a) eligible for the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme and (b) expected to apply for the scheme, broken down by constituency; and whether those figures were calculated before access was granted to records held by the Department of Work and Pensions.
(184479)
104
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who are eligible for the digital switchover targeted assistance scheme who will receive help (a) for free and (b) on payment of a £40 charge, broken down by constituency.
(184480)
105
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184105)
106
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many representations have been received by his Department since October 2007 from (a) hon. and Rt hon. Members, (b) Members of the House of Lords, (c) members of the public and (d) organisations on the future of the portable antiquities scheme.
(184502)
107
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will transfer the administration of the portable antiquities scheme from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Commission to the British Museum; and if he will make a statement.
(184503)
108
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the British Library on the safeguarding and monitoring of books and other materials in its care.
(184136)
109
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to announce his determination of the horserace betting levy for the next financial year.
(183864)
110
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards the sale of the Tote; and if he will make a statement.
(183865)
111
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to improve opportunities for adults and children with a learning disability to (a) participate in sport and (b) develop their skills to enable them to achieve their sporting potential.
(184332)
112
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that preparations for digital switchover take into account the benefits for older and disabled people of access to electronic communications; and if he will make a statement.
(184354)
113
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on the sport of canoeing in the last five years.
(184245)
114
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen since 2001.
(184325)
115
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many written representations on the horserace betting levy he has received from hon. and right hon. Members in the last 12 months.
(184494)
116
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184364)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
117
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th December 2007, Official Report, column 1403W, on Baha Mousa, if he will now (a) make a public apology for the death of Baha Mousa in British custody and (b) make a statement about the circumstances of Baha Mousa's death.
(184550)
118
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken by his Department was to respond to the receipt of a wind farm developer's application using the Department's developers pro forma in each of the last five years; and what the target response time is for such applications.
(184410)
119
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings his Department has had with wind farm (a) companies, (b) organisations and (c) associations to discuss objections to wind farm applications on the grounds of radar clutter in the last 12 months; and what the outcome was of such meetings.
(184411)
120
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests for meetings the Department or Defence Estates has received from wind farm developers to discuss objections to wind farm applications on the grounds of radar clutter were declined in each of the last three years; and what the reasons were for the requests being declined.
(184412)
121
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many wind farm projects submitted to the Defence Estates using his Department's developers pro forma were rejected in each of the last three years; and what percentage of projects this represented in each of the years concerned.
(184416)
122
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many requests for re-powering consented projects submitted to the Defence Estates using his Department's developers pro forma have been objected to since its introduction.
(184417)
123
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what meetings the Department has held with wind farm (a) developers and (b) consultants to consider allowing on site his Department's technical and operational staff to discuss with the developers technical issues for specific sites; how many requests for such meetings with developers have been rejected by his Department; and whether it is his policy to allow such meetings to take place in normal circumstances.
(184418)
124
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what pre-application enquiries to his Department or Defence Estates for onshore wind turbines received an objection from his Department in each of the last three years; and what percentage this represented of the overall number of pre-application enquiries received.
(184431)
125
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what planning applications for onshore wind turbines have received an objection from the Department in each of the last three years; at what stage of the planning process these objections were lodged; and what percentage this represented of the overall number of onshore wind farm applications to which his Department had been invited to respond.
(184432)
126
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what planning applications for onshore wind turbines the Department did not initially object to but objected to during a public inquiry in the last three years; and what the reason was for the objection in each case.
(184433)
127
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what onshore wind farm applications his Department did not initially object to but later objected to in the last three years; and what the reasons were for doing so.
(184434)
128
Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.
(184299)
129
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184104)
130
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research and development has been commissioned into alternatives to dumb and smart cluster munitions for use by HM forces.
(184531)
131
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the failure rate is of not-dumb cluster munitions available to HM forces; and if he will make a statement.
(184533)
132
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 48W, on influenza: disease control, if he will place in the Library copies of (a) Preparing for an Influenza Pandemic in the UK, (b) Use of Influenza Vaccines and Antivirals in the events of an Influenza Pandemic and (c) Pandemic Influenza - Infection Control Guidelines for Military Settings; what further guidance the Defence Medical Services Department plans to issue on pandemic influenza; what elements of business continuity the generic influenza exercise scenario is designed to test; whether the scenario has been used to test business continuity; and if he will make a statement.
(184221)
133
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 12th December 2007, Official Report, column 608W, on armed forces: influenza, if he will place in the Library a copy of each completed guidance note referred to in his Department's pandemic influenza contingency plan published in December 2007.
(184269)
134
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 12th December 2007, Official Report, column 608W, on Armed Forces: Influenza, when he plans to issue guidance on the development of plans for the recovery of operational capability in the aftermath of a human pandemic, as stated in paragraph 2.15 of his Department's pandemic influenza contingency plan, published in December 2007.
(184296)
135
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12th December 2007, Official Report, column 608W, on Armed Forces: Influenza, by what meachanism medical treatments will be prioritised in the event of an influenza pandemic as stated in paragraph 2.8 of his Department's pandemic influenza contingency plan, published in December 2007.
(184298)
136
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops deployed to Iraq (a) were entitled to operational allowance and (b) received operational allowance in each year since its inception.
(184310)
137
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much fresh fruit and vegetables was delivered to UK forces in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Helmand Province in each year since 2001.
(184312)
138
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel went absent without leave in each of the last 10 years, broken down by service.
[R] (184313)
139
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were disciplined for going absent without leave in each of the last 10 years, broken down by service.
[R] (184314)
140
Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many offences under the (a) Naval Discipline Act 1957, (b) Army Act 1955, (c) RAF Act 1955 and (d) Armed Forces Act 2006 resulted in (i) disciplinary action and (ii) convictions in each of the last 10 years, broken down by offence.
[R] (184315)
141
N
Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence advisory notices were issued in each of the last four quarters.
(183871)
142
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of unexploded landmines in the Falkland Islands; what plans he has to remove them; and what the estimated cost is of removing them.
(184436)
143
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking against illegal bird killing in Sovereign Base areas in Cyprus.
(184486)
144
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the sale of Chelsea Barracks; what his most recent estimate is of the capital to be realised from the sale; and whether the receipts will be hypothecated as funding additional to current provision for new and improved accommodation for service personnel.
(184498)
145
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184322)
146
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184365)
147
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which journalists were embedded in those UK units which provided support to Afghan forces during the recent Musa Qaleh campaign; and what media organisations they were from.
(184253)
148
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of pre-deployment training comprises public relations; and to which levels of command.
(184254)
149
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current in-service date is for the Panther vehicle.
(184255)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
150
N
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the discrepencies between levels of avian influenza recorded in the British Isles and those recorded in mainland Europe; and if he will make a statement.
(184076)
151
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have received grants from the WarmFront scheme in each London borough since its introduction.
(184172)
152
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184103)
153
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1935W, on influenza, what elements of the food industry sector's business continuity plans were tested in the cross-Government pandemic influenza exercise; whether any lessons were learned as a result of the exercise; and if he will make a statement.
(184464)
154
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected reduction in carbon emissions resulting from the 2008 to 2011 Carbon Emissions Reduction Target is; how this figure has been calculated; and if he will make a statement.
(184234)
155
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average level of domestic carbon emissions produced by (a) all houses, (b) an average-sized house built to minimum building regulation standards, (c) an average-sized house built to Level 3 of the Code for Sustainable Homes and (d) an average-sized house built to Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(184235)
156
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount spent in England on domestic energy saving products of each type in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(184236)
157
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on canoe access agreements; and how much his Department has spent on researching such agreements.
(184246)
158
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184345)
159
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department and its predecessor since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184366)
160
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 246W, on whales, to how many (a) International Whaling Commission (IWC) members and (b) non-IWC members the Protecting Whales - A Global Responsibility document has been sent; to how many countries in each continent (i) the document has been sent and (ii) he has written encouraging them to join the IWC; and if he will make a statement.
(184198)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
161
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Israel about the denial of travel authorisation to Palestinian residents referred for medical treatment outside the Gaza Strip.
(184286)
162
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip in halting rocket attacks on Israeli territory.
(184287)
163
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Sudan on the implementation of its commitments under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
(184288)
164
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Sudan on the implementation of its commitments under the Abyei Protocol.
(184289)
165
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect United Kingdom passport holders working as missionaries in Kenya.
(183932)
166
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the outcome of the mini-summit in Libya on 27th January 2008 on relations between Sudan and Chad.
(184137)
167
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the annual UK contribution was towards maintaining, staffing and operating the representative offices of the European Commission in (a) EU capitals, (b) non-EU capitals and (c) other locations in each of the last 10 years.
(183925)
168
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely annual cost to the UK of the external action service as proposed in the Lisbon Treaty.
(183926)
169
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals worked in representative offices of the European Commission in (a) EU capitals, (b) non-EU capitals and (c) other locations in each of the last 10 years.
(183927)
170
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) UK-based and (b) locally-engaged staff were employed by the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union in each of the last 10 years.
(183959)
171
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of HM Diplomatic Service were seconded to the European Commission in each of the last 10 years.
(183960)
172
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what initiatives the Government plans to undertake to ensure the commencement of negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
(184303)
173
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is of the Oslo and UN Convention on Conventional Weapons organisations for the removal of all cluster munitions; and what progress is being made on such removal.
(184532)
174
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UNMIS in co-ordinating civilian protection in Darfur; and if he will make a statement.
(184251)
175
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) diplomatic and (b) financial support the Government has given to the co-ordination of protection activities in Darfur in the last 12 months.
(184252)
176
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will raise with the Iranian government the cases of Miss Haleh Roohi, Mr Sasan Taqva and Miss Raha Sabet who have recently been imprisoned in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
(184242)
177
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the issue of freedom of religious conscience in Iran with his counterpart in the Iranian government; and if he will make a statement.
(184243)
178
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the religious freedom of the minority Baha'i community in Iran.
(184244)
179
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to meet the newly elected President of Serbia.
(184538)
180
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184327)
181
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184367)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
182
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, columns 1027-8W, on NHS: finance, when was it agreed that the work programme of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation would include a review of the market forces formula; and what timetable was originally set for the work programme.
(184306)
183
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, columns 1027-8W, on NHS: finance, when he expects the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation to publish the results of its work programme.
(184307)
184
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons peripheral arterial disease is no longer included in the quality and outcomes framework; and if he will make a statement.
(184319)
185
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to (a) issue guidance and (b) propose regulations on tooth whitening (i) procedures and (ii) practitioner professional standards; and if he will make a statement.
(184326)
186
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the funding of general practitioners in Portsmouth for extended opening hours; and if he will make a statement.
(184334)
187
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184102)
188
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 991W, on cancer, how many (a) elective and (b) emergency bed days for cancer (i) in total and (ii) for each cancer type there were in 2006-07; what assessment he has made of the reasons for the trends in (A) elective and (B) emergency bed days for cancer since 1997-98; and what his latest estimate is of the average cost of (1) an elective and (2) an emergency admission for cancer (x) overall and (y) for each cancer type in the latest year for which figures are available.
(184216)
189
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 597W, on influenza, which critical national infrastructure industries participated in the Winter Willow exercise in 2007.
(184217)
190
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 596W, on influenza, what proportion of businesses which participated in the National Capabilities Survey in 2006 had an influenza pandemic-specific business continuity plan.
(184218)
191
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 595W, on influenza, what non-scientific considerations are taken into account when deciding on the stockpile levels of treatments to be purchased.
(184219)
192
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 992W, on cancer, whether the information on projected cancer inpatient costs placed in the Library expresses costs in real or cash terms.
(184229)
193
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1194W, on screening, when developmental work to identify an integrated set of tests will (a) start and (b) be completed.
(184233)
194
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of prostate cancer he estimates there will be in (a) 2011, (b) 2016 and (c) 2021; how many cases of prostate cancer there were in 2006; and what estimate he has made of the (i) inpatient, (ii) outpatient and (iii) other costs of treating prostate cancer in (A) 2006, (B) 2011, (C) 2016 and (D) 2021.
(184258)
195
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of multi-disciplinary teams for urological cancer.
(184259)
196
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of cases of early prostate cancer were treated in each of the last five years with (a) surgery, (b) radiotherapy, (c) hormone therapy and (d) other treatments.
(184260)
197
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the postoperative mortality rate for radical prostatectomy (a) in total and (b) broken down by strategic health authority area.
(184261)
198
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many representations his Department has received from (a) patients and (b) clinicians on treating prostate cancer on the NHS in the last six months; what the content of these representations was; and if he will make a statement.
(184262)
199
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the mean waiting time for a patient with prostate cancer between (a) their first clinic appointment and (b) diagnosis in each year since 1997.
(184263)
200
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many radical prostatectomies for the treatment of prostate cancer were carried out in the NHS in each year since 1997-98 (a) in total, (b) broken down by commissioning authority and (c) broken down by provider organisation.
(184264)
201
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of specialist urological cancer teams in England.
(184265)
202
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide an update on the progress made by cancer networks in implementing the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's guidance on Improving Outcomes in Urological Cancers, published in September 2002, setting out (a) which cancer networks have agreed an action plan with the Department of Health and (b) the expected date for full implementation in each cancer network.
(184266)
203
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) consultant urologists and (b) consultant oncologists he estimates have expertise in urological cancers.
(184267)
204
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of prostate cancer patients had prostate cancer diagnosed at (a) clinical stage I or II, (b) clinical stage III and (c) clinical stage IV in the latest period for which figures are available; and what assessment he has made of the way in which these proportions have changed over time.
(184268)
205
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer networks have a (a) lead clinician, (b) nurse director and (c) service improvement lead for the Improving Outcomes Guidance for urological cancers.
(184277)
206
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) actual and (b) optimum workloads of sites offering prostatectomies, expressed in terms of the number of operations per site.
(184278)
207
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of prostate cancer patients who are cared for by a multidisciplinary team.
(184279)
208
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department is offering to the NHS for the implementation of patient-level information and costing systems.
(184280)
209
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of primary care trust revenue allocations were covered by payment by results in each financial year since the system was initiated; what proportion of primary care trust revenue allocations he expects to be covered by payment by results in each year until 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.
(184281)
210
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which specific concerns about the performance of the secondary uses service were raised by respondents to his Department's consultation on the Options for the Future of Payment by Results, as stated on pages 18-19 of the Summary of Responses to the consultation, published on 24th January 2008.
(184282)
211
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the recommended daily calorie intake for (a) men and (b) women; and what plans he has to review these recommendations.
(184283)
212
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) four to five and (b) 10 to 11 year olds were (i) overweight and (ii) obese in each year since 2005, broken down by sex, as measured by the National Child Measurement Programme.
(184284)
213
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the (a) adult and (b) child population consuming five portions of fruit and vegetables every day in each of the last five years.
(184285)
214
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS organisations failed fire risk assessments in each of the last five years.
(184291)
215
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 9th March 2007, Official Report, column 2288W, on the NHS: private finance initiative, if he will state, for each of the schemes (a) given the go-ahead and (b) opened, the nature of the rebuild project, including any estimate of the number of beds within the rebuilt area.
(184300)
216
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 9th March 2007, Official Report, column 2288W, on the NHS: private finance initiative, how much was spent on each of the cancelled projects.
(184301)
217
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1689W, on departmental public expenditure, what the minor claims which were abandoned on value for money grounds were; and what the value of each such claim was.
(184437)
218
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1698W, on obesity, how many staff worked in his Department's obesity, nutrition and physical activity teams in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available, broken down by payband.
(184438)
219
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th November 2007, Official Report, columns 426-7W, on the Scientific Advisory Group on Pandemic Influenza, for what reasons the Scientific Advisory Group did not meet in 2007; and on which dates its sub-groups met during that year.
(184439)
220
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, columns 1081-2W, on Carr Hill Formula Review, whether the review of general medical services funding is complete; what the findings were of the first stage of the review; and if he will make a statement.
(184440)
221
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1689W, on departmental public expenditure, what the cost was of writing-off date expired vaccines broken down by type of vaccine 2006-07.
(184461)
222
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1407W, on Prostate Cancer: Staff, when the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust plans to initiate its pilot to enhance multi-disciplinary team working and improve the quality of surgical techniques available to prostate cancer patients; when he expects the pilot to conclude; whether any interim findings have emerged from the development of the pilot; when he expects a final report on the pilot to be published; what funding his Department has provided in support of the pilot in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; what funding his Department plans to provide in support of the pilot in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
(184463)
223
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1407W, on prostate cancer: staff, in what ways (a) his Department and (b) the Healthcare Commission monitors progress against the action plans submitted by strategic health authorities to implement the Improving Outcomes in urological cancers guidance; what progress has been made to date; and if he will make a statement.
(184465)
224
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 990W, on cancer, what the host NHS organisation is for each cancer network.
(184466)
225
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 16th April 2007 to the hon. Member for Tyne Bridge, Official Report, column 325W, on Cancer: Urinary system, if he will place in the Library copies of the action plans submitted to his Department by strategic health authorities which demonstrate how they will implement the guidance on improving outcomes in urological cancers; which cancer networks reported at December 2006 that the guidance on Improving Outcomes in urological cancers would not be fully implemented by December 2007; what series of measures incorporated into the Manual of Cancer Services 2004 were translated from the Improving Outcomes in urological cancers guidance; and if he will make a statement.
(184467)
226
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2230W, on hospitals: waiting lists, what social reasons may be used for suspending patients from the Korner waiting list.
(184469)
227
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 525W, on NHS finance, how much of the difference referred to is accounted for by (a) the transfer of impairments to annually managed expenditure and (b) latest forecast technical underspends on non-cash.
(184476)
228
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 525W, on NHS finance, what methodology is used by his Department to establish its Spending Review baseline.
(184477)
229
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 525W, on NHS finance, what his Department's latest estimate is of the outturn for NHS resource spending in 2007-08.
(184478)
230
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2238W, on clinical negligence, by how much the forecast value of claims in the future has required amendment; and for what reason.
(184500)
231
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January, Official Report, column 2238W on clinical negligence, how many claims under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts there have been relating to care or treatment for cancer since 1995; and what the value has been of such claims.
(184501)
232
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inpatients detained under sections (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 4 of the Mental Health Act 1983 absconded from psychiatric hospitals in each year since 1997; and from which hospital in each case.
(184507)
233
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes of care for emergency admissions there were in each year since 1997-98, broken down by age of patient.
(184508)
234
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses of rickets there were in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority area in each year between 1997-98 and 2006-07.
(184509)
235
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had discussions with internet service providers on contingency planning arrangements for a potential influenza pandemic.
(184510)
236
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to produce guidance on the eligibility of staff for vaccination against A/H5N1 based on a clinical assessment of the staff groups which may be at risk, as stated in paragraph 3.28, page 28, of his Department's document Pandemic influenza: human resources guidance for the NHS, published on 21st November 2007.
(184511)
237
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS staff who will not attend work due to fear of infection in an influenza pandemic, as referred to in paragraph 3.9 of his Department's document Pandemic influenza: human resources guidance for the NHS, published on 21st November 2007.
(184512)
238
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims relating to healthcare associated infections the NHS Litigation Authority has dealt with in each year since 1997.
(184513)
239
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people referred to weight management clinics who did not attend such clinics in each of the past five financial years for which figures are available; and what percentage of the number of people referred this represented in each year.
(184514)
240
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of healthcare associated infections voluntarily reported to the Healthcare Protection Agency in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) type of infection and (b) trust.
(184515)
241
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates representatives from his Department have met representatives of general practitioners to discuss changes to the quality and outcomes framework in the last six months.
(184516)
242
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults were prescribed anti-depressants in each year since 1997.
(184517)
243
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department's (a) Healthy Food Code of Good Practice and (b) evaluation of different food labelling systems to be completed.
(184518)
244
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the additional £30 million he has allocated to the Family Nurse Partnership pilots will be allocated, broken down by (a) area and (b) financial year.
(184519)
245
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department expects to have completed its evaluation of its Family Nurse Partnership pilots.
(184520)
246
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1689W, on departmental public expenditure, how many expired vaccines were written-off, broken down by type of vaccine.
(184521)
247
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas the Family Nurse Partnership pilots are being held; and to which other areas the pilot scheme will be extended.
(184522)
248
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding he has allocated to (a) an information campaign to promote the benefits of breastfeeding and (b) supporting a national helpline for breastfeeding mothers in the last three years, broken down by financial year.
(184523)
249
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were diagnosed with (a) type 2 diabetes and (b) non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in each year since 1997.
(184524)
250
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the £372 million funding announced for promoting the achievement and maintenance of healthy weight over the period 2008 to 2011 will be spent, broken down by (a) programme and (b) financial year.
(184526)
251
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding he has allocated per annum for the annual assessment of progress on policies to reduce obesity.
(184529)
252
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the armed forces were involved in his Department's Winter Willow pandemic influenza contingency planning exercise of January and February 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(184549)
253
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who will receive antiviral treatment in the event of an influenza pandemic should its clinical attack rate be greater than the quantity of antivirals stockpiled; and in what order of priority.
(184551)
254
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of patients in each risk group who have received seasonal influenza immunisation for the 2007-08 winter.
(184553)
255
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the overall cost to the public purse in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08 of reviewing the quality and outcomes framework.
(184554)
256
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which independent sector providers of health care form part of local NHS organisations' pandemic influenza contingency plans.
(184556)
257
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which consumers utilise the nutritional information panel on food packaging.
(184557)
258
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the membership of his Department's National Chemotherapy Advisory Group is; what areas of responsibility each member has; and if he will publish the membership on his Department's website.
(184558)
259
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS Employers is defined as a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(184559)
260
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people (a) were offered and (b) accepted screening for diabetic retinopathy in each year since 2003-04.
(184560)
261
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total capital value is of each private finance initiative scheme overseen by his Department which has reached financial close, broken down by scheme; and, for each such scheme, (a) over what period repayments will take place and (b) what the total cost of repayment will be, expressed in (i) real terms and (ii) cash terms.
(184561)
262
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's national media evaluation reports for December 2006 to December 2007; and if he will publish the reports on his Department's website.
(184562)
263
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of his Department's officials are working on the NHS Next Stage Review; and what the main areas of responsibility relating to the review of each are.
(184564)
264
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of Monday 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 110W, on Members: correspondence, when he expects to substantively respond to the letter from the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham, dated 17th July 2007, to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Services requesting a meeting to discuss the charging regime for multiple sclerosis treatment centres.
(184271)
265
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of the drugs dispensed for each of the conditions exempted from prescription charges in each of the last three financial years, broken down by primary care trust; and what the projected costs are for each of the next three financial years.
(184540)
266
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs were of drugs dispensed by prescription in each of the last three financial years, broken down by primary care trust; and what the projected costs are for each of the next three financial years.
(184541)
267
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the costs were of drugs dispensed by free prescription in each of the last three financial years, broken down by primary care trust; and what the projected costs are for each of the next three financial years.
(184542)
268
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) income threshold and (b) capital allowance is above which people are requested to pay prescription charges.
(184543)
269
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions incurred a prescription charge in each of the last three financial years; and how many are projected to incur a prescription charge in each of the next three financial years.
(184544)
270
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who (a) paid for their prescriptions in each of the last three financial years and (b) will pay for their prescriptions in each of the next three financial years.
(184545)
271
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the total prescription charge income came from pre-payment certificates in each of the last three financial years; and what the projected income is from that source in each of the next three financial years.
(184546)
272
Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people applied for a pre-payment certificate for a prescription in each of the last three financial years; and how many he expects to do so in the next three financial years.
(184548)
273
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the financial burden of prescription costs on students.
(184304)
274
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times Ministers met representatives of the National Union of Students to discuss NHS prescription charges in 2007.
(184305)
275
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that information on helplines and access to support for victims of forced marriage or persons in fear of forced marriage is made available to the public through health service networks.
(184350)
276
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts in England provide funding for surafenib for patients with (a) advanced renal cell cancer and (b) liver cancer.
(184247)
277
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184340)
278
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support will be made available to those people who no longer meet the criteria for the services provided under the care programme approach following changes to that programme.
(184176)
279
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that the Care Quality Commission maintains at least the same frequency of visits to detained mental health patients as undertaken by the Mental Health Act Commission.
(184177)
280
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission will be responsible for ensuring that recommendations arising out of upheld service user and carer complaints are implemented.
(184178)
281
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure that forensic medical examiners are qualified to diagnose mental health problems.
(184179)
282
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission will be responsible for regulating assessment of mental health needs in forensic settings.
(184180)
283
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding will be made available in the forthcoming financial year to (a) educate the public on the risks of cannabis use, (b) fund primary research into the link between cannabis and psychosis and (c) assist mental health service users to discontinue their cannabis use.
(184181)
284
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184368)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
285
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will reconsider the procedures used in removals to Ghana following the recent case of Ama Sumani.
(184185)
286
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long it took on average for each of the passport issuing offices in the United Kingdom to process a passport to applicants in 2006.
(183930)
287
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Prime Minister's comments on tackling binge drinking at her press conference on 28th January 2008, what additional powers are planned for local authorities to tackle excessive drinking in town centres.
(183778)
288
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines are given to the police in dealing with extremist literature discovered in UK mosques.
(183779)
289
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mosques she has visited since her appointment.
(183780)
290
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Prime Minister's comments on tackling binge drinking at her press conference on 28th January, what powers are available to local authorities to charge establishments selling alcohol to pay for additional policing.
(183781)
291
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure inflammatory literature is not available in UK mosques.
(183782)
292
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving bogus callers were committed in each London borough in each year since 1997.
(184173)
293
N
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many under 18 year olds were (a) arrested, (b) cautioned and (c) prosecuted for alcohol-related offences in each London borough in the last five years for which data is available; and if she will make a statement.
(183235)
294
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1773W, on Immigration: Work Permits, how much her Department spent in relation to reviews where work permits have been refused and the applicant has sought a review of their case (a) in total, (b) on legal counsel and (c) on staffing, administration and accommodation costs in the last 12 months.
(184424)
295
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 98W, on entry clearances, what estimate her Department has made of the number of foreign nationals resident in the UK who the Government are permitted to require to possess a biometric information document under the UK Borders Act 2007; what estimate her Department has made of the percentage such individuals constitute of the total number of foreign nationals resident in the United Kingdom; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of biometric information documents the Government plans to issue to such nationals by (a) January 2009, (b) January 2010 and (c) January 2011; and if she will make a statement.
(184425)
296
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has statutory powers to share information held on biometric immigration documents and identity cards issued to foreign nationals resident in the United Kingdom with (a) the national's own government, (b) other national governments other than the person's own and (c) international and non-governmental security-related organisations such as Interpol; and if she will make a statement.
(184490)
297
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign nationals working as diplomats and in other jobs at foreign embassies, high commissions, consulates and other diplomatic posts will be required to hold biometric information documents and identity cards; and if she will make a statement.
(184491)
298
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statutory authority the Government has to hold the biometric details and other information relating to foreign nationals who have been issued with biometric information documents and identity cards in the United Kingdom when such nationals are no longer resident in the UK.
(184492)
299
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign nationals resident in the United Kingdom serving as diplomats for (a) the United Nations, (b) the World Health Organisation and (c) other international organisations will be required to produce biometric information documents and identity cards.
(184527)
300
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of each grant provided by her Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184101)
301
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th January 2008, Official Report, column 294W, on police: influenza, if she will make it her policy to direct individual chief constables to conduct an assessment of the operational capacity of the police service in their area should a serious outbreak of pandemic influenza occur.
(184222)
302
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many airline liaison officers are employed by her Department; and in which locations they are stationed.
(184171)
303
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of levels of e-crime.
(184223)
304
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted for offences relating to human trafficking in (i) Leicester and (ii) the East Midlands in the last four years.
(184227)
305
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that information on helplines and access to support for victims of forced marriage or persons in fear of forced marriage is made available at police stations and other public places within the responsibility of her Department.
(184352)
306
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen since 2001.
(184321)
307
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the special advisers employed in her Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184369)
308
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average cost of answering and responding to a call to 999; and if she will make a statement.
(184138)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
309
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to House of Commons staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184338)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
310
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure skills accreditation gained from training programmes run by private sector businesses in England are recognised in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
(184495)
311
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184100)
312
Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many employers in the North West signed up to the Skills Pledge, in each year, broken down by (a) sector and (b) size of employer.
(184302)
313
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will ensure that information on helplines and access to support for victims of forced marriage or persons in fear of forced marriage is made available on university and college campuses.
(184351)
314
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to staff in his Department or its predecessor were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184347)
315
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department and its predecessor since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184372)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
316
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made towards achieving Millennium Development Goal number 2; and what steps he plans to take to encourage further progress.
(183836)
317
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the continuing effects of the chemical warfare in Vietnam; and what plans he has for assistance to the government of Vietnam to mitigate such effects.
(184337)
318
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) the co-ordination of agencies engaged in protection activities in Darfur and (b) the effectiveness of such agencies in providing protection for civilians.
(184256)
319
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department gave to the (a) Fairtrade Foundation and (b) the Fairtrade Labelling Organisation in each of the last three years; how much funding he plans to allocate to these organisations in the next three financial years; and if he will make a statement.
(184483)
320
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role his Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
(184202)
321
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184320)
322
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184371)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
323
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average spending was per prisoner held in (a) all HM Prisons and (b) HM Prison Chelmsford in the last period for which figures are available.
(183436)
324
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many passive drug dogs are in operation in the Prison Service; where they are deployed; and what the strategic reason is for their deployment.
(183866)
325
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) capital and (b) annual cost is of (i) training and (ii) operating passive drug detection dogs for use by the Prison Service.
(183867)
326
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the Prison Service of the use of passive drug detection dogs has been.
(183868)
327
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prison officers and (b) prison visitors have been prosecuted for bringing drugs into prison in each of the last five years; how many of those prosecutions have resulted in a conviction; and what the average length was of sentence on conviction.
(183869)
328
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under the Offender Management Act 2007 for bringing (a) mobile telephones and (b) alcohol into prisons.
(183870)
329
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 29th January 2008, on the Ministry of Justice (Reorganisation), what steps he has taken to translate the documentation relating to changes in the Welsh Prison and Probation Service into the Welsh language.
(184552)
330
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department and its predecessors, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184099)
331
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he plans to take of the recent court ruling on limitation periods in drawing up his own proposals for making statutory changes to limitation periods.
(184419)
332
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislation on changes to limitation periods.
(184420)
333
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria the National Offender Management Service will use in selecting (a) secular and (b) faith-based voluntary sector organisations as partners in programmes to reduce re-offending; and if he will make a statement.
(184134)
334
N
Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2202W, on the Harassment Act 1997, how many prosecutions were brought by (a) local authorities against individuals and (b) individuals against local authorities in each year since the Act entered into force.
(183919)
335
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role his Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
(184231)
336
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for offences relating to prostitution in Leicester in the last four years.
(184226)
337
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on average per head on legal aid in the last year for which figures are available; and what comparative assessment he has made of equivalent figures for other EU countries.
(184493)
338
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on legal aid where the case had been brought against a political party in each of the last five years.
(184499)
339
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to his Department's staff have been reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184487)
340
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to encourage the use of mediation in divorce proceedings not covered by legal aid; and if he will oblige solicitors to offer mediation to respondents entitled to legal aid in such proceedings where the applicant is a private client not so entitled.
(184547)
341
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department and its predecessor since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184370)
342
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to use satellite tracking for prisoner release with (a) electronic tags and (b) radio frequency identification tags; and if he will make a statement.
(184139)
343
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to use radio frequency identification tag implants under the electronic tagging scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(184140)
Questions to the Leader of the House
344
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to her staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184342)
345
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will list the special advisers employed in her Office since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184374)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
346
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184323)
347
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184373)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
348
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what representations she has received on the accessibility of (a) the Olympic Village and (b) each Olympic venue.
(184331)
349
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which public authorities will have liabilities for operating and maintaining the facilities built for the London Olympics after 2012.
(184422)
350
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what estimate (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have made of the annual revenue costs of (i) running buildings and facilities constructed for the 2012 Olympics and (ii) associated debt repayments once the Games are over; and to which public bodies liability for these costs will fall.
(184426)
351
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many staff work in the Government Olympic Executive; and what plans she has for the Executive's future staffing levels.
(184427)
352
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority Governance Review produced by Deloitte and Touche.
(184428)
353
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she is taking to ensure that the benefits of the London Olympics are shared by the people of (a) Warrington and (b) the North West.
(184333)
354
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many contracts have been let to companies in North West England for works associated with the construction of the Olympic park; what the value is of each such contract; and if she will make a statement.
(184356)
355
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, with reference to the Answer of 8th December 2005, Official Report, column 1469W, on London Olympics, what progress has been made on encouraging firms engaged in the construction of Olympic venues to provide adequate levels of training to ensure a sustainable skilled work force, with particular regard to apprenticeships.
(184435)
356
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of the use of project bank acounts for 2012 Olympics construction projects.
(184485)
Questions to the Prime Minister
357
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Prime Minister, what the process is for the appointment of the Chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee; and whether applications are invited or solicited.
(184200)
358
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Office since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184379)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
359
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many Civil Service jobs based in the Dundee Westminster Parliamentary constituencies related to functions of government reserved under Schedule 5 of the Scotland Act have been (a) lost and (b) created since 1997.
(184484)
360
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184339)
361
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department and its predecessor since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184375)
Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
362
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 768W, on elections, whether the performance indicators will be in addition to the 200 national performance indicators published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
(184423)
363
Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Boundary Committee takes account of (a) the views of local residents and (b) local identities when deciding whether to restructure local authority areas across existing shire and county boundaries.
(184430)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
364
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of biodiesel used in the UK was imported from the US in 2006-07.
(184169)
365
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are taken to determine whether biodiesel imported from the US has been produced sustainably; and what certification requirements apply to such imports.
(184170)
366
N
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage people to use rail transport; and if she will consider introducing financial incentives to encourage people to travel by rail.
(183928)
367
N
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to limit the increases in rail fares for rail users without season tickets.
(183929)
368
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the schedule is for the completion of the Railways for All programme.
(184328)
369
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how manys stations have been identified as requiring access improvements under the Railways for All strategy; and how many have been improved under this strategy.
(184329)
370
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, column 605W, on Severn Bridge: tolls, what defined amount is required to be raised by the Severn Bridge toll; and how much has been collected in tolls to date.
(184330)
371
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of each grant provided by her Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184098)
372
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time-tabled journey time by train from St Albans to London was in each of the last 10 years.
(184525)
373
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of First Capital Connect in meeting its (a) rail franchise obligations and (b) targets; and if she will make a statement.
(184528)
374
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) punctuality and reliability levels and (b) passengers in excess numbers were for rail services on the St Albans to London route in each month since January 2005.
(184530)
375
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the guidance issued to airports on the collection and disposal of goods taken from the hand luggage of passengers by airport security officials; and on what date such guidance was issued.
(184534)
376
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's policy is on the disposal of goods taken from the hand luggage of passengers by airport security officials; and when this policy was put in place.
(184535)
377
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the volume of (a) liquid, (b) glass and (c) plastic that has been taken from the hand luggage of passengers by airport security officials since August 2006.
(184536)
378
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the cost of collection and disposal of goods taken from the hand luggage of passengers by airport security officials since August 2006.
(184537)
379
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the Health and Safety Executive's report on the safety of type 142 carriages; what assessment she has made of the suitability of type 142 stock for use on the Manchester-Southport line; what reports she has received of (a) safety and (b) overcrowding issues on this service; and if she will make a statement.
(184316)
380
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role her Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if she will make a statement.
(184203)
381
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a statement on the action taken by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency with respect to Mr Paul Waugh.
(184489)
382
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184341)
383
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the special advisers employed in her Department and its predecessors since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184376)
384
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1352W, on the concessionary fares scheme, if she will break down by main budget heading the £1 billion spent by Government annually on the scheme.
(184421)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
385
N
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what consultations he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the implementation of the new structures for prison and probation services in Wales.
(184077)
386
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184343)
387
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department and its predecessor since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184377)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
388
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the merits of paying apprentices a wage at least as great as the young pesons' rate of the minimum wage.
(184497)
389
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of each grant provided by his Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council, (b) Shropshire County Council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin Borough Council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09.
(184097)
390
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2008, Official Report, column 435W, on industrial health and safety: influenza, what obligations there would be on employers under health and safety legislation in the event of an influenza pandemic.
(184220)
391
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that (a) families of disabled children and (b) disabled people of working age realise benefits from the proposed merger of the Pensions Service and the Disability and Carers Directorate of his Department.
(184135)
392
N
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for jobseeker's allowance were disallowed on the grounds of the claimant not actively seeking employment in each month since April 2006; and how many such decisions on claims were reversed on appeal.
(183835)
393
N
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new national insurance numbers have been issued to people in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) South West Bedfordshire constituency in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(184027)
394
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
(184318)
395
Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the special advisers employed in his Department since 6th May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment was in each case.
(184378)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
396
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, columns 390-1W, on radioactive materials: transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the responses to the section of the consultation which includes the question `Do you agree or disagree with the Government's views on the transport of nuclear materials'.
[Transferred] (184290)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
397
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid in travel expenses to the 450 senior managers who attended the three meetings in 2006, held as part of HM Revenue and Customs Leading the Way initiative to discuss the formation of the HM Revenue and Customs Ambition.
[Transferred] (184565)
398
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what costs were incurred by HM Revenue and Customs in hosting the three meetings held in 2006 as part of the Leading the Way initiative to discuss the formulation of the HM Revenue and Customs Ambition.
[Transferred] (184566)
399
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in each year since 1997-98, broken down by strategic health authority area.
[Transferred] (184250)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
400
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the total value is of the fund set aside to support grants given under the Train to Gain skills development programme.
[Transferred] (184496)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
401
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to his staff were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
[Transferred] (184346)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
402
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on adding new breeds and cross-breeds of dogs to those covered by the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and whether he plans to act in response to such representations.
[Transferred] (184506)
Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
403
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how much was paid to Unlock Democracy for its work on the Scottish elections; and what tendering process was used to award the contract for such work.
[Transferred] (184197)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
404
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what records her Department keeps of the number of successful appeals against local authorities for local authority parking enforcement measures.
[Transferred] (184481)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
405
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to increase the uptake of council tax benefits among (a) pensioners and (b) young families.
[Transferred] (184482)

 
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