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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 13 March 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 13 March 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 13 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 Thursday 13 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 13 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March 2008, Official Report, columns 2221-2W, on bankruptcy: Greater London, when he expects figures for 2007 to be available on the same basis as earlier years. | | (194528) | 2
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much funding is provided by regional development agencies to support the Office of National Statistics' regional operations; and if he will make a statement. | | (193704) | 3
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many hectares of brownfield land were (a) reclaimed and (b) redeveloped by regional development agencies in the last year for which figures are available; what the value of that land was; and what percentage has since been (i) leased and (ii) sold to businesses. | | (193705) | 4
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much and what percentage of regional development agency funding was spent on (a) advertising and (b) overseas offices in each year for which figures are available, broken down by regional development agency. | | (193747) | 5
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what value is assigned to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's stock of (a) plutonium, (b) reprocessed uranium and (c) depleted uranium from enrichment. | | (194136) | 6
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many shipments of plutonium have been made from Sellafield to France in 2008; which transporter vessels were used; what security protection was in place for each carrier; and what notification of plutonium movements was given to foreign governments. | | (194267) | 7
N | Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the UK's ability to meet its share of the 2020 EU renewable energy target. | | (193670) | 8
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he plans to alter the (a) status and (b) remit of Postcomm. | | (194218) | 9
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make it his policy to amend the universal service obligation of Royal Mail to include small and medium-sized enterprises, with particular reference to a guaranteed early delivery. | | (194219) | 10
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of Postcomm to (a) protect and (b) sustain the universal service obligation of Royal Mail; and if he will make a statement. | | (194220) | 11
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions his Department has had with Royal Mail on how much it receives in payment for each item of mail private businesses post using downstream access. | | (194256) | 12
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Post Office of keeping Yealand Post Office open for five hours each week. | | (194257) | 13
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to encourage economic regeneration in coastal resorts. | | (194258) | 14
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress the Government has made in meeting its share of the 2020 EU renewable energy target. | | (193667) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 15
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints about tax credits HM Revenue and Customs received from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public by (i) telephone, (ii) letter and (iii) e-mail in each month since April 2003. | | (194467) | 16
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Tax Credit Office's target is for responding to (a) letters, (b) telephone calls and (c) e-mails from (i) hon. Members and (ii) members of the public; and how many in each category were answered within the target time in the last 12 months. | | (194468) | 17
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) letters, (b) e-mails and (c) telephone calls on tax credits have been received by (i) his Department, (ii) HM Revenue and Customs and (iii) the Tax Credit Office from (A) hon. Members and (B) members of the public in each quarter since April 2003. | | (194469) | 18
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards were adjusted on 1st September 2007 on the assumption a 16 year old in the household had left full-time education; how many were permanently reduced; and how many were returned to previous levels because the child had remained in full-time education. | | (194470) | 19
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which of the Parliamentary Ombudsman's recommendations in (a) Tax Credits: Putting things right and (b) Tax Credits: Getting it wrong have been accepted; when each of those was implemented; and which (a) were rejected and (b) are under consideration. | | (194471) | 20
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost per minute of calls made to tax credit hotlines from (a) mobile telephones and (b) landlines is; and if he will make a statement. | | (194472) | 21
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the claimants' tax hotline returning calls to customers; and if he will place guidance issued to helpline operatives in the Library. | | (194474) | 22
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports on the tax credit system have been prepared by the Office of Government Commerce; (a) when and (b) why each was commissioned; and on what dates he received them. | | (194475) | 23
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours of overtime were worked by staff in the tax credit office in each year since 2003; and at what cost. | | (194476) | 24
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were employed in the administration of tax credits in each quarter since April 2003. | | (194477) | 25
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people (a) left the Tax Credit Office and (b) were recruited to permanent posts in the Tax Credit Office in each year since 2003; what proportion of current staff are employed on (i) a temporary basis and (ii) contracts of less than one year; and what the average salary is of staff working in (A) the Tax Credit Office and (B) HM Revenue and Customs as a whole. | | (194478) | 26
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, at which locations staff operating the tax credit system are based; and how many staff worked at each site in each financial year since April 2003. | | (194479) | 27
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of tax credit overpayments was in each month since April 2003; how many overpayments were written off in each of those months; at what cost in each quarter during that period; and what the average amount of overpayment written off in each of those quarters was. | | (194480) | 28
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many compensation payments have been made by HM Revenue and Customs to tax credit claimants for problems with their awards in each year since April 2003; what the sum of payments in each quarter was; and how many families have received (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) more than three compensation payments. | | (194481) | 29
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs pays compensation to tax credit claimants; and how the amount of compensation is determined. | | (194482) | 30
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many instances of recovery of overpayments or excess payments have been disputed by tax credit recipients in each year since 2003. | | (194483) | 31
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many TC846 forms have been received by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 2003. | | (194484) | 32
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit award notices were sent out in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (194485) | 33
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls were (a) received, (b) handled and (c) unanswered by (i) the claimants' and (ii) hon. Members' tax credit hotline in each year since 2003. | | (194486) | 34
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on running the (a) claimants' and (b) hon. Members' tax credit helpline in each year since 2003, broken down by (i) staffing budget and pensions contributions, (ii) administration, (iii) facilities, (iv) training and (v) other. | | (194487) | 35
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on training staff in the Tax Credit Office whose main duties were (a) operating telephone helplines, (b) processing applications and awards and (c) other duties in each financial year since 2003; and how many days training on average each category of staff received in each of those years. | | (194488) | 36
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in the Tax Credit Office received training in each year since 2003; and for how many days on average in each year. | | (194489) | 37
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many manual payments of tax credits were made in each quarter since 2003. | | (194490) | 38
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of fraudulent claims for tax credits made in each year since 2003, broken down by the region in which claimants gave addresses. | | (194491) | 39
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings officials from (a) his Department and (b) the Tax Credit Office have had with the police to discuss organised fraud by criminal gangs on tax credits. | | (194492) | 40
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed to deal with (a) tax credit compliance, (b) disputed overpayments, (c) fraud and (d) official error in each quarter since April 2003. | | (194493) | 41
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayment cases were reviewed at the request of the recipient in each quarter since April 2003; and what proportion of these reviews led to (a) some and (b) all of the overpayment being written off. | | (194494) | 42
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit cases were referred to the Adjudicator's Office in each quarter since 2003. | | (194496) | 43
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit cases were subject to criminal investigation in each quarter since April 2003. | | (194497) | 44
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit fraud cases were prosecuted in each year since 2003 relating to (a) individuals and (b) criminal gangs. | | (194498) | 45
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was obtained from tax credit fraud by (a) individuals and (b) criminal gangs who were prosecuted in each year since 2003. | | (194499) | 46
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people appealed against tax credit overpayments (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully in each year since 2003. | | (194500) | 47
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the Tax Credit Office wrote off an overpayment in each year since 2003 because (a) of official error where it was reasonable for the recipient to think the award was correct and (b) it would have caused hardship to have recovered (i) all and (ii) part of the overpayment. | | (194501) | 48
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor (a) imposed a penalty under section 31 of the Tax Credits Act 2003 for making an incorrect statement or declaration or supplying incorrect information or evidence and (b) imposed a penalty under section 32(3) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 for failing to notify a specified change of circumstances in each year since 2003. | | (194502) | 49
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in how many cases HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor applied to the Appeals Service under section 32(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Tax Credits Act 2002 for a summons against an individual on evidence of failing to comply with a requirement regarding a final notice in each year since April 2003. | | (194503) | 50
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit awards were paid into foreign bank accounts in each year since April 2003. | | (194504) | 51
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have been contacted as part of HM Revenue and Customs tax credit outreach work; what estimate he has made of the effectiveness of the work; and if he will make a statement. | | (194505) | 52
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish the results of the review of the Approved Mileage Allowance Payments Scheme. | | (193748) | 53
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs have estimated the likely costs of collecting a local income tax that is (a) nationally set and (b) locally varied. | | (194264) | 54
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs have had discussions with the Scottish Executive on arrangements for collection of a local income tax. | | (194265) | 55
| Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs have been asked by the Scottish Executive to (a) estimate the costs and (b) assess the feasibility of collecting a (i) nationally set and (ii) locally varied local income tax in Scotland. | | (194266) | 56
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide public access to the General Register Office's microfiche indexes in (a) London and (b) elsewhere in the UK. | | (194536) | 57
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a claim to the administrator of Metronet for monies owing to the Government. | | (194406) | 58
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many responses he received to the consultation on the introduction of rules on income stifling; and how many of these were in favour of the proposed rules. | | (194193) | 59
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2800W, on welfare tax credits, how many of the households with positive entitlement to child tax credit did not claim it in 2005-06. | | (193701) | 60
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths from drug-related poisoning occurred in England where (a) benzodiazepines were mentioned and (b) benzodiazepines were mentioned with other drugs in each year from 1999 to 2006. | | (194101) | 61
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether each of HM Revenue and Customs, data guardians works full-time in that role. | | (194510) | 62
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign nationals who are not allowed recourse to public funds but who are receiving working tax credits. | | (194108) | 63
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the decision was reached to close the HM Revenue and Customs office in Chorley; who was consulted before the decision was taken; and if he will make a statement. | | (194525) | 64
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff work at the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) office in Chorley; and whether all those staff will be transferred to other HMRC offices following closure of the Chorley office. | | (194526) | 65
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the nearest HM Revenue and Customs office will be for people living in Chorley after the Chorley office closes. | | (194527) | 66
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses filed valued added tax returns in each of the last five years, broken down by size of company; and how many businesses filed value added tax returns online in each year since the service's inception, broken down by size of company. | | (194129) | 67
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have filed value added tax returns by e-mail using third party software in each year since the service's inception, broken down by size of company. | | (194130) | 68
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions the Valuation Office Agency has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on council tax revaluation. | | (193972) | 69
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what planning applications his Department has made to Westminster City Council since May 1997; and what the (a) planning reference number and (b) purpose of each application was. | | (194404) | 70
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley of 31st January 2008, Official Report, column 680W, on the Valuation Office Agency: Rightmove, what the timetable is for the Valuation Office Agency to come to its operational decision on whether to extend the contract. | | (194508) | 71
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue that would be raised by a one per cent. increase in the higher rate of income tax, based upon (a) 2007-08 tax bands and (b) 2008-09 tax bands. | | (194049) | 72
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors he considered in maintaining value added tax on bingo participation fees in the 2007 Budget. | | (194091) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 73
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by his Department on the number of pupils affected by hay fever at (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (194201) | 74
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to raise standards in secondary schools. | | (194346) | 75
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how the taper for the funding of family intervention projects between 2008 and 2011 will operate; and if he will place a copy of the evaluations of the projects in the Library. | | (194268) | 76
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in the maintained schools category have been levying charges on applicants to the school in the last 12 months; and what the type and religious category is of each. | | (194306) | 77
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department holds on the number of families which have deliberately reduced their income so that children become eligible for education maintenance allowance in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (194192) | 78
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether local authorities will be expected to show evidence that his Department's guidance document Designing and Managing Against the Risk of Fire in Schools (BB100) has been complied with and the conclusions of the accompanying risk assessment followed in any application for funding under the Building Schools for the Future and Primary Capital programmes. | | (194228) | 79
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether funding for new school buildings and major refurbishments under the Building Schools for the Future and Primary Capital programmes is contingent on compliance by local authorities with his Department's guidance document Designing and Managing Against the Risk of Fire in Schools (BB100) and the accompanying risk assessment tool; and if he will make a statement. | | (194229) | 80
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the volume of calls to helplines funded by his Department following the news reporting of past events at Haut de La Garenne; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of capacity to meet demand. | | (194415) | 81
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils received a (i) permanent and (ii) fixed-term exclusion for an alcohol-related offence in each year since 2001, broken down by age of pupil. | | (194187) | 82
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities (a) were invited to and (b) submitted a bid to become a play pathfinder; and if he will make a statement. | | (194188) | 83
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of special educational needs co-ordinators have specialist training in supporting children with autism; and if he will make a statement. | | (194189) | 84
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children in mainstream education were autistic at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (194190) | 85
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on statementing children with special needs. | | (194227) | 86
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 26th February 2008, Official Report, columns 8541-2W, on Institute of Education: finance, what assessment he has made of the recent report of the Institute on the teaching of patriotism in schools; what plans he has to review the level of funding to the Institute; and if he will make a statement. | | (194149) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 87
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what planning applications the Cabinet Office has made to Westminster City Council in relation to properties in Whitehall since 1997; and what the (a) planning reference number and (b) purpose of each application was. | | (194405) | 88
N | Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on his visit to Liverpool, West Derby constituency on 1st February 2008; at whose invitation he attended; where he visited; and whom he met. | | (193825) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 89
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what legislation governs the powers of the Local Government Ombudsman; what changes have been made to that legislation since enactment; and if she will make a statement. | | (194200) | 90
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much council tax was written off by local authorities in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by (a) region and (b) local authority. | | (194348) | 91
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were (a) received, (b) investigated and (c) upheld by the Local Government Ombudsman for England in each year since 1990, broken down by local authority in relation to which the complaint was filed. | | (194349) | 92
| Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to mark Saint George's Day on 23rd April 2008. | | (194440) | 93
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value of each local authority's pension fund was at the most recent date for which information is available; and what estimate she has made of the value of each local authority's fund invested in accordance with a socially responsible investment policy. | | (194299) | 94
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to promote socially responsible investment policies amongst fund holding local authority pension schemes; and if she will make a statement. | | (194300) | 95
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications opposed by the Environment Agency on the basis of flood risk were subject to scrutiny by the Secretary of State in accordance with Planning Policy Statement 25 in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007; and what the (i) location and (ii) outcome of each application was. | | (194102) | 96
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the yearly target is for the number of new residential dwellings to be built in the Thames Gateway area; and what the geographical scope is of the target. | | (194259) | 97
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will initiate an investigation into the misallocation of local authority business growth incentive funds to Newcastle-under-Lyme and report the results to Parliament. | | (194260) | 98
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on local authorities which set building targets in their local development frameworks which differ from those in a regional spatial strategy. | | (194261) | 99
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the process is for (a) the Secretary of State and (b) the relevant Government Office for the Region to approve each local development framework. | | (194262) | 100
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what respects the new regional spatial strategies are binding on local planning authorities. | | (194263) | 101
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which council had the highest number of complaints made to the Standards Board of England from its councillors about its councillors according to records held by the Standards Board in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (194341) | 102
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements local authorities have to establish independent remuneration panels before increasing councillors' allowances above wage inflation; and what guidelines have been produced on (a) the composition of such panels and (b) how frequently they should report. | | (194342) | 103
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how many years the supplementary business rate for Crossrail on London businesses will last. | | (194343) | 104
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with representatives of Pochin Group plc on eco-towns. | | (194344) | 105
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which public authorities will bear the liability of any cost over-runs on the Crossrail scheme; and what liability London firms paying the supplementary business rate will have. | | (194345) | 106
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written Ministerial statement of 19th February 2008, Official Report, columns 12-16WS, on departmental expenditure limits, what the cost has been of the National Register of Social Housing to date. | | (194363) | 107
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 15th January 2008, Official Report, columns 1168-9W, and of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 51W, on Regional Planning and Development: East Midlands, if she will place in the Library a copy of each formal submission on each regional spatial strategy made by Labour hon. Members. | | (194364) | 108
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield, of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 47W, on New Local Government Network, if she will (a) list the value and purpose of each of the 10 payments and (b) the research which the department commissioned. | | (194365) | 109
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield, of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 39W, on housing: standards, if she will publish the table with figures for local authority dwellings and housing association dwellings listed separately. | | (194366) | 110
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 49W, on property: database, what central funding London Connects (a) has received and (b) is receiving for Valuebill. | | (194367) | 111
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Leicester East of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 53W, on sustainable development: urban areas, when the first eco-town will be completed. | | (194368) | 112
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she received a copy of the Eastern Counties Fire and Rescue Services Acetylene Incident Report concerning Incident 20350 on the A12 at Marks Tey on 5th October 2007; what assessment she has made of its conclusions and recommendation; and if she will make a statement. | | (194330) | 113
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contractual provisions on (a) accountability, (b) audit and (c) assurance of value for money there are in the agreement between Taunton Deane Borough Council and South West One over the provision of public services; what contractual provisions there are in the agreement relating to the role of the Audit Commission; and if she will make a statement. | | (194137) | 114
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who is on the permanent board of Southwest One. | | (194138) | 115
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the effect on costs to the public purse of the contract with Southwest One in each of the next five years, broken down by public sector client. | | (194146) | 116
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the provision of (a) further public services and (b) public services to further public sector clients by Southwest One beyond the borders of the South West Regional Development Agency; and if she will make a statement. | | (194147) | 117
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions took place with (a) the South West Regional Development Agency and (b) the Government Office of the South West prior to the contract with Southwest One for the provision of public services being finalised. | | (194148) | 118
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost of the contract for the provision of services by Southwest One has been to date; how much has been allocated for such provision in each of the next three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (194150) | 119
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what process was followed in appointing IBM as preferred bidder to join Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane Borough Council in establishing the joint venture partnership Soutwest One; what her role was in this process; and if she will make a statement. | | (194156) | 120
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make a statement on the future of public service provision by Southwest One; and what her policy is on the outsourcing of local services to joint venture partnerships. | | (194159) | 121
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the effect on costs to the public purse of the contract with Southwest One in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and if she will make a statement. | | (194160) | 122
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department (a) paid the pay increases for the 2007 pay round, (b) completed the race impact assessments of the 2007 pay deal and (c) made the race impact assessments available to the recognised trades unions for each of her Department's bargaining units and Government offices. | | (193707) | 123
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the last equal pay review was completed, in line the Equality Opportunities Commission guidance, for (a) her Department's headquarters, (b) each of its executive agencies and (c) her Department's Government offices; when those equal pay reviews were made available to the recognised trades unions of each of her Department's bargaining units; and if she will place in the Library each of those reviews. | | (193708) | 124
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average basic pay for full-time equivalent (a) men and (b) women in (i) AA, (ii) AO and (iii) EO or equivalent grades is in each of her Department's bargaining units. | | (193709) | 125
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 5th December 2005, Official Report, column 963W, how many public conveniences were registered for business rates by the Valuation Office Agency in each Government region at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (193929) | 126
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the executive summary only of the Trees in Town II report was published on her Department's website. | | (193975) | 127
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 613W, on council tax: valuation, how many consequentials following data enhancement were identified by the Valuation Office Agency; and what actions her Department has taken as a result of such identifications. | | (193976) | 128
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what datasets are used in the calculation of the allocation of formula grant to local authorities. | | (194290) | 129
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households were on local authority waiting lists for social housing in (a) England and (b) each Government Office region in (i) 1996 and (ii) 2007. | | (194291) | 130
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated revenue from local authority planning fees was in each year since 1997. | | (194292) | 131
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what liability members of the armed forces, in a single person household which does not have a Ministry of Defence accommodation exemption, have to pay council tax when on active duty overseas. | | (194293) | 132
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of housing and planning delivery grant will be allocated towards a local authority planning department's costs. | | (194294) | 133
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on whether use of a property as a second home should require planning permission. | | (194295) | 134
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of a White Paper on democracy and community engagement; and if she will make a statement. | | (194296) | 135
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley, of 1st February 2008, Official Report, column 688W, on council tax: appeals, how many council tax appeals were (a) received, (b) considered by tribunals and (c) allowed in whole or in part, in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08 to date, broken down by billing authority. | | (194392) | 136
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers Oftenant will have to (a) inspect local authorities and (b) set and monitor performance indicators for local authorities. | | (194409) | 137
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department's target for 240,000 dwellings to be built annually includes a target for each region. | | (194412) | 138
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average dwelling size of new homes was (a) in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) in each previous year for which figures are available; and whether such figures are broken down by (i) social and (ii) private sector dwellings. | | (194413) | 139
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department and its agencies have made of the level of over crowding in social housing; and what statistical measures are used to quantify that level. | | (194507) | 140
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage economic regeneration in coastal resorts. | | (194246) | 141
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of home information packs on the housing market. | | (194255) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 142
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to improve access to the arts in Warrington. | | (193750) | 143
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on tourism in (a) the North West and (b) Cheshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (193751) | 144
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many cultural events he has attended in his official capacity since taking office. | | (193752) | 145
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Department for Children, Schools and Families on improving access to the arts for school pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (193753) | 146
| Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on using powers under the Licensing Act 2003 to reduce public disorder. | | (194399) | 147
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage overseas tourists to visit destinations outside London. | | (194251) | 148
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage cultural regeneration in coastal resorts. | | (194254) | 149
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on funding for the participation of the England Men's U19 Lacrosse Squad in the U19 Lacrosse World Championship in British Columbia in July 2008. | | (194222) | 150
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote and increase participation in lacrosse. | | (194223) | 151
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding streams are available via sports organisations to support the England lacrosse team members. | | (194224) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 152
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) the UK's special envoy to Iraq had with representatives of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq on policy on (a) de-Baathification of Iraq and (b) disbandment of the Iraqi army in 2003; what representations they made to the CPA on the subjects; and what the Government's policy was on both subjects. | | (194407) | 153
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Oral Answer of 22nd January 2007, Official Report, column 1138, on the al-Jameat police station, what reports he has received of the steps taken by the Iraqi government against the members of the serious crime unit. | | (194544) | 154
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the gun barrels used in test firing of depleted uranium shells at the Dundrennan test range are stored; and whether they are to be sent to another site for (a) long-term storage and (b) disposal. | | (194119) | 155
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which days in 2008 to date test firings of CHARM3 tank ammunition have taken place; what the reasons were for these test firings; and what further tests are planned in 2008. | | (194131) | 156
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects of wind farms on the UK's aerial defences. | | (193971) | 157
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the future deployment of (a) HMS Southampton and (b) HMS Exeter; and if he will make a statement. | | (194221) | 158
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he intends to answer Question 168870, tabled by the hon. Member for North Devon on 22nd November 2007, on service family accommodation. | | (194424) | 159
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of whether the military forces of (a) Albania, (b) Croatia and (c) Macedonia are capable of interoperability with those of other European states. | | (194425) | 160
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which UK military engagements in which theatres cluster munitions have been deployed in the last 20 years; and what estimate he has made of the amount of unexploded British ordnance left in each of those theatres. | | (194426) | 161
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what size the armed forces' stockpiles of (a) M85 and (b) CRV-7 munitions are; and when these weapons' lifespan expire. | | (194427) | 162
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when all Warriors deployed in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan will be equipped with the latest Wrap Two defensive technology; and at what cost. | | (194428) | 163
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the total (a) strength and (b) requirement of (i) regular army officers and (ii) regular army other ranks was made up by the recruitment of British nationals in each year since 1997. | | (194429) | 164
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the total (a) strength and (b) requirement of regular army (i) officers and (ii) other ranks was made up by the recruitment of citizens of Commonwealth countries in each year since 1997. | | (194430) | 165
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many combined Territorial Army and Regular Army exercises took place in each year since 1997. | | (194431) | 166
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks of British nationality were recruited to the Regular Army in each year since 1997. | | (194432) | 167
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks were recruited from Commonwealth countries to the Regular Army in each year since 1997. | | (194433) | 168
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Atomic Weapons Establishment has received information from the US on a special material known in the US as Fogbank; and if he will make a statement. | | (194506) | 169
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued to the base commander at RAF Wittering on service personnel wearing uniforms off base; when such guidance was issued; what the evidential basis for the guidance was; and if he will make a statement. | | (194050) | 170
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department consulted (a) Cambridgeshire Constabulary, (b) Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (c) Peterborough City Council before issuing advice to RAF Wittering on the wearing of service uniforms off base. | | (194051) | 171
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, columns 2343-4W, on Chelsea Barracks: sales, what the (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation expenditure profiles were prior to the decision to apportion the proceeds of the sale of Chelsea Barracks for service and accommodation. | | (194423) | 172
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2008, Official Report, column 2550W, on armed forces: housing, what proportion of single living accommodation in each of the named countries is used only during operational deployment. | | [R] (194546) | 173
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) mode length of service of (i) UK nationals and (ii) non-UK nationals in the British Army was in each of the last 10 years. | | (194551) | 174
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals recruited into the British Army (i) did not complete basic training, (ii) left within a year of enlistment, (iii) left within two years of enlistment and (iv) did not complete their engagement in each of the last 10 years. | | (194552) | 175
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the payments made to members of the armed forces on active service abroad towards their council tax will be increased from April in line with increases in council tax liabilities. | | (194401) | 176
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with his French counterpart on increasing France's military deployment to Afghanistan. | | (194195) | 177
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to recover money from Gordon Foxley. | | (194152) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 178
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil service posts are to be transferred to the private sector as part of his Department's plans to outsource facilities management functions in the core Department and its agencies. | | (194356) | 179
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation with trade unions his Department has held in relation to plans to privatise the Department's facilities management functions. | | (194357) | 180
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the framework approach used in his plans to privatise his Department's facilities management functions. | | (194358) | 181
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to adopt a 15 year contract to cover the outsourcing of facilities management functions in his Department. | | (194359) | 182
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what savings are expected as part of his Department's outsourcing of its facilities management functions; and if he will publish the business case for the proposed outsourcing. | | (194360) | 183
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions there are on the importation from the EU of lower alcohol wine where the alcohol content has been reduced using new technologies. | | (193970) | 184
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measurements he plans to use to assess the efectiveness of steps to improve the UK recreational bass fishery. | | (194335) | 185
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the potential value of the UK's recreational sea angling sector to the economy if management policies for recreational sea fisheries were directed towards optimising participation levels; and if he will assess the likely impact of such a policy on the creation of business opportunities. | | (194336) | 186
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March 2008, Official Report, column 49W, on trapping, what plans he has to commission research into alternatives to snaring. | | (194534) | 187
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average contribution made by pensioners in (a) North Durham and (b) England to the cost of the package of insulation and heating improvements available under the WarmFront scheme was in the last two years. | | (194252) | 188
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what systems are in place to monitor value for money under the WarmFront scheme. | | (194253) | 189
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of the contracts between his Department and Eaga in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (194307) | 190
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contracts there are between his Department and Eaga. | | (194361) | 191
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints his Department has received about work carried out under the WarmFront Scheme. | | (194362) | 192
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence of the policies of other countries he plans to take into account when making a decision on whether badger culling should form part of his Department's response to outbreaks of bovine TB. | | (194414) | 193
N | Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the contribution of public transport links to the implementation of the right to roam. | | (193661) | 194
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of waste plastics to be sent from the UK to China for processing in each of the next five years. | | (194561) | 195
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect changes in the amount of UK plastics waste taken by China will have on the UK's performance in recycling. | | (194562) | 196
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what alternatives exist to the disposal of UK waste plastics by China. | | (194563) | 197
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many rights of way have been restored by local authorities under Discovering Lost Ways since the scheme's inception. | | (194402) | 198
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received from the Environmental Services Association on (a) new charges for the collection of household waste and (b) fortnightly rubbish collections in the last 12 months. | | (194403) | 199
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers local authorities have to charge for the compulsory provision of wheelie bins. | | (194495) | 200
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the security of the national food supply. | | (193652) | 201
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the application (ref 017280252) from United Utilities to vary discharge consent from Fleetwood water treatment works if accepted on the quality of bathing water standards in Morecambe Bay. | | (194417) | 202
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of building the proposed Northern Route M6 Link on the risk of flooding to residents in Halton, Lancaster. | | (194418) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 203
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations on the training by Iran of (i) Hamas and (ii) Islamic Jihad; and if he will make a statement. | | (194247) | 204
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2008, Official Report, column 2571W, on World War II: genocide, if he will place in the Library copies of statements condemning President Ahmadinejad's statements questioning the Holocaust; and if he will make a statement. | | (194248) | 205
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have had with the governments of (i) Malta and (ii) Poland on their dissent from the line adopted by the European Union on reproductive health at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meeting in New York; and if he will make a statement. | | (194249) | 206
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on commemorating the 70th anniverary of Kristallnacht; and if he will make a statement. | | (194250) | 207
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations on the compliance of Hamas with international law in Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (194353) | 208
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations on the use by Hamas of human shields in Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (194354) | 209
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with (i) Arab states and (ii) the government of Israel on (A) the compliance of Hamas with international law in Gaza and (B) the use by Hamas of human shields in Gaza; what response was received from each; and if he will make a statement. | | (194355) | 210
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of levels of recruitment of children by armed groups in Afghanistan. | | (194518) | 211
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on objectives PC1/13 numbers 1 and 4 of the Preparatory Committee for Durban II on reviewing progress and sharing best practice. | | (194097) | 212
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will propose the inclusion of (a) holocaust education and (b) anti-semitism for discussion at the April 2008 Durban II preparatory committee to be held in Geneva. | | (194098) | 213
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with his Portuguese counterpart on the EU's position on Durban II before the 31st August 2007 preparatory committee meeting. | | (194100) | 214
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what payments (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194327) | 215
N | Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals uses when making recommendations to Her Majesty on whether foreign campaign medals may be accepted; and whether these criteria have ever been set aside. | | (193826) | 216
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visas were issued in Pakistan to prospective visitors in all temporary categories between April 2006 and March 2007. | | (194092) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 217
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by his Department on the number of (i) males and (ii) females diagnosed with hay fever; and if he will make a statement. | | (194194) | 218
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the expected financial balance of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust for 2007-08. | | (194269) | 219
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in severance payments to NHS staff in each of the last five years. | | (194535) | 220
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assaults upon staff at (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Durham University Hospital and (c) Hartlepool General Hospital were recorded in each year since 2002; and how many successful prosecutions followed such assaults. | | (194126) | 221
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, columns 325-6W, on alcoholic drinks: misuse, how many (a) females and (b) males were considered to be binge drinkers in each of the last five years. | | (193928) | 222
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): 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 Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency. | | (194434) | 223
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on supportive and palliative care has been implemented in Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency. | | (194435) | 224
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data is used by commissioners to determine the need for specialist palliative and neurological care in Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency. | | (194436) | 225
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in (a) Bexley and (b) London are not accepting new NHS patients. | | (194153) | 226
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department has incurred on (a) prostate, (b) breast, (c) testicular and (d) ovarian cancer in each of the last five years. | | (194323) | 227
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of transmission of vCJD infection posed by blood transfusions. | | (194324) | 228
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have developed vCJD infection following a blood transfusion in each year since 1990. | | (194325) | 229
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will allocate increased funding to specialist alcohol treatment services. | | (194337) | 230
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will introduce screening of all patients in primary and secondary care for alcohol misuse. | | (194338) | 231
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of drug resistant gonorrhoea have been confirmed in each of the last five years, broken down by trust. | | (194441) | 232
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to tackle drug resistant gonorrhoea. | | (194509) | 233
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's recent survey of primary care trusts' provision of in-vitro fertilisation treatment. | | (194088) | 234
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means the National Treatment Agency measures outcomes for involuntary benzodiazepine addicts. | | (194099) | 235
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of stress-related illness to the NHS. | | (194274) | 236
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on NHS dentistry in Wirral West constituency in each year since 1997. | | (194301) | 237
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of UK residents not registered with a GP; and whether a recent assessment has been made of the reasons. | | (194419) | 238
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of women opted to have a caesarean section in the last year for which figures are available. | | (194438) | 239
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies are operating for under 100 hours per week under the Medicines (Pharmacy and General Sale - Exemption) Amendment Order 2005 in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (193710) | 240
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmacies operate in Peterborough constituency (a) for under 100 hours a week under the provisions of section 12 of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations and (b) for over 100 hours a week under the provisions of section 13 of the Regulations; and if he will make a statement. | | (193828) | 241
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on increased recruitment of midwives on the (a) training, (b) recruitment and (c) retention of health visitors. | | (194321) | 242
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to recruit more health visitors to provide support through the pre-school stage of children's lives. | | (194322) | 243
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to change the number of training places for health visitors available (a) this year and (b) in the next three years. | | (194329) | 244
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2008, Official Report, column 2527W, on Streptococcus screening, when the proposal was made to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE); when he expects a response from NICE; whether he has made an assessment of the method of processing swabs for group B streptococcus carriage in NHS trusts; and if he will bring forward proposals for the enriched culture method test to be available on the NHS. | | (194422) | 245
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the incidence of birth defects in consanguineous marriages; how many representations he has received about the number of birth defects in consanguineous marriages in the last six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (194437) | 246
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments his Department has made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194315) | 247
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Lancashire Ambulance Trust did not meet its target call-out time in the last 12 months. | | (194393) | 248
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease. | | (194416) | 249
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital due to adverse reactions to prescription drugs in each of the last 10 years. | | (194115) | 250
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths were due to adverse reactions to prescription drugs in each of the last 10 years. | | (194116) | 251
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many recorded incidents of adverse reactions to prescription drugs there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (194117) | 252
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve (a) identification and treatment of food related allergies and (b) raise awareness of such allergies in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (194523) | 253
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with food related allergies in (a) England and (b) North West Cambridgeshire, broken down by type of allergy. | | (194524) | 254
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the population that experience regular and severe migraine and other headache-related disorders. | | (194203) | 255
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of headache disorders on absenteeism in the NHS. | | (194204) | 256
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the provision of NHS services for those who experience regular and severe headache disorders. | | (194205) | 257
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many headache (a) medical and (b) nursing specialists operate within the NHS. | | (194206) | 258
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist headache clinics there are. | | (194207) | 259
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research on assessment of headache disorders he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated; and what plans he has to commission further such research. | | (194208) | 260
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase public research funding for headache disorder medicine; if he will take steps to improve patient access to headache care and services; and if he will make a statement. | | (194209) | 261
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve patient services for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of care and treatment available to end stage patients. | | (194210) | 262
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of treatment pathways for pulmonary arterial hypertension. | | (194211) | 263
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specialist centres for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension there are; what plans he has to increase the number of such centres; and whether the role of such specialist centres will be continued. | | (194212) | 264
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the treatment provided for pulmonary arterial hypertension patients in England against UK and international benchmarks. | | (194213) | 265
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) the changing structure of NHS processes and (b) recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations on the commissioning of pulmonary arterial hypertension services. | | (194214) | 266
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the cost-effectiveness of pulmonary arterial hypertension drugs is determined; and what assessments were made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of potential quality of life improvements offered by such drugs. | | (194215) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 267
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border and Immigration Agency staff were allocated to the EU channel at Heathrow Airport on average each day (a) in 2003-04, (b) in 2006-07 and (c) in 2007-08. | | (194541) | 268
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border and Immigration Agency staff on average were on duty each day after 10.00 p.m. at (a) Manchester, (b) Coventry, (c) Luton, (d) East Midlands and (e) Doncaster airport in the last 12 months. | | (194542) | 269
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) warnings, (b) cautions and (c) charges have been brought against persons for possession of knives in each of the last 10 years. | | (194275) | 270
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) police forces and (b) other agencies will receive the portable knife arches and search wands referred to in her Department's Action Plan for Tackling Violence 2008-11. | | (194276) | 271
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been allocated to (a) sexual assault referral centres, (b) independent advisory services for sexual violence and (c) independent advisory services for domestic violence in each of the next three financial years. | | (194277) | 272
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms the Rape Performance Group will use to monitor local performance in relation to rape prosecutions. | | (194278) | 273
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to amend the law on street prostitution; and if she will make a statement. | | (194279) | 274
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of an illegal handgun in each of the last 10 years. | | (194280) | 275
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the European database of dangerous offenders to prevent homicide associated with organised crime is expected to be operational; and what funding her Department has allocated to the database. | | (194281) | 276
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the domestic violence enforcement campaign conducted between December 2007 and January 2008. | | (194282) | 277
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the next quarterly report to the National Criminal Justice Board on local progress in investigating and prosecuting rape will be issued; and if she will publish (a) this report and (b) all future reports from the board. | | (194283) | 278
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often the Ministerial Action Group to assess the implementation of the Government's Action Plan for Tackling Violence is planned to meet; and when the first annual report on progress in implementing the plan will be published. | | (194284) | 279
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made by the Metropolitan Police's Transport Operational Command Unit's Operation Bus Tag in each year since its inception, broken down by the (a) bus route and (b) borough where the arrest took place. | | (194285) | 280
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th January 2008, Official Report, column 1302W, on national firearms licensing management system, when the National Policing Improvement Agency review of the effectiveness of the interface between the national firearms register on the Police National Computer and the National Firearms Licensing Management System will be completed; and if she will publish the results and recommendations of this review. | | (194286) | 281
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of the report from the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers on gun and gang crime in the Library. | | (194287) | 282
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Ministerial taskforce for the Tackling Gangs Action Programme has met since its establishment. | | (194333) | 283
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Ministerial taskforces and action groups she is a member of. | | (194334) | 284
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means she first become aware of Mr Moshe Feiglin's application to enter the UK; what representations she has received from (a) other Government departments and (b) community groups on Mr Feiglin's case; and if she will make a statement. | | (194191) | 285
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February, Official Report, column 581W, on crime: statistics, what steps she is taking to ensure that more crimes are reported to the police. | | (194110) | 286
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 581W, on crime: statistics, what factors contributed to the estimate of the 2006-07 British Crime Survey that more than half of crimes are never reported to the police. | | (194111) | 287
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sentence-expired foreign prisoners are held in detention under immigration powers; and how many have been held in such detention in each year since 1997. | | (193823) | 288
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the letter from the Chief Executive of the Border and Immigration Agency to the Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, of 18th February 2008, if she will break down the 250 sentence-expired foreign prisoners who have been detained under immigration powers for more than nine months by nationality; what the longest time spent by such a prisoner in detention is; how many sentence-expired foreign prisoners have been held in detention for more than nine months in each of the last 10 years; and what the average daily cost of holding such a prisoner in detention is. | | (193824) | 289
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has asset seizure agreements in respect of illegal drug dealing; and what plans she has to (a) extend the scope of existing agreements and (b) conclude agreements with further countries. | | (194135) | 290
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to answer Question 178629, on criminal offences: proof of identity, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 25th January 2008. | | (193695) | 291
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to answer Question 184044, on binge drinking, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 30th January 2008. | | (193696) | 292
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to answer Question 181925, on prisoners: Muslims, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 23rd January 2008. | | (193697) | 293
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to answer Question 182354, on the National Identity Register, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 24th January 2008. | | (193698) | 294
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the findings of the Crosby Review of identity assurance in respect of the Government's identity card proposals; and what further consideration she has given to the Government's policy on identity cards in the light of the Review. | | (193699) | 295
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of records missing from the register of foreign nationals granted indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. | | (194118) | 296
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rules govern applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) British citizenship by Gurkha soldiers who completed their service (i) after and (ii) before 1st July 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (193711) | 297
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) British citizenship by Gurkha soldiers who completed their service (i) after and (ii) before 1st July 1997 are being processed by her Department. | | (193712) | 298
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) leave to remain and (b) British citizenship by Gurkha soldiers who completed their service (i) after and (ii) before 1st July 1997 were (A) received and (B) granted in each year since 1997. | | (193713) | 299
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discretion she is able to exercise in granting (a) leave to remain and (b) British citizenship to Gurkha soldiers who completed their service before 1st July 1997; and how many times that discretion was exercised in each year since 1997. | | (193714) | 300
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EEA nationals fall within the scope of the fund to manage the transitional impact of migration proposed in the Path to Citizenship Green Paper; and if she will make a statement. | | (193930) | 301
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of the agreement between Southwest One and Avon and Somerset Police are; and if she will make a statement. | | (194157) | 302
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the outsourcing of local services in the South West to a joint venture partnership; and if she will make a statement. | | (194158) | 303
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable for the commencement of alcohol disorder zones is. | | (194397) | 304
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on EC Directive 86/609/EEC, with particular reference to the use of apes for experimental and other scientific purposes. | | (193669) | 305
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 30th January concerning a constituent, reference H1109704. | | (193749) | 306
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy that Ministers should sign replies to hon. Members writing on constituency cases; and under which circumstances Ministers would not sign such replies. | | (193818) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 307
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of (a) the carbon footprint associated with the use of bottled water within the House and (b) the likely footprint were only tap water available. | | (194553) | 308
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent consideration the House authorities have given to providing filtered tap water as an alternative to bottled water in committee and meeting rooms; and what estimate has been made of the cost of providing (a) tap and (b) bottled water in these rooms in 2008-09. | | (194554) | 309
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many bottles of water for consumption (a) in restaurants and cafeterias and (b) elsewhere on the parliamentary estate were purchased by the House in each of the last five years; and what the cost was in each year. | | (194555) | 310
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the (a) quantity and (b) percentage of (i) fruit, (ii) vegetables, (iii) bottled water, (iv) food products, (v) alcoholic drinks and (vi) other food products sourced by the Refreshment Department and its successor from suppliers outside the UK in the last year for which figures are available. | | (194556) | 311
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the names and address are of suppliers of bottled water to the Department of Facilities; and what estimate has been made of the number of (a) lorry journeys and (b) lorry miles generated by these companies in order to meet orders placed by the Department and its predecessor in each year for which figures are available. | | (194557) | 312
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of glass from bottles containing drinking water on sale in parliamentary canteens or provided by House departments for hon. Members' use was (a) recycled and (b) sent for disposal in landfill sites in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the estimated cost was to departments of the House of providing bottles of water in each year since 1997. | | (194558) | 313
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many bottles of water were purchased by departments of the House for consumption other than in restaurants and cafeterias in the last 12 months; what the cost was; and if the Commission will make it their policy to replace bottled water with tap water in (a) Westminster Hall, (b) committee rooms and (c) other meeting rooms. | | (194559) | 314
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make it its policy to make jugs of tap water available in all dining rooms in the Parliamentary Estate. | | (194560) | 315
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 7W, on Diplomatic Protection Group, what safety and environmental issues were highlighted by the health and safety assessment; and what possible solutions are being considered. | | (194308) | 316
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what payments the House of Commons Commission made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194319) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 317
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the Government's policy is on (a) participation in and (b) funding of a future European space flight mission. | | (194520) | 318
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost was of printing and distributing the publication Tackling Obesity: Future Choices; how many copies were printed; and to whom it was distributed. | | (194545) | 319
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the percentage of students from Wirral West constituency who are exempt from payment of tuition fees. | | (194420) | 320
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average debt a student beginning a higher education degree course in 2008 is likely to have on graduating. | | (194090) | 321
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what payments his Department has made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194314) | 322
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people have applied to join foundation degree courses in each year since 2001; and how many such applications were successful in each such year. | | (194398) | 323
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many undergraduates (a) qualified for maintenance grants of (i) £2,835, (ii) £2,2002, (iii) £998, (iv) £524 and (v) £50 and (b) received no grant in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (194196) | 324
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many full-time undergraduates qualified for 75 per cent. net income assessed loans of (a) £2,685, (living at home), (b) £3,470, (living away from home outside London) and (c) £4,855, (living away from home in London), in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (194197) | 325
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many full-time undergraduates qualified for maximum student loans of (a) £3,580, (living at home), (b) £4,625, (living away from home outside London) and (c) £6,475, (living away from home in London), in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (194198) | 326
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many full-time undergraduates qualified for 25 per cent. income assessed loans of (a) £895, (living at home), (b) £1,155, (living away from home outside London) and (c) £1,620, (living away from home in London), in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (194202) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 327
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the funding required (a) internationally and (b) from G8 countries to achieve the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services by 2010. | | (194369) | 328
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the resources required to meet the commitment made at the G8 summit in 2007 to enable distribution by the Global Fund of between $6 billion and $8 billion by 2010; and what assessment he has made of the likely sources for such funding. | | (194370) | 329
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that the achievement of the G8 commitment of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services by 2010 remains a priority agenda item at this year's G8 summit. | | (194371) | 330
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he plans to take to encourage leaders at the 2008 G8 summit to bring forward plans and timetables for delivering commitments made on HIV and AIDS at the 2007 G8 summit, including (a) the $1.5 billion promised for Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission services by 2010 and (b) the $1.8 billion promised for paediatric treatment by 2010. | | (194372) | 331
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make representations for inclusion of a discussion on gender equality and women's empowerment at the UN High Level Meeting on 25th September 2008. | | (194516) | 332
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to advance progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4 in Afghanistan. | | (194517) | 333
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department is providing for education in Afghanistan (a) in budget support, (b) directly to non-governmental organisations and (c) by other means in 2007-08. | | (194519) | 334
| Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to tackle malnutrition amongst under-fives in Afghanistan. | | (194521) | 335
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department plans to provide to the Global Plan to Stop TB Partnership for the financial years 2008 to 2010. | | (193706) | 336
| Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to secure G8 agreement to firm (a) plans and (b) timetables for the implementation of commitments on HIV and AIDS made at the 2007 Heiligendamm G8 summit; and if he will make a statement. | | (194302) | 337
| Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that universal access to HIV prevention, care, treatment and support services is a priority agenda item at (a) the forthcoming meeting of G8 development ministers and (b) the forthcoming G8 summit; and what estimate he has made of the level of funding (i) necessary to enable universal access to these services by 2010 and (ii) to be contributed towards this goal by G8 countries. | | (194303) | 338
| Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the size of contribution to be made by the UK towards fulfilling the commitments made at the 2007 G8 summit to provide by 2010 (a) $1.5 billion towards universal access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services and (b) $1.8 billion towards universal access to paediatric HIV treatment. | | (194304) | 339
| Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the funding still required to achieve the commitment at the 2007 G8 summit to enable distribution of between $6 billion and $8 billion by the Global Fund by 2010; and what assessment he has made of the likely sources for such funding. | | (194305) | 340
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) development and (b) humanitarian aid to Kenya his Department (i) provided in each of the last five years and (ii) has provided since the elections. | | (194522) | 341
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid his Department has given to Kosovo in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (194226) | 342
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reasons the Government has not signed the UN Convention on Watercourses; and if he will make a statement. | | (194089) | 343
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what payments his Department has made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194313) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 344
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he has issued on the (a) extent and (b) examples of reasonable adjustments expected by employment tribunals under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 in order to facilitate fair hearings for people with learning disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (193973) | 345
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) cautions and (b) fines were imposed for (i) vandalism, (ii) graffiti, (iii) litter and (iv) anti-social behaviour in each district and unitary council area in Essex in each of the last eight quarters for which records are available. | | (194199) | 346
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many committal hearings were held in magistrates' courts for non-payment of council tax in each of the last two years for which information is available, broken down by (a) region and (b) local authority area. | | (194351) | 347
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many liability orders were issued by magistrates' courts in each of the last two years for which information is available, broken down by (a) region and (b) local authority area; and what their value was in each year. | | (194352) | 348
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were for vandalism in (i) Easington constituency and (ii) the County of Durham in each year since 2002. | | (194124) | 349
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions for drink driving there were in (i) Easington constituency and (ii) the County of Durham in each year since 2002. | | (194125) | 350
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, columns 1711-2W, on departmental redundancies, what the cost of redundancies in the Prison Service was in the 12 months preceding (a) 30th June 2004, (b) 30th June 2005 and (c) 30th June 2006. | | (194511) | 351
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants on bail between pleading guilty or being found guilty and sentence subsequently failed to attend court for sentencing in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) Crown Court and (b) magistrates' court. | | (194288) | 352
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) drug finds and (b) mobile phone finds there were in each prison in each of the last five years. | | (194289) | 353
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are being held at each women's prison in England and Wales; and how many were being held in each of the last five years. | | (194120) | 354
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are held at each (a) public sector prison and (b) privately managed prison in England and Wales; and how many were held in each category in each of the last five years. | | (194121) | 355
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many unconvicted prisoners are held in each prison in England and Wales; and how many were held in each of the last five years. | | (194122) | 356
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers are employed at each (a) public sector prison and (b) privately managed prison in England and Wales; and how many were employed in each category in each of the last five years. | | (194123) | 357
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date he expects the CORE database to be fully operational. | | (194395) | 358
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce a right for candidates to request a manual recount of ballot papers in elections where electronic counting equipment is used. | | (194396) | 359
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13th December 2007, Official Report, column 469W, on offenders: unemployment, when he expects to decide on the future of the pilots; and whether he has taken advice on the continued use of this sanction in pilot areas after monitoring has ceased. | | (194113) | 360
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff are employed in the National Offender Management Service in the (a) Community Reintegration Team, (b) Intensive Interventions Team, (c) Attitude Thinking and Behaviour Team, (d) Performance Area Coordination Unit, (e) Prospects Unit, (f) Performance Improvement Unit, (g) Performance Management Unit and (h) Enforcement Improvement Team; what the primary responsibilities of each unit are; and how each unit is monitored for value for money. | | (194093) | 361
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers from cohort 8 who qualified in September 2007 have not been offered employment. | | (194094) | 362
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers from cohort 9 who are expected to qualify in September 2008 he expects will not be offered employment. | | (194095) | 363
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers from cohort 10 who are expected to qualify in September 2009 he expects will not be offered employment. | | (194096) | 364
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers there are in each of cohorts (a) eight, (b) nine and (c) 10. | | (194139) | 365
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was or will be the cost of training a probation officer in (a) cohort eight, (b) cohort nine and (c) cohort 10. | | (194140) | 366
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who has lead responsibility for diversity issues in his Department. | | (194141) | 367
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he will ensure that his Department's policy on diversity is implemented at local level in both the probation and prison services. | | (194142) | 368
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that funding for probation services is ring fenced for the next three financial years. | | (194143) | 369
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons were sentenced to a period in custody for drug-related offences involving bringing the drug into the UK on their person in each of the last five years. | | (194144) | Questions to the Leader of the House 370
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Leader of the House, what payments her Office made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194312) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 371
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what payments his Department and its agencies have made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194309) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 372
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which constituencies she has visited in Greater London since her appointment as Minister for London; and if she will make a statement. | | (194154) | 373
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what payments her Office made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194317) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 374
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what payments his Department has made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194311) | Questions to the Solicitor General 375
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Solicitor General, what payments the Law Officers' Department made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194320) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 376
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what payments the Electoral Commission made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194318) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 377
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March 2008, Official Report, columns 9-10W, on rolling stock: Brighton, what assessment (a) she and (b) Southern has made of the capacity of diesel rolling stock available to that company to accommodate passenger demand on the (i) Brighton-Ashford and (ii) other railway lines; and if she will make a statement. | | (193909) | 378
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average loading is of the diesel train service between Brighton and Ashford (a) in peak hours and (b) across the working day. | | (193910) | 379
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons her Department does not allow train operating companies to acquire vehicles from rolling stock companies without her Department's agreement in cases where such acquisitions take place within the terms of an existing franchise. | | (194539) | 380
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons she has decided that bidders for the next South-Central franchise will be required to bid in accordance with a train operating timetable constructed by her Department. | | (194540) | 381
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which airports operate (a) a one-bag rule and (b) a two-bag rule; and what steps she is taking to standardise practice. | | (194543) | 382
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which approved appeals bodies adjudicate on the penalty fares scheme. | | (194548) | 383
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents occurred at the Nether Alderley junction between the A34 and the A537 in Cheshire in each of the last eight years, broken down by those which resulted in (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries, (c) minor injuries and (d) other outcomes. | | (194549) | 384
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2758W, on Intercity Express: consultants, what (a) benefits and (b) value for money gains she expects to arise as a result of her Department's detailed involvement in the specification process. | | (194550) | 385
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents occurred on the A264 between Stone Cross and Blackham in each of the last 10 years. | | (194537) | 386
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28th January 2008, Official Report, columns 41-2, on aviation: radioactive materials, to which country or countries the three consignments of radioactive waste which will not require repatriation of radioactive waste to the UK were shipped for treatment; how much radioactive waste was contained in each of these three shipments; what information was provided in each case to the government of the receiving country in respect of the long-term management of the unrepatriated radioactive waste arising; what the countries of origin were of each of the consignments imported into the UK in 2007; and what the countries of destination were of each of the consignments exported from the UK in 2007. | | (194134) | 387
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, columns 2757-8W, on housing: infrastructure, what work programmes have been evaluated for the infrastructure improvements needed to meet new housing developments recommended for the Bournemouth area. | | (193926) | 388
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2766W, on transport: finance, how much of (a) the £87 million regional transport budget and (b) the £173.7 million capital funding for the South West was allocated to Bournemouth. | | (193927) | 389
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Transport for London and train operating companies on the provision of Oyster facilities at London mainline train stations; and if she will make a statement. | | (194155) | 390
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which integrated transport projects undertaken by Kent County Council in North Kent have been financed by the proceeds of the Dartford River Crossing tolls; and in which constituencies those projects are located. | | (193046) | 391
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of residents of (a) Bexley, (b) Havering, (c) Gravesham and (d) Sevenoaks local authority areas who made fewer than 10 single journeys per annum over the Dartford River Crossing in each of the last three years. | | (193047) | 392
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of residents of (a) Bexley, (b) Havering, (c) Gravesham and (d) Sevenoaks local authority areas who made more than 50 single journeys per annum over the Dartford River Crossing in each of the last three years. | | (193048) | 393
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in the (a) Bexley, (b) Havering, (c) Gravesham and (d) Sevenoaks local authority areas live within (i) six miles and (ii) 10 miles of the Dartford River Crossing. | | (193049) | 394
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimate is for the final cost of the realignment of the A2 trunk road between Pepper Hill and the M2. | | (194106) | 395
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public funding has been allocated to the Fastrack bus transport system operating in Dartford and Gravesham to date. | | (194107) | 396
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much pre-payment income was received from (a) light or medium goods vehicle category and (b) heavy goods vehicle or special type vehicle DART tag holders at the Dartford River Crossing in each of the last 12 months; and how many crossings were made by such customers in the last 12 months. | | (194109) | 397
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much pre-payment income was received from motor car category DART tag holders at the Dartford River Crossing in each of the last 12 months; and how many crossings were made by such customers in the last 12 months. | | (194112) | 398
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments her Department and its agencies have made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194310) | 399
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on morning start times for free off-peak bus travel for pensioners. | | (194400) | 400
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her proposed new road tolls will be classed as a tax for the methodological purposes of the Office for National Statistics. | | (194410) | 401
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her proposals for new road tolls will be revenue neutral. | | (194411) | 402
| Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were employed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (194439) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 403
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for what time period evidence from members of the public, on illegal dumping of waste, is retained by the Environment Agency. | | (194547) | 404
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what payments his Department has made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194316) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 405
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2683W, on age: discrimination, if she will place copies of the two reviews and studies in the Library. | | (194225) | 406
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what analysis the Government has undertaken of the extent of caste discrimination in the UK; and if she will make a statement. | | (194347) | 407
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what payments her Department has made to Ipsos MORI since its establishment; and for what purposes. | | (194326) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 408
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of running the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority in each year until it is replaced by the Personal Accounts Board. | | (193969) | 409
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the findings of the voice risk analysis pilot scheme run by Harrow Council in relation to claims for (a) housing and (b) council tax benefit. | | (193974) | 410
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2008, Official Report, column 2591 on IT projects, what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e) current estimated cost is for the Child Support Agency Operational Improvement Plan, including IT elements; and if he will make a statement. | | (194128) | 411
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell, Official Report, column 2801W, on child support, how much and what proportion of debt was classed as collectable in each year since the Child Support Agency was established. | | (193700) | 412
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 138W, on pension credit: overpayments, if he will break down (a) how much in overpayment was caused by and (b) how many cases of (i) fraud and (ii) error there were in each year. | | (193702) | 413
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to rename council tax benefit as council tax rebate as recommended by Sir Michael Lyons. | | (194103) | 414
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the upper savings limit relating to council tax benefit. | | (194104) | 415
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Ministerial counterparts on the possibility of paying council tax benefit automatically to those entitled to it; and if he will make a statement. | | (194105) | 416
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the proposed closure of the Jobcentre Plus office in Shepherds Bush; and if he will make a statement. | | (194332) | 417
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to answer the hon. Member for Peterborough's letter of 4th February 2008 on his constituent Mr Plummer and his dispute with the Child Support Agency. | | (194339) | 418
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments his Department and its agencies have made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes. | | (194328) | 419
| Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will raise the level of winter fuel payments to take account of recent increases in energy prices. | | (194533) | 420
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the decision to close the Wisbech Remploy factory was taken; who took the decision; what effect on his Department's expenditure there will be as a result of the closure; and what the estimated site value of the factory is. | | (194114) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 421
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioners and (b) non-pensioners using liquid petroleum gas or fuel heating oil to heat their home in each year since 1997; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of those people living in fuel poverty in each of those years. | | [Transferred] (194340) | 422
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the Government's policy is in relation to corporate social responsibility in exercising shareholder rights in relation to Government-owned shares; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (194297) | 423
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value of the Government's shareholdings (a) in total and (b) in accordance with socially responsible investment policies was in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (194298) | 424
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what arrangements will be made for the handling of employment contracts of employees of the Joint Frequency Management Group following the introduction of a commercial band manager; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (194151) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 425
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public sector jobs were created in each region in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (193703) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 426
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the Joint Ministerial Committee on Devolution last met; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (193968) | 427
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make it his policy to withdraw charitable status from (a) private schools and (b) financial institutions. | | [Transferred] (194216) | 428
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether he plans to review the criteria for charitable status; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (194217) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 429
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many liability orders for non-payment of council tax bills were handed over to bailiffs by local authorities for collection of council tax in each of the last two years for which figures are available; and how much was successfully recovered by bailiffs, broken down by (a) region and (b) local authority in each year. | | [Transferred] (194350) | 430
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received about including commemoration of Raoul Wallenberg in Holocaust Memorial Day; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (194374) | 431
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her estimate is of the rateable value of all churches and other places of worship in England which are exempt from business rates. | | [Transferred] (194394) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 432
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) males and (b) females, broken down by age group were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of offences under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 for (A) noise, (B) graffiti and fly-posting and (C) waste and litter in (1) Southend, (2) each local authority in Essex and (3) Essex police authority area, broken down by basic command unit in each year since the introduction of the powers. | | [Transferred] (194373) | 433
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider whether the prohibition of on-farm burials for livestock should be removed; and if he will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred] (193660) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 434
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's strategy for peace in Iraq as referred to by the former Prime Minister on 14th April 2003. | | [Transferred] (194408) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 435
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) sexual offences prevention orders, (b) risk of sexual harm orders and (c) foreign travel orders were issued in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (194331) | 436
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (a) Easington constituency and (b) the County of Durham since their introduction; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (194127) | 437
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons died in police custody from drug-related causes in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (194145) |
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