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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 3 March 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 3 March 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 3 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 3 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 3 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consideration he gives to risks to bottlenose dolphin populations when determining licences for oil and gas extraction. | | (191411) | 2
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many apprenticeships have been completed by women since 1997. | | (191399) | 3
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many black and ethnic minority people have completed apprenticeships since 1997. | | (191400) | 4
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many disabled people have completed apprenticeships since 1997. | | (191401) | 5
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which sectors of UK business provide the largest number of apprenticeships. | | (191402) | 6
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 656W, on private sector: redundancy, whether his Department is currently considering provision of funding under the Selective Finance for Investment in England scheme. | | (191496) | 7
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) funding and (b) other resources his Department plans to commit to the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. | | (191458) | 8
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on methods of overcoming intermittency in production of electricity from renewable energy sources. | | (191460) | 9
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made on the Government's proposals for corporate social responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (191103) | 10
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 651W, on the fossil fuel levy: Scotland, whether a transfer of funds from the fossil fuel levy to the Scottish Consolidated Fund would be ring-fenced for renewable energy purposes. | | (190914) | 11
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 407-8W, to the hon. Member for Chichester, on the union modernisation fund, if he will publish any declarations of political activity made by each of the members of the Independent Supervisory Board. | | (191502) | 12
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last three years. | | (191529) | 13
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 23rd January, on mobile telephone dealers. | | (191224) | 14
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress his Department has made on its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191495) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 15
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with HM Revenue and Customs and the Department of Work and Pensions on proposals to tax 420,000 small pensions retrospectively for the tax year 2007-08; if he will place in the Library a copy of Treasury Counsel's opinion to HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement. | | (190846) | 16
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the total tax liability that would be incurred by pensioners under HM Revenue and Customs' proposals to tax 420,000 small pensions retrospectively for the year 2007-08, (b) the income profile of the individuals affected and (c) the average income of those affected; and if he will make a statement. | | (190847) | 17
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what communications have been sent from (a) HM Revenue and Customs to pensions providers, (b) HM Revenue and Customs to the individuals concerned and (c) from pension providers to the individuals concerned to inform them about the proposed retrospective tax liability that would be incurred by 420,000 small pensions for the tax year 2007-08; when they were sent; and if he will make a statement. | | (190848) | 18
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people affected by his decision to levy tax on pension funds above £1.8 million rather than of £1.4 million and (b) the effect on revenue to the Exchequer of (i) his decision to levy tax on pension funds above £1.8 million instead of £1.4 million, (ii) his decision to levy tax on pension funds above £1.4 million at 55 per cent. rather than 60 per cent. and (iii) his decision to delay the introduction of the 55 per cent. tax on pension funds above £1.4 million until 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (190849) | 19
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have been brought by HM Revenue and Customs against buy-to-let landlords alleged to have (a) claimed too much tax relief on mortgage payments and (b) under-stated rental income or capital gains in 2007-08. | | (191628) | 20
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs investigations into employers alleged to be paying less than the minimum wage (a) have been undertaken since 1999 and (b) were undertaken in each year since 1999; and how many criminal prosecutions followed such investigations in each year. | | (191629) | 21
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on Exchequer revenue in 2007-08 of cancellation of the benefit in kind rule on company-owned second homes abroad; and whether any repayments have been made of tax previously collected under this rule. | | (191630) | 22
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the EU Capital Requirements Directive on the liquidity of Northern Rock in the last 12 months. | | (191583) | 23
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the EU Capital Requirements Directive on the competitiveness of the City of London. | | (191584) | 24
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy of his Department is in relation to people suspected of the theft of information about taxpayers from the Government. | | (191423) | 25
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that people whose tax credit claims are being dealt with clerically receive promptly the healthy start vouchers to which they are entitled. | | (191572) | 26
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of tax credits are being dealt with clerically. | | (191573) | 27
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to lay the Main Estimates for 2008-09 before the House. | | (191680) | 28
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Libary a copy of the Public Sector Building Non-housing (PUBSEC) index, rebased to 2000, for each quarter of each financial from since 1990 to 2000. | | (191683) | 29
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate of the Gross Domestic Product deflator at market prices, where 2006-07 equals 100, is for financial years 2007-08 to 2010-11. | | (191684) | 30
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007, if he will place in the Library a copy of the methodology and calculations that provide the basis for his statement that defence expenditure will rise by 1.5 per cent. in real terms between 2008-09 and 2010-11. | | (191686) | 31
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Libary a copy of the seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product (Expenditure) deflator (YBGB), rebased to 2000, for each quarter of financial years 1990-2000 to 2007-08. | | (191687) | 32
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of first time buyers who took out mortgages with a loan to value ratio of 90 per cent. or more in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (191676) | 33
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have had their national insurance records lost during the last 12 months; what his policy is on paying benefits and pensions to those people; and if he will make a statement. | | (190998) | 34
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the level of value added tax payable by bingo clubs; and if he will make a statement. | | (191566) | 35
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) value added tax and (b) other tax was paid by bingo clubs in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available; what estimate he has made of loss of tax revenue from the closure of clubs in (i) the current financial year and (ii) the next fnancial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (191567) | 36
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in the bingo industry; what forecast he has made of the size of that workforce in February 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (191569) | 37
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191521) | 38
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 29th January, transferred from the Ministry of Justice (PO reference: 7/15515/2008), on the Financial Ombudsman Service. | | (191220) | 39
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 3rd January, about the aboliton of the 10 per cent. tax band for pensioners (PO reference: 1/53530/2008). | | (191223) | 40
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191478) | 41
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of (a) the House of Commons and (b) the House of Lords are registered as non-domiciled for tax purposes. | | (191498) | 42
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on revenue from amusement machine licence duty of bingo club closures in the last 12 months. | | (191237) | 43
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many replies to hon. Members' correspondence on constituency cases from the Preston tax credit office were signed by the Director of that office in the last 12 months. | | (191232) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 44
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans his Department has to include further guidance to local authorities on cases involving children who have been groomed in Working Together to Safeguard Children. | | (191439) | 45
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made on his Department's proposals to replace Safeguarding Children Involved in Prostitution with broader guidance aimed at safeguarding children from sexual exploitation, including those who have been groomed over the internet; and when he expects to publish this new guidance. | | (191440) | 46
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent representations he has received from (a) the Association of Police Authorities, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service, (c) the Local Government Association and (d) children's charities on strengthening the law to protect children who have been groomed. | | (191441) | 47
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions he had with the Home Office on strengthening the law to protect children who have been groomed. | | (191442) | 48
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to answer Questions (a) 181521 and (b) 181612 on departmental travel, tabled on 21st January 2008, by the hon. Member for Taunton; and what the reason for the time taken to respond is. | | (191403) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many graduates educated at (a) Oxford or Cambridge University and (b) a Russell Group University entered teaching in each year since 1997. | | (191497) | 50
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will break down, by subhead in (a) near cash and (b) non cash terms his Department's (i) gross resource outturn, (ii) operating appropriations in aid outturn, (iii) gross capital outturn and (iv) non-operating appropriations in aid outturn for financial years 2001-02 to 2006-07. | | (191765) | 51
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what studies his Department has (a) conducted and (b) reviewed on the ideal size of state schools in urban and rural areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (190657) | 52
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether Milton Keynes Unitary Authority made an application for the safety value fund before the closing date of 29th February. | | (188811) | 53
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the application by Milton Keynes Unitary Authority for the safety valve fund was for. | | (189195) | 54
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last three years. | | (191514) | 55
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191494) | 56
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in England have school travel plans. | | (191698) | 57
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in England have received public funding to help develop or implement school travel plans, broken down by local authority area. | | (191699) | 58
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school walking bus schemes there are in England. | | (191700) | 59
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in England have received public funds to help develop or implement walking bus schemes, broken down by local authority area. | | (191701) | 60
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools make provision for Bikeability training. | | (191702) | 61
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have received funding for Bikeability training, broken down by local authority area. | | (191703) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 62
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what progress has been made towards ensuring third sector organisations providing services in Shipley constituency are awarded three year contracts. | | (191585) | 63
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the proportion of contracts awarded to third sector organisations that provide services in Shipley constituency that are three year contracts. | | (191586) | 64
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate his Department has made of the number of staff in the Civil Service who are classified as without posts. | | (191501) | 65
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by the Cabinet Office in each of the last three years. | | (191527) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 66
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much had been received by (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Newcastle-upon-Tyne under the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive by 31st December 2007; how much each was entitled to under the provisions of the scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (190960) | 67
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has contributed through Bridging Newcastle Gateshead to costs for (a) the strategic housing staff capacity of the City of Newcastle and (b) (i) the EDAW consultancy and (ii) other consultancy costs incurred in (A) the preparation of the North Central Plan and (B) in relation to the Benwell Scotswood Plan. | | (191626) | 68
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what involvement her Department had in the Ecobuild 2008 Exhibition and Conference. | | (191459) | 69
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides for retrofitting grey water collection and distribution systems to blocks of flats when they are refurbished. | | (191462) | 70
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with HM Treasury on standardisation of the definition of a zero-carbon house. | | (191463) | 71
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to promote innovation in the development of thermal insulation materials to be fitted to existing housing stock. | | (191464) | 72
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what responsibility Dorset Fire and Rescue Service is planned to have in relation to aquatic events hosted at Weymouth as part of the 2012 Olympic Games; and how many marine craft Dorset Fire and Rescue Service has. | | (191233) | 73
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire engines were operating in Dorset Fire and Rescue Service in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007-08. | | (191234) | 74
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) full-time and (b) retained fire stations have been closed in Dorset since 1997. | | (191235) | 75
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average response time of Dorset Fire and Rescue Service to emergency call-outs was in each of the last 24 months. | | (191236) | 76
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the factors to which local planning authorities and regional planning bodies must have regard as set out in paragraph 33 of Planning Policy Statement 3 (Housing), what the (a) remit and (b) scope is of her Department's study of the level of housing development in the West Midlands; and if she will make a statement. | | (191561) | 77
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications for the protection of (a) greenfield sites and (b) Green Belt land in the West Midlands of the planned level of housing development (i) set out in the West Midlands Spatial Strategy and (ii) most recently proposed. | | (191562) | 78
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methods she plans to use in future to assess the efficacy of private sector investment in the Thames Gateway area; and if she will make a statement. | | (191593) | 79
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish the Thames Gateway Pan Gateway Inward Investment Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (191594) | 80
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many visits each regional Minister has made in their capacity as such to (a) hospitals and (b) schools in their region; which (i) hospitals and (ii) schools each visited; and what the (A) date and (B) subject of each visit was. | | (191621) | 81
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meetings she has had with each regional Minister in their capacity as such; and what the (a) date and (b) subject of each of those meetings was. | | (191622) | 82
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the regional Minister for the North West has had with (a) Councillor Richard Leese, (b) the hon. Member for Manchester Central and (c) the Prime Minister on the super-casino proposal for Manchester. | | (191623) | 83
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the regional Minister for the South East has had with (a) the Chief Veterinary Officer and (b) the Prime Minister on the foot and mouth outbreak in Egham in 2007. | | (191624) | 84
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meetings each regional Minister has had in their capacity as regional Minister; and what the (a) date and (b) subject was of each of these meetings. | | (191764) | 85
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average percentage rate was for satisfaction with household waste collection facilities measured under Best Value Performance Indicators in each year in which the information has been collected. | | (191574) | 86
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether legal guidance has been given to (a) the Audit Commission and (b) local authorities on the request by the Audit Commission to certain local authorities to use their electoral register data as part of the national fraud initiative. | | (191631) | 87
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Valuation Office Agency has budgeted for payments to Rightmove.co.uk Plc in 2008-09. | | (191632) | 88
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what divisions there are in her Department. | | (191633) | 89
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 230W, on home information packs (HIPs), for what reason the status of approved training provider for HIP and energy performance certificate inspectors was removed from Morgan Whittaker. | | (191634) | 90
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 117W, on ipsos MORI, if she will place in the Library a copy of the research on post implementation of home information packs. | | (191635) | 91
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 226-7W, on business: non-domestic rates, what records her Department holds of the rates of levy applicable in each business improvement district. | | (191636) | 92
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data for which her Department and its agencies are responsible are (a) stored and (b) processed overseas. | | (191637) | 93
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish figures for the cash revenue from council tax in (a) 1997-98, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08, broken down by billing authority. | | (191638) | 94
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 229W, on flooding: planning, what the location was of each site for which planning application was approved contrary to Environment Agency objection on grounds of flood risk in each year since 2001. | | (191639) | 95
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to what minimum energy efficiency standard domestic dwellings in eco-town developments will need to be built. | | (191640) | 96
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual dwellings will be built, on average, in each eco-town; and over what period. | | (191641) | 97
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, against what technical criteria eco-town bids will be assessed. | | (191642) | 98
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to fund research into the potential for efficiencies from mergers of fire and rescue authorities; and if she will make a statement on her plans for further restructuring of fire authorities. | | (191643) | 99
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments her Department has made to opinion research companies or consultants in the last 24 months, other than to Ipsos MORI; at what cost; and for what purposes. | | (191645) | 100
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether regional planning authorities have powers to (a) review and (b) remove Green Belt designation. | | (191646) | 101
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has office facilities outside the United Kingdom. | | (191647) | 102
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Audit Commission's scrutiny of (a) the London Development Agency and (b) the Greater London Authority. | | (191648) | 103
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home condition reports are on the Home Condition Report electronic register. | | (191649) | 104
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage rate was of satisfaction with household waste collection facilities for each local waste collection authority in each year that best value performance indicators statistics have been compiled. | | (191650) | 105
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, further to the publication by her Department of Sustainable Communities Act 2007: A Guide, whether cross-regional expenditure by (a) Government Offices for the Regions and (b) regional development agencies will be classed as public expenditure that cannot be mapped to local authority areas. | | (191651) | 106
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of households and (b) size of the population in each waste collection authority area in England. | | (191652) | 107
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how frequently the residual waste bins of her Department's buildings in Eland House are emptied. | | (191653) | 108
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether increased noise from an airport expanding in size or frequency of aircraft would be considered a material change by the Valuation Office Agency for the purposes of a council tax valuation. | | (191654) | 109
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate (a) her Department and (b) the Lifting the Burdens Task Force has made of the cost to local authorities of publishing statutory notices. | | (191655) | 110
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what measure of inflation local authorities will base staff pay changes in 2008-09. | | (191656) | 111
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5th February 2008, Official Report, column 1019W, on council tax: parking, how many domestic dwellings in England have been assigned the dwellinghouse coding for parking of (a) G1, (b) G2, (c) G3, (d) G4, (e) G5, (f) G6, (g) G7, (h) G8 and (i) G9, according to records held by the Valuation Office Agency. | | (191657) | 112
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities cited efficiencies in (a) parking charges and (b) parking enforcement in their submissions of (i) forward and (ii) backward look annual efficiency statements to her Department in each year since their inception. | | (191659) | 113
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued to local authorities on the use of bailiffs to collect civil debts owned by residents to them. | | (191660) | 114
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average cost was of the Standards Board for England processing and assessing a complaint in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (191661) | 115
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1324W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, what the notional monetary value was of the efficiency gain recorded by moving to a fortnightly collection of household rubbish for each of the local authorities listed in the forward and backward look statements. | | (191664) | 116
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1324W, on Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal, how moving to a fortnightly collection of household rubbish from weekly collection generates a (a) cashable and (b) non-cashable efficiency gains for the purposes of inclusion in her Department's Annual Efficiency Statements. | | (191665) | 117
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what measure of inflation local authorities will base council tax changes in 2008-09. | | (191666) | 118
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been sold or part-sold under Social Homebuy in each month since the commencement of the scheme. | | (191667) | 119
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which provisions of the Housing Act 2004 have yet to be implemented or commenced. | | (191668) | 120
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 230W, on Home Information Packs, whether the Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) used to identify a property in a home condition report is the same UPRN used to identify a property by (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) the National and Land Property Gazetteer. | | (191670) | 121
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 15th January 2008, Official Report, column 781, to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield, on home information packs, whether Ipsos MORI has provided an interim report or initial conclusions to her Department. | | (191671) | 122
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Valuation Office Agency stores the unique property reference number of a domestic property that is provided to it through the Valuebill interface. | | (191677) | 123
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is expected to be spent on bringing homes up to the decent homes standard in the next three years. | | (191768) | 124
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many eco-town bids she expects to be approved. | | (191769) | 125
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to receive advice from the EU on what the grant from the Solidarity Fund can be used for; and if she will make a statement. | | (190999) | 126
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what standards are used to test the combustibility of composite cladding panels used in the walls and roofs of new public buildings, with particular reference to schools and hospitals; and if she will make a statement. | | (191443) | 127
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the contribution made by bingo clubs to (a) sustainable communities and (b) social cohesion and inclusion. | | (191568) | 128
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by her Department and its predecessors in each of the last three years. | | (191519) | 129
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress her Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191493) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 130
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many licences to sell alcohol have been (a) granted and (b) renewed in North Kent in each of the last five years. | | (191415) | 131
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many licensees in North Kent have had their licence to sell alcohol revoked for selling alcohol to under 18 year olds in each of the last five years. | | (191416) | 132
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to regulate the number of special offers on alcohol made in shops and off-licences. | | (191417) | 133
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many casinos in England are licensed to operate 24 hours a day. | | (191317) | 134
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the Take It Away instrument scheme in each of the last three years; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the scheme in promoting learning a musical instrument; how many outlets were participating in the scheme on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many people have participated in the scheme since its inception. | | (191398) | 135
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will commission research into the impact on small seaside town businesses of restricting the number of fruit machines to four per venue and halving the minimum stake for the £500 jackpot. | | (190658) | 136
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of municipal public libraries which have closed since 1997-98. | | (191663) | 137
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people belonging to bingo clubs in England. | | (191565) | 138
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential of bingo clubs to contribute to the delivery of his Department's leisure policies; and if he will make a statement. | | (191570) | 139
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the level of value added tax payable by bingo clubs; and if he will make a statement. | | (191571) | 140
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191524) | 141
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 3rd January, on the security of personal data of British nationals. | | (191222) | 142
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191492) | 143
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the recommendation by English Heritage on the listing of Ibsley Control Tower has not been pursued; and if he will make a statement. | | (191409) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 144
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) weapons mounted installation kits, (b) Warrior vehicles, (c) Saxon vehicles, (d) Scimitar vehicles, (e) combat vehicle reconnaisance tracked vehicles and (f) .5 inch heavy machine guns have been fit for service in each year since 2003. | | (191444) | 145
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers from the Gurkha Regiment were discharged under manning control in the last 12 months. | | (191445) | 146
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) weapons mounted installation kits, (b) Warrior vehicles, (c) Saxon vehicles, (d) Scimitar vehicles and (e) combat vehicle reconnaisance tracked vehicles were available for army training in each year since 1997. | | (191446) | 147
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost of (a) service dress, (b) blues and (c) mess dress is for each regiment; and how much service personnel receive towards the costs of each. | | (191447) | 148
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to provide free Wi-Fi for frontline troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. | | (191448) | 149
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the hourly cost of internet access was for (a) frontline troops in Iraq in each month since Janaury 2003 and (b) frontline troops in Afghanistan in each month since January 2001. | | (191449) | 150
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much free telephone time frontline troops are entitled to in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and how much it costs them to top-up phone time by (i) 20 minutes, (ii) 30 minutes, (iii) 45 minutes and (iv) 90 minutes. | | (191450) | 151
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have been subject to manning control since April 2006; and how many of those had (a) 12 years and (b) 15 years service. | | (191554) | 152
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers were subject to manning control after 12 years service in the last 12 months. | | (191555) | 153
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers in the (a) 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment and (b) Royal Logistics Corps were (i) subject to and (ii) discharged under manning control in the last 12 months. | | (191556) | 154
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of UK (a) Regular and (b) Territorial Army personnel are trained to use the Bowman communications system. | | (191618) | 155
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the recommended minimum time period for pre-deployment training is for use of the Bowman communications system. | | (191619) | 156
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken for pre-deployment training is for use of the Bowman communications system. | | (191620) | 157
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many urgent operational requirements are under consideration; and what estimate he has made of the total value of such requirements. | | (191552) | 158
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break down, by sub-head in (a) near cash and (b) non-cash terms his Department's (i) gross resource outturn, (ii) operating appropriations in aid outturn, (iii) gross capital outturn and (iv) non-operating appropriations in aid outturn for financial years 2001-02 to 2006-07. | | (191679) | 159
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Spring Supplementary Estimates 2007-08, if he will break down, by sub-head, his Department's revised provision in (i) near cash and (ii) non-cash terms. | | (191681) | 160
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's (a) gross resource departmental expenditure limit (DEL), (b) operating appropriations in aid, (c) net capital DEL and (d) non-operating appropriations in aid outturn, broken down in (i) near cash and (ii) non cash terms, was for financial years 2000-01 to 2006-07. | | (191682) | 161
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the anticipated operating and non-operating appropriations in aid are for each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review; and whether they were included in the near cash resource and capital departmental expenditure limits given in his Answer of 10th September 2007, Official Report, column 1893W, on departments: public expenditure. | | (191685) | 162
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the consideration of one-fifth of defence intelligence staff posts in London for abolition. | | (189427) | 163
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of the defence intelligence staff estimates prior to the Iraq war that claims about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction had been exaggerated. | | (189428) | 164
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has consulted the former Deputy Chief of Defence Intelligence, John Morrison, about the potential impact of a one-fifth reduction in defence intelligence staff posts in London. | | (189429) | 165
| Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the armed forces have the most up-to-date equipment; and if he will make a statement. | | (191420) | 166
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what anti-jamming capability the (a) Bowman and (b) Clansman communications system has. | | (191595) | 167
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people over the age of 55 years have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191500) | 168
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 24th January, on low flying aircrafts (reference: MC00711/2008). | | (191221) | 169
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191491) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 170
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proportion of the total waste stream attributable to small and medium-sized enterprises in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (191241) | 171
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the WRAP SME Recycling programme on increasing the rate of recycling waste since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (191242) | 172
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect the bottlenose dolphin. | | (191412) | 173
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to answer Questions (a) 181609 and (b) 181524 on departmental travel, tabled on 21st January 2008 by the hon. Member for Taunton; and what the reason for the time taken to respond is. | | (191407) | 174
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on inclusion of sustainable urban drainage systems in new housing or community developments; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of such systems. | | (191461) | 175
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with HM Treasury on the possible effects reducing the Warm Front grant will have on the 21 per cent. of rural fuel poor who live in settlements of fewer than 10,000 people. | | (191427) | 176
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he intends to continue to test brain tissue from cattle born before 1996 but which are slaughtered after the end of the Older Cattle Disposal Scheme. | | [R] (191428) | 177
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the implementation of proposals on coastal access do not lead to any capital or income financial loss for landowners and rural businesses. | | (191429) | 178
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that funding will be available for (a) rural community council and (b) local measures to aid the supply of affordable rural housing to continue when Rural Social and Community Programme funding ends in March. | | (191430) | 179
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the maximum time after death is by when samples from fallen stock should be taken. | | [R] (191557) | 180
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to trace contacts, offspring or cohorts from cattle which test positive for BSE at slaughter either under the Older Cattle Disposal scheme or as fallen stock. | | [R] (191558) | 181
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191530) | 182
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191490) | 183
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is within which the Marine Fisheries Agency plans to determine the application by Wightlink for shore works on the Lymington River; and if he will make a statement. | | (190276) | 184
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Marine Fisheries Agency plans to consult when making an appropriate assessment on shore works to accommodate larger ferries in the Lymington River under the provisions of the Habitat Directive. | | (190277) | 185
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1633W, whether the network of ecologically coherent and well-managed protected areas are those under Natura 2000 network; and if he will make a statement. | | (191611) | 186
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the majority of the marine Natura 2000 network protecting species and habitats of key importance to be in place; and if he will make a statement. | | (191612) | 187
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many offshore marine sites his Department has surveyed for marine protected area status; when they were surveyed; and if he will make a statement. | | (191613) | 188
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to submit the first candidate offshore special area of conservation to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement. | | (191614) | 189
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the loss of marine biodiversity to be halted; what progress is being made to achieve this; and if he will make a statement. | | (191615) | 190
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has identified any potential multi-purpose marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (191733) | 191
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1624W, what the number of vessels he has identified for decommissioning is; and if he will make a statement. | | (191734) | 192
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1624W, what his estimate is of the cost of decommissioning; and if he will make a statement. | | (191735) | 193
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1624W, if he will use European Fisheries Fund monies to fund the decommissioning of 10 metre and under vessels; and if he will make a statement. | | (191736) | 194
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1634W, on seas and oceans: Treaty of Lisbon, what provisions in the Treaty on the European Communities and the Treaty on European Union set out the respective competences of the EU and member states in relation to (a) marine biological resources, (b) marine biological resources under the Common Fisheries Policy and (c) the marine environment; and if he will make a statement. | | (191737) | 195
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes have been made to the Marine Strategy Directive since the original draft was published; whether any of these changes reflect the Government's position as stated in the European Standing Committee on the Strategy for the Protection and Conservation of the Marine Environment on 14th February 2006; what representations his Department made to the European Commission and EU counterparts following that European Standing Committee meeting; what the Government's current policy on the Directive is; and if he will make a statement. | | (191738) | 196
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to consult on the European Fisheries Fund Operational Programme in March 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (191740) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 197
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what report he has received on the negotiating stance adopted by the Chinese government in their talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama. | | (191104) | 198
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) Minister and (b) departmental division is responsible for policy on corporate social responsibility in his Department. | | (191213) | 199
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget for promoting corporate social responsibility (a) internally in his Department and (b) externally by his Department to British companies was in each of the last five years. | | (191214) | 200
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff work on corporate social responsibility matters in his Department. | | (191215) | 201
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) guidance and (b) training is provided by his Department to (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in relation to the answering of (A) Written and (B) Oral Parliamentary Questions; and if he will make a statement. | | (191208) | 202
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last discussed internal security in Darfur with representatives of the government of Sudan. | | (191102) | 203
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who represented the Government at the Durban Two Preparatory Committee meeting on 31st August 2007. | | (191564) | 204
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to propose the inclusion of the UN holocaust education department on the preparatory committee for the Durban II conference at the Geneva preparatory committee of April 2008. | | (191577) | 205
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191520) | 206
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Equatorial Guinea on consular access to Simon Mann. | | (191238) | 207
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assurances he has received from the government of Equatorial Guinea that Simon Mann will be treated in accordance with international standards of human rights while imprisoned in that country. | | (191239) | 208
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects a date to be set for the trial of Simon Mann in Equatorial Guinea; and if he will make a statement. | | (191240) | 209
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191489) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 210
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008 to the hon. Member for Middlesborough South and Cleveland, Official Report, column 676W, on HIV infection, how many new cases of HIV there were in the City of Newcastle. | | (190916) | 211
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 19th October 2006, Official Report, columns 1438-42W, on sexually transmitted diseases, how many diagnoses there were of each disease per head of population in each year since 2000-01; and how many cases there were of each (a) in total and (b) per head of population in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07. | | (190917) | 212
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of alcohol-related illness for the City of Newcastle upon Tyne was in each year from 2000-01 to 2006-07; and what the rate was per head of population in each year. | | (190918) | 213
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data are used by commissioners to determine the need for specialist palliative and neurological care in Shipley constituency. | | (191587) | 214
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether the National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance on supportive and palliative care has been fully implemented in Shipley constituency. | | (191588) | 215
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in implementing the targets for the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions in Shipley constituency. | | (191589) | 216
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many babies were born with an addiction to tranquillisers in each year from 1999 to 2006. | | (190273) | 217
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of those previously addicted to prescribed tranquillisers have suffered long-term impairment as a consequence of their addiction. | | (190274) | 218
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what treatment the NHS provides to babies born with an addiction to tranquillisers. | | (190275) | 219
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of blood donations which would be made each year by gay men if they were not banned from giving blood. | | (190190) | 220
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reported infections of each type arising from blood transfusion have occurred in each of the last five years for which information is available. | | (190191) | 221
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what groups his Department has identified as being at high risk of being exposed to infectious disease transmittable by blood transfusion; how this risk has been assessed and measured; what restrictions are placed on the donating of blood by members of these groups; and if he will make a statement. | | (190192) | 222
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many legal cases where the plaintiff has been allegedly infected following a blood infusion have been brought against the NHS in each of the last five years for which information is available; in how many of those cases in each year the NHS made a payment in settlement; and how much was paid in settlements in each year. | | (190193) | 223
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of early stage breast cancer patients tested positive for HER2 in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (191105) | 224
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to hospital trusts on compliance with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines in relation to HER2 testing; and if he will place copies in the Library. | | (191106) | 225
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which trusts do not automatically screen women with early stage breast cancer for HER2; and if he will make a statement. | | (191107) | 226
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will break down, by sub-head in (a) near cash and (b) non-cash terms his Department's (i) gross resource outturn, (ii) operating appropriations in aid outturn, (iii) gross capital outturn and (iv) non-operating appropriations in aid outturn for financial years 2001-02 to 2006-07. | | (191678) | 227
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available to people who are trying to stop using cannabis. | | (191617) | 228
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons Scarborough Hospital has not received a deep clean; and if he will make a statement. | | (190439) | 229
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds on average in psychiatric wards in each trust were occupied by patients of (a) working and (b) pensionable age whose discharge was delayed in each of the last three years; and what proportion those figures represented of all delayed discharges in the NHS in each of those years. | | (191432) | 230
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many delayed discharge cases there were of psychiatric patients awaiting transfer to local authority care in each trust in each of the last three years. | | (191433) | 231
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many discharges of psychiatric patients in each trust were delayed for reasons other than awaiting transfer to local authority care in each of the last three years. | | (191434) | 232
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) targets and (b) guidance he provides to trusts on delayed discharges; and what sanctions are applied to trusts for delayed discharge of (i) general patients and (ii) patients with mental health problems. | | (191435) | 233
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 666W, on departmental public expenditure, how many doses of each of the vaccines listed were distributed in 2006-07; and what the shelf life of each such vaccine is. | | (191418) | 234
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 956W, on clinical negligence, how many of the claims were made in each year since 1995; and how much was paid out in each such year. | | (191419) | 235
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children (a) aged around 13 months and (b) immediately before starting school were given the MMR vaccine in each of the last five years. | | (191451) | 236
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was (a) allocated to and (b) spent from each central budget held at (i) his Department and (ii) strategic health authorities in each of the last five years. | | (191452) | 237
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money was allocated to each central budget held at (a) his Department and (b) strategic health authorities in 2007-08; and what his Department's latest estimate of the outturn for each budget is. | | (191453) | 238
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been allocated to each central budget held at (a) his Department and (b) strategic health authorities in 2008-09. | | (191454) | 239
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) his Department's and (b) NHS expenditure central budgets held at (i) his Department and (ii) strategic health authorities have represented in each of the last five financial years. | | (191455) | 240
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS foundation trusts on the measurement in March of the 18 week referral to treatment waiting time target. | | (191456) | 241
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of (a) changes to the provision of local authority social care for the elderly and (b) changes in eligibility criteria for such care in the last 24 months. | | (191644) | 242
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the full terms of reference are of the Commission for Social Care Inspection's review of the eligibility tests for social care for the elderly. | | (191675) | 243
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts purchased additional adult audiology services in each of the last two years. | | [R] (191216) | 244
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold an independent review of the tendering procedure for adult audiology services. | | [R] (191217) | 245
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the likely environmental effect of the change in the frequency of personal travel and car usage in rural areas resulting from the closure of GP surgeries on weekends. | | (191425) | 246
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of ophthalmic services in (a) England and (b) each English region was in each of the last two years. | | (191504) | 247
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of cases of (a) MRSA and (b) C. difficile infection in (i) England and (ii) each English region resulted in death in each of the last three years. | | (191505) | 248
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) GPs, (b) dentists, (c) optometrists and (d) pharmacists in (i) England and (ii) each English region who were (A) men and (B) women (1) under 40, (2) between 40 and 55 and (3) over 55 years old in each of the last three years. | | (191506) | 249
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) GP practices, (b) dental practices, (c) ophthalmic practices and (d) pharmacies there were in (i) England and (ii) each English region in each of the last three years. | | (191507) | 250
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of (a) children, (b) adults and (c) all people in (i) England and (ii) each English region were registered with a dentist in each of the last three years. | | (191508) | 251
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental (a) fillings and (b) extractions were carried out on children in (i) England and (ii) each English region in each of the last three years. | | (191509) | 252
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of (a) dental fees for items of service and (b) dental treatments in each of the last three years; and how much of the cost was borne by patients (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of the overall cost in (A) England and (B) each English region in each of those years. | | (191510) | 253
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191518) | 254
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of general practitioner practices in (a) England and (b) each English region with at least 50 per cent. of their patients living three or more miles away in each of the last three years. | | (191582) | 255
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191486) | 256
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients at (a) West Suffolk Hospital, (b) Addenbrookes Hospital and (c) Ipswich Hospital died from Clostridium difficile in each of the last five years. | | (191591) | 257
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of the population of (a) children and (b) adults in (i) the East of England and (ii) Suffolk who were seen by an NHS dentist in each of the last five years. | | (191592) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 258
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide for a representative of the Medical Justice Network to have observer status on the Border and Immigration Agency clinical governance committee which oversees the standards of healthcare in detention centres; and if she will make a statement. | | (191431) | 259
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to raise public awareness of the risk of theft of laptop computers from cars through the use of devices to detect laptop signals from outside the car. | | (191413) | 260
| Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Minister for Immigration to reply to the letter of 5th February 2008 from the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen on meeting the hon. Member and the hon. Member for Hyndburn to discuss the case of ASO Mohammed Ibrahim. | | (191616) | 261
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2008, Official Report, column 1298W, on asylum, which countries are included in the category Americas other in the breakdown by nationality of the grants of leave to remain under the 2003 family indefinite leave to remain exercise; and if she will break down by nationality the number in the Americas other category. | | (191575) | 262
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shop keepers in North Kent have received fixed penalty notices for selling alcohol to under 18 year olds in each of the last five years. | | (191414) | 263
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1658W, on department accountability, how many distinct budget lines relating to her Department's expenditure and forecasts are reported to the Treasury monthly. | | (191474) | 264
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the Scottish Executive on the judicial processes to apply to those to be charged with terrorist offences where those offences are planned in England but carried out in Scotland. | | (190852) | 265
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of metal thefts from ecclesiastical properties in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (190915) | 266
N | Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account her Department takes of Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice in decisions on deportation. | | (191405) | 267
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to issue revised guidance to local authorities on their use of surveillance and the interception of communications. | | (191672) | 268
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities recruited covert human intelligence sources in 2006-07. | | (191673) | 269
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities were (a) authorised to acquire and (b) acquired communications data in 2006. | | (191674) | 270
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people over the age of 55 years have been recruited by her Department in each of the last three years. | | (191499) | 271
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191488) | 272
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual running costs were of (a) the Assets Recovery Agency and (b) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in each of the three years for which figures are available. | | (191397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 273
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he expects to answer Question (a) 181532 and (b) 181601 on departmental travel, tabled on 21st January 2008 by the hon. Member for Taunton; and what the reason for the time taken to respond is. | | (191404) | 274
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many prisoners gained an (a) academic and (b) vocational qualification in each year since 1992. | | (191211) | 275
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what skills audits have been carried out on prisoners since 1992; and if he will make a statement. | | (191212) | 276
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of which further education colleges face a particular threat from violent extremism. | | (191578) | 277
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department plans to provide guidance to further education colleges planning to recruit Muslim chaplains or train those already carrying out this function. | | (191579) | 278
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people over the age of 55 years have been recruited by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last three years. | | (191513) | 279
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191487) | 280
N | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of students from EU member states other than the UK received financial assistance from the public purse (a) for tuition fees and (b) living costs in each year for which figures are available. | | (187648) | 281
N | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure repayment of student loans provided by the Student Loans Company by European Union nationals living outside the UK. | | (187649) | 282
N | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what total value of Student Loan Company loans is held by students from European Union member states other than the UK. | | (187650) | 283
N | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students from EU member states other than the UK hold loans from the Student Loan Company. | | (187651) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 284
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information his Department holds on which UK non-governmental organisations are (a) participating and (b) planning to participate in the Durban II process. | | (191576) | 285
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people have been deployed by the Stabilisation Unit in (a) Nepal, (b) Iraq, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Lebanon and (e) Sudan. | | (191437) | 286
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £269 million Stabilisation Aid Fund will be allocated for use by the Stabilisation Unit. | | (191438) | 287
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people over the age of 55 years have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191512) | 288
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191485) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 289
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was allocated to the Youth Opportunities Fund and the Youth Capital Fund in the City of Newcastle (a) in total and (b) for administrative overheads and recharges in each year from 2005-06 to 2007-08. | | (191627) | 290
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there have been discussions between his Department and the Scottish Executive on the provision of high security facilities within the Scottish Prison Service for the imprisonment of terrorists convicted under the Scottish judicial system. | | (190851) | 291
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to publish the Government Review of Electoral Systems. | | (191590) | 292
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors held contracts with the Legal Services Commission for the supply of legal advice in family law matters in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (191101) | 293
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid certificates have been issued (a) in total and (b) in relation to ancillary relief within matrimonial proceedings in (i) south region, (ii) London region, (iii) midlands region, (iv) Wales region and (v) north region since 2004. | | (191436) | 294
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department and its predecessors in each of the last three years. | | (191526) | 295
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191484) | Questions to the Leader of the House 296
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Leader of the House, when she will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Maidenhead of 27th November 2007, on her Labour Party deputy leadership campaign and declarations under the Ministerial Code. | | (191625) | 297
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Leader of the House, how many people over the age of 55 have commenced employment in her Office in each of the last three years. | | (191525) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 298
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to answer Question (a) 181598 and (b) 181530, on departmental travel, tabled on 21st January 2008 by the hon. Member for Taunton; and what the reason for the time taken to respond is. | | (191243) | 299
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many police officers (a) left and (b) joined the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (191218) | 300
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many young people on average were detained in each young offender institution in Northern Ireland in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (191219) | 301
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191515) | 302
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191482) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 303
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what functions she has carried out in her capacity as Paymaster General. | | (191662) | 304
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what progress she has made in the zero-based budget review of expenditure for which she is responsible under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191483) | Questions to the Prime Minister 305
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2008, Official Report, column 1343W, on efficiency in public services review: written questions, what assessment he has made of the compliance of (a) the Home Office, (b) the Ministry of Defence and (c) other Government departments with the guidance to officials on drafting answers to parliamentary questions in responding to parliamentary questions on redundancies and related costs arising from the conclusions of the Gershon Review; and if he will make a statement. | | (191517) | 306
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will extend the Wilson Doctrine to cover the communications of elected local councillors with their constituents. | | (191658) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 307
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191522) | 308
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191481) | Questions to the Solicitor General 309
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Solicitor General, when she expects to answer Question (a) 181540 and (b) 181595 on departmental travel, tabled on 21st January 2008 by the hon. Member for Taunton; and what the reason for the time taken to respond is. | | (191406) | 310
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by the (a) Attorney General's Office and (b) the Treasury Solicitor's Department in each of the last three years. | | (191516) | 311
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress the the Law Officers' Departments have made in their zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191480) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 312
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by her Department in each of the last three years. | | (191528) | 313
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191479) | 314
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have been consulted on proposals to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport. | | (191511) | 315
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on (a) legal advice, (b) banking and financial consultants and (c) other consultants related to the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street in each year since 2000. | | (191688) | 316
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of departmental staff worked on the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street in each year since 2000. | | (191689) | 317
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on (a) legal advice, (b) banking and financial consultants and (c) other consultants for work on Crossrail. | | (191690) | 318
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of cycle lanes and tracks there are in England. | | (191691) | 319
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new cycle lanes and tracks have been created in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area. | | (191692) | 320
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how miles of cycle lanes and tracks are linked to the National Cycle Network. | | (191693) | 321
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many children have taken part in Cycling England's Bikeability training scheme since 2006. | | (191694) | 322
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Cycling England spent on commissioning economic research into the benefits of cycling from SQW consultants. | | (191695) | 323
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to make permission to build a third runway or sixth terminal at Heathrow airport contingent on a limit on further expansion. | | (191696) | 324
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to make permission to build a third runway or sixth terminal at Heathrow Airport subject to a cap on the maximum number of flight movements at the airport. | | (191697) | 325
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff were involved in the publishing of DVL Today in each year since it was first published. | | (191704) | 326
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work her Department has carried out on traffic calming measures since 2005. | | (191705) | 327
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she intends to publish the results of her Department's consultation on cycling infrastructure design. | | (191706) | 328
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she intends to publish the results of her Department's consultation on Enforcement policy: rail franchise agreements and closure conditions. | | (191707) | 329
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 41W, on aviation: radioactive materials, what the country of origin was of each of the shipments into the UK. | | (191708) | 330
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, column 41W, on aviation: radioactive materials, what the destination of each of the shipments leaving the UK was. | | (191709) | 331
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 199W, on motor vehicles: excise duties, if she will provide the relevant data for each local authority in England. | | (191710) | 332
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates (a) she and (b) the Minister for Railways met representatives of First Great Western in the last 12 months. | | (191711) | 333
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, on First Great Western, on what dates First Great Western are required (a) to present their Remedial Plan to her Department and (b) to publish their Remedial Plan. | | (191712) | 334
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, on First Great Western, how long her Department has been working on the Remedial Plan with First Great Western. | | (191713) | 335
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, Official Report, columns 73-4WS, on First Great Western franchise, what her assessment is of passenger satisfaction on the First Great Western line. | | (191714) | 336
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, Official Report, columns 73-4WS, on First Great Western franchise, whether she has required First Great Western to consult passengers on the targets and requirements of their Remedial Plan. | | (191715) | 337
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has received representations from BAA regarding a fourth runway and seventh terminal at Heathrow Airport. | | (191716) | 338
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has given to local authorites and Sustrans on the classification of a road as a traffic-free route on the National Cycle Network. | | (191717) | 339
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has given to local authorites and Sustrans on the classification of on-road routes on the National Cycle Network. | | (191718) | 340
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been conducted by the Chief Scientific Adviser's office or in partnership with the Chief Scientific Adviser's office in the last 12 months on (a) active traffic management technology, (b) video-based traffic monitoring and number plate recognition technology, (c) fibre optic vehicle sensing and (d) traffic control centre management. | | (191719) | 341
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the passenger in excess of capacity figure was for each eligible recorded service in each year between 1997 and 2007, broken down by train operating company. | | (191720) | 342
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual cost of the publication DVL Today was in each year since it was first published. | | (191721) | 343
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated readership is of DVL Today. | | (191722) | 344
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many copies of DVL Today were printed in each year since it was first published; and how many copies were posted to readers in each year. | | (191723) | 345
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of posting DVL Today to readers was in each year since it was first published. | | (191724) | 346
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drink-related crimes were recorded as occurring on trains in the national rail system in each of the last 10 years, broken down by area. | | (191726) | 347
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes were recorded which involved (a) an assault and (b) a threatened assault by a passenger on a staff member on trains in the national rail system in each of the last 10 years, broken down by British Transport Police area. | | (191727) | 348
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers have reported being physically assaulted in each of the last 10 years, broken down by British Transport Police area. | | (191728) | 349
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average response time was for British Transport Police officers to attend railway stations from which a 999 call had been made in each of the last 10 years. | | (191729) | 350
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the possession of a firearm was recorded as a crime by the British Transport Police in each of the last 10 years, broken down by British Transport Police area. | | (191730) | 351
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the possession of a knife was recorded as a crime by the British Transport Police in each of the last 10 years, broken down by area. | | (191731) | 352
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British Transport Police officers there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by British Transport Police area. | | (191732) | 353
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, Official Report, columns 73-4WS, on First Great Western franchise, how often she will assess First Great Western's Remedial Plan once it is agreed. | | (191741) | 354
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, Official Report, columns 73-4WS, on First Great Western franchise, if she will put a copy of First Great Western's Remedial Plan in the Library, once it is agreed. | | (191742) | 355
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which parliamentary constituencies contain stations through which First Great Western provide services. | | (191743) | 356
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have used First Great Western services in each year since their franchise began on 1st April 2006. | | (191744) | 357
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people, on average, use First Great Western services each weekday. | | (191745) | 358
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, Official Report, columns 73-4WS, on First Great Western franchise, whether First Great Western will continue to report every month to her on its 40-point Recovery Plan. | | (191746) | 359
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 26th February 2008, Official Report, columns 73-4WS, on First Great Western franchise, whether First Great Western will report every month to her Department on its Joint Improvement Plan. | | (191747) | 360
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) all First Great Western's monthly reports to her Department and (b) her Department's assessment of their progress against their Joint Improvement Plan and 40-point Recovery Plan. | | (191748) | 361
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 885W, on motor vehicles: excise duties, if she will provide equivalent information for each year since 1996. | | (191749) | 362
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 886W, on roads: accidents, if she will provide this information for every parliamentary constituency. | | (191750) | 363
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2008, Official Report, column 733W, on departmental data protection, what cost audits were conducted by third party partners in each of the last 10 years. | | (191751) | 364
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government Car and Dispatch Agency has spent on replacing cars (a) in 2007-08 and (b) since 27th June 2007. | | (191752) | 365
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20th February 2008, Official Report, column 737W, on roads: accidents, if she will provide the equivalent figure for each parliamentary constituency. | | (191753) | 366
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 554W, on Shropshire, if she will provide the equivalent figures for each local council in England. | | (191754) | 367
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what figures she holds on average regulated train fares. | | (191755) | 368
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what figures she holds on the average cost of commuter train fares into London for every year since 1997. | | (191756) | 369
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what road taxation revenue was in each year since 1997. | | (191757) | 370
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research she has undertaken on the reasons people choose not to use public transport (a) to travel to work, (b) to travel to school and (c) to take their children to school. | | (191758) | 371
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library the assessment made by her Department of the impact of transport policies on different groups in society for each year since 1998. | | (191759) | 372
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the levels of traffic on major rivers and other inland waterways between 1997 and 2000. | | (191760) | 373
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of speed cameras on the incidence of traffic accidents in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (191761) | 374
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when (a) her Department and (b) its agencies' green transport plans were introduced; and if she will place a copy of these plans in the Library. | | (191762) | 375
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what type of car each Government Minister receives from the Government Car and Dispatch Agency. | | (191763) | 376
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on shredding in her Department and its agencies. | | (191770) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 377
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191523) | 378
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191477) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 379
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many people over the age of 55 years have been recruited to the Government Equalities Office in each of the last three years. | | (191503) | 380
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what progress the Government Equalities Office has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191476) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 381
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the additional costs in (a) benefit payments and (b) administration that would be incurred as a result of HM Revenue and Custom's proposals to tax small pensions retrospectively for the year 2007-08. | | (190850) | 382
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-prisoners of working age were claiming (a) income support, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) jobseeker's allowance and (d) another working age benefit (i) three, (ii) six and (iii) 12 months after being released from prison in each year since 1997. | | (191209) | 383
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Government assistance is provided for prisoners to secure work on release from prison; and what changes in types of support have been made since 1992. | | (191210) | 384
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (191531) | 385
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made in its zero-based budget review under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (191475) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 386
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what requests the Prime Minister's Office has received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 for the release of Cabinet minutes; and what response was made to each request. | | [Transferred] (191457) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 387
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of arson in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (190934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 388
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the likely effect of the reduction of the annual funding for the Warm Front grant on the delivery of services to settlements of fewer than 10,000 people classified as (a) hard to reach and (b) hard to treat, with particular reference to the (i) waiting times for installation and (ii) the average amount customers will have to pay as a top-up. | | [Transferred] (191424) | 389
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of reducing the annual Warm Front grant relating to energy efficiency levels in settlements of fewer than 10,000 people classified as (a) hard to reach and (b) hard to treat. | | [Transferred] (191426) |
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