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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 19 March 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 19 March 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 19 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 Wednesday 19 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 19 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195866) | 2
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195867) | 3
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people received the winter fuel payment in (a) Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency, (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough and (c) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (195759) | 4
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of the Crown Post Offices currently operated by Post Office Ltd. that are not listed in the Post Office Network Consultation document as proposed for closure are franchised. | | (195666) | 5
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether new franchisees taking over Crown Post Offices have a legal obligation to maintain a post office function in the building in which they maintain a franchise. | | (195667) | 6
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for what length of time the Post Office franchisees taking over Crown Post Offices have a legal obligation to maintain a post office function before renewal. | | (195668) | 7
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of the Crown Post Offices operated by Post Office Ltd. were franchised in each year since 2002, broken down by local authority area. | | (195669) | 8
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely security of future generation of nuclear power stations against accident or deliberate attack. | | (195743) | 9
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether sub-post offices that were to have been closed under the Network Change Programme but are kept open under arrangements agreed between Post Office Ltd. and local authorities will count against the Government's target for 2,500 post office closures; and if he will make a statement. | | (193754) | 10
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much financial support has been given by (a) the South East Regional Development Agency and (b) English Partnerships to the regeneration of derelict sites in the former East Kent Coalfield; and if he will make a statement. | | (195738) | 11
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the Government's policy is on the reduction of offshore gas flaring. | | (195734) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 12
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195862) | 13
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195863) | 14
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on carbon dioxide emissions of the postponement of the inflation linked fuel duty increase that had been planned for 1st April. | | (195931) | 15
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue foregone arising from the decision to postpone the planned fuel duty increase that had been planned for 1st April. | | (195932) | 16
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time for processing new value added tax registrations was in each of the last 12 months. | | (195645) | 17
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the differential between tax rates for petrol and liquefied petroleum gas; and what the duty charged on each fuel was in each of the last five years. | | (195712) | 18
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) charitable and (b) other donations had been committed by Northern Rock and remained unpaid at the entry into force of the Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008; and what plans the Board of Northern Rock has to honour such commitments. | | (195953) | 19
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) amount and (b) purpose of payments made to Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland outside (i) block grants calculated under the Barnett formula and (ii) main departmental programmes in annually managed expenditure was in each year since 1997. | | (195803) | 20
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195812) | 21
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1636W, on departmental labour turnover, how many civil servants voluntarily ceased employment, excluding redundancies, within his Department (a) since 1st July 2007, (b) between 1st November 2006 and 31st June 2007 and (c) in each month between October 2006 and the most recent month for which figures are available. | | (195903) | 22
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1638W, on departmental pay, how many civil servants in his Department were in receipt of the (a) normal maximum and (b) high performance maximum in each pay range in each year since 1997. | | (195904) | 23
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1489W, on Northern Rock: freedom of information, how many of the 31 freedom of information requests have been refused; and what were the grounds in each case. | | (195905) | 24
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2008, Official Report, column 1367W, on income tax, what proportion of those receiving an income tax self-assessment tax return overstated their tax liability in each year since 1997. | | (195907) | 25
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, whether there is a separate line management process for HM Revenue and Customs data guardians. | | (195910) | 26
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, when each of the 37 data guardians was appointed; and how long each appointment is for. | | (195911) | 27
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, how many full-time equivalent data guardians HM Revenue and Customs has. | | (195912) | 28
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, what the Civil Service grade of each data guardian is. | | (195913) | 29
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, where each of the data guardians not in Tyne and Wear or London are based. | | (195914) | 30
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1490W, on voluntary work, what funding his Department has provided for the Volunteers Group in 2007-08. | | (195916) | 31
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2008, Official Report, column 1490W, on voluntary work, what special leave entitlement is available to staff to take time off to volunteer. | | (195917) | 32
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials notified his Department that they intended to work for (a) British Aerospace, (b) British Airways, (c) BP, (d) Shell, (e) Rolls Royce, (f) HSBC, (g) Standard Chartered, (h) RBS (i) HBOS, (j) Barclays and (k) another company on leaving his Department in each of the last five years. | | (195562) | 33
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the average price of a pint of beer comprised tax in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage it will be in 2008-09. | | (195531) | 34
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the average price of a bottle of spirits comprised tax in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage it will be in 2008-09. | | (195532) | 35
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on domestic inequality of above-inflation rises in prices of necessary goods such as food. | | (195555) | 36
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd February 2008, column 112W, on income: equality, what assessment he has made of trends in (a) national prosperity and (b) household income inequality in (i) England, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees Valley district and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (195564) | 37
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to improve living standards for pensioners in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency since 1997. | | (195673) | 38
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information will be collected as part of the 2011 national census; and if he will make a statement. | | (195676) | 39
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many live births there were in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) region and (b) primary care trust area. | | (195752) | 40
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance provided by his Department to other Government departments on what should be included in their 2008 Departmental annual reports. | | (195684) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 41
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will consider bringing forward proposals (a) to require head teachers to sign statutory declarations to confirm compliance with the Schools Admissions Code and (b) to impose fines on (i) headteachers and (ii) schools for serious breaches of the Code. | | (195704) | 42
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will consider placing the conduct of schools admissions under the supervision of an independent body; and if he will make a statement. | | (195709) | 43
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will amend the Schools Admissions Code to limit more explicitly its religious content of admissions criteria. | | (195767) | 44
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195894) | 45
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195895) | 46
| Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the key findings of Research Brief DCSF-RB020 of January 2008 on Secondary School Admissions in respect of admissions policies and segregated intakes. | | (195733) | 47
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to publish the Next Steps component of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England. | | (195457) | 48
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance and information on the teaching of literacy his Department sends or makes available to maintained primary schools. | | (195652) | 49
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on Teachers TV in each year since its introduction. | | (195800) | 50
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the average number of Teachers TV viewers (a) online and (b) on television each day; and how many of these are teachers. | | (195801) | 51
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours of cultural activity a week are planned to be offered to schoolchildren in school hours. | | (195802) | 52
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195822) | 53
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of secondary school teachers of (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) biology, (d) mathematics, (e) history and (g) modern languages who qualified in each year since 1992 are teaching full-time. | | (195920) | 54
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 14 to 16 year olds spent time in a further education college studying for a vocational qualification in the last 12 months. | | (195655) | 55
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what measures his Department has introduced to enable parents of children with dyslexia-type reading difficulties to provide support for their child in the last five years. | | (195535) | 56
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in schools with dyslexia-type reading difficulties in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (195536) | 57
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what measures his Department has introduced to support pupils with dyslexia-type reading difficulties in the last five years. | | (195537) | 58
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect of crime levels in schools on the decisions prospective students make in determining which school they will attend. | | (195674) | 59
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what objectives have been set for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust; what the Trust's costs were in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available; and what proportion of these costs were funded (a) directly and (b) indirectly by his Department. | | (195651) | 60
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were reported missing from social services care in each of the last 10 years; how many were missing for more than (a) one month, (b) three months and (c) six months. | | (195958) | 61
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children sought asylum in the UK in each of the last 10 years. | | (195959) | 62
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children (a) were classified as having special educational needs, (b) were given a statement of special educational needs and (c) were classified as having emotional and behavioural difficulties, in each of the last 10 years. | | (195960) | 63
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupil referral units (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last 10 years. | | (195961) | 64
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupil referral unit places there were in each of the last 10 years. | | (195962) | 65
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools were deemed to have unsatisfactory physical education and sports provision in each of the last 10 years. | | (195963) | 66
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children in care obtained A* to C GCSE grades in (a) English and (b) mathematics in each of the last 10 years. | | (195965) | 67
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in care were served with an anti-social behaviour order in each of the last nine years. | | (195966) | 68
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in care were permanently excluded from school in each of the last 10 years. | | (195967) | 69
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children diagnosed with depression in each of the last 10 years. | | (195968) | 70
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sex education in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (195969) | 71
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on the National Programme for Specialist Leaders of Behaviour and Attendance since its inception; and how many teachers have been enrolled on the programme. | | (195970) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 72
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195874) | 73
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195875) | 74
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Government has taken to ensure high performing voluntary services are recognised for their contribution to the community. | | (194802) | 75
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Government has taken to consult the third sector on decisions on relevant Government funding changes. | | (194803) | 76
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage people to volunteer. | | (194804) | 77
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195815) | 78
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 687W, on the departmental intranet, whether his Department's IT system is able to provide a record of Wikipedia entries (a) created and (b) amended from within his Department. | | (195837) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 79
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195890) | 80
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by her Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195891) | 81
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) support and (b) guidance her Department gives to local projects to support the social interaction of elderly people living alone. | | (195621) | 82
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the regional guidelines for land-won sand and gravel production set out in the National and Regional Guidelines for Aggregates Provision in England 2001 to 2016 were determined; and how they are monitored. | | (195811) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in her Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195823) | 84
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, columns 49-50W, on quarrying: public participation, which local authorities have submitted minerals development plan documents for examination. | | (195908) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4th February 2008, Official Report, column 850W, on the Minister for the West Midlands, what the date of each listed visit was. | | (195909) | 86
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will appoint a commissioner to the Equality and Human Rights Commission with responsibilities for the non-religious element of the religion or belief equality strand covering beliefs such as humanism. | | (195654) | 87
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she issues to local authorities on best practice in (a) the management of public money and (b) the liabilities of elected councillors in respect of joint venture partnerships. | | (195955) | 88
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the remaining Round 6 arms-length management organisations will be informed of the results of their bids for decent homes funding. | | (195710) | 89
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will review the scope and powers of the Planning Inspectorate. | | (194805) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 90
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195872) | 91
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195873) | 92
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to expand further audio description on digital television; what discussions he has had with broadcasters on this matter; and what strategy is in place to help those with visual impairment as part of the digital change over process. | | (195717) | 93
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available to increase access to audio description equipment via digital television. | | (195718) | 94
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many blind and partially sighted people were helped as part of the digital changeover in Cumbria. | | (195719) | 95
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to change licensing conditions for land-based casinos. | | (195401) | 96
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to allow more permitted areas for gambling in the UK. | | (195405) | 97
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many land-based casinos have closed in the last 12 months. | | (195406) | 98
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has plans to change the age of admission from 18 to 21 years old for land-based casinos. | | (195407) | 99
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195825) | 100
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 1296W, on departmental intranet, what the (a) creations and (b) amendments were referred to in the Answer. | | (195854) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 101
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195884) | 102
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195885) | 103
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Naval ratings are being retrained to act as HGV drivers in Afghanistan. | | (195954) | 104
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to commission a fifth Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship to provide the maximum sea-lift capability recommended in his Department's 1998 operational analysis; and if he will make a statement. | | (195570) | 105
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) helicopters, (b) vehicles and (c) fixed-wing aircraft were lost under enemy fire in each year since 2003, broken down by model. | | (195379) | 106
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many awards for (a) bravery and (b) distinguished service were issued to personnel who had served in Iraq in each year since 2003, broken down by (i) service, (ii) rank and (iii) regiment. | | (195380) | 107
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rocket attacks there were on Basra airbase in each year since 2003. | | (195381) | 108
N | Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many road side bomb attacks there were in Basra in each year since 2003. | | (195382) | 109
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195826) | 110
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) departmental officials and (b) officers of the armed services notified his Department that they intended to work for (i) British Aerospace, (ii) British Airways, (iii) BP, (iv) Shell, (v) Rolls Royce, (vi) HSBC, (vii) Standard Chartered, (viii) RBS, (ix) HBOS, (x) Barclays and (xi) another company on leaving their post in each of the last five years. | | (195560) | 111
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-blood relatives of servicemen who had been posthumously awarded service medals received medals on their relative's behalf in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (195739) | 112
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward proposals for a scheme to enable members of HM Armed Forces to travel free on public transport when wearing uniform. | | (195978) | 113
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former residential properties of his Department in Colchester constituency were sold in each year since their acquisition by Annington Estates. | | (195979) | 114
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's residential properties there are in Colchester constituency; how many there were at the time Annington Estates acquired them; and on what date the acquisition was completed. | | (195980) | 115
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average price was for his Department's dwellings in Colchester constituency paid by Annington Estates. | | (195981) | 116
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the proceeds from the sale of his Department's former housing and other land in Colchester constituency, subsequently sold by Annington Estates, were passed to the Government in each year since such sales have taken place; what this represented as a percentage of the sale price in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (195982) | 117
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid Annington Estates in (a) rent and (b) costs of maintenance for residential dwellings in Colchester constituency in each year since the company acquired the properties. | | (195983) | 118
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid Annington Estates in each year for improvements and modernisation of residential dwellings in Colchester constituency in each year since the company acquired the properties. | | (195984) | 119
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make available empty Ministry of Defence residential dwellings in Colchester constituency for (a) the short-term and (b) long-term use by (i) Colchester Borough Council and (ii) relevant housing associations; and if he will make a statement. | | (195985) | 120
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of how much has been received by Annington Estates in (a) 2007-08 and (b) the previous 10 years for which figures are available in payments for rent in respect of vacant residential dwellings for military personnel in Colchester constituency. | | (195986) | 121
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the longest period is for which a residential or former residential dwelling of his Department in Colchester constituency has remained empty. | | (195987) | 122
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the initial request came from to supply additional Supercat M-WMIK vehicles; when that request became an order; and what function these future vehicles will perform. | | (195628) | 123
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the required strength of army officers is in each of the categories (a) 1/(D), (b) 1, (c) 2, (d) 3, (e) 4, (f) 5 and (g) 6 to 9. | | (195629) | 124
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons are for the increased cost of the new Supercat M-WMIK order. | | (195630) | 125
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Supercat M-WMIKs had been supplied prior to the current orders for 130 and 72; and at what unit price. | | (195631) | 126
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for procuring additional armoured cars. | | (195632) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 127
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195880) | 128
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195881) | 129
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the quantity of ozone-depleting substances in building; and what amount of ozone-depleting emissions has come from this source since 2000. | | (195933) | 130
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to implement EC Regulation 2037/2000 as it applies to the disposal of ozone-depleting substances found in foam in buildings. | | (195934) | 131
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects the provisions of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 on the energy efficiency of (a) local authority housing stock and (b) privately rented homes. | | (195659) | 132
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes the operation of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 has produced in levels of carbon dioxide emissions from residential housing stock. | | (195660) | 133
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the changes in residential accommodation energy efficiency which have resulted from the provisions of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. | | (195661) | 134
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the tonnage change in carbon dioxide emissions as a result of the implementation of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. | | (195679) | 135
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the terawatt hour energy savings resulting from the implementation of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. | | (195680) | 136
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent efficiency directions have been issued to authorities that have not met the targets resulting from the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. | | (195681) | 137
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of changes to levels of energy efficiency within residential accommodation as a result of the operation of the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995. | | (195682) | 138
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities achieved the improvement targets resulting from the Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 in each year since the Act was implemented; and how many he expects to achieve the targets in the next 12 months. | | (195683) | 139
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of illegal hare-coursing in England since the implementation of the Hunting Act 2004. | | (195758) | 140
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195827) | 141
| Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many firms involved in the Warm Front scheme are wholly or partly owned by Eaga. | | (195740) | 142
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration his Department has made of the effects of global population growth on climate change. | | (195742) | 143
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2716W, on the departmental intranet, whether his Department's IT system is able to provide a record of Wikipedia entries (a) created and (b) amended from within his Department. | | (195855) | 144
| Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to place a levy on the purchase of farm plastic. | | (195663) | 145
| Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid to farmers for the production of a pound of sugar on the most recent date for which figures are available; what subsidy was available per pound for exporting sugar; what tariff was applied per pound import of sugar from outside the EU; what national derogations from the EU sugar regime are in place; and how revenue from sugar imports is allocated. | | (195711) | 146
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what value of single farm payments were issued by the Rural Payments Agency for between (a) £60.01 and £80.00, (b) £80.01 and £100.00, (c) £100.01 and £120.00, (d) £120.01 and £150.00 and (e) £150.01 and £200.00, excluding delayed payments from previous years, in each of the last three years. | | (195439) | 147
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has held a consultation on proposed amendments to the time limit given in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. | | (195761) | 148
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what organisations have exemption certificates under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. | | (195762) | 149
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations on proposed changes to Schedule 1 to the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. | | (195763) | 150
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received on the proposed changes to the time limit given in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. | | (195764) | 151
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much is planned to be spent on his Department's voluntary retirement scheme in each of the first three years of its existence. | | (194800) | 152
N | Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the effect on the public purse will be as a result of the operation of his Department's voluntary retirement scheme. | | (194801) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 153
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195864) | 154
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195865) | 155
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria were used in deciding to establish EU sanctions against Burmese companies. | | (195835) | 156
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of China on the right of cultural expression in Tibet. | | (195571) | 157
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Iran on its decision to prevent reformist candidates from standing in the recent elections. | | (195715) | 158
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the effects of transmissions by al-Jazeera and al-Arabiyya on public perception of the UK in the Middle East. | | (195622) | 159
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195821) | 160
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials of the diplomatic service notified his Department that they intended to work in any capacity for (a) British Aerospace, (b) British Airways, (c) BP, (d) Shell, (e) Rolls Royce, (f) HSBC, (g) Standard Chartered, (h) RBS, (i) HBOS, (j) Barclays and (k) another company on leaving the service in each of the last five years. | | (195559) | 161
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the (a) Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and (b) others before deciding to end his Department's funding for new awards with effect from 2009-10. | | (195627) | 162
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the written Ministerial statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 23WS, on FCO scholarships and fellowships, if he will publish the review. | | (195650) | 163
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) UK universities and (b) universities in Commonwealth countries on the effect that the withdrawal of his Department's support for Commonwealth scholarships will have on the ability of Commonwealth students to attend UK universities. | | (195765) | 164
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 22-4WS, on FCO scholarships and fellowships, what assessment he has made of the rigour and transparency of selection methods for the (a) Commonwealth and (b) Chevening Scholarship schemes. | | (195766) | 165
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on relations with Cuba following the resignation of Fidel Castro. | | (195672) | 166
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of detainees being held on US ships stationed outside the three mile territorial waters of Diego Garcia; and if he will set up a public inquiry into whether there was British involvement in the rendition and detention of prisoners around Diego Garcia or elsewhere. | | (194245) | 167
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of China on the situation in Tibet. | | (195708) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 168
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of services at Burton Independent Sector Treatment Centre has been taken up by patients (a) across the whole contract, (b) from within the North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust area, (c) from within the Stoke-on-Trent Primary Care Trust area and (d) from within the South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust area (i) in 2006-07 and (ii) at present. | | (194603) | 169
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195870) | 170
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195871) | 171
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures were carried out in GP surgeries or other non-hospital patient centres since 2000; and how many resulted in episodes of (a) MRSA, (b) clostridium difficile and (c) norovirus. | | (195832) | 172
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, over what period of time the use of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence approved cancer drugs will be assessed as part of the National Cancer Director's evaluation. | | (195440) | 173
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered on the violent patient register of each London primary care trust in each of the last three years. | | (195649) | 174
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistics are recorded on the incidence of addiction to prescribed tranquillisers. | | (195565) | 175
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to tackle addiction to prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor anti-depressants. | | (195566) | 176
| Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps were taken to address tranquilliser addiction in England in each year from 1999 to 2006. | | (195567) | 177
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to prevent someone from re-entering nursing in the NHS when they have previously been deemed unsatisfactory for the nursing profession. | | (195716) | 178
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the making of contributions to Wikipedia pages related to the NHS by (a) administrative, (b) medical, (c) nursing and (d) other NHS staff; what guidance he has issued to health authorities and trusts on the allocation of resources to this work; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse in each of the last three years of time spent by NHS staff in contributing to Wikipedia online pages; and if he will make a statement. | | (195554) | 179
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures were carried out by NHS hospitals in each year since 2000; and how many of these were followed by an episode of (a) MRSA, (b) clostridium difficile and (c) norovirus. | | (195572) | 180
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were (a) issued and (b) dispensed in England in each of the last five years. | | (195573) | 181
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in England (a) paid for prescriptions and (b) used a prescription pre-payment certificate in each of the last five years. | | (195574) | 182
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in England who are unable to take prescribed medicines because of the cost of prescriptions; and if he will make a statement. | | (195575) | 183
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has evaluated on the effect of vegetarianism on well-being. | | (195620) | 184
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for elective births by Caesarean-section in the last 12 months. | | (195624) | 185
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pages of content are available on the NHS Direct website; what the cost of operating the NHS Direct website was in 2007; and how many unique visitors to the NHS Direct website there were in each month between June 2007 and February 2008. | | (195805) | 186
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the purpose of the NHS Choices website is; how many pages of content are currently available on the NHS Choices website; and how many unique visitors to the NHS Choices website there were in each month between June 2007 and February 2008. | | (195806) | 187
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average period of employment for a Commission for Social Care Inspection inspector was at the most recent date for which information is available. | | (195807) | 188
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) inspectors and (b) full-time equivalent inspectors work for the Commission for Social Care Inspection. | | (195808) | 189
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered care homes have more than 50 per cent. of employees with qualifications at NVQ level 2 or above. | | (195809) | 190
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes have been (a) opened and (b) closed in each of the last 10 years. | | (195810) | 191
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195820) | 192
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with Huntington's disease in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (195552) | 193
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (195553) | 194
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have been mistakenly sent for x-rays or CT scans in each English region in each of the last five years. | | (195563) | 195
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much from the public purse has been spent on the part financing of the development of New Skelton Health, in the Redcar and Cleveland NHS Primary Care Trust. | | (195677) | 196
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which secure mental health units in England are categorised as (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high security. | | (195569) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of malaria there have been in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available, broken down by region. | | (195745) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a decision has been taken on the locations of the 150 general practitioner-led health centres to be introduced in each primary care trust. | | (195746) | 199
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date he estimates midwife numbers will have risen sufficiently to provide 36 midwives per 1,000 deliveries. | | (195747) | 200
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many claims under Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts there have been relating to maternity services since 1995; and what the value has been of such claims. | | (195748) | 201
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of women have continued to smoke through pregnancy in each year since 1997 for which figures are available, broken down by (a) region and (b) primary care trust. | | (195749) | 202
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patient safety incidents relating to maternity services were reported to the National Patient Safety Agency in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (195750) | 203
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of pregnant women did not seek maternity care until they were five months or more pregnant in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available, broken down by primary care trust. | | (195751) | 204
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on maternity services in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) region and (b) NHS trust. | | (195753) | 205
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which maternity units Ministers in his Department have visited in the last 12 months; on what date each visit was made; and which Minister made each visit. | | (195754) | 206
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures he is considering to reduce levels of smoking among teenagers. | | (195971) | 207
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many suppliers of IT pharmacy systems there are; and how many have achieved authority to roll out their system. | | (195779) | 208
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the progress of (a) iSoft and the Lorenzo system, (b) Cerner and the Millennium system and (c) IDX and the Carecast system against the (i) development and (ii) implementation timetable of each; and if he will make a statement. | | (195799) | 209
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local service provider deployments (a) of acute departmental systems, (i) in emergency care (ii) in mental health and (iii) in primary care, (b) of picture archiving and communications systems and (c) of map of medicine and portals have been made, broken down by (A) local service provider, (B) trust, (C) hospital and (D) practice. | | (195829) | 210
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date deployment of 130 picture archiving and communications system was achieved; and if he will make a statement. | | (195830) | 211
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated of the impact on the NHS IT programme of the purchase of iSoft by IBA Healthcare, with particular reference to the (i) financial stability and (ii) cash conversion rate in recent healthcare projects of IBA Healthcare; and if he will make a statement. | | (195839) | 212
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the report of the independent evaluation of the security of the care records system. | | (195840) | 213
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether patient data contained in limited data sets of the secondary users service is fully anonymised. | | (195841) | 214
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he plans to give to patients on the (a) procedures relating to and (b) format of data relating to them in the limited data sets of the secondary users service; and if he will make a statement. | | (195842) | 215
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of (a) general practitioners and (b) doctors in other settings are (i) able to issue and (ii) regularly issuing electronic prescriptions. | | (195849) | 216
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of Choose and Book (a) Phase 1 release 1, (b) Phase 1 release 2 and (c) Phase 2 release 1 deliveries have been made for the (i) NHS IT National Data Spine and (ii) local services in (A) the North Eastern cluster, (B) London, (C) Eastern and East Midlands, (D) North West and West Midlands and (E) Southern. | | (195853) | 217
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Kettering of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1298W, on blood transfusions, what methodology his Department will use to assess the costs and benefits of implementing prion filtration; what the timetable is for the conduct of such an assessment; and if he will make a statement. | | (195778) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 218
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195868) | 219
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by her Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195869) | 220
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the breach rate of acceptable behaviour contracts issued to persons under 18 years of age in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (195646) | 221
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much cannabis was seized by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006-07. | | (195538) | 222
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many websites were closed down by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency's e-crime unit in 2006-07. | | (195539) | 223
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many organised criminal enterprises have been (a) dismantled and (b) significantly disrupted as a result of operations by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. | | (195540) | 224
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted of human trafficking offences as a result of operations by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. | | (195541) | 225
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted as a result of National Crime Squad investigations in 2005-06. | | (195542) | 226
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Communications Act 2003 for using the internet to upload offensive or indecent images. | | (195543) | 227
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions have been brought under section 21 of the Public Order Act 1986 for using the internet to distribute or play threatening, abusive or insulting images for the purposes of inciting racial hatred in each of the last five years. | | (195544) | 228
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for compensation were made by illegal immigrants held in immigration removal centres in England and Wales in each year between 2000 and 2007; and how much compensation was paid. | | (195545) | 229
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the voluntary assisted return and reintegration programme. | | (195546) | 230
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of drugs seized by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in 2006-07 that were ultimately destined for the UK. | | (195706) | 231
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11th March 2008, Official Report, column 357W, on the Serious Organised Crime Agency, for which offences the 15 individuals were convicted. | | (195713) | 232
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle drug trafficking into the UK from the Caribbean; and if she will make a statement. | | (195625) | 233
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in her Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195813) | 234
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) street robberies and (b) sanction detections for street robberies there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (195847) | 235
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) violent crimes and (b) sanction detections for violent crimes there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (195850) | 236
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) burglaries and (b) sanction detections for burglaries there were in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (195851) | 237
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February 2008, Official Report, column 1253W, on departmental data protection, what criteria are applied to decide whether it is in the public interest to comment on breaches of security. | | (195918) | 238
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February 2008, Official Report, column 1252W, on departmental accountancy, what general rate of inflation is taken into account by her Department in uprating fees for its services. | | (195919) | 239
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the three routes to citizenship and three stages in the journey outlined in The Path to Citizenship, will apply to Gurkha soldiers who completed their service (a) before and (b) after 1st July 1997. | | (195404) | 240
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) detection rate and (b) sanction detection rate of (i) recorded offences, (ii) offences of violence against the person, (iii) homicides and (iv) burglary for each police force was in each year since 1988. | | (195561) | 241
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of supporters of each team were made at Premier League football matches in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (195833) | 242
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the truancy rates for schools in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland were in each year since 1997. | | (195675) | 243
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 583W, on drugs: schools, whether information is to be collected centrally on arrests of school pupils. | | (195678) | 244
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people entitled to apply for indefinite leave to remain under the 14-year residence rule who are not permitted to work or claim benefits until their status is regularised and cannot afford the fee. | | (195556) | 245
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will permit the fee for applying for indefinite leave to remain to be paid in instalments in exceptional circumstances. | | (195557) | 246
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will waive the requirement to pay the fee to apply for indefinite leave to remain in (a) cases where someone was brought to the UK from a Commonwealth country as a child prior to 1981 but whose parents omitted to apply on their behalf for nationality and (b) other exceptional cases. | | (195558) | 247
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person involved a (a) knife, (b) hitting implement, (c) glass or bottle, (d) stabbing implement, (e) firearm, (f) stone or stones, (g) syringe and (h) other implement in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (195598) | 248
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person resulted in the victim suffering (a) no injuries, (b) a minor bruise or black eye, (c) severe bruising, (d) scratches, (e) cuts, (f) broken bones, (g) a broken nose, (h) broken or lost teeth, (i) concussion and (j) facial or head injuries in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (195599) | 249
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person resulted in the victim needing (a) medical attention from a doctor, (b) another form of medical attention and (c) a hospital stay in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (195600) | 250
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motoring offences were dealt with by police in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (195601) | 251
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of fines for motoring offences were issued after (a) an offence was recorded on a traffic camera and (b) a fixed penalty notice was issued by a police officer in each year since 1997. | | (195602) | 252
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) successful prosecutions, (b) cautions and (c) issues of fixed penalty notices there were relating to uninsured drivers in each police force area in each of the last 10 years; and what the average penalty was. | | (195603) | 253
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers are in each ethnic category in each London borough. | | (195604) | 254
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which recommendations of the police bureaucracy taskforce report 2002 (a) were accepted and (b) have been implemented. | | (195606) | 255
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces are equipped with the National Strategy for Police Information Systems for managing (a) custody records and (b) case files; when she expects the remaining police forces to adopt the systems; and if she will make a statement. | | (195607) | 256
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces are (a) equipped with and (b) piloting niche record management software. | | (195608) | 257
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces (a) have fully implemented and (b) are piloting ExISS r1; how much has been spent on the programme in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (195610) | 258
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals (a) convicted of a sex offence (b) imprisoned for more than 12 months for violence and (c) assessed as being high risk there are on the Violent and Sex Offenders Register; and how many times the database has been accessed in each year since 1997. | | (195613) | 259
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days sickness after an assault were taken by police officers in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and what the (a) average number of days lost per police officer following an assault and (b) cost was to each force in each of those years. | | (195614) | 260
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) applications to join and (b) recruits there were for each police force in each year since 1997. | | (195615) | 261
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were recruited to the Metropolitan Police in each year since 1997; and what proportion of them were recruited directly from other police forces in each of those years. | | (195616) | 262
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rates of sick leave were reported in each police force in each year since 1997. | | (195617) | 263
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer vacancies of all ranks there were within (a) the Metropolitan Police Force and (b) other constabularies in each year since 1997. | | (195618) | 264
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were (a) shot at, (b) injured by shootings and (c) killed by shootings in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (195619) | 265
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in the level of crime on the police funding formula in each of the last 10 years. | | (195644) | 266
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in implementing the Taylor review on police force discipline; and if she will make a statement. | | (195686) | 267
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had on the review of the police high potential development scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (195687) | 268
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had on the reform of police pensions; and if she will make a statement. | | (195688) | 269
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the review of the OSPRE procedure; and if she will make a statement. | | (195689) | 270
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the police pension scheme in each year since 1980-81; what forecasts she has made of how much will be spent in each year between 2007-08 and 2050-51; how many members of the scheme there are; and if she will make a statement. | | (195690) | 271
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of pension provision to each constabulary was in each year since 1997; and what percentage of the budget of each force this represented in each of those years. | | (195691) | 272
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in England and Wales are receiving funding (a) above the formula funding level, (b) at the formula funding level and (c) below the formula funding level in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (195692) | 273
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of (a) Government spending and (b) gross domestic product was spent on policing in each year since 1997. | | (195693) | 274
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to police officers on selecting people to be stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act 2000. | | (195694) | 275
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the initiative of distributing in areas of high crime key fobs bearing the name, photograph and contact details of community police officers; and if she will make a statement. | | (195695) | 276
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful cases were brought by members of the public against the police force for (i) malicious prosecution, (ii) false imprisonment and (iii) assault in each year since 1997; and how much compensation was paid in respect of each case successfully brought. | | (195696) | 277
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints in each category of complaint (a) in total and (b) against police community support officers were received by the police complaints and discipline department of each police authority in England and Wales in the last year in which figures are available. | | (195697) | 278
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of corruption involving (a) police, (b) prison and (c) customs officers which involved illegal drugs there were in each of the last five years. | | (195698) | 279
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of complaints against the police were (a) upheld, (b) dismissed and (c) dropped by the complainant in each year since 1997. | | (195699) | 280
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) were killed on duty and (b) received bravery awards in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (195700) | 281
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average retirement age for a police officer was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the average age was at which police officers retired on invalidity pensions in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (195701) | 282
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of retirements from each police force in England and Wales have been on medical grounds in each year since 1997. | | (195702) | 283
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how changes in population are taken into account when calculating the total resource allocation formula for police forces. | | (195703) | 284
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of embracery were recorded in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195988) | 285
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded for rescuing a prisoner in custody in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195989) | 286
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of committing an act outraging public decency have been recorded in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195990) | 287
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded of absconding from lawful custody in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195991) | 288
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of removing corpses from graves have been recorded in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195992) | 289
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under section 89 of the Census Act 1920 in each year since 1997, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195993) | 290
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under section 89 of the Care Act 2000 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195994) | 291
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the BSE Monitoring (England) Regulations 2001 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195995) | 292
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195996) | 293
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195997) | 294
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Air Navigation Order 2000 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195998) | 295
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2001 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (195999) | 296
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196000) | 297
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Medicines (Homoeopathic Medicinal Products for Human Use) Amendment Regulations 2005 in each year since their entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196001) | 298
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Medicines (Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 2005 in each year since their entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196002) | 299
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under section 59 and Schedule 5 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 in each year since 2002; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196003) | 300
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Trade in Goods (Control) Order 2003 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196004) | 301
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Plant Protection Products Regulations 2005 in each year since their entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196005) | 302
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Communications Act 2003 in each year since its entry into force; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196007) | 303
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196008) | 304
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Civil Partnership Act 2004 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of those offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196009) | 305
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Compensation Act 2006 in each year since its entry into force; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196010) | 306
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Finance Act 2003 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196011) | 307
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196012) | 308
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Education Act 2005 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196013) | 309
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Pensions Act 2005 in each year since 2005, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196014) | 310
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of bigamy were recorded in each year since 1997; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196015) | 311
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Official Secrets Act 1911 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196016) | 312
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196017) | 313
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Representation of the People Act 1983 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196018) | 314
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 in each year since its entry into force, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196019) | 315
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196020) | 316
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under section 94 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 in each year since 2002; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196021) | 317
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196022) | 318
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196023) | 319
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Firearms Act 1968 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196024) | 320
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Offensive Weapons Act 1996 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196025) | 321
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences were recorded under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each year since 2002, broken down by offence; and what percentage of these offences (a) resulted in court proceedings against suspected perpetrators, (b) led to a conviction and (c) resulted in a sanction detection. | | (196026) | 322
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what race equality impact assessment has been made of the national DNA database. | | (195732) | 323
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 505W, on terrorism: detainees, if she will provide an update on the numbers of people (a) held, (b) charged and (c) released without charge. | | (195178) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 324
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent on legal advice and services in each year from 1997 to date; and how much in each such year was paid to Carter, Ruck and Partners. | | (195856) | 325
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was spent on (a) car hire and (b) taxis in each year since 1997; and whether specifications have been set out in respect of the type of cars to be hired. | | (195942) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 326
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195860) | 327
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195861) | 328
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195819) | 329
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 878W, on training: British nationality, how many and what proportion of those undertaking (a) Skills for Life courses, (b) apprenticeships, (c) first time level 2 adult training and (d) train to gain programmes are not (i) British citizens, (ii) EU citizens and (iii) UK residents. | | (195906) | 330
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of (a) Higher National Diplomas and (b) Higher National Certificates were taught in further education colleges in the last 12 months. | | (195656) | 331
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of foundation degrees were taught in further education colleges in the last 12 months. | | (195657) | 332
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of courses for qualifications in English for speakers of other languages were taught in further education colleges in the last 12 months. | | (195658) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 333
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195878) | 334
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195879) | 335
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government will contribute to the annual budget of the World Food Programme's Humanitarian Air Service in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (195670) | 336
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has received reports of the hijacking of World Food Programme trucks in Darfur since 1st January 2008; and what assessment he has made of the humanitarian impact of such events in Darfur. | | (195671) | 337
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195818) | 338
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) development and (b) humanitarian aid his Department has provided to Kenya via (i) bilateral programmes, (ii) multi-lateral agencies and (iii) non-governmental organisations in the last five years. | | (195633) | 339
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve women's (a) access to education, (b) political empowerment and (c) access to family planning resources in developing countries. | | (195744) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 340
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195888) | 341
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195889) | 342
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent between April and November 2007 on vehicles contracted by the Government Car and Despatch Agency to transfer high court judges between their official residences and the courts. | | (195936) | 343
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Legal Services Commission received by way of (a) recovered costs and (b) interest on statutory charges in each year since 1997. | | (195956) | 344
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recruitment process was used to fill the post of Deputy Director General of HM Prison Service following the retirement of Peter Atherton; where the post was advertised; how many applications were received; what selection criteria were used; and who comprised the selection panel. | | (195957) | 345
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were for offences under (i) the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and (ii) the Malicious Communications Act 1988 in each of the last 10 years. | | (195647) | 346
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the re-offending rate of recipients of penalty notices for disorder in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (195648) | 347
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims for compensation were made by inmates of each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each year between 2000 and 2007; and how much was paid in compensation. | | (195547) | 348
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners from each country of origin there were in prisons in England and Wales on 1st March 2008. | | (195548) | 349
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were held in prisons over 50 miles from their homes in the last 12 months. | | (195549) | 350
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March 2008, Official Report, column 156W, on financial reporting orders, for what reason the Serious Organised Crime Agency Annual Report for 2006-07 states that 12 such orders are in place. | | (195714) | 351
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions for drink-driving there were in (i) Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency, (ii) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough and (iii) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough in each year since 2002. | | (195757) | 352
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions there were for vandalism in (i) Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency, (ii) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough and (iii) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough in each year since 2002. | | (195760) | 353
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were housed in segregation units in each of the last (a) five years and (b) 12 months. | | (195804) | 354
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195824) | 355
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacant posts in the Probation Service he expects will not be filled in 2008-09, broken down by grade. | | (195664) | 356
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on Probation Service resources of an increase in the use of community penalties by magistrates' courts. | | (195665) | 357
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many vacant posts in the Probation Service were not filled in 2007-08, broken down by grade. | | (195705) | 358
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 599W, on the departmental intranet, whether his Department's IT system is able to provide a record of Wikipedia entries (a) created and (b) amended from within his Department. | | (195838) | 359
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) webmail users and (b) server users in the criminal justice system use Secure eMail; and how many emails were sent across the system in each month since February 2004. | | (195609) | Questions to the Leader of the House 360
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members claim for a second home (a) in London and (b) in their constituency. | | (195741) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 361
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195876) | 362
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195877) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 363
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Henley of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 47W, on Olympic Games 2012: training, how many of the level one training places were for courses in construction; and how many of those qualifying from those courses have been offered jobs on projects involved with construction work for the Olympics. | | (195898) | 364
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Henley of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 47W, on Olympic Games 2012: training, what the (a) level and (b) course title is of each of the 13 training places offered above level one. | | (195899) | 365
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Henley of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 47W, on Olympic Games 2012: training, when the National Construction Skills Academy project on the Olympic Park will be established; and when she expects the first apprentice to qualify from the project. | | (195900) | 366
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Henley of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 47W, on Olympic Games 2012: training, how many training places had been offered for (a) apprenticeships and (b) level (i), one, (ii) two, (iii) three and (iv) four qualifications at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (195901) | 367
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 7th February 2008, Official Report, column 1298W, on Olympic Games 2012: expenditure, what the (a) cost and (b) purpose of each of the 19 projects is. | | (195915) | Questions to the Prime Minister 368
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he last travelled by rail on official business. | | (195949) | 369
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) total staffing cost and (b) average annual salary of members of the Number 10 policy unit was in each of the last five years. | | (195798) | 370
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many official meetings he has had with the Mayor of London since 27th June 2007. | | (195852) | 371
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the IT system of 10 Downing Street is able to provide a record of Wikipedia entries (a) created and (b) amended from within his Office. | | (195831) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 372
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195896) | 373
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195897) | Questions to the Solicitor General 374
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps are being taken by the Law Officers in response to the findings of misconduct by the Crown Prosecution Service in the Court of Appeal judgment in Raissi v Secretary of State for the Home Department; and if she will make a statement. | | (195634) | 375
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in the Attorney General's Office in the last year for which records are available. | | (195814) | 376
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, what (a) discussions the Attorney General has had with and (b) representations the Attorney General has received from (i) Government departments and (ii) others on whether to consent to the bringing of charges against EFT for alleged overseas corruption offences in Serbia. | | (195551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 377
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195886) | 378
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by her Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195887) | 379
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many internal flights there were in each of the last five years; and how many there are forecast to be in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (195923) | 380
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total budget allocated to major road schemes is for (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11. | | (195924) | 381
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was provided to (a) regions and (b) local authorities to provide local public transport in each of the last five years; and how much has been allocated for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. | | (195925) | 382
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the real terms cost of travelling by (a) bus, (b) rail and (c) private car has been in each region in England in each year since 1997, taking 1997 as the baseline. | | (195926) | 383
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the real terms cost of travelling by air was in each year since 1997, taking 1997 as the baseline. | | (195927) | 384
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) bus and (b) rail passenger journeys were made in each region in each year since 1997. | | (195928) | 385
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities in England offered subsidised bus services after 11 p.m. in each year since 1997. | | (195929) | 386
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the report of the study of longer, heavier road vehicles commissioned by her Department in December 2005; and if she will make a statement. | | (195930) | 387
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many former Ministers, other than the former Prime Minister, are supplied with a car from the Government Car and Despatch Agency; and how many former Ministers were in receipt of such cars on 1st January 2005. | | (195935) | 388
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to quantify the down-time of drivers employed to drive Ministerial cars supplied by the Government Car and Despatch Agency. | | (195937) | 389
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which Government departments permanent secretaries have chosen not to make use of an allocated vehicle supplied by the Government Car and Despatch Agency. | | (195938) | 390
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many lorry movements there were on average per day on the A14 in 2007; and what percentage of overall vehicle movements along the road this figure represents. | | (195939) | 391
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the steps that need to be taken to facilitate rail freight movements from Felixstowe via Ipswich and Huntingdon to the Midlands; what she estimates the cost of such steps to be; and if she will make a statement. | | (195940) | 392
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential for the diversion of freight traffic from the A14 to the rail network (a) in the absence of improvements to the rail network and (b) following improvement of the rail path from Felixstowe to the Midlands. | | (195941) | 393
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to promote the integration of rail and bus ticketing systems. | | (195943) | 394
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for longer-distance commuters of the proposals of the Mayor of London in relation to Southern Metro services including their transfer to his responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (195944) | 395
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made in extending Oystercard deployment to national rail services in the Greater London area. | | (195947) | 396
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage the deployment of train-bus Oystercard-type arrangements in major conurbations other than London. | | (195948) | 397
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of providing a pool of cars per Government department rather than allocating cars to individual Ministers and permanent secretaries; and if she will make a statement. | | (195950) | 398
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used in determining the entitlement of former Ministers to vehicles supplied by the Government Car and Despatch Agency; and what the process is for deciding when such use should cease. | | (195951) | 399
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in respect of how many former (a) Ministers, (b) permanent secretaries and (c) other categories, other than serving Ministers and permanent secretaries, requests have been received for the provision of vehicles by the Government Car and Despatch Agency. | | (195952) | 400
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the (a) cost and (b) time required to complete high speed rail links from London to (i) Birmingham, (ii) Manchester and (iii) Scotland. | | (195176) | 401
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of her departmental staff, in each pay band, have been working on high speed rail links from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland in each of the last five years. | | (195177) | 402
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on consultants for work on high speed rail links from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Scotland in each of the last five years. | | (195182) | 403
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what international benchmarks she has assessed in relation to road pricing schemes and their impact on congestion. | | (195623) | 404
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers of public buses were fined for breaking the speed limit when driving a bus in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (195626) | 405
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in her Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195817) | 406
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent consideration has been given to the possibility of introducing a vignette to charge lorries for road use; and if she will make a statement. | | (195828) | 407
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Minister in her Department approved the consultation document on the third runway at Heathrow. | | (195183) | 408
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commission an independent scientific report on the likely effects of the third runway at Heathrow. | | (195184) | 409
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the data on which the consultation on a third runway at Heathrow Airport was based. | | (195217) | 410
| Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the decision by Southern Railway to introduce 44 new dual-voltage carriages to the Thameslink service on the future of the Watford to Brighton service. | | (195653) | 411
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people from each London borough submitted representations to the Heathrow third runway consultation. | | (195707) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 412
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195892) | 413
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195893) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 414
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, when the Government Equalities Office plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195945) | 415
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, if she will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by the Government Equalities Office to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195946) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 416
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) male and (b) female pensioners in each region who will be eligible for means-tested benefits in each year until 2050. | | (195735) | 417
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of pensioners who will have marginal deduction rates of (a) zero to 10 per cent., (b) 11 to 20 per cent., (c) 21 to 30 per cent., (d) 31 to 40 per cent., (e) 41 to 50 per cent., (f) 51 to 60 per cent., (g) 61 to 70 per cent., (h) 71 to 80 per cent., (i) 81 to 90 per cent. and (j) 91 to 100 per cent. in each year until 2050. | | (195736) | 418
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of each public information leaflet issued by his Department. | | (195768) | 419
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are made for customer testing of the public information leaflets issued by his Department; and what proposals there are for the (a) recording and (b) evaluation of such tests. | | (195769) | 420
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus offices employ security staff to guard the doors of the offices; and what guidance is offered to Jobcentre Plus offices regarding the employment of security staff. | | (195770) | 421
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department, (a) pensions-related, (b) retirement benefit and (c) other benefit-related leaflets in each of the last 10 years. | | (195771) | 422
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department's public information leaflets are available online on (a) his Department's and (b) the Directgov website. | | (195772) | 423
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues to Jobcentre Plus offices about their (a) stock, (b) display and (c) use of public information leaflets. | | (195773) | 424
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many customer access telephones are available in Jobcentre Plus offices in the UK; and how many offices do not have this facility. | | (195774) | 425
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made using customer access telephones in Jobcentre Plus offices in each of the last 24 months for which figures are available. | | (195775) | 426
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus offices are accessible by appointment only. | | (195776) | 427
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 576W, on jobseeker's allowance, how many jobseeker's allowance claimants went on holiday for (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) over four weeks in each year since 1997, broken down by region. | | (195777) | 428
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement. | | (195882) | 429
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set a target to increase the use of video-conferencing by his Department to reduce the need to travel to meetings. | | (195883) | 430
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the procedures are for the Child Support Agency to make electronic copies of correspondence (a) received and (b) sent by it. | | (195836) | 431
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances a retrospective claim for a winter fuel payment may be made. | | (195568) | 432
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which records are available. | | (195816) | 433
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of (a) one and (b) more than one work-related benefit in (i) London and (ii) each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (195902) | 434
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many registered blind people of working age there are in (a) each region and (b) Bolton South East constituency. | | (195533) | 435
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether all registered blind people are required to undertake a personal capability assessment. | | (195534) | 436
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social workers left the profession in each of the last 10 years. | | (195964) | 437
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outlets are specified in the tendering documents for use by customers of the replacement Post Office Card account; what criteria have been specified for the distribution of these outlets; and if he will make a statement. | | (194186) | 438
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on his Department's expenditure of using (a) UK Mail and (b) Royal Mail for its correspondence. | | (195685) | 439
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2806W, on the departmental intranet, whether his Department's IT system is able to provide a record of Wikipedia entries (a) created and (b) amended from within his Department. | | (195834) | 440
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will give consideration to replacing the 25 pence pension increase at 80 years old with a consolidated cash payment. | | (194881) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 441
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of the postponement of an inflation-linked fuel duty increase on the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus and (c) train in 2008-09. | | [Transferred] (195921) | 442
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he estimate what the effect on the real cost of motoring would have been if fuel duty had been increased in line with inflation since 1997. | | [Transferred] (195922) | 443
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) unemployed and (b) economically inactive (i) women and (ii) men there were in each London borough in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (195848) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 444
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the prison population in England and Wales has a profile on the national DNA database. | | [Transferred] (195550) | 445
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 15th October 2007, Official Report, column 794W, on prisoners: genetics, whether she plans to conduct a further exercise in sampling prisoners' DNA. | | [Transferred] (195662) | 446
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency, (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough and (c) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough since their inception. | | [Transferred] (195755) | 447
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acceptable behaviour contracts have been issued in (a) Barnsley East and Mexborough constituency, (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough and (c) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough since their inception. | | [Transferred] (195756) | 448
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the steps taken to improve cyber security and resilience across Government departments. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (195051) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 449
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders are registered; and how many and what proportion of total offences there were in which the offender was a persistent young offender in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (195605) | 450
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people work in the criminal justice information technology unit; and what the unit's budget is for 2007-08. | | [Transferred] (195611) | 451
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what projects the criminal justice information technology unit has managed which began after 2002; what the (a) originally estimated and (b) actual costs were for each project; and what the (i) estimated and (ii) actual completion dates were for each project. | | [Transferred] (195612) | Questions to the Solicitor General 452
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Solicitor General, what arrangements have been put in place to improve the level of service given to victims of crime by the Crown Prosecution Service. | | [Transferred] (195737) |
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