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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 2 April 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 2 April 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 2 April of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 2 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 2 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people have been employed by the Office of the Certification Officer in each year since it was established. | | (198494) | 2
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people have (a) resigned and (b) retired from the Office of the Certification Officer in each year since it was established. | | (198495) | 3
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people employed by the Office of the Certification Officer had salaries between (a) 20,000 to £30,000, (b) 30,000 to £40,000, (c) 40,000 to £50,000, (d) £50,000 to £60,000, (e) 60,000 to £70,000, (f) 70,000 to £80,000, (g) £80,000 to £90,000, (h) £90,000 to £100,000, (i) £100,000 to £110,000, (j) £110,000 to £120,000, (k) £120,000 to £130,000, (l) £130,000 to £140,000, (m) £140,000 to £150,000, (n) £150,000 to £160,000, (o) £160,000 to £170,000, (p) £170,000 to £180,000, (q) £180,000 to £190,000, (r) £190,000 to £200,000 and (s) over £200,000 in each year since it was established; and what the (i) mean and (ii) median salary of employees was in each such year. | | (198496) | 4
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what pension scheme is offered to staff joining the Office of the Certification Officer; what the rate of employer contributions to the scheme is; and if he will place in the Library details of the terms and benefits of the scheme. | | (198497) | 5
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether it is his policy that Ministers should sign all letters responding to hon. Members' correspondence; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's advice and guidance to staff on dealing with Members' correspondence. | | (198710) | 6
| Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 329W, on industrial diseases: compensation, how many of the 3,021 claimants paid an award after 27th March 2004 were advised that they could make a claim for an award under the Pneumoconiosis etc Workers' (Compensation) Act 1979. | | (198750) | 7
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his Department has responsibility for tackling the use of the internet to conduct fraud; and if he will make a statement. | | (198512) | 8
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to promote the use of (a) bio-diesel and (b) other non-fossil fuels in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (198686) | 9
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many public consultations were held by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198639) | 10
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the introduction of an EU-wide ban on the importation of seal products. | | (198669) | 11
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make an assessment of whether the use of information on social networking sites by employers in their recruitment procedures is likely to result in discriminatory employment practices; and if he will bring forward proposals to prevent employers from making such use of such information. | | (198785) | 12
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will publish the report he commissioned from Mott McDonald on smart meters; with which organisations he has discussed the report; and what the timetable is for the introduction of such meters. | | (198054) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 13
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the advertising and sponsorship budget of National Savings and Investments was in each of the last five years. | | (198397) | 14
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of National Savings and Investments since September 2007 on its advertising budget. | | (198398) | 15
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reviews of the Barnett formula have been undertaken by the Government since 1997; and when he plans to publish the factual paper on the Barnett formula to support the Scottish parliamentary review of the devolution settlement. | | (198392) | 16
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many public consultations his Department has held in the last three years; and how many respondents there were to each. | | (198677) | 17
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what powers (a) the Government and (b) the European Union has to introduce exchange controls between Sterling and the euro; what his policy is on the introduction of such exchange controls; and if he will make a statement. | | (198795) | 18
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the review of the recommended level of tax-free mileage rates for business journeys in employees' own vehicles. | | (198440) | 19
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether increases in fuel costs are taken into account when setting the level of tax-free mileage rates for business journeys in employees' own vehicles. | | (198441) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 20
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government plans to take to improve the handling of children excluded from school. | | (198124) | 21
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to increase the number of initial teacher training and continuing professional development places for citizenship teachers. | | (198650) | 22
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) former school sites and (b) parcels of land belonging to a (i) school and (ii) former school have been sold since 1997. | | (198653) | 23
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of schools had less than 30 per cent. of pupils obtaining five A* to C GCSEs including English and mathematics in 2007, broken down by index of multiple deprivation decile. | | (198658) | 24
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils eligible for free school meals did not sit five GCSEs in 2007. | | (198660) | 25
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school classes of over (a) 25 and (b) 20 pupils there were in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (198714) | 26
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers have taught at three or more schools on full-time contracts since 2002. | | (198715) | 27
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many public consultations were held by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198632) | 28
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to increase the number of young people in Sunderland achieving five A* to C grades at GCSE in the last three years. | | (198484) | 29
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils received permanent exclusions for the category of one-off offences, broken down by offence, in (a) primary non-academy schools, (b) primary academy schools, (c) secondary non-academy schools and (d) secondary academy schools in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (198439) | 30
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what monitoring and evaluation his Department carries out on the implementation of its guidance on forced marriages; and if he will make a statement. | | (198787) | 31
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on work on (a) domestic violence and (b) forced marriage since 2003; and what budget allocations have been made for each in the next three years. | | (198788) | 32
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken on (a) domestic violence and (b) forced marriage since the coming into force of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2003. | | (198789) | 33
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on the merits of academies for 11 to 16 year olds only. | | (198465) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 34
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were employed by the Charity Commission in each of the last 30 years. | | (198605) | 35
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people (a) resigned and (b) retired from the Charity Commission in each of the last 30 years. | | (198606) | 36
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people employed by the Charity Commission had salaries between (a) £20,000 and £30,000, (b) £30,000 and £40,000, (c) £40,000 and £50,000, (d) £50,000 and £60,000, (e) £60,000 and £70,000, (f) £70,000 and £80,000, (g) £80,000 and £90,000, (h) £90,000 and £100,000, (i) £100,000 and £110,000, (j) £110,000 and £120,000, (k) £120,000 and £130,000 (l) £130,000 and £140,000, (m) £140,000 and £150,000, (n) £150,000 and £160,000, (o) £160,000 and £170,000, (p) £170,000 and £180,000 (q) £180,00 and £190,000 (r) £190,000 and £200,000 and (s) over £200,000 in each of the last 30 years; and what the (i) mean and (ii) median salary of employees was in each of those years. | | (198607) | 37
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cash equivalent transfer value is of the public sector pension of the Chief Executive of the Charity Commission. | | (198608) | 38
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what pension scheme is offered to staff joining the Charity Commission; and if he will place in the Library details of the terms and benefits of the scheme. | | (198609) | 39
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many public sector staff, including military personnel, have been treated at cost to the public purse at branches of the Priory chain of rehabilitation and treatment centres in the last 10 years. | | (198624) | 40
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants working in his Department are related to other civil servants working in the his Department. | | (198723) | 41
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what discussions he has had with trades union representatives on diversity among public service deliverers; and if he will make a statement. | | (198797) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 42
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the rate of employer contributions is to the pension scheme of which employees at the Audit Commission for England and Wales are members. | | (198493) | 43
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March 2008, Official Report, columns 963-4W, on council tax, when the table will be deposited in the Library; what the reasons are for the time taken to do so; and if she will make a statement. | | (198772) | 44
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will (a) collate information on allotment provision held at a local level, (b) encourage local authorities to devote more resources to providing and maintaining allotments and (c) increase funding for allotment sites. | | (198682) | 45
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many public consultations were held by her Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198633) | 46
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on senior staff salary levels. | | (198656) | 47
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority chief executives received annual pay packages of (a) £100,000 to £109,999, (b) £110,000 to £119,999, (c) £120,000 to £129,999, (d) £130,000 to £139,999, (e) £140,000 to £149,999 and (f) £150,000 and over in the last year for which figures are available. | | (198657) | 48
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department will use for allocating European Union solidarity flood funding. | | (198396) | 49
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has given to local authorities on their procurement of service delivery from social enterprises; what assessment she has made of local authorities' procurement practices; and if she will make a statement. | | (198800) | 50
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to local authorities on hon. Members' involvement in the development of local area agreements. | | (198801) | 51
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued by (a) her Department and (b) the Housing Corporation to (i) social landlords and (ii) local authorities on the use of carbon monoxide alarms in (A) residential care, (B) sheltered housing and (C) social housing in the last five years. | | (198651) | 52
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 644W, on regional planning and development: standards, which local authorities have had their proposed core strategy rejected or found unsound by (a) her Department, (b) independent examination and (c) the relevant government office for the region; and what the reason was for such a finding in each case. | | (198652) | 53
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) representations her Department has received from and (b) discussions her Department has had with Stratford-on-Avon District Council on the unauthorised development of a traveller camp at Darlingscott, near Shipton-on-Stour in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (198670) | 54
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition her Department uses of (a) zero-carbon and (b) carbon neutral. | | (198671) | 55
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the revenue which will accrue to the public purse from the redevelopment of the Greenwich Peninsula. | | (198672) | 56
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether carbon offsets will be included in calculations to determine whether an eco-town (a) is carbon neutral and (b) has zero-carbon status. | | (198712) | 57
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire authorities have converted their fleets, in whole or in part, to run on (a) compressed natural gas, (b) liquid petroleum gas and (c) electricity. | | (198511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 58
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to improve cultural ties between the UK and Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (198728) | 59
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Government support has been given to the (a) performing and (b) visual arts in rural areas of England since May 2005. | | (198625) | 60
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public consultations his Department has held in the last three years; and how many respondents there were to each. | | (198679) | 61
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the implementation of the McMaster Review of excellence in the arts. | | (198390) | 62
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has for reducing the burden of administration on arts organisations. | | (198391) | 63
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish the World Heritage Review; and what the cost of the review is expected to be. | | (198393) | 64
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of the Byron Review has been. | | (198394) | 65
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the procedure is for people to apply for the media apprenticeships announced by the Secretary of State on 22nd February in his publication, Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy. | | (198382) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 66
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military helicopters were deployed in Afghanistan in (a) May 2005 and (b) April 2008. | | (198623) | 67
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serviceable UK military helicopters there are in (a) Helmand province, (b) Kandahar and (c) Afghanistan, broken down by type. | | (198626) | 68
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester was in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (198480) | 69
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost per annum was to maintain a detainee at the Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (198481) | 70
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the salary scales are for members of the armed forces employed at the Military Correction Training Centre, Colchester. | | (198482) | 71
| Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on (a) training, (b) rehabilitation and (c) education for inmates at the Military Correction Training Centre at Colchester's budget in 2005-06. | | (198483) | 72
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specifications are included in the design of British aircraft carriers to enable them to absorb battle damage shock in the (a) superstructure, (b) flight deck and (c) main hull; what such design specifications have been agreed for the two future aircraft carriers; and if he will make a statement. | | (198706) | 73
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what command relationship has been agreed between the Kosovo Force and the EU rule of law civilian mission to Kosovo. | | (198707) | 74
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the remit of the EU Contributors' Committee is; upon what authority it is established; who the chair is; which countries are represented on the committee; what role the European Commission has in the committee; and if he will make a statement. | | (198796) | 75
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will ensure that pelts used to provide bearskin do not come from mother bears shot in front of their cubs; and if he will make a statement. | | (198792) | 76
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of insurance protection for injury or death may be obtained by (a) Territorial Army and (b) regular Army personnel on operational deployment; and if he will make a statement. | | (198709) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 77
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pig farmers there are in England; and how many there were in May 2005. | | (198514) | 78
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on the repair and maintenance of inland waterways in 2005-06; and how much is planned to be spent in 2008-09. | | (198598) | 79
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of pig-meat products bought in England was (a) produced in England, (b) produced outside England and (i) packaged and (ii) labelled in England and (c) produced and packaged outside England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (198599) | 80
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers found dead on roads were tested for tuberculosis in the last 12 months. | | (198724) | 81
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of the badger population carrying bovine tuberculosis in England. | | (198725) | 82
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the French government on its decision to extend its ban on Monsanto's MON810 maize. | | (198716) | 83
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available from his Department for farmers who wish to switch to organic food production. | | (198719) | 84
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many respondents took part in each consultation held by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (198676) | 85
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the European Food Safety Authority's December 2007 report on the animal welfare aspects of seal hunting. | | (198668) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 86
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials have had with the President of the Palestinian Authority on future armed conflict against Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (198744) | 87
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) the UK and (b) other countries through the UN (i) have organised and (ii) plan to organise medical aid to assist Israeli casualties following rocket attacks from (A) Gaza and (B) the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement. | | (198745) | 88
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, column 140W, on Malta: health services, if he will place in the Library a copy of the speech given by UK officials defending the language on sexual and reproductive rights; whether the term sexual and reproductive rights includes abortion and a right to abortion; and if he will make a statement. | | (198746) | 89
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the criteria are under the UN Charter under which the Government recognised the independence of Kosovo. | | (198447) | 90
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of the United Nations have not recognised the independence of Kosovo. | | (198448) | 91
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he plans to make to the proposal tabled at the United Nations by the government of Serbia that the part of Kosovo which has a Serb majority should be transferred to Serbia. | | (198515) | 92
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent contact the Government has had with the government of Syria; and if he will make a statement. | | (198516) | 93
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to assist democratic reform in Nigeria. | | (198125) | 94
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to enourage UK citizens to minimise the risk of credit card fraud whilst abroad. | | (198126) | 95
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the treatment by the government of Indonesia of (a) West Papuan protesters and (b) those raising flags of independence in Timika and Manokwari. | | (198688) | 96
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the probity of the procedures for the passage of the oil and gas law in Iraq. | | (198790) | 97
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many public consultations his Department has held in the last three years; and how many respondents there were to each. | | (198678) | 98
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average pay of (a) male and (b) female full-time equivalent staff of his Department who were recruited as fast-stream entrants was (i) five, (ii) 10, (iii) 15, (iv) 20 and (v) 25 years after their recruitment at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (198711) | 99
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements he has made to continue opportunities for collaboration between Commonwealth countries in hosting students following the termination of funding for Commonwealth Scholarships in the UK. | | (198713) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 100
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cash equivalent transfer value is of the public sector pension of the Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency. | | (198443) | 101
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pension scheme is offered to staff joining the Food Standards Agency; what the rate of employer contributions to the scheme is; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms and benefits of the scheme. | | (198444) | 102
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cash equivalent transfer value is of the public sector pension of the Chief Inspector of the Commission for Social Care Inspection. | | (198445) | 103
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pensions scheme is offered to staff joining the Commission for Social Care Inspection; what the rate of employer contributions to the scheme is; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms and benefits of the scheme. | | (198446) | 104
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in (a) Southend and (b) Essex had not been deep cleaned by the target date; and if he will make a statement. | | (198741) | 105
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was given to each hospital in (a) Southend and (b) Essex to fund its deep clean; and if he will make a statement. | | (198742) | 106
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, columns 13-14W, on childbirth, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timetable of the national perinatal epidemiology unit's programme of reviews are; and if he will make a statement. | | (198743) | 107
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there are per head of the population in each English county. | | (198449) | 108
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospitals in England have (a) closed and (b) partly closed since May 2005. | | (198450) | 109
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many maternity units in England have closed since May 2005. | | (198451) | 110
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many surgical procedures have been carried out in non-NHS hospitals per annum at a cost to the public purse since 2000; and of these, how many resulted in episodes of (a) MRSA, (b) Clostridium difficile and (c) norovirus. | | (198622) | 111
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many new HIV/AIDS cases there were in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) primary care trust and (b) age group. | | (198721) | 112
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many respondents took part in each consultation held by his Department in each of the last three years. | | (198681) | 113
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population of (a) England and (b) Sunderland that is clinically obese. | | (198488) | 114
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bids he has received for designation as an Academic Health Services Centre; and what criteria will apply to determining the outcome of such bids. | | (198388) | 115
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what quantitative public opinion research has been commissioned as part of the NHS Next Stage Review. | | (198467) | 116
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much a general practice is paid per patient per year for the management of a patient who is stable on warfarin; and how much is payable under the tariff to an NHS trust for the same service. | | (198507) | 117
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were transferred from secondary to primary care for their management on warfarin in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what evaluation has taken place of the implications of this for patients. | | (198508) | 118
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total reduction was in fees payable to pharmacies by primary care trusts as a result of the reduction in practice payment fees in the period from October 2007 to January 2008. | | (198791) | 119
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on the pilots of the community equipment retail model; what plans his Department has to extend the pilots; and if he will make a statement. | | (198726) | 120
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which local NHS organisations include provision for equal access for men and women to chlamydia screening in their gender equality schemes. | | (198760) | 121
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monitoring and evaluation his Department carries out on the implementation of its guidance on forced marriages; and if he will make a statement. | | (198786) | 122
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require pharmaceutical companies to disclose the evidence from all their clinical trials. | | (198666) | 123
| Dr Doug Naysmith (Bristol North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will (a) undertake an evaluation of the effectiveness of and (b) issue new guidance on prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants. | | (198667) | 124
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what opinion surveys have been conducted by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS, on the views of (i) general practitioners, (ii) hospital doctors, (iii) nurses and (iv) allied medical professionals on the outcomes of hospital reconfigurations which involved the downgrading of blue light accident and emergency facilities. | | (198583) | 125
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the most recent re-configuration of hospital services in East Lancashire has cost. | | (198584) | 126
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to allow the representation of district councils on county and unitary health overview and scrutiny committees. | | (198585) | 127
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he intends to repeal the liable relatives rules in respect of care home financing for elderly patients; and if he will make a statement. | | (197366) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 128
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on pre-charge detention; what discussions she has had with hon. Members on the matter in each of the last six months; and if she will make a statement. | | (198749) | 129
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time taken by a police officer in England to complete the administrative requirements relating to an arrest, timed from the moment of arrest. | | (198452) | 130
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were (a) arrested, (b) prosecuted and (c) imprisoned for drugs offences in each of the last five years. | | (198627) | 131
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of face-to-face passport interviews since their introduction. | | (198628) | 132
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of offences under the Terrorism Act 2000 since it came into force. | | (198629) | 133
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she held with BAA in advance of the introduction of universal fingerprinting at Heathrow Terminal 5; and if she will make a statement. | | (198630) | 134
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Parliamentary Questions her Department declined to answer on grounds of (a) disproportionate cost and (b) information not held centrally in each of the last five years. | | (198635) | 135
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities have submitted an application to establish an alcohol disorder zone. | | (198637) | 136
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of cybercrime to the economy in 2007-08. | | (198638) | 137
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against the person were recorded in Huntingdon constituency in each of the last five years. | | (198685) | 138
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against the person were recorded in Bournemouth East constituency in each of the last five years. | | (198620) | 139
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces on the setting up of the Channel Project to combat violent extremism. | | (198654) | 140
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department's Research, Information and Communication Unit has played in the development of the Channel Project for combating violent extremism. | | (198655) | 141
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria she will use to determine the effectiveness of the Channel Project to combat violent extremism; and if she will make a statement. | | (198751) | 142
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the development of the Channel Project to combat violent extremism. | | (198752) | 143
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Channel Project to combat violent extremism has spent on community groups; and how much it plans to spend in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (198753) | 144
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local community groups the Channel Project to combat violent extremism (a) funded in 2007-08 and (b) plans to fund in 2008-09; and how those groups were selected for funding. | | (198754) | 145
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of the Channel Project to combat violent extremism was in 2007-08; what the cost is expected to be in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and how those funds will be spent in each of those years. | | (198755) | 146
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of (a) the police, (b) her Department's staff and (c) the public are employed by the Channel Project to combat violent extremism in each of the areas in which it operates; and how many people in each category will be employed by the project in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. | | (198756) | 147
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which statutory agencies are taking part in the Channel Project to combat violent extremism; and if she will make a statement. | | (198757) | 148
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which areas of the country the Channel Project to combat violent extremism (a) operates and (b) is planned to operate; and how those areas were decided upon. | | (198758) | 149
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals she consulted on the setting up of the Channel Project to combat violent extremism. | | (198759) | 150
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, column 73W, on MI5, if she will instigate a practice of clearing the (a) timing and (b) content of speeches to be made by the Director General of the Security Service before delivery. | | (198395) | 151
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against a person were recorded in Beckenham constituency in each of the last five years. | | (198708) | 152
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department has given to police forces and police authorities on the procurement of forensic science services. | | (198399) | 153
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Newark constituency in each of the last five years. | | (198442) | 154
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers found to have employed illegal workers have been (a) cautioned, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008 to date; and, of those in each category, how many were proceeded against for (A) employing illegal workers and (B) facilitating illegal immigrants to remain in the UK by providing employment, food or accommodation. | | (198525) | 155
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Chinese people have been arrested during raids carried out under the Stop Illegal Working Campaign; how many of those were found to be (a) illegal workers and (b) employers of illegal workers; and, of those found to be illegal workers, how many have been (i) deported, (ii) detained and (iii) released on bail. | | (198529) | 156
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration raids have been carried out in (a) the UK and (b) Yorkshire and Humberside since the launch of the Stop Illegal Working campaign. | | (198530) | 157
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many of the raids conducted under the stop illegal working campaign were the illegal workers discovered of predominantly (a) Chinese, (b) Indian, (c) Pakistani and (d) Malaysian nationality. | | (198531) | 158
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects in respect of immigration applications arising from forced marriage. | | (198798) | 159
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources her Department has allocated to the support of victims of forced marriage for 2008-09; and what plans she has for funding in the next two financial years. | | (198799) | 160
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average (a) number of police officers and (b) proportion of each police force employed in speed enforcement on roads was in each of the last five years. | | (198453) | 161
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful wildlife protection prosecutions were launched in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by police authority area. | | (198454) | 162
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many accidents involving police (a) pursuit and (b) patrol cars and drivers and members of the public resulting in serious injuries or death there were in each of the last five years. | | (198455) | 163
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police vehicles were involved in road accidents resulting in (a) slight injuries, (b) serious injuries and (c) fatalities in the last five years. | | (198456) | 164
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of police vehicles involved in accidents while responding to an emergency or otherwise in pursuit were (a) motorway patrol vehicles, (b) armed response vehicles and (c) other police vehicles in each year since 1995. | | (198457) | 165
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines her Department provides to chief constables on the purchasing of (a) police vehicles and (b) environmentally-friendly police vehicles. | | (198458) | 166
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statutory power the Government has to require the dismissal of chief constables. | | (198462) | 167
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to compel credit card companies to report the (a) theft and (b) misuse of credit cards to the police; and if she will make a statement. | | (198463) | 168
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racially-motivated crimes were committed in each police force area in each of the last five years. | | (198464) | 169
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalties were issued to cyclists for the offence of (a) carrying another person and (b) cycling on pavements, broken down by police force area in each of the last three years; and how many of the penalties were issued to cyclists aged over 14 years. | | (198466) | 170
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the Data Protection Commissioner on the accuracy of criminal records held on the Police National Computer; and what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of criminal records held on the Police National Computer which contain significant inaccuracies or errors. | | (198468) | 171
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were found guilty of unlawful killing using firearms in each of the last 20 years. | | (198469) | 172
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pornographic images of children were removed from the internet following investigations by (a) police and (b) her Department's agencies in each year since 2000. | | (198470) | 173
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what way the Office for National Statistics is involved in the planning, production and presentation of statistical information relating to the performance of the (a) police, (b) probation and (c) prison services. | | (198471) | 174
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many searches of (a) persons and (b) vehicles under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 were carried out by each Metropolitan Police division in each of the last five years; and how many arrests were made as a result in each division for (i) possession of offensive weapons and (ii) other offences. | | (198472) | 175
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice she has issued on the security implications of the provision of litter bins at (a) railway stations and (b) other public places. | | (198473) | 176
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many on-the-spot fines for cycling on the pavement were issued by each police force in each year since the scheme was introduced. | | (198475) | 177
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the revenue from speeding fines was in each of the last seven years, broken down by police area. | | (198476) | 178
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were (a) stopped by police, (b) charged, (c) convicted, (d) fined and (e) cautioned for driving while using a mobile phone in each police force area in each year since the ban came into force. | | (198477) | 179
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many roadside checks of (a) speed, (b) use of seat belts and child restraints, (c) vehicle safety and roadworthiness and (d) influence of alcohol or drugs were carried out by each police force during each of the last 12 months. | | (198479) | 180
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of employing a fully-trained (a) police constable and (b) police community support officer was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (198489) | 181
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on performance related pay for police officers; and if she will make a statement. | | (198490) | 182
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of policing each airport was in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (198491) | 183
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is issued to police forces on the holding of immigration detainees in police cells; and if she will place in the Library a copy of such guidance. | | (198501) | 184
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on retention of DNA profiles collected by the police from individuals. | | (198502) | 185
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) was of each criminal conviction certificate issued on an individual in each year since the inception of the CRB; what standard fee is paid by individuals requesting a check; how many certificates were requested in each year (a) from people wishing to work in the voluntary sector, (b) from unemployed people, (c) from disabled people, (d) from other individuals and (e) in total; and if she will make a statement. | | (198503) | 186
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by each police force was to respond to inquiries from the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) as part of routine CRB checks in the last year for which figures are available. | | (198504) | 187
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance standards she has set for the operation by Capita of the Criminal Records Bureau's information systems; and what arrangements she has made to ensure that errors in records held on the Police National Computer and supplied to employers by the Criminal Records Agency can be corrected. | | (198505) | 188
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent evidence she has collated on the correlation between the level of crime and (a) police numbers and (b) police funding. | | (198506) | 189
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rate of Metropolitan Police officer abstractions was from each London borough for (a) counter-terrorism, (b) special operations and (c) public order event policing work in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (198509) | 190
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police authorities have converted their fleets, in whole or in part, to run on compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas or electricity. | | (198510) | 191
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the name of each chief police officer (CPO) in England and Wales is; who the assistant CPO is in each case; and how long each CPO has been in post. | | (198517) | 192
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homicides were committed using (a) shotguns, (b) rifles, (c) handguns and (d) other firearms in each police force area in England and Wales in (i) 2008 to date and (ii) each of the last five years; and how many homicides were committed using a legally-held firearm by the owner, broken down by type of weapon. | | (198518) | 193
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what scale of fees was payable to interpreters by (a) the Immigration Service and (b) each other police force in respect of (i) illegal entry and (ii) criminal matters in each of the last five years; how much was paid for such services in each such year in each category; and what expenses are payable. | | (198519) | 194
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which offences fixed penalty notices may be imposed; and what guidance has been issued by her Department on circumstances in which such notices may be imposed. | | (198521) | 195
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the levels of satisfaction with the police (a) following responses to 999 calls and (b) of victims of (i) violent crime, (ii) domestic burglary and (iii) theft in each police authority area in England in each year since 1997-98. | | (198522) | 196
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) new recruits, (b) graduate recruits and (c) graduate recruits with first or upper second class degrees there were to the Metropolitan Police in each of the last five years. | | (198523) | 197
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Metropolitan Police spent on (a) recruitment and (b) other advertising in each of the last five years; and what the budget is for 2008-09. | | (198526) | 198
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers in each police force area were women in each of the last five years. | | (198527) | 199
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were (a) per head of population and (b) per notifiable offence in each year from 1992 to 1999, in each English county and Metropolitan area. | | (198528) | 200
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the compulsory registration of forensic science practitioners; and if she will make a statement. | | (198532) | 201
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are trained to handle digital evidence; and how many police officers are (a) serving with computer crime units and (b) have higher level forensic skills. | | (198533) | 202
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how population growth is taken into account when calculating the total resource allocation formula for police forces. | | (198534) | 203
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations there were per 1,000 head of population in (a) non-rural and (b) rural areas in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (198535) | 204
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) incidents of violence against the person and (b) police emergency call-outs resulting from incidents occuring (i) on and (ii) in the vicinity of premises licensed to sell alcohol for consumption on the premises under the Licensing Act 1964 there were in each of the last five years in each police force area; and if she will make a statement. | | (198537) | 205
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent offences were committed in connection with licensed premises in each police area in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. | | (198538) | 206
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time required by a police officer to complete the formal documentation of criminal evidence following an arrest for (a) burglary, (b) car theft and (c) criminal damage; and what steps she has taken to (i) monitor and (ii) reduce the time spent on procedural tasks by police officers. | | (198571) | 207
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the integration of police IT systems. | | (198572) | 208
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British police officers are seconded to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; what their expected tour of duty is; and what arrangements have been made to cover their operational duties in the UK during their absence overseas. | | (198573) | 209
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on improving the visibility of the police in public places. | | (198574) | 210
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) in total and (b) per head of population was raised from police precepts in each police authority in England and Wales in each year since 1996-97. | | (198575) | 211
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are funded (a) in full and (b) in part by parish councils. | | (198576) | 212
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sick days were taken by police officers taken as a result of assault in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997; what the average number of days lost per police officer due to assault was in each year; and what the cost was to each police force of such absences in each year. | | (198577) | 213
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many job applications were received by each police force in each year since 1997; and how many people each recruited in each year. | | (198578) | 214
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were recruited to the Metropolitan Police in each year since 1997; and what proportion were recruited directly from other police forces in each year. | | (198579) | 215
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rates of sick leave were reported in each police force in each year since 1997. | | (198580) | 216
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer vacancies of all ranks there were in (a) the Metropolitan police force and (b) all other constabularies in each year since 1997. | | (198581) | 217
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were (a) shot at, (b) injured by shootings and (c) killed in shootings in each police force area in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (198582) | 218
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the (a) Gay Police Association, (b) National Black Policing Association and (c) Christian Police Association received from her Department in each of the last five years. | | (198586) | 219
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations were operational in each police force area (a) in each year since 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (198587) | 220
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent requests she has received from foreign (a) governments and (b) police forces for information on community policing methods in the UK. | | (198589) | 221
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports police forces received of children missing from home in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex. | | (198590) | 222
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replica firearms were confiscated in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (198591) | 223
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people carrying replica firearms were (a) injured and (b) killed as a result of police action in each of the last 10 years. | | (198592) | 224
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the use of mobile police units in policing rural areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (198593) | 225
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she gives to police (a) forces and (b) authorities on the (i) purchase and (ii) lease of vehicles manufactured in the United Kingdom. | | (198594) | 226
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in the Metropolitan Police force area (a) closed and (b) opened in each of the last 10 years. | | (198595) | 227
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA samples were taken from people (a) charged and (b) cautioned (i) in each police area and (ii) in total in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (198596) | 228
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she issues to chief constables on (a) the provision of health and safety training for police officers and (b) the risks of (i) criminal prosecution and (ii) civil action resulting from insufficient training. | | (198611) | 229
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers have been delegated to police community support officers in each police force area. | | (198612) | 230
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful cases have been brought by members of the public against police forces for (i) malicious prosecution, (ii) false imprisonment and (iii) assault in the last five years; and how much compensation was paid in each successful case. | | (198613) | 231
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her definition of a front line police officer is. | | (198614) | 232
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use of police custody suites to detain (a) the mentally ill or those held for their own protection and (b) the drunk and disorderly. | | (198615) | 233
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a research study similar to that which resulted in the publication of the 2001 study A Diary of a Police Officer. | | (198619) | 234
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are profiled on the national DNA database who had samples taken whilst they were under 18 years of age; and how many of these are now adults and have not been charged or cautioned with an offence, broken down by sex. | | (198642) | 235
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA samples on the DNA database are from children currently under the age of 18 years who have not been charged or cautioned with an offence. | | (198643) | 236
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the consultation period on migrant domestic workers visas ends; and if she will meet abused or trafficked migrant domestic workers to discuss their situation. | | (197983) | 237
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those who were granted visas as migrant domestic workers applied to change their employers after they arrived in the UK in each of the last three years. | | (197985) | 238
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against a person were recorded in Havant constituency in each of the last five years. | | (198492) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 239
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students formerly eligible for free school meals were admitted to a university in 2007. | | (198659) | 240
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many pupils from maintained schools studied for a (a) physics and (b) chemistry degree in each year since 1997. | | (198662) | 241
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many public consultations have been held by his Department since its establishment; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198644) | 242
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Ofsted report on the last inspection of Salisbury College. | | (198539) | 243
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, where the call centre handling calls to the Adult Learning Grant helpline is located. | | (198436) | 244
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average length of time is for an application for Adult Learning Grant to be processed following receipt of a completed application form. | | (198437) | 245
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average length of time is for dispatch of an Adult Learning Grant pack following receipt of a request from a member of the public. | | (198438) | 246
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what training is given to staff responsible for responding to calls by members of the public to the Adult Learning Grant helpline; and if he will make a statement. | | (198486) | 247
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed to manage and operate the Adult Learning Grant helpline. | | (198487) | 248
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will encourage universities not to use information from social networking sites when making decisions on (a) student admissions and (b) staff recruitment. | | (198784) | 249
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when the sector assessment of the impact of the new funding criteria for equivalent or lower qualification students will be published. | | (198524) | 250
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether students eligible for the exemption for foundation degrees in the new funding criteria for equivalent or lower qualification students will continue to be eligible for the exemption should they continue to a bachelor's degree. | | (198618) | 251
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much VAT has been recovered from further education colleges following VAT inspection of the use of zero-rated buildings in each year since 1997. | | (198459) | 252
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of 18 to 30 year olds received a student loan in each year since 1997, broken down by local government area. | | (198460) | 253
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the higher education initial participation rate was in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) 18 to 21 and (b) 22 to 30 year olds in each local education authority area. | | (198474) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 254
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries have committed funding for the Global Fund to fight AIDS; and how much each has committed. | | (198683) | 255
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services; and if he will make a statement. | | (198684) | 256
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many public consultations were held by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198640) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 257
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of employer contributions is to the pension scheme of which employees at the Office of the Information Commissioner are members. | | (198610) | 258
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 10 most common (a) offences and (b) motoring offences were for which (i) men and (ii) women of each age group were (A) prosecuted, (B) convicted, (C) fined and (D) sent to prison in (1) Essex and (2) England and Wales in the last year for which figures are available. | | (198675) | 259
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many early release offenders who have been recalled since June 2007 are still at large; what steps are being taken to apprehend them; and what offences they were convicted of. | | (198621) | 260
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps the Government has taken to address negative voting trends. | | (198122) | 261
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps the Government has taken to make voter registration more accessible. | | (198123) | 262
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the recent report of the Independent Monitoring Board on Gloucester Prison; and what the implications of its recommendations are for the future of the prison. | | (198720) | 263
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drivers have been (a) cautioned for and (b) convicted of speeding in (i) St Ives constituency, (ii) Cornwall, (iii) the South West Region, (iv) Greater London and (v) England in the last 12 months. | | (198383) | 264
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of devolving further powers to local communities on attitudes towards British citizenship and national identity. | | (198384) | 265
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to take forward the proposals in the report of Lord Goldsmith's Citizenship Review. | | (198385) | 266
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the report of the recommendation in Lord Goldsmith's Citizenship Review on a national day focused on ideas about shared citizenship. | | (198386) | 267
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on the procedures used in coroners' inquests following a death from mesothelioma in the last 12 months | | (198687) | 268
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many public consultations were held by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198631) | 269
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that coroners and local safeguarding children boards work together effectively to investigate child deaths. | | (198663) | 270
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when a revised version of the Charter for the Bereaved will be issued; and if he will ensure that charities representing those bereaved as a result of sudden medical deaths are consulted before the revision takes place. | | (198664) | 271
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reason for the time taken to introduce the Coroners Bill to Parliament is; and if he will make a statement. | | (198665) | 272
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants before (a) a Crown Court and (b) a magistrates' court were discharged owing to delays on the part of (i) police forces and (ii) the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (198617) | 273
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employers of migrant domestic workers were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of psychological abuse, physical abuse or sexual abuse of their employees in each of the last three years. | | (197984) | Questions to the Leader of the House 274
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Leader of the House, whether she has had discussions with the authorities in the House of Lords on the interpretation of the Salisbury Convention in relation to the European Union (Amendment) Bill. | | (198722) | 275
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 18th December 2007, Official Report, column 1227W, on office facilities, how much was paid in office rent by hon. Members to each registered political party in 2006-07. | | (198053) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 276
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many public consultations have been held by his Department since March 2007; and how many respondents took part in each consultation carried out by his Department in the last three years. | | (198680) | Questions to the Prime Minister 277
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter he sent to hon. Members about the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill; who drafted the letter; whom he consulted before issuing the letter; what responses he has received from hon. Members; if he will place in the Library copies of those responses; and if he will make a statement. | | (198727) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 278
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many public consultations were held by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198641) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 279
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by her Department on the number of (i) fatal, (ii) serious and (iii) minor road accidents caused by the driver using on a mobile telephone; and if she will make a statement. | | (198673) | 280
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road acidents were caused by the driver using a mobile telephone in each of the last two years for which information is available; and how many (a) males and (b) females (i) were killed, (ii) were seriously injured and (iii) received minor injuries, broken down by (A) driver, (B) front seat passenger and (C) rear seat passenger. | | (198674) | 281
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many construction projects for trunk road bypasses have been authorised since May 2005. | | (198513) | 282
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of people who travel by public transport in (a) rural and (b) urban areas. | | (198597) | 283
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the costs of rebranding passenger transport authorities as integrated transport authorities as proposed in the Local Transport Bill; and when the Government will provide funding for this purpose. | | (198389) | 284
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March 2008, Official Report, columns 952-3W, on Great Western Trains, if she will make it her policy to place in the Library copies of each train operating company's four-weekly report on their joint performance improvement plans as soon as they are available. | | (198400) | 285
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public consultations were held by her Department in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198634) | 286
N | Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on negotiations between the Highways Agency, Birmingham International Airport and the management of the Blue Boar Inn on the proposed motorway service area at Junction 6 on the M42. | | (198387) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 287
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for what reasons Mr Douglas Gowan's original (a) witness statements and (b) evidentiary materials submitted to the Environment Agency were destroyed; and if he will make a statement. | | (198793) | 288
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1302W, on Pollution: Brofiscin Quarry, what factors the Environment Agency will take into account when deciding when it is practicable to place the information on the public register. | | (198794) | 289
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many public consultations were held by his Department in the last three years; and how many respondents took part in the process for each consultation. | | (198588) | 290
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to facilitate the cross-border application of concessionary bus passes; and if he will make a statement. | | (198748) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 291
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people employed by the Health and Safety Executive had salaries between (a) £20,000 to £30,000, (b) £30,000 to £40,000, (c) £40,000 to £50,000, (d) £50,000 to £60,000, (e) £60,000 to £70,000, (f) £70,000 to £80,000, (g) £80,000 to £90,000, (h) £90,000 to £100,000, (i) £100,000 to £110,000, (j) £110,000 to £120,000, (k) £120,000 to £130,000, (l) £130,000 to £140,000, (m) £140,000 to £150,000, (n) £150,000 to £160,000, (o) £160,000 to £170,000, (p) £170,000 to £180,000, (q) £180,000 to £190,000, (r) £190,000 to £200,000 and (s) over £200,000 in each of the last 30 years; and what the (i) mean and (ii) median salary of employees was in each of those years. | | (198498) | 292
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cash equivalent transfer value is of the public sector pension of the Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive. | | (198499) | 293
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pension scheme is offered to staff joining the Health and Safety Executive; what the rate of employer contributions to the scheme is; and if he will place in the Library a copy of terms and benefits of the scheme. | | (198500) | 294
| Mr Michael Clapham (Barnsley West & Penistone): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a mesothelioma compensation claim made under the provisions of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill will be required to be submitted within 12 months of the diagnosis of the disease being made; what exceptions to a time limit for submission of claims will apply; and whether an award of compensation for mesothelioma will be required to be paid within six weeks of a claim being lodged. | | (198747) | 295
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Jobcentre Plus offices there are in each region. | | (198771) | 296
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what interim targets on reducing the number of incapacity benefit claimants he has set within the overall 2015 target; and if he will make a statement. | | (198773) | 297
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms he has put in place to measure progress towards the target of reducing the number receiving incapacity benefit by one million by 2015; and whether such mechanisms will measure total (a) off-flow and (b) net reductions. | | (198774) | 298
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether those claiming employment and support allowance will be included in incapacity benefit figures when assessing performance against the target to reduce the number on incapacity benefit by 2015. | | (198775) | 299
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of those removed from incapacity benefit by 2015 who will (a) return to work, (b) retire and (c) move on to other benefits. | | (198776) | 300
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10th January 2008, Official Report, column 727W, on social security benefits, of those of working age and claiming incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance, how many initiated their claim (a) before and (b) in or after 1997, broken down by (i) region and (ii) parliamentary constituency. | | (198777) | 301
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre and Jobcentre Plus offices there were in each year since 1997. | | (198780) | 302
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the distribution by household income (a) quintile and (b) decile of his Department's expenditure arising from pension credit in each year for which figures are available. | | (198781) | 303
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average income of pensioners in each household income (a) quintile and (b) decile was in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06. | | (198782) | 304
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of children lived in households where at least one person was claiming (a) income support, (b) incapacity benefit and (c) job seekers allowance at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (198783) | 305
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many public consultations were held by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation. | | (198636) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 306
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of households included no one in full-time employment in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (198778) | 307
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of people lived in households where no one was in full-time employment in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (198779) | 308
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were in employment in Houghton and Washington East constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (198485) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 309
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of recent changes in the Meat Hygiene Service, with particular reference to the number of abattoirs. | | [Transferred] (198717) | 310
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend guidance on country of origin meat labelling. | | [Transferred] (198718) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 311
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of rape were reported to the police by (a) women and (b) men in each of the last 10 years; how many reports of rape resulted in prosecutions; and how many such prosecutions were successful in each year. | | [Transferred] (198461) | 312
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant domestic worker visas were issued at British embassies in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (197986) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 313
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children under 16 years of age received (a) a criminal conviction and (b) a criminal conviction for an offence committed on school property in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (198661) | 314
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of each category of fixed penalty notices were (a) issued and (b) paid in each month since their introduction in each police force area. | | [Transferred] (198520) | 315
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many on-the-spot fines have been issued in each police area. | | [Transferred] (198536) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 316
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to restrict (a) the sale and (b) the use of devices to detect road-side police enforcement radar sites. | | [Transferred] (198478) |
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