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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 20 February 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 20 February 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 20 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 Wednesday 20 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 20 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department spent on mineral water in each of the last three years. | | (187674) | 2
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the extent to which tour operators in the activity holiday market comply with the Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations in terms of financial protection for their customers; and what powers he has to take action against companies which do not comply with the regulations. | | (188018) | 3
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent on translation services by his Department and its predecessor, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) in 2007-08 to date. | | (187981) | 4
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187982) | 5
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade of traveller. | | (187530) | 6
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187532) | 7
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first class and (b) other travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187669) | 8
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (187787) | 9
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187501) | 10
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much each regional development agency spent on tourism in each of the last three years. | | (187170) | 11
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the percentage of contracts awarded to non-Iraqi companies for reconstruction in Iraq which have been awarded to UK companies since 2003. | | (187728) | 12
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consideration he has given to the future use of alternative, non-renewable energy sources; and if he will make a statement. | | (187666) | 13
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with (a) scientific advisers and (b) industry representatives on the future use of alternative, non-renewable energy sources. | | (187667) | 14
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether any grants from the public purse in support of work on alternative energy sources are also available to non-renewable energy sources. | | (187668) | 15
| Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to co-ordinate action on carbon emissions reduction. | | (187458) | 16
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of trends in the levels of production by the UK electronics industry between 1995 and 2007. | | (187840) | 17
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will provide public funding to assist the holding of an electronic production exhibition in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (187841) | 18
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what targets he has set for installing heat producing microgeneration in settlements of fewer than 10,000 in homes classified as (a) hard to treat and (b) hard to reach. | | (187438) | 19
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187514) | 20
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the average annual (a) days lost per employee and (b) cost to business due to stress and stress related business. | | (187627) | 21
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many former Defence Export Services Organisation personnel are (a) seconded and (b) due to be seconded to his Department. | | (187762) | 22
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward proposals to require businesses above a certain size to put in place sustainability strategies and to submit them to his Department. | | (187905) | 23
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department and its predecessor since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187473) | 24
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187875) | 25
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what average hourly rate his Department and its predecessors paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187917) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 26
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many press and communications officers were employed by his Department in each year for which figures are available. | | (187584) | 27
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31st January 2008, Official Report, column 671W, on external contracts, how many external consultancy contracts his Department held in each year for which figures are available; and what the total value of those contracts was. | | (187803) | 28
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on mineral water in each of the last three years. | | (187673) | 29
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact which the 10,000 mile 40 pence a mile tax ceiling for volunteer car drivers has on the voluntary sector. | | (188016) | 30
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187996) | 31
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on translation services by his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) in 2007-08 to date. | | (188003) | 32
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187531) | 33
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187547) | 34
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fees were paid to private contractors for the operation and maintenance of buildings occupied by HM Revenue and Customs in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187593) | 35
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fees were paid to private contractors for the operation and maintenance of his Department's buildings in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187595) | 36
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the number of letters received by HM Revenue and Customs whose processing has not yet been concluded. | | (187596) | 37
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by HM Revenue and Customs to deal with correspondence from the public. | | (187597) | 38
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of UK households eligible for but not claiming (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits. | | (187601) | 39
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken by HM Revenue and Customs staff to reply to correspondence from the public was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (187602) | 40
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual percentage rate of staff turnover was for staff working on tax credits in each year since 2003. | | (187623) | 41
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper or publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in newspapers and other publications in the last year for which figures are available. | | (187624) | 42
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training courses were attended by staff working at HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years; and what the cost of such courses was. | | (187625) | 43
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the conclusions of HM Revenue and Customs' latest staff satisfaction survey. | | (187630) | 44
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of the last 12 editions of the staff magazine of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies. | | (187631) | 45
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in HM Revenue and Customs have been investigated for fraud in the last 12 months. | | (187632) | 46
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187741) | 47
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187954) | 48
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the results of this year's HM Treasury staff survey will be published; and if he will place a copy of the report in the Library. | | (187183) | 49
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187497) | 50
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government raised in tax from (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last five years. | | (187939) | 51
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of (a) the income inequality gap and (b) changes to this differential since 1997; and what measures he plans to introduce to address income inequalities. | | (187414) | 52
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies in each of the last five years were found to be paying their staff below the minimum wage; and what action was taken in each case. | | (187416) | 53
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of recent increases in food prices on the stability of the economy. | | (187980) | 54
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in net ounces of gold has been sold from the foreign exchange reserves since 1997; what the net proceeds have been from those sales; and what the current value would be of the amount sold. | | (187192) | 55
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were prosecuted in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08 for tax credit fraud; how many people were found guilty; and how much money was fraudulently obtained in each such case where proceedings are complete. | | (187591) | 56
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the (a) size and (b) recent trends in growth of the (i) global and (ii) domestic credit default swap market. | | (187813) | 57
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) his Department, (b) the Bank of England and (c) the Financial Services Authority have conducted an analysis of the effect on UK financial stability of the growth of the credit default swap market. | | (187814) | 58
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187522) | 59
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths in which alcohol was the primary cause there were in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk and (c) Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997. | | (187616) | 60
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter dated 6th December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding a constituent, Mr P. Hawkey of Longside. | | (187799) | 61
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter dated 20th December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding a constituent, Mr R. Gordon of Peterhead. | | (187800) | 62
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of quality of life he uses. | | (187626) | 63
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187464) | 64
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit for 16 to 19 year olds in full-time education and unwaged work-based learning in 2006-07; and how much is planned to be spent on each in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) 2010-11. | | (188043) | 65
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187868) | 66
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 67
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of school careers advisers have educational backgrounds in (a) science, (b) technology, (c) engineering and (d) mathematics. | | (187347) | 68
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to provide continuing professional development for school careers advisers. | | (187354) | 69
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the number of students regularly attending the 250 pilot science and engineering clubs. | | (187355) | 70
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to assess the impact of science and engineering clubs on pupil (a) interest and (b) achievement in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. | | (187356) | 71
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average number of days taken off work due to ill health by teaching assistants in each of the last three academic years. | | (187598) | 72
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of lessons delivered by teaching assistants in maintained secondary schools in the last academic year for which figures are available. | | (187599) | 73
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of teaching assistants who left their posts in each of the last three academic years for which figures are available. | | (187600) | 74
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on translation services by his Department and its predecessor, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) in 2007-08 to date. | | (187985) | 75
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187986) | 76
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils entered for GCSE qualifications did not gain a GCSE, excluding equivalents and entry level qualifications, in 2007. | | (187633) | 77
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils entered for GCSE qualifications did not gain a GCSE qualification above a C grade, excluding equivalents and entry level qualifications, in 2007. | | (187634) | 78
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils of the appropriate age were not entered for GCSE examinations in 2007. | | (187635) | 79
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils who obtained level 4 or above at Key Stage 2 in 2002 obtained five GCSEs at A* to C grade in 2007. | | (187876) | 80
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people were convicted for possession of a blade or offensive weapon on school premises in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (187877) | 81
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what definition of a school-specific offence his Department uses; and if he will list those school-specific offences recognised by his Department. | | (187878) | 82
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the total number of absence days of staff in his Department was in 2007. | | (187891) | 83
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils who achieved level 2 or above at key stage one went on to achieve level 4 at key stage two in 2007. | | (187892) | 84
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187529) | 85
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187533) | 86
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department, its predecessor and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187652) | 87
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187785) | 88
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people aged under 18 years were not in employment, education or training in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years. | | (187953) | 89
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children in schools of fewer than 500 pupils gained five A* to C GCSE grades in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (188019) | 90
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children in schools of between 500 and 999 pupils gained five A* to C GCSE grades in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (188020) | 91
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children in schools of fewer than 1,000 pupils gained five A* to C GCSE grades in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (188021) | 92
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils excluded from school in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007 went to a school with (i) fewer than 500 pupils, (ii) between 500 and 999 pupils, (iii) between 1,000 and 1,999 pupils and (iv) more than 2,000 pupils. | | (188061) | 93
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research his Department has commissioned on methods used in different schools to tackle bullying; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of different methods of preventing bullying; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle the causes of bullying in schools. | | (187848) | 94
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of his Department's staff retired on the grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187885) | 95
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): 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) Tamworth and (ii) Staffordshire in each year since 1997. | | (187719) | 96
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children who were victims of crimes committed by parents or carers in the last year. | | (187720) | 97
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils re-sat GCSEs in Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by subject. | | (187721) | 98
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils re-sat (a) AS Level and (b) A2 Level examinations in each school in Tamworth constituency since such examinations were introduced. | | (187722) | 99
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) five to eight, (b) nine to 11, (c) 12 to 13 and (d) 14 to 16 years were classed as obese in each school in Tamworth constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187723) | 100
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the revenue generated by schools by opening their facilities to community groups in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187724) | 101
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have applied for departmental funding to allow them to open their facilities to community groups. | | (187725) | 102
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the most common reasons for absence were of those students identified by dedicated local pupil tracking officers as missing from education for a period longer than 10 days in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187726) | 103
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students were identified by dedicated local pupil tracking officers as missing from education for a period of more than 10 days in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187727) | 104
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what changes have been made to the capital programme for (a) new schools and (b) extensions to existing schools within Milton Keynes unitary authority area since 30th October 2007, broken down by (i) school and (ii) expected completion date. | | (187179) | 105
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what spare capacity there is in schools maintained within Milton Keynes unitary authority area, broken down by (a) year group and (b) school. | | (187180) | 106
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 180W, on teachers, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teachers whose capability is in question. | | (187560) | 107
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many constituencies schools (a) were working with creative partnerships in 2007 and (b) are planning to work with creative partnerships in 2008. | | (187266) | 108
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of the change in the frequency of personal travel and car usage in rural areas resulting from the closure of rural schools. | | (187441) | 109
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187510) | 110
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were permanently excluded from (a) primary schools, (b) middle schools, (c) upper schools and (d) secondary schools in Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (187606) | 111
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many headteachers each school in Suffolk has had since 1997. | | (187607) | 112
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children with special educational needs, resident in Suffolk, were educated outside the county in each year since 1997; and what the financial cost of this provision was to Suffolk County Council in each year. | | (187608) | 113
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers took early retirement in (a) Suffolk, (b) Norfolk, (c) Essex, (d) Cambridgeshire, (e) Bedfordshire, (f) Hertfordshire and (g) England in each year since 1997, broken down by type of institution. | | (187609) | 114
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made on the introduction of well-being classes in schools. | | (187586) | 115
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether schools that participated in the social and emotional aspects of learning programme showed an improvement on emotional well-being measures included in Ofsted TellUs surveys. | | (187587) | 116
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what property was lost or stolen from his Department and its predecessor since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187475) | 117
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187794) | 118
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187883) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 119
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187528) | 120
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in (a) his Department and its agencies and (b) the Office of the Leader of the House in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187551) | 121
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187653) | 122
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (187786) | 123
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what advice or guidance his Department provides to other departments on (a) stage in the legislative process at which impact assessments should be carried out and (b) the purpose of impact assessments. | | (187837) | 124
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will investigate the time taken to reply to the letter of 16th November 2007 to the Cabinet Secretary from the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire on freedom of information requests to government departments. | | (187174) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 125
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many jobs were directly created by the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund in Newcastle in 2006-07; and what proportion of these were for residents of (a) Newcastle and (b) priority areas of the fund. | | (187410) | 126
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued on the recording of jobs created directly in Working Neighbourhood Fund priority areas. | | (187411) | 127
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to provisions for ill-health retirement for firefighters since the Fire Service circular of September 2006. | | (187412) | 128
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many ill-health retirements in the fire service there were between April and October (a) 2006 and (b) 2007, broken down by fire authority. | | (187413) | 129
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was awarded in disabled facilities grants in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2006-07; and what the average size of grant was in that period. | | (187423) | 130
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Area Based Grant for 2008-09 will be for each Tyne and Wear local authority; and how much its various predecessor grants were for those authorities in 2007-08. | | (187424) | 131
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fires there were reported to the Fire Service in each year since 1978. | | (187629) | 132
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget was of each of the government offices of the regions in 2007-08; and what the planned budget is of each in each of the next four years. | | (187336) | 133
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget is for (a) 2007-08 and (b) each of the next four years of the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative. | | (187337) | 134
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities had 15th percentile housing prices that were less than 70 per cent. of the national level at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (187338) | 135
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is on course to meet the targets to reduce the rate of long-term vacant dwellings (a) in the North West to 1.65 per cent. and (b) in Yorkshire and the Humber to 1.35 per cent. | | (187339) | 136
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what intermediate targets have been set for the reduction of the rate of long-term vacant dwellings in (a) the North West and (b) Yorkshire and Humber ahead of the 2016 target. | | (187340) | 137
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations each regional Minister has received on (a) regional spatial strategies and (b) other Government policies relating to the regions for which they have responsibility; what steps each regional Minister has taken as a result of those representations; and if she will make a statement. | | (187836) | 138
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account her Department took of shift patterns in determining the size of regional fire control centres. | | (187839) | 139
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187527) | 140
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in her Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187534) | 141
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187752) | 142
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by her Department and its agencies on entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187815) | 143
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, where the archives of the Central Manchester Development Corporation are kept. | | (187693) | 144
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of her Department's staff retired on the grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187884) | 145
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department collects information on the proportion of local authorities' vehicles manufactured in the UK. | | (187677) | 146
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2007, Official Report, columns 1028-9W, on homelessness, what evidence Chorley Borough Council received on levels of rough sleeping in Chorley from local organisations working on homelessness before carrying out its rough sleeper count. | | (187754) | 147
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the provisions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. | | (187683) | 148
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in Tamworth were on housing waiting lists in each year since 1997. | | (187755) | 149
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were housed in temporary accommodation by Tamworth Borough Council in each year since 1997. | | (187759) | 150
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many sunbed salons in (a) London, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands have been investigated for alleged breaches of the bye-laws that regulate their operation. | | (187760) | 151
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much cash was held in reserve by Tamworth Borough Council in each of the last 10 years. | | (187761) | 152
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) target and (b) actual number of fire brigade officers recruited in England and Wales was in each of the last five years. | | (187855) | 153
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in her Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187511) | 154
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost of pursuing Pathfinder Status was for each local authority in Suffolk. | | (187604) | 155
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in (a) Warrington and (b) the rest of Cheshire received home safety advice from Cheshire Fire Service in 2007. | | (187962) | 156
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many calls to reports of fires on domestic premises in Warrington were made by Cheshire Fire Service in each quarter of (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | (187963) | 157
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the first information packs for newcomers to the UK to be published by local authorities; and what funding her Department is providing for production of such packs. | | (187403) | 158
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities she expects to have produced information packs for newcomers to the UK by the end of (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; what guidance her Department plans to provide to local authorities on the information to be included in such packs; and what steps her Department plans to take to encourage production of such packs. | | (187404) | 159
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what property was lost or stolen from her Department and its predecessors since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187474) | 160
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average hourly rate her Department and its predecessors paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187906) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 161
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what campaigns were undertaken by agencies of his Department in conjunction with external public relations companies in each of the last five years, broken down by lead agency; what the cost of each campaign was; and what public relations companies were involved in each campaign. | | (187579) | 162
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department and its agencies employed in each of the last five years. | | (187580) | 163
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, column 1040W, on departmental public relations, which public relations company was contracted for the (a) digital switchover campaign and (b) licensing campaign. | | (187788) | 164
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who participated in one active sport at least 12 times a year in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, broken down by region. | | (187243) | 165
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on translation services by his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07; and how much has been spent in 2007-08. | | (187987) | 166
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187988) | 167
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187526) | 168
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187535) | 169
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187753) | 170
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (187784) | 171
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's staff retired on the grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187889) | 172
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what target his Department has set for tourism growth in the period 2008-11. | | (187171) | 173
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to announce a new tourism growth target for 2008-11. | | (187172) | 174
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £25 million announced for the Find your Talent project on 13th February 2008 will (a) be spent on establishing the Youth Culture Trust and (b) available to local authorities to run projects. | | (187175) | 175
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many supermarkets in England and Wales (a) applied for and (b) were granted (i) an extension of their alcohol sales licence and (ii) a 24-hour licence in (A) 2006 and (B) 2007. | | (187453) | 176
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made towards the target of increasing turnover in the tourism industry to £100 billion by 2010, as described by his predecessor, the right hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde in departmental media release 140/05, dated 20th October 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (187562) | 177
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what forecast he has made of the number of inbound visitors to the UK in (a) 2008, (b) 2010, (c) 2012 and (d) 2020. | | (187688) | 178
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the Creative Sparks initiative in each year since its inception; and what plans it has for expenditure on Creative Sparks over the next two years. | | (187689) | 179
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the 10 most popular tourist attractions in England were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) revenue raised and (b) visitor numbers. | | (187676) | 180
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the 10 most popular tourist attractions in England in each of the last 10 years are publicly owned. | | (187780) | 181
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in grants from Lottery funds to organisations in Tamworth in each of the last five years, expressed (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the Staffordshire total. | | (187781) | 182
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in prizes awarded by the National Lottery to individuals who reside in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (187816) | 183
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much income the National Lottery raised in each local authority area in England for each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (187817) | 184
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average expenditure per head by Chinese tourists visiting England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (187818) | 185
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average expenditure per head by North American tourists visiting England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (187819) | 186
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average expenditure per head by Russian tourists visiting England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (187941) | 187
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): 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) Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the area covered by Tamworth Borough Council in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187942) | 188
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward measures to assist the governing bodies of UK sports in excluding participants who have been found guilty of the illicit use of performance-enhancing drugs from selection to represent their country in international or representative competitions; and if he will make a statement. | | (187811) | 189
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by Arts Council England in Bassetlaw constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (187267) | 190
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total public expenditure on the arts in (a) England and (b) Bassetlaw was in 2007. | | (187268) | 191
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department collects on the number of constituencies in England with no permanent theatre or community performing arts space. | | (187778) | 192
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of visits made to Bassetlaw constituency by staff of Arts Council England over the last three years. | | (187779) | 193
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187508) | 194
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187466) | 195
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187798) | 196
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187864) | 197
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff have been employed on the portable antiquities scheme since it started. | | (187792) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 198
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the quality and timeliness of his Department's input to the planning process for windfarm applications. | | (187691) | 199
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of parking tickets paid by his Department and its agencies was in 2007. | | (187582) | 200
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what percentage of his Department's expenditure was spent on officials' travel costs in each year for which figures are available. | | (187583) | 201
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2008, Official Report, column 1492W, on departmental vehicles, how many white fleet vehicles his Department and its agencies leased in each year since 2001. | | (187804) | 202
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, columns 963-4W, on advertising, what his Department's marketing costs were in each year for which figures are available; and what percentage of his Department's overall expenditure those figures constituted. | | (187805) | 203
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, columns 963-4W, on advertising, if he will break down the figures by advertising campaign. | | (187806) | 204
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on mineral water in each of the last three years. | | (187675) | 205
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on translation services for people in the UK who do not speak English by his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) in 2007-08 to date. | | (187999) | 206
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (188000) | 207
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187525) | 208
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187536) | 209
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down by sub-heading the payment of £55 million per year to the main contractor for his Department's main building. | | (187603) | 210
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187751) | 211
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (187783) | 212
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187496) | 213
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the required saving for the Territorial Army of £2.5 million in each of the next two financial years will be achieved, broken down by activity. | | (187181) | 214
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen and women are serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (187931) | 215
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will request the National Army Museum (NAM) to give to all of the Regimental and Corps Museums funded by his Department (a) all reasonable access to and (b) capacity to copy any record document deposited within NAM that relates to that Regiment or Corps; and if he will make a statement. | | (187258) | 216
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funds his Department made available to the National Army Museum in each of the last 10 years; and how much other public funding it received. | | (187259) | 217
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the National Army Museum's access policy; what the Museum's systems and procedures are for dealing with (a) other military, Regimental and Corps museums wholly or partly funded by the Ministry of Defence, (b) other museums, (c) historians, researchers, authors and journalists and (d) members of the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (187260) | 218
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the attestation papers of Irish regiments disbanded in 1922 are deposited; and if he will make a statement. | | (187261) | 219
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether nuclear (a) waste and (b) materials originating in the UK have been dumped at sea since 1978. | | (187700) | 220
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles (a) applied for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (b) left the Army in 2007. | | (187429) | 221
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that Ministry of Defence training is not provided to overseas military pilots from regimes associated with (a) repression of minorities and (b) ethnic cleansing. | | (187879) | 222
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he will reply to the letter dated 27th September 2007 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding a constituent, Mr N. Wilson of Forglen. | | (187801) | 223
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 30th January 2008, Official Report, column 368W, on departmental official hospitality, if he will arrange for copies of the Hospitality Books kept by Ministers, members of the Senior Civil Service and Commanding Officers to be placed (a) in the Library and (b) on a publicly accessible page on his Department's website. | | (187025) | 224
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187406) | 225
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects an order to be placed with Force Protection Inc for the additional 140 Mastiff/Cougar vehicles. | | (187812) | 226
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187867) | 227
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187910) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 228
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many single farm payments were made late in each of the last five years. | | (187565) | 229
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken on covering the costs relating to major outbreaks of disease in livestock. | | (187566) | 230
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures relating to vaccination of sheep and cattle have been taken in relation to bluetongue disease. | | (187567) | 231
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects on farmers of the EU Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Directive. | | (187568) | 232
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the withdrawal of British Waterways from the Cotswold Canal Partnership on the restoration programme of the Thames and Severn canal. | | (188006) | 233
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on mineral water in each of the last three years. | | (187665) | 234
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have received (a) full, (b) partial and (c) no payment of the single farm payment as a percentage of the total number of claimants for each year of the scheme, broken down by region. | | (187967) | 235
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what documents his Department, its predecessor, and its agencies translated for people who do not speak English in (a) 2007-08 and (b) the last five years; and what the total cost associated was of such translations. | | (188004) | 236
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187524) | 237
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187537) | 238
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187750) | 239
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (187782) | 240
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187500) | 241
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): 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 collected for recycling and exported for reprocessing in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by region. | | (187943) | 242
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many employees of his Department have farming experience. | | (187973) | 243
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers have not yet received (a) a 2005 and (b) a 2006 single farm payment. | | (187974) | 244
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why farmers are not permitted to bury fallen stock; and what regard has been given to the environmental effects of such a ban. | | (187975) | 245
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reduce restrictions on farmers burying fallen stock. | | (187976) | 246
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review the six-day standstill rule. | | (187978) | 247
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allow animals subject to the six-day rule to be quarantined on a separate part of the farm. | | (188015) | 248
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what species are to be removed from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; what mechanisms will be put in place to monitor the effect on wild populations of such species; and what the expected cost is of such monitoring. | | (187844) | 249
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with HM Treasury on the effects reducing the Warm Front grant will have on the move away from oil installed heating systems to low carbon systems or renewables. | | (187439) | 250
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of the proportion of (a) English farming households and (b) households in rural areas with incomes below the Department for Work and Pensions' low income threshold. | | (187440) | 251
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research to measure the level of carbon emissions resulting from the production of goods in China for the export market in 2007. | | (187791) | 252
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187516) | 253
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the House authorities on ceasing the use of bottled water on the Parliamentary Estate and providing tap water instead; and if he will make a statement. | | (187969) | 254
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the use of (a) tap water and (b) bottled water; and if he will make a statement. | | (187970) | 255
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of bottled water was consumed in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (187971) | 256
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has made to other Government departments on ceasing the use of bottled water and providing tap water instead; if he will publish the responses received; and if he will make a statement. | | (187972) | 257
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals for a statutory regime to govern the adaptation of wildlife habitats in response to climate change; and if he will make a statement. | | (187553) | 258
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Copeland of 10th January 2008, if he will publish single farm payments (a) made to individual farmers, (b) broken down by size of farm and (c) broken down by size of payment. | | (187835) | 259
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the carbon dioxide emissions from operation of their Departments' computer hardware. | | (187902) | 260
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ministers from other departments on the merits of virtualisation of server hardware. | | (187903) | 261
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce automated computer shut down software across his Department. | | (187904) | 262
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the climate change impact of UK aviation in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187419) | 263
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many FTSE 100 companies meet minimum reporting guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions. | | (187420) | 264
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to encourage FTSE 100 companies to include information on carbon dioxide emissions in their annual reports. | | (187421) | 265
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187470) | 266
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187873) | 267
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what average hourly rate his Department and its predecessors paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187915) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 268
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he has issued to visa sections on queue management of visa applicants and the prevention of unauthorised and unofficial queue managers, brokers and agents. | | (187422) | 269
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on mineral water in each of the last three years. | | (187672) | 270
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made on behalf of Egyptian citizens on trial for apostasy in that country. | | (187966) | 271
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the treatment of religious minorities in Eritrea; and if he will make a statement. | | (188014) | 272
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations on the number of candidates from religious minorities in the elections in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (188022) | 273
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Pakistani government on the political representation of minorities in Pakistan. | | (188023) | 274
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what measures he has put in place to ensure that personal data held by the FCO Services Trading Fund is kept securely. | | (188024) | 275
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take if the FCO Services Trading Fund does not attract sufficient third party income. | | (188025) | 276
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on translation services for people in the UK who do not speak English by his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) to date in 2007-08. | | (187997) | 277
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187998) | 278
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187523) | 279
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187538) | 280
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (188051) | 281
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187505) | 282
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the political and security situation in East Timor; and if he will make a statement. | | (187938) | 283
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the recent fire at the fish-processing factory on Tristan da Cunha; what steps he has taken to relieve hardship and protect the islanders' economy; and if he will make a statement. | | (187808) | 284
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the government of Iran in respect of human rights arising from specific instance of capital punishment carried out in Iran in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (187809) | 285
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the circumstances surrounding executions conducted in Iran in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (187810) | 286
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the proposed arrangements are for the administration and promotion of UK trade and investment at the UK Embassy to the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (187968) | 287
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the effect of the dispute concerning compulsory redundancies among the locally-engaged staff at the UK Embassy in Dublin on the UK's reputation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (188017) | 288
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason HM Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland declined to attend talks at the Labour Relations Commission in connection with the proposed compulsory redundancy of locally-engaged staff at the UK Embassy in Dublin; and if he will make a statement. | | (188026) | 289
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for how long the UK Embassy in Dublin has recognised the Unite trade union for industrial relations purposes in connection with the employment of locally-engaged staff; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (188027) | 290
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the agreed negotiations procedures and (b) the recognition agreement between the UK Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland and the Unite trade union in relation to the employment of and industrial relations relating to locally-engaged staff at the UK Embassy in Dublin. | | [R] (188028) | 291
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date consultation with the Unite trade union on the possible need to reduce the level of locally-engaged staffing in the UK Embassy to the Republic of Ireland commenced; what discussions on (a) the provision of redeployment, (b) retraining and (c) the avoidance of compulsory redundancy ensued; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (188030) | 292
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff it is proposed to make redundant at the UK Embassy to the Republic of Ireland; how many of these will be compulsory redundancies; and if he will make a statement. | | (188034) | 293
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many years each member of locally-engaged staff proposed for redundancy at the UK Embassy in Dublin has served; and if he will make a statement. | | (188067) | 294
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what regard was paid to (a) length of service, (b) sex, (c) opportunities for retraining and (d) other factors when considering which locally-engaged staff at the UK Embassy in Dublin should be proposed for redundancy. | | (188068) | 295
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date and by whom the decision to make locally-engaged staff at the UK Embassy in Dublin redundant was taken; on what date this decision was first communicated to the Unite trade union; on what date consultations with the Unite trade union commenced; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (188069) | 296
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the government of Vietnam on the treatment of the Underground Church in that country. | | (187430) | 297
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the government of Vietnam on the imprisonment of church leaders in that country. | | (187431) | 298
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his counterparts in (a) Spain, (b) Cyprus, (c) Greece, (d) Romania, (e) Bulgaria and (f) Slovakia on the declaration of independence of Kosovo. | | (187789) | 299
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the (a) political and (b) humanitarian situation in Darfur. | | (187790) | 300
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187521) | 301
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people resident in the UK were subject to sanctions by the UN Security Council in 2002; what the average duration of those individuals' appearance on the sanctions list was; and how many individuals were removed from that list and for what reasons in that period. | | (186696) | 302
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2008, what sanctions apply to UK persons who have been blacklisted by the UN under Chapter VII of the UN Charter; and whether these sanctions apply to travel. | | (186697) | 303
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the constitutional and democratic reform process in the Maldives; and if he will make a statement. | | (187561) | 304
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th December 2007, Official Report, column 435W, on entry clearances: internet, what assessment has been made by UK visas of local needs in Sierra Leone with respect to the take-up of the Visa4UK service. | | (187024) | 305
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187463) | 306
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187869) | 307
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187912) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 308
N | Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average remuneration per general practitioner was in City of York constituency in (a) the most recent period for which figures are available and (b) each of the previous 10 years. | | (187186) | 309
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints of age discrimination in healthcare were received by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (187679) | 310
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints of age discrimination in social care were received by his Department in each of the last 12 months. | | (187684) | 311
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress towards the elimination of age discrimination in mental health services. | | (187685) | 312
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress towards the elimination of age discrimination in social care services. | | (187686) | 313
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress towards the elimination of age discrimination in health services. | | (187687) | 314
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken in the last 12 months to prevent age discrimination in the provision of healthcare. | | (187690) | 315
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the advice issued by the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry advising dentists to classify teeth showing signs of moderate to severe fluorosis as sound. | | (187570) | 316
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS dental provision in (a) Manchester and (b) Birmingham in (i) total and (ii) per head of population in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187620) | 317
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of dental provision per head of population in the strategic health authorities covering (a) the five most deprived areas in England where water is fluoridated and (b) the five most deprived areas in England where water is not fluoridated in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187621) | 318
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who had veneers fitted to their teeth (a) with the costs covered by the NHS and (b) on referral by an NHS dentist to a private clinician in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (187622) | 319
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue revised guidance to health trusts on the storage and use of medicinal drugs to ensure that patients are not given the wrong drug or the wrong amount of drug; and if he will make a statement. | | (187950) | 320
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults are diagnosed as having autism. | | (187265) | 321
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what factors underlay his decision to announce in his Oral Statement of 4th July 2007, Official Report, column 962, on NHS next step review, that there will be no further centrally-dictated, top-down restructuring to primary care trusts and strategic health authorities for the foreseeable future. | | (187850) | 322
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Statement of 4th July 2007, Official Report, column 962, on NHS next step review, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the review. | | (187851) | 323
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy, how he plans to ensure that there is an increase in the number of older people and young people included in clinical trials for cancer treatments; and how he plans to measure progress towards this objective. | | (187554) | 324
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy, when the national programme for advanced communication skills training for senior cancer healthcare professionals will be rolled out. | | (187555) | 325
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy, how he will ensure that general and community based clinicians and other healthcare staff who treat and support cancer patients have access to good communication skills training. | | (187556) | 326
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy, when a national course will be developed on specific communication skills for effective face-to-face communication with children and young people with cancer; and if he will make a statement on the pilot schemes. | | (187557) | 327
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy, how he plans to ensure that patients with rarer cancers receive the treatment and support that they require; and how he plans to measure progress towards this objective. | | (187558) | 328
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, further to the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy, how he plans to address the health inequalities faced by socio-economically deprived groups in relation to cancer; and how he plans to measure progress. | | (187559) | 329
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 28th February 2007, Official Report, column 1450W, on translation services, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the change in cost between 2005 and 2006. | | (188081) | 330
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 28th February 2007, Official Report, column 1450W, on translation services, what the cost of such services was between 1st January and 31st December 2007. | | (188085) | 331
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187539) | 332
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187656) | 333
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187749) | 334
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (188064) | 335
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average length of time a patient waited to be referred for psychological therapies in (a) England and (b) Wirral West constituency in the last 12 months. | | (187847) | 336
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the future of the Cherry Knowle Hospital, Ryhope, Sunderland. | | (187074) | 337
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187499) | 338
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to make an announcement on new hospital provision serving the Thames Gateway area; and if he will make a statement. | | (187682) | 339
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many first outpatient appointments in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Hospitals Trust were missed in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (187698) | 340
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received treatment for Parkinson's disease in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each year since 1997. | | (187718) | 341
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the age is of (a) the youngest and (b) the oldest skin cancer patient who have been diagnosed where use of sunbed salons has been a contributing factor in their condition. | | (187729) | 342
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many skin cancer patients were diagnosed where use of sunbed salons was a contributing factor in their condition in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (187730) | 343
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to families with children diagnosed with autism to help them with medical expenses. | | (187731) | 344
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time was from diagnosis of children with cancer to treatment for each type of cancer in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (187732) | 345
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time was from diagnosis of children with autism to treatment in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (187733) | 346
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time was from diagnosis of HIV to treatment in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07. | | (187734) | 347
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nutritionists were employed by the NHS in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (187735) | 348
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations have applied for tinnitus research funding in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (187736) | 349
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to improve the take-up rate amongst women for cervical cancer screening. | | (187737) | 350
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding is available to improve the take-up rate amongst women for breast cancer screening. | | (187738) | 351
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) target and (b) actual number of ambulance personnel recruited in England was in each of the last five years. | | (187854) | 352
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure the NHS incurred on the treatment and care of a child diagnosed in each level of autism spectrum in the last 12 months. | | (187861) | 353
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure the NHS incurred on average on the treatment and care of a patient with HIV in each of the first five years from diagnosis. | | (187862) | 354
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many paramedics were employed in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) the West Midlands in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187890) | 355
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department monitors primary care trusts' compliance with guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on obesity surgery. | | (187694) | 356
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase the resources available to the NHS for surgical intervention in cases of obesity. | | (187695) | 357
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role surgery has in the treatment of severe obesity in the NHS; and what assessment he has made of the potential to increase the use of surgery in such cases. | | (187696) | 358
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on (a) obesity-related medication, equipment and treatment, excluding surgery, (b) obesity surgery and (c) secondary medical problems arising from severe obesity in the last three years. | | (187697) | 359
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the introduction of a smoking permit; and if he will make a statement. | | (187446) | 360
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage elderly people to keep active and fit. | | (187703) | 361
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of new cases were seen by specialist child and adolescent mental health services in (a) England and (b) the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust area within (i) four weeks, (ii) 13 weeks and (iii) 26 weeks in the last 12 months. | | (187932) | 362
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the NHS budget was spent on maternity services in 2006-07. | | (187262) | 363
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place copies in the Library of all guidance his Department has issued to the NHS on the mixing of public and private treatment (a) within an episode of care and (b) within a care pathway; how he defines an episode of care for the purposes of the former; when the guidance was last updated in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (188052) | 364
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the mixing of public and private treatment (a) within an episode of care and (b) within a care pathway; and if he will make a statement. | | (188053) | 365
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from hon. Members, (b) members of the public, (c) clinicians and (d) other interested parties on mixing NHS and private treatment in the last six months; what the content was of these representations; and if he will make a statement. | | (188054) | 366
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the inclusion of domiciliary care workers on the social care register; when he expects this work to be completed; and if he will make a statement. | | (187346) | 367
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued on NHS trusts charging contractors for tenders. | | (187178) | 368
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the revenue from patients' charges (a) was in the last year of the previous NHS dental contracts and (b) has been in the first year of the new contract. | | (187461) | 369
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what intended savings are expected to result from the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; what the costs to date of the review have been; and what savings have been achieved by the current price freeze on Part IX products. | | (187838) | 370
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of consultations relating to Part IX of the Drug Tariff was in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; and how much was spent in each year on consultancy work relating to the consultations. | | (187930) | 371
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of information produced by the NHS and aimed at the public on the risk of genetic disorders in children of consanguineous unions. | | (187699) | 372
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187517) | 373
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) ambulances and (b) rapid response vehicles there are in the North Cornwall area; and how many are on duty at any one time. | | (187256) | 374
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments there were in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust area and (d) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (187614) | 375
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital with an alcohol-related diagnosis via accident and emergency departments involving children under the age of 18 years there were in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust area and (d) the Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (187617) | 376
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospital beds per head of population there were in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the former Suffolk West Primary Care Trust area and (d) Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997. | | (187619) | 377
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's estimate is of the average body mass index in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Suffolk, (d) Bedfordshire, (e) Cambridgeshire, (f) Essex, (g) Hertfordshire and (h) Norfolk. | | (187678) | 378
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received support from NHS smoking cessation services in (a) Warrington and (b) Cheshire in 2007. | | (187965) | 379
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been included in primary care trust allocations for 2008-09 in order to enable them to meet the new children's palliative care strategy in (i) building a sustainable service of palliative care networks, including children's hospice services and (ii) supporting community nursing teams; and if he will make a statement. | | (187979) | 380
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with depression in England in each of the last 10 years. | | (187590) | 381
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has evaluated on links between ill health and unhappiness. | | (187592) | 382
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and at what cost to the public purse for replacements. | | (187472) | 383
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients from England have had proton radiation beam therapy in (a) England and (b) abroad; how many were funded by the NHS; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the treatment. | | (188059) | 384
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187872) | 385
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187914) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 386
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recorded level of rural crime was in each of the last five years; and what steps are being taken to combat rural crime. | | (187563) | 387
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 812W, on identity cards: consultants, what proportion of the £31.6 million was spent on (a) consulting and (b) contracting services. | | (187408) | 388
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she and Ministers in her Department have had with representatives of high street banks on identity cards in the last 12 months; and what was the date of each such meeting. | | (187426) | 389
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who try cannabis for the first time each year. | | (187427) | 390
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of recruiting and training a new police officer in England and Wales was in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187428) | 391
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 15th January 2007, Official Report, column 785W, on translation costs, how much was spent on translating Home Office publications into languages other than English in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2006-07 and (d) in 2007-08 to date. | | (188082) | 392
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12th December 2006, Official Report, column 1061W, on police interpreters, how much was spent on interpreters and translators by police forces in England and Wales in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08 to date. | | (188086) | 393
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in her Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187540) | 394
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187655) | 395
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187748) | 396
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by her Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (188065) | 397
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her office received the annual report on control orders from the independent reviewer in (a) 2008 and (b) 2007. | | (187407) | 398
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187503) | 399
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were processed in regional passport offices per week (a) in the latest year for which figures are available and (b) in each of the previous five years. | | (187571) | 400
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport requests were received by mail at the Glasgow Passport Office (a) in the latest year for which figures are available and (b) in each of the previous five years. | | (187572) | 401
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of post office deliveries have been diverted to other passport offices from the Glasgow office since January 2008. | | (187573) | 402
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports the Glasgow Passport Office processed per week in peak periods (a) in the latest year for which figures are available and (b) two years previously. | | (187576) | 403
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage change there has been in the Glasgow Passport Office's workload in the last 12 months. | | (187577) | 404
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes there have been in crime rates in Tamworth in (a) the last year and (b) the last five years, broken down by category of offence. | | (187757) | 405
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in crime detection rates in Tamworth over (a) the last 12 months and (b) the last five years. | | (187758) | 406
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people eligible for UK citizenship as a result of their ancestry who have not taken up citizenship. | | (187852) | 407
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in Tamworth constituency have become naturalised UK citizens since 2005. | | (187853) | 408
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) target for and (b) number of police officers recruited in England and Wales was in each of the last five years. | | (187856) | 409
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire were on the national sex offenders register at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (187857) | 410
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of crime received state-provided counselling in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last four years. | | (187858) | 411
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for offences related to alcohol consumption in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last four years. | | (187859) | 412
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were found to be illegally carrying (a) weapons and (b) drugs during police stop and search procedures in Tamworth constituency in each of the last four years. | | (187860) | 413
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK citizens are also citizens of another nation state; and if she will list in order the 10 other nation states with which such citizens most frequently hold dual nationality. | | (187880) | 414
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted UK citizenship as a result of their ancestry in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (187881) | 415
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 25 were arrested for vandalism in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency or the nearest geographical area for which figures are available. | | (187444) | 416
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent attacks on Jewish people have taken place in each of the last five years. | | (187445) | 417
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the incidence of (a) knife crime, (b) gun crime and (c) violent crime. | | (187447) | 418
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were killed by their partner or ex-partner in each of the last 10 years; how many of these victims had previously contacted the police regarding their partner or ex-partner; how many of the perpetrators had previously been charged with an offence relating to domestic violence; and how many of the perpetrators were on bail when the offence took place. | | (187894) | 419
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people found guilty of domestic violence offences went on to re-offend in the last period for which figures are available. | | (187898) | 420
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 192W, on police: interpreters and translators, if she will make it her policy to collect information on the amount spent by police forces on interpreters. | | (187842) | 421
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) burglaries, (b) offences involving violence against the person, (c) sexual offences and (d) car and property crimes there were in rural areas in each year since 1997. | | (187442) | 422
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within her Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187519) | 423
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vulnerable adults were reported missing to the police in 2007; and what estimate she has made of the number of such people who became victims of crime whilst missing. | | (187964) | 424
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research she has evaluated on the link between crime and unhappiness. | | (187589) | 425
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the findings of her Department's inquiry into the alleged illegal interviews of Darfuris with an active asylum case by a Sudanese embassy official in Home Office facilities in March and April 2007 will be published. | | (187457) | 426
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187462) | 427
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) indefinite leave to remain in the UK and (b) a travel document are awaiting a decision from the Border and Immigration Agency. | | (188044) | 428
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average time for processing applications is for (a) indefinite leave to remain in the UK and (b) a travel document at the Border and Immigration Agency. | | (188045) | 429
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many representations her Department has received from hon. Members on delays in processing applications for (a) indefinite leave to remain in the UK and (b) travel documents at the Border and Immigration Agency. | | (188046) | 430
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) indefinite leave to remain in the UK and (b) a travel document at the Border and Immigration Agency have been expedited or treated as a priority following representations by hon. Members in each of the last five years. | | (188047) | 431
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average hourly rate her Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187908) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 432
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in which month he expects the review of physics to report. | | (187185) | 433
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent on translation services by his Department, its predecessors, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08 to date. | | (187989) | 434
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187990) | 435
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187541) | 436
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on first class travel since establishment, broken down by staff grade. | | (187654) | 437
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar since establishment. | | (187747) | 438
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent by his Department on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (188066) | 439
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of students left university in their first year in the 2006-07 academic year; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for them leaving. | | (187849) | 440
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of his Department's staff retired on the grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187887) | 441
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he expects to reply to Question 179959, tabled on 14th January. | | (187182) | 442
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187506) | 443
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many undergraduate students resident in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England declared themselves bankrupt in each year since 1997. | | (187615) | 444
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since its formation; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187477) | 445
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed research excellence framework on (a) the development of knowledge transfer partnerships, (b) research funding for university engineering departments, (c) management education and (d) the supply of experienced managers entering management teaching. | | (187437) | 446
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people making repayments of a student loan are yet to receive an updated statement, including details of repayments made in the 2004-05 tax year, due to delays in HM Revenue and Customs processing employer returns for that tax year; and if he will make a statement. | | (188035) | 447
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of undergraduates enrolling on a higher education course received a bursary in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (188036) | 448
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the average bursary awarded to an undergraduate student was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (188037) | 449
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people who graduated in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003, (d) 2004, (e) 2005, (f) 2006 and (g) 2007 have repaid the whole of their student loan. | | (188038) | 450
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people with student loans who graduated in (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003, (d) 2004, (e) 2005, (f) 2006 and (g) 2007 have yet to make any repayments of a student loan. | | (188039) | 451
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had with the Student Loans Company on the comprehensibility of the bursary consent statement on the PN1 student finance application form. | | (188040) | 452
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that students are informed of bursary and scholarship options prior to completing the PN1 student finance application form. | | (188041) | 453
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that funds allocated by universities for student bursaries are fully spent. | | (188042) | 454
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187796) | 455
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187865) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 456
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries have been visited by officials from his Department in each year for which information is available. | | (187581) | 457
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on mineral water in each of the last three years. | | (187671) | 458
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on translation services by his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08 to date. | | (187991) | 459
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies has translated for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (188005) | 460
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187542) | 461
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187664) | 462
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187746) | 463
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187961) | 464
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what technical support his Department is providing to countries with high incidences of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to (a) submit proposals for grants to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and (b) build internal capacity to maximise value for money from such grant funding. | | (187432) | 465
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) country-co-ordinating mechanisms, (b) UN agencies and (c) civil society organisations his Department met to discuss either the development of proposals for or implementation of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria grant funding in 2007. | | (187433) | 466
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the development of international health partnership compacts between international development partners and the governments of (a) Burundi, (b) Cambodia, (c) Ethiopia, (d) Kenya, (e) Mozambique, (f) Nepal, (g) Zambia and (h) Mali; whether he has identified inadequate funding as a hindrance in the development of any such compact; and what arrangements his Department has in place to overcome any such hindrance. | | (187434) | 467
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms to engage civil society in the international health partnership have been established. | | (187435) | 468
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187502) | 469
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department is providing for humanitarian programmes in Bangladesh. | | (187933) | 470
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether there are plans to increase assistance provided to East Timor. | | (187936) | 471
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much international aid and development funding was given to East Timor in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (187937) | 472
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made towards meeting Millennium Development Goal 4 on reducing child mortality. | | (188031) | 473
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department provides to India to tackle (a) malnutrition and (b) poor sanitation affecting children under five. | | (188032) | 474
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle barriers to educational access for girls and (b) improve female literacy in India. | | (188033) | 475
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the work of the Kosovo Property Agency and its predecessor, the United Nations Housing and Property Directorate; what support his Department is providing to this agency; and if he will make a statement. | | (187702) | 476
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that economic growth in developing countries has a positive impact on infant mortality; and if he will make a statement. | | (187775) | 477
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that economic growth in India has a positive impact on infant mortality; and if he will make a statement. | | (187776) | 478
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of progress towards meeting Millennium Development Goal 4; and if he will make a statement. | | (187777) | 479
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187515) | 480
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the UK plans to contribute to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' appeal for funds to help repatriate black Mauritanians who have been in exile in Senegal. | | (187405) | 481
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187469) | 482
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187874) | 483
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187916) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 484
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legally aided clinical negligence cases were closed in 2007 which proceeded beyond the investigation stage; and how many of these cases resulted in an award of damages or settlement involving an agreement to pay damages or compensation. | | (187348) | 485
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legally aided clinical negligence cases were closed in 2007 which did not proceed beyond the investigation stage; and how many of these cases resulted in a settlement involving an agreement to pay damages or compensation. | | (187349) | 486
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of travel undertaken by officials of his Department and its predecessor was in each year for which figures are available. | | (187585) | 487
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Acts of Parliament which relate either wholly or partly to criminal justice and which have arisen from legislative proposals brought forward by his Department or its predecessors have been passed since May 1997; and which new criminal offences have been created by such legislation in the last five years. | | (187425) | 488
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the new planning management system in his Department will ensure efficient use of available resources. | | (188048) | 489
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether courts will be asked to take into account prison capacity when determining whether to use short custodial sentences during the next two financial years. | | (188049) | 490
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the projected budget for 2008-09 is for each Director of Management within the probation and prison services. | | (188050) | 491
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 750W, on courts: translation services, what plans Her Majesty's Courts Service has made for the collection of data relating to interpreting and translation services used in court. | | (188083) | 492
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187543) | 493
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187663) | 494
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187745) | 495
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187960) | 496
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187504) | 497
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on average per prisoner for (a) education, (b) provision of televisions, games consoles and computers in cells and (c) food in each year since 1997. | | (187448) | 498
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were imprisoned for theft in (a) England and Wales and (b) each English region in each year since 1997. | | (187449) | 499
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were held in men's prisons in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (187450) | 500
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people under the age of 18 years are being held in adult prisons. | | (187451) | 501
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) of each sex and (b) in each 10-year age cohort are in prison. | | (187452) | 502
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of offenders who were tried in a specialist domestic violence court received (a) bail, (b) fines and (c) non-custodial sentences in the last period for which figures are available. | | (187899) | 503
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187520) | 504
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to introduce free vitamin supplements for prisoners. | | (187588) | 505
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) the prisoner population, (b) prison officers and (c) prison governors have declared their faith as Muslim. | | (187176) | 506
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment has been made of the demographic composition of (a) the prisoner population and (b) prison officers. | | (187177) | 507
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were serving life sentences as of 1st February 2008; and how many were serving such sentences on that day or the nearest date for which figures are available in (a) 1998 and (b) 1988. | | (187257) | 508
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department and its predecessor since 1997; and what the estimated cost of replacement was. | | (187478) | 509
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187870) | 510
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average hourly rate his Department and its predecessors paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187909) | Questions to the Leader of the House 511
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Leader of the House, what the cost to the public purse of ministerial allowances was in each year for which figures are available, broken down by department. | | (187578) | 512
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Leader of the House, how much was spent by her Office on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187959) | 513
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Leader of the House, which backbench hon. Members receive pay and emoluments from the Members' Vote in addition to their basic salary. | | (188087) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 514
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on translation services by his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) to date in 2007-08. | | (187993) | 515
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what documents his Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187994) | 516
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187544) | 517
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187662) | 518
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187744) | 519
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187958) | 520
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many of his Department's staff retired on the grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187886) | 521
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 608W, on territorial waters: Northern Ireland, when he expects to write to the hon. Member for Thurrock; and if he will explain the reason for the delay. | | (187807) | 522
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187509) | 523
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what property was lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was in each case. | | (187476) | 524
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187795) | 525
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187863) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 526
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much was spent on domestic humanitarian assistance in each of the last three years, broken down by source budget. | | (187333) | 527
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many staff are employed on domestic humanitarian assistance; and what the total cost was of employing such staff in each of the last three years. | | (187334) | 528
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what (a) domestic and (b) international incidents she has dealt with as lead Minister for domestic humanitarian assistance. | | (187335) | Questions to the Prime Minister 529
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Office in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187550) | 530
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent by his Office on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187957) | 531
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, which Ministers of the Crown do not receive a ministerial salary. | | (187900) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 532
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on translation services by his Department in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) in 2007-08 to date. | | (188001) | 533
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what documents his Department translates for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (188002) | 534
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187545) | 535
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187661) | 536
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187743) | 537
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent by his Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187956) | 538
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187498) | 539
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187518) | 540
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (187471) | 541
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on external consultants and advisers by (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible in each year since 2005. | | (187714) | 542
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on advertising by (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible in each year since 2005. | | (187715) | 543
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which public relations companies had contracts with (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is responsible since 2004. | | (187716) | 544
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187871) | 545
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187913) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 546
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulations govern the safe loading of scrap metal onto heavy goods vehicles for transit; what steps are taken to enforce these regulations; and if she will make a statement. | | (187845) | 547
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents resulting in fatalities caused by heavy goods vehicles carrying unstable loads of scrap metal occurred in each of the last five years. | | (187846) | 548
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were leased by the Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA) to each Government Department in 2007; and what the (a) average and (b) total cost of contracts between the GCDA and each Government Department for that year was. | | (187569) | 549
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of her Department's overall expenditure was spent on officials' travel costs in each year for which figures are available. | | (187574) | 550
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many external contracts the Rail Accidents Investigation Branch held with public relations companies in each year for which figures are available; and what the cost of those contracts was. | | (187575) | 551
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2007, Official Report, columns 1154-5W, on departmental information officers, if she will break down the figures provided by agency. | | (187802) | 552
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2008, Official Report, columns 1414-6W, on departmental public relations, which (a) lead public relations company and (b) other public relations companies worked on each campaign by her Department and its agencies in each of the last five years; and what the cost of each campaign was. | | (187895) | 553
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, column 1008W, on departmental vehicles, how many vehicles were leased by (a) the Highways Agency's Traffic Officer Service and (b) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse was in each of those years. | | (187896) | 554
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, column 1008W, on departmental vehicles, what the cost of maintaining and servicing vehicles owned by her Department and its agencies was in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (187897) | 555
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2008, Official Report, column 1414W, on concessionary bus travel, what funding has been provided for bus concession travel through the formula grant process in each year for which figures are available; and how much and what percentage of that funding was allocated to Taunton Deane local authority area in each of those years. | | (187901) | 556
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Taunton of 5th February 2008, Official Report, columns 1014-5W, on parking tickets, whether the figures provided include parking tickets issued on Government Car and Despatch Agency vehicles under lease to departments other than her Department at the time the ticket was issued. | | (187919) | 557
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many calls were made to (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (b) the Driving Standards Agency and (c) the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency from Scottish landline numbers in each of the last five years. | | (187456) | 558
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, columns 1007-8W, on departmental telephone services, how much revenue generated from 0870 telephone numbers of her Department's agencies came from Scottish landline numbers in each year. | | (187459) | 559
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the merits of ring-fencing local authority grants to community transport providers. | | (188055) | 560
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward proposals to simplify the process whereby those who reach the age of 70 years can receive a new driving licence. | | (188056) | 561
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward proposals to clarify the responsibilities of the seller and new owner of a vehicle under the form V5 process to ensure that the legal owner and registered keeper are always the same person. | | (188057) | 562
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers she has to take action against a previous owner of a vehicle who has not filled in the relevant paperwork to transfer the title of registered keeper according to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. | | (188058) | 563
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries occurred on roads in (i) Cornwall and (ii) England in the most recent year for which data is available, broken down by age. | | (187173) | 564
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on translation services by her Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) to date in 2007-08. | | (187983) | 565
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what documents her Department, associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187984) | 566
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, column 1301W, on driving tests: interpreters, what the cost of providing interpreters for practical car tests was in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) in 2007-08 to date. | | (188084) | 567
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in her Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187546) | 568
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187660) | 569
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187742) | 570
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by her Department and its agencies on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187955) | 571
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187680) | 572
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Office of Rail Regulation visited railway track around Llansamelet station in 2006-07; and what assessment they made of public safety following those visits. | | (187460) | 573
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks are carried out on organisations which have made written requests to obtain information from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database. | | (187701) | 574
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within her Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187512) | 575
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the accident cluster sites are in (a) the St Edmundsbury Borough Council area and (b) the Mid Suffolk District Council area. | | (187605) | 576
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were in (i) the Bury St. Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (187610) | 577
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were involving drivers under the age of 21 in (i) the Bury St. Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each year since 1997. | | (187611) | 578
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities occurred on the A14 in Suffolk between the hours of 8pm and 8am in each year since 1997; and how many road traffic (i) accidents and (ii) fatalities occurred in Suffolk between the hours of 8pm and 8am in each year since 1997. | | (187612) | 579
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents occurred (a) on the A14 in Suffolk and (b) in Suffolk in each year since 1997, broken down by the day of the week on which the accident occurred. | | (187613) | 580
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the local transport authority in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk received (i) in total, (ii) per mile of road and (iii) per head of population in each year since 1997. | | (187618) | 581
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse was spent on the Eurostar North Pole depot. | | (187717) | 582
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with her foreign counterparts on the quality of fuel supplies at airports servicing British registered aircraft flying to the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (187552) | 583
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187467) | 584
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average hourly rate her Department and its predecessors paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187907) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 585
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what documents his Department translates into languages other than Welsh for people in the UK who do not speak English. | | (187992) | 586
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent on translation services other than for translations into Welsh by his Department in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) to date in 2007-08. | | (187995) | 587
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187548) | 588
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187658) | 589
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on (a) first and (b) other class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187740) | 590
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent by his Department on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187952) | 591
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's staff retired on the grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187888) | 592
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on the use of the additional funding provided by the Department for Children, Schools and Families for (a) Connexions services and (b) the Youth Opportunity and Youth Capital Funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (187843) | 593
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for Defence on 31st January 2008, Official Report, columns 24-6WS, on the Defence Training Review Rationalisation Programme/BORONA programme, how many new net jobs Package 1 of the programme will be created in Wales. | | (187409) | 594
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187507) | 595
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187465) | 596
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187797) | 597
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187866) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 598
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what funding is being provided from the public purse for organisations supporting those affected by domestic violence in 2008-09. | | (187935) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 599
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the likely effect on his Department's expenditure for the Department in each year until 2025 of merging the Pension Service and the Disability and Carer's Service. | | (187706) | 600
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of staff in the Pension Service and the Disability and Carer's Service in each year until 2018. | | (187707) | 601
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current office space is of (a) the Pension Service and (b) the Disability and Carer's Service. | | (187708) | 602
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to co-locate the Pension Service and the Disability and Carer's Service staff in the same offices. | | (187709) | 603
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place a copy of the merger plan for the Pension Service and the Disability and Carer's Service in the Library. | | (187710) | 604
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, where the premises occupied by (a) the Pension Service and (b) the Disability and Carer's Service are located. | | (187711) | 605
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why the arrangement for free calls to the 0800 Pension Service number from mobile telephones was ended. | | (187712) | 606
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Department issues to staff in (a) Jobcentre Plus offices, (b) the Pension Service, (c) the Disability and Carer's Service and (d) Benefit Delivery centres on how to respond when clients ask to be called back. | | (187713) | 607
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many persons becoming entitled to state retirement pensions opted to defer their pension payments during the latest period for which figures are available; how many of them opted for (a) an increased weekly pension and (b) a lump sum; how many lump sum payments were delayed for over two weeks; and whether interest is payable in such cases. | | (187692) | 608
N | Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Health and Safety Executive records the names of those killed by (a) carbon monoxide and (b) other gas poisoning. | | (186698) | 609
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) local reference rent is being applied and (b) the indicative local housing allowances rate is for each bedroom category within each locality/broad market rent area in each non-pathfinder local authority. | | (187944) | 610
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) current levels of the shared room rate and (b) indicative shared room rate for the same locality/broad rental market area is in each of the 18 pathfinder local pathfinders where local housing allowances is already in place. | | (187945) | 611
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many localities were in operation in relation to the local reference rent as at April 2007; and how many broad market rent areas will be in operation from April 2008. | | (188060) | 612
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates he has made of the percentage of claimants subject to the local housing allowance who will experience a restriction in their rent as a consequence of the application of the allowance, broken down by local authority. | | (188062) | 613
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates he has made of the percentage of claimants subject to the local housing allowance who will experience a restriction in their rent as a consequence of the application of the allowance, broken down by bedroom entitlement. | | (188063) | 614
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received benefits for more than one wife in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (187263) | 615
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed incapacity benefit in each year since 1997; and how many claimants (a) reached retirement age and (b) died in each year. | | (187264) | 616
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by Senior Civil Service staff in his Department and its agencies in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187549) | 617
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fees were paid to private contractors for the operation and maintenance of his Department's buildings in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (187594) | 618
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its agencies spent on first class travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by staff grade. | | (187657) | 619
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) first and (b) second class travel by Eurostar in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (187739) | 620
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) alcohol and (b) entertaining in the last 12 months. | | (187834) | 621
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years. | | (187681) | 622
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted research into the merits of reflecting varying living costs in different regions in benefit levels. | | (187454) | 623
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed jobseeker's allowance in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in each year since 1997. | | (187455) | 624
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 61W, on disability living allowance: partially sighted, if he will include severe sight loss as a criteria for qualifying for the higher-rate mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance. | | (187951) | 625
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the Secretaries of State in his Department since 2001, with the dates of service in each case. | | (187756) | 626
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187513) | 627
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is planned for Jobcentre Plus staff on the implementation of (a) local housing allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) changes in liaison with the Child Support Agency for income support claimants and (d) changes to lone parents' eligibility for income support; and what additional resources have been allocated for such training. | | (187026) | 628
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact on Jobcentre Plus staff resources of the introduction of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) the jobseekers allowance regime for lone parents whose youngest child is 12 years of age. | | (187027) | 629
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact on child poverty of the requirement placed on lone parents to meet childcare and travel costs in full under the jobseekers allowance regime to be introduced for lone parents whose youngest child is 12 years of age. | | (187028) | 630
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the better off in work credit to be piloted by Jobcentre Plus is planned to take account of the cost of school meals in determining whether a claimant is better off in work. | | (187029) | 631
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact on lone parent families of the sanctioning and hardship regime applicable to jobseekers allowance claimants. | | (187030) | 632
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to strengthen the obligation on absent parents to notify the Child Support Agency of a change of circumstances including a salary increase. | | (187344) | 633
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what obligation exists on absent parents to notify the Child Support Agency of a change of circumstances including a salary increase. | | (187345) | 634
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was. | | (187468) | 635
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of working days lost by his Department's staff was attributed to stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (187882) | 636
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by employment agency. | | (187918) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 637
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures the Department has introduced to protect the employment rights of agency workers; and what plans he has to introduce further such measures. | | [Transferred] (187415) | 638
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward measures to ensure that service staff receive income in full from any tips earned in the course of their duties in addition to a contracted rate of pay which is at or above the minimum wage. | | [Transferred] (187417) | 639
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures his Department is taking to ensure that earnings received in tips above contracted rates of pay are always passed on to service staff. | | [Transferred] (187418) | 640
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the Government paid to (a) the Isle of Man and (b) Northern Ireland in relation to UK Continental Shelf receipts in each year since 2004. | | [Transferred] (187443) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 641
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many working age lone parents his Department estimates lived in each region in the UK in each year since 1997, broken down by sex. | | [Transferred] (187705) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 642
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Prime Minister's Office has spent on mineral water in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (187670) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 643
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the members of the National Muslim Women's Advisory Group are; and which organisations they represent. | | [Transferred] (187893) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 644
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to treat fly-tipping on private land in the same way as that which occurs on public land. | | [Transferred] (187564) | 645
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average size was of Warm Front grant approved in Tamworth constituency in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (187940) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 646
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial contribution the Government is making to the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur. | | [Transferred] (187628) | 647
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the Government is making to the European Union's judicial and policing mission to Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (187774) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 648
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason imported produce from outside the EU derived from GM components is not required to be labelled as such. | | [Transferred] (187977) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 649
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) imprisonable and (b) non-imprisonable driving offences were committed by holders of European driving licences in the latest period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (187934) |
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