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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 27 February 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 27 February 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 27 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 27 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 27 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what contingency plans he has for circumstances where carbon capture and storage technologies proposed in relation to coal-fired power stations fail to work in (a) Kingsnorth, Kent and (b) the UK. | | (190104) | 2
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received from Kent University on the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. | | (190107) | 3
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consultation he plans to hold on the development of a mitigation strategy for the environmental and biodiversity impacts in relation to Medway Estuary and Marshes (a) special protection area, (b) Ramsar site and (c) site of special scientific interest of the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent; and whom he plans to consult. | | (190108) | 4
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the timescale is of the conduct of the air quality assessment requested in relation to the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. | | (190126) | 5
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had, and with whom, on the implementation of on-site archaeological work during the construction and operational phases of proposals for coal-fired power station development (a) at Kingsnorth in Kent and (b) in the UK. | | (190131) | 6
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on the construction of (a) parking sites and (b) hard standings on and off-site for the (i) construction and (ii) operational phase of the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, broken down by category of organisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (190133) | 7
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on (a) vehicular circulation roadways, (b) traffic generation and its mitigation, (c) modifications to (i) Roper's Lane, (ii) Stoke Road, (iii) Four Elms roundabout and (iv) the A228 between Roper's Lane roundabout and Grain, (d) site access, (e) construction-related traffic and (f) loading, unloading and turning facilities for construction vehicles in relation to the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, broken down by category of organisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (190134) | 8
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the developer of the proposed Kingsnorth power station in Kent has applied for a licence to dispose of its carbon dioxide by carbon capture and storage; and whether grant of this licence is a prerequisite for approval of the proposal as a whole. | | (190161) | 9
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether a carbon storage site has been identified for the proposed Kingsnorth power station; and if he will make a statement. | | (190183) | 10
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on (a) land and (b) waterway contamination relating to (i) potential construction and (ii) the operational phase of the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, broken down by category of organisation. | | (190184) | 11
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on (a) the environmental impact, (b) the potential effect on (i) ringed plovers and other birds, (ii) water voles, (iii) reptiles, (iv) biodiversity and (iv) natural water temperatures and (c) the environmental management plan of the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent, broken down by type of organisation; and what discussions he has had on such matters with Cabinet colleagues. | | (190185) | 12
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received, and from whom, on the potential for combined heat and power technology to be included as part of the proposal for the power station at Kingsnorth in Kent; and what discussions he has had on the infrastructure required to (a) capture, (b) transport and (c) utilise the heat to be generated at the proposed Kingsnorth power station. | | (190186) | 13
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide likely to be emitted per annum from the proposed Kingsnorth power station and associated operational activities; what discussions he has had on such estimates with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) other Government offices and agencies; what representations he has received on this matter and from whom; what estimate he has made of the effect of such emissions on performance against Government targets for greenhouse gas emissions; and on what evidential basis such estimates of potential carbon dioxide emissions from Kingsnorth were founded. | | (190187) | 14
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans there are to (a) incorporate and (b) retro-fit carbon storage and capture technology in relation to the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent; what the estimated cost to the public purse is of such plans; what discussions he has had, and with whom, on such plans; what representations he has received on this matter and from whom; and if he will make a statement. | | (190188) | 15
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will hold a consultation on a suitable definition for the phrase carbon capture and storage ready as it applies to coal-fired power stations. | | (190220) | 16
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) non-governmental bodies on the public safety issues associated with permanently sequestering carbon dioxide, with particular reference to the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. | | (190223) | 17
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on whether low carbon energy generation technologies were considered for construction at Kingsnorth in Kent prior to the existing proposal for a coal-fired power station there. | | (190227) | 18
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the availability of carbon sinks in the UK suitable to store captured carbon dioxide from the proposed Kingsnorth power station; what representations he has received on this matter and from whom; and what estimate he has made of the likely costs of transporting carbon dixoide from Kingsnorth to the most likely site for storage. | | (190229) | 19
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what obligations the developer of the proposed coal-fired power plant at Kingsnorth is under to provide carbon capture and storage technology at the plant; what the arrangements are for defraying the cost of such technology; and if he will make a statement. | | (190230) | 20
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects that the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent to become operational in terms of (a) power generation and (b) carbon capture and storage; and what representations he has received on this matter, and from whom. | | (190232) | 21
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received from (a) local housing developers and estate agents and (b) other groups on the effect on regeneration projects and housing developments, including the Maritime Residential Park on the Medway, of the construction of the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. | | (190315) | 22
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on regeneration projects and housing developments of the construction of the proposed power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. | | (190321) | 23
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the timescale is for (a) demolition, (b) site remediation and (c) decommissioning of surplus operational areas in relation to the existing power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. | | (190322) | 24
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received, and from whom, on the (a) demolition, (b) site remediation and (c) decommissioning of surplus operational areas in relation to the existing power station at Kingsnorth in Kent. | | (190323) | 25
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make it his policy to appoint to the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board nuclear specialists from (a) environmental non-governmental organisations and (b) outside the nuclear industry. | | (190132) | 26
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, columns 559-60W, on wind power: noise, when he expects installation and product standards for micro wind turbines to be published. | | (189194) | 27
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he plans to take to preserve the competitiveness of the UK heatings controls manufacturing industry following implementation of the Energy-using Products Directive. | | (190079) | 28
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what restrictions there are on the use of internet domain names to prevent overseas businesses from describing themselves as UK companies. | | (189986) | 29
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions his Department have had with BAA on the potential disposal by BAA of one of its airports; and if he will make a statement. | | (190329) | 30
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what UK and European legislation governs whether goods may be labelled as made in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK. | | (190249) | 31
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will hold discussions with UK Coal on funding research into the links between levels of asthma in children and the proximity of (a) residential areas and (b) schools to open cast mining areas. | | (190005) | 32
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) grants and (b) training schemes are available through his Department for people (i) over 55 years old and (ii) in retirement to learn new job skills. | | (190012) | 33
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which blocks have been excluded from the 25th licensing round for oil and gas (a) on environmental grounds and (b) due to lack of data. | | (189423) | 34
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the designation of Pen Llyn and Pembrokeshire marine areas as special areas of conservation is compatible with oil and gas development; and if he will make a statement. | | (189424) | 35
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department and its predecessor received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190282) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 36
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the effective tax rates for (a) bingo and (b) other gaming products. | | (189824) | 37
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the use of a hacking tool or other malicious software enabling information to be (a) retrieved and (b) manipulated by a third party has been detected on a (i) network and (ii) computer in (A) his Department and (B) HM Revenue and Customs. | | (190336) | 38
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the review of data handling procedures by Kieran Poynter of PricewaterhouseCoopers will include an examination of potential data breaches connected with third parties hacking into computer systems of HM Revenue and Customs and other Government departments and agencies. | | (190337) | 39
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to re-establish the tax credits website. | | (190338) | 40
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what response his Department has made to the conclusion of the 2002 Sandler Review that the use of money from the inherited estate of with-profit funds to write new business distorts competition; and if he will make a statement. | | (190135) | 41
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many security specialists and security assurance and data protection and validation officers were employed by (a) HM Treasury, (b) HM Revenue and Customs and (c) other agencies in each region and county in each year since 2004. | | (189567) | 42
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from (a) the British Beer and Pub Association, (b) the Gin and Vodka Association, (c) the Scotch Whisky Association, (d) the Wine and Spirit Trade Association and (e) the National Association of Cider Makers on proposals to vary tax rates on alcoholic drinks. | | (190128) | 43
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths related to the misuse of zed tranquillisers were recorded in Wales where (a) such abuse was the only drug-related cause of death recorded and (b) misuse of other drugs was recorded as a contributory cause between 1999 and 2006. | | (190208) | 44
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultation the Office of National Statistics has undertaken on the inclusion of a question relating to sexual orientation on the 2011 census; and if he will make a statement. | | (190327) | 45
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of the number of UK residents who consider themselves to be (a) gay male, (b) bisexual male, (c) bisexual female and (d) transgender; and what methodology the Office uses to make such estimates. | | (190328) | 46
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has received advice from the Acting Government Actuary on the recommended minimum balance in the National Insurance Fund. | | (190048) | 47
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes were made on overhead apportionment between cost centres within his Department in financial year 2006-07; and what assessment he has made of the net effect on these changes on costs attributable to the provision of tax credits. | | (190013) | 48
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the 1,350 new posts created in the Tax Credits Office in 2006-07 have been filled; and how many of these new positions deal directly with (a) applications for and (b) overpayments of tax credits before 2006-07. | | (190014) | 49
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have applied to be removed from tax credit schemes since 2003. | | (190015) | 50
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average annual staff turnover has been in the Tax Credits Office since 2003. | | (190016) | 51
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals there have been in relation to decisions on tax credits since 2003. | | (190017) | 52
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many man hours officials in his Department spent on average on each tax credits claimant in each year for which figures are available. | | (190018) | 53
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in his Department's Tax Credits Office. | | (190019) | 54
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has encourage charitable trusts of financial institutions to contribute to good causes. | | (190063) | 55
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which financial institutions have charitable trusts; what assets each such trust holds; and how much each contributed to good causes in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (190064) | 56
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance has been issued to HM Revenue and Customs officers in assessing whether goods subject to excise duty are for personal use. | | (189883) | 57
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of cases appealing the seizure of excise goods by HM Revenue and Customs officers resulted in the restoration of goods to importers in the most recend period for which figures are available. | | (189884) | 58
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances goods subject to excise duties may be seized by HM Revenue and Customs officers where the total amount imported is within the personal allowance. | | (189885) | 59
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timescale is for ensuring that private finance initiative and private public partnership liabilities will henceforth be recorded as Government liabilities. | | (190037) | 60
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate Government borrowing since 1997 when calculated in line with the latest international financial reporting standards on the recording of private public partnership liabilities. | | (190038) | 61
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding for (a) private finance initiatives and (b) public private partnerships has been underwritten by (i) monoline insurers and (ii) monoline insurers that have recently been downgraded. | | (190300) | 62
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether mortgages classified by Northern Rock as undergoing a voluntary payment holiday are correctly so classified. | | (190301) | 63
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the consequences of a monoline insurance failure or downgrading for the ability of (a) private finance initiatives and (b) public private partnerships to fulfil their contractual obligations to the Government. | | (190303) | 64
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many suicides there were in Peterborough constituency in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnic origin. | | (190008) | 65
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy made by the motor manufacturing industry. | | (189985) | 66
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases of lung cancer were diagnosed in each cancer network in each year since 1997. | | (190040) | 67
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the totals for (a) other liabilities and (b) other assets listed in the Bank of England's consolidated statement of 20th February is directly related to its financial support for Northern Rock. | | (189886) | 68
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to dispose of Northern Rock's Guernsey-based subsidiary, Northern Rock Guernsey Ltd., following nationalisation. | | (189887) | 69
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what market price of gas was assumed in his Department's modelling of corporation tax revenues from the UK's oil and gas fields for the Budget Statement 2007 and Pre-Budget Statement 2007 projections. | | (189977) | 70
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding answer and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190294) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 71
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2008, Official Report, column 770W, on pupils: per capita costs, what the (a) current and (b) planned per capita costs are for students in Wirral. | | (189726) | 72
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to approve further public-private partnership projects to fund the building and refurbishing of schools in England. | | (190045) | 73
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children are recorded as missing from education, broken down by age; how many have been so recorded in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (190061) | 74
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many completed examination papers at (a) Key Stage 3, (b) GCSE and (c) A-level were lost in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (190177) | 75
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils in maintained schools were entered for mathematics A-level or AS-level in each year from 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (190346) | 76
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils in independent schools were entered for AS-level in each year from 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (190347) | 77
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teaching assistants were employed in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Enfield North in each of the last 10 years. | | (190257) | 78
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department provided to Enfield Council for youth services in each of the last 10 years; and what the real terms change was from each year to the next. | | (190258) | 79
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions from hon. Members for answer on a named day to his Department and its predecessor received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190291) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 80
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether his Department makes available a medical or healthcare service to its staff. | | (190248) | 81
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190290) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 82
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church Commissioners have made of the impact the level of thefts from churches has had on the average cost of insurance premiums for churches over the last three years. | | (190054) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 83
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the South West has held with other Government Ministers in her capacity as the Minister for the South West. | | (188911) | 84
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on preparations for the national strategy for housing in an ageing society. | | (190231) | 85
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the effect on its expenditure if free or subsidised bus shelters were no longer provided by advertising companies. | | (190006) | 86
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the effect on local authorities' expenditure of free or subsidised bus shelters provided by advertising companies. | | (190007) | 87
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department plans to spend on (a) the provision of new gypsy and traveller sites and (b) the refurbishment of existing gypsy and traveller sites in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) 2010-11. | | (190110) | 88
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department provided to the National Community Forum in each of the last three years; what funding it plans to provide in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (190111) | 89
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department provided to the Institute of Community Cohesion in each of the last three years; what funding it plans to provide in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (190112) | 90
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department plans to spend on (a) the development of the new web-based one stop shop on cohesion, (b) the deployment of teams to support areas undergoing particularly rapid change, (c) the programme of work to realise increased inter-faith dialogue and social interaction within communities and (d) placing work with key partners on a more strategic footing in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (iv) 2010-11, as referred to in the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. | | (190113) | 91
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to decide how the £8 million cohesion element of the Connecting Communities Plus grant programme referred to in the Government's reponse to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion will be distributed; what type of projects these grants will support; and if she will make a statement. | | (190114) | 92
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which regional improvement efficiency partnerships (RIEPs) will receive funding from the £3 million allocated for 2008 to 2011 to develop local capacity to tackle community cohesion challenges; what criteria will be used to allocate funding to them; what funding is planned for each local authority within each RIEP; on what criteria this funding will be allocated; on what type of projects these funds will be spent; how the effectiveness of the spending will be evaluated; and if she will make a statement. | | (190115) | 93
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities she expects to include Best Value Performance Indicators (a) No 1, (b) No 2 and (c) No 3 as one of their priority targets in their 2008 local area agreements. | | (190116) | 94
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the effectiveness of the community empowerment action plan referred to in the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion will be assessed; and if she will make a statement. | | (190117) | 95
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people her Department's Migration Directorate employs; what work it undertakes; and when it plans to publish the cross-Government action plan to ensure a co-ordinated approach to migration policy referred to in the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. | | (190120) | 96
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, where her Department plans to pilot specialist cohesion teams to support local authorities facing cohesion challenges; how many people the teams will comprise; what support they will provide; and if she will make a statement. | | (190121) | 97
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to (a) launch the single portal for cohesion guidance and (b) publish the cohesion contingency planning guidance referred to in the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. | | (190122) | 98
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who sat on the two citizens' juries held jointly by her Department and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on English for Speakers of Other Languages held in December 2007; and how they were selected. | | (190148) | 99
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to publish the results of the policy review of the private rented sector mentioned in the Government's Response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion; and if she will make a statement. | | (190150) | 100
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to issue revised guidance to local authorities about the strategic housing role and the preparation of housing strategies mentioned in the Government's Response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion; and if she will make a statement. | | (190151) | 101
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what ways her Department is improving the information available on migrants and housing; and how she plans to make this information available (a) locally and (b) nationally. | | (190152) | 102
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Local Government Association plan to publish the results of their review of social housing allocation, as mentioned in the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. | | (190153) | 103
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Housing Corporation plans to produce an assessment methodology for determining the impact of affordable housing investment decisions on community cohesion; and if she will make a statement. | | (190154) | 104
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to consider how recommendation 49 in Our Shared Future should be implemented. | | (190155) | 105
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to work with the Academy for Sustainable Communities to build on existing cohesion programmes; and what plans the Academy has to improve the skills of planning and housing practitioners on integration and cohesion matters. | | (190156) | 106
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to convene a panel of experts to consider recommendation 25 in Our Shared Future, on guidelines for local authorities on awarding public sector contracts to faith-based bodies; how many people will sit on the panel; and who will be invited to sit on it. | | (190157) | 107
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department's migration directorate plans to examine the business case for setting up a national body to manage the integration of new migrants, as referred to in the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. | | (190158) | 108
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to publish the guidance for local authorities on tension monitoring referred to in the Government's response to the Commission on Integration and Cohesion. | | (190159) | 109
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of her letter sent in reply to Mr Ed Murphy of Kent Road, Peterborough, on the planned residential development on the site in Peterborough known as the Grange Road Allotments. | | (189981) | 110
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to broaden the membership of local involvement networks compared to patients' forums; and what assessment she has made of the impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review funding settlement for local involvement networks on that broadening. | | (190252) | 111
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to her Department and its predecessors received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190283) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 112
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 1001, on planning permission: playing fields, if he will provide a break down of applications approved in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04 and (c) 2004-05 by region. | | (189628) | 113
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 323-4W, on digital switchover help scheme: finance, and following the appointment of Eaga as the preferred supplier, if he will place in the Library the report on the methodology and assumptions used to develop a model to estimate the costs of the help scheme; and provide the information requested in Questions (a) 184257, (b) 184270, (c) 184274 and (d) 184468, tabled by the hon. Member for Bath on 18th February 2008. | | (189971) | 114
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 313-4W, on the arts, how many people each percentage figure in the tables represents. | | (189972) | 115
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 314-5W, on the arts, how many people each percentage figure in the tables represents. | | (189973) | 116
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 333-4W, on sports, how many people each percentage figure in the tables represents. | | (189974) | 117
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 335W, on sports, how many people each percentage figure in the tables represents. | | (189975) | 118
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2008, Official Report, column 716W, on sports, how many people each percentage figure in the tables represents. | | (189976) | 119
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th February 2008, Official Report, column 1168W, on Capita, what travel services Capita provides for flights. | | (189991) | 120
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding was provided to the Football Foundation in each of the last three years. | | (190136) | 121
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public appointments he has made in the last 12 months; and to which positions those appointments were made. | | (190137) | 122
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding Sport England provided for each sport in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08. | | (190138) | 123
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many written parliamentary questions have been tabled for answer by his Department in Session 2007-08; and what the average number of days taken to answer them has been. | | (190241) | 124
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many archaeological finds made in Wales have been recorded under the Portable Antiquities Scheme. | | (189990) | 125
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is considering proposals to review the existing listing criteria for buildings of special architectural or historic interest that are less than 75 years old. | | (189970) | 126
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190284) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 127
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's translation and interpreting work is outsourced through framework agreements with commercial providers; and if he will make a statement. | | (189192) | 128
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the two licence instruments giving agreement to the limited continued use of process facilities for weapons assembly and disassembly at AWE Burghfield were issued; when his Department first required a warhead operations licence; and if he will make a statement. | | (190143) | 129
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) combat and (b) peacekeeping operations in Iraq in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (190062) | 130
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of soldiers in (a) non-commissioned and (b) commissioned ranks are from Commonwealth countries. | | (190046) | 131
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2008, Official Report, column 1494W, on military equipment: land mines, when the armed forces procured the Husky, known as Chubby vehicle sets; at what price they were purchased; when they were disposed of; to whom they were sold; and at what price they were sold. | | (190314) | 132
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190299) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 133
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding was provided by his Department to each of its arm's length bodies and gross controlled agencies in each of the last three years; what the annual variation in real terms was in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (189724) | 134
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was awarded from the public purse to the Co-operative Wholesale Society's farming division via countryside and land stewardship schemes and other Government-administered farm, environmental and landownership support schemes in respect of the Society's Stoughton farming estate within Harborough District and the Borough of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire in each year for which figures are available. | | (190127) | 135
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been initiated under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (a) in total and (b) in relation to alleged offences of excessive whipping of a racehorse; and if he will make a statement. | | (190047) | 136
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) assistance and (b) joint projects with Romania his Department (i) has undertaken and (ii) plans to undertake in the fields of (A) agriculture, (B) fisheries and (C) forestry. | | (190076) | 137
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration his Department has given to the establishment of progressive minimum standards for heating controls under the Energy-using Products Framework Directive. | | (190105) | 138
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Energy-using Products Framework Directive does not distort the market for such products. | | (190106) | 139
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which bodies his Department has consulted on the development of the Energy-using Products Framework Directive. | | (190109) | 140
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the Energy-using Products Directive complements the proposed UK strategy to develop the market for advanced heating controls. | | (190123) | 141
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will meet heating controls industry representatives to discuss the creation of a standard for heating controls. | | (190124) | 142
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the European Commission about application of provisions matching those in the proposed Energy-using Products Directive to boilers beyond the scope of the proposed Directive. | | (190125) | 143
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings with stakeholders during the three week consultation on the Energy-using Framework Directive period his Department has planned other than the consultation forum on 29th February. | | (190162) | 144
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration the Government has given to involving industry expertise in the development of a standard for heating controls distinct from that contained in the Energy-using Products Directive. | | (190166) | 145
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Energy-using Products Directive maximises carbon savings of heating controls. | | (190167) | 146
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of his Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies are concerned with animal health and welfare; whether an animal welfare specialist is on the board of each; and if he will make a statement. | | (189967) | 147
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which farms in (a) Essex and (b) Suffolk are eligible for the single farm payment; and how much was paid in respect of those farms in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (190173) | 148
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what responsibility his Department has for Government policy on levels of salt content in food. | | (190214) | 149
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with Consensus Action on Salt and Health on salt levels in food. | | (190215) | 150
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190285) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 151
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Minister for Asia had with the Japanese Foreign Minister in Tokyo in January on Japan's whaling programme in the Southern Ocean; and if he will make a statement. | | (189968) | 152
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the government of Mauritius on (a) the use of Diego Garcia and (b) the future military use of the Chagos Islands. | | (189820) | 153
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) his Department and (b) British Indian Ocean Territory officials have had with the US on the future military use of Diego Garcia and the Chagos archipelago. | | (189821) | 154
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his US counterparts first told him of the use of Diego Garcia for rendition flights; and what steps he took in response. | | (189822) | 155
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations have expressed concern to his Department at the use of Diego Garcia for rendition flights since 2002; what steps he took in response to their comments; and what responses were provided. | | (189823) | 156
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British Indian Ocean Territory officials are based in Diego Garcia; what access they have to US military commanders; and to whom they report. | | (189825) | 157
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions British Embassies and Consulates have been subject to (a) data security breaches, (b) physical intrusion and (c) incidents which have compromised the physical integrity of the premises or the safety of staff since 1997; and what the nature of each incident was. | | (189987) | 158
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether progress was made during Liu Guijin's visit to the UK on co-operation between the UK and China on issues pertaining to Darfur and Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (189993) | 159
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of people executed in Sudan in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (189994) | 160
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports of clashes between the Misseriya and Dinka in Southern Kordofan. | | (189995) | 161
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Sudan on attacks carried out by Sudanese government forces in West Darfur since 8th February and the impact of the violence on the humanitarian situation there; and if he will make a statement. | | (189996) | 162
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of his Department's translation and interpreting work is outsourced through framework agreements with commercial providers; and if he will make a statement. | | (189193) | 163
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), whether he plans to (a) review and (b) seek changes to the agreement between the UK and the US on the military use of the Chagos Islands. | | (190233) | 164
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss the use of European banking systems to facilitate (a) tax evasion and (b) criminal activity on the part of UK citizens with the EU Council of Ministers. | | (190065) | 165
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will give guidance to UK consulates on the procurement of UK-built cars for ambassadors and staff. | | (189606) | 166
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of cars used by UK ambassadors and staff; and how many of the cars were built in the UK. | | (189607) | 167
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the earthquake in Indonesia's western province of Aceh. | | (189608) | 168
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Vietnam's position as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. | | (189609) | 169
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Vietnamese government on its role on the UN Security Council, with particular reference to that country's relations with China. | | (189610) | 170
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on the violence at the Bolton Wanderers versus Atletico Madrid football match in Madrid on 21st February 2008. | | (190041) | 171
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department takes to protect non-violent British football supporters when they attend football matches in other countries. | | (190044) | 172
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Government-sponsored collaboration there is between UK (a) scientists and (b) public servants and their counterparts working on Project Coast in South Africa. | | (186458) | 173
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's involvement with South Africa's Project Coast. | | (186459) | 174
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what competence the Government has in respect of (a) the appointment, (b) the suspension and (c) the dismissal of any chief justice in an overseas territory; and if he will make a statement. | | (186460) | 175
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support calls for a universal arms embargo on Burma and to introduce such an embargo through the UN Security Council. | | (189963) | 176
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support calls for targeted banking sanctions against members of the military regime in Burma. | | (189964) | 177
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to urge the government of Singapore to introduce a visa ban on members of Burma's military regime to prevent them from entering Singapore for any reason. | | (189965) | 178
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will reopen the UK mission to Equatorial Guinea. | | (190237) | 179
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will (a) put in place increased British consular resources in Equatorial Guinea and (b) establish a temporary consular office in Malabo. | | (190326) | 180
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations were made to the Israeli authorities following the attempted arrest of General Almog in September 2005 on the denial of police access to the El Al aeroplane at Heathrow Airport. | | (190351) | 181
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has obtained assurances from the Israeli authorities on the co-operation of armed Israeli air marshals with UK police officers in the lawful execution of their duty on aircraft on British soil. | | (190352) | 182
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190298) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 183
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with learning disabilities were employed by each NHS trust in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (190009) | 184
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes where the admission method was via accident and emergency for an alcohol related diagnosis there were in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS trust. | | (190344) | 185
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) improvement plans, (b) warning letters, (c) statutory requirement notices, (d) changes to conditions of registration and (e) cancellations of registration were imposed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) in each category of care in each year since CSCI was established. | | (190313) | 186
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) responsible managers and (b) registered persons were (i) cautioned and (ii) prosecuted by the Commission for Social Care Inspection in each year since the Commission was established. | | (190330) | 187
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Food and Drink Advertising and Promotion Forum is scheduled to (a) next meet and (b) publish codes on the promotion of unhealthy foods to children across non-broadcast media. | | (189988) | 188
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of the Alcohol Health Alliance. | | (190129) | 189
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of deaths were alcohol-related for (a) men and (b) women in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (190130) | 190
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether tranquillisers are used by (a) the National Treatment Agency and (b) drug action teams as treatments for substance misusers for a period of more than two weeks. | | (190207) | 191
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of babies born with a tranquilliser addiction have a permanent impairment as a consequence of their addiction. | | (190209) | 192
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients who are addicted only to tranquillisers prescribed by their doctors were treated by the National Treatment Agency Service in each year from 1999 to 2006. | | (190345) | 193
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what legal advice his Department has received on the compatibility of the ban on gay men giving blood with anti-discrimination legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (190213) | 194
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to protect workers in the food industry from the effects of the food flavouring chemical diacetyl; and if he will make a statement. | | (190069) | 195
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of the food flavouring chemical diacetyl on workers in the food manufacturing industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (190070) | 196
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research the Government has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of climate change on public health in the last 10 years. | | (189983) | 197
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to encourage people to become organ donors over the last five years. | | (189984) | 198
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Official Report, column 310W, on NHS: questionnaires, what the cost to the public purse was of each questionnaire on which his Department has worked with Ipsos MORI in financial year 2007-08. | | (190139) | 199
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the role of lung cancer clinical nurse specialists in the patient journey and in multi-disciplinary teams. | | (190039) | 200
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in waiting times for appointments with specialist teams on service quality and the standard of care provided to patients with diabetes. | | (190260) | 201
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 300W, on NHS: standards, whether the team of experts appointed by NHS Employers and the British Medical Association submitted reports to Ministers to inform the review of the Quality and Outcomes Framework for 2008-09. | | (190244) | 202
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will include a National Patient Safety Agency representative on the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board. | | (190245) | 203
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people currently ineligible for social care who will become eligible as a result of implementation of (a) the measures in the review of access to services and (b) the proposals to be contained in the forthcoming green paper. | | (190246) | 204
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons indicators of undernutrition were not included in the list of vital signs published in his Department's Operational Plans 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (190250) | 205
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to give local involvement networks (a) a larger budget than patient forums and (b) year-on-year budgetary increases. | | (190251) | 206
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to require the Healthcare Commission to include the monitoring of private patient transport services provided for NHS patients in the annual health check. | | (190253) | 207
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to require the National Centre for Involvement to provide information, advice and learning opportunities to patients, NHS service users and local involvement network members to improve consultation at national, regional and local level in the NHS. | | (190254) | 208
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide funding for local involvement networks to establish regional and national networks to monitor cancer networks, mental health services, ambulance services and other health services commissioned regionally and nationally. | | (190255) | 209
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the redesign and implementation of his new departmental website. | | (190256) | 210
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to define the core purpose of each specific unscheduled care service with reference to the British Association for Emergency Medicine's guidelines. | | (189966) | 211
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) second and (b) third abortions were carried out in England and Wales in 2007. | | (189982) | 212
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were seen by out of hours GP services in (a) Enfield and (b) Enfield North in each of the last 10 years. | | (190174) | 213
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what responsibility his Department has for Government policy on the effects of salt intake on health. | | (190216) | 214
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with Consensus Action on Salt and Health on salt intake in diet and health. | | (190217) | 215
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190297) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 216
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the establishment of alcohol disorder zones; and when such zones are planned to become operational. | | (190340) | 217
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ratify the Cybercrime Convention; and when she expects ratification to take place. | | (190341) | 218
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department (a) spent on and (b) committed to the Police Portal; why the Police Portal was withdrawn; what plans she has to introduce a secure online crime reporting system for use by police forces; and if she will make a statement. | | (190342) | 219
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend free travel on mainline railways in London to volunteer special police constables within the Metropolitan Police Service; and if she will make a statement. | | (190160) | 220
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, columns 585-6W, on opium: crops, what tonnage of opium crop was produced from each location in each year. | | (189725) | 221
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been removed from the UK under regulation 21 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006. | | (190325) | 222
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often the Migration Advisory Committee has met; who attended the meetings; what advice it has provided on cohesion and integration issues; and if she will make a statement. | | (190118) | 223
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often the Migration Impact Forum has met; who attended the meetings; what information it has provided on the impacts of migration on communities and public services; what advice it has provided on cohesion and integration issues; and if she will make a statement. | | (190119) | 224
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the granting of full citizenship would be delayed for those granted probationary citizenship should (a) a family member be found guilty of an offence and (b) the individual lose a case in the civil courts. | | (190144) | 225
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to increase capacity in the immigration detention and removal estate; what the planned capacity of the estate is for (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013; and what discussions she has had with (i) the Secretary of State for Justice, (ii) HM Prison Service, (iii) other Government departments, (iv) local authorities and (v) private sector representatives on the acquisition of new sites for the estate. | | (190149) | 226
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which benefits the Government considers to be mainstream benefits, as referred to in her Department's Green Paper, A Pathway to Citizenship. | | (190178) | 227
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) participation in the activities of political parties and (b) preaching of religion by migrants holding probationary citizenship will count as active citizenship, as outlined in her Department's Green Paper, A Pathway to Citizenship. | | (190181) | 228
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department plans to verify claims of active citizenship on the part of migrants granted probationary citizenship; and what discussions officals in her Department have had with (a) representatives of the voluntary sector, (b) local authorities and (c) other bodies on their roles in the verification process. | | (190182) | 229
| 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 within the Animal Procedures Committee's (APC) 2005 report on the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, if she will make a statement on her Department's response to the APC's Recommendation 4. | | (190050) | 230
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account she takes of whether overstayers without leave to remain are terminally ill and receiving life-sustaining hospital care in deciding whether they should be removed from the country. | | (189980) | 231
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police applications to covertly monitor and record conversations between defendants and their legal representatives were approved in each of the last five years. | | (190302) | 232
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions were held between Greater Manchester Police and the Madrid Police on the prevention of violence at the Bolton Wanderers versus Atletico Madrid football match on 21st February. | | (190043) | 233
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were charged or cautioned for robbery in Peterborough City Council area in each year since 1997. | | (189979) | 234
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqi citizens have applied for the UK Gateway Programme since its inception. | | (189888) | 235
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which the most common countries of origin are for people trafficked into the UK. | | (190077) | 236
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued on Trusted Partners consulted by the Metropolitan Police Service National Community Tension Team. | | (190348) | 237
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are made by the relevant authorities on potential links between Trusted Partners and foreign governments; and what risk assessment is made in each case in relation to the sharing of confidential information. | | (190349) | 238
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in relation to the Trusted Partner consulted in advance of the attempted arrest of General Almog in September 2005, what investigation has been conducted into the potential communication of information to Israeli diplomats by that Trusted Partner. | | (190350) | 239
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the good practice guidance for social networking and user interactive services to be published; and what discussions she has had with the multi-stakeholder project group working on this. | | (190224) | 240
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with internet search providers on tackling the use of search engines to provide (a) illegal and (b) harmful internet content. | | (190225) | 241
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to encourage internet service providers to reduce children's access to harmful internet content. | | (190226) | 242
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of recorded crimes were detected using DNA from the National DNA database in each month since it became operational; and if she will make a statement. | | (190211) | 243
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to her Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190286) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 244
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent in each of the last two years on the refurbishment of the Press restaurant. | | (190304) | 245
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the costs to the Commission were of the provision of facilities to the Parliamentary Press Gallery in each of the last five years. | | (190305) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 246
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what notification is required to be given to recipients of student loans on changes in the interest rates charged on such loans. | | (190343) | 247
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which further education colleges worked with his Department to prepare the consultation document, The Role of Further Education Providers in Promoting Community Cohesion, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent Extremism; and how those colleges were selected. | | (190145) | 248
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how his Department plans to work with key national student/learner organisations in order to raise awareness of risks including violent extremism; and if he will make a statement. | | (190146) | 249
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how he plans to ensure that further education colleges have in place plans to respond to incidents of violent extremism. | | (190147) | 250
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when the research undertaken by the Learning and Skills Council on issues faced in engaging young Muslims in further education, referred to in the consultation document, The Role of Further Education Providers in Promoting Community Cohesion, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent Extremism, will be published. | | (190179) | 251
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) principals and (b) chief executives of further education colleges have been sent a copy of the consultation document, The Role of Further Education Providers in Promoting Community Cohesion, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent Extremism. | | (190180) | 252
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of his Department's student juries. | | (190234) | 253
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership contracts his Department is party to. | | (190235) | 254
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the absence rate amongst his Department's staff was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (190236) | 255
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many written parliamentary questions have been tabled for answer by his Department this Session; and what the average number of days taken to answer them was. | | (190240) | 256
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the budget for the National Student Forum is for 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (190261) | 257
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost to his Department is of changing the Science and Engineering Network to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network; and if he will make a statement. | | (190262) | 258
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the electricity bill for his Department was in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (190263) | 259
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprentices are working on London 2012 projects. | | (190264) | 260
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people went into higher education from (a) Enfield and (b) Enfield North in each of the last 10 years. | | (190259) | 261
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) grants and (b) training schemes are available through his Department for people (i) over 55 years old and (ii) in retirement to learn new job skills. | | (190010) | 262
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of public expenditure on training was spent on courses primarily designed to improve regulatory compliance in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (190175) | 263
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of those providing apprenticeship training courses have had their contracts terminated as a result of poor performance since 2001. | | (190176) | 264
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions from hon. Members for answer on a named day received by his Department and its predecessors have received a (a) holding answer and (b) substantive answer by the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 265
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, columns 753-4W, on Vietnam, what international guidelines apply to concentrations of dioxin; and what the concentrations of dioxins are in those hotspots of serious contamination in Vietnam. | | (190168) | 266
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, columns 753-4W, on Vietnam: chemical weapons, how many Vietnamese have been identified as victims of Agent Orange (a) inside and (b) outside areas which were sprayed; and what estimate has been made of the numbers of as yet unborn people who will be affected. | | (190169) | 267
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he will reply to the letter of 13th November 2007 from the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean, on IMF and World Bank contributions. | | (189882) | 268
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the level of poverty in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (189997) | 269
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of levels of (a) youth, (b) female and (c) total unemployment in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (189998) | 270
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) children and (b) girls enrolled in (i) primary and (ii) secondary education in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (189999) | 271
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of students enrolled in tertiary education in Kosovo, broken down by sex; and if he will make a statement. | | (190000) | 272
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the levels of (a) infant and (b) maternal mortality in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (190001) | 273
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the prevalence of (a) HIV/AIDS and (b) tuberculosis in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (190002) | 274
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of supply of (a) electricity and (b) water in Afghanistan; what assessment he has made of such availability in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (190003) | 275
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of Kosovo's (a) gross national income and (b) average earnings per head of population in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (190004) | 276
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190287) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 277
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the report of his consultation on Fees for the Marked Register of Electors. | | (189989) | 278
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young people appearing before restorative peer panels in (a) Preston and (b) England subsequently broke contractual obligations agreed with the panel in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (189719) | 279
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ages have been of the young people who have appeared before restorative peer panels in (a) Preston and (b) England since the hearings started. | | (189720) | 280
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been (a) heard and (b) resolved by restorative peer panels in (i) Preston and (ii) England since the hearings started. | | (189721) | 281
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which offences restorative peer panels may be used. | | (189722) | 282
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contract options have been taken up by young people appearing before restorative peer panels in (a) Preston and (b) England since their inception. | | (189723) | 283
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the certified normal accommodation was for (a) each prison and (b) the prison estate in each month since November 2007. | | (188195) | 284
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the operational capacity was for (a) each prison and (b) the prison estate in each month since November 2007. | | (188196) | 285
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value of the initial contract awarded to each contracted-out prison currently in operation was; and what the operational cost of each contracted-out prison was in each of the last five years. | | (188238) | 286
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of each contracted-out prison has been (a) per prison place and (b) per prisoner in each of the last five years. | | (188239) | 287
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were accommodated on 22nd February in (a) police cells, (b) court cells, (c) ClearSprings accommodation, (d) cells with a certified normal capacity of (i) one and (ii) two fewer than the number of people they were holding, (e) cells which do not form part of the prison's normal accommodation and (f) any other form of temporary or emergency accommodation. | | (189815) | 288
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were on End of Custody Licence on 22nd February. | | (189816) | 289
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how his Department defines a prisoner in an open prison who absconds and fails to return. | | (189817) | 290
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there have been any changes to the criteria for recording absconds or other unauthorised absences from open prisons since 1997. | | (189818) | 291
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many failures to return there have been to open prisons since 1997. | | (189819) | 292
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget for HM Prison Wymott was in financial year 2007-08; and what its proposed budget is for 2008-09. | | (190078) | 293
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have absconded from HMP Peterborough in each quarter since 1st April 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (190020) | 294
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the Children and Family Courts Advisory and Support Service no longer has key stakeholders. | | (189978) | 295
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has given to electoral registration officers on the promotion of credit referencing as a reason to apply for inclusion on an electoral roll on council-maintained websites. | | (190066) | 296
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether electoral registration form RP 12 reflects the legal residency qualifications required of Commonwealth citizens to register. | | (190067) | 297
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether section 5 of the electoral registration form RP 12 identifies those individuals entitled to register as electors in Great Britain. | | (190068) | 298
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of legal advice for prisoners in adjudication proceedings in each of the last three years in each prison. | | (189442) | 299
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of education in each prison in each of the last three years. | | (189443) | 300
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department and its predecessor received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190288) | Questions to the Leader of the House 301
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Leader of the House, how much staff of each grade in her Office spent on first class travel in the last 12 month period for which information is available. | | (189992) | 302
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Leader of the House, what representations she has received on the work of the World Squares for All Steering Group; what (a) political and (b) official representation the House has on the group; what submissions have been made by the House to the group; and what discussions she has had with other Ministers about the group. | | (190140) | 303
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Leader of the House, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions from hon. Members for answer on a named day received by her Office have received a (a) holding answer and (b) substantive answer by the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190295) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 304
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect on voter turnout of the need for electors to provide a proof of identification at polling stations in Northern Ireland since 2002. | | (190071) | 305
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what representations he has received from electors who have been refused a ballot paper at an election in Northern Ireland since 2002 because of their inability to provide a required form of identification. | | (190072) | 306
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190280) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 307
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many staff in each salary band are employed in the management of the London 2012 Olympics. | | (190239) | Questions to the Prime Minister 308
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to publish the names of people he invites to Chequers. | | (190247) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 309
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190281) | Questions to the Solicitor General 310
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Solicitor General, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions from hon. Members for answer on a named day to the Solicitor General have received a (a) holding answer and (b) substantive answer by the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190278) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 311
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has provided to electoral registration officers on the promotion of credit referencing as a reason to apply for inclusion on an electoral roll on council-maintained websites. | | (190141) | 312
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has provided advice to the Government on updating Electoral Registration form, RP12, on the legal residency qualifications necessary for Commonwealth citizens to register. | | (190142) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 313
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the use of a hacking tool or other malicious software enabling information to be (a) retrieved and (b) manipulated by a third party has been detected on a (i) network or (ii) computer in her Department. | | (190335) | 314
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to implement the findings of the recently published study by her Department of trials of longer, heavier vehicles. | | (190170) | 315
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides on train cab design best practice. | | (190171) | 316
| Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the findings of the Railway Pensions Commission's final report. | | (190172) | 317
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make people with mental health illnesses eligible for the national concessionary fares scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (190049) | 318
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason laptops and hand-held devices issued within the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency have been recalled; what effect this recall is expected to have on enforcement and other activities; and when it is expected that all laptops and hand-held devices will be reissued to staff. | | (190238) | 319
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of the Senior Civil Service in her Department resigned and received a payment on leaving the Civil Service in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007. | | (190242) | 320
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether delegated examiners may conduct driving tests for candidates who (a) they have personally trained and (b) have been trained by an organisation where the delegated examiner is the head of training; and if she will make a statement. | | (190243) | 321
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many visits she has made to Heathrow Airport to meet representatives of (a) businesses and the aviation industry and (b) local residents associations affected by Heathrow expansion in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008 to date. | | (189605) | 322
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she received the Inspectors' Report on the A1 upgrade to motorway status between Dishforth and Barton; and when she expects to take a decision on the report. | | (190210) | 323
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to enable operators in tidal Category C waters to obtain a Boatmaster's licence under the new Boatmasters Licence Scheme. | | (189318) | 324
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the time taken to introduce the new examination procedure for candidates wishing to take their Boatmaster's examination; and if she will take steps to ensure that these arrangements will be in place before the start of the tourist season in March 2008. | | (189447) | 325
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects her Department's review of the operation of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to report. | | (190222) | 326
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what occasions the A12 has been closed between the M25 and Ipswich in the last three years; and what the location and the duration of each closure was. | | (190228) | 327
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions from hon. Members for answer on a named day received by her Department have received a (a) holding answer and (b) substantive answer by the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190293) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 328
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans on what timetable have been agreed by his Department and the Environment Agency Wales for the removal of toxic waste from Brofiscin quarry; what estimate he has made of the associated costs; and who is liable to meet such costs. | | (190073) | 329
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of (i) Agent Orange derivatives, (ii) PCBs and (iii) dioxins on (A) current and (B) future residents in areas around Brofiscin quarry; and if he will make a statement. | | (190074) | 330
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to act against those responsible for the illegal dumping of toxic waste at Brofiscin quarry. | | (190075) | 331
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190289) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 332
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to the Government Equalities Office received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190292) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 333
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the likely effect of restricting the back-dating of (a) housing benefit and (b) pension credit on (i) homelessness, (ii) eviction levels and (iii) pensioner poverty. | | (190306) | 334
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is issued by his Department to local authorities on issuing discretionary housing payments to (a) all those in receipt of housing benefit and (b) those in receipt of the single room rent. | | (190307) | 335
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what barriers to work for benefit claimants his Department has identified; and how his Department defines barriers to work. | | (190308) | 336
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of payments made from the social fund were made to people who were awaiting the outcome of benefit applications in the last five years; and what consideration his Department has given to the idea of introducing advance payments for people awaiting the outcome of benefit applications. | | (190309) | 337
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policy co-ordination takes place between his Department and the Department for Communities and Local Government to ensure that the housing benefit system supports the Government's objectives on homelessness prevention. | | (190310) | 338
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to personal advisers helping lone parents. | | (190311) | 339
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance and information his Department provides to lone parents on tax credit entitlement in the second year after returning to work. | | (190312) | 340
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the outcome was of his Department's review of the operation of the single room rent. | | (190332) | 341
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the quantity of accommodation that meets the criteria for eligibility for the single room rent. | | (190333) | 342
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform about the role of employers in relation to Government policy to move benefit claimants into employment. | | (190334) | 343
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people with learning disabilities employed in (a) the public sector and (b) the NHS. | | (189969) | 344
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the use of a hacking tool or other malicious software enabling departmental information to be (a) retrieved and (b) manipulated by a third party has been detected on a (i) network, (ii) computer or (iii) database within his Department's responsibilities. | | (190339) | 345
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners there were in Aberavon constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (190218) | 346
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the New Deal has assisted into work, training and work experience in Aberavon constituency since its inception, broken down by New Deal category. | | (190219) | 347
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claimed each type of benefit in (a) Aberavon constituency and (b) Wales in each year since 1979. | | (190221) | 348
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming their state pension who have never worked and have claimed out-of-work benefits. | | (190053) | 349
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were eligible for winter fuel payments in each local authority area in Hampshire did not claim payments in each of the last five years for which information is available. | | (190036) | 350
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will answer Question 177307, tabled on 7th January for answer on 10th January, on the recording of individuals' political opinions. | | (189881) | 351
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) grants and (b) training schemes are available through his Department for people (i) over 55 years old and (ii) in retirement to learn new job skills. | | (190011) | 352
| Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Parliamentary questions for answer on a named day to his Department received a (a) holding and (b) substantive answer on the named day in each year since 2001. | | (190279) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 353
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether DNA samples of soldiers taken under the voluntary DNA sampling scheme will be stored on the National DNA database; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (190212) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 354
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has provided to (a) local authorities and (b) voluntary agencies on women whose insecure immigration status is being assessed on the no recourse to public funds rule in the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; if she will bring forward proposals to amend the Act to provide funding for such women; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (190051) | 355
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide funding for (a) legal aid and (b) safe accommodation for women with undecided immigration status who are victims of domestic violence or abuse while their immigration status is being assessed. | | [Transferred] (190052) | 356
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with UEFA officials on the violence during the Bolton Wanderers versus Atletico Madrid football match in Madrid on 21st February. | | [Transferred] (190042) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 357
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to lay before Parliament the agreement between the UK and Jamaica on the transfer of Jamaican prisoners; and what estimate he has made of the average cost of repatriating a Jamaican prisoner. | | [Transferred] (190324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 358
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of enforcement procedures under Part 5 of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 relating to the rights of blind or partially sighted people to travel with their guide dogs. | | [Transferred] (190331) |
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