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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 18 February 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 18 February 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 18 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 18 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 18 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, further to the letter of 26th January sent by Lord Hanningfield to his Department, what assessment he has made of whether steps taken by Essex County Council constitute a serious expression of interest to financially support post offices; and whether such steps require Post Office Ltd to delay physical closure of existing branches in Essex to allow (a) funding and (b) a contract to be put in place. | | (186108) | 2
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people under 60 years who are living in fuel poverty and receiving the middle or higher rate of the disability living allowance care component or the higher rate of the mobility component. | | (186427) | 3
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people under 60 who are living in fuel poverty. | | (186428) | 4
N | Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward plans he has to legislate to prevent supermarkets from selling alcoholic beverages at below cost to promote sales. | | (186425) | 5
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government plans to take to strengthen controls on the export of arms. | | (186849) | 6
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how the Government will extend export laws to control extra-territorial brokering and trafficking of small arms by United Kingdom citizens operating outside the United Kingdom, as announced by his Department on 6th February. | | (186818) | 7
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment the Government has made of the health effects of restricting the sale of UK-produced lower alcohol wines; and if he will make a statement. | | (186854) | 8
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether lower alcohol wines can be imported from the USA and sold in the UK under bilateral agreements; and if he will make a statement. | | (186855) | 9
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the costs of decommissioning and decontaminating nuclear power stations over the next (a) 10 and (b) 20 years. | | (185788) | 10
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent in total by local trading standards units on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186418) | 11
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many facilities with the capacity to generate more than 500 megawatts were (a) given planning consent and (b) closed in each year since 1997; and what the type and capacity of each of those facilities was. | | (186360) | 12
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much gas was imported into the UK from each gas exporting country in each of the last five years. | | (186376) | 13
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the cost to business of carers leaving the workforce in each of the last five years. | | (185995) | 14
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what studies the South East England Development Agency has commissioned into transport links with Shoreham Harbour. | | (186795) | 15
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the South East England Development Agency's budget has been in each year since its establishment; and what the (a) salary costs and (b) expenses have been of the (i) executive directors and (ii) non-executive directors in each year since inception. | | (186796) | 16
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will give a breakdown of the South East England Development Agency's expenditure by main budget heading for each of the last five years. | | (186797) | 17
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps the Post Office has taken to reduce carbon emissions. | | (186801) | 18
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what account is taken by Post Office Ltd of the effects of post office branch closures when consulting on its reconfiguration programme. | | (186802) | 19
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which Post Office branches have been nominated for closure under Post Office Ltd's closure programme. | | (186803) | 20
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to restore the Crown Post Office network to profit. | | (186825) | 21
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are used by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. | | (186181) | 22
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if Ofgem will provide incentives to gas distribution network companies to provide mains gas connections in deprived communities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. | | (186464) | 23
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will instruct the Post Office to publish the subsidy received by each post office branch in Pendle that is scheduled for closure. | | (186486) | 24
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small companies registered in each region in each year since 1999; and how many have registered in 2007-08 to date. | | (186192) | 25
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the value of contracts awarded to UK companies for reconstruction in Iraq since March 2003. | | (185811) | 26
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the impact on the rural economy of the cost of petrol and diesel. | | (186301) | 27
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he has received the report from Ofcom concluding its review of communications providers' additional charges; and if he will make a statement. | | (185745) | 28
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding his Department has provided to trades unions through the Union Modernisation Fund and Union Learning Fund to promote awareness of trades union members' right to opt out of political funds since 1997. | | (186084) | 29
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2036W, on the union modernisation fund: audit, if he will place in the Library a copy of each independent accountant's report produced so far for each completed project. | | (186085) | 30
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 2036W, on the union modernisation fund: audit, which accountancy firms (a) have undertaken and (b) are undertaking the audits. | | (186086) | 31
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1480W, on unfair practices: sales, what guidance his Department has published on whether the Directive will apply to the purchase of a trades union membership subscription itself, where that trades union provides legal advice, or special deals for meals and training, as part of the substantive union product itself. | | (186186) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 32
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) grants and (b) tax incentives the Government has made to the UK popular music industry in the last 10 years; what the cost to the public purse has been of such (i) grants and (ii) tax incentives in that period; what recent representations he has received on support for the industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (186369) | 33
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cars registered in the UK were eligible for Band A vehicle excise duty in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (186953) | 34
| Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage changes there were in (a) the retail price index, (b) the consumer price index, (c) fuel prices and (d) food prices in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008 to date. | | (186895) | 35
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the PAYE Coding Notices for 2007-08 and 2008-09 issued by HM Revenue and Customs on 24th January 2008 in respect of Mr Hemmings of Worthing and Mr Wigley of Wanstrow, Somerset, were sent to a taxpayer in Christchurch, together with that taxpayer's PAYE Coding Notice; and if he will make a statement. | | (186677) | 36
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child benefit payments have been back-dated by more than three months from the date of the initial application in each of the last three years. | | (186731) | 37
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many child benefit claims were made (a) within and (b) after more than three months of a child's birth in the last 12 months. | | (186733) | 38
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what volume of illegal drugs was seized at the ports of (a) Hartlepool, (b) Teesside, (c) Tyneside, (d) Wearside and (e) Seaham in each year since 2000, broken down by type of drug; and if he will make a statement. | | (186211) | 39
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the competitiveness of the British haulage industry in respect of fuel prices. | | (185628) | 40
N | Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2008, Official Report, column 1198W to Question 184207, on inflation, if he will calculate the likely effect on the overall rate of inflation of increasing the police force's net pay by (a) 2.5 per cent. and (b) 1.9 per cent. over the next two years. | | (186504) | 41
| Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire, dated 22nd November 2007, on Northern Rock. | | (186342) | 42
| Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Central Ayrshire, dated 19th November 2007, on capital gains tax. | | (186343) | 43
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what gambling activities are subject to (a) value-added tax and (b) gross profits tax. | | (185843) | 44
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much value-added tax was collected from adult gaming centres in England and Wales in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | (185954) | 45
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK financial contribution was towards maintaining, staffing and operating the representative offices of the European Commission in (a) EU capitals, (b) non-EU capitals and (c) other locations in each of the last 10 years. | | (186280) | 46
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much each local authority in London paid in landfill tax in each of the last five years. | | (186144) | 47
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many seizure notices were issued by customs officials in each of the last five years. | | (186461) | 48
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, columns 834-6W, on migrant workers, what the change has been in the number of the UK born population in employment in each industry sector since 1997. | | (185665) | 49
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stafford of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 291W, on taxation, what levels of need his Department attributes to (a) a single person and (b) a married couple with (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three children for the purposes of determining tax credit entitlements. | | (185666) | 50
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on changing the number of animal racing activities which are eligible for tax exemption; and if he will make a statement. | | (186190) | 51
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue and its predecessors spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186412) | 52
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from Parkinson's disease in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (186960) | 53
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many persons claiming child benefit in the United Kingdom are doing so in respect of children not resident in the United Kingdom; and what the financial cost was of such payments in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (186155) | 54
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions since it was established the Financial Services Authority has used its powers under section 45 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. | | (186950) | 55
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer accrued from sales of (a) diesel and (b) petrol on garage forecourts in the last 12 months. | | (186237) | 56
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the excise duty rate was on (a) diesel and (b) petrol fuel in each of the last five years. | | (186238) | 57
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings have taken place between his Department and the Scottish Executive to discuss the transfer of the Fossil Fuel Levy to the Consolidated Fund; and when those meetings took place. | | (186637) | 58
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of support to London and Continental Railways by means of (a) public expenditure and (b) the granting of Government guarantees. | | (186904) | 59
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely change in tax revenue arising from the proposed revision to the capital gains tax rules governing homes other than a principal residence. | | (186907) | 60
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projection he has made of population figures in 2014. | | (186924) | 61
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount paid by migrants to the UK in taxes and national insurance in 2007. | | (186933) | 62
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the proportion of the illicit trade in tobacco in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07 that was in (i) manufactured cigarettes and (ii) hand rolling tobacco. | | (186383) | 63
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the share of the tobacco market in (a) Belgium, (b) the Netherlands and (c) Luxembourg that is UK manufactured hand-rolled tobacco. | | (186410) | 64
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has raised in tax from Cornwall in each of the last five years. | | (186505) | 65
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average wage has been in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England for each year since 1979. | | (186627) | 66
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on a moratorium on consumers reclaiming bank charges. | | (186350) | 67
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to financial institutions on the rate of interest to be applied to reclaimed bank and credit card charges; and if he will make a statement. | | (186351) | 68
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs will respond to the letters of (a) 18th October 2007 and (b) 22nd January 2008 from the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre on a constituent, Mr Stefan Fish. | | (186695) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 69
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants his Department made to (a) Brook, (b) the Family Planning Association, (c) Marie Stopes International, (d) the British Pregnancy Advisory Service and (e) Education for Choice in each of the last five years; what the (i) value and (ii) purpose of each such grant was; what restrictions apply to the ways in which funds from each grant may be spent; and if he will make a statement. | | (186372) | 70
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to encourage the awareness of Key Stage 2 pupils of the world of work. | | (186119) | 71
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local authorities have a dedicated local pupil tracking officer to identify children missing from education. | | (185955) | 72
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were home educated in each local education authority in the latest year for which information is available. | | (185956) | 73
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether a child aged 14 who is home educated and attends a local college on a part-time basis is entitled to support towards transport costs. | | (185998) | 74
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support a child aged 14 years who is home educated and attends a local college on a part-time basis is entitled to receive towards the cost of course fees. | | (186174) | 75
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils (a) entitled and (b) not entitled to free school meals left school (i) without any recognised qualification and (ii) with five A* to C grade GCSEs in 2007. | | (185643) | 76
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 18th October 2007, Official Report, columns 1292-4W, on Building Schools for the Future, what progress he has made in reviewing the operation of waves 7 to 15 of the programme. | | (185958) | 77
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 18th October 2007, Official Report, columns 1292-4W, on Building Schools for the Future, what progress he has made with developing the programme to accelerate the entry of education authorities into it. | | (185959) | 78
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in the age groups (a) 5 to 8, (b) 9 to 11, (c) 12 to 13 and (d) 14 to 16 years were classed as obese in each school in Easington constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (186210) | 79
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to educate school children on the Holocaust since 1997. | | (185667) | 80
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to encourage schools to open their facilities to community groups. | | (185668) | 81
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils have re-sat (a) AS Level and (b) A2 Level examinations in each London borough since their introduction. | | (186141) | 82
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils re-sat GCSEs in each London borough in the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by subject. | | (186142) | 83
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who were eligible for free school meals left education without qualifications in each of the last three years. | | (186188) | 84
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many primary schools (a) 20 per cent., (b) 30 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. or more of pupils did not reach level 4 in Key Stage Two tests in 2007. | | (186631) | 85
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils attending schools which had been built within the previous five years in each of the last 10 years. | | (186468) | 86
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) new schools opened and (b) schools closed in the (i) maintained and (ii) independent sector in each year since 1995; and how many schools there were open in each year. | | (186958) | 87
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much income has been generated by maintained schools in England providing facilities for community groups in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (186793) | 88
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, under what circumstances an executive board will take over the management of a failing school, as outlined by the Prime Minister in his speech of 31st October 2007. | | (186472) | 89
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what powers an executive board taking over management of a failing school will have to improve that school. | | (186473) | 90
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who will sit on the executive boards proposed by the Prime Minister to take over failing schools. | | (186474) | 91
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each London local education authority area had fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils achieving five A* to C grade passes at GCSE, including mathematics and English, in each of the last eight years. | | (186475) | 92
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students in each London local education authority area left school achieving fewer than five A* to C grade passes at GCSE, including mathematics and English, in each of the last eight years. | | (186476) | 93
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was (a) budgeted for and (b) spent per pupil on average in (i) schools, (ii) primary schools and (iii) secondary schools in each local authority area in 2006-07; and how much has been budgeted for each cateogy in 2007-08. | | (186195) | 94
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools in each local authority have not joined a consortium with other schools and colleges to provide diplomas. | | (186221) | 95
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools in each local authority with fewer than 100 pupils have not joined other schools in forming federations. | | (186222) | 96
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools in each local authority with at least 25 per cent. surplus places have not joined other schools in forming federations. | | (186223) | 97
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools did not enter any candidates for chemistry A-Level in 2007. | | (186224) | 98
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools did not enter any candidates for physics A-Level in 2007. | | (186225) | 99
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools did not enter any candidates for mathematics A-Level in 2007. | | (186226) | 100
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools did not enter any candidates for biology A-Level in 2007. | | (186227) | 101
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools did not enter any candidates for at least two science A-Levels in 2007. | | (186228) | 102
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools courses which offer A-levels did not offer at least two science A-Level courses in 2007. | | (186229) | 103
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England operate as their own admissions authority. | | (186231) | 104
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England have their admissions managed by (i) local authorities and (ii) other bodies. | | (186232) | 105
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils on average were on the roll of schools providing education to children between the ages of five and 11 years old in England in 2007; and what this figure was in each of the 10 (a) most and (b) least deprived local authorities. | | (186830) | 106
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of primary school pupils live within walking distance as defined by his Department of more than one maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary school, broken down by local authority. | | (186831) | 107
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of primary school pupils live within walking distance as defined by his Department of more than two secondary schools, broken down by local authority. | | (186832) | 108
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many private fostering arrangements have been registered cumulatively in each of the last five years. | | (186699) | 109
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost of housing a looked after child in an independent children's home is in 2007-08. | | (186700) | 110
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many looked after children are housed in (a) a local authority and (b) independent children's home. | | (186701) | 111
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children have been placed for adoption with an extended family member in each of the last five years. | | (186702) | 112
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the budget is for the office of the Children's Commissioner for England in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10. | | (186748) | 113
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were adopted in each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (186749) | 114
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) nought to two, (b) two to 10 and (c) over 10 years old were adopted in each of the last five years. | | (186750) | 115
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will give a breakdown of the expenditure by the office of the Children's Commissioner in England by main budget heading since inception of the office. | | (186751) | 116
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many adoption placements were made with extended family members in each of the last five years. | | (186752) | 117
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what projects are funded by the Children's Fund. | | (186753) | 118
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged between five and 11 were receiving school milk in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by authority. | | (186754) | 119
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many times the Children's Plan expert groups have met; and if he will publish the minutes and attendance lists of each meeting. | | (186755) | 120
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent to produce the (a) Aiming High and (b) Children's Plan policy documents. | | (186756) | 121
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to review the work of local Safeguarding Children's boards; and if he will make a statement. | | (186757) | 122
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he proposes to publish the implementation documents referred to in the Children's Plan. | | (186763) | 123
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to bring forward specific proposals for the structure of the proposed Masters degree for the teaching profession. | | (186764) | 124
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to change the charging procedures for local authorities paying court fees before they can issue proceedings to take a child into care. | | (186765) | 125
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to expand the use of family group conferencing. | | (186766) | 126
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recommendations from the Laming report into the death of Victoria Climbie have yet to be implemented. | | (186767) | 127
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many times reasonable chastisement has been used as a defence in court cases involving violence against children in each of the last 10 years. | | (186807) | 128
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children born to children in care were (a) taken into care and (b) adopted in each of the last five years. | | (186808) | 129
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in care were born to mothers aged under 16 years, broken down by age of mother, in the last 12 months. | | (186809) | 130
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children have been (a) in foster placements and (b) in children's homes for over a year, broken down by age of child. | | (186810) | 131
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children who were killed at the hands of parents or carers in the last 12 months. | | (186824) | 132
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Safegarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 on 17 year olds playing open age sport. | | (185747) | 133
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children are taught about managing risk and staying safe to prevent accidents and accidental injury. | | (186336) | 134
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance has been given to local children's services on measures to reduce incidence of accidental injury amongst young people. | | (186338) | 135
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to (a) identify best practice in child accident prevention and (b) ensure that information on effective measures is shared between local safeguarding boards. | | (186344) | 136
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was paid from public funds in each of the last five years to the Institute of Education. | | (186430) | 137
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of how far on average (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils travel to get to school in (i) Cornwall, (ii) the South West and (iii) England. | | (186501) | 138
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class sizes were in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Cornwall, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in 2006-07. | | (186502) | 139
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average pupil/teacher ratio was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Cornwall, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each year since 2001. | | (186506) | 140
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what rural (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have closed in Cornwall since 1997. | | (186622) | 141
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) rural and (b) urban (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools there were in (A) Cornwall, (B) the South West and (C) England in each year since 1999. | | (186623) | 142
N | Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the purpose was of Lord Adonis's visit to Liverpool on 25th January, with particular reference to his visit to Croxteth Comprehensive School; who invited him to visit the school; and whom he met during that visit. | | (185754) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 143
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the budget of v has been in each year since its establishment; and how many (a) staff and (b) whole-time equivalent staff are employed by v. | | (186804) | 144
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number of under 18 year olds who have volunteered on a regular basis in each of the last five years. | | (186805) | 145
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what his Department's (a) procurement and (b) tendering policy is in respect of social enterprises. | | (186653) | 146
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many contracts his Department has with social enterprises; and what the value of each of those contracts is. | | (186654) | 147
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions since February 2004 Government senior information risk owners have identified areas where data held by Departments may become compromised. | | (186118) | 148
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many freedom of information requests relating to assurances given by Richard Ashcroft on his residency status prior to his elevation to the peerage (a) have received refusals to supply the requested information, (b) are, or have been, subject to internal Cabinet Office review and (c) have been referred to the Information Commissioner. | | (186626) | 149
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which trades unions have a recognition agreement with the Cabinet Office. | | (186101) | 150
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidelines he has issued for trade union representatives in the Civil Service on their use of (a) paid and (b) unpaid time off work on trades union duties, with particular reference to (i) political campaigning and (ii) party political activity. | | (186694) | 151
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many special advisers have (a) received approval from and (b) been refused by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments to take up an outside appointment on leaving office since May 2005. | | (185815) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 152
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage planning authorities to identify for protection land that may be needed for future rail use; and if she will make a statement. | | (186493) | 153
N | Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reasons are for the time taken to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed of (a) 16th October and (b) 4th December 2007 relating to a freedom of information request from Mr M. Maud of Ancroft, Berwick-upon-Tweed. | | (185812) | 154
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish (a) details of the training and qualifications required to accredit energy assessors and (b) the approved method for calculating energy consumption as part of implementing requirements for display energy certificates. | | (186367) | 155
N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the circumstances under which social services may have intimate medical examinations performed on those with mental incapacities without the consent of guardians ad litem; under what authority such examinations are performed; and if she will make a statement. | | (186497) | 156
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which recommendations made by the sustainable buildings task group have been implemented; and which are still under consideration. | | (186452) | 157
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how often the expert panels on (a) housing markets and planning, (b) neighbourhoods, cities and regions and (c) housing and communities have met since being established; and whether their advice is made public. | | (186817) | 158
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of each of her Department's five annual conferences on developing services for gypsies and travellers. | | (186206) | 159
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise councils to promote environmental sustainability with economic growth. | | (186967) | 160
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much land was designated as (a) green belt and (b) brownfield in each London local authority in each year since 1997. | | (186138) | 161
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were housed in temporary accommodation by each London local authority in each year since 1997. | | (186143) | 162
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have a policy of using bailiff services in pursuit of council tax arrears. | | (186234) | 163
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to local authorities on issuing bankruptcy orders in pursuit of council tax arrears; how many local authorities have issued such orders; and how many such orders have been issued in total by local authorities since 1991-92. | | (186446) | 164
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons estimates of the cost of the FiReControl Project have varied between October 2005 and December 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (186132) | 165
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date she expects the (a) North East, (b) East Midlands and (c) South West regional fire control centres to open with a full operational capability. | | (186133) | 166
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the lease for each of the proposed regional control centres in respect of the FiReControl Project commences; how long each lasts; and if she will make a statement. | | (186134) | 167
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) total cost and (b) cost of information technology provision in respect of the FiReControl Project has been since 27th October 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (186135) | 168
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire and rescue services had taken delivery of information technology infrastructure specifically earmarked for use as part of the FiReControl Project by 31st December 2007. | | (186432) | 169
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total allocation for the Fire and Resilience Programme was in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by fire and rescue services in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement. | | (186433) | 170
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Libary a copy of all correspondence relating to the purchase by the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation of (a) the Grays Territorial Army headquarters and (b) industrial land at Purfleet in the financial year 2007-08. | | (186442) | 171
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what factors she took into account in determining the grant award to (a) North Yorkshire Fire Authority and (b) Humberside Fire Authority for 2008-09 to 2011-12; and if she will make a statement. | | (186455) | 172
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she next intends to publish an updated version of the full business case in respect of the Fire Control Project; and if she will make a statement. | | (186876) | 173
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place to monitor and evaluate the efficacy of EADS Defence and Security Systems in the provision of networked control systems in respect of the Fire Control Project; and if she will make a statement. | | (186877) | 174
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what by-laws regulate sunbed salons in (a) London and (b) Birmingham. | | (186334) | 175
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many house repossessions took place in (a) Greater London and (b) each Greater London borough in each year since 2000. | | (186608) | 176
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2008, Official Report, column 691-2W, on housing: planning, what record was taken of the views of hon. Members at the briefing held by Government Office North West in December 2001; whether a record of those views was passed to Ministers; what steps have been taken to ensure that the views of hon. Members were accurately recorded; and if she will place a copy of the record in the Library. | | (186000) | 177
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1st February 2008, Official Report, column 691-2W, on housing: planning, if she will consult hon. Members on bids for housing growth points on occasions when they are not consulted by their local authorities. | | (186001) | 178
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for the disposal of land at Southlands Hospital, Shoreham-by-Sea, deemed surplus for requirements. | | (186798) | 179
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with developers about the use of surplus land at Southlands Hospital in Shoreham-by-Sea. | | (186799) | 180
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid for (a) gap funding for registered social landlords after large-scale voluntary transfers, (b) costs of establishing large-scale voluntary transfers, (c) annual grants to arms length management organisations (ALMOs), (d) costs of establishing and grants to new ALMOs and (e) regional social housing grants for new holdings in each year since 2005-06; and how much has been allocated for each in each year until 2010-11. | | (186678) | 181
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the historic housing debt remaining at the latest available date; what rate of interest was charged on that date; how much has been written off for (a) stock transfer and (b) large scale voluntary transfers since 2000; and what the cost is of treating the remaining debt in the same fashion as that in transfers. | | (186840) | 182
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the total capital receipts under the right to buy; what the effect of these in public sector borrowing has been; when the revenue received was spent; and what plans she has for the treatment of further revenues. | | (186841) | 183
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the amount taken from each local housing revenue account by the Government in each year since 2005-06, indicating in each case the (a) amount taken to pay off historic housing debt, (b) amount redistributed to other housing authorities and (c) gains or losses to each local authority from this redistribution process; and how much she expects to be taken for each in each year until 2009-10. | | (186842) | 184
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much historic housing debt each housing authority owed at the latest date for which figures are available; and what proportion of social housing in each housing authority area met the decent homes standard on that date. | | (186843) | 185
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authority areas she expects all social housing to have been brought up to the decent homes standards by 2010; which local authorities are not on target to meet the standard by 2010; what estimate she has made of the additional spending required above current spending plans to enable all local authorities to reach the standard by 2010; and what steps her Department is taking to help local authorities to improve all non-decent social housing. | | (186844) | 186
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's (a) procurement and (b) tendering policy is in respect of social enterprises. | | (186651) | 187
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many contracts her Department has with social enterprises; and what the value of each of those contracts is. | | (186652) | 188
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance, advice or instructions have been issued to planning inspectors with regard to the involvement of public money in the promotion, development or financing of on-shore wind farms and its relevance to a planning appeal. | | (186339) | 189
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) local planning authorities in Gloucestershire and (b) planning appeals inspectorates determining large-scale housing planning applications before the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West is finalised; and if she will make a statement. | | (185842) | 190
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of migration on housing demand in the UK in the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (186928) | 191
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much money was held in reserve by Enfield Council in each of the last 10 years. | | (186500) | 192
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (186629) | 193
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in Cornwall were on waiting lists for homes in each year since 1997. | | (186630) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 194
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the 10 most popular tourist attractions in Essex were in each of the last three years. | | (186405) | 195
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in grants from Lottery funds to organisations in Southend-on-Sea (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the Essex total in each of the last three years. | | (186406) | 196
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in each prize awarded by the National Lottery to individuals who purchased Lottery tickets in Southend-on-Sea in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (186407) | 197
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in each prize awarded by the National Lottery to individuals who reside in Southend-on-Sea in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (186408) | 198
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the 10 most popular tourist attractions in the (a) City of London and (b) rest of London were in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (186409) | 199
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value of unclaimed National Lottery winnings is (a) in total and (b) arising from tickets sold in Southend-on-Sea since the National Lottery began; and how such unclaimed money is managed. | | (186413) | 200
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the largest amount of National Lottery money is that has been awarded to (a) an organisation and (b) an organisation in Southend-on-Sea since the Lottery was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (186415) | 201
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) bingo halls and (b) high street bookmakers there are; and how many there were in February 2007. | | (185951) | 202
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many adult gaming centres are in operation; and how many were in operation in February 2007. | | (185952) | 203
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations his Department has received from the British Amusement Catering Trade Association; and if he will make a statement. | | (186200) | 204
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the financial impact the introduction of the Gambling Act 2005 has had on adult gaming centres in England and Wales. | | (186202) | 205
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many discussions (a) he and (b) his predecessor have had with representatives from supermarkets where alcohol price, promotion and harm was discussed in the last 12 months. | | (186315) | 206
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish updated versions of statistics included in the (a) Taking Part: The National Survey of Culture, Leisure and Sport, (b) Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment Licensing Statistics, (c) Creative Industries Economic Estimates and (d) Television Export Statistics publications. | | (186354) | 207
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16th July 2007, Official Report, column 38W, on departmental studies, when each study began; when each was expected to be completed; what the current estimated completion date of each is; and when the results of each study will be published. | | (186357) | 208
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 1st October 2007, Official Report, column 2352W, on alcoholic drinks: children, if he will break down the figures provided by region. | | (186358) | 209
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged 16 years and over (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with a limiting disability, (c) from lower socio-economic groups and (d) from the total population did not (i) participate in arts activity and (ii) attend an arts event in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what estimate his Department has made of the most recent level of arts participation in each such group. | | (186377) | 210
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people aged 16 and over (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with a limiting disability, (c) from lower socio-economic groups and (d) from the total population (i) participated in arts activity and (ii) attended arts events at least twice a year in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (186378) | 211
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in reducing the striking variation in the standard of library services in different parts of the country identified in his Department's 2003 publication Framework for the Future: Libraries, Learnng and Information in the Next Decade. | | (186949) | 212
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to regulate sponsorship of UK sport. | | (186957) | 213
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's definition is of a sport; and whether each event planned for the Olympic Games 2012 meets this definition. | | (186189) | 214
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much grant-in-aid his Department provided for VisitBritain in each year since its establishment; and how much he expects his Department to provide to VisitBritain in each of the next three years expressed in 2007-08 prices. | | (186235) | 215
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of VisitBritain's grant-in-aid has been allocated to promoting (a) Britain and (b) England overseas in each of the next three years. | | (186236) | 216
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) VisitBritain and (b) Visit England spent on advertising overseas in each financial year since they were established. | | (186239) | 217
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what date he expects (a) his Department, (b) The Big Lottery Fund, (c) Arts Council England, (d) Sport England, (e) The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, (f) The Heritage Lottery Fund, (g) English Heritage and (h) the BBC to publish their annual report and accounts for 2007-08. | | (186240) | 218
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average expenditure per head by overseas tourists visiting (a) the Eastern region and (b) Peterborough City Council area in each of the last five years. | | (186193) | 219
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications to open (a) bingo halls and (b) high street bookmakers were approved in each of the last five years. | | (186778) | 220
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the dissemination of information to the public by regional arts councils. | | (186811) | 221
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, why the appropriate papers and minutes were not available in advance of the Arts Council South East meeting in December 2007. | | (186812) | 222
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what papers will be made public relating to Komedia's appeal to the Arts Council South East regarding reductions in funding. | | (186813) | 223
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what requirement there is for Arts Council regional meetings to be held in public; and if he will make a statement. | | (186814) | 224
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the amount of funding from the National Lottery (a) per head of population and (b) in total for each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (186453) | 225
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 on open age sport. | | (185748) | 226
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which ministerial colleagues he consulted over the consequences for sport of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. | | (185749) | 227
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions on the decision to allow Dwain Chambers to compete following his drugs ban; and if he will make a statement. | | (185750) | 228
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made by English Heritage in reaching agreement with Plymouth City Council on the listing of the Civic Centre and its future development. | | (186102) | 229
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect a real terms reduction in funding for the Portable Antiquities Scheme would have on the reporting of treasure finds in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (186391) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 230
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel who served in Northern Ireland have received compensation from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in the last 10 years. | | (185839) | 231
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on improving (a) accommodation and (b) training facilities for armed forces personnel in Northern Ireland in 2008-09. | | (185840) | 232
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the armed forces in Northern Ireland offered assistance in non-military situations other than those involving civil disturbance in 2007. | | (185841) | 233
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many attack helicopters are owned by British forces; and how many are in active service in each location. | | (186307) | 234
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what UK assets in space his Department is responsible; and what the purpose is of each. | | (186348) | 235
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to date to the public purse has been of prosecutions, trial proceedings and internal military investigations and proceedings concerned with the death of Mr Baha Musa in Iraq in British custody. | | (186370) | 236
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department has provided to the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston for research on the verification of the dismantlement of nuclear warheads since 1997; and what provision has been made for such research in the next three years. | | (186374) | 237
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he gave to inviting (a) Israel, (b) India and (c) Pakistan when planning the technical conference involving the laboratories of nuclear weapons states in collaborative work on confidence building in nuclear disarmament, as announced in his speech to the conference on disarmament in Geneva on 5th February. | | (186450) | 238
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average and (b) longest delay in payment was to those entitled to payment under the compensation scheme for former civilian prisoners of the Japanese in the Second World War between authorisation of payment by the Veterans Agency and payment over the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (186104) | 239
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the compensation scheme for former civilian internees of the Japanese in the Second World War, on what date the qualification requirement that recruitment of applications had to have taken place in the UK was introduced in relation to service abroad with the Government counting towards the 20 year residency qualification; and if he will make a statement. | | (186105) | 240
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in relation to the compensation scheme for former civilian internees of the Japanese during the Second World War, on what grounds applications from British nationals whose births were registered in British consulates abroad or on board British ships may be rejected; where the original birth certificates are lodged in the UK birth registers; and if he will make a statement. | | (186106) | 241
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on the distributed denial of service attack on Estonian critical infrastructure in May 2007. | | (185953) | 242
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual expected strength is of each unit deploying to Afghanistan in spring 2008. | | (186283) | 243
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters will be operating in Afghanistan after the next roulement. | | (186284) | 244
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many extra helicopters will be sent to Afghanistan as part of the spring roulement. | | (186285) | 245
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel were deployed on operations at each location at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (186299) | 246
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the status of the European Security and Defence Policy mission to Chad. | | (186300) | 247
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) will come into service; and when the contracts of the Hermes 450 UAV end. | | (186728) | 248
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Hercules 170 aircraft have foam suppressants fitted to their wing tanks. | | (186729) | 249
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many troops deployed in Afghanistan will have tours lasting for longer than six months. | | (186884) | 250
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what increase in forces mail to Afghanistan there has been since troops were allowed a free 2kg package. | | (186885) | 251
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the application of the Harmony guidelines to REME Metalsmiths Class 1. | | (186886) | 252
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the commencement date of Project Belvedere is. | | (186887) | 253
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Sultan of Brunei about the provision of married quarters for Gurkha soldiers based there. | | (186938) | 254
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what interim financial arrangement he plans to make for Brunei-based Gurkhas who are unable to obtain a suitable married quarter there. | | (186939) | 255
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that sufficient spares for Mastiff armoured vehicles are available in Afghanistan. | | (186940) | 256
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to supplying the Barrett Light 50 sniper rifle to snipers deployed in Afghanistan. | | (186941) | 257
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Mastiff armoured vehicles are deployed in Afghanistan; and how many more he plans to deploy. | | (186942) | 258
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tactical unarmed air vehicle image analysts are deployed in Afghanistan; and what plans he has to increase that number. | | (186943) | 259
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Viking vehicles are deployed in Afghanistan; and what plans he has to increase that number. | | (186944) | 260
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess the merits of helping serving Gurkhas who apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK with the payment of university fees for their children. | | (186969) | 261
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the French Commission undertaking a review of French defence and national security; and if he will make a statement. | | (186709) | 262
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the impact of the defects in Bowman batteries on (a) armed forces personnel and (b) civilians in operational theatres, broken down by incident; and for what reason the Bowman batteries were recalled. | | (186661) | 263
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how military training schedules will be adapted to allow for athletes hosted there to use the facilities. | | (186665) | 264
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the proposed sale of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) to Vector Aerospace, how many members of the DARA workforce will transfer into a new pension scheme; how many will remain in the current Crown Service scheme; and how much he has agreed to transfer into the new scheme. | | (186308) | 265
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has agreed to guarantee to Vector Aerospace a specified volume of work from his Department; and if he will set out details of the arrangements agreed with Vector Aerospace. | | (186309) | 266
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Royal Marines recruitment targets were in each of the last 10 years; and what the actual recruitment to each service was in each year in that period. | | (186779) | 267
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of Fast Jet upgrade and repair was undertaken by the Royal Air Force in each of the last 10 years. | | (186780) | 268
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of his Department's Main Building staff were uniformed staff in each of the last 10 years. | | (186781) | 269
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to making the remuneration of serving members of the Territorial Army pensionable on the same terms as those serving in the armed forces. | | (186783) | 270
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Aster 15 and (b) Aster 30 missiles will not now be purchased as a result of the forecast £30 million reduction in procurement costs. | | (186674) | 271
| Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether financial penalties will be incurred as a result of reducing the order for Aster missiles by £30 million. | | (186675) | 272
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel of each unit are unfit for duty for medical reasons; and how many have been diagnosed with diseases under each international classification of diseases code. | | [R] (186302) | 273
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the incidence of corneal ulcers is among (a) contact lens wearing and (b) all British service personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce this rate. | | [R] (186634) | 274
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2008, Official Report, column 364W, on armed forces: inquests, how much was spent on legal representation and advice on each coroner's case heard in which legal proceedings are complete in each year. | | (186703) | 275
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2008, Official Report, column 1151W, on Chelsea Barracks: sales, what portion of the proceeds from the sale of Chelsea Barracks will be applied to (a) the defence married quarters estate and (b) single living accommodation. | | (186821) | 276
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that the British defence attaché in Addis Ababa is given the necessary resources to provide security training advice in support of the Ethiopian government's action against international terrorism. | | (186390) | 277
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian (a) women and (b) children killed in Iraq since March 2003; and how many of these died as a result of UK armed forces activity. | | (185810) | 278
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which of his foreign counterparts he has held discussions on the withdrawal of UK forces from Iraq. | | (185813) | 279
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. | | (185814) | 280
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the mine/improvised explosive device resistant vehicles in service with British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. | | (186359) | 281
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the order of battle of 16 Air Assault Brigade will be on its deployment to Afghanistan. | | (185642) | 282
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects final decisions on the base-porting of ships at Devonport Naval Base to be made. | | (186103) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 283
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will answer Question 180776, tabled on 16th January by the hon. Member for Southend West; what the reason is for the time taken to reply; and if he will make a statement. | | (186426) | 284
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the cessation of funding of the Cotswold Canals restoration by British Waterways on the existing funding for the project; and if he will make a statement. | | (186061) | 285
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with British Waterways on their decision to cease funding for the Cotswold Canals restoration. | | (186065) | 286
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions British Waterways had with (a) the Secretary of State and (b) other funding partners before announcing the cessation of funding to the Cotswold Canals restoration. | | (186066) | 287
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many National Reserve applications Stage 1 and Stage 2 appeals were outstanding at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (186693) | 288
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times Ministers or officials from his Department have met representatives of (a) Friends of the Earth, (b) Greenpeace, (c) WWF, (d) Aviation Environment Federation, (e) AirportWatch, (f) HACAN Clearskies, (g) Stop Stansted Expansion, (h) Plane Stupid, (i) the Commission for the Protection of Rural England, (j) the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, (k) The Woodland Trust and (l) Enoughsenough to discuss the environmental impact of aviation since September 2007. | | (186692) | 289
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action the Government is taking to ensure that the Energy Using Products Directive does not have an adverse impact upon UK plants' manufacturing control systems. | | (186676) | 290
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time provided for the sheep and goat industry to prepare for the implementation of the livestock movements, identification and tracing: sheep and goats scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (186272) | 291
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the use of non-reusable bags in the retail trade. | | (186730) | 292
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of recovering non-reusable bags (a) in household refuse and (b) from streets. | | (186734) | 293
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to publish (a) the letter to be sent to local authorities in respect of volunteer communities for the prospective hosting of a nuclear waste repository and (b) the local authority recipients to whom the letter is to be sent. | | (186449) | 294
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the decision of British Waterways to withdraw from the Cotswold Canals Partnership was first communicated to him. | | (186062) | 295
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that the Forestry Commission's success strategy should (a) encourage opportunities for recreation and leisure and (b) increase forestation on Commission land. | | (186483) | 296
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to introduce the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service cattle monitoring system in England. | | (186484) | 297
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases are before the courts on challenges to the accuracy of the test for bovine tuberculosis. | | (186485) | 298
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact assessments he has undertaken of the decision by British Waterways to withdraw from the Cotswolds Council Partnership. | | (186488) | 299
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will conduct a further review of the funding and financing of British Waterways. | | (186489) | 300
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers in Ribble Valley constituency have not been paid their entitlement under the Single Payment Scheme; for what reasons; and if he will make a statement. | | (186281) | 301
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186424) | 302
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) paper and cardboard, (b) metal, (c) glass, (d) plastic and (e) other material was (i) collected for recycling and (ii) exported for reprocessing in each of the last three years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. | | (186258) | 303
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure that recycled materials which are exported for reprocessing are not diverted to (a) landfill and (b) other disposal facilities. | | (186260) | 304
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans, under clauses 48 and 49 of the Climate Change Bill, to involve the devolved administrations in the preparation of reports on the impact of climate change and programmes for adaptation to climate change. | | (186447) | 305
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for the Women's Land Army and Timber Corps badges his Department expects to receive. | | (186150) | 306
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the design of the badge for Women in the Land Army to be finalised. | | (186151) | 307
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood defences were built in 2005-06; and if he will break down the budget for flood defence funding in 2005-06 by main budget heading. | | (186379) | 308
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are employed by the Environment Agency; and how many are expected to be employed in each of the next three years. | | (186380) | 309
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the operational budget of the Environment Agency was spent on staff salaries in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (186381) | 310
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood defences have been built in each of the last 10 years; and what the (a) final construction costs and (b) original contract prices were in each case. | | (186382) | 311
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will give consent to Guildford Borough Council for tree protection orders to be placed on its departmental land at Epsom Road, Guildford prior to its forthcoming sale and disposal to a housing developer. | | (186271) | 312
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of publicly procured food was of British origin in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (186340) | 313
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of total income from farming resulted from (a) single farm payments, (b) agri-environment schemes, (c) diversified activity and (d) receipts from food production in each of the last three years. | | (186341) | 314
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much recyclable waste was (a) landfilled, (b) incinerated and (c) sent overseas for disposal in each year since 1997. | | (185664) | 315
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the factual briefing note on pilot waste reduction schemes referred to by the Minister of State for Sustainable Farming, Food and Animal Welfare on 30th January 2008, House of Lords, Official Report, column 664. | | (185787) | 316
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Warm Front grants were approved in Hyndburn constituency in each of the last three years. | | (186196) | 317
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost was of each Warm Front Grant approved in Hyndburn constituency in the last three years. | | (186197) | 318
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that Warm Front grants provide value for money. | | (186198) | 319
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total Government grant to the Warm Front scheme was over the last three years. | | (186375) | 320
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on double-tagging upland sheep; and what estimate his Department has made of the likely financial effects on hill farmers of the double-tagging system. | | (186191) | 321
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1940W, on noise: health hazards, whether the Noise Strategy for England will have regard to the results of the Salford University study into Research into Aerodynamic Modulation of Wind Turbine Noise commissioned by his Department. | | (186045) | 322
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the purchase of food from local sources. | | (186435) | 323
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Carbon Trust has provided funding to trades unions in the last 36 months. | | (186182) | 324
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2008, Official Report, column 1278W, on bulls, in what way his Department has supported the Beyond Calf Export forum; and what resources have been committed to such support for 2008-09. | | (186774) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 325
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Iran on human rights. | | (186775) | 326
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian government on the penalty to be imposed on sisters found guilty of adultery for being in the company of men other than their husbands in Iran. | | (186776) | 327
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) troops and (b) other personnel are based in Darfur as part of the UNAMID force; and when he expects the UNAMID force to reach its full complement. | | (186361) | 328
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the policy of the Government of China towards Sudan is in alignment with British policy towards that country, with particular reference to the situation in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (186363) | 329
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has given to the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations for the provision of helicopter units required by the UNAMID mission to Darfur. | | (186304) | 330
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the timetable is for full implementation of the UNAMID mission to Darfur; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for the delay in implementation. | | (186305) | 331
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the commercial provision of the helicopter units, engineers and pilots required by the UNAMID mission to Darfur. | | (186306) | 332
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the UK allocated to (a) the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan, (b) the Afghan Special Narcotics Force and (c) the Counter Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force in each of the last three years. | | (186721) | 333
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the division of responsibilities is between (a) the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan, (b) the Afghan Special Narcotics Force and (c) the Counter Narcotics Criminal Justice Task Force. | | (186723) | 334
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the (a) imprisonment of journalists and (b) other human rights violations in Bangladesh. | | (186725) | 335
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress made on voter list assembly and electoral reform in Bangladesh. | | (186726) | 336
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department has received on alleged breaches of (a) arms embargos and (b) sanctions regimes by Michael Harridine; and if he will make a statement. | | (186321) | 337
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received reports of senior members of the Janjaweed Arab Militia being advisers or members of the Sudanese government; and if he will make a statement. | | (186345) | 338
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on Iraq's contribution to global oil pollution; and if he will make a statement. | | (186346) | 339
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the report to the UN Human Rights Council on the Western Sahara and refugee camps at Tindouf, completed in September 2006, to be published. | | (186732) | 340
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials will represent the United Kingdom at the Seven Country Initiative seminar on the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty in Norway, on 26th to 27th February; and if he will post on his Department's website the United Kingdom's contribution to the seminar. | | (186819) | 341
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many formal complaints British ambassadors have lodged with host countries since March 2006; and what those complaints were. | | (186917) | 342
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of the recent meeting of military advisers in New York convened by the UK on helicopters for UNAMID; and if he will make a statement. | | (186347) | 343
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the causes of the recent violence in Kenya. | | (186490) | 344
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the treatment of detainees and prisoners in government-controlled areas of that country. | | (186491) | 345
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Spanish authorities on the decision of the courts there to seek international arrest warrants for 40 Rwandan soldiers accused of being complicit in the 1994 genocide. | | (186834) | 346
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with French authorities on their intervention in Chad. | | (186835) | 347
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports of forcible repatriation of foreign nationals resident in Sudan to countries where they are at risk of persecution. | | (186966) | 348
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Simon Mann and his treatment in (a) Zimbabwe and (b) Equatorial Guinea. | | (186480) | 349
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has made representations to Equatorial Guinea on Simon Mann's treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (186481) | 350
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent conversations he has had with his Russian counterpart on cyber crime perpetrated against British citizens and originating in Russia. | | (185957) | 351
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the viability of the Nabucco pipeline project; and if he will make a statement. | | (186282) | 352
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Statement of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 50WS, on GAERC, 28th January 2008, when the strengthening of the EU's measures in support of action by the UN Security Council on Iran will take place; and if he will make a statement. | | (186704) | 353
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 759W, on Afghanistan: detainees, if he will place in the Library copies of the exchange of letters between the Afghan and UK governments on access to detainees by UK officials and human rights organisations. | | (186705) | 354
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what research his Department has conducted into police training and readiness in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (186710) | 355
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the level of restrictions on the press in Pakistan expected in relation to the general election of 18th February 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (186711) | 356
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the economic and political impact of UN sanctions on Iran under UN Security Council Resolutions 1737 and 1747; and if he will make a statement. | | (186712) | 357
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff will be seconded to the European External Action Service in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (186713) | 358
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria will be used to nominate staff from his Department for secondment to the European External Action Service. | | (186714) | 359
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role personnel from his Department will play in the establishment and work of the European External Action Service. | | (186715) | 360
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the European External Action Service will have overseas posts; and if he will make a statement. | | (186716) | 361
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the size of the (a) staff establishment and (b) budget of the European External Action Service in each of the next three years. | | (186717) | 362
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the European External Action Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (186718) | 363
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what preparatory work has been undertaken by his Department on the European External Action Service since 1st June 2005. | | (186719) | 364
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the French Commission currently undertaking a review of French defence and national security, and if he will make a statement. | | (186720) | 365
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff work in the European Council Secretariat on matters relating to the European external action service; and how many of them are on secondment from (a) the UK and (b) other EU member states. | | (186861) | 366
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he plans to hold with European counterparts to discuss the organisation and funding of the European external action service in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (186862) | 367
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the security situation in north-eastern Somalia following the recent attack on the port of Bossaso. | | (186864) | 368
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of Eritrean co-operation with the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, with particular respect to fuel supplies. | | (186867) | 369
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the use of P-2 centrifuges in the Iranian enrichment programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (186868) | 370
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made towards the demarcation of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border; and if he will make a statement. | | (186869) | 371
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea; and what steps the UK is proposing to reduce tensions. | | (186870) | 372
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of possible links between Sudan and rebel forces in Chad; and if he will make a statement. | | (186871) | 373
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Castle Point of 5th February 2008, Official Report, column 968W, on the European External Action Service, whether any meetings on the organisation and funding of the European External Action Service have taken place. | | (186888) | 374
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cotswold of 5th February 2008, Official Report, column 967W, on Afghanistan: drugs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the UK-funded review of the Afghan government's national drugs control strategy and the institutional framework supporting it. | | (186894) | 375
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the detention of (a) Major Mbokolo Wawa, (b) Captain Kawende and (c) Pastor Fernando Kutino. | | (186875) | 376
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the apparent abduction to Equatorial Guinea of Simon Mann by the authorities in Zimbabwe; what representations the Government has made to both countries on his behalf; and what action it plans to take to secure his safe return. | | (185902) | 377
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will summon the ambassadors of Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe to discuss the apparent abduction of Simon Mann from Zimbabwe to Equatorial Guinea. | | (185903) | 378
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what sanctions the Government has considered taking against (a) Equatorial Guinea and (b) Zimbabwe to ensure the safe return of Simon Mann. | | (185904) | 379
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the United States Administration requesting it to exert its influence on Equatorial Guinea to secure the safe return of Simon Mann. | | (185905) | 380
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances were given by Zimbabwe to Her Majesty's Ambassador that Simon Mann would not be transferred to Equatorial Guinea before the conclusion of his appeal process. | | (185906) | 381
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has on the circumstances under which Simon Mann was transferred from Zimbabwe to Equatorial Guinea. | | (186646) | 382
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what legal advice he has obtained about the (a) current status of Simon Mann in captivity in Equatorial Guinea and (b) steps which the Government can take in international courts to secure his return. | | (186647) | 383
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reasons he has been given for the refusal by the government of Equatorial Guinea of access to Simon Mann by (a) lawyers and (b) UK diplomats. | | (186648) | 384
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which members of his Department are in Equatorial Guinea with the task of protecting the interests of Simon Mann; and how long it is planned that they shall stay for that purpose. | | (186649) | 385
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will establish a permanent salaried diplomatic presence in Equatorial Guinea. | | (186650) | 386
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome was of his recent discussions with the US Secretary of State on Afghanistan. | | (186387) | 387
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Chairman of the African Union about its members providing support and assistance for the African Mission in Somalia. | | (186388) | 388
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will offer technical support to the government of Ethiopia in developing its internal security infrastructure as part of its attempts to tackle international terrorism. | | (186451) | 389
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political and security situation in the Balkans. | | (186176) | 390
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Pakistan. | | (186177) | 391
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the UK has put forward for strengthening the African Union Mission in Somalia. | | (186215) | 392
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK supports the idea of establishing a UN Security Council ad hoc working group on Darfur; and what discussions he has had with his counterparts on the UN Security Council on this subject. | | (186216) | 393
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is giving to the African Union's mediation efforts in Chad through (a) Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya and (b) Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (186217) | 394
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment has been made of (a) the security situation in Chad and (b) the impact on the deployment of the EUFOR operation for Chad and the Central African Republic; and if he will make a statement. | | (186218) | 395
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 225W, on Sudan: peacekeeping operations, what plans he has to convene a further meeting on provision of the requisite units for the joint UN-AU hybrid force for Darfur. | | (186366) | 396
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what aims and objectives he has set for British policy in Afghanistan. | | (185645) | 397
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the powers which the European Public Prosecutor would have in respect of UK citizens. | | (186479) | 398
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records his Department holds of grants given to UK trade unions by institutions of the European Union since 1997. | | (186087) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 399
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women were referred by national health service GPs to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service for an abortion in each of the last four years for which figures are available; and what the (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence was in each case. | | (186241) | 400
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports his Department has made on the British Pregnancy Advisory Service in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. | | (186242) | 401
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women more than 24 weeks pregnant received abortions in clinics overseas paid for in whole or in part from public funds in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many such abortions took place in each such country; what recent representations he has received on public funding for abortions overseas; and if he will make a statement. | | (186243) | 402
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how frequently private sector abortion clinics are inspected; what action is taken by his Department and its agencies when a clinic fails to meet minimum standards; how many such clinics closed following adverse inspection findings in each year since 1992; what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation provides the regulatory regime for abortion clinics; whether he plans to change this regime; and if he will make a statement. | | (186244) | 403
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints were made to (a) his Department and (b) the National Health Service about the British Pregnancy Advisory Service in each of the last four years; and what the outcome was in each case where proceedings are complete. | | (186245) | 404
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many early medical abortions were performed by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service at the request of the National Health Service in each of the last four years, broken down by (a) age of the woman, (b) gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence. | | (186246) | 405
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to amend section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967 to provide a definition of the words seriously handicapped; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (186247) | 406
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nutritionists the National Health Service employed in (a) Southend, (b) Essex and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years for which information is available. | | (186248) | 407
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) primary and (b) delegated legislation regulates advertising by private abortion clinics; what changes have been made to each since enactment; whether further revision is planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (186249) | 408
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the National Health Service paid to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service in each region to undertake abortions in each of the last four years for which figures are available. | | (186250) | 409
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the (i) number of and (ii) reasons for UK women over 24 weeks gestation receiving abortions in clinics overseas; when the last such evaluation took place; whether it drew upon research undertaken in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (186373) | 410
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women are known to have died within one month of operations for termination of pregnancy notified under the abortion regulations in each of the last 10 years, broken down by age group. | | (186397) | 411
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department (a) has taken in each of the last two years and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years with food manufacturers to improve the labelling of food; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (186398) | 412
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which retailers have adopted the Food Standards Authority's recommended traffic light colour-coded approach to nutrition labelling; and if he will make a statement. | | (186399) | 413
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations and individuals the Food Standards Authority Agency (a) consulted in each of the last six months and (b) plans to consult in the next six months about improving food labelling information; and if he will make a statement. | | (186400) | 414
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have had with representatives of the food industry on the relationship between provision of information on (i) salt, (ii) sugar and (iii) fat content of foods and individuals' ability to manage diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obesity and other chronic medical conditions; what recent representations he has received about this issue; what discussions on the matter he has had with colleagues in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and if he will make a statement. | | (186401) | 415
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of a food labelling system based on (i) recommended daily amounts of nutrients and (ii) a multiple traffic lights system. | | (186402) | 416
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last undertook a review of the evidence relating to the effect of a food labelling system based on (a) recommended daily amounts of nutrients and (b) a multiple traffic lights system that drew on (i) UK and (ii) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (186403) | 417
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) primary and (b) delegated legislation regulates the labelling of food; what changes have been made to each since enactment; what further amendments are planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (186404) | 418
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the cost effectiveness of the Burton Independent Sector Treatment Centre was last assessed; and what the outcome of that assessment was. | | (186063) | 419
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the management arrangements at the Burton Independent Sector Treatment Centre have been changed in the last 12 months; and who is responsible for implementing the new management arrangements. | | (186064) | 420
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers the relevant primary care trusts have to renegotiate the contract with the Burton Independent Sector Treatment Centre. | | (186067) | 421
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the contract between the North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust and the Burton Independent Sector Treatment Centre ends. | | (186068) | 422
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to industry of implementing the Food Standards Agency's guidelines on the provision of allergen information on non-prepacked foods. | | (185961) | 423
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has made to monitor the effectiveness of recent Food Standards Agency voluntary best practice guidance on the provision of allergen information for non-prepacked foods; and over what timescale such arrangements will operate. | | (185962) | 424
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 346W, on NHS: allowances, which NHS job descriptions are affected by the decision to increase certain national mileage allowances on an interim basis. | | (186251) | 425
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS employees received mileage allowance in the last 12 months. | | (186257) | 426
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency is taking to monitor compliance with the voluntary guidance on the provision of information on food allergens on non-prepacked food for the purposes of improving consumer confidence. | | (186624) | 427
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had on the standards of labelling of food allergens in food imported from non-EU countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (186632) | 428
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Food Standards Agency guidance on cross contamination of foodstuffs contained in the provision of allergens information for non pre-packed foods. | | (186633) | 429
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals for the regulation of (a) the recording and (b) advice on the use of food allergens by commercial organisations. | | (186635) | 430
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS Staff Council will come to a decision on the proposals scheduled to be presented to it on 11th March 2008 by the sub group reviewing NHS staff mileage allowances. | | (186636) | 431
N | Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department uses the General Dental Council dental list to send its communications to dentists. | | [R] (185789) | 432
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many European doctors have sought work in the United Kingdom since the implementation of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health Professionals in October 2007. | | (186639) | 433
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on which European countries' doctors in the UK (a) have come from and (b) are likely to come from in the future, based on current staffing and future projections, as a result of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health Professionals. | | (186640) | 434
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what safeguards are in place to ensure that European doctors applying for hospital posts in the United Kingdom are able to communicate in English and are fit to practise, following the implementation of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health Professionals. | | (186641) | 435
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to assess whether European doctors applying for hospital posts in the United Kingdom are fit to practise following the implementation of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health Professionals. | | (186642) | 436
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to support European doctors working in the UK without the required language and communications standards and competencies; and how such support is funded. | | (186643) | 437
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether compliance with the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health Professionals requires a tiered system grouping applicants for positions in the NHS into categories during selection. | | (186644) | 438
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to consult the Royal Colleges on (a) the effects and (b) the implementation of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive for Health Professionals. | | (186645) | 439
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) general medical services, (b) mental health treatment, (c) drug and alcohol treatment and (d) other health-related expenditure for prisoners in each year from 2002-03 to 2006-07; and how much funding is allocated in each category for 2007-08. | | (186910) | 440
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means his Department monitors primary care trusts' commissioning of services to ensure funding is according to patient need. | | (186934) | 441
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role his Department has in (a) monitoring and regulating and (b) securing patients' interests in takeovers of NHS services by private healthcare companies. | | (186935) | 442
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the former NHS Health Centre in Saxon Square, Christchurch was vacated; and when he expects it will be brought back into use. | | (186117) | 443
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of hours per week Cirencester is without Circencester-based ambulance cover due to ambulances (a) taking patients to hospitals in and (b) being called to emergencies in other towns. | | (186274) | 444
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the London Strategic Health Authority has spent its strategic capital in (a) the current year to date and (b) each of the previous three years; and whether any such capital has been spent in (i) Redbridge and (ii) Waltham Forest. | | (186323) | 445
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the London Strategic Health Authority has spent its operational capital in (a) the current year to date and (b) each of the previous three years; and whether any such capital has been utilised in (i) Redbridge and (ii) Waltham Forest. | | (186324) | 446
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the London Strategic Health Authority has spent the central budget capital for which it has taken a role in allocating in (a) the current year to date and (b) each of the previous three years; and whether any such capital has been utilised in (i) Redbridge and (ii) Waltham Forest. | | (186325) | 447
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the result has been of the Food Standards Agency's review of health impacts of transfats; and if he will make a statement. | | (186349) | 448
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide funding for tinnitus research over the next three years. | | (186384) | 449
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to promote cervical cancer screening. | | (186385) | 450
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the take up rate amongst young women for cervical cancer screening. | | (186386) | 451
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government took to prepare the National Health Service for the effects of the level of binge drinking in the Christmas season. | | (176078) | 452
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to prevent children from picking up viruses when visiting hospitals. | | (176079) | 453
N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the circumstances under which (a) the Commission on Social Care Inspection and (b) healthcare workers may conduct intimate medical examinations on those with mental incapacities without the consent of guardians ad litem; under what authority such examinations are performed; and if he will make a statement. | | (186498) | 454
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish all recent research he has commissioned on the impact of fluoridation on children's dental health. | | (186482) | 455
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on locums for junior doctors at (a) Chorley Hospital, (b) South Ribble Hospital, (c) Blackburn Royal Infirmary and (d) Royal Preston Hospital in each of the last 12 months. | | (186890) | 456
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that employment by the NHS of doctors trained in the developing world does not adversely affect healthcare standards in developing countries. | | (186891) | 457
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctor posts were unfilled for more than (a) three months, (b) six months and (c) nine months at (i) Chorley Hospital, (ii) South Ribble Hospital, (iii) Blackburn Royal Infirmary and (iv) Royal Preston Hospital, in each of the last five years. | | (186892) | 458
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many junior doctor posts were unfilled at (a) Chorley Hospital, (b) South Ribble Hospital, (c) Blackburn Royal Infirmary and (d) Royal Preston Hospital on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (186893) | 459
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under 14 years old were treated for alcohol-related health problems in the last 12 months, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (185738) | 460
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were admitted to hospital via accident and emergency departments for alcohol-related conditions in England in each year since 1997. | | (185739) | 461
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions via accident and emergency to NHS hospitals for alcohol-related conditions there were in 2006-07. | | (186146) | 462
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of NHS correspondence and typing of health service records of consultations that were sent to the Indian sub-continent for processing in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (186657) | 463
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Nuneaton of 5th February 2008, Official Report, column 784, on maternity services, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the UK is the safest country in the world in which to deliver babies. | | (186874) | 464
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) guidance and (b) rules have been set for existing GP practices which wish to bid to become alternative providers of medical services. | | (186878) | 465
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to primary care trusts on spending under the alternative providers of medical services budget to develop and expand existing primary care provision. | | (186879) | 466
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) timetable has been set for and (b) geographical area will be covered by the initial phases of the alternative providers of medical services scheme. | | (186880) | 467
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the alternative providers of medical services scheme and its implementation. | | (186881) | 468
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he consulted (a) local trusts, (b) GPs, (c) scrutiny bodies and (d) patients representatives on the delivery of the alternative providers of medical services scheme. | | (186882) | 469
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what directions he has given to local health trusts in respect of the spending of monies under the alternative providers of medical services scheme. | | (186883) | 470
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department of training student midwives was in each year since 2004-05. | | (186952) | 471
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what definition he uses of exceptional in relation to patients who are thereby given health treatments. | | (186956) | 472
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of foetal alcohol syndrome were diagnosed in (a) England and (b) each English region in each of the last five years. | | (186444) | 473
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women under the age of 25 years had a smear test with a CIN 3 result in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (186872) | 474
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to develop a Family Nurse Programme in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (186187) | 475
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce (a) mandatory training for staff who are involved in restraint or other physical interventions in mental health units, (b) an accreditation scheme for trainers in necessary restraint skills and (c) definitive guidance on the management of violence in mental health acute units. | | (186662) | 476
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the funding element in primary care trust baseline allocations for the improvement of wheelchair provision for children and young people for 2008-09 to 2010-11 will be calculated; and whether such funding will be ring-fenced. | | (185740) | 477
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish the new model for the delivery of community wheelchair services. | | (185743) | 478
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each primary care trust spent on (a) equipment, (b) overheads and (c) staffing costs in relation to the provision of wheelchairs for children and young people in the last year for which figures are available. | | (185744) | 479
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received treatment for Parkinson's disease in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (186959) | 480
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (186961) | 481
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances are operating in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley. | | (186438) | 482
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedics are based in Chorley. | | (186439) | 483
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legislation governs the provision of information by supermarkets in respect of foodstuffs (a) produced and (b) processed by them in-house. | | (186320) | 484
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward regulations to require minimum standards of (a) clarity and (b) uniformity in respect of information provided in (i) sunbed salons and (ii) unsupervised sunbed salons. | | (186335) | 485
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed full-time at the national drugs helpline in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (186684) | 486
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the national drugs helpline's call capacity is. | | (186787) | 487
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on advertising the national drugs helpline in each year since its inception. | | (186788) | 488
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of calls to the national drugs helpline which have been unanswered as a consequence of staff shortages in each year since the helpline's inception. | | (186789) | 489
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those under the age of 25 resident in Tamworth constituency have a disability, broken down by (a) type of disability and (b) age group. | | (186790) | 490
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the last suicide prevention campaign aimed at school students was launched; and how much his Department has spent on suicide prevention in schools in each of the last five years. | | (186791) | 491
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those who committed suicide were taking the drug roaccutane at the time of their death in each of the last five years. | | (186792) | 492
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of UK demand for diamorphine has been met by the NHS's normal suppliers in each of the last five years; how shortfalls in supply have been addressed; and if he will make a statement. | | (186660) | 493
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which general practice surgeries (a) he and (b) the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Exeter, have visited in an official capacity since June 2007; and on what dates. | | (185992) | 494
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many strategic health authorities provided regional dialysis capacity plans to his Department by 5th February 2008; what his estimate is of the demand for dialysis capacity in 2008-09, in each strategic health authority; and what changes in capacity he will propose in 2008-09, for each strategic health authority. | | (185993) | 495
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the decision was taken to release under embargo statistics on (a) MRSA and (b) Clostridium difficile published by the Health Protection Agency on 30th January 2008; for what reason the decision was taken to release statistics under embargo; on what dates (i) he, (ii) his special advisers and (iii) other officials of his Department held discussions with the Health Protection Agency on the release of statistics under an embargo, and what the content of the discussions was; to which (A) organisations and (B) individuals the statistics were issued under embargo; and if he will make a statement. | | (185994) | 496
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will issue guidance to local authorities on the establishment of LINKs; and if he will make a statement on progress towards establishing LINKs. | | (186499) | 497
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve the quality and nutritional value of hospital food for children. | | (186738) | 498
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much loan interest (a) the West Sussex Primary Care Trust and (b) each of the hospital trusts in West Sussex paid back to the NHS in each of the last three years. | | (186739) | 499
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) school nurses and (b) whole time equivalent school nurses have been employed in each of the last five years. | | (186740) | 500
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid out in financial support schemes or discount schemes by hospitals for family costs incurred whilst babies needed care in a neonatal unit last year; and how many families used this service. | | (186741) | 501
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adult and (b) child tonsilectomies were carried out in each of the last five years. | | (186742) | 502
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget is for the National Institute for Mental Health in England in 2008-09. | | (186743) | 503
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed by the National Institute for Mental Health in England. | | (186744) | 504
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what objectives have been achieved by the National Institute for Mental Health in England since its foundation. | | (186745) | 505
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of (a) adult men, (b) adult women, (c) boys aged 16 years or under and (d) girls aged 16 years or under attended contraception clinics in the last 12 months. | | (186746) | 506
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the West Sussex Primary Care Trust has spent on promoting volunteering in the local health service in the last two years. | | (186747) | 507
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many employees of the West Sussex Primary Care Trust volunteer; and what the trust's policy is on facilitating volunteering. | | (186823) | 508
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether parental consent will be necessary for the administration of the human papilloma virus vaccine to children; and what guidance his Department has given on the steps to be taken should a child request the vaccine and the parent withhold consent. | | (186124) | 509
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of reducing the upper age limit for children's free eye examinations. | | (186126) | 510
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had about the potential adverse effects of administering (a) 20mg and (b) 40mg of Paroxetine to a patient. | | (186127) | 511
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24th January 2008, Official Report, column 2236W, on NHS drugs, how many representations he received; and when the classification will be revisited. | | (186219) | 512
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to instruct NHS commissioners in England to adhere to the guidance produced by the Scottish Medicines Consortium on Dasatinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia, pending the publication of its appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (186263) | 513
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has held with Surrey Primary Care Trust on making available the treatments (a) Dasatinib and (b) Nilotinib to patients with imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia. | | (186264) | 514
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the South West Surrey and Hampshire Cancer Network recommends Dasatinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia. | | (186265) | 515
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received in the last 12 months on the issue of the availability of access to (a) Dasatinib and (b) Nilotinib for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia; how many representations were received from (i) clinicians, (ii) patients and (iii) others; what the content was of the representations; and if he will make a statement. | | (186266) | 516
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to issue guidance on (a) Dasatinib and (b) Nilotinib for imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia. | | (186267) | 517
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the variations between primary care trust areas in patients' ability to access the treatments (a) Dasatinib and (b) Nilotinib for imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia. | | (186268) | 518
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Cancer Director's forthcoming review of cancer drugs will evaluate geographical variations in the use of cancer drugs (a) approved by and (b) awaiting appraisal by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (186269) | 519
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to appraise (a) Dasatinib and (b) Nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia through the single technology appraisal process. | | (186270) | 520
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people admitted (a) to NHS accident and emergency departments and (b) for NHS plastic surgery as a result of tattooing and piercing procedures in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (186129) | 521
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the potential health effects of Chinese medicine techniques and (b) the effectiveness of the regulations governing the use of Chinese medicine techniques; and if he will make a statement. | | (186275) | 522
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on establishment of a national strategy on autism and Asperger's syndrome; and if he will make a statement. | | (186735) | 523
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he made to the Health Protection Agency laboratory reports of hepatitis C infection in the third quarter of 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (186826) | 524
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the Written Declaration of the European Parliament on hepatitis C; and if he will make a statement. | | (186827) | 525
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the source code copies of core application software used by his Department and its agencies and supplied by third parties are held in escrow. | | (186909) | 526
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the compliance levels of healthcare providers with section H of the Code of Practice for Promotion of NHS Services; and if he will make a statement. | | (186673) | 527
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time was from diagnosis of cancer to treatment for each type of cancer in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07. | | (186002) | 528
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS's average annual expenditure is on a patient with (a) breast cancer, (b) lung cancer, (c) prostate cancer and (d) bowel cancer from diagnosis to the end of treatment. | | (186203) | 529
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his assessment is of the role of regional directors of public health in the prevention of accidental injury to children; and if he will make a statement. | | (186337) | 530
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the spread of extreme drug resistant tuberculosis. | | (186436) | 531
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake research to compare primary care trusts' effectiveness in inclusion of (a) children's palliative care and (b) children's hospice services in local development plans. | | (186167) | 532
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to monitor the inclusion of children's (a) palliative care and (b) hospice services in primary care trusts' local development plans. | | (186168) | 533
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what evidential basis changes were made in 2005-06 to the NHS Direct Health Encyclopaedia in relation to possible causes of chronic fatigue syndrome, to remove references to altered immune response due possibly to infections such as glandular fever or hepatitis neurotoxins and to immunisation; and what medical references were taken into consideration. | | (186130) | 534
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department proposes to allocate to primary care trusts for (a) children's palliative care and (b) disabled children's services under the Comprehensive Spending Review for 2008-09; and what guidance has been issued on the allocation of such funding. | | (185663) | 535
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of accident and emergency patients in Cornwall had a trolley wait of over four hours in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (186503) | 536
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average hospital waiting times were in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England for each specialty in each year since 1997. | | (186915) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 537
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to the police on the use of photographs taken by surveillance cameras to (i) detect and (ii) prosecute those observed committing an offence under (A) section 14 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and (B) the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2003; what recent representations she has received on the issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (186289) | 538
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in resolving the insurance claim relating to the fire at Yarl's Wood on 14th February 2002; and if she will make a statement. | | (186131) | 539
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 209W, on crime; statistics, what account is taken in the compilation of crime statistics of unreported crime. | | (186948) | 540
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action the Government has taken to reduce crime related to drunkenness. | | (186847) | 541
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce underage drinking. | | (186848) | 542
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deportations of persons seeking asylum were not completed because the receiving country refused to accept them (a) before and (b) after the flight returning them had left the UK in the last 12 months. | | (185626) | 543
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers resigned from police forces in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (185627) | 544
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, columns 810-11 on human trafficking, what type of intelligence is expected to be gathered under Operation Pentameter 2; and what progress has been made in this intelligence gathering to date. | | (186838) | 545
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force had registered earnings outside their police work in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (186921) | 546
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on agency staff in each of the last five years; and what the highest payment to a member of agency staff was in each of those years. | | (186923) | 547
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the use of agency staff and contractors by her Department in the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (186925) | 548
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much rent was paid by her Department to private landlords in each of the last five years; and what proportion of this rent in each year was paid for properties previously owned by her Department. | | (186927) | 549
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the average cost to the public purse of deporting (a) an illegal immigrant and (b) a foreign prisoner with a recommendaton for deportation in the last 12 months. | | (186929) | 550
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on deporting (a) illegal immigrants and (b) foreign prisoners in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (186930) | 551
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, columns 994-5W, on police stations, for what reasons changes in the use of police buildings have made it difficult to obtain comprehensive information as to the number of police stations in use. | | (186931) | 552
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations her Department has received from the British Amusement Catering Trade Association; and if she will make a statement. | | (186201) | 553
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been naturalised as UK citizens in each London borough since 2005. | | (186145) | 554
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for extradition under the Extradition Act 2003 have been received from public authorities in the United States; what offences those the United States sought to extradite were suspected of; how many such requests have been granted; and how many of those extradited have subsequently been convicted of the offence for which they were extradited. | | (185999) | 555
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under (i) section 172, (ii) section 172a and (iii) section 173 of the Licensing Act 1964 in each year since 1997; and how many landlords had their licences revoked as a consequence of breach of these provisions. | | (185641) | 556
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers are assigned to the UK Football Police Unit. | | (186316) | 557
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department keeps records of the number of young men who have taken anabolic steroids for non-medical reasons in each year since 1997. | | (186317) | 558
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who (a) took anabolic steroids and (b) took anabolic steroids for non-medical reasons in each year since 1997. | | (186318) | 559
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were of retailers for selling alcohol to persons under 18 years old for consumption off the premises in 2006. | | (186319) | 560
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Serious Organised Crime Agency spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186419) | 561
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the amount spent by Ports Police on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186420) | 562
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each police force in England and Wales spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186421) | 563
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Metropolitan Police's Security Command spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186423) | 564
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Ministerial letter of 31st January 2006 responding to the recommendations within the Animal Procedures Committee's 2005 report on the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, if she will make a statement on her Department's commitment to explore the scope available to make the Home Office's RDSD database fully searchable by public stakeholders. | | (186252) | 565
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics her Department gathers on transfers of police officers between forces; and how many police officers have transferred (a) from Sussex Police to the Metropolitan Police and (b) from the Metropolitan Police to Sussex Police in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (186352) | 566
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department has had with (a) the Association of Chief Police Officers and (b) the Police Federation on the Government's review of licensing hours. | | (186353) | 567
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of service of police officers is in (a) Sussex, (b) Kent, (c) Surrey and (d) the Metropolitan Police; and if she will make a statement. | | (186355) | 568
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of people eligible to apply for residence in the United Kingdom by virtue of providing assistance to UK armed forces (a) have been granted residence, (b) have been refused and (c) have their applications yet to be processed. | | (186163) | 569
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records her Department holds for crime statistics at more local levels than that of basic command units; whether such records are publicly available; and if she will make it her policy to set out a timetable for the publication of such statistics at ward level. | | (186466) | 570
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths were caused by accidents in which police vehicles were involved in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force. | | (186467) | 571
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign nationals will be required to carry identity cards with them at all times within the UK; and whether the police will have powers to arrest and detain anyone whom they believe to be a foreign national until such time as their identity is proved. | | (186469) | 572
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what ways the requirement for foreign nationals to have identity cards within the UK will be monitored; and what assessment she has made of the likely effect of such monitoring on community relations. | | (186470) | 573
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the general specifications and capability of the new system for monitoring travellers to and from UK ports of entry are; and what the timetable for its introduction is. | | (186471) | 574
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much West Midlands Police Authority has received from central funds in each of the last 10 years; how much its precept has been set at for 2008-09; and at what rate the precept will be levied upon local householders. | | (186784) | 575
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Staffordshire Police Authority has received from central funds in each of the last 10 years. | | (186785) | 576
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the precept set by Staffordshire Police Authority is for 2008-09; and at what rate it will be levied on local householders. | | (186786) | 577
N | Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed in public parks in each Greater London borough (a) in total and (b) where the victim was female in each year since 2000. | | (186658) | 578
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Worthing West of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 98W, on entry clearances: doctors, how many of the 2,095 doctors who were awarded highly skilled migrant status between 6th February and 31st December 2007 (a) were of each medical or surgical specialty and (b) were making an application for a (i) new and (ii) renewed permit. | | (186125) | 579
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to the police last year using the (a) 999 emergency number and (b) non-emergency 0845 6070999 number. | | (186758) | 580
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost per call is to use the 0845 6070999 non-emergency police number. | | (186759) | 581
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the Metropolitan Police Arts and Antiques Squad in each of the last three years. | | (186761) | 582
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to expand the Metropolitan Police Arts and Antiques Squad; and if she will make a statement. | | (186762) | 583
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children had their DNA recorded on police records (a) in England and (b) in Sussex in each of the last five years. | | (186768) | 584
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued to children in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) sex and (b) age. | | (186769) | 585
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders issued to children were breached in each of the last five years. | | (186770) | 586
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were sent to prison as a result of breaking an anti-social behaviour order in each of the last five years. | | (186771) | 587
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been subject to more than one anti-social behaviour order in each of the last five years. | | (186772) | 588
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in (a) crime and (b) detection rates in (i) each category of offence and (ii) overall in each basic command unit in the last (A) year and (B) five years for which figures are available. | | (186312) | 589
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what trends there have been in crime detection rates in Darlington over (a) the last 12 months and (b) the last five years. | | (186313) | 590
| Mr Alan Milburn (Darlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change has been in crime rates by category of offence in Darlington in (a) the last year and (b) the last five years. | | (186454) | 591
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average retention rates were of interpreters working for police services in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the proportion of their working weeks which are spent by police-employed interpreters interpreting between police officers and members of the public. | | (186128) | 592
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time (a) English speaking individuals and (b) non-English speaking individuals requiring interpreters were held in custody in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by police force. | | (186136) | 593
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many (a) marriage visa and (b) indefinite leave to remain applications representations about forced marriage have been received in each of the last five years; how many of those applications have been granted; and how many representations on forced marriage have been (i) investigated and (ii) resulted in refusal of the application in each of the last five years. | | (186679) | 594
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance (a) her Department, (b) other departments and (c) other agencies issue on forced marriage; and how her Department monitors compliance with that guidance. | | (186896) | 595
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) staff work on e-crime; and what SOCA's budget for dealing with e-crime is in 2007-08. | | (186945) | 596
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Hi Tech Crime Unit in dealing with e-crime following its transfer into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. | | (186946) | 597
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the Serious and Organised Crime Agency work on on-line activities by terrorist and extremist groups. | | (186947) | 598
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people subject to registration if open age sport is included in the Safegarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. | | (185746) | 599
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deportation of individuals who are not entitled to remain in the country but who have taken cases to employment tribunals. | | (186356) | 600
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were found to be carrying (a) illegal weapons and (b) illegal drugs during stop and search procedures by the police in Romford in each of the last four years. | | (186898) | 601
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants were convicted of crimes in each of the last five years; and what proportion of these offenders have subsequently been deported. | | (186900) | 602
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on reducing administrative burdens on the police; and if she will make a statement. | | (186903) | 603
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 16 years were registered on the national DNA database at the most recent date for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (186906) | 604
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people living in Romford were registered on the national DNA database at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (186911) | 605
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were under surveillance by criminal justice agencies in the UK at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (186913) | 606
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for offences related to alcohol abuse in (a) Romford, (b) Greater London and (c) Essex in 2007. | | (186914) | 607
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of policemen on the beat in urban areas. | | (186916) | 608
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received state provided counselling as a result of being the victim of crime in (a) Romford, (b) Greater London and (c) Essex in 2007. | | (186920) | 609
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact of migration on the UK's gross domestic product in the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (186936) | 610
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 168341, tabled by the hon. Member for Mid Sussex on 21st November 2007, on terrorist suspects and asylum. | | (185960) | 611
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for not continuing with the 101 non-emergency phone pilot. | | (186431) | 612
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) communications intercept and (b) surveillance requests by Essex constabulary have been (i) made and (ii) approved in the last 12 months. | | (186166) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 613
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what health and safety assessment has been made of the accommodation available for the Diplomatic Protection Group of the police in those parts of the Palace of Westminster for which the Commission has responsibility. | | (184443) | 614
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the Department of Finance and Administration cost to run in 2007. | | (186169) | 615
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what pay grades are applicable to members of staff working for the Department of Resources. | | (186170) | 616
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what percentage of the Department of Resources staff time is spent administering the allowances of hon. Members. | | (186171) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 617
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much public money has been advanced to sector skills councils; how much has been repaid; and what arrangements have been made for repayment of outstanding loans. | | (186120) | 618
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications of changes in the funding of equivalent or lower qualifications for the training of ordinands in the Church of England. | | (186794) | 619
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent initiatives have been taken by his Department's technology strategy board to promote the commercialisation of research findings from the University of Wales. | | (186820) | 620
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many places on courses for qualifications in English for speakers of other languages have been provided in London over the last eight years. | | (186477) | 621
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of levels of demand for places on courses in English for speakers of other languages in London; and if he will make a statement. | | (186638) | 622
| Mr Boris Johnson (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of functionally illiterate adults living in London over the last eight years; and if he will make a statement. | | (186659) | 623
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of pupils applying to study medicine at university were entitled to free school meals in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (186230) | 624
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are used by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. | | (186178) | 625
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of students applied for a university place on completion of their A-Levels in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1979. | | (186628) | 626
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much expenditure on higher education research projects has been used to buy-out the teaching time of the researchers in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (186392) | 627
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recent letter sent to university authorities regarding student juries. | | (186393) | 628
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time students under 22 years old withdrew from their higher education course in each year since 2001. | | (186609) | 629
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) students aged 17 to 21 years and (ii) mature students enrolled on higher education courses in each year since 2001. | | (186610) | 630
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time mature students withdrew from and did not complete their higher education course in each year since 2001. | | (186611) | 631
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what activities were recently undertaken as part of Student Finance week; and what the cost was of each. | | (186612) | 632
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on the Aim Higher Initiative in each year since 2004. | | (186613) | 633
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department expects to spend on the Aim Higher Initiative in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011; and if he will make a statement. | | (186614) | 634
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Aim Higher Initiative in encouraging more pupils from deprived backgrounds to submit a UCAS application. | | (186615) | 635
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of part-time (a) first degree and (b) second degree students who had their fees paid by an employer in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (186616) | 636
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what personal details his Department holds on graduates who received their degrees since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (186617) | 637
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of those who gained A-levels enrolled on a degree course at a higher education institution in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (186618) | 638
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of the first-degree student population enrolled at higher education institutions were from non-EU countries in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (186619) | 639
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to collect retrospective tuition fees from students at UK universities from EU countries once they return to their home countries. | | (186620) | 640
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of part-time first degree students expected to enrol on a higher education course in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010. | | (186621) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 641
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what payments his Department has made to (a) Marie Stopes International, (b) International Planned Parenthood Federation, (c) British Pregnancy Advisory Service, (d) United Nations Population Fund and (e) Family Planning Association (UK) for (i) abortion, (ii) family planning and (iii) other reproductive health services in each of the last five years; what the total of grants made to each organisation in each of the last five years was; what restrictions there are on the use of these funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (186368) | 642
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian programmes are funded by his Department in Bangladesh. | | (186722) | 643
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK is providing to Bangladesh to assist the electoral process. | | (186724) | 644
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many Somali refugees he estimates are now in each neighbouring country; and what assistance his Department is providing to those refugees in each country. | | (186279) | 645
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the UN about the establishment of a humanitarian corridor for aid into Abeche in Chad to enable aid agencies to respond to the humanitarian need. | | (186965) | 646
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1353W, on Afghanistan: reconstruction, if he will place in the Library copies of the two studies completed by the Stabilisation Unit into (a) UK provincial reconstruction teams (PRTs) in Helmand and Basra and (b) the review of the Helmand PRT deployment. | | (186706) | 647
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many reconstruction projects implemented by the UK provincial reconstruction teams in Afghanistan were subject to violent attacks in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (186912) | 648
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) investment positions and (b) subsequent disposals have been made by ACTIS since 2004; and what the (i) original investment and (ii) sale proceeds were in each case. | | (186737) | 649
| Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the proportion of his Department's funding allocated to civil society through the Partnership Programme arrangements will increase in proportion to the overall increase in his Department's expenditure. | | (186440) | 650
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will consider financially supporting the construction of separate police holding cells for minors in Bluefields in Eastern Nicaragua as part of his Department's work in Nicaragua. | | (186199) | 651
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much international aid and development funding was given to Ethiopia in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (186389) | 652
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether there are plans to increase the humanitarian assistance to Chad. | | (186213) | 653
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the effect that the security situation in Chad is having on the humanitarian situation in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (186214) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 654
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cyclists, broken down by (a) sex, (b) age group and (c) police area were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of going through a red traffic light in each of the last five years for which information is available. | | (186394) | 655
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine was for a cyclist convicted of going through a red traffic light in each of the last 10 years. | | (186395) | 656
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) arrested, (ii) prosecuted and (iii) convicted for using their mobile telephones while driving since the legislation banning their use while driving was introduced, broken down by (A) age group and (B) police area. | | (186396) | 657
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time chartered forensic psychologists were employed by the Prison Service in England and Wales between 1997 and 2007. | | (186327) | 658
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time forensic psychologists in training were employed by the Prison Service in England and Wales between 1997 and 2007. | | (186328) | 659
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of forensic psychologists in training in the Prison Service (a) completed and (b) did not complete their training between 1997 and 2007. | | (186329) | 660
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offending behaviour programmes were undertaken in prisons in England and Wales in the period 1997 to 2007; and what measures were used to judge their effectiveness. | | (186330) | 661
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offending behaviour programmes in prisons in England and Wales over the period 1997 to 2007 were subject to randomised controlled trials to assess their effectiveness. | | (186331) | 662
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales participated in offending behaviour programmes during the period 1997 to 2007. | | (186332) | 663
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of offending behaviour programmes in prisons in England and Wales was in each year from 1997 to 2007. | | (186333) | 664
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates on the Peterlee Bench are resident in Easington constituency. | | (186212) | 665
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in HM Prison Service have completed race equality action team training; and how much this training has cost. | | (186204) | 666
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in HM Prison Service have completed the race equality officer training course; and how much this training has cost. | | (186205) | 667
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are employed in HM Prison Service's race equality action group; and what the cost of the group is in 2007-08. | | (186207) | 668
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to HM Prison Service was of producing (a) the Community Engagement Implementation Guide and (b) community engagement events held in the last 12 months; and if he will place a copy of the Guide in the Library. | | (186208) | 669
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what means prisons are assessed on the effectiveness of their community engagement. | | (186209) | 670
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of publishing and printing the communities engagement newsletter for HM Prison Service was, including staff costs, in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (186253) | 671
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of the recent Race Equality Action Group Conference held at the Emirates Stadium; and how many HM Prison Service staff attended the conference. | | (186254) | 672
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the members are of HM Prison Service's Race Advisory Group; how much they are paid; what recommendations they have made; and which have been implemented as a result of such recommendations. | | (186255) | 673
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place a copy of HM Prison Service's Race Equality Action Plan in the Library; what steps have been taken to implement it; and what has been the cost of (a) producing and (b) implementing the plan. | | (186256) | 674
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have held a Traveller Day in the last three years; and what the cost was of such events. | | (186262) | 675
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what involvement HM Prison Service has had in the MC2 project. | | (186276) | 676
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what work the Anne Peaker Centre has carried out for HM Prison Service in each of the last three years; and how much they have been paid by HM Prison Service. | | (186277) | 677
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are any programmes for which his Department is responsible which are made available only to ethnic minority offenders; and if he will make a statement. | | (186278) | 678
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners were released from UK prisons in 2007. | | (186889) | 679
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 150W, on secure training centres: restraint techniques, what the population of each institution was from 1st April to 30th November 2007. | | (186839) | 680
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects of self-regulation of the willmaking sector; and what plans he has to regulate the making of wills. | | (186194) | 681
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what number and proportion of accused people whose cases were discontinued in the interests of justice were convicted of a further offence within two years of that discontinuation in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (186179) | 682
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on plans to repatriate Libyan prisoners detained in prisons in this country; what estimate he has made of how many prisoners will be affected; and what decisions have been made on the status of Mohammed Al Megrahi. | | (186707) | 683
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the prisoner transfer agreement betwen the UK and Libya. | | (186708) | 684
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were sentenced following successful prosecutions under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each year since its entry into force. | | (186233) | 685
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in each of the four secure training centres have received a copy of the Physical Control in Care Training manual. | | (186465) | 686
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all staff who instruct on physical control in care in secure training centres have undergone training and annual validation in compliance with pages four and five of the Prison Service training manual. | | (186685) | 687
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases involving use of restraint in each secure training centre in each of the last two years have been the subject of a report within 12 hours. | | (186686) | 688
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions use of force report forms have been used to report on the use of restraint in each secure training centre in each of the last four years. | | (186687) | 689
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were held in prison in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) sex, (b) age of first admission and (c) type of offence. | | (186736) | 690
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had on the potential effect of the Lisbon Treaty on the principle of habeas corpus. | | (186121) | 691
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 298W, on incapacity benefits appeals, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of upheld appeals lodged against an incapacity benefit personal capability assessment. | | (186220) | 692
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proposals there are for new arrangements for the accommodation and supervision of recently released criminals in Scunthorpe; and if he will make a statement. | | (186434) | 693
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders are believed to have re-offended while on probation in Romford in the last five years. | | (186897) | 694
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for violent crimes in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in each of the last four years. | | (186899) | 695
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for drink driving offences in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London in 2007. | | (186918) | 696
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the evaluation of the peer panels in Lancashire will be published; and when a decision will be made on the extension of the project. | | (186951) | 697
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications of the recent House of Lords ruling in A v Hoare for the provisions of the Limitation Act 1980. | | (186109) | 698
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what process was followed by which ClearSprings was given authority to operate on a site in Kemsley; and if he will make a statement. | | (186833) | Questions to the Leader of the House 699
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will make it her policy to make available to hon. Members training in correlation, significance and statistical analysis. | | (186955) | 700
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals for a mechanism by which oral and written parliamentary questions can be asked and answered in relation to the rules on the declaration and registration of hon. Members' interests; and if she will make a statement. | | (186858) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 701
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are in place to inform relatives of victims who have been murdered when a convicted murderer is released from prison in Northern Ireland. | | (186816) | 702
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many written responses have been received by the Independent Consultative Group on the past in Northern Ireland. | | (186326) | 703
N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of assault against staff have been reported (a) at prisons and (b) at the Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre in Northern in each of the last 12 months; of those incidents, how many have resulted in (i) prosecutions and (ii) convictions; and if he will make a statement. | | (186154) | 704
N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what measures are to be introduced to give better protection to staff working at the Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre following the recent attack on three staff members. | | (186156) | 705
N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what additional funding and training is to be given to staff working at the Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre following the recent attack on three members of staff and whether self-defence training will be provided; and if he will make a statement. | | (186157) | 706
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consideration is given to (a) imprisonable and (b) non-imprisonable driving offences when determining an application for a firearms licence in Northern Ireland. | | (186158) | 707
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many serving police officers within the Police Service of Northern Ireland have committed driving offences within the last 12 months. | | (186159) | 708
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many serving police officers within the Police Service of Northern Ireland who have committed a driving offence have (a) retained and (b) been issued with firearms certificates within the last 12 months. | | (186160) | 709
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what consideration is given to criminal convictions, spent or otherwise, when determining an application for a firearms licence in Northern Ireland. | | (186164) | 710
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria are applied to applications for firearms licences in Northern Ireland. | | (186165) | 711
N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what length of time Thomas Purcell had been in Maghaberry Prison before being transferred to a young offenders centre in England; what age he had been during his time at Maghaberry; and whether he had been attacked while at Maghaberry Prison. | | (186437) | 712
N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to ensure the families of victims of serious crimes are informed that those convicted of these crimes are being transferred between prisons in Northern Ireland and others (a) within the UK and (b) in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (186441) | 713
N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to prevent the exploitation by prisoners in Northern Ireland of the transfer system to other prisons within the rest of the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (186443) | 714
N | Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons Thomas Purcell was transferred from Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland to the young offenders centre at Aylesbury. | | (186445) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 715
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 746W, on Olympic Games 2012: disabled, what barriers there are to building all Olympic village units to the lifetime homes standard. | | (185741) | 716
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many (a) fatalities and (b) serious injuries incurred in the construction of the Olympic precinct for the 2012 Olympic Games have been recorded to date. | | (186777) | Questions to the Prime Minister 717
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Prime Minister, what sanctions he plans to impose on the Government of Sudan in light of the failure to deploy the UNAMID force in full and on time; and if he will make a statement. | | (186362) | 718
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to encourage the imposition of a no-fly zone over Darfur in 2008. | | (186364) | 719
N | Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to encourage the development of a UN arms embargo on Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (186365) | 720
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters in respect of energy policy were (a) discussed and (b) decided at the meeting of his business council on 4th February. | | (186448) | 721
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Prime Minister, on how many occasions he has met (a) the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and (b) the Metropolitan Policy Deputy Commissioner since June 2007; and what matters were discussed at each meeting. | | (186919) | 722
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Prime Minister, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire of 15th December 2007 on police pay. | | (186462) | 723
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Prime Minister, what Ministerial responsibilities he has assigned to Baroness Vadera at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; and what responsibilities she has been assigned for liaison with other Departments. | | (185644) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 724
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many personal injury claims for pleural plaques he estimates the Government will be liable to pay as (a) an employer and (b) the funder of the liabilities of former nationalised industries if the Scottish Parliament passes legislation making pleural plaques a compensatable condition; and what estimate he has made of the size of the Government's potential liability. | | (186303) | Questions to the Solicitor General 725
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Solicitor General, what representations she has received on the level of funding for the Crown Prosecution Service covering North East London. | | (186322) | 726
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Solicitor General, how many and what proportion of cases in each Crown Prosecution Service area were discontinued (a) in the interests of justice and (b) by reason of evidential insufficiency in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (186175) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 727
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission (a) conducted or (b) commissioned work into incomes and expenditures of below-threshold accounting units for the accounts for 2003. | | (186153) | 728
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission holds copies of Labour Party trade union constituency development plans. | | (186161) | 729
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance that was sent by the Electoral Commission to participants in the Labour Party deputy leadership campaign in relation to reporting donations given towards their campaign. | | (186162) | 730
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1085W, on political parties: finance, if the Electoral Commission will request Sir Hayden Phillips to submit his background work into trade union funds and political funds to assist the Commission's research into trade union political funds and political levies. | | (186183) | 731
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1085W, on political parties: finance, if the Electoral Commission will seek to obtain copies of constituency development plans made between the Labour Party and trades unions to assist its research into trade union political funds and the political levy. | | (186184) | 732
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will undertake research into funding of trades unions through (a) the Trade Union Modernisation Fund and (b) other public funding. | | (186185) | 733
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Horsham of 25th January 2008, Official Report, column 2280W, on political parties: finance, if he will name the accounting units of the Labour Party which had accounting units below £25,000 in (a) 2004 and (b) 2007. | | (186286) | 734
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Horsham of 25th January 2008, Official Report, column 2280W, on political parties: finance, if he will place in the Library copies of the accounts provided to the Commission by associations under the threshold. | | (186287) | 735
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 1084W, on political parties: finance, if the Electoral Commission will be inviting evidence from interested parties to assist the research into trades union political funds and the political levy. | | (186288) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 736
N | Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the Government to ratify the (a) Convention on Hazardous and Noxious Substances 1996, (b) Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness and Co-operation/Hazardous and Noxious Substances 2000, (c) Anti-Fouling Convention and (d) Ballast and Water Management Convention; and if she will make a statement. | | (185786) | 737
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years to raise awareness of the consequences of cyclists going through a red traffic light; and if she will make a statement. | | (186290) | 738
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish on her Department's website lists of road schemes approved and funded by the Department, providing (a) the costs at approval, (b) the latest ministerially approved cost and (c) the estimated carbon dioxide emissions impact. | | (185867) | 739
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish on her Department's website the appraisal summary tables of the road schemes she has approved. | | (185868) | 740
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will meet representatives of the electric personal assistive mobility devices industry to discuss the role of their products in transport policy. | | (185869) | 741
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of electric personal assistive mobility devices on UK climate change and carbon emissions targets; and if she will make a statement. | | (185870) | 742
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on the role of electric personal assistive mobility devices in transport policy; and if she will make a statement. | | (185871) | 743
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to issue a manual for streets to aid reconfiguration of existing (a) high streets and (b) other streets. | | (186111) | 744
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential role of biomethane as a transport fuel. | | (186492) | 745
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for ultra light rail to deliver a low carbon transport option. | | (186494) | 746
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the contract to Costain-Skanska JV for the A14 Ellington and Fen Ditton scheme was let for. | | (186495) | 747
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the rolling stock plan does not include new diesel rolling stock for the South-Central franchise; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the complement of such stock on the (a) Brighton-Ashford and (b) Uckfield-London line. | | (186496) | 748
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 792W, on transport: carbon emissions, if she will estimate the percentage of carbon dioxide emission reductions by 2020 likely to come from (a) policy measures and (b) technological developments independent of Government policy. | | (186836) | 749
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents involving at least one pedestrian casualty there were in each year since 1997, broken down by the smallest geographical unit by which this information is collected. | | (186850) | 750
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic accidents involving at least one pedestrian casualty and road freight there were in each year since 1997, broken down by the smallest geographical unit by which this information is collected. | | (186851) | 751
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal traffic accidents there were in each year since 1997, broken down by the smallest geographical unit by which this information is collected. | | (186852) | 752
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars were sold in 2007 with tailpipe carbon emissions below 110g/km in the (a) UK and (b) EU. | | (186954) | 753
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ensure that the doubling of the Swindon to Kemble railway line takes place in 2009. | | (186273) | 754
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on acceptance of ships onto the UK register, which do not meet the health and safety standards set by the International Safety of Life at Sea Convention. | | (186417) | 755
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action the Government has taken to assist the British haulage industry since 1997. | | (185629) | 756
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what action the Government has taken to ensure that foreign-registered haulage vehicles on British roads comply with the requirements of EU legislation. | | (185630) | 757
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what applications were received from Southeastern Railway for Access For All (a) Small Schemes and (b) Main Schemes for 2008-09. | | (186139) | 758
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been given to Southeastern Railway under the Access For All Scheme since its introduction. | | (186140) | 759
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Vehicle Inspectorate spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186416) | 760
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the British Transport Police spent on border security and enforcement in each of the last three financial years. | | (186422) | 761
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward proposals to meet the criticisms recorded in the Rail Passengers Council report of March 2005 in relation to the standard of stock on the Portsmouth mainline express service; and if she will make a statement. | | (186663) | 762
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will remit the report of March 2005 from the Rail Passengers Council back to the Council requesting that it bring forward specific recommendations to address the views of passengers expressed in the report. | | (186664) | 763
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 719W, on Severn Bridge: tolls, when the working group is expected to present its findings. | | (185742) | 764
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pensioners have claimed free bus travel in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since its inception. | | (186668) | 765
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times non-delegated driving examiners in the Driving Standards Agency were tested in 2007. | | (186688) | 766
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many delegated examiners there are working for the Driving Standards Agency; and how many delegated examiners were tested by the Driving Standards Agency in 2007. | | (186689) | 767
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many PSV/HGV tests were carried out by (a) delegated and (b) Driving Standards Agency examiners in 2007; and how many and what percentage of these resulted in the candidate passing in each category. | | (186690) | 768
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the arrangements for quality assurance in relation to delegated examiners and driving examiners in the Driving Standards Agency will be merged. | | (186691) | 769
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths there were on roads in (i) Peterborough constituency and (ii) the Peterborough City Council area in each of the last 10 years. | | (186314) | 770
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to review the future use of the MOT vehicle testing scheme. | | (186310) | 771
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were wrongly impounded under the Vehicle Excise Duty (Immobilisation, Removal and Disposal of Vehicles) Regulations 1996 in each of the last three years. | | (186937) | 772
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has issued to the Driving Standards Agency on factors to be taken into account when deciding on the location of driving test centres. | | (185996) | 773
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ensure that the Chief Executive of the Driving Standards Agency responds to representations from Warrington residents about the proposed relocation of the Warrington driving test centre. | | (185997) | 774
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road building projects will be (a) cancelled and (b) delayed due to the budget overrun at the Highways Agency; and if she will make a statement. | | (186152) | 775
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what revenues have been received from the Dartford Crossing tolls for the period during which this programme object has had a comparability factor of 100 per cent. for the purpose of the application of the Barnett Formula. | | (186865) | 776
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the source code copies of core application software used by her Department and its agencies and supplied by third parties are held in escrow. | | (186901) | 777
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4th December 2007, Official Report, column 1068W, on street works, what assessment she has made of the ability of local authorities to implement street works regulations from 1st April. | | (186371) | 778
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th November 2007, Official Report, columns 607-8W, on transport: tickets, what progress has been made to ensure smartcard readers in London are ITSO/Oyster dual-operable. | | (186414) | 779
N | Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2008, Official Report, column 2318W, on A38: Plymouth, what the collision rate was for each month in the last five years for trunk roads similar to the A38 in Devon. | | (186147) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 780
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on mutual recognition for pensioners from Wales and from England in concessionary bus travel schemes on both sides of the border. | | (186259) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 781
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government has taken to increase funding for organisations supporting those affected by domestic violence. | | (186845) | 782
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government has taken to provide support to those affected by domestic violence. | | (186846) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 783
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many agencies his Department has created in the last (a) five and (b) 10 years. | | (185751) | 784
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the effect on costs to the public purse has been of the operation of agencies within his Department's responsibilities in the last (a) five and (b) 10 years. | | (185753) | 785
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) fatalities and (b) serious injuries have been recorded in the construction industry in 2007-08 to date. | | (185590) | 786
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions there have been in connection with fatal injuries in the construction industry in each region in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and what level of fines were imposed by the court in each case. | | (185591) | 787
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed housing benefit in each year since 1997. | | (185662) | 788
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many housing benefit recipients aged (a) under 24 years, (b) between 25 and 35 years, (c) between 40 and 59 years and (d) over 60 years have been resident in (i) local authority, (ii) housing association and (iii) private housing in each year since 1997. | | (185752) | 789
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his target to reduce incapacity benefit claimants by 1 million by 2016 is based on a projected 2016 claimant count of 1 million fewer people than the comparable figure in 2006. | | (186110) | 790
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have made both continuous claims for housing benefit and council tax and repeated claims for jobseeker's allowance since 1997. | | (186112) | 791
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals received a consolatory payment from the Health and Safety Commission and Executive in each year since 1997; what the average value of payment was in each year; and how much was paid in total in consolatory payments in each year. | | (186113) | 792
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances a consolatory payment would be made by the Health and Safety Commission and Executive; and what guidance is provided by his Department on the payment of a conciliatory payment to a customer of the Health and Safety Commission and Executive; and if he will place a copy of that guidance in the Library. | | (186114) | 793
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming income support worked for fewer than 16 hours per week in each year since 1997. | | (186115) | 794
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of children lifted out of poverty of all parents receiving child maintenance and arrears payments due via the Child Support Agency. | | (186116) | 795
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirements there are for a person on jobseeker's allowance on holiday to register with their local jobcentre whilst on holiday if it is different from their local jobcentre whilst at their normal residential address. | | (186122) | 796
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how old the (a) youngest and (b) oldest person convicted of benefit fraud was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (186123) | 797
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners aged 80 and over have claimed the higher rate winter fuel payment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since its inception. | | (186666) | 798
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners aged 60 and over have claimed the winter fuel payment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since its inception. | | (186667) | 799
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have received the basic state pension in each of the last 30 years. | | (186669) | 800
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK received pension credit in each year since its inception. | | (186670) | 801
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on pensioners per capita in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (186671) | 802
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners aged 60 and over have claimed a free eye test in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since the scheme's inception. | | (186672) | 803
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual income was of the average pensioner household in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (186962) | 804
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are used by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. | | (186180) | 805
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the source code copies of core application software used by his Department and its agencies and supplied by third parties are held in escrow. | | (186908) | 806
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what targets the Health and Safety Executive set for reducing (a) the incidence of injury, (b) the incidence of ill health, (c) the incidence of working days lost and (d) the numbers of recorded major hazard precursor incidences in each year since 1997, broken down by region; and whether these targets were met in each year. | | (186680) | 807
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the future demand for Health and Safety Executive inspectors of nuclear facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (186681) | 808
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many inspectors of nuclear facilities were employed by the Health and Safety Executive in each year since 2004, broken down by region. | | (186682) | 809
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by (a) the Health and Safety Executive and (b) the Health and Safety Commission in each year since 2005-06; and how much is expected to be spent in 2008-09. | | (186683) | 810
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Ireland on individuals claiming benefits in both countries. | | (186429) | 811
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England who live below the poverty level. | | (186625) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 812
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the impact of the minimum wage on employment among people with disabilities. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (186558) | 813
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (b) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the co-ordination of Government policy on health and safety at work and the role of the Better Regulation Taskforce in such co-ordination. | | [Transferred] (186411) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 814
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people of working age had fewer than five GCSEs grade A* to C in each region in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (186828) | 815
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the working-age population was in each region in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (186829) | 816
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of job vacancies he estimates were filled by migrant workers from the European Union in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (186550) | 817
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure that financial advice is made available to those who are financially excluded. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (186549) | 818
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the workforce is in permanent employment. | | [Transferred] (186773) | 819
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average age was of immigrants to the UK in 2007. | | [Transferred] (186905) | 820
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which 10 countries the greatest number of migrants entered the UK in 2007. | | [Transferred] (186932) | 821
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes are available to consumers who wish to reclaim bank penalty charges; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (186311) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 822
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the ContactPoint database will be operational; whose details will be included on it; who will have access to it; how much it will cost to establish and maintain; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (186261) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 823
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions apply to the sale of lower alcohol wine (a) within the UK and (b) elsewhere in the EU produced (i) in the UK, (ii) elsewhere in the EU, (iii) in the USA and (iv) in other countries; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (186853) | 824
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the restrictions on the sale of lower alcohol wines in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (186857) | 825
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the design of the badge for Women in the Land Army cost; and how much was spent on the design for each of the previous three commissioned badges. | | [Transferred] (186782) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 826
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential of the Food Standards Agency's guidance on the provision of allergen information for non-prepacked foods to reduce consumer choice. | | [Transferred] (186837) | 827
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason British wine producers are restricted by EU rules in selling lower alcohol wines in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (186856) | 828
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of drug addicts who are classified as in treatment. | | [Transferred] (186655) | 829
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of addicts receiving low-dose methadone on prescription who are thought to also be using heroin. | | [Transferred] (186656) | 830
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pensioners aged 65 years and over received free influenza inoculations in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since it became available. | | [Transferred] (186963) | 831
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on future supplies of GM free protein ingredients for animal feed. | | [Transferred] (186463) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 832
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in deporting foreign nationals from English prisons. | | [Transferred] (186964) | 833
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police (a) cautions and (b) arrests were recorded for retailers selling (i) video games and (ii) DVDs to underage customers in each year since 1997; and what average fine was levied for subsequent convictions in each case. | | [Transferred] (186727) | 834
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been killed by (a) non-resident fathers and (b) non-resident mothers in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (186800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 835
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Afghan Ministry of Finance's efforts to enhance revenue collection; and what discussions he has had with the Afghan government on the matter. | | [Transferred] (186863) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 836
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what implications the House of Lords' ruling in A v Hoare has on the lapse of time after which cases may not be brought for battery and common assault (a) under common law and (b) under military law; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (186873) | 837
| Jim Dowd (Lewisham West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to making the decisions of employment tribunals available free-of-charge on the internet. | | [Transferred] (186815) | 838
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered sex offenders in the relevant areas made no contact with (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) Sussex Police last year. | | [Transferred] (186760) | 839
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are unable to have their applications for parole considered on the grounds that the Prison Service has been unable to provide the courses which must be completed successfully before parole can be given. | | [Transferred] (186487) | 840
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were serving prison sentences in short-term police custody cells due to prison overcrowding at the latest date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (186902) | 841
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals were on the national sex offenders register in (a) Romford, (b) Greater London and (c) Essex at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (186922) | 842
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 years were convicted of criminal offences in (a) Romford, (b) Greater London and (c) Essex in 2007. | | [Transferred] (186926) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 843
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on Cycling England in the period during which this programme object had a comparability factor of zero per cent. for the purposes of the application of the Barnett Formula. | | [Transferred] (186866) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 844
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the proportion of UK nationals in the UK labour force. | | [Question Unstarred] (186557) | 845
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in each local authority have had their housing benefit withdrawn because of their anti-social behavioural practices under the Government's Respect Agenda housing benefit trials. | | [Transferred] (186148) | 846
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of proof is required for housing benefit to be removed under the Government's Respect Agenda housing benefit trials; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (186149) |
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