Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2007 - 08
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 31 March 2008

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 31 March 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 31 March 2008

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 31 March of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 31 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 31 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
N John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which post office branches have (a) closed and (b) opened in the City of Edinburgh local authority area since 1997.

(197360)

2
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February 2008, Official Report, column 1166W, on departmental advertising, if he will provide the equivalent figures for (a) campaign and (b) recruitment advertising for the financial year 2006-07.

(197446)

3
N Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to reply to the letter of 14th September 2007 from the right hon. Member for Gordon on a constituent, Mr G. Manning of Insch.

(197678)

4
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) actual and (b) suspected (i) chemical and (ii) fuel spills or leaks occurred in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(198055)

5
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the provision of smart meters on a national basis, broken down by main budget heading.

(197739)

6
Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received from companies associated with smart-meter production or sales.

(197740)

7
N Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to his Answer of 19th March 2008, Official Report, column 972, that in certain circumstances the Chairman of the Post Office would himself review cases and take closure decisions, what the procedure is by which this process can be engaged in respect of the proposed closure of Laverstock Post Office on 1st April.

(197783)

8
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people were recorded to be receiving less than the minimum wage in each year since its introduction.

(198001)

9
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the timetable is for the transfer of information to the Law Society on claimants under the Miners' Compensation Claim scheme as piloted in Rother Valley.

(197661)

10
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will provide a geographical breakdown of the 46,000 claims identified by Capita to his Department's Yorkshire monitoring committee as not having made services claims for mining industrial diseases.

(197662)

11
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many requests from the Serious Fraud Office he has acceded to for information on mining compensation.

(197663)

12
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many residents in Bassetlaw constituency are in receipt of concessionary coal.

(197859)

13
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will instruct (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer to raise public awareness of the right of trade union members to opt out of the trade union political levy in trade unions which have political funds.

(198072)

14
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding has been allocated to Unionlearn by (a) his Department and (b) the European Social Fund for 2007-08.

(198073)

15
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has issued on those ineligible to donate to UK political parties or to contribute to political parties via trade union funds.

(198076)

16
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has issued on the use of paid leave for trade union duties being used for political campaigning and related activities.

(198077)

17
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has issued on the application of cooling-off periods to the sale of trade union membership.

(198078)

18
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to amend the regulatory regime to permit the use of remote electronic voting in trade union ballots.

(198079)

19
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for what reasons commencement of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations has been postponed from the planned date of 6th April 2008.

(198159)

20
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what changes have been made to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations since the draft regulations were published for consultation in 2007.

(198182)

21
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much he has allocated to business support, promotion of enterprise and economic development in (a) 2007-08 and (b) each financial year to 2010-11; and how much of this planned expenditure will be channelled via the regional development agencies' single pot in each such year.

(197806)

22
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate Post Office Ltd has made of its liability for empty property rates in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

(197861)

23
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much subsidy has been paid to those post offices proposed for closure in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in the last 10 years.

(198148)

24
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many customers have used each of the post office branches proposed for closure in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland over the last 10 years.

(198149)

25
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment has been made of the traditional Post Office functions which are now undertaken remotely, on-line or other than by post office branches.

(198150)

26
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of Post Office customers in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland who access and receive Post Office services on-line or remotely outside of Post Office opening hours.

(198151)

27
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment criteria has been used by the Post Office to produce branch closure proposals in Copeland.

(198152)

28
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment criteria the Post Office has made of any over-provision of Post Office branches in urban areas.

(198153)

29
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consideration the Post Office has given to (a) deprivation indicators, (b) rurality, (c) public transport links and (d) wider socio-economic issues in producing its Post Office branch closure proposals in Copeland.

(198154)

30
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what advice his Department plans to provide to communities who wish local authorities to take over the running of post offices facing closure.

(198156)

31
N Alan Simpson (Nottingham South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment the Government has made of the likely year of peak global oil production; what contingency plans the Government has made should global oil supplies peak sooner than International Energy Agency predictions; and what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the UK economy of the passing of peak production.

(197009)

32
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the holding Answer given to Question 193546, tabled on 7th March 2008, on ministerial correspondence, when he will provide a substantive reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 29th January.

(197741)

33
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the environmental impact of a coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth, Kent.

(197362)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

34
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 900W, on welfare tax credits, if he will place in the Library the six Office of Government Commerce Gateway reports on the new tax credits programme.

(197976)

35
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average tax credit overpayment was in each year since 2003.

(197977)

36
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of overpayments were written off by the Tax Credit Office in each year since 2003.

(197978)

37
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times staff from HM Revenue and Customs criminal investigation arm have met officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency since the Agency's creation.

(197979)

38
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent employees worked in HM Revenue and Customs criminal investigation arm in each year since its creation.

(197980)

39
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the survival rate for persons diagnosed with bowel cancer is; and what information he holds on survival rates in (a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, (b) EU member states and (c) other countries.

(197632)

40
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people died from bowel cancer in each year since 1997.

(197635)

41
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of revenue lost due to fuel smuggling into Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

(197915)

42
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11th March 2008, Official Report, column 371W, on VAT: uniforms, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the introduction of a reduced VAT rate for those items of school uniform that are not already VAT zero-rated.

(197916)

43
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.16 in the Budget document, Ending child poverty: everybody's business, what (a) high and (b) low estimates have been made for the financial value of the unemployment trap; and in what circumstances these transpire.

(197766)

44
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual cost to the Exchequer of resuming the rolling exemption from vehicle excise duty for historic vehicles over 35 years of age in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.

(197404)

45
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the demand elasticity with respect to the price of (a) wine, (b) spirits, (c) strong beer, lager and cider, (d) normal strength beer, lager and cider, (e) fortified wine and (f) alcopops as defined by the Office for National Statistics; and if he will make a statement.

(197608)

46
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March 2008, Official Report, column 1017W, on Revenue and Customs: data protection, how many hours per week data guardians are expected to spend on their work in that role.

(197453)

47
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the level of congestion on roads in the North East on the local economy.

(198002)

48
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget is for Operation (a) Airbridge and (b) Wentbridge.

(197458)

49
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Government departments and agencies have reported updates to their Euro changeover plans to his Department's Euro Preparations Unit in the last 18 months.

(198095)

50
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, column 2327W, on taxation: trade unions, which trade unions subscription fees are eligible for tax relief under section 344 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.

(198173)

51
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether consideration has been given to reducing the VAT rate on renovation work to social housing; whether there are legal barriers that would prevent such a VAT rate reduction; and if he will make a statement.

(198144)

52
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with European counterparts on the regulatory regime affecting tax havens in the last 12 months.

(197645)

53
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions govern the payment of (a) dividends and (b) bonuses by banks and financial institutions which have received financial support from the public purse; and if he will make a statement.

(197720)

54
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of average life expectancy for (a) men and (b) women in (i) Castle Point constituency and (ii) Essex in (A) 1997 and (B) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(197640)

55
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to be raised by charging VAT to the users of saunas and spas within leisure centres backdated in respect of (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.

(198080)

56
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what legal advice his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on charging back dated value added tax on charities running leisure centres with spas and saunas.

(198081)

57
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of charging back-dated value added tax to charities which run leisure centres which offer spa and sauna facilities.

(198082)

58
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on leisure centres liability for back-dated value added tax where those leisure centres allow swimmers access to saunas or spas.

(198083)

59
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will reply to the letter of 18th February 2008, from the hon. Member for Walsall North, regarding a constituent, ref: 4/31644/2008.

(197933)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

60
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many head teachers, school governors and members of academy trusts were disciplined for breaches of the Admissions Code in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(197651)

61
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in each local authority achieved fewer than 30 per cent. A* to C grades at GCSE in each of the last two years; and what the (a) raw scores and (b) value added scores of each school were in each of those years.

(195594)

62
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects to (a) receive and (b) approve the first Building Schools for the Future proposal for (i) Barnet, (ii) Bexley, (iii) Birmingham, (iv) Bournemouth, (v) Bromley, (vi) Buckinghamshire, (vii) Calderdale, (viii) Cumbria, (ix) Devon, (x) Enfield, (xi) Essex, (xii) Gloucestershire, (xiii) Kent, (xiv) Kingston, (xv) Kirklees, (xvi) Lancashire, (xvii) Lincolnshire, (xviii) Liverpool, (xix) Medway, (xx) North Yorkshire, (xxi) Poole, (xxii) Plymouth, (xxiii) Reading, (xxiv) Redbridge, (xxv) Slough, (xxvi) Southend, (xxvii) Stoke-on-Trent, (xxviii) Sutton, (xxix) Torbay, (xxx) Trafford, (xxxi) Walsall, (xxxii) Warwickshire, (xxxiii) Wiltshire, (xxxiv) Wirral, (xxxv) Wolverhampton and (xxxvi) the Wrekin local authority.

(195595)

63
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) selective places and (b) applicants for those places there were in each local authority with schools that selected wholly or partially by ability in each of the last three years.

(195596)

64
N Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the post-16 education and training participation rate is in (a) Bexley, (b) Bournemouth, (c) Buckinghamshire, (d) Kent, (e) Kingston, (f) Lincolnshire, (g) Medway, (h) Poole, (i) Reading, (j) Slough, (k) Southend, (l) Sutton, (m) Torbay, (n) Trafford and (o) the Wirral; and what the equivalent figures are for each of their statistical neighbours in each case.

(196182)

65
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 141W, on the education maintenance allowance, if he will investigate whether households are shrinking their incomes in order to claim education maintenance allowances.

(197878)

66
N Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local education authorities participated in the (a) initial and (b) subsequent pilot using synthetic phonics to teach children to read.

(197679)

67
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what post-occupancy evaluation has been conducted on new schools built under Building Schools for the Future and the Academies Programmes.

(197912)

68
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the Partnership for Schools' review into the Building Schools for the Future procurement process will be completed and its report published.

(197913)

69
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many key stage two pupils did not reach level 4 or above in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics key stage two tests in 2007.

(197612)

70
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils aged under 11 years were in pupil referral units in each year since 1997.

(197613)

71
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools there were in which less than 50 per cent. of key stage two pupils gained level 4 or above in a combination of reading, writing and mathematics key stage two tests.

(197622)

72
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools there were in which less than 50 per cent. of key stage two pupils gained level 4 or above in a combination of English, mathematics and science key stage two tests.

(197623)

73
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what figures his Department holds on the number of children expelled from schools in (a) England, (b) the North East constituency, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.

(198004)

74
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 583W, on drugs: schools, what information his Department holds on drugs in schools in (a) the North East, (b) the Tees Valley district and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

(198006)

75
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the proposal to reduce the size of school governing bodies contained within the recently published Children's Plan.

(197341)

76
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department is on course to meet Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets (a) to source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) to increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010.

(198041)

77
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme or plans to do so in the next 12 months.

(198042)

78
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate initiative to reverse the upward trend in carbon dioxide emissions by April 2007.

(198043)

79
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system (a) for its whole estate and (b) in some of its buildings.

(198044)

80
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) childcarers in daycare settings and (b) childminders in (i) Basingstoke constituency, (ii) Hampshire and (ii) England were male in each year since 1997.

(197482)

81
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female childminders were classified as from socio-economic backgrounds (i) 1 to 3 and (ii) 4 to 8 in each year since 1997.

(197483)

82
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female childminders were (i) white and (ii) black and minority ethnic persons in each year since 1997.

(197484)

83
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female childcarers in daycare settings were (i) white and (ii) black and minority ethnic persons in each year since 1997.

(197485)

84
N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female childcarers who work in daycare settings were classified as from socio-economic background (i) 1 to 3 and (ii) 4 to 8 in each year since 1997.

(197486)

85
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency offer swimming lessons.

(197646)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

86
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 685W, on departmental advertising, how much is represented by the percentages given.

(197454)

87
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many Ministerial (a) cars and (b) bicycles there are; and at what cost they were provided in each of the last three years in each category, broken down by department.

(198175)

88
N Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on which dates the Public Services Forum Task Group has met; and if he will place in the Library copies of the agendas and minutes of each meeting.

(197452)

89
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) VHS, (b) DVD, (c) electronic digital and (d) other format videos the Cabinet Office has produced in the last 12 months.

(198075)

90
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2008, Official Report, column 2845W, on magazine press, and with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hertfordshire North East of 26th March 2007, Official Report, column 1348W, on departments: publications, if he will place in the Library copies of his Department's internal staff journal with sensitive personal information and any issues relating to national security redacted.

(198088)

91
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2008, Official Report, column 2846W, on security: Greater London, whether projects within the Government Security Zone include implementation of recommendations made by Project George.

(198089)

92
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2007, Official Report, column 1344W, on public participation: incentives, what steps were taken to determine whether participants in the deliberative forum had party political affiliations.

(198097)

93
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2008, Official Report, column 2844W, on assets: consultants, which (a) properties and (b) other parts of the estate each of the firms listed provided advice on.

(198099)

94
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff are employed by 10 Downing Street in relation to electronic, website and internet communications; and how many were employed on 26th June 2007.

(198158)

95
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 593W, on industrial health and safety, what the incident reported in 10 Downing Street between April 2006 and March 2007 was; whether it involved (a) an injury, (b) a disease and (c) a dangerous occurrence; and how many of those affected were (i) civil servants, (ii) special advisers and (iii) Ministers.

(198174)

96
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2008, Official Report, column 2544W, on carbon emissions, whether the amount of carbon dioxide offset referred to in the Answer was of equivalent tonnes of carbon dioxide.

(198176)

97
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library an electronic copy of the Cabinet Office staff handbook.

(198177)

98
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps have been taken to prevent further deterioration of Churchill's Cinema, part of the 26 Whitehall estate, as stated in English Heritage's Biennial Conservation Report on the Government Historic Estate 2005-07.

(198178)

99
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the job specification and functions of Downing Street's (a) Director of Communications, (b) Chief of Strategy, (c) Director of Political Stategy and (d) Head of the Strategic Communications Unit.

(198179)

100
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Cabinet Secretary provides to civil servants on the use of social networking sites and blogs.

(198180)

101
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which chartered psychologists have been hired by his Department in the last 24 months; at what cost; and for what purpose.

(198181)

102
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether webmail accounts are blocked in the offices of (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) the Cabinet Office.

(198183)

103
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the February 2008 edition of the White Book of the Central Office of Information will be placed in the Library.

(198193)

104
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1307W, on public participation: incentives, what the criteria by which Ipsos MORI recruited participants to attend; what methodology they used to ensure a group of people from all walks of life were selected; and whether membership of a political party was one of the criteria used to select or not select individuals.

(198194)

105
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was contributed from the public purse towards the cost of Downing Street Political Office staff that are part funded by the Labour Party, in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(198195)

106
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many individuals have responded to his Department's Have Your Say consultation.

(198196)

107
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the status is of the Charity Commission's investigation into the Smith Institute; and if he will make a statement.

(198199)

108
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2007, Official Report, column 1344W, on public participation: incentives, what other public participation events have been organised since the deliberative forum on the draft legislative programme.

(198203)

109
N Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he expects the appeal procedure in respect of the Freedom of Information request from the hon. Member for Pendle in relation to the undertaking given by Michael Ashcroft prior to his elevation to the peerage will be concluded; and if he will make a statement.

(197392)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

110
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what issues the Minister for the East of England has worked on that apply directly to Essex since her appointment.

(197339)

111
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the Minister for the East of England has visited Essex since her appointment; and for what reasons.

(197359)

112
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 7th November 2006 to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside, Official Report, column 1007W, on the slave trade, what funding was allocated to (a) local authorities and (b) local communities or organisations to provide for the commemoration of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act; and if she will make a statement.

(198114)

113
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were rescued alive by the fire and rescue service (a) from fires, (b) from fires in dwellings and (c) having been trapped or injured by industrial machinery in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(198056)

114
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many lift rescues were carried out by the fire and rescue service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(198057)

115
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fires there were in schools in England in each month in each of the last five years.

(198058)

116
Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average response times to emergency calls were for each fire service in each year since 2000.

(198059)

117
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many malicious vehicle fires there have been in each year since 1997.

(198060)

118
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many deliberate (a) property and (b) vehicle fires were attended by each fire and rescue service in each year since 1997.

(198061)

119
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) railway and (b) aircraft accidents were attended by fire and rescue services in each fire authority area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(198062)

120
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many road accidents involving the rescue of a person or persons were carried out in each fire authority area in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

(198063)

121
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) chemical and (b) fuel (i) spills and (ii) suspected spills the fire and rescue service in each fire authority area attended in each year since 1994.

(198064)

122
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid to local authorities in Gloucestershire under her Department's Supporting People budget for each of the last three years.

(198070)

123
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions Gloucestershire County Council has had with her Department on its proposals for Javelin Park, off Junction 12 of the M5, to situate a major waste facility there.

(198071)

124
N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average amount of time taken for a conveyancing search to be completed in (a) Milton Keynes unitary authority and (b) England, (i) before the introduction of the home improvement pack legislation and (ii) after the introduction of the legislation.

(197340)

125
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice her Department has provided to the London Borough of Hillingdon in the development of its local planning policies, framework and guidance, with particular regard to (a) the proposed development of the third runway and (b) a sixth terminal at Heathrow Airport.

(197789)

126
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many dwelling fires where a smoke alarm fitted by the Fire and Rescue Service was present was the alarm raised by such alarms in each year since 2004.

(197954)

127
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many incidents involving flooding the Fire and Rescue Service attended in each year since 2000; and how many people were rescued from flooding by the service in each year.

(197955)

128
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the response times to emergency calls were for each fire service in each year since 2000.

(197956)

129
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many incidents on or near water were attended by the Fire Service in each year since 1994; and how many people were rescued by the Fire Service on or near water in each year.

(197957)

130
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many road accidents the Fire and Rescue Service attended in each fire authority area in each year since 1994; and how many people were rescued by the Fire Service from their vehicles in each year.

(197958)

131
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times she has called in a planning authority's decision to proceed with a development in a case where the Environment Agency objected to the development because of flood risk since April 2007.

(197755)

132
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for those cases where a development took place against an Environment Agency objection on grounds of flood risk between April 2006 and March 2007 if she will publish (a) the Environment Agency objection and (b) the final decision of the planning authority; and what further steps may be taken in such cases to encourage the planning authority to take greater account of the Agency's objection.

(197756)

133
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons she permitted developments to proceed in each of the cases referred to in the Environment Agency's Annual Report 2006-07 where the Agency objected to the developments on grounds of flood risk.

(197757)

134
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have not yet returned to their homes due to flood damage from summer 2007; and what assessment she has made of the availability of the (a) plumbers, (b) electricians, (c) plasterers and (d) other essential workers necessary to complete repairs.

(197946)

135
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Woking dated 6th February, 27th February and 5th March 2008 on Mr Graham Jones.

(197586)

136
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department provided for the Tenants' and Residents' Association of England's conference in Liverpool on Saturday 15th March.

(198086)

137
Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of equity leaseback schemes.

(198161)

138
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning appeals for affordable housing schemes were determined in each of the last three years; in how many of these cases the lead developer was a registered social landlord; and how many appeals were (a) allowed and (b) dismissed.

(198145)

139
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was awarded in compensation to planning applications that were rejected but subsequently allowed on appeal in each of the last three years; and how much of this amount was paid to registered social landlords.

(198146)

140
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account was taken of the cost-benefit analysis commissioned from Cambridge University on trading funds when formulating Ordnance Survey's new public sector task.

(197764)

141
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account was taken of (a) advice and (b) guidance from (i) the Office of Public Sector Information and (ii) the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information in formulating Ordnance Survey's new public sector task.

(197803)

142
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what Government agencies and offices were consulted on the formulation of Ordnance Survey's public sector task.

(197804)

143
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with regional development agencies on the potential effects of changes to empty property rates on regeneration in each region.

(197865)

144
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has allocated to Leicestershire County Council for the Supporting People programme in each of the last three financial years.

(198084)

145
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in (a) Charnwood and (b) Loughborough were (i) homeless, (ii) rough sleeping and (iii) in temporary accommodation in each of the last 10 years.

(198085)

146
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 149W, on planning: retail trade, when she plans to publish a consultation document on proposals to revise Planning Policy Statement 6.

(197387)

147
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the likely costs for her Department of setting up the Infrastructure Planning Commission proposed in the Planning Bill.

(197747)

148
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the likely annual running costs of the Infrastructure Planning Commission proposed in the Planning Bill.

(197748)

149
N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for development consent she estimates the proposed Infrastructure Planning Commission will deal with annually under (a) the single commissioner and (b) the panel Procedure.

(197749)

150
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid to local authorities in Essex under her Department's Supporting People budget; and what proportion of this was spent on people with learning disabilities in each of the last four years.

(197639)

151
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take on the absence of proposals from Kent County Council for the provision of permanent gypsy sites.

(197488)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

152
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the cost of each National Lottery ticket bought online goes towards (a) prize money, (b) good causes, (c) lottery duty, (d) operating costs and (e) profit for the National Lottery operator.

(198067)

153
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the money received from National Lottery tickets sold online is apportioned into (a) prize money, (b) good causes, (c) lottery duty, (d) operating costs and (e) profit for the National Lottery operator.

(198147)

154
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what account he takes of climate change when developing the Department's heritage strategy, with particular reference to the protection of buildings of historic importance and landscapes.

(198232)

155
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the funding earmarked for regeneration of seaside towns is to be divided between locations; and when these funds will be distributed.

(197973)

156
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments his Department made to Motorsport Development UK in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(197636)

157
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to promote tourism in Essex since 1997.

(197652)

158
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what public expenditure on the arts in Wantage constituency in each year since 1997 was.

(197898)

159
N Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect on creative industries of the reduction in funding for equivalent and lower level qualifications; and if he will make a statement.

(197358)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

160
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed at Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston in each of the last five years.

(198109)

161
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK's stockpile of cluster munitions is; and what the criteria is for their use.

(198111)

162
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cluster munitions have been deployed in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; how many were deployed (i) during active hostilities and (ii) since such times; and what estimate he has made of the number of people (1) killed and (2) seriously injured by cluster munitions in each such period and country, broken down by (A) UK, (B) other coalition and (C) insurgent forces; and how many civilian casualties there have been.

(198157)

163
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government paid in compensation to Iraqi nationals injured by British armed forces in Iraq in each year since 2003.

(198014)

164
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government paid in compensation to Afghan nationals injured by British armed forces in Afghanistan in each year since 2001.

(198015)

165
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list by rank those members of the armed forces serving in Diego Garcia.

(198018)

166
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the duration of the contract with the US administration for its use of (a) RAF Menwith Hill and (b) RAF Fylingdales.

(198155)

167
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will put in place mechanisms by which Defence Equipment and Support will be required to report on its annual expenditure and activities to the House.

(197723)

168
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what orders for bearskin caps for the Guards Regiments are (a) outstanding and (b) planned.

(197731)

169
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's outstanding offset obligations are in respect of previous procurement exercises conducted since 1997; what the unfulfilled value was in each case; when the decision to undertake each exercise was taken; what the (a) originally anticipated and (b) currently anticipated completion date is of each; and if he will make a statement.

(197738)

170
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken by his Department to identify an alternative material to bearskin for Guards Regiments caps.

(197767)

171
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many units in each branch of the armed forces do not have an assigned unit welfare officer.

(197929)

172
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of individuals including servicemen and women's family members assigned to each unit welfare officer is.

(197930)

173
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of non-combat deployment for servicemen and women stationed within the UK is, not including short-term training exercises, that does not require relocation.

(197931)

174
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals in each branch of the armed forces participated in his Department's shared equity housing scheme.

(197932)

175
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to acquiring future strategic tanker aircraft by adding the UK's requirement to that of the United States.

(197734)

176
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Tri Service Draft on Transgender Service Personnel.

(198200)

177
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many transgender sergeants in the process of transition serving in the Army in Germany are (a) receiving medication for their condition in country and (b) have been deployed on exercise in Poland.

(198202)

178
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many female members of the army who are considered combat effective use hormonal applications.

(198204)

179
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the downgrading of a transgender officer to P7, (combat ineffective), can be determined solely on grounds of hormonal reasons.

(198205)

180
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is a requirement of army regulations that when an officer is downgraded to P7 (combat ineffective) they should be personally interviewed before a downgrading decision is reached.

(198206)

181
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the procedures are for deciding the basis on which (a) new classes of warship and (b) individual warships are named.

(197536)

182
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to recommend that the Future Surface Combatant flotilla should consist of warships named after escort vessels with distinguished records of service in the two world wars.

(197537)

183
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the impact on the (a) continuity of naval tradition and (b) motivation of ships' companies of naming warships after predecessors with past battle honours.

(197538)

184
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is on course to meet Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets (a) to source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) to increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010.

(198037)

185
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme or plans to do so in the next 12 months.

(198038)

186
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to reverse the upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.

(198039)

187
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system (a) for its whole estate and (b) in some of its buildings.

(198040)

188
Mr Michael Mates (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many forces' widows whose husbands retired before 31st March 1973 were receiving an armed forces pension scheme pension at the latest date for which figures are available.

(197893)

189
Mr Michael Mates (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of increasing the pension entitlement of those forces' widows receiving one-third of their late husband's pension entitlement to one-half.

(197894)

190
Mr Michael Mates (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons figures on the number of service pensions paid are not included in UK defence statistics.

(197895)

191
Mr Michael Mates (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ask the Armed Forces Pay Review Body to examine (a) entitlements to and (b) payment of service pensions; and if he will make a statement.

(197896)

192
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel have served (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more tours of duty in Iraq since March 2003.

(197890)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

193
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what codes of practice outlined in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 his Department is working; and when they are expected to be published.

(197846)

194
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the size was of the Departmental team dealing with codes of practice relevant to the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006 and (d) 2007; and what the size of the team is now.

(197847)

195
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to engage with small livestock keepers, including hobby farmers, on disease control strategies.

(198103)

196
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of livestock owners he estimates would take-up blue tongue vaccinations if such a programme were to be introduced.

(198104)

197
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with major supermarket chains on animal welfare standards.

(198105)

198
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Natural England on opportunities for using land for water storage to prevent flooding elsewhere; and whether the single farm payment can be used for such purposes.

(198106)

199
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) projects and (b) locations are part of his Derpartment's Catchment Sensitive Farming Project.

(198107)

200
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response he plans to make to the French proposal to strengthen agricultural sectors by promoting co-operative organisations.

(198108)

201
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in his Department's discussions with the European Commission on the abolition of milk quotas.

(198115)

202
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to encourage greater milk production in the UK in order to fulfil new quota allocations.

(198116)

203
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of milk consumed in England was produced in England in the last 12 months; and whether he plans to increase levels of self-sufficiency.

(198117)

204
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the future of local authority small holdings following the recent decision of Staffordshire County Council to retain its stock.

(198118)

205
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe on the Government's bluetongue vaccination strategy.

(198119)

206
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the expected changes in average annual temperature in the UK by 2050 using a Kyoto commitment as its benchmark (a) if carbon emissions increase by 20 per cent., (b) if carbon emissions remain the same, (c) if carbon emissions decrease by 20 per cent., (d) if carbon emissions decrease by 40 per cent., (e) if carbon emissions decrease by 60 per cent. and (f) if carbon emissions decrease by 80 per cent.

(198233)

207
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the UK if the Wilkins Ice Shelf continues to melt at its current rate.

(198234)

208
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what analysis his Department has carried out of possible links between recent flooding incidents in the UK and global warming.

(198235)

209
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) wildlife trusts and (b) gardening associations on their evaluation of the impact of climate change; and what encouragement he is giving to them to measure that impact.

(198240)

210
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the flood defence pumps in the Lyth Valley, South Cumbria, continue to operate effectively.

(197860)

211
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste per person sent to landfill in each local authority area in England in each year since 1997.

(197407)

212
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was provided to local authorities to support recycling activities in each year since 1997.

(197408)

213
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what circumstances the Environment Agency attributes aroclors to groups of polychlarinated biphenyl congeners.

(197722)

214
N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU ban on wild bird imports on the illegal wildlife trade in birds in the UK; what research his Department has conducted on the matter; and if he will make a statement.

(197007)

215
N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to give equal consideration to native and non-native species in exercising his powers on species to be added to and removed from the list of species in Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and if he will make a statement.

(197008)

216
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor particles derived from the incineration of waste.

(197833)

217
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether incinerators are assessed for their effects on public health; what a safe level of dioxins is considered to be; and whether his Department has records of incinerators that exceeded this level in the latest period for which figures are available.

(197834)

218
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to extend the monitoring of particles produced by incineration of waste to include smaller particles.

(197836)

219
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring systems are in place for assessing the levels of particles produced by cement works.

(197837)

220
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations govern emissions from the incineration of waste in (a) hospital, (b) crematorium and (c) waste incinerators.

(197849)

221
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 400W, on what additional funding he is providing for the implementation of Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations beyond that allocated to the Environment Agency for flood defence work in 2008-09.

(197750)

222
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the figure of £34.5 million was decided upon as an initial provision needed to implement Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations.

(197751)

223
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what budgetary provision has been made for financing the final recommendations of Sir Michael Pitt once they have been published.

(197752)

224
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to prepare to implement the final recommendations of Sir Michael Pitt in a timely manner once they have been published.

(197753)

225
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what access to the Environment Agency's national flood and coastal defence database is provided to insurance companies.

(197754)

226
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the damage to furniture, furnishings and moveables that were damaged and sent to landfill following the floods in summer 2007; and what estimate he has made of the impact these losses will have on council tax for those councils most affected.

(197941)

227
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to improve the resilience of local authorities to surface water flooding in light of the Pitt recommendations following the floods in summer 2007.

(197970)

228
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department gave to capital infrastructure projects for youth hostels in each of the last 30 years.

(197664)

229
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Angus of 19th March 2008, Official Report, columns 1124-6W, on departmental property, from which location the 42 inch plasma screen television went missing in 2004-05; and whether it was lost or stolen.

(198091)

230
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2727W, on television, what the cost was of the four plasma television screens purchased.

(198098)

231
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the (i) energy usage and (ii) environmental impact of plasma televisions compared to other types of television.

(198184)

232
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many equivalent tonnes of carbon dioxide were offset (a) in total and (b) via the Government Carbon Offsetting Funding for air flights in 2006-07 by his Department.

(198221)

233
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Northern Rock bank is subject to the provisions of the Environmental Information Regulations.

(198222)

234
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department of air travel excluding carbon offsetting was in 2006-07.

(198223)

235
N Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has accepted the application by British Sugar for restructuring aid to the sugar industry in respect of the proportion of aid to be distributed to the contractor industry.

(197403)

236
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, columns 123-4W, on farms: inspections, what proportion of the Animal Health budget for 2007-08 is allocated to on-farm work; what the cost was to the public purse arising from farm inspections conducted by the (a) Rural Payments Agency, (b) Environment Agency, (c) Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, (d) Natural England, (e) Food Standards Agency, (f) Pesticides Safety Directorate and (g) Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years.

(198092)

237
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many priority species have been (a) added and (b) removed from the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list in each year since the list was first issued.

(198263)

238
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria were used in determining priority species to be added to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list.

(198264)

239
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often the UK Biodiversity Action Plan list of priority species is reviewed.

(198265)

240
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been allocated to UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species in each year since the action plan list was first issued.

(198266)

241
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions accompany the designation of a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan.

(198277)

242
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) Office of Fair Trading and (b) Competition Commission on co-operation between supermarkets to reduce consumption of single-use plastic bags.

(197637)

243
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has received a research plan from Rothamstead and Warwick Horticulture Research International on bee health; and if he will make a statement.

(197672)

244
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact assessment he has made in relation to Annex III, Section V, Chapter III, point 2 (B) of Regulation (EC) number 853/2004 and beef production in the UK.

(198217)

245
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the proposals for the regulation of mince in Annex III, Section V, Chapter III, point 2 (B) to Regulation (EC) number 853/2004.

(198219)

246
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (b) other Treasury Ministers and (c) Treasury civil servants on funding for tackling bovine tuberculosis .

(197904)

247
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a cost-benefit assessment of the cattle-based control options recommended by the Independent Scientific Group on bovine tuberculosis.

(197905)

248
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will make a substantive response to the recent Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Report on the final report of the Independent Scientific Group on bovine tuberculosis.

(197906)

249
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of cases of bluetongue arising in 2008 and subsequent years.

(197992)

250
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent review he has undertaken of his Department's contingency plans, including for (a) the mobilisation of veterinary staff and (b) tackling future animal disease outbreaks.

(197993)

251
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to prevent a recurrence of the circumstances that led to the foot and mouth outbreak at Pirbright.

(197994)

252
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of bluetongue overwintering in the UK.

(197995)

253
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects a bluetongue vaccination programme to begin.

(197996)

254
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were made redundant in his Department in each of the last three years; and how much was paid in redundancy compensation in each such year.

(197997)

255
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential for cases of African horse sickness to arise in England.

(197998)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

256
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department contributes (a) direct funding, (b) informal support and (c) personnel to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement.

(197850)

257
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a mechanism exists to enable the Government to respond formally to resolutions passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; what recent representations he has received about the issue; and if he will make a statement.

(197851)

258
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Iran on President Ahmadinejad's recent statement on the Holocaust.

(197447)

259
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on participating in an election-monitoring mission to the Maldives in relation to elections expected in 2008; and what plans he has for the UK to do so.

(198112)

260
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for (a) UK representation and (b) a negotiating mandate at the forthcoming conference on an international treaty on cluster munitions in Dublin in April 2008; what the UK's policy is on (i) cluster munitions and (ii) a treaty reducing or banning their deployment; and if he will make a statement.

(198113)

261
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the UK has spent on the Afghan Drug Programme in each year since 2003; what drug programmes his Department has funded in Afghanistan since 2003; and if he will make a statement.

(197784)

262
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many election monitors the UK will provide to the presidential elections in Zimbabwe.

(197785)

263
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries the UK has refused an export licence on the grounds of human rights since 1997.

(197791)

264
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in meeting the helicopter requirements of the UNAMID deployment in Sudan; how many of the six light tactical attack helicopters have been provided; how many of the 18 medium utility transport helicopters have been provided; how many trained crews, including pilots and mechanics, are now available to fly and maintain any helicopters provided; what countries are involved in providing helicopters, crews and training; whether the UK is meeting any of the costs involved; and if he will make a statement.

(197792)

265
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with other EU and NATO countries on providing funding to underwrite the costs of the provision of helicopters, parts and crews for the UNAMID mission to Sudan; and if he will make a statement.

(197793)

266
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the government of Sudan has placed any obstacles in the way of the deployment of helicopters by UNAMID; and if he will make a statement.

(197794)

267
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the offer by Ethiopia of helicopters to the UNAMID mission made in February 2008; how many of each type of helicopter have been offered; and how this deployment will be maintained and paid for.

(197795)

268
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what countries have offered to provide, or are in talks with, the UN on providing helicopters for the UNAMID mission in Sudan.

(197796)

269
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates and with whom in the US Administration he has discussed talks between Russia and the US on deployment of the US Ballistic Missile Defense programme.

(197910)

270
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal status is of the US facilities at RAF Menwith Hill and RAF Fylingdales; and on what international treaties their status is based.

(197911)

271
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made in the peace talks for Darfur; and if he will make a statement.

(197951)

272
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department provides for firms and financial institutions seeking guidance on the risks of investing in Sudan; and if he will make a statement.

(197952)

273
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with the government of Chad on Darfur; and if he will make a statement.

(197953)

274
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings his Department has held with officials of the Organiation for Economic Co-operation and Development's anti-corruption working group in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(198007)

275
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in implementing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development anti-bribery convention in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(198008)

276
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what documents the Government has (a) provided and (b) been asked to provide to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development working group on bribery; and if he will make a statement.

(198009)

277
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a line-item breakdown of contracts with private military and security companies in Afghanistan for 2006-07 indicating which line-items (a) are new, (b) have received increased funding and (c) have received decreased funding since 2005.

(198010)

278
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints have been received relating to the behaviour of individuals employed by private military companies under contract to the UK Government in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since 2003, broken down by type of complaint.

(198011)

279
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government spent on programmes to reduce opium production in Afghanistan in each year since 2001.

(198016)

280
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), which officials are responsible for receiving and administering US requests for permission to use British airports and air bases, including US bases on British territory, for rendition of individuals.

(198019)

281
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken in international fora to raise concerns on the use of extraordinary rendition.

(198020)

282
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), whether UK officials met either of the people rendered through Diego Garcia in 2002.

(198021)

283
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), if he will instigate a public inquiry into the use of Diego Garcia by the US for rendition purposes.

(198022)

284
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), who the two men were who were rendered through Diego Garcia in 2002.

(198023)

285
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), when the two men rendered through Diego Garcia in 2002 (a) arrived on and (b) were transported off the island.

(198024)

286
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), where the two men rendered through Diego Garcia were held prior to their transfer from Diego Garcia; and whether either of them were held on the island itself or on ships close to Diego Garcia.

(198025)

287
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 21st February 2008, Official Report, column 547, on terrorist suspects (renditions), where the two men rendered through Diego Garcia were taken having been transferred through Diego Garcia; and what steps he has taken since their rendition to assess the treatment of the men whilst in custody of the US or another state.

(198026)

288
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy on (a) water-boarding and (b) other physical and degrading interrogation techniques is; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that policy is adhered to.

(198050)

289
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received a response from his counterparts in the five Non-Proliferation Treaty nuclear weapons states to the United Kingdom offer to host a technical conference on the verification of nuclear disarmament.

(197838)

290
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to make progress on the fissile material cut-off treaty.

(197840)

291
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the treatment of the population of West Papua by the Indonesian authorities; and if he will make a statement.

(197842)

292
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to respond to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Manfred Nowak, on the use of torture by the Indonesian security forces in Indonesia and West Papua.

(197843)

293
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement.

(198236)

294
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has held discussions with the new government of Pakistan on the treatment of religious minorities and the use of the blasphemy laws.

(198237)

295
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the government of Pakistan to fully repeal the blasphemy laws.

(198238)

296
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to make make representations to the government of Sri Lanka on recent attacks against Christians.

(198239)

297
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr Manfred Nowak, on the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by Indonesian security forces in Indonesia and West Papua; whether he plans to make representations to the government of Indonesia on the report's findings; and if he will make a statement.

(197732)

298
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he has received from the BBC on interruptions and suspensions of the BBC Russian language service in Russia and Kazakhstan.

(197665)

299
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the closure of FM stations in Russia and Kazakhstan carrying the BBC Russian language service in the last two years.

(197666)

300
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the (a) reasons for and (b) effects of the suspensions of the BBC Russian language service carried by local FM partners in Russia in the last two years.

(197667)

301
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding is planned for (a) the BBC World Service and (b) its Russian language service in each of the next three years.

(197668)

302
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to reinstate the broadcasting of BBC Russian language services on short wave.

(197669)

303
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the headcount of the BBC World Service and the Russian language service was in each of the last five years.

(197670)

304
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of international compliance with conventions banning torture and other degrading practices; what steps the UK Government is taking to (a) encourage other countries to ratify such conventions and (b) monitor compliance; and if he will make a statement.

(197610)

305
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution his Department made to the United Nations Development Programme Trust Fund to support the work of Quartet Special Envoy James Wolfensohn in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and if he will make a statement.

(198068)

306
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many individual cases of human rights abuses by China he raised with his Chinese counterpart in each of the last five years.

(197615)

307
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has raised the issue of human rights abuses with his Chinese counterpart in the last five years.

(197616)

308
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on a boycott of (a) all and (b) part of the Olympic Games in 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(197617)

309
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in China.

(197618)

310
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on climate change; and if he will make a statement.

(197619)

311
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that UK funding to the Palestinian Authority is spent on frontline services to help the Palestinian people.

(197621)

312
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its humanitarian implications with the United States administration.

(197889)

313
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions on the political situation in Gaza he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Israeli authorities, (c) Palestinian officials and (d) non-governmental organisations.

(197891)

314
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding the UK has provided for the UN Peacebuilding Fund; what commitments the UK has entered into for further such funding; and what steps he has taken to encourage others to make contributions to the Fund.

(197892)

315
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Government has had any discussions with the prospective candidates for the US presidency on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its humanitarian implications; and if he will make a statement.

(198069)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

316
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by his Department on the reasons for repeat abortions; and if he will make a statement.

(197810)

317
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been performed in each licensed abortion clinic since each was licensed.

(197868)

318
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS premises held Performing Right Society small premises licences in each of the last five years for which data is available.

(197580)

319
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances' process is for reviewing the quality, range and availability of gluten-free food products on prescription for people with coeliac disease.

(197760)

320
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which commercial and patient groups the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances (ACBS) has consulted in the last six months; and when the ACBS next plans to meet such groups to discuss the provision of gluten-free food on prescription for people with coeliac disease.

(197761)

321
N Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the provision of gluten-free food in hospital for people with coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement.

(197772)

322
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much capital funding was spent by York NHS Hospital in each year since 1996-97; what capital projects have been implemented at the hospital costing £1 million or more since this date; and on what date work on each project commenced.

(197844)

323
Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much capital funding was spent at York NHS Hospital between 1986-87 and 1995-96.

(197845)

324
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to investigate the comparative effectiveness of treatment for brain cancer in the UK and other EU member states.

(197725)

325
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in increasing survival rates for (a) children and (b) adults with brain cancer in the last five years.

(197727)

326
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on bowel cancer screening services in the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(197633)

327
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been screened for bowel cancer in each year since 1997.

(197634)

328
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the comparative cost of outsourced (a) diagnostics and (b) operations in comparison to undertaking such procedures in-house in NHS trusts in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

(198110)

329
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase choice for patients.

(197353)

330
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps have been taken to address childhood obesity.

(197354)

331
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been performed in Gloucestershire in each year since 1990.

(198100)

332
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinics are registered to perform abortions in Gloucestershire; and whether they receive public funding to carry out these procedures.

(198101)

333
N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 748W, on the Mental Health Act 2007, when the code of practice will be finalised; when the secondary legislation will be laid before Parliament; and what the timetable is for (a) the introduction and (b) the implementation of the programme by the Care Services Improvement Partnership.

(197010)

334
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many abortions have been performed in Lancashire in each year since 1998.

(198028)

335
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what public funding was provided to clinics performing abortions in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each year since 1998.

(198029)

336
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) fastest, (b) slowest and (c) mean response time of emergency ambulances to incidents occurring in Ribble Valley constituency was in each of the last three years.

(198030)

337
N Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the private finance initiative redevelopment of Watford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

(197658)

338
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he allocated to the support of British Association of Immediate Care Doctors in each of the last five years.

(197848)

339
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) performance and (b) contribution of British Association of Immediate Care Doctors in the treatment of severe trauma; and if he will make a statement.

(197852)

340
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take in response to the second report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Patient Outcome and Death, Trauma, Who Cares?; and if he will make a statement.

(197853)

341
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff (a) cars and (b) bicycles are (i) funded or (ii) subsidised by his Department.

(197854)

342
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on anti-retroviral therapy in each of the last five years, broken down by trust.

(197855)

343
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK residents from (a) other EU and (b) other countries gave birth in hospitals in England in each of the last five years, broken down by trust.

(197856)

344
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of physiotherapists qualifying in 2007 who have not been employed by the NHS.

(197867)

345
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on producing NHS leaflets in languages other than English in 2006-07.

(197870)

346
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in NHS offices in Brussels.

(198211)

347
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in how many locations the NHS has offices outside the United Kingdom.

(198212)

348
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) functions and (b) objectives are of the NHS office in Brussels; and if he will make a statement.

(198213)

349
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated to the running of the NHS office in Brussels in each of the last three years.

(198214)

350
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the abortion rates were amongst people aged under (a) 18 and (b) 16 years in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

(198215)

351
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of children classified as obese in each of the last five years, broken down by age cohort.

(198216)

352
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the conception rate amongst people aged (a) under 18 and (b) under 16 years was in each of the last five years, broken down by region.

(198218)

353
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) statutory and (b) other guidelines apply to the disposal of sanitary waste in private care homes; and which body is responsible for monitoring compliance.

(197653)

354
Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether sanitary waste is included in his Department's definition of clinical waste.

(197654)

355
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provided for dermatology care in the NHS in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(197677)

356
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made in increasing the numbers of dermatologists working in the NHS.

(197811)

357
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to reviewing the Food Labelling Regulations 1984 to require the listing of all ingredients in drinks with alcohol.

(197812)

358
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulations govern the labelling of alcohol to display suitability for vegans and vegetarians.

(197813)

359
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government will respond to the Mental Health Act Commission report, Risks, Rights and Recovery.

(197869)

360
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department monitors the (a) level of emissions from hospital incinerators and (b) effects on health of dioxins produced from burning hospital waste.

(197835)

361
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were assigned to the NHS Counter Fraud Squad in each of the last five financial years.

(197914)

362
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how funds from NHS underspends in the last five years have been re-allocated; and how he plans to allocate any underspends in the next 12 months.

(197922)

363
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS underspend was in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by primary care trust.

(197923)

364
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were dispensed to persons held in each prison for (a) subutex, (b) methadone and (c) other opiate replacements in each of the last five years.

(197935)

365
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sexually transmitted infections were recorded in each prison in each of the last five years, broken down by infection.

(197937)

366
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions for anti-retroviral drugs were dispensed to persons detained in each prison in each of the last five years.

(197940)

367
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were prosecuted for illegally claiming exemption from NHS prescription charges in each of the last five years.

(197942)

368
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of prescription fraud to the NHS in each of the last five years.

(197943)

369
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people illegally claiming exemption from NHS prescription charges in each of the last five years.

(197944)

370
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) found guilty and (b) acquitted of charges relating to fraud against the NHS in each of the last five years.

(197945)

371
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases were referred by the NHS Counter Fraud Squad to the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years.

(197947)

372
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases were investigated by the NHS Counter Fraud Squad in each of the last five years.

(197948)

373
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time investigators were employed by the NHS Counter-Fraud Squad in each of the last five years.

(197949)

374
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prescriptions were dispensed for (a) subutex, (b) methadone and (c) other opiate replacements in each strategic health authority in each of the last five years.

(197960)

375
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget of the NHS Counter-Fraud Squad was in each of the last five years.

(197961)

376
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of fraud to the NHS in each of the last three years.

(197962)

377
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile were recorded in mental health units in each of the last five years.

(197963)

378
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many persons (a) under 16 and (b) from 16 to 18 years of age (i) are detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and (ii) were detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years.

(197964)

379
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the NHS programme budgeting and marginal analysis data will be made publicly available.

(197965)

380
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the desirable frequency of eye examinations for (a) children under 16 years old and (b) adults.

(197966)

381
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many free eye examinations were carried out by the NHS for (a) children under 16 years old and (b) adults entitled to free eye examinations in each of the last five years.

(197967)

382
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) children under 16 years old and (b) adults entitled to free eye tests who have regular eye examinations.

(197968)

383
N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Catholic Church to discuss the content of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

(197451)

384
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, columns 23-4W, on NHS: drugs, what the basis was of his calculation of the target reduction in Category M medicines expenditure as specified in the Answer.

(197876)

385
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the evaluation report on pilot sites for the provision of primary angioplasty will be published.

(197877)

386
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, columns 23-4W, on NHS: drugs, what proportion of the reimbursement prices paid to pharmacy contractors he estimates to be represented by the profit margin of pharmacy contractors.

(197927)

387
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, columns 23-4W, on NHS: drugs, to what he ascribes the increase in Category M cost of reimbursement, expressed at March 2005 prices, between financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07.

(197928)

388
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional money allocated to social care from the NHS budget in Budget 2008 will be spent on in each year, broken down by budget.

(198187)

389
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the (a) £166 million in 2008-09, (b) £236 million in 2009-10 and (c) £230 million in 2010-11 to be transferred from the NHS England's resource DEL to the Department of Health's resource DEL is as a result of the transfer of functions from the NHS to social care; and how much has been transferred from the NHS to other Government departments in each year.

(198189)

390
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the average distance between a person's home and nearest GP surgery in different parts of the country.

(198241)

391
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of general practitioner practices there will be in England in 2010-11.

(198260)

392
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS budgets will be amended in the years from 2008-09 to 2010-11 to take into account changes in planned expenditure in those years.

(198261)

393
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of primary care trusts have submitted plans to his Department for a GP-led health centre in their area.

(198262)

394
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what he estimates will be the average annual cost of running one of the new 150 GP-led health centres.

(198267)

395
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients he estimates will be registered on average at each of the new 150 GP-led health centres.

(198268)

396
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for the establishment of the new 150 GP-led health centres.

(198269)

397
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average number of general practitioners working in a general practitioner-led health centre.

(198270)

398
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of general practitioners he estimates will be based in one of the new 150 general practitioner-led health centres in 2010.

(198271)

399
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services the new 150 general practitioner-led health centres will be expected to provide.

(198272)

400
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner-led health centres his Department plans to introduce by 2010; and what estimate he has made of the impact of the introduction of these centres on the number of general practitioner practices.

(198273)

401
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the first of the new 150 GP-led health centres to open.

(198274)

402
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of establishing the new 150 GP-led health centres on the average distance from a person's home to the nearest GP surgery.

(198275)

403
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of banning the display of cigarettes in shops on smoking levels among (a) adults and (b) children.

(198276)

404
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the 24-hour overnight allowance for civil servants working for his Department and based in Leeds is when working in London.

(197342)

405
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2008, Official Report, column 2854W, on Clear, if he will place copies of the invoices in the Library.

(198198)

406
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which national information resources on the subject of chlamydia were produced by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's arm's length bodies in each year since 1997; what the date of publication or release was of each; what the cost to the public purse of producing these resources was in each year; and if he will make a statement.

(197814)

407
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the National Chlamydia Screening Programme invited feedback from local and regional networks on men's perceptions and experiences of chlamydia screening, as stated in the Health Protection Agency's Men too... strategy; what feedback has been received; from which networks; for how long he plans the programme of inviting feedback to continue; and if he will make a statement.

(197815)

408
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the National Chlamydia Screening Programme is supporting at a local level to (a) raise men's awareness of chlamydia screening, (b) address men's concerns about the chlamydia screening process and (c) dispel misconceptions about the screening process amongst men, as described in the Health Protection Agency's Men too... strategy.

(197816)

409
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Health Protection Agency has made in reviewing existing (a) practice and (b) evidence to determine the best ways of engaging young men in chlamydia screening, as stated in the Health Protection Agency's Men too... strategy.

(197817)

410
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) other parties the Health Protection Agency is consulting in order to further develop the steps proposed in the Health Protection Agency's Men too... strategy.

(197818)

411
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th March 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on chlamydia screening, what steps his Department plans to take against those areas that fail to meet their targets for screening 15 per cent. of their 15 to 24 population in 2007-08.

(197820)

412
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets he expects to set for primary care trusts for chlamydia screening in 2008-09; and how much central funding was given to the NHS for chlamydia screening in each year since 1997-98.

(197821)

413
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of screens for chlamydia undertaken in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07 were (i) offered to and (ii) accepted by (A) men and (B) women.

(197822)

414
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with chlamydia in each year since 1997-98; and what proportion in each year were (a) men and (b) women.

(197823)

415
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how (a) his Department and (b) the Health Protection Agency plans to monitor progress against the Health Protection Agency's Men too... strategy.

(197824)

416
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11th March 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on chlamydia screening, when his Department expects to announce which primary care trusts have met their targets for screening 15 per cent. of their 15 to 24 population in 2007-08.

(197825)

417
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Health Protection Agency has made in developing (a) background information, (b) guidance and (c) a toolkit for local use, as described in the Health Protection Agency's Men too... strategy; when he plans each of these resources to become available; which parties the Health Protection Agency is consulting on developing the resources; and if he will make a statement.

(197826)

418
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) monitoring and (b) evaluation of measures to support equitable access to chlamydia screening (i) his Department and (ii) the Health Protection Agency has undertaken in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(197827)

419
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of screens for chlamydia undertaken in the most recent year for which figures are available were in (a) men and (b) women, broken down by chlamydia screening programme area.

(197828)

420
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways his Department is increasing (a) public and (b) professional awareness of the risks of chlamydia infection.

(197829)

421
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2008, Official Report, column 672W, on chlamydia: screening, on what dates officials in his Department discussed chlamydia screening in the last six months with strategic health authorities; what the content of the discussions was with each strategic health authority; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the performance management routes described in the Answer; and if he will make a statement.

(197830)

422
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2008, Official Report, columns 2853-4W, on chlamydia screening, which areas the National Support Team for Sexual Health is supporting to help meet the 15 per cent. screening target; what support is being given by the National Support Team for Sexual Health to those areas finding it most challenging to meet their targets; and what central funding has been given to the National Support Team for Sexual Health in each year since its inception.

(197831)

423
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued on the appointment of authorised persons to inspect (a) central sterile stores and (b) management of infection control.

[R] (197642)

424
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on rationalisation of his Department's processes for the procurement of goods and services in the last 12 months.

(197643)

425
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues to NHS bodies on the level of charges levied at hospital car parks; whether such guidance permits the setting of charges at levels above those required for cost recovery; and if he will make a statement.

(197718)

426
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of proposals to raise the legal age for buying alcohol from 18 to 21 years.

(197719)

427
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people attended hospital accident and emergency departments in (a) Essex, (b) Basildon Hospital NHS Trust and (c) Southend Hospital NHS Trust in each of the last three years.

(197659)

428
N Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to answer Questions 188518 and 188519 on aortic aneurysms, tabled on 20th February 2008.

(197389)

429
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on behalf of people with ankylosing spondylitis in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(197768)

430
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who had been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis broken down by (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust area in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(197769)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

431
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March 2008, Official Report, column 410W, on passports, what the reason is for the difference in current average processing time for straightforward, properly completed passport applications between each of the regional offices excluding London.

(197457)

432
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March 2008, Official Report, column 276W, on immigration: housing, how much funding is available for local authorities in the transitional costs fund; how much has been disbursed; which local authorities have received funding; and over what timescale such funding will be available.

(198249)

433
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Appendix A of the Joint Committee on Human Rights' Nineteenth Report of Session 2006-07, how many of the individuals arrested and charged with terrorist offences were (a) released on bail and (b) had their charges subsequently dropped.

(197346)

434
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the report of the Children's Commissioner, published on 3rd March 2008, insofar as it relates to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children; whether she plans to take steps to address such issues; and if she will make a statement.

(197487)

435
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations based overseas have applied to her Department for accreditation to analyse DNA samples from the National DNA database.

(197490)

436
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what cost-benefit analysis her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the collection of DNA samples from persons arrested but not necessarily charged with a recordable offence; and if she will make a statement.

(197491)

437
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many conversations between staff of the Independent Police Complaints Commission and Babar Ahmed which took place at Woodhill Prison were recorded; under what authorisation each such recording took place; and at what level such authorisation was given in each case.

(197938)

438
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of adventitious matches expected to arise between crime scene DNA profiles submitted by law enforcement agencies elsewhere in the European Union and individuals' DNA profiles held on the national DNA databases in each of the next five years.

(197981)

439
N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of adventitious matches expected to arise between crime scene DNA profiles submitted by UK police and individuals' DNA profiles held on the national DNA database in each of the next five years.

(197982)

440
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of burglaries that go unreported in England and Wales each year; and if she will make a statement.

(198190)

441
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are any on-going police investigations relating to the escape of foot and mouth virus from Pirbright Laboratory which are not related to any on-going legal proceedings.

(198120)

442
N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on (a) members of the public and (b) press photographers taking photographs of police officers in public places.

(197887)

443
N Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people seeking to enter the UK from (a) Kenya and (b) South Africa have been refused entry due to confirmed or suspected cases of tuberculosis in the last 12 months.

(197735)

444
N Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place for checking for tuberculosis in people seeking to enter the UK from (a) Kenya and (b) South Africa.

(197736)

445
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) on premises and (b) off premises licences were (i) suspended and (ii) revoked for selling alcohol to people under the age of 18 years in each of the last five years, broken down by police area.

(197363)

446
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions there were for selling alcohol to people under the age of 18 years from (a) on premises and (b) off premises in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

(197364)

447
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 10 to 13, (b) 14 to 15 and (c) 16 to 17 year olds were (i) cautioned, (ii) prosecuted and (iii) given a penalty notice for purchasing alcohol under age in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

(197365)

448
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Children's Commissioner for England on children held in immigration removal centres.

(197674)

449
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what medical care and education services are provided to children in immigration removal centres.

(197675)

450
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were held in immigration removal centres at the latest date for which figures are available.

(197676)

451
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she gives to the UK's responsibilities under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in her determination of immigration policy.

(197721)

452
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14th March 2008, Official Report, column 2301W, on offensive weapons, what information her Department holds on knife crime in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley district and (c) Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland.

(197907)

453
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racially motivated violent attacks took place in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.

(198000)

454
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile were recorded in each (i) immigration detention centre and (ii) immigration removal centre in each of the last five years.

(197925)

455
N Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many educational establishments are expected to be involved as sponsors under the proposed points-based immigration system.

(197758)

456
N Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers applied for work permits in each of the last three years.

(197765)

457
Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will raise in the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council the procedures for notifying other member states when a member state deports an EU national from another state following conviction for a serious criminal offence; and if she will make a statement.

(197671)

458
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the evidence provided by the Pakistani authorities which was taken into account by the Government when deciding to proscribe the Baluchistan Liberation Army.

(197786)

459
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evidence formed the basis for the Government's decision to proscribe the Baluchistan Liberation Army.

(197787)

460
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were applied in the decision-making process which led to the proscribing of the Baluchistan Liberation Army.

(197788)

461
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for the timing of the decision to proscribe the Baluchistan Liberation Army in 2006.

(197790)

462
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is on course to meet the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets (a) to source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) to increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010.

(198045)

463
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme or plans to do so in the next 12 months.

(198046)

464
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.

(198047)

465
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system (a) for its whole estate and (b) in some of its buildings.

(198048)

466
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were arrested for bringing drugs into the UK from (a) Jamaica, (b) Trinidad and Tobago, (c) Nigeria, (d) Ghana and (e) elsewhere in the world in each of the last three years.

(197459)

467
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of carbon offsetting through the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund by the Metropolitan Police Service for travel in 2006-07 was for air travel (a) by those on official business outside London and (b) for operational police purposes within London.

(198220)

468
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been allocated to the Women's Aid Last Resort Fund since 2004 in relation to supporting women at risk of domestic abuse whose independent applications for leave to remain in the UK are being considered; and how much she plans to allocate to the Fund in each of the next three years.

(197393)

469
Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to assist trafficked persons discovered during Pentameter 1.

(198248)

470
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those charged with terrorist offences since September 2001 are known to have previously sought asylum.

(197975)

471
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of asylum applications received but not yet determined at the latest date for which figures are available.

(197638)

472
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the application of new paragraph 327B of the Immigration Rules.

(197641)

473
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on tackling serious and organised crime in the last 12 months.

(197647)

474
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking in conjunction with the police to take action when card cloning is suspected.

(197858)

475
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National e-Crime Unit will be partly funded by the private sector; and if she will make a statement.

(197351)

476
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the National e-Crime Unit to be launched.

(197352)

477
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided to organisations providing support for victims of domestic violence in each year since 2001, broken down by organisation.

(197862)

478
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what telephone hotlines supported by her Department are available to support and advise victims of domestic violence; how these hotlines are publicised; and what funding from the public purse each organisation has received since 2001.

(197863)

479
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding was provided to (a) the National Domestic Helpline, (b) the Women's Aid and (c) the Victim Supportline in each year since 2001.

(197864)

480
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of incidents where personal information and DNA samples which (a) are to be loaded on to the National DNA database and (b) have been loaded on to the National DNA database, have been lost; and if she will make a statement.

(197987)

481
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of cautions were found to be inappropriate in each year since 1995, broken down by police force area; and if she will make a statement.

(197988)

482
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reprimands given in each year since 1995 were found to have been (a) unlawful and (b) inappropriate, broken down by police force area; and if she will make a statement.

(197991)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

483
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much was paid in Performing Right Society licence fees from the Parliamentary estate in each of the last five years for which data is available.

(198049)

484
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what representations the Commission has received on the provision of a mobile screening unit for bowel cancer in the Palace of Westminster.

(197673)

485
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much waste was sent to landfill by the House in each year since 1997.

(197405)

486
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the 24-hour overnight allowance is for staff employed by the House of Commons Commission when working outside London but in the UK.

(197344)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

487
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will meet the hon. Member for Kettering and local authority representatives to discuss the provision of a university in Kettering.

(197390)

488
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the take-up of apprenticeships.

(197971)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

489
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on his Department's new research strategy; and whether it will commence in April 2008.

(197726)

490
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to publish the findings of the in-country consultations his Department held in Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda on its new research strategy.

(197728)

491
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the World Bank on research into low-cost transport options for poorer communities.

(197729)

492
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what responses his Department received from private companies on development of new treatments, vaccines and technologies for (a) malaria, (b) tuberculosis, (c) HIV and AIDS and (d) other diseases during the consultation on the Department's new research strategy.

(197730)

493
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to fund research into (a) vaccines, (b) microbiocides, (c) drugs and (d) diagnostics for (i) guinea-worm disease, (ii) river blindness, (iii) lymphatic filariasis, (iv) schistosmiasis, (v) intestinal helminths, (vi) leishmaniasis and (vi) sleeping sickness; and what recent discussions he has had with the World Health Organisation on tackling these diseases.

(197733)

494
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's contribution to Public Service Agreements (a) 3, (b) 25, (c) 27 and (d) 30.

(197773)

495
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the likely date for the next update of progress on indicators (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, (d) 4 and (e) 7 associated with Public Service Agreement 29.

(197774)

496
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made towards his Department's April deadline for establishing the baseline data for the eight indicators associated with Public Service Agreement 29.

(197775)

497
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had on the Delivery Agreement for Public Service Agreement 29 with (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (c) HM Treasury; and what his Department's specific responsibility is for each of the eight indicators associated with this target.

(197776)

498
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the reasons were for his Department's £91 million use of end year flexibility.

(197778)

499
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made towards widening the scope of his Department's education research to look at (a) post-primary education and (b) the links between education and the world of work.

(197779)

500
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made towards the development of non-medical research initiatives on (a) children's education, (b) HIV and AIDS, (c) the relationship between women's income and the survival rate of their children and (d) safer childbirth.

(197782)

501
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average life expectancy of females of child bearing age in Africa was in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007.

(197448)

502
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was allocated by his Department to non-governmental organisations providing international relief or development aid in each year between 2005 and 2007.

(197611)

503
N Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February 2008, Official Report, column 1144W, on overseas aid, which European Commission country strategy papers do not meet the criteria for adherence to the legal and policy base and alignment set out in partner countries' national plans.

(196280)

504
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1273, on CDC, what the 79 CDC subsidiary companies are; in which countries they are registered; and with what regulatory authorities with which their accounts of each are filed.

(197972)

505
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and what estimate he has made of the number of people (a) at risk of starvation, (b) without access to basic medical treatment and (c) without access to safe drinking water; and if he will make a statement.

(197974)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

506
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is directing ClearSprings to source property in Basildon District.

(197959)

507
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps the Government has taken to clean up defunct and meaningless law as mentioned in his Department's press release of 18th March 2008.

(197355)

508
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps the Government has taken to protect householders from unscrupulous bailiffs.

(197356)

509
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government plans to take to consider the welfare of children in households which bailiffs have been instructed to visit.

(197357)

510
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of recorded burglaries resulted in a (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in England and Wales in each year since 1997.

(198192)

511
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people aged under 16 years living in (a) Ribble Valley constituency and (b) Lancashire received a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years.

(198027)

512
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of people convicted of possession of a knife in a public place under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 received the maximum sentence of four years in prison established by the Act in each month since its inception, broken down by age group; and what the average sentence was of those convicted of possession of a knife in a public place under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 in each month since it came into force.

(197742)

513
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of people convicted of carrying an illegal firearm under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 received the mandatory sentence established by the Act in each of the last four years, broken down by age group; and what the average length of sentence of those convicted of carrying an illegal firearm under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 was in each of the last four years.

(197743)

514
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of people convicted of a third class A drug trafficking offence under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 received the mandatory sentence established by the Act in each of the last seven years, broken down by age group; and what the average sentence of those convicted of a third class A drug trafficking offence under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 was in each of the last seven years.

(197744)

515
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of people convicted of a third domestic burglary offence under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 received the mandatory sentence established by the Act in each of the last seven years, broken down by age group; and what the average sentence of those convicted of a third domestic burglary offence under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 was in each of the last seven years.

(197745)

516
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of people convicted of murder under (a) the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 and (b) Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 received the mandatory sentence established by the Act under which they were convicted in each of the last seven years, broken down by age group; and what the average sentence of those convicted of murder under either Act was in each of the last seven years.

(197746)

517
N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which other Acts of Parliament would need to be amended if the Act of Settlement 1700 were amended to end the prohibitions on Roman Catholics within that Act.

(197450)

518
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of reported victims of forced marriage were aged (a) below 18, (b) 18 to 24 and (c) over 24 years in the latest period for which figures are available.

(198005)

519
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile were recorded in each prison in each of the last five years.

(197926)

520
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the delivery of unpaid work requirements in probation areas in Wales against delivery timetables in 2005-06.

(197797)

521
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many qualified probation officers were employed in Wales on (a) 31st December 1997 and (b) 31st December 2007.

(197798)

522
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff managers were employed in Wales on (a) 31st December 1997 and (b) 31st December 1998.

(197799)

523
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are any restrictions on the ability of probation service staff to recommend supervision of foreign nationals in Wales where interpreters would be required.

(197800)

524
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hostels managed by ClearSprings have been opened in Wales in the last 12 months.

(197801)

525
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a duty on ClearSprings to consult (a) the local community, (b) the police, (c) the Probation Service and (d) local authorities prior to opening a bail hostel in Wales.

(197802)

526
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bail places were provided by ClearSprings in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(197805)

527
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bailees placed in hostels in Wales run by ClearSprings have been charged with a subsequent offence.

(197807)

528
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the delivery of drug and alcohol abuse programmes in probation areas in Wales against delivery timetables in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(197808)

529
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the delivery of internet sex offender programmes in probation areas in Wales against delivery timetables in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

(197809)

530
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the delivery of community sex offenders programmes in probation areas in Wales against delivery timetables in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

(197866)

531
N Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from Wrexham County Borough Council on the provision of a prison in North Wales in the last 12 months.

(197345)

532
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is on course to meet the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate targets (a) to source at least 10 per cent. of its electricity from renewables by 31st March 2008 and (b) to increase recycling figures to 40 per cent. of waste by 2010.

(198032)

533
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management Programme or plans to do so in the next 12 months.

(198033)

534
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department met the target in the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by April 2007.

(198034)

535
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system (a) for its whole estate and (b) in some of its buildings.

(198035)

536
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has conducted a sustainability appraisal in the light of the recent relocation announcements regarding the Prison Service.

(198036)

537
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate expenditure on legal aid for defendants with drug addictions in 2007.

(197660)

538
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25th January 2008, Official Report, column 2303W, on Labour Party: marketing, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Labour Party's licence issued by the Office of Public Sector Information.

(198087)

539
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7th March 2008, Official Report, column 2844W, on data protection, for what reasons (a) there was no Government response to the Council of Science and Technology's 2005 report on data security and (b) none of the recommendations have been implemented.

(198090)

540
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the minutes of the cross-party working group on Lords reform.

(197649)

541
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, column 2372W, on trials: measurement, how many of the prosecutions resulted in a conviction in each year.

(197347)

542
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences related to the use of imperial weights and measures in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(197391)

543
N Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was in each of the last 12 months in (a) all prisons and (b) open prisons.

(197406)

544
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many solicitors' offices provided legal aid to clients in Wales who required legal aid for (a) civil and (b) criminal cases in each of the last three years, broken down by local authority.

(197909)

545
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many units and what proportion of prison officers' accommodation will be used to provide accommodation under the bail accommodation support scheme, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement.

(197989)

546
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prison officers' accommodation will be sold in order to avoid the costs that would be incurred in upgrading properties to meet the 2010 Decent Housing standard.

(197990)

Questions to the Leader of the House

547
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members make direct contributions to the Parliamentary Resources Unit from their Incidental Expenses Provision.

(197724)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

548
N Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding has been secured for the construction of a new stadium in Belfast to host the football finals of the London 2012 Olympics Games.

(197489)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

549
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, when she plans to publish estimated costs for (a) the aquatic centre, (b) the velodrome, (c) the international broadcast centre/media and press centre and (d) the athletes village.

(197581)

550
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of the impact of instability in the financial markets on provision in the Olympics 2012 budget for (a) the athletes village and (b) the international broadcast centre/media and press centre; and what the current estimated budget for each venue is.

(197582)

551
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has had recent discussions with Bovis/Lend Lease on the size of the public sector contribution to the athletes village.

(197583)

552
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what Ministerial responsibility she has to ensure the continuation of the informal cross-party agreement for co-operation over the Olympic Games.

(197584)

553
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, when she plans to start publishing (a) monthly cashflow and (b) quarterly financial updates for the 2012 Olympic Games.

(197585)

Questions to the Prime Minister

554
N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Prime Minister, what geographical criteria he used in preparation of his article in the Daily Telegraph of 25th March 2008 entitled We must defend the Union.

(197449)

555
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters he discussed at his most recent meeting with US Senator John McCain.

(198017)

556
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what annual budget has been allocated to monitoring the possibility of nuclear weapons or material or technology falling into the hands of terrorists, as outlined at paragraph 3.12 of the National Security Strategy of the United Kingdom, Cm 7291.

(197839)

557
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, whether the information to be published on the National Register of Risks will be made public in unredacted form.

(197841)

558
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, columns 848-9W, on the Downing Street Political Office, when the post of Administrator of the Downing Street Political Office was established.

(198094)

559
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, on what policy area Ms Jennifer Moses provides advice to the Prime Minister.

(198252)

560
N Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his Oral Statement on 19th March 2008, Official Report, columns 925-29, on the national security strategy, when this capacity is planned to be available; whether the individuals will be contracted to serve in dangerous areas; how much has been allocated for the initiative; from what budget; whether the participants will be full-time or on standby; what the implications of the standby capacity for the Post-Conflict Reconstruction Unit are; and what discussions the Government has had with (a) NATO, (b) the EU and (c) other countries on the development of this capacity.

(198031)

561
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he raised the issue of (a) the Israeli-Palestine conflict, (b) climate change, (c) Darfur and (d) Tibet in his recent meeting with Senator John McCain.

(197614)

Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

562
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent were offset by the National Audit Office in 2006-07 for air flights.

(198201)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

563
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 452W, on departmental advertising, how much is represented by each of the percentages given.

(197456)

Questions to the Solicitor General

564
N Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March 2008, Official Report, columns 210-11W, on departmental advertising, how much is represented by each of the percentages given.

(197455)

Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

565
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, columns 2241-2W, on Electoral Commission: grants, if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms and conditions of the scheme.

(198093)

566
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chichester of 25th February 2008, Official Report, columns 1146-8W, on departmental visits abroad, which of the flights listed were carbon offset.

(198096)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

567
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation will not result in a conflict between the need to grow crops for both food and fuel.

(197762)

568
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to the merits of a moratorium on the implementation of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation.

(197763)

569
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation document did not refer to the effects of incoming international flights in estimating the likely impact of a third runway on carbon dioxide emissions.

(197539)

570
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the Environment Agency's response to the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation; and what steps she plans to take as a result.

(197540)

571
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the annual change in carbon dioxide emissions expected to result from the planned motorway widening programme by 2015.

(197541)

572
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information she has obtained as part of her assessment of the potential for high-speed rail on the number and percentage of passengers switching from air to rail services where high-speed rail lines have been opened in France.

(197542)

573
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commission an independent scientific report into the likely environmental impact of a third runway at Heathrow.

(197543)

574
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who has advised her Department on air cabin quality and possible contamination in the last five years; to which institutions they are affiliated; which other organisations they have advised over that period; and which of those organisations operate on a commercial basis.

(196733)

575
N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of recent changes to aircraft design which result in cabin air no longer being taken from engines; if she will re-examine the findings of the relevant study from the Committee on Toxicity; and if she will make a statement.

(196734)

576
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress is being made on road pricing projects; where the projects are located; and what companies are involved in the projects.

(198102)

577
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many heavy goods vehicle test stations are operated by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency; and what their locations are.

(197879)

578
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maximum distance is that a road haulier is expected to travel to present his vehicle for examination.

(197880)

579
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans to change the (a) number and (b) location of Vehicle and Operator Services Agency-operated heavy goods vehicle test stations.

(197881)

580
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Vehicle and Operator Services Agency staff will be employed to issue fixed penalty notices to vehicles where offences are detected.

(197882)

581
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans to alter the (a) numbers and (b) terms of employment of staff employed and based at Vehicle and Operator Services Agency's heavy goods vehicle test stations.

(197883)

582
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many garages in the UK are licensed by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) to conduct private vehicle and motorcycle MOT tests; how often these garages are inspected by VOSA to ensure standards are being upheld; and how many inspectors VOSA employs to check on standards in these garages.

(197884)

583
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for future numbers of Vehicle and Operator Services Agency inspection staff and their terms of employment.

(197917)

584
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-UK registered vehicles were inspected by Vehicle and Operator Services Agency inspectors during the South East pilot exercise in the 2007-08 financial year; and how many prohibition notes were issued.

(197918)

585
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by Vehicle and Operator Services Agency on consultants in each of the last five financial years.

(197919)

586
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total Vehicle and Operator Services Agency staff salary bill was in each of the last five financial years.

(197920)

587
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for future charges for (a) private vehicle and motorcycle MOT tests, (b) heavy goods vehicle tests and (c) public service vehicle tests.

(197921)

588
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans to alter the (a) number and (b) terms of employment of Vehicle and Operator Services Agency staff who will issue fixed penalty notices.

(197924)

589
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether clauses 115 and 116 in the Local Transport Bill were included at the request of the Welsh Assembly Government.

(197494)

590
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on merchant ships carrying firearms to guard against raids by pirates; and if she will make a statement.

(197770)

591
N Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sources of funding are made available by (a) her Department and (b) organisations which report to her Department for the development of national cycle routes.

(197737)

592
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much capital funding from the public purse the Tyne and Wear Metro received in each year since 1997.

(197650)

593
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much capital funding from the public purse was provided to transport infrastructure in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear, (d) the North East and (e) the UK in each year since 1997.

(197655)

594
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were prosecuted for fare evasion on the Tyne and Wear Metro in each year since 1997.

(197656)

595
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new railway stations were built with public funding in (a) South Tyneside, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997.

(197657)

596
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled on the Tyne and Wear Metro in each year since 1997.

(197832)

597
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the average cost to a road haulier of fitting retro-reflective marking tape to a heavy goods vehicle; and what the total estimated cost of doing so is for all road hauliers.

(198208)

598
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration she has given to making the fitting of retro-reflective marking tape mandatory on all new heavy goods vehicles from 10th October 2009.

(198209)

599
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries have been caused by other vehicles hitting a heavy goods vehicle in each of the last 10 years; how many of these were attributed to poor visibility; and if she will make a statement.

(198210)

600
Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to table orders bringing into force sections 11 and 12 of the Road Safety Act 2006 on financial penalty deposits and the immobilisation of vehicles.

(197771)

601
Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what range of offences she plans to specify in the orders bringing sections 11 and 12 of the Road Safety Act 2006 into effect; if she will include lorries parking illegally in the range of offences; and if she will make a statement.

(197777)

602
Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers she plans to provide to the police to enable the enforcement of parking penalties imposed on foreign lorry drivers.

(197781)

603
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the effect on forecast unconstrained demand for airport capacity in 2030 as shown in the Future of Air Travel Progress Report of using the most recent cost of aviation fuel instead of the assumed figure of $42 per barrel.

(198185)

604
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the effect on forecast unconstrained demand for airport capacity in 2030 as shown in the Future of Air Travel Progress Report of including the recent change in Air Passenger Duty.

(198186)

605
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the effect on forecast unconstrained demand for airport capacity in 2030 as shown in the Future of Air Travel Progress Report of assuming that the cost of aviation fuel will rise until 2030 at half the rate that it has risen in the last four years.

(198188)

606
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent price of aviation fuel in (a) dollars per barrel and in (b) pence per litre was, ignoring any hedging arrangements.

(198191)

607
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the average proportion of airline costs fuel represents, calculated on the same basis as the figure given in the Future of Air Transport White Paper.

(198251)

608
Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of the number of dual-voltage trains that would be needed to operate both the Watford to Brighton service and the Thameslink service.

(198245)

609
Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many dual-voltage trains will be available to run on Thameslink following the decision to order 11 new trains; and how many trains will remain on the West London Line.

(198246)

610
Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington & Chelsea): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the proposal to transfer trains from the West London Line to Thameslink since the order of 11 new trains for Thameslink.

(198247)

611
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward proposals to impose a 20mph speed limit around schools and in residential areas; and if she will make a statement.

(197872)

612
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many roads the speed limit has been reduced from 30mph to 20mph since the publication of her Department's circular 01/2006.

(197873)

613
N Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will seek an explanation from Network Rail for delays to maintenance work over the Easter holiday on the rail network from Essex into London Liverpool Street; what procedures were put in place following delays to maintenance work on the same network over the New Year holiday to prevent a recurrence; and if she will make a statement.

(197563)

614
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish her recommendations following the review of class (a) two and (b) three powered wheelchairs and powered scooters.

(197999)

615
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the training required of taxi drivers.

(197644)

616
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to determine whether there are outstanding and unpaid penalties relating to vehicles leaving the UK.

(197648)

617
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new light goods vehicle drivers were trained in the last 12 months; and how many foreign light goods vehicle drivers were working in the UK.

(197857)

618
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will undertake research into the use of powered two-wheeled vehicles in bus lanes; what research she has evaluated on the matter; and if she will make a statement.

(197631)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

619
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library copies of communications and correspondence between the Wales Office and the Welsh Assembly Government relating to the Local Transport Bill.

(197361)

620
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what role his Department played in the inclusion of clauses 115 and 116 in the Local Transport Bill.

(197493)

621
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1300W, on hazardous substances: Brofiscin quarry, what the original planned date for publication of the remedial options was; and what the reason for the time taken to publish is.

(197874)

622
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what payments his Department has made to communications consultancy Clear in the last five years; and what the purpose of such payments was.

(198160)

623
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will hold discussions with the Health Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government on the effects of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, if enacted, in Wales.

(197819)

624
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average annual (a) earnings were and (b) household income was in Wales in each of the last three years.

(197908)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

625
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of calls made to (a) the Pension Service, (b) the Disability and Carers Service, (c) the Benefit Enquiry Line and (d) the Child Support Agency was in each year for which records are held.

(197780)

626
N Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 576W, on National Insurance, what the nationality breakdown is of those non-EU nationals issued with national insurance numbers in each year since 2002-03; and how many national insurance numbers were issued to (a) EU nationals and (b) non-EU nationals in each year from 1997-98 to 2001-02.

(197492)

627
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to reduce the burden of regulation on small defined benefit schemes where all the fund's assets are held by an insurance company.

(197349)

628
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1393W, on child support, how much and what proportion of debt was collected in each year.

(197350)

629
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Pension Service advises all those pensioners who are newly widowed of the range of entitlement to which they may be eligible.

(197759)

630
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what documents his Department, its associated agencies and non departmental bodies translate for people in the UK who do not speak English.

(197587)

631
N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department and its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies on translation services from English into (a) Welsh and (b) other languages in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08.

(197607)

632
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the (a) family resources survey, (b) households below average income and (c) pensioners income series; and when he expects each to be published.

(197950)

633
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled employees of closed Remploy factories have (i) been placed in sheltered employment, (ii) been placed in mainstream employment, (iii) taken voluntary redundancy pay and (iv) taken compulsory redundancy pay.

(198242)

634
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which factories have closed under the Remploy modernisation programme.

(198243)

635
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) disabled and (b) non-disabled people Remploy employed in its factories on 31st March.

(198244)

636
N David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases overpayments of benefit have been reclaimed following the death of a claimant where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation in each of the last five years, broken down by benefit type.

(197871)

637
N David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases his Department has not pursued requests for repayment for overpayments following the death of a claimant in circumstances where the repayment was challenged by family members and where the repayment was not mandatory under social security legislation in each of the last five years.

(197875)

638
N David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases where his Department requested repayments of overpayments following the death of a claimant, and where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation, such requests were not challenged by family members in each of the last five years.

(197886)

639
N David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of repayments of overpayments requested by his Department following the death of a claimant, in circumstances where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation and where the family members of the deceased claimants challenged the requests and did not subsequently make the repayments.

(197888)

640
N David Heyes (Ashton under Lyne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was of repayments of overpayments of benefits following the death of a claimant, where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation in each of the last five years, broken down by benefit type.

(197899)

641
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of measures introduced by his Department since 1997 on pensioners in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.

(198003)

642
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pension forecast service the Pension Service offers; and if he will make a statement.

(197897)

643
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reflect recent changes in the cost of essential goods and services in benefit entitlement.

(197969)

644
N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the 24-hour overnight allowance for his Department's civil servants based outside London is when working in London.

(197343)

645
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports by each (a) government department and (b) executive agency of incidents were made under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 according to records held by the (i) Incident Contact Centre and (ii) Health and Safety Executive.

(198074)

646
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 16, what information his Department holds on the benefits available to UK citizens living in Spain.

(197717)

647
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of benefit uptake amongst (a) 16 to 30 year olds, (b) 31 to 65 year olds and (c) pensioners.

(197348)

648
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the value of benefits not taken up by (a) 16 to 30 year olds, (b) 31 to 65 year olds and (c) pensioners in the last financial year for which figures are available.

(197620)

649
N Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women in receipt of basic state pension whose husbands are in receipt of basic state pension and who are receiving an amount of basic state pension at a rate of less than 60 per cent. of the amount that their husband is receiving.

(197386)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

650
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Government department is the lead body for the development of the Digital National Framework.

[Transferred] (198197)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

651
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what permission (a) the Prime Minister's Office or (b) his Department gave to Fiji to use his image to promote a tourism campaign; and what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK's diplomatic relations.

[Transferred] (198250)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

652
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requests the Government has received from the US Department of Justice to assist in its investigation into BAe Systems; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (198012)

653
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions have been made by the Government to assist the US Department of Justice in its investigation into BAe Systems; and if she will make a statement.

[Transferred] (198013)

654
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prescriptions were dispensed to persons held in (a) immigration detention centres and (b) immigration removal centres for (i) subutex, (ii) methadone and (iii) other opiate replacements in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (197936)

655
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prescriptions for anti-retroviral drugs were dispensed to persons detained in (a) immigration detention centres and (b) immigration removal centres in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (197939)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

656
N Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of job vacancies filled by migrant workers from other European Union member states in the latest period for which figures are available.

[Question Unstarred] (197189)

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