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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 4 February 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 4 February 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 4 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 Monday 4 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 4 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he has taken to establish accurate estimates of the costs associated with decommissioning nuclear facilities and radioactive remediation of civil nuclear sites. | | (184893) | 2
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many completed MOX fuel assemblies were made in the Sellafield MOX plant in the last year for which figures are available; and what the production target was for that year. | | (184894) | 3
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with the Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) on engaging professional cost advisers to review cost estimates provided to the NDA by its site licencees. | | (184895) | 4
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on the replacement of consumer energy display units with smart meters; who will bear the cost of replacement; and what research his Department has carried out on using alternative meters. | | (184773) | 5
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the Government Office for London's budget has been in each year since its establishment. | | (184616) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184694) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many cars were (a) owned and (b) leased by each regional development agency in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184802) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the book value of departmental assets sold was in each financial year since 1997-98; and what revenue was generated from each such sale. | | (184880) | 9
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department spent on external consultants in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05. | | (184884) | 10
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2187W, on departmental marketing, what the cost of the re-branding exercise was. | | (184887) | 11
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2187W, on departmental marketing, whether any external contracts were awarded to (a) run and (b) facilitate the re-branding exercise. | | (184888) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184921) | 13
| Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Farepak Response Fund accounts for the period from 10th November 2006 to 31st July 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (184734) | 14
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many branded plastic bags each regional development agency purchased in the last 24 months; and at what cost. | | (184660) | 15
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the likely maximum (a) percentage and (b) cash differences in gas prices in each region which will result from regional pricing. | | (184661) | 16
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what records his Department holds of grants made by the London Development Agency to bodies other than trade unions. | | (184729) | 17
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 676W, on regional development agencies: trade unions, what grants were given by each regional development agency to (a) trade unions and (b) the Trades Union Congress from the date of their establishment to the start of the period covered in the Answer. | | (184730) | 18
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, of 9th January 2008, Official Report, column 676W, on regional development agencies: trade unions, what the diversity works project was for which funds were given to the Trades Union Congress by the London Development Agency. | | (184731) | 19
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many communities of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have been connected to mains gas using his Department's design and demonstration unit model. | | (184878) | 20
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was raised by the energy efficiency commitment, broken down by energy supplier in each year since its introduction; and how much will be raised by the carbon emission reduction target on the same basis. | | (184951) | 21
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what obligations arising from (a) the UK's membership of the European Union and (b) the UK's participation in single market legislation govern the provision of subsidy to the network of Post Office branches; and if he will make a statement. | | (184781) | 22
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of 18 to 21 year olds in the Halifax area who are being paid more than they otherwise would because of the minimum wage. | | (184722) | 23
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions in the last six months Postwatch met Post Office Ltd to discuss proposed post office closures in Leicester; and who attended these meetings. | | (184622) | 24
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he is taking to reduce energy costs to (a) low income families and (b) vulnerable people in Warrington. | | (184775) | 25
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 805W, when he will publish his Department's analysis of which of the major six energy companies offer a proportional programme of assistance. | | (184293) | 26
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with energy suppliers on energy prices. | | (184863) | 27
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on progress towards the Government's target of eradicating fuel poverty (a) in England by 2010 and (b) in the UK by 2016 to 2018. | | (184864) | 28
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of recent trends in (a) gas and (b) electricity prices on the number of people affected by fuel poverty. | | (184865) | 29
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people were classified as living in fuel poverty in each of the last three years, broken down by region. | | (184866) | 30
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of social tariffs for energy supplies in alleviating fuel poverty. | | (184996) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 31
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people did not submit a tax return before the 31st January deadline when required to in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (184989) | 32
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many maxi ISAs were taken out by individual taxpayers in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available. | | (184141) | 33
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects that the technical problem on the HM Revenue and Customs computer system, preventing conclusion of the 2004-05 tax credits claim of Mr Marshall of Ferndown, will be resolved; what the nature of the problem is; how many claimants are similarly affected; and if he will make a statement. | | (184966) | 34
N | Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the overall rate of inflation of a net pay increase to the police force of (a) 2.5 per cent. and (b) 1.9 per cent. | | (184207) | 35
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many written complaints have been made to the tax credit hotline by people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since the inception of the service. | | (184907) | 36
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone complaints have been made to the tax credit hotline by people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since the inception of the service. | | (184908) | 37
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184692) | 38
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1962W, on Revenue and Customs: postal services, what proportion of non-recorded post was made up of bulk mail in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08 to date. | | (184698) | 39
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have made an incorrect income tax payment in each year since 1997. | | (184784) | 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184920) | 41
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date contract terms were agreed with consultants for work in relation to the Poynter Review. | | (184969) | 42
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2098W, on Revenue and Customs: data protection, on what date the decision was taken to appoint Kieran Poynter to head the review. | | (184970) | 43
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2098W, on Revenue and Customs: data protection, how many other candidates were considered to head the review. | | (184971) | 44
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2098W, on Revenue and Customs: data protection, on what terms Kieran Poynter was contracted to head the review of data handling in HM Revenue and Customs. | | (184972) | 45
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the decision was taken to conduct a review into security processes and procedures for data handling in HM Revenue and Customs. | | (184973) | 46
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he and his predecessor attended with the British Airports Authority in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (184652) | 47
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he and his predecessor attended with representatives of the aviation industry in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (184712) | 48
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the cost of recovering overpayment of tax credits from claimants in Northern Ireland. | | (184728) | 49
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people did not return their tax returns on 31st January 2007; and how much was (a) imposed and (b) received in resultant fines. | | (184582) | 50
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has recently met representatives of the Far Eastern Investment Corporation. | | (184854) | 51
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Richard Branson's consortium for Northern Rock includes the Far Eastern Investment Corporation. | | (184855) | 52
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be affected in each parliamentary constituency by the proposed amendments to income shifting legislation proposed in the consultation document of 6th December 2007. | | (184752) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 53
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to reduce bullying in schools since 1997. | | (184116) | 54
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve the quality of teaching foreign languages in schools. | | (184117) | 55
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government plans to take to assist parents with the costs of childcare. | | (184118) | 56
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support the Government provides to schools for children with mental health problems. | | (184119) | 57
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have closed each year since 1997, broken down by local authority. | | (184991) | 58
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many rural schools he has agreed to close since the presumption against such closure was introduced; which such schools have closed; and on what dates, broken down by local authority. | | (184992) | 59
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects work to begin on the new faith primary school in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement. | | (184460) | 60
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanisms his Department has established to determine the prevalence of positive activities, as defined in its 2007 strategy, Aiming high for young people: a 10 year strategy for positive activities. | | (183203) | 61
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Youth Opportunity and (b) Youth Capital funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (183204) | 62
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons the Youth Opportunity Card pilots were conducted on a timescale shorter than that outlined in his Department's Youth Matters: Next Steps, Something to do, Somewhere to go, Someone to Talk to; and if he will make a statement. | | (183233) | 63
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pilots of the Youth Opportunity Card took place; how many cards were issued under those pilots; what the total cost of the pilots was; and if he will make a statement. | | (183234) | 64
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of sex education on the attitudes and lifestyle choices of young people; and what guidance he has issued to schools on the recommended content of sex education materials. | | (184960) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184691) | 66
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) permanent and (b) fixed term exclusions occurred due to (i) possession of and (ii) violence involving (A) knives and (B) firearms in school in each of the last 10 years. | | (184780) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 162W, on GCSE: standards, how many schools in each local education authority area had fewer than 25 per cent. of pupils achieve five A* to C grade passes at GCSE, including mathematics and English, in each year between 1998 and 2004. | | (184852) | 68
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 162W, on GCSE: standards, how many of the schools in each local education authority area with fewer than 25 per cent. of pupils achieving five A* to C grade passes at GCSE, including mathematics and English, in 2006-07 (a) have since been closed and (b) are planned to close. | | (184853) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184922) | 70
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mandatory training is required for (a) early identification of special educational needs and (b) teaching children with special educational needs in a mainstream setting from students enrolled on the (i) Initial Teacher Training scheme and (ii) Post Graduate Certificate in Education students. | | (184441) | 71
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what work has been undertaken by the Training and Development Agency for Schools with regard to the special educational needs (SEN) skills required of (a) trainee, (b) nearly qualified and (c) established teachers as part of the Removing Barriers to Achievement programme; and what assessment has been made of (i) the pilot schemes for specialist modules for SEN implemented as part of the programme and (ii) the SEN training delivered to Post Graduate Certificate in Education students. | | (184442) | 72
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many girls aged 14 years and over (a) were home schooled and (b) had been removed from school and have not resumed in each of the last five years. | | (184762) | 73
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many branded plastic bags his Department and its predecessor purchased in the last 24 months for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (184657) | 74
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to make Ofsted inspection reports on children's homes available on the Ofsted website. | | (184396) | 75
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advice his Department provides to schools on female circumcision. | | (184579) | 76
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what specific issues his Department has informed the Isle of Wight Council are required to be addressed by 1st February 2008 in the local primary school strategy for change. | | (184186) | 77
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether all proposals to close rural schools have to be called into the Secretary of State for decision. | | (184187) | 78
N | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps his Department has taken to raise standards in secondary schools. | | (178716) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 79
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he will reply to the letters of 16th July and 22nd October 2007 from the hon. Member for North East Hampshire, requesting an internal review and revised decision under the Freedom of Information Act 2005. | | (184777) | 80
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Cabinet Office in providing information assurance across government. | | (184909) | 81
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184695) | 82
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals were made to the Civil Service Appeal board against (i) dismissal, (ii) early retirement, (iii) non-payment of compensation or amount of compensation paid on dismissal, (iv) refusal to allow participation in political activities and (v) forfeiture of superannuation in each year since 1997. | | (184782) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of appeals were heard by the Civil Service Appeal Board within 18 weeks of receipt of the appeal in each of the last 10 years. | | (184790) | 84
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of compensation awards were issued within 15 working days by the Civil Service Appeal Board following receipt of representation on contributory fault in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (184791) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of decision letters were sent out by the Civil Service Appeal Board within 24 hours of the relevant hearing in each of the last 10 years. | | (184792) | 86
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of reports of hearings were sent out within 20 days of hearings by the Civil Service Appeal Board in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (184794) | 87
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the value of compensation awards issued by the Civil Service Appeal Board was in each of the last 10 years. | | (184795) | 88
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184919) | 89
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the role of non-accredited adult learning in tackling social exclusion; and if he will make a statement. | | (184663) | 90
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment he has made of the LinkAge Plus pilot schemes; and whether he plans to implement the LinkAge Plus scheme nationwide. | | (184896) | 91
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations accepted by the Government in the Social Exclusion Unit's report, A Sure Start in Later Life, on social exclusion among older people. | | (184897) | 92
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what consideration he gave to social exclusion among older people in developing (a) the Reaching Out action plan and (b) the Government's public service agreement on social exclusion. | | (184898) | 93
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date the Respect Unit was closed; for what reasons it was closed; and whether its staff are being made redundant. | | (184655) | 94
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Cabinet Office has taken steps to rent out the two empty ministerial residences in Admiralty House. | | (184656) | 95
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what payments the Cabinet Office has made to Itis Holdings in the last 36 months. | | (184659) | 96
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1079W, on Admiralty House, whether the Cabinet Office facilities management contract includes cleaning inside official ministerial residences. | | (184975) | 97
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1079W, on Admiralty House, what individual utilities are covered by the charge paid by occupying departments. | | (184976) | 98
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answers of (a) 17th December 2007, Official Report, column 1079W, on Admiralty House and (b) 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 826W, on Departmental records: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the services provided to the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East whilst the Deputy Prime Minister's Office was an occupying department, included the supply of (i) linen and laundry services, (ii) internal plants, (iii) catering, (iv) telephones, (v) cable or satellite TV and (vi) internet access. | | (184977) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 99
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to encourage more people to fit smoke alarms since 1997. | | (184115) | 100
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria are used to determine bonus payments to senior fire officers. | | (184571) | 101
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deaths attributed to fire were notified to her Department and its predecessors by fire and rescue services in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and how many such deaths were subsequently not recorded in the fire statistics as a fire death, broken down by (i) brigade and (ii) region. | | (184788) | 102
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the level of rough sleeping unrecorded by annual street counts; and if she will make a statement. | | (184392) | 103
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) walk-in and (b) referral-only hostel places were available in each region in England in each year since 1997. | | (184393) | 104
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average long-term rate of vacant dwellings was in each region in England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (184394) | 105
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many official visits regional Ministers have made to the region for which they are responsible, broken down by county. | | (184395) | 106
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184690) | 107
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1525W, on departmental marketing, what the size is of each of the display boards in the Department's two main central London buildings. | | (184793) | 108
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184917) | 109
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities that sign up to growth point status are committed to support accelerated housing development in Green Belt areas if these are included in draft Regional Spatial Strategy allocations. | | (183438) | 110
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a local authority's proposal to gain growth point status must involve acceptance of housing growth to at least the level proposed by the Regional Spatial Strategy; and whether there is a requirement for this growth to be accelerated. | | (183439) | 111
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what expectations her Department has of local authorities who apply for and accept growth point status in terms of (a) accelerated and (b) additional housing growth compared with the levels of growth proposed by the relevant Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (183440) | 112
N | Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has budgeted for additional funding to local authorities with growth point status; and for what purposes local authorities would be permitted to use these additional funds. | | (183441) | 113
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs which will be created in the Thames Gateway area which will be taken by people already resident in the area; and if she will make a statement. | | (184623) | 114
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many perception surveys have been undertaken in market renewal areas in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (184624) | 115
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals for a system by which the proposed Homes and Communities Agency will engage with hon. Members representing constituencies in the Thames Gateway area; and if she will make a statement. | | (184626) | 116
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she plans to issue to stakeholders on the account to be taken of market renewal programmes in developing regional spatial strategies; and if she will make a statement. | | (184651) | 117
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built in the Thames Gateway area since 2003. | | (184724) | 118
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the market renewal programme has spent in total on each unit constructed for the period for which figures have most recently been collected. | | (184725) | 119
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on empty houses by market renewal programmes in 2007. | | (184764) | 120
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which publicly funded organisations are in receipt of monies in respect of the Thames Gateway project; and if she will make a statement. | | (184831) | 121
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects have been identified for funding under the auspices of the Thames Gateway Economic Development Investment Plan; at what indicative cost and over what period of time; and if she will make a statement. | | (184833) | 122
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the £2 million budget under the auspices of eco risk assessment funding has been allocated to (a) climate change mitigation, (b) flood risk management, (c) energy efficiency and (d) water efficiency; and if she will make a statement. | | (184834) | 123
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes built since 1st January 2003 in the Thames Gateway area have been located on brownfield land; and if she will make a statement. | | (184835) | 124
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the terms of reference are of the housing audit to be undertaken by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in respect of the Thames Gateway area; and if she will make a statement. | | (184836) | 125
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many prosecutions there were of landlords for breach of gas safety regulations in residential properties in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (184899) | 126
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 120W, on unitary councils, when she will place the information cited in the Library; if she will ensure that the information is placed in the Library before the relevant Statutory Instrument is considered in the House; if she will list the categories of information to be placed in the Library; and why there has been a delay in placing the information in the Library. | | (183838) | 127
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of planning permissions in Halifax constituency that went to appeal were overturned in the last five years. | | (184721) | 128
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of her report to the Prime Minister on regeneration strategies for East Manchester not based on a super casino. | | (184110) | 129
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority social services departments have reported evidence of female circumcision amongst their ethnic minority communities; and what steps she has taken to tackle the practice of female circumcision in ethnic minority communities. | | (184580) | 130
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many eco-towns are to be built in each of the next 10 years. | | (184998) | 131
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she proposes to take to manage the impact of eco-towns on local traffic networks. | | (184999) | 132
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been allocated for the construction of eco-towns; and from what budgets. | | (185000) | 133
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that funding for the construction of eco-towns will not be taken from existing allocations for local projects. | | (185001) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 134
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to ensure that those groups of people who are eligible for assistance from the digital television switchover help scheme will receive it. | | (184120) | 135
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many fixed-odds betting terminals there are in use; and how much tax revenue was generated by such machines in each of the last three tax years. | | (184381) | 136
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Youth Sports Trust has received from his Department in each of the last three years; and whether such funding has been targeted to particular programmes. | | (184614) | 137
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184688) | 138
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many external (a) consultants and (b) consultancies were given access to (i) commercially confidential and (ii) personal data by his Department in the last 12 months. | | (184779) | 139
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1809W, on departmental marketing, what the size was of each of the two displays produced for the London Open House. | | (184796) | 140
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1906W, on secondary education: sports, what sports and activities are covered by the terms (a) high quality PE and school sports and (b) inter-school competition. | | (184804) | 141
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average spend per head per day of domestic tourists visiting the North East in each of the last five years. | | (184902) | 142
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who were involved in work-based training in the tourism sector in the North East in each of the last five years. | | (184978) | 143
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the merits of operating the portable antiquities scheme without finds advisers. | | (184567) | 144
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many finds liaison officers (FLOs) under the Portable Antiquities Scheme there are for local authorities in the North East; and where each FLO is based. | | (184964) | 145
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's policy is on staff using their departmental email accounts for commercial purposes unrelated to their work. | | (184636) | 146
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many casinos were open and operating under licences granted through the Gaming Act 1968, in each year since 1996-97. | | (184637) | 147
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether problem gambling may be taken into account by a local authority considering whether to grant a casino premises licence under the Gambling Act 2005. | | (184638) | 148
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is of each element of the assorted evaluation of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (184639) | 149
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) police authorities, (b) police forces, (c) magistrates and the judiciary, (d) the Association of Chief Police Officers and (e) local authorities, have been formally consulted as part of the evaluation of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (184640) | 150
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what records his Department and its agencies holds of the size of the book stock of municipal libraries. | | (184641) | 151
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the public library service standards will be incorporated into the national indicator set for local authorities; and whether the standards will continue as benchmarks for library authorities. | | (184642) | 152
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ms Jacqueline Asafu-Adjaye is employed by his Department. | | (184843) | 153
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to bring forward proposals to develop the legacy for mass participation in sport which is expected to result from the London 2012 Olympics. | | (184386) | 154
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the receiver equipment provided as part of the digital switchover help scheme includes a talking electronic programme guide to enable access to channels and programmes by blind and partially sighted people; and if he will make a statement. | | (184776) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 155
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government takes to ensure the education of Army personnel's children is taken into account when deciding to move personnel (a) within the UK and (b) overseas. | | (180995) | 156
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support the Government provides for families of service personnel who are on operational duty. | | (180996) | 157
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184687) | 158
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184916) | 159
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's forecast asset and stock price reports provided by the Defence Analytical Services Agency to the (a) fixed asset processing centre and (b) directorate of defence resources and plans. | | (184856) | 160
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a breakdown of his Department's expenditure by standard industrial classification for financial year 2006-07. | | (184857) | 161
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's annual Royal Air Force (a) manpower strength planning assumptions, (b) manning and training margins, (c) baseline strength projection and (d) aircrew sustainability assessment for financial years 1997-98 to 2006-07. | | (184858) | 162
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's quarterly forecast of Royal Air Force manpower for each quarter since the beginning of 1997-98. | | (184859) | 163
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's monthly defence equipment and support (a) regular strength reports, (b) breakdown of military staff by geographic location and (c) support and supply civilian manpower reduction returns for 2007-08. | | (184860) | 164
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people with coeliac disease were discharged from the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Army and (c) Royal Navy in each of the last five years. | | (184732) | 165
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policies are in place to assist those who are serving in the (a) Royal Air Force and (b) Royal Navy who have been diagnosed with coeliac disease. | | (184733) | 166
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are citizens of countries other than the UK, broken down by nationality. | | (184708) | 167
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the peace establishment was of the (a) Royal Dragoon Guards, (b) 1st Battalion Scots Guards, (c) Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, (d) 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, (e) 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment, (f) D Battery, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and (g) K Battery, 5th Regiment Royal Artillery prior to deployment to Iraq; what the deplorable strength of each battalion is; and how many of all ranks are physically unfit to deploy. | | (184723) | 168
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single living accommodation units for service personnel are of standard (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 in each country in which UK forces are deployed. | | [R] (184382) | 169
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single living accommodation units for service personnel are of standard (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 in (i) the UK and (ii) in each home nation. | | [R] (184383) | 170
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel had rehabilitation treatment at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court in each of the last five years. | | (184705) | 171
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel had rehabilitation treatment at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court after their return from (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each of the last five years. | | (184706) | 172
| Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the new facilities of (a) a swimming pool and (b) a gymnasium at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court will be funded. | | (184707) | 173
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role his Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (184215) | 174
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries he plans to support as prospective members as part of the future enlargement of NATO. | | (184210) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 175
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has issued on the slaughter, on grounds of welfare and animal health, of animals living in religious communities which regard such animals as sacred; and if he will make a statement. | | (184457) | 176
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Environment Agency has undertaken of the noise produced by the WS 1200 wind turbine; when that assessment will be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (184114) | 177
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has carried out into the environmental effects of the new consumer energy display units and the integration of such units into current energy suppliers' infrastructure. | | (184774) | 178
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking in concert with the UK's partners in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to ensure that the international road map on climate change will (a) complement economic development in the poorest nations and (b) provide protection for those countries expected to be most affected by climate change. | | (184962) | 179
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184686) | 180
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2123W, on departmental marketing, what the size is of each of the six displays located in the main buildings of his Department. | | (184882) | 181
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the installation of central heating in the property of Mrs Betty Mays, of West Stockwith under the WarmFront scheme has been delayed. | | (184965) | 182
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) criteria and (b) evidential basis are for decisions on species to be removed from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. | | (184715) | 183
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with colleagues in the devolved administrations on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; what contingency plans he has made for circumstances in which no agreement is reached; and how much funding he has allocated for action in such circumstances. | | (184716) | 184
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will make a decision on the proposed Rural Housing Challenge Fund; what assessment he has made of the effect of the time taken to make the decision on rural housing enablers and the delivery of his Department's policies on affordable rural housing; and if he will make a statement. | | (184842) | 185
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) households and (b) rural households in England received WarmFront grants in each year since the introduction of the WarmFront scheme; and what the average value of a WarmFront grant to (i) mains gas-connected households and (ii) a household off the gas network in England was in each year. | | (184905) | 186
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been allocated for flood prevention schemes for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10. | | (184872) | 187
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what procedures local authorities can gain access to central government funds to undertake flood prevention work. | | (184873) | 188
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory obligations require local authorities to undertake (a) flood prevention and (b) flood remediation works. | | (184874) | 189
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory obligations require (a) water and (b) drainage services to undertake flood prevention work. | | (184875) | 190
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory obligations require local authorities and utility services to cooperate on flooding issues. | | (184876) | 191
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what procedures residents' associations and other non-governmental local bodies can access (a) central and (b) local government funds for (i) flood prevention and (ii) flood remediation schemes. | | (184877) | 192
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid to (a) farmers and (b) landowners on Common Agricultural Policy support payments in (i) Nottinghamshire and (ii) the East Midlands in the last year for which figures are available. | | (183863) | 193
| 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, how many of the letters he plans to send will be addressed to (a) heads of state, (b) heads of government, (c) his counterparts, (d) ambassadors and (e) other foreign government officials; and if he will make a statement. | | (184717) | 194
| 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, if he will place in the Library a copy of the text of the letters he plans to send; and if he will make a statement. | | (184718) | 195
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total number was of cetacean bycatches of each type and species in UK waters, broken down by International Council for the Exploration of the Sea area in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (184778) | 196
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the bycatch of harbour porpoises by UK licensed fishing vessels in the (a) Celtic Sea and (b) North Sea was in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (184805) | 197
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cetacean bycatch of each type and species was in UK waters in 2006-07, broken down by the country of origin of the vessel responsible; and if he will make a statement. | | (184806) | 198
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost to the livestock industry of complying with regulations preventing the on-farm burial of fallen livestock has been in each of the last four years. | | (184861) | 199
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what percentage of livestock producers were members of the National Fallen Stock Scheme in each of the last three years. | | (184862) | 200
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the EU (a) Nitrates and (b) Water Framework Directives on water management. | | (184867) | 201
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the independent review of the National Fallen Stock Scheme and Company. | | (184868) | 202
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review the ban on on-farm burial. | | (184869) | 203
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms his Department has in place to monitor the effectiveness of the ban on on-farm burial in reducing the incidence of disease amongst livestock. | | (184870) | 204
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the National Fallen Stock Scheme. | | (184871) | 205
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of biofuel production on (a) rainforest deforestation, (b) UK food prices and (c) UK greenhouse gas emissions. | | (184891) | 206
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the National Fallen Stock Scheme on the level of stock collection prices. | | (184952) | 207
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average stock collection price was for (a) each type of animal and (b) in each region in each of the last three years. | | (184953) | 208
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the cost to the livestock industry of removal of fallen stock and the effects of those costs on competitiveness. | | (184967) | 209
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department proposes to make available for the National Fallen Stock Scheme in each of the next three years; what allocations were originally made to the scheme for those years; and whether such funding is to continue after 2011. | | (184968) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 210
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost to the public purse of processing visa application checks at embassies and consulates was in the last financial year; and what estimate he has made of the equivalent annual cost arising in those countries where processing such checks has been outsourced. | | (178729) | 211
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what checks his Department plans to make on companies and organisations tendering for contracts to administer visa application checks; how it will monitor the performance of those awarded such contracts; and what estimate he has made of the likely annual cost to his Department of such monitoring. | | (178731) | 212
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Russian government on the medical treatment of Vasily Aleksanyan; and if he will make a statement. | | (184391) | 213
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make on the arrest and sentencing to death of Afghan resident Sayed Pervez Kambaksh. | | (184798) | 214
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to seek to ensure a free and fair trial for Pastor Fernando Kutino in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and if he will encourage the DRC government to end the use of military tribunals in civilian cases. | | (184700) | 215
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government plans to make to the government of Democratic Republic of Congo on its treatment of members of civil society in areas within its control, with particular reference to the military judge Major Mbokolo Wawa, his assistant Captain Kawende, and journalists Maurice Kayombo and Rene Kabala Mushiya. | | (184701) | 216
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Kenyan government on the situation of the Kikuyu population of the Kalenjin region. | | (184702) | 217
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek the agreement of the Government's international partners to convene an international conference on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan. | | (184783) | 218
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Sudan against the formal appointment of Musa Hilal as an adviser to their Ministry of Federal Affairs. | | (184785) | 219
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the ratio of men to women within the police component of UNAMID for the tasks to be performed in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (184787) | 220
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184685) | 221
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the salary band is of a grade one locally engaged commercial officer. | | (184886) | 222
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 1609W, on Departmental internet, what measures are in place to monitor and record the location of computers with access to his Department's intranet. | | (184974) | 223
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to sign the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; and if he will make a statement. | | (178717) | 224
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the level of UK diplomatic representation is in each of the Pacific Island countries. | | (184704) | 225
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the position adopted by China in the UN Security Council on matters relating to Argentina and the Falkland Islands, with particular reference to the Illex fishery. | | (184666) | 226
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect sea birds in the Overseas Territories. | | (184903) | 227
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what research activity the UK is conducting in the Antarctic; what the objectives of such research are; what reports he has received of research activities by other states in the Antarctic; and if he will make a statement. | | (184981) | 228
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures the Government is taking to protect the fisheries around the Falkland Islands from unauthorised fishing by foreign vessels. | | (184982) | 229
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what forecasts have been made of the future level of fish stocks in the Falkland Islands waters. | | (184983) | 230
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the populations of seals and sealions in the Falkland Islands and its waters; and what steps the Government is taking to protect them. | | (184984) | 231
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many species of endangered (a) animals and (b) birds there are in the Falkland Islands; and what estimate he has made of the numbers of each. | | (184985) | 232
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on oil exploration and research in the Antarctic by other countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (184986) | 233
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Argentine government on the issuing of licences to fish in Falkland Islands waters. | | (184987) | 234
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what regulations govern the activity of fishing vessels in Falkland Islands waters. | | (184988) | 235
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) UK relations with Argentina and (b) the situation in the Falkland Islands; and if he will make a statement. | | (184990) | 236
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role his Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (184213) | 237
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Afghanistan on the death sentence imposed on Sayed Pervez Kambaksh; and if he will make a statement. | | (184803) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 238
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of primary care trusts in England which have adopted the latest interim guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on treatment for patients with wet eye age related macular degeneration. | | (184206) | 239
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what Government funding was provided for medical research into dementia in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the health research budget this represented in each year. | | (184620) | 240
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been undertaken since June 2007 into the causes of the increase in emergency readmissions to hospital, particularly for people over 75 years of age. | | (184714) | 241
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been undertaken since June 2007 into rates of emergency re-admission to hospital, particularly for people over 75 years of age. | | (184889) | 242
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-medical staff are employed by each of the four acute hospital trusts in outer South East London. | | (184650) | 243
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 283W, on working parties, what (a) working parties, (b) task forces and (c) steering groups were set up by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (184807) | 244
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what formula is used to determine the market forces factor. | | (184841) | 245
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of palliative care services in Wirral; and if he will make a statement. | | (184954) | 246
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184684) | 247
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184912) | 248
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwifery training places there were in each English region in each of the last five academic years. | | (184901) | 249
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many psychiatric beds there were in each NHS mental health trust in the North East in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (184979) | 250
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of occupancy of psychiatric beds in each NHS mental health trust in the North East was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (184980) | 251
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes have been made to the list of medical exemptions which allow patients fee free prescriptions after his Department's recent review. | | (183784) | 252
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the last time was that his Department made changes to the list of medical exemptions which allow patients free prescriptions. | | (183785) | 253
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on clinical outcomes in primary care of the new GP contract in the last three years. | | (184765) | 254
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the weight range of 751-1000g in Annex A1 of Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances and related services to primary care was determined. | | (184581) | 255
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has undertaken a disability impact assessment of the proposed changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff. | | (184662) | 256
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by the North West Health Brussels Office in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184643) | 257
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many branded plastic bags his Department has purchased in the last 24 months for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (184644) | 258
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by each of the regional health Brussels offices in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184645) | 259
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the address is of each of the regional health Brussels offices. | | (184646) | 260
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the value of unused prescription drugs prescribed throughout the national health economy in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184766) | 261
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the value of wasted and returned prescription drugs in the national health economy in the last year for which figures are available. | | (184767) | 262
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to reduce the cost of unused, returned or wasted prescription drugs to the national health economy. | | (184768) | 263
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the value of unused, wasted or returned prescription drugs in the Cumbrian health economy in the most recent period for which figures are available; what assessment he has made of how these costs may be reduced; what assessment he has made of alternative uses for returned medication; and what guidance is given to medical practitioners on these matters. | | (184769) | 264
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to procure cheaper medicines for prescription throughout the national health economy. | | (184770) | 265
| Mr Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research his Department has commissioned on the effects of non-ionising radiation on health. | | (184892) | 266
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many victims of female circumcision were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of dealing with the results of female circumcision in each such year. | | (184578) | 267
N | David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 25th October 2007, Official Report, column 552W, on dietary supplements: EU law, whether the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has received responses from the governments of Jersey and Guernsey to the letters it sent on 10th September 2007; and when a collective meeting with the representatives of these governments is planned to take place. | | (184398) | 268
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider introducing measures to require the manufacturers of cigarette rolling papers to print health warnings on their products on the dangers of cannabis use. | | (184189) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 269
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who remained in the UK beyond the expiration of their visa were deported in each of the last five years. | | (178727) | 270
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK (a) in total and (b) at port in each of the last five years. | | (178728) | 271
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were involuntarily removed from the UK in each of the last five years. | | (178730) | 272
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the Class A drugs seizures quantities in the table on page 22 of the latest Serious and Organised Crime Agency annual report were drugs destined for the UK; and if she will break down the seizures by government department leading the interdiction. | | (184295) | 273
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the investigation into the treatment of Beatrice Guessie to be completed. | | (184188) | 274
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects a decision to be reached on the application of Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi to enter the UK. | | (184292) | 275
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to enhance the powers of (a) border and (b) other officials to stop people on the grounds that they suspect them to be victims or perpetrators of human trafficking. | | (184458) | 276
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers (a) border and (b) other officials have to stop people on the grounds that they suspect them to be victims or perpetrators of human trafficking. | | (184459) | 277
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for (i) online and (ii) offline offences of ticket touting under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 in each year since it came into effect. | | (184455) | 278
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 31st January 2008, Official Report, columns 28-9WS, on care for children in the immigration system, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children looked after by local authorities will be included in the specialist network; and what estimate she has made of how many each authority can be expected to look after when the special network is set up. | | (184735) | 279
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 31st January 2008, Official Report, columns 28-9WS, on care for children in the immigration system, which local authorities will be part of the network of specialist local authorities looking after unaccompanied asylum seeking children. | | (184736) | 280
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 31st January 2008, Official Report, columns 28-9WS, on care for children in the immigration system, how much extra funding will be allocated to local authorities that will be part of the specialist network looking after unaccompanied child asylum seekers; and whether her Department's central funding will cover the full costs incurred by the local authorities. | | (184737) | 281
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of foreign senior care workers who will not meet the minimum salary requirements to continue employment under the Border and Immigration Agency guidelines. | | (184738) | 282
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include a representative of the British Chinese community on (a) the Migration Advisory Committee and (b) the Migration Impact Forum; and if she will make a statement. | | (184739) | 283
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the effect on the numbers of foreign nationals seeking to enter the UK of the hosting of the 2012 Olympic Games in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12. | | (184850) | 284
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to keep the (a) biometric and (b) other information held on biometric immigration documents and identity cards issued to foreign nationals after the individual is no longer resident in the United Kingdom. | | (184851) | 285
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested under (a) the Terrorism Act 2000, (b) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, (c) the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and (d) the Terrorism Act 2006 since 20th January 2004 have been held for (i) one to 12 days, (ii) 13 to 14 days, (iii) 15 to 26 days and (iv) 27 to 28 days. | | (184743) | 286
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women have been (i) arrested, (ii) charged with and (iii) convicted of terrorist-related offences since the introduction of the Terrorism Act 2000. | | (184744) | 287
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted of terrorist-related offences under (i) the Terrorism Act 2000, (ii) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, (iii) the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and (iv) the Terrorism Act 2006. | | (184745) | 288
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested under (a) the Terrorism Act 2000, (b) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, (c) the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and (d) the Terrorism Act 2006 have been (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of a non-terrorism related offence since each Act came into force. | | (184746) | 289
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hand held computers have been provided to police officers to log crime in each of the last three years. | | (184615) | 290
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184693) | 291
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have received (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) more than three anti-social behaviour orders since they were established. | | (184789) | 292
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 480W, on departmental public expenditure, when she expects budget allocations for 2008-09 to be delegated within her Department. | | (184879) | 293
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184918) | 294
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licensed vehicle immobilisers have had their licences revoked in each of the last five years; how many unlicensed individuals have been prosecuted for carrying out vehicle immobilisations in the same period; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 in regulating the activities of wheel clampers. | | (184719) | 295
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to Question 171109 on the regulation of wheel clamping tabled on 29th November 2007 by the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire. | | (183783) | 296
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring she has undertaken of the implementation of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (184754) | 297
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many repeat offences of domestic violence were recorded in each police authority area in the last period for which figures are available. | | (184758) | 298
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases of domestic violence the alleged perpetrator was released on bail without notification to the victim in each police authority in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (184759) | 299
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of reported domestic violence incidents resulted in (a) caution, (b) arrest and (c) charge in each police authority area in each of the last five years. | | (184760) | 300
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) cautions were imposed and (b) prosecutions were brought for domestic violence offences in the (i) Bedfordshire and (ii) Luton areas in each of the last five years. | | (184761) | 301
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to implement the remaining provisions of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (184763) | 302
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2008, Official Report, column 1302W, on licensed premises: non-domestic rates, what estimate her Department has made of the maximum charge in cash terms that can be levied per year on a business in an alcohol disorder zone; and what the commencement date is for councils to be able to designate and implement such zones. | | (184994) | 303
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Border and Immigration Agency to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 27th November 2007, on behalf of Mohammed Hussain Aziz (Home Office reference: A1024255, acknowledgement reference: B3422817). | | (184753) | 304
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department has played in drafting the National Security Strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (184214) | 305
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to the police on charging those suspected of carrying out female circumcision. | | (184846) | 306
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many professional footballers offered employment by UK football clubs were refused a work permit in each year since January 1998, broken down by nationality. | | (185002) | 307
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits have been awarded to non-EU professional footballers since January 2007. | | (185003) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 308
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184696) | 309
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184913) | 310
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of non-accredited learning on (a) health, (b) educational aspirations within families and (c) social inclusion. | | (184664) | 311
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will review the definition of taxable income as applied to the income of a student's natural parents, the parent's partner and the student's partner to exclude such part of a pension income as is paid to an ex-partner under a divorce settlement in developing future financial assessment policy for student support arrangements. | | (184399) | 312
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he will answer Question 175643 tabled by the hon. Member for Angus on 17th December 2007 on student loans. | | (184649) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 313
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made towards the millennium development goal of improving maternal health in each year since 2000; and what steps his Department is taking to address socio-economic obstacles to progress in developing countries where the rate of improvement has been comparatively low. | | (184959) | 314
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184683) | 315
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2080W, on departmental marketing, what the dimensions are of the display in the Palace Street offices. | | (184993) | 316
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries in the Pacific have received UK aid via the EU in each of the last five years; and how much each country received. | | (184703) | 317
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's performance against objectives in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq has been in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (184208) | 318
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to promote the safety of his Department's employees operating in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (184209) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 319
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 305W, on prisoners: taxis, how much the Prison Service has spent on taxis in each of the last three years. | | (184570) | 320
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consultations he has had with trades union representatives on the restructuring process of the Offender Management Service in Wales. | | (184667) | 321
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the responsibilities of the Regional Offender Manager is in Wales; and what the responsibilities of the directors of offender management are expected to be. | | (184668) | 322
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has made to facilitate the merger of the offices of the Regional Offender Manager and the Prison Service Area Manager's office in Wales; and what account has been taken of the different geographical areas covered by those offices. | | (184669) | 323
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are currently employed in (a) the Regional Offender Manager's office and (b) the Prison Service Area Manager's office in Wales; and what the projected staff numbers are in these two offices after the restructuring on 1st April. | | (184670) | 324
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders who come from Wales and are (a) in prison and (b) the subject of community penalties are subject to the end to end offender management process. | | (184671) | 325
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for each element in the change programme for the new structure for prison and probation services in Wales. | | (184711) | 326
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to reform the Coroners Act 1988 and the restrictions regarding moving infants' and children's bodies for post mortem examinations; and if he will make a statement. | | (184748) | 327
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many post mortem examinations on children aged between five and 15 were not carried out by paediatric pathologists in each coroner's district in each of the last five years. | | (184749) | 328
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people of (a) Jamaican, (b) Nigerian, (c) Vietnamese and (d) Chinese nationality were released from prison in England in each of the last five years. | | (184617) | 329
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184689) | 330
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2105W, on the Firearms Act 1968: convictions, what proportion of those found guilty were over the age of 18. | | (184881) | 331
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184914) | 332
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many coroner inquest cases into the deaths of armed forces personnel overseas are outstanding. | | (182942) | 333
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how residential accommodation operated under the auspices of ClearSprings is used to house offenders in receipt of a custodial sentence in Peterborough City Council area; and if he will make a statement. | | (184079) | 334
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with (a) ClearSprings and (b) Cambridgeshire Probation Service on the allocation of residential accommodation for offenders in the Peterborough City Council area; and if he will make a statement. | | (184080) | 335
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which constituencies in England and Wales have supervised contact centres within (a) five miles and (b) 10 miles of the constituency boundary. | | (184755) | 336
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of those convicted of domestic violence offences were (a) fined and (b) given custodial sentences in each police authority area in each of the last five years. | | (184757) | 337
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which public authorities, other than local authorities, police forces and the Electoral Commission, have access to the full versions of electoral role databases. | | (184634) | 338
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the (a) implementation and (b) review of the e-conveyancing pilot. | | (184635) | 339
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's most recent guidance on bail. | | (184625) | 340
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were successfully prosecuted for carrying out female circumcision in each of the last five years. | | (184844) | 341
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average sentence was handed down for a person found to have been carrying out female circumcision in each of the last five years. | | (184845) | 342
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of registered electors in each parliamentary constituency in England and Wales opted to be excluded from the edited electoral roll in each year since 2002. | | (184751) | 343
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) female and (b) ethnic minority judges were appointed in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (184997) | 344
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many judges are expected to be appointed in 2008; what steps he plans to take to promote diversity amongst the judiciary; and if he will make a statement. | | (185005) | 345
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the records kept on injuries in young offender institutions include information on (a) the nature of the injury sustained, (b) whether oxygen was administered, (c) whether the injury resulted in hospitalisation and (d) whether any subsequent medical treatment was required beyond that administered immediately after the injury was sustained. | | (184577) | 346
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the recording of injuries sustained in young offender institutions and secure training centres include recording whether they were caused (a) by self-harm, (b) during restraint by prison officers, (c) during violence between detainees and (d) in an attempt at suicide. | | (184619) | 347
| Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new system for recording injuries to young offenders in the secure estate identifies (a) the type of institution in which the injury occurred and (b) (i) the age and (ii) ethnicity of the person injured. | | (184839) | Questions to the Leader of the House 348
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans she has to bring forward proposals for regional ministers to respond to oral questions from hon. Members. | | (184618) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 349
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184697) | 350
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 181W, on intimidation, on what date the formal complaint of bullying was reported in his Department. | | (184840) | 351
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184915) | 352
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many licensees in Northern Ireland were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of selling alcohol to underage drinkers in each of the last five years. | | (184726) | 353
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward proposals to create specific offences of (a) carrying and using a knife in a violent attack and (b) carrying a knife in a violent attack in Northern Ireland. | | (184727) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 354
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what legal arrangements have been made for the sale of surplus land after the 2012 Olympics to pay back monies taken from the Lottery; and if she will make a statement. | | (184397) | 355
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with the Olympic Delivery Authority on the accessibility of the Olympic Village for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement. | | (184384) | 356
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many residences in the Olympic Village will be accessible to disabled people. | | (184385) | 357
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many times she has sought approval from the Treasury for expenditure relating to the 2012 Olympics; and what the reason for that expenditure was in each case. | | (184786) | 358
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the bid book estimate is for construction of (a) the broadcast/media centre and (b) the athletes village for the London 2012 Olympics. | | (184387) | Questions to the Prime Minister 359
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has attended with the BAA in his capacity as Prime Minister. | | (184653) | 360
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have attended with representatives of the BAA at which (i) the expansion of Heathrow airport and (ii) the Crossrail project were discussed. | | (184672) | 361
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has attended with representatives of the aviation industry in his capacity as Prime Minister. | | (184713) | 362
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, what the reasons were for the decision to change the publication of the National Security Srategy from its announced publication date of autumn 2007. | | (184212) | 363
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to publish the National Security Strategy. | | (184454) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 364
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many electors there are in each Westminster parliamentary constituency in Scotland based upon the new register of electors as at December 2007. | | (184709) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 365
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average weight of a two-car train was in (a) 1985, (b) 1997 and (c) 2006. | | (184190) | 366
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's assumptions are of the future price of oil in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020, (d) 2025, (e) 2030, (f) 2040 and (g) 2050. | | (184191) | 367
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average weight of a two-car train in the EU-15 was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (184192) | 368
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage change from a 2007 baseline she has projected for (a) rail passenger and (b) freight mileage by (i) 2009, (ii) 2014, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2024. | | (184193) | 369
N | Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys were taken on Eurostar by staff of her Department in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) business premier, (b) standard, (c) leisure select and (d) other ticket types. | | (178844) | 370
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) sign designs and (b) broad principles of sign location for the Central London congestion charging scheme have been agreed between her Department and Transport for London. | | (184955) | 371
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what designs of sign relating to the Central London congestion charging scheme have been authorised under sections 64 and 65 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; and when such authorisations were granted. | | (184956) | 372
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving (a) serious injuries and (b) fatalities took place on the M40 motorway between junctions 3 and 5 in each year since 2001 for which figures are available. | | (184294) | 373
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to allow non-cash payment methods for tolls levied on the M48 Severn Bridge; and if she will make a statement. | | (184388) | 374
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact of charging tolls on vehicles travelling in both directions on the M48 Severn Bridge on the flow of (a) heavy goods vehicles and (b) all vehicles on the A48 in Gloucestershire. | | (184389) | 375
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in respect of which tolled road crossings in England (a) tolls have ceased to be levied in the last five years and (b) there are proposals to cease to levy tolls. | | (184961) | 376
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184682) | 377
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1821W, on Network Rail, on what date the meeting with Ian Coucher on 3rd January was arranged; and when the most recent previous meeting with a senior executive of Network Rail took place. | | (184808) | 378
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what subsidy from the public purse was received for each rail franchise since 1997. | | (184883) | 379
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made in discussions with her EU counterparts on the Government's policy that motorists in the UK should not be required to use daytime running lights; and if she will make a statement. | | (183786) | 380
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the volume of materials taken from the hand luggage of passengers by airport security officials since August 2006 that have been (a) recycled, (b) disposed of in landfill sites and (c) given to charity shops. | | (184568) | 381
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the project on the sustainability of land use and transport in outer neighbourhoods has been completed. | | (184647) | 382
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments her Department and its agencies have made to Itis Holdings in the last 36 months. | | (184648) | 383
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mental health checks are required for commercial airline pilots of airlines based in the UK. | | (184583) | 384
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings were held between her Department's officials and representatives of bus operating companies on the Local Transport Bill between May 2007 and 16th January 2008; and which company or companies attended each meeting. | | (184109) | 385
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have been held between her Department's officials and the Confederation of Passenger Transport on the Local Transport Bill between May 2007 and 16th January 2008. | | (184111) | 386
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have been held between Ministers and special advisers from her Department and representatives of bus operating companies by company on the Local Transport Bill between May 2007 and 16th January 2008; and which company or companies attended each meeting. | | (184112) | 387
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings have been held between Ministers and special advisers from her Department and the Confederation of Passenger Transport on the Local Transport Bill between May 2007 and 16th January 2008. | | (184113) | 388
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 30th January 2008, Official Report, columns 18-20WS, on rolling stock, how many of the 1,300 extra carriages referred to in the White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Railway, will be (a) new rolling stock and (b) a re-deployment of existing rolling stock. | | (184194) | 389
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorists failed to pay vehicle excise duty in each of the last 10 years. | | (184957) | 390
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many successful prosecutions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency secured against motorists failing to pay vehicle excise duty in each of the last 10 years. | | (184958) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 391
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184911) | 392
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of staff at the Wales Office work mainly on the processing of requests for legislative competence orders. | | (184995) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equalities 393
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made in appointing a permanent secretary for the Government Equalities Office. | | (184390) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 394
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on the Now Let's Talk Money programme. | | (184847) | 395
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a quarterly return showing the (a) average length of time taken to clear old scheme Child Support Agency cases and (b) the average age of uncleared cases under the old scheme. | | (184849) | 396
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish (a) the findings from the evaluation of the local housing allowances in the 18 pathfinder areas and (b) evidence available to his Department on the likely effects of direct payment of housing allowance in cases where housing benefit would have been paid to the landlord. | | (183587) | 397
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of men aged between 18 and 24 years of age have claimed jobseeker's allowance since it was established. | | (184906) | 398
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone complaints have been received by the Child Support Agency from people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (184837) | 399
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many written complaints have been received by the Child Support Agency from people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (184838) | 400
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints of (a) sexual harassment and (b) sexual discrimination have been made by staff in (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (184681) | 401
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who have been issued with (a) two, (b) three and (c) four or more national insurance numbers. | | (184799) | 402
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reduce national insurance number fraud. | | (184800) | 403
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for a national insurance number have been refused in each of the past five years. | | (184801) | 404
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid to recruitment agencies in relation to departmental appointments in each year since 1997. | | (184910) | 405
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help single parents who are in employment to gain the skills to make progress in the workplace. | | (184665) | 406
| Mr David Marshall (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Glasgow East constituency are in receipt of the (a) higher rate and (b) lower rate of attendance allowance. | | (184710) | 407
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes are being made to local housing allowance from April 2008; and what guidance has been given to local authorities accordingly. | | (184633) | 408
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate was of council tax benefit for pensioners in each year since 1997-98 for which figures are available. | | (184654) | 409
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to offer council tax benefit as a rebate to improve the take-up rate. | | (184658) | 410
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the Health and Safety Executive last provided guidance to local authorities on health and safety with regards to gravestones and memorials. | | (184699) | 411
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension schemes became ineligible for Pension Protection Fund levies in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (184211) | 412
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the letter of 28th January 2008 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Northavon, if he will place in the Library a copy of the departmental leaflets issued after 2001 which stated that people would be advised about delivery notices by letter. | | (184456) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 413
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working age lone parents his Department estimates live in each region in the UK, broken down by sex. | | [Transferred] (184848) | 414
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children aged between five and 15 years died in each coroner's district in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (184741) | 415
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the working-age population in Wirral borough were unemployed in the last period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (184963) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 416
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many assaults on teachers by pupils or parents occurred in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | [Question Unstarred] (183680) | 417
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Reading West of 30th January 2008, Official Report, column 315, on forced marriage, when the Government plans to report back to the House. | | [Transferred] (184797) | 418
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what average length of time the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) took to produce reports in child contact cases in each CAFCASS area in the last period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (184756) | 419
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made on developing a manifesto for out-of-school learning. | | [Question Unstarred] (183689) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 420
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified paediatric pathologists were practising in each coroner's district in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (184740) | 421
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many post-mortem examinations were carried out on children aged between five and 15 years in each coroner's district in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (184742) | 422
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children's bodies had to be moved (a) to the adjoining coroner's district and (b) further afield for post mortem examinations by paediatric pathologists in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (184750) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 423
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases are awaiting trial for people charged with offences under (a) the Terrorism Act 2000, (b) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, (c) the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and (d) the Terrorism Act 2006. | | [Transferred] (184747) | 424
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many areas have been designated as alcohol control zones, broken down by local authority area. | | [Transferred] (184885) | 425
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 212-6W, on proceeds of crime, what proportion of confiscation orders were fully enforced in each police force area in each of the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (184904) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 426
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for drink driving over the Christmas period in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (184720) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 427
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to make an announcement on remedial capital works in respect of junction 30 of the M25 motorway; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (184832) | 428
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made towards the targets that all petrol and diesel sold in the UK contain a minimum of (a) 2.5 per cent. biofuel by April 2008, (b) 5 per cent. by 2010 and (c) 10 per cent. by 2020. | | [Transferred] (184890) | 429
| David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents reported to the police in the last five years involved motor vehicles without (a) a valid MOT certificate and (b) up to date car tax. | | [Transferred] (184771) | 430
| David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicle accidents reported to the police in the last five years involved drivers with no valid insurance. | | [Transferred] (184772) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 431
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a winter fuel payment in (a) Houghton and Washington West constituency and (b) the City of Sunderland in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (184900) |
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