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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 22 February 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 22 February 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 22 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Friday 22 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 22 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research he has recently (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by his Department on the effect of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 on fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (189012) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what amendments have been made to, and what recent representations he has received on, the operation of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (189013) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequent on the provisions of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; what action is required in respect of each; and if he will make a statement. | | (189014) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assistance his Department provides to Israeli businesses wishing to (a) invest in the United Kingdom and (b) take part in joint ventures with UK companies; how much was made available for these purposes in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (189015) | 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials last met the Chairman of the Israel Britain Chamber of Commerce to discuss trade between Great Britain and Israel; for what dates the next such meetings are planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (189036) | 6
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was allocated by his Department to the Israel Britain Business Council in each year since the Council's establishment; whether there are restrictions on the use of these funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (189037) | 7
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many business bankruptcies there have been in each London borough since 2000. | | (188973) | 8
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidelines are in place to (a) co-ordinate and (b) prevent duplication in the work of the regional development agencies and the Government Offices for the Regions; and if he will make a statement. | | (188921) | 9
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff are employed by each of the regional development agencies; what each agency's expenditure was in each of the last five years; and what the staffing cost of each agency was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (188922) | 10
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was paid in bonuses to staff of each regional development agency in England in each year for which figures are available. | | (188963) | 11
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what Government funding streams are available to regional development agencies; and if he will make a statement. | | (188970) | 12
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government has taken to regulate utility bill price increases in the last three years. | | (182001) | 13
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government has taken to encourage energy providers to minimise utility bill price rises. | | (182002) | 14
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188794) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188809) | 16
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many foreign nationals have been employed by the (a) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and (b) its sub-contractors since its establishment. | | (188861) | 17
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what agreement his Department has made with CMC insurers about the CMC/CMR co-morbidity report costs for service claims under the miners' compensation claim scheme. | | (188568) | 18
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether compensation for the compulsory purchase of a community-owned post office branch is payable to (a) the not-for-profit company which owns the post office franchise and (b) the individual who rents and runs the franchise. | | (188654) | 19
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what provision there is for a community-owned post office branch earmarked for closure to remain open if (a) the local community is prepared to forego the post office salary and (b) a third party is prepared to pay the operating costs. | | (188656) | 20
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many depositors have withdrawn their savings from the Post Office network since 17th February 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (188496) | 21
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions have taken place between his Department and Post Office Ltd and (a) the Equality and Human Rights Commission and (b) disability rights organisations on the impact of local post office closures on people with disabilities. | | (188930) | 22
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has for the future of the Low Carbon Buildings programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (187271) | 23
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much of Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Buildings programme budget (a) has been allocated in grants and (b) is available, broken down by funding stream. | | (187272) | 24
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he plans to take to (a) encourage the development of wind farms and other renewable energy plants and (b) assist energy companies to reduce electricity losses arising from transmission to population centres. | | (188763) | 25
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with Ofgem on connection charges for green energy projects in remote areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (188764) | 26
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what licensing powers currently within his Department's responsibilities he expects to be transferred to the Marine Management Organisation, as proposed in the Marine Bill White Paper; and if he will make a statement. | | (188707) | 27
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he last discussed the Marine Bill with his Cabinet colleagues; and if he will make a statement. | | (188708) | 28
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 809W, on renewable energy, (a) how many grants have been allocated and (b) how much has been committed for the installation of (i) wind turbines, (ii) wood fuelled boiler systems, (iii) solar thermal hot water, (iv) solar photovoltaics, (v) small hydro projects, (vi) heat pumps, (vii) ground source heat pumps and (viii) biomass room heaters and stores under phase one of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (A) in total and (B) in each region in each month since September 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (188962) | 29
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will introduce measures to assist investment and growth in the brewing industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (188942) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 30
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will clarify the legal, institutional and financial relationships between Northern Rock and Granite; and if he will make a statement. | | (188615) | 31
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations his Department has met to discuss the Housing Finance Review. | | (188830) | 32
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have gone into negative equity in each London borough since 2000. | | (188971) | 33
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the first summit of the Carbon Markets Expert Group was held; which organisations were represented; what matters were discussed; and what decisions were taken. | | (188819) | 34
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the obligations of Northern Rock to repurchase mortgages under certain circumstances in accordance with the documentation for the Granite securitisation programme are covered by a Treasury guarantee. | | (188945) | 35
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of progress on his Department's work with the Romanian Ministry of Finance on Risk Assessment Procedures for the selection of tax audits; and if he will make a statement. | | (188734) | 36
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188779) | 37
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188807) | 38
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid by his Department for legal advice on Northern Rock. | | (188855) | 39
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid by his Department to Goldman Sachs for its advice on Northern Rock. | | (188856) | 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how long Goldman Sachs will be retained in its role as financial adviser to HM Treasury on Northern Rock. | | (188857) | 41
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process resulted in the appointment of (a) Ron Sandler as Executive Chair and (b) Ann Godbehere as Chief Financial Officer of Northern Rock. | | (188858) | 42
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Ann Godbehere's remuneration package is as Chief Financial Officer of Northern Rock, including (a) annual salary, (b) pension contributions, (c) potential bonus payments and (d) non-financial benefits. | | (188871) | 43
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Ron Sandler's remuneration package is as Executive Chair of Northern Rock, including (a) annual salary, (b) pension contributions, (c) potential bonus payments and (d) non-financial benefits. | | (188874) | 44
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he first received a draft of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill. | | (188406) | 45
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Treasury first consulted (a) the Bank of England and (b) the Financial Services Authority on the proposals for the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill; what subsequent consultations took place; on what dates consultations took place; and when each institution was first sent a draft of the Bill. | | (188408) | 46
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date HM Treasury officials commissioned drafting of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill from Parliamentary Counsel. | | (188409) | 47
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of nationalisation of Northern Rock on holders of Northern Rock's callable debt securities. | | (188188) | 48
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any financial institutions other than Northern Rock have asked the Bank of England for financial assistance in the last 12 months. | | (188189) | 49
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of families received the childcare element of the working tax credit in Stockton South constituency in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (188935) | 50
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what European Court of Justice rulings have resulted in the Government paying tax back to private companies in the last 10 years. | | (188887) | 51
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications of rulings by the European Court of Justice for the Government's ability to set corporate tax levels. | | (188888) | 52
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what compensatory or interim payments may be made to claimants for tax credits when they (a) encounter delays in deciding their claim, (b) are querying an overpayment and (c) are applying for a backdated claim. | | (188716) | 53
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will freeze duty on beer; and if he will make a statement. | | (188940) | 54
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of duty on beer on the viability of the brewing industry. | | (188941) | 55
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution made to the economy by the brewing and public house industry. | | (188943) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 56
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and which schools in (a) Southend and (b) Essex have established links with a (i) football, (ii) cricket, (iii) rugby union, (iv) rugby league and (v) tennis club in each of the last five years. | | (188996) | 57
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on the effectiveness of the teaching of sex education in schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (189029) | 58
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the impact of proposed changes to registration and annual childminder fees on the future supply of registered childminders. | | (188193) | 59
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will give consideration to the merits of phasing the increases in registration and annual fees for pre-schools and full-day nursery care centres. | | (188567) | 60
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Opportunity Fund and Youth Capital Fund, with particular reference to hard-to-reach and disadvantaged children and young people who are not involved in formal organisations. | | (189028) | 61
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) referrals and (b) letters of notification were received by the Department in each of the last five years from (i) state maintained and (ii) independent schools. | | (188765) | 62
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the expenditure by his Department was on the education maintenance allowance in each year since its introduction, broken down by income decile of recipients' parents. | | (188729) | 63
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188791) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188806) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many expressions of interest in creating an academy school have been registered since June 2005. | | (188837) | 66
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academy school projects entered the feasibility stage in each month since June 2005. | | (188838) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which areas the schemes to provide every child with five hours of culture a week are being piloted; and how many children will be involved in these pilot schemes. | | (188843) | 68
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how his Department plans to ensure that every child is receiving five hours of culture a week. | | (188844) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions expressions of interest in creating an academy school were agreed by the Secretary of State in each month since June 2005. | | (188859) | 70
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many funding agreements for academy schools were signed in each month since June 2005. | | (188860) | 71
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of the lunch-break in (a) secondary schools and (b) primary schools in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (188979) | 72
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information is available to his Department on the average duration of lunch breaks in maintained schools. | | (188980) | 73
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what survey data his Department has collected on the average time (a) independent secondary and (b) maintained secondary school pupils spend participating in sport each week; and if he will make a statement. | | (188981) | 74
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have requested a re-mark of a whole year group's (a) key stage 2 and (b) key stage 3 examination papers in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (188982) | 75
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) Key Stage 2 and (b) Key Stage 3 examination papers in (i) English, (ii) mathematics and (iii) science were re-marked following a request from schools in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (188983) | 76
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of schools in each local authority have achieved healthy school status; and if he will make a statement. | | (188984) | 77
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have received a formal warning from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority about the way they conduct their national tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (188992) | 78
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many academies he expects to offer the full range of diplomas from (a) September 2008 and (b) September 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (189032) | 79
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many independent schools he expects to offer the full range of diplomas from (a) September 2008 and (b) September 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (189033) | 80
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) academies, (b) independent schools and (c) trust schools have not joined a consortium with other schools and colleges to provide diplomas. | | (189034) | 81
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department has collected on the amount of time children spend in free play during school hours; and if he will make a statement. | | (189035) | 82
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library details of the formula used to adjust the scores of school pupils over key stages 3 and 4 in order to measure contextual value added for a school. | | (188732) | 83
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects of implementation of section 120 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 on the care and supervision of children who have suffered impairment as a result of witnessing domestic violence. | | (188951) | 84
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will commission an independent inquiry into the circumstances leading up to the death of Jessica Randall. | | (188711) | 85
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much capital funding was allocated to playground development in (a) Stockton South constituency, (b) Teesside and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (188932) | 86
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much capital funding was allocated to sports facilities in schools in (a) Stockton South constituency, (b) Teesside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (188933) | 87
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children in Stockton left school with five A* to C grade GCSEs in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (188936) | 88
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the level of professional training available to social workers working in (a) fostering and (b) adoption services. | | (188964) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 89
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the responsibilities of the (a) Home Department, (b) Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (c) Ministry of Defence, (d) Department for Communities and Local Government, (e) Department for International Development and (f) Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform will be under the forthcoming National Security Strategy. | | (188400) | 90
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the lead Minister is with responsibility for the National Security Strategy. | | (188401) | 91
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what further consultations are planned before the National Security Strategy is published. | | (188402) | 92
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the National Security Strategy will be published. | | (188403) | 93
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in which department or office the support staff of the National Security Committee is based; how many staff support the Committee; and from which budget they are funded. | | (188404) | 94
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188789) | 95
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people attended each citizens' jury held in each month since September 2007. | | (188847) | 96
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Government ministers attended each citizens' jury in each month since September 2007. | | (188848) | 97
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the programme of citizens' juries has cost since its establishment. | | (188849) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 98
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff work for each Regional Minister in (a) his or her departmental office and (b) the government office of his or her respective region. | | (188880) | 99
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions the Minister for the South West has met representatives of the South West Regional Development Agency since her appointment in June 2007. | | (188881) | 100
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of time each Regional Minister has spent on (a) regional matters and (b) other departmental work since appointment. | | (188882) | 101
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2008, Official Report, column 372W, on regional government: ministers, how many times Regional Ministers have met to discuss their work since appointment. | | (188952) | 102
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2008, Official Report, column 372W, on regional government: ministers, how many officials from her Department work in the secretariat for the network of Regional Ministers. | | (188953) | 103
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st January 2008, Official Report, column 1533W, on regional government: ministers, on how many occasions the Minister for the South West has visited each of the South West constituencies referred to in the Answer. | | (188955) | 104
N | Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what risk assessment her Department and Firebuy have undertaken of the decision to sign the integrated cloth project managed service contract; and what conclusions have been drawn. | | (188529) | 105
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued to Gloucestershire County Council on the account to be taken of the flooding of summer 2007 in the setting of its council tax precept for 2008-09. | | (188187) | 106
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the report on Alternatives to Casino-led regeneration; on what date the report (a) was commissioned, (b) was originally scheduled for publication and (c) is now expected to be published; and what the cost of producing the report is. | | (188237) | 107
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which stakeholders were met by Regional Ministers during official visits to regions. | | (188733) | 108
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of appropriate tests for the performance of multifoil insulation materials other than the hot box. | | (188184) | 109
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) practical and (b) environmental merits of multifoil insulation materials. | | (188186) | 110
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how she plans to comply with the High Court judgement of 2nd November 2007 on standards for multifoil insulation material used in construction. | | (188194) | 111
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of her Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188790) | 112
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in her Department. | | (188805) | 113
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the use of section 106 monies at Royal Ordnance, Lancashire. | | (188565) | 114
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the sites of any of the proposed eco-towns fall within the boundaries of a national park. | | (188924) | 115
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 652W, on home condition reports, what reports she has received on the progress of the Ipsos MORI independent evaluation of the home information pack trial. | | (188820) | 116
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value of (a) council tax receipts and (b) central government grant was for local authorities in each county in the East of England region in each of the last 10 years. | | (188883) | 117
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effects of increases in landfill tax on the funding of public services in (a) St Albans and (b) Hertfordshire. | | (188884) | 118
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will publish her response to the draft South East Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (188730) | 119
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what value of equity is held in housing stock by each local authority in England. | | (188815) | 120
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of total revenue of registered social landlords in England and Wales was generated from sales of property in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (188870) | 121
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many private sector companies were consulted on the draft of the UK location strategy before it was submitted to Ministers. | | (188655) | 122
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her target is for the number of new (a) houses and (b) family-sized houses to be built in Leicester in the next 25 years. | | (188931) | 123
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many attacks there were on fire crews in (a) Cleveland, (b) North East England and (c) Stockton South constituency in each of the last three years. | | (188968) | 124
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what fire risk assessment has been carried out in respect of (a) the largest chemical industry installation on Teesside and (b) the proximity of chemical industry installations to urban settlements on Teesside. | | (188969) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 125
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many swimming pools (a) there are and (b) are planned in the (i) Southend, (ii) Essex, (iii) Hertfordshire and (iv) London. | | (188997) | 126
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many swimming pools (a) closed and (b) opened in England in each year since 1997; and how many diving pools are open to the public. | | (188998) | 127
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the top 10 sports were in terms of active participation by (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 14 to 16, (ii) 17 to 21, (iii) 22 to 24, (iv) 25 to 30, (v) 31 to 35, (vi) 36 to 40, (vii) 41 to 55, (viii) 56 to 59 and (ix) 60 years and over in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (188999) | 128
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Lottery funding was provided to (a) athletics and (b) swimming in (i) Southend, (ii) Essex, (iii) the London region and (iv) England and Wales in each year since 1997; what projects were funded; whether there are restrictions on the use of these funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (189000) | 129
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to encourage participation in swimming in Southend; how much his Department spent to promote swimming in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (189001) | 130
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which football clubs receive Government funding to operate community schemes; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of those schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (189002) | 131
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department gave to (a) amateur sports clubs and (b) sport in schools in (i) Southend and (ii) Essex in each year since 1997; what projects were supported; whether there were restrictions on the use of this funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (189003) | 132
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public funding was made available for sports clubs and facilities in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in each year since 1997; how much and what proportion of these funds was earmarked for Paralympic sports; what restrictions were placed on the use of these funds; and if he will make a statement. | | (189004) | 133
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of standards of operation at Heathrow Airport on the attractiveness of the UK as a tourist destination. | | (188760) | 134
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the value of expenditure made by overseas tourists visiting (a) County Durham and (b) Northumberland in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (188833) | 135
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 317W, on casinos, how many adult gaming centres are in operation in England and Wales. | | (188258) | 136
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 317W, on the British Amusement Catering Trade Association, what the outcome was of representations received from, and discussions held with, the Association. | | (188259) | 137
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 317-8W, on casinos, what assessment has been made of the financial impact of the operation of the Gambling Act 2005 on adult gaming centres in England and Wales since September 2007. | | (188260) | 138
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was allocated to advertising UK tourism on (a) US and (b) Australian television in 2006-07. | | (188262) | 139
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the Casino Impacts Scoping Study; on what date the report (a) was commissioned, (b) was originally scheduled for publication and (c) is expected to be published; and what the cost of producing the report is. | | (188236) | 140
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards achieving the target in his Department's 2002 publication Game Plan - a strategy for delivering the government's sport and physical activity objectives to increase the proportion of the adult population who participate in 30 minutes of moderate physical activity five or more times a week to 70 per cent. by 2020. | | (189023) | 141
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of (a) boys and (b) girls under the age of 16 met the physical activity recommendations of 60 minutes or more of activity of at least moderate intensity on all days of the week in each year for which figures are available. | | (189024) | 142
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of (a) boys and (b) girls under the age of 16 undertook less than 30 minutes of physical activity per day in each year for which figures are available. | | (189025) | 143
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188803) | 144
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188812) | 145
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take with the Department for Children, Schools and Families to provide every child with five hours of culture a week. | | (188845) | 146
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department will provide (a) financial or (b) organisational help to cultural institutions as part of the Government's policy of ensuring that every child experiences five hours of culture a week. | | (188846) | 147
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Public and Commercial Services Union on the current year's pay settlement for staff of (a) his Department and (b) the Royal Parks Agency. | | (188923) | 148
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are employed in the drug-free sport department of UK Sport; what the salary costs of the department were in the last 12 months; and how many consultants are employed by UK Sport to work with that department. | | (188929) | 149
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he expects Camelot to have raised £10.5 billion for good causes over the course of its licence; and if he will make a statement. | | (188947) | 150
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings officials in his Department have had with (a) overseas online gambling operators, (b) UK online gambling operators and (c) counterparts in overseas governments on the issue of online gambling addiction since October 2006. | | (188985) | 151
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many school sports co-ordinators were introduced in (a) Stockton South constituency, (b) Teesside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since their inception. | | (188966) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 152
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has received any requests from the International Criminal Court for UK military personnel to stand trial there for an alleged war crime in Iraq. | | (188891) | 153
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of Checkmate technology to improve the UK Network Centric Warfare capability; and if he will make a statement. | | (188747) | 154
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188787) | 155
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188802) | 156
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which elements of the Afghanistan Combined Joint Statement of Requirements remain unfulfilled. | | (188232) | 157
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sea king helicopters are to be fitted with Carson blades; and how many of those helicopters with such blades will be deployed in Afghanistan. | | (188616) | 158
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 87W, on armoured fighting vehicles, how the internal space requirement for the Panther vehicle compares with the Cheetah vehicle; and what the minimum space requirement is. | | (188748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 159
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many litres of bottled water were purchased by his Department in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (188265) | 160
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what acreage of land was given over to oil seed rape production in the County of Durham in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007. | | (188834) | 161
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188786) | 162
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188801) | 163
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total quantity of electricity in kilowatts was consumed by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (188976) | 164
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing proposals to reduce the environmental impact of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs offices at Peaseholme Green, York. | | (188613) | 165
| Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households have had roof and wall installations under the Warm Zone scheme in (a) Stockton South, (b) Teesside and (c) the North East. | | (188965) | 166
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he received responses to the (a) original and (b) revised Protecting Whales - a Global Responsibility document which he sent to other governments; and if he will make a statement. | | (188657) | 167
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2008, Official Report, column 1289W, on fisheries: quotas, on what policies the Government engaged with the devolved administrations in the last 12 months. | | (188670) | 168
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2008, Official Report, column 1288W, on fisheries: quotas, whether the draft Quota Management Change Programme proposals suggested the decommissioning of 10 metre and under vessels. | | (188671) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 169
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the (i) government of Israel and (ii) Arab states on rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (188993) | 170
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens were (a) killed, (b) seriously injured and (c) injured in rocket attacks on Israel from (i) Gaza and (ii) the Lebanon in each month since 2005. | | (188994) | 171
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with Arab states about suicide bombings in Israel; what the outcome of those discussions has been; and if he will make a statement. | | (189005) | 172
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens (a) visited and (b) emigrated to Israel in each year since 2000. | | (189006) | 173
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials from other Government departments about British relations with Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (189007) | 174
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is the policy of the Government to refuse to recognise Hamas as long as it retains its intent to destroy Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (189008) | 175
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the seminar on stem cell research being organised by the British Embassy in Israel on 26th and 27th March 2008 will cost; who has been invited to (a) speak and (b) attend; what criteria were used in selecting speakers for this seminar; whether speakers at the seminar will be paid (i) travelling expenses, (ii) travel time, (iii) accommodation expenses and (iv) a speaker's fee; if he will place in the Library material produced for the seminar by the British Embassy; how many staff in the British Embassy will (A) attend and (B) participate; how much was spent on advertising this seminar; whether there are any restrictions on those persons wishing to attend this seminar; and if he will make a statement. | | (189011) | 176
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which individuals made which annotations on the hard copy of the John Williams draft of the 2002 Iraq dossier. | | (188515) | 177
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, columns 1850-1W, on the Chevening scholarship programme, which countries he has identified as key countries of interest for the purposes of the programme. | | (188761) | 178
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian government on the persecution of Jewish people in that country; and if he will make a statement. | | (188832) | 179
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the preparedness of (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria to implement EU legislation, with particular regard to social security provisions and the acceptance of contributions from nationals of other EU states; and if he will make a statement. | | (188735) | 180
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) private sector, (b) public sector and (c) private/public sector partnership projects have been approved for EU structural funding for (i) Romania and (ii) Bulgaria; and at what cost for each project. | | (188736) | 181
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on reforms of the judicial system in Romania, with particular reference to (a) the Sunshine Law and the 30 day consultation period, (b) combating corruption, (c) changes to the fiscal code and (d) implementing systems to enable successful bidding for EU structural funds; what assistance the Government has provided to the Romanian government on such reforms; and if he will make a statement. | | (188737) | 182
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he or any of his predecessors last visited Romania, other than for EU or NATO conferences; and whether he plans to make any such visit. | | (188738) | 183
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188785) | 184
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188800) | 185
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he anticipates that a Provincial Reconstruction Team will be established in (a) Dai Kundi and (b) Nimroz provinces in Afghanistan. | | (188231) | 186
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how often it is planned that Simon Mann's welfare in Black Beach Prison will be monitored by visits from UK representatives. | | (188530) | 187
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Equatorial Guinea declining to accept the legitimacy of any trial of Simon Mann by that government following his abduction to that country from Zimbabwe. | | (188531) | 188
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 180W, on Simon Mann, what the reasons are for his view that the (a) threat and (b) use of sanctions against Equatorial Guinea would be incompatible with securing the welfare of Simon Mann. | | (188532) | 189
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) powers he has and (b) actions are open to him to take to secure the freedom of a UK national abducted by a regime which has expressed the intent of inflicting cruel and inhuman treatment upon him; and if he will make a statement. | | (188533) | 190
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the record of Equatorial Guinea in (a) according fair trials to and (b) observing the human rights of individuals held captive in Black Beach prison. | | (188534) | 191
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Libya on the preparatory meetings of the 2009 UN World Conference Against Racism taking place on Jewish holidays. | | (188752) | 192
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria he will use in determining whether the UK will participate in the 2009 UN World Conference Against Racism. | | (188753) | 193
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the Government has made on the agenda for the 2009 UN World Conference Against Racism. | | (188816) | 194
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the UN on the inclusion of Holocaust education on the agenda for the 2009 UN World Conference Against Racism. | | (188817) | 195
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 223-4W on Serbia: EU external relations, what recommendations the EU Task Force has made; whether Serbia signed the interim political agreement with the European Union; and if he will make a statement. | | (188948) | 196
N | Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Karzai on the appointment of a UN Secretary General Special Representative in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (188353) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 197
N | Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many girls aged (a) under 16 years and (b) 16 to 17 years became pregnant in (i) the Metropolitan Police area of London, (ii) Birmingham and (iii) England and Wales in each of the last three years; and how many of those pregnancies were followed by (A) a live birth and (B) abortion. | | (186968) | 198
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the survival rate of children born at 22 to 25 weeks gestation was in the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available; how many were (a) born alive and (b) still-born; how many subsequently (i) survived and (ii) died; when his Department last undertook an evidence review on the issue that drew on (A) UK and (B) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (189017) | 199
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department last undertook a review of international research evidence on (a) the upper time limit for abortions and (b) conditions for obtaining an abortion in each country in the European Union; and if he will make a statement. | | (189018) | 200
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what response he has made to the recent report of the Organ Donation Taskforce; and if he will make a statement. | | (188617) | 201
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential increases in organ donations possible within the parameters of existing arrangements over the next five years. | | (188618) | 202
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to (a) liver transplant units, (b) pancreas transplant centres and (c) cardiothoracic transplant centres in each year since 1997. | | (188619) | 203
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve the infrastructure related to organ donations, with particular reference to histocompatibility and immunogenetics laboratories. | | (188620) | 204
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage older people to become organ donors. | | (188621) | 205
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage more organ donations from within black and ethnic communities. | | (188622) | 206
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on providing recognition for the families of organ donors. | | (188623) | 207
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential costs of the additional training for staff recommended by the Organ Donation Taskforce. | | (188624) | 208
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the waiting time for assessment for digital hearing aids was in each primary care trust in England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (188885) | 209
| Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider introducing an 18 week target for all patients with hearing and balance disorders to be assessed by the appropriate specialist. | | (188886) | 210
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in (a) employment and (b) compensation claims by the NHS to its employees in each of the last three years; and how many claims are awaiting payment. | | (188641) | 211
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of adding screening for vasa praevia to standard prenatal testing. | | (188233) | 212
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of adding screening for vasa praevia to standard prenatal testing. | | (188234) | 213
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people died from vasa praevia in each year since 2001. | | (188235) | 214
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the incidence of head lice over the last five years. | | (188749) | 215
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice is given to (a) GPs, (b) pharmacies and (c) schools on head lice infestation. | | (188750) | 216
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to re-introduce regular inspections for head lice in schools. | | (188751) | 217
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the projected financial outturn of the Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority is for 2007-08. | | (188185) | 218
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on people with ankylosing spondylitis of waiting for the appeal process to complete on Remicade before issuing guidance on the administering of anti-TNF medication; and if he will make a statement. | | (188740) | 219
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's civil servants were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188784) | 220
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188799) | 221
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of ambulance teams were assaulted while on duty in each of the last five years. | | (188839) | 222
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organs for transplantation were (a) stolen and (b) lost from NHS premises in each of the last five years. | | (188840) | 223
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total quantity of electricity in kilowatts consumed by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies was in each of the last five years. | | (188977) | 224
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to primary care trusts on the recruitment and retention of health visitors. | | (188821) | 225
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in recruitment and retention of health visitors in the NHS over the last 10 years. | | (188822) | 226
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of health visitors suffered work-related stress in the latest year for which records are available; and what assessment he has made of how this compares with the incidence of work-related stress amongst other categories of health workers. | | (188823) | 227
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to ensure provision of cancer screening and detection facilities at (a) small and (b) community hospitals. | | (188927) | 228
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the levels of capitation of primary care trusts; and what plans he has to increase funding to undercapitated trusts. | | (188915) | 229
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the Pace of Change funding programme for undercapitated primary care trusts is to be discontinued; and if he will make a statement. | | (188961) | 230
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 343W, on incontinence, how many letters his Department received commenting on the proposed changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff from (a) right hon. and hon. Members and (b) others in each year since 2004; and whether the views expressed in those letters will be taken into account when he considers the options for Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances and related services to primary care. | | (188411) | 231
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations have been (a) commissioned and (b) contracted to manage NHS foundation trust ballots. | | (188934) | 232
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement and monitor an 18-week target within which audiovestibular patients with hearing and balance disorders must be dealt with by the NHS. | | (187647) | 233
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses have been received to the consultation on Arrangements under Part IX of the Drug Tariff for the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances; and if he will make a statement. | | (189022) | 234
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who have had privately funded proton radiation beam therapy (a) in England and (b) abroad. | | (188662) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 235
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of each of the four pilot schemes for the non-emergency 101 number; what assessment has been made of the pilot schemes; and if she place a copy of the final report on the schemes in the Library. | | (188869) | 236
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to establish a performance target for the Serious and Organised Crime Agency relating to the seizure of Class A drugs. | | (188497) | 237
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the purpose is of the research into illegal drug markets by the Research, Development and Statistics Directorate of her Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (188498) | 238
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines have been issued by her Department on the grant of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) under the legacy exercise to individuals with criminal convictions in the UK or in another country; what checks are carried out to ascertain the existence of a criminal record in (a) the UK and (b) another country in the case of those being considered for ILR under this exercise; and in this exercise how many people have been (i) found to have a criminal record in the UK, (ii) found to have a criminal record in another country, (iii) refused ILR because of a criminal record in the UK and (iv) refused ILR because of a criminal conviction in another country. | | (188653) | 239
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25th January 2007, Official Report, column 2029W, on support orders, when she will publish the results of the three month survey of 50 respect areas to assess the use of individual support orders. | | (188762) | 240
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to reduce violent crime since 1997. | | (188410) | 241
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources have been committed to the delivery of the Action Plan for Tackling Violence 2008-11. | | (188824) | 242
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information will be included within the category of other passenger information within the Government's eBorders programme. | | (188642) | 243
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision was taken to include a £92 million addendum within the eBorders contract. | | (188643) | 244
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what extended (a) functionality and (b) services will be provided by the £92 million addendum to the Government's eBorders programme. | | (188644) | 245
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role she expects registered traveller programmes to play in the UK's airline security requirements. | | (188646) | 246
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Government's presentation to the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 25th and 26th January on the UK's experience of using passenger name record data. | | (188647) | 247
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the European Commission's Passenger Name Record proposal; what the Government's policy on the proposal is; and if she will make a statement. | | (188648) | 248
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the European Union's Registered Traveller Programme feasibility study; and if she will make a statement. | | (188649) | 249
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the European Union's S-Travel Initiative; what the Government's policy on the initiative is; and if she will make a statement. | | (188650) | 250
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department has conducted into the effectiveness of the use of passenger name record data in preventing people trafficking through airline travel. | | (188651) | 251
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role she expects passenger name record data to play within the Government's eBorders programme. | | (188652) | 252
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 7th February 2008, Official Report, column 82WS, on the Justice and Home Affairs Informal Council, 25th and 26th January 2008, what further work the Government has undertaken into the operation and scope of the use of passenger name record data under the European Commission's proposal. | | (188889) | 253
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 7th February 2008, Official Report, column 82WS, on the Justice and Home Affairs Informal Council, 25th and 26th January 2008, what the difficult technical and substantive issues related to use of passenger name record data for law enforcement purposes are. | | (188890) | 254
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many underage young people were (a) tried at magistrates courts and (b) convicted of buying alcohol illegally in each of the last five years. | | (188261) | 255
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 25th February 2008, Official Report, column 2252W, on Merseyside Police: modernisation, whether the restructuring of the personnel, finance, marketing and audit staff of Merseyside Police has been notified to her by the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police. | | (188610) | 256
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Ministerial letter of 31st January 2006 responding to the recommendations in the Animal Procedures Committee's 2005 report on the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, what her policy is on (a) exploring the scope for reporting the true origin of animals when this differs from their proximate source and (b) dividing the category of origin, where this differs from source, into the same categories as those for sources of Schedule 2 animals. | | (188743) | 257
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's civil servants have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188793) | 258
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in her Department. | | (188808) | 259
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) date, (b) location and (c) purpose was of the meetings she had while in the United States in February 2008; and who attended each meeting. | | (188841) | 260
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2008, Official Report, columns 1437-8W, on prisoners' release, how many of the prisoners were deported on their release to (a) Jamaica, (b) Nigeria, (c) Vietnam and (d) China. | | (188862) | 261
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 212-6W, on proceeds of crime, how many confiscation orders were not successfully enforced, broken down by police force area in each month of the last year. | | (188863) | 262
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the cost of backdating the pay increase for police in Lancashire Constabulary to September 2007. | | (188713) | 263
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much Lancashire Constabulary has allowed in its budget to fund the pay settlement. | | (188714) | 264
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is open to Lancashire Constabulary to increase the agreed pay settlement award through a bonus system. | | (188715) | 265
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to Questions (a) 180331 and (b) 180332, on Eurostar, tabled by the hon. Member for Woking on 21st January 2008. | | (188352) | 266
N | Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the use of children by terrorist organisations; and if she will make a statement. | | (188264) | 267
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to use the power in the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 to direct the establishment of domestic homicide reviews. | | (188813) | 268
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the organisation of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency; and if she will make a statement. | | (188865) | 269
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of levels of e-crime (a) in the last year and (b) over the last five years. | | (188866) | 270
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist for the reporting of e-crime to law enforcement authorities. | | (188916) | 271
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to police forces on the establishment of courts to deal with e-crime. | | (188917) | 272
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirements exist for agencies to carry out multi-agency risk assessments in cases of suspected forced marriages. | | (188919) | 273
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what accredited training is available to agencies working with victims of (a) forced marriage and (b) attempted honour killings. | | (188920) | 274
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to enable multi-agency risk assessments to be on a statutory basis. | | (188950) | 275
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for admission to an integrated domestic abuse perpetrator programme in each police authority area. | | (188954) | 276
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to reply substantively to the letter of 20th July 2007 from the hon. Member for Sunderland South on refugee status for Muna Othman Khatab and her family, ref: K1266830. | | (188658) | 277
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has replied to the recent Welsh Assembly Government letter on police pay. | | (188190) | 278
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Acts passed in the last 10 years for which her Department is responsible contained provisions regulating the internet. | | (188829) | 279
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department first asked the British Standards Institution to produce a kite mark for internet filters. | | (188835) | 280
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of child abuse internet websites hosted in the United States; and what discussions she has had with the US Administration on reducing the number of such sites. | | (188872) | 281
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with credit card companies to prevent the purchase of child abuse pictures over the internet. | | (188873) | 282
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department has provided to Safer Internet Day in each of the last five years. | | (188878) | 283
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the procedure for returning expired passports to their holders in order to reduce the risk of identity theft. | | (189031) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 284
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of his Department's civil servants have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188783) | 285
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188798) | 286
N | Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he expects to answer Question 164208, tabled on 9th November 2007. | | (187033) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 287
| Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Written Ministerial statement of 24th January 2008, Official Report, columns 60-1WS, on Latin America (Development), which organisations in Bolivia will receive funding and what conflict sensitive assessment of funding disbursement will be conducted in the light of separatist inspired violence in Bolivia. | | (188879) | 288
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) governments of developing countries and (b) international organisations on cases where UK-based pharmaceutical companies clinial trials on medicinal products in developing countries have caused death, injury or blindness; and if he will make a statement. | | (188827) | 289
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will provide support to people in developing countries who have been adversely affected, or have had close relatives killed, in pharmaceutical trials of medicinal products of UK-based pharmaceutical companies. | | (188828) | 290
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's civil servants have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188782) | 291
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188797) | 292
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with what countries the European Commission has (a) discussed and (b) entered into millennium development goals contracts. | | (187927) | 293
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what indicators the European Commission has developed to ensure that millennium development goal (MDG) contracts are effective in achieving the MDGs, with particular reference to MDG5. | | (187928) | 294
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what extent (a) national parliaments and (b) sexual and reproductive health and rights organisations will be involved in the preparation of (i) the European Commission millennium development goal (MDG) contract proposals, (ii) the development of MDG contracts and (iii) the monitoring of results. | | (187929) | 295
| Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department provides to civil society in developing countries to hold their governments to account on their observance of United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child obligations. | | (188914) | 296
| Ann McKechin (Glasgow North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of including in the Millennium Development Goals framework equity objectives to close the gap in child mortality between the richest and poorest 20 per cent. of developing countries' populations. | | (188918) | 297
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's contribution to the multi donor trust fund for education in Burma has been spent on (a) state schools, (b) monastery schools and (c) other non-state schools since contributions began. | | (188263) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 298
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints about the judiciary in (a) Essex and (b) England and Wales were received by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last five years; how much it cost to investigate each complaint; what the budget for 2007-08 is for investigating such complaints; what legislation governs complaints against the judiciary; what amendments have been made to this legislation since its enactment; what recent representations he has received on this matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (189009) | 299
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislation to enable unborn children to be treated as separate victims in criminal cases; what recent representations he has received about the issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (189010) | 300
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from lawyers acting for the Royal Family on publication practice on royal wills in the last 10 years. | | (188632) | 301
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many home repossessions there have been in each London borough in each year since 2000. | | (188974) | 302
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many home repossessions there have been in each London court in each year since 2000. | | (188975) | 303
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) were convicted of rape and not given a custodial sentence between 1992 and April 1997 and (b) have been so convicted and not given a custodial sentence since May 1997. | | (188499) | 304
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's civil servants have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188788) | 305
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188804) | 306
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) date, (b) location and (c) purpose was of the meetings he had while in the United States in February 2008; and who attended each meeting. | | (188842) | 307
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish the results of the review on the use of restraint on young people in secure accommodation. | | (188659) | 308
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the courts will begin to make restraining orders on acquittal under section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. | | (188814) | 309
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will implement (a) the certification procedures for bailiffs and (b) the taking control of goods provisions of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (188633) | 310
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of first time offenders given custodial sentences from Crown courts were reconvicted within two years of release from custody in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. | | (188937) | 311
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of first time offenders given custodial sentences by magistrates' courts were (a) juveniles and (b) young adults in each year since 1993; how many and what proportion of each category were reconvicted within two years of release in each of those years; and if he will make a statement. | | (188938) | 312
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of first time offenders sentenced by magistrates' courts were given custodial sentences in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. | | (188939) | 313
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison sentences handed out were life sentences in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. | | (188946) | 314
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 307-9W, what additional reports of (a) prisoner on prisoner and (b) prisoner on officer assaults have been received for each prison establishment in 2007 since the Answer was given. | | (188949) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 315
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions have taken place with RTE on the effect on listeners in Northern Ireland of the removal of FM radio band from the end of March 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (188818) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 316
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps her Office (a) has taken and (b) plans to ensure that local authorities in Essex share in the (i) economic, (ii) social and (iii) sporting benefits arising from the 2012 Olympic Games; what discussions her Office has had with local authorities in Essex; and if she will make a statement. | | (188995) | 317
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has plans to move the 2012 Olympics shooting events to sites other than Woolwich. | | (188744) | 318
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the estimated total cost is of providing for the 2012 Olympics shooting events at the Royal Artillery Barracks; what provision for shooting will remain following the games; and if she will make a statement. | | (188745) | 319
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much has been spent to date on (a) surveying, (b) preparatory work and (c) other work on potential sites for the 2012 Olympics shooting events at (i) Royal Artillery Barracks, (ii) Bisley, (iii) Dartford and (iv) Evershot, Dorset; and if she will make a statement. | | (188746) | Questions to the Prime Minister 320
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Prime Minister, when he or any of his predecessors last visited Romania, other than for EU or NATO conferences; and whether he plans to make any such visit. | | (188739) | 321
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 127W, on Joint Intelligence Committee: public appointments, whether there was a Civil Service-wide competition held in 2007 for the appointment to the post of Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee. | | (188614) | 322
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Prime Minister, on what dates meetings were held between officials in his Office and HM Treasury to discuss (a) proposals for and (b) drafting of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill. | | (188405) | 323
N | Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Prime Minister, when he first received a draft of the Banking (Special Provisions) Bill. | | (188407) | 324
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will appoint a Minister for Older People; and if he will bring forward proposals to appoint a Commissioner for Older People. | | (189016) | Questions to the Solicitor General 325
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what extra receipts are expected to accrue as a result of the increase in funding for activity in asset recovery contained in the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2007-08. | | (188191) | 326
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what posts (a) have been and (b) are expected to be created as a result of increases in expenditure on HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor in the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2007-08. | | (188192) | 327
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, from which projects funding has been withdrawn as the result of the increase of £1,000,000 in capital spending to cover establishment costs for the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office IT project and the capitalisation of the majority of refurbishment costs, as announced in the Spring 2007-08 Supplementary Estimates. | | (188500) | 328
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Solicitor General, how she monitors the implementation of guidance to the Crown Prosecution Service on the prosecution of cases of domestic violence when bail is granted without notice given to victims. | | (188956) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 329
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to require (a) new and (b) existing railway rolling stock to lessen its carbon footprint. | | (188501) | 330
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average timetable journey time by train was from (a) Cambridge to London King's Cross, (b) Lewes to London Victoria, (c) Peterborough to London King's Cross, (d) St. Albans to London St. Pancras, (e) Reading to London Paddington, (f) Southend Victoria to London Liverpool Street and (g) Canterbury to London Charing Cross in each year from 1993 to date. | | (188502) | 331
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what percentage of passengers using (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick airports were in transit (i) between domestic and international flights and (ii) between international flights in the last year for which figures are available. | | (188503) | 332
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to minimise aircraft stacking over London; and what annual emissions of carbon dioxide she estimates arises from this practice. | | (188504) | 333
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 154W, on the Ministerial car fleet, to whom the cars in bands F and G have been allocated. | | (188825) | 334
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Home Office on the use of registered traveller programmes within the UK's borders programme. | | (188645) | 335
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the final report of the research study examining accident statistics on the trunk road network will be published; what assessment she has made of the results of the study for the continued use of stone mastic asphalt surfaces on roads; and if she will make a statement. | | (188661) | 336
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations she has received on the Dartford Crossing tolls. | | (188867) | 337
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of (a) daily and (b) annual crossings made at the Dartford Crossing, broken down by vehicle category, was in the last five years. | | (188868) | 338
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) grading levels and (b) pay of staff of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency; and if she will make a statement. | | (188741) | 339
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations she has received from (a) management, (b) trade unions and (c) others on pay levels for staff in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. | | (188742) | 340
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of her Department's civil servants have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188781) | 341
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in her Department. | | (188796) | 342
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who is responsible for the unadopted road at the side of 21 Market Street, Adlington, Lancashire. | | (188564) | 343
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the Government's road congestion targets of the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices. | | (188875) | 344
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the changes to legislation necessary to permit the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices on (a) the public highway and (b) public footpaths. | | (188876) | 345
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in EU member states on the potential effect on (a) carbon emissions and (b) road congestion of the use of electric personal assistive mobility devices. | | (188877) | 346
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve public transport links for those living in rural areas to nearby towns and cities. | | (188925) | 347
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding for the upgrading and maintenance of the Derwent Valley railway line. | | (188926) | 348
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require all pedal bicycles to have a bell or other audible warning device fitted when being used. | | (188634) | 349
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what licensing powers currently within her Department's responsibilities she expects to be transferred to the Marine Management Organisation, as proposed in the Marine Bill White Paper; and if she will make a statement. | | (188709) | 350
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last discussed the Marine Bill with her Cabinet colleagues; and if she will make a statement. | | (188710) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 351
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when all child support cases will have been transferred to the new child support system. | | (188759) | 352
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 235-6W, on housing benefit: anti-social behaviour, how many (a) individuals and (b) households (i) in each of the nine pilot areas and (ii) in the UK were (A) the subject of an order for possession on grounds of anti-social behaviour and subsequently left the property and (B) unreasonably refused to engage with the help and support offered as specified in a written warning notice while in receipt of housing benefit in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (188609) | 353
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's civil servants have been (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for accessing (i) obscene and (ii) other prohibited material on work computers in each of the last five years. | | (188780) | 354
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the salary range is for each pay band of civil servants in his Department. | | (188795) | 355
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration his Department has given to the erection of a memorial to celebrate the centenary of pensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (188957) | 356
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of linking the basic state pension to the rate of inflation with effect from 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (189019) | 357
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average increase in the value of the basic state pension following its linkage to the rate of inflation in each of the next three years. | | (189020) | 358
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will link the winter fuel payment to the rate of inflation. | | (189021) | 359
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in which constituencies credit unions have received financial assistance from the public purse in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (188836) | 360
N | Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of those classified as workless households were (a) families with dependants, (b) two parent households, (c) lone parent households, (d) single parent households and (e) claiming incapacity benefit in the last period for which figures are available. | | (188566) | 361
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the payment of benefit to families in polygamous marriages; and if he will make a statement. | | (188967) | 362
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the review of the National Carers Strategy will be completed. | | (188978) | 363
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the earnings limit for carer's allowance was last increased. | | (189030) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 364
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many personal bankruptcies have been declared in each London court since 2000. | | [Transferred] (188972) | 365
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which villages in Easington constituency do not have 100 per cent. broadband coverage; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (188831) | 366
| Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps are being taken to ensure the availability of high speed broadband service to those living in rural and remote areas. | | [Transferred] (188928) | 367
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stroud of 30th January 2008, Official Report, column 418W, on consultants, on what projects consultants were engaged by the East of England Development Agency in each of the last three years; and what the fee paid for each project was. | | [Transferred] (188826) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 368
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is responsible for Eller Brook stream at the rear of the property on Ellerbrook Close, Heath Charnock, Chorley. | | [Transferred] (188563) | 369
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records his Department holds on (a) which local authorities collect mixed plastic for recycling and (b) what recycling method is used after collection from residents in each case. | | [Transferred] (188864) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 370
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual support orders attached to anti-social behaviour orders have been given at magistrates' courts in each magistrates' court area in each quarter since May 2004. | | [Transferred] (189026) | 371
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated to fund individual support orders (ISOs) in 2007-08; and how much of last year's £45 million increase in funding for the Youth Justice Board was spent on ISOs. | | [Transferred] (189027) | Questions to the Prime Minister 372
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been spent on video recording equipment for the purposes of films for the 10 Downing Street YouTube video platform since 27th June 2007. | | [Transferred] (188850) | 373
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many (a) unique hits and (b) total visitors the 10 Downing Street YouTube video platform received in each month since its establishment. | | [Transferred] (188851) | 374
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent on website designers to design the 10 Downing Street YouTube video platform. | | [Transferred] (188852) | 375
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many full-time equivalent staff worked on the 10 Downing Street YouTube video platform in each month since 27th June 2007. | | [Transferred] (188853) | 376
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the pay grades are of the staff who work on the 10 Downing Street YouTube video platform. | | [Transferred] (188854) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 377
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage the formulation of standards of specification and performance for fuels from renewable sources. | | [Transferred] (188660) |
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