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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 25 April 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 25 April 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 25 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 Friday 25 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 25 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of whether BT's plans to build telephone-bearing advertising structures on the roadside are permissible under BT's code powers. | | (202136) | 2
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what payments the London Development Agency made to Mandate Communications and AS Biss in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202250) | 3
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what payments the East of England Development Agency made to Fishburn Hedges in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202251) | 4
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what payments (a) the UK Atomic Energy Authority and (b) Postcomm made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202252) | 5
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what payments the Competition Commission has made to Euro RSCG Apex Communications in each of the last five years; on what dates and for what purpose in each case. | | (202272) | 6
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether trustees appointed to oversee the implementation of a funding arrangement plan for the approved funded decommissioning programme for a new nuclear plant will be eligible to become a trustee for another nuclear plant decommissioning fund. | | (202077) | 7
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what mechanism he plans to put in place to fund the Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board; and for what time period board members will be appointed. | | (202080) | 8
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what maximum grant was available to individual households under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for (a) solar photovoltaics, (b) wind turbines, (c) small hydro, (d) solar thermal hot water, (e) ground source heat pumps, (f) biomass room heaters and stoves and (g) wood-fuelled boiler systems in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (202192) | 9
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what maximum grant will be available to individual households under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for (a) solar photovoltaics, (b) wind turbines, (c) small hydro, (d) solar thermal hot water, (e) ground source heat pumps, (f) biomass room heaters and stoves and (g) wood-fuelled boiler systems in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010. | | (202193) | 10
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's expenditure on grants for households under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for (a) solar photovoltaics, (b) wind turbines, (c) small hydro, (d) solar thermal hot water, (e) ground source heat pumps, (f) biomass room heaters and stoves and (g) wood-fuelled boiler systems was in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (202194) | 11
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many grants were allocated to households by his Department under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for (a) solar photovoltaics, (b) wind turbines, (c) small hydro, (d) solar thermal hot water, (e) ground source heat pumps, (f) biomass room heaters and stoves and (g) wood-fuelled boiler systems was in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (202195) | 12
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's budget for household grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for (a) solar photovoltaics, (b) wind turbines, (c) small hydro, (d) solar thermal hot water, (e) ground source heat pumps, (f) biomass room heaters and stoves and (g) wood-fuelled boiler systems is for (i) 2008 (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010. | | (202196) | 13
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of household grants that will be claimed under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme for (a) solar photovoltaics, (b) wind turbines, (c) small hydro, (d) solar thermal hot water, (e) ground source heat pumps, (f) biomass room heaters and stoves and (g) wood-fuelled boiler systems in (i) 2008 (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010. | | (202197) | 14
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to review coal policy with particular reference to (a) employment, (b) carbon dioxide emission reduction and (c) future energy demand; and if he will make a statement. | | (202132) | 15
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many incidents of sales of dangerous and substandard furniture have been investigated by the Scambuster pilots since 2006. | | (201985) | 16
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the level of applications for the UK Export Credits Guarantee Department's £50 million credit line for renewable energy projects; what steps he is taking to encourage more applications; and if he will make a statement. | | (202011) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 17
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many appeals there were by tax credit claimants in Northern Ireland in relation to (a) overpayments and (b) repayments in 2007; and of those how many were successful. | | (201829) | 18
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the change in fuel duty rates announced in Budget 2008 on those living in remote areas. | | (202202) | 19
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will answer Question 196462, on household income tabled on 19th March. | | (201824) | 20
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Financial Services Authority made to College Public Policy in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose the payments were made in each case. | | (202254) | 21
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Financial Services Compensation Scheme made to Lansons Public Affairs in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose the payments were made in each case. | | (202256) | 22
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Royal Mint made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose the payments were made in each case. | | (202257) | 23
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments the Crown Estate made to Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payments were made in each case. | | (202260) | 24
N | Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate of the effect on inflation of the provision of an overall public sector pay rise of (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 4 per cent. in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (201776) | 25
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each constituency in Wales were paying income tax at the 10 pence rate on the entirety of their taxable income on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (201501) | 26
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Chesham and Amersham constituency were paying income tax at the 10 pence rate on the entirety of their taxable income on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (201502) | 27
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates of the levels of consumption of (a) spirits, (b) spirit-based ready-to-drinks, (c) wine, (d) beer, (e) cider and (f) sparkling wine he used in forecasting the revenue yields from increases in the rates of alcohol duties in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11 as set out in Budget 2008, page 9, Table 1.2. | | (202185) | 28
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the level of consumption of (a) spirits, (b) spirit-based ready-to-drinks, (c) wine, (d) beer, (e) cider and (f) sparkling wine for (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06, (iii) 2006-07 and (iv) 2007-08. | | (202186) | 29
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the revenue from alcohol duties from (a) spirits, (b) spirit-based ready-to-drinks, (c) wine, (d) beer, (e) cider and (f) sparkling wine was in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06, (iii) 2006-07 and (iv) 2007-08. | | (202187) | 30
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has undertaken into the reasons for eligible families not claiming the childcare element of the working tax credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (202140) | 31
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have been prosecuted as a result of providing incorrect information in claiming the childcare element of the working tax credit in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (202141) | 32
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases there were of overpayment of the childcare element of the working tax credit in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (202142) | 33
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the effects of the tariff classification regime as it applies to mobility scooters on (a) people with disabilities and (b) the elderly. | | (202102) | 34
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make representations to the World Customs Organisation to review the tariff classification applicable to mobility scooters. | | (202103) | 35
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet (a) the World Customs Organisation, (b) the British Healthcare Trade Association and (c) Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to discuss the effects of the tariff classification of mobility scooters. | | (202105) | 36
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of migration on population density in Bridgend constituency over the next 10 years. | | (202106) | 37
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the level of mileage for which tax-free expenses may be paid to volunteer drivers of voluntary and charitable organisations. | | (202096) | 38
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to produce a regulatory impact assessment on the withdrawal of the agricultural building allowances; and if he will make a statement. | | (201511) | 39
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on recovery of value added tax (VAT) from further education colleges following VAT inspection of the use of zero-rated buildings in each year since 1997. | | (202019) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 40
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments the Teachers' TV Board of Governors has made to (a) Hanover Communications and (b) Open Road in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202300) | 41
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments his Department made to (a) Mandate Communications and (b) AS Biss & Co in each of the last five years; on what dates; for what purpose the payment was made in each case; and what ongoing financial commitment exists. | | (202301) | 42
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments his Department and its predecessor made to the Bell Pottinger Group in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202302) | 43
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library (a) the latest data obtained by Ofsted on the extent of setting in schools, broken down by (i) subject, (ii) age and (ii) pupil and (iii) a copy of his Department's guidance on setting. | | (202069) | 44
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which reading programmes are approved by his Department for the teaching of synthetic phonics. | | (202070) | 45
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of lessons in each school year were set in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (202073) | 46
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the number of school pupils who are (a) hearing impaired and (b) have a special educational needs statement on grounds of hearing impairment. | | (202074) | 47
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what Gershon savings his Department and its predecessor have made since 1st April 2005. | | (202107) | 48
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in secondary schools were given a (a) fixed period and (b) permanent exclusion in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority index of multiple deprivation decile. | | (202108) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools have more than 50 per cent. of pupils with English as an additional language, broken down by local authority index of multiple deprivation decile. | | (202109) | 50
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the occupancy rate of nursery places provided in children's centres in each local authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (202138) | 51
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have not completed a sufficiency assessment of childcare provision; and if he will make a statement. | | (202139) | 52
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many childcare places there are in each local authority; what estimate he has made of the level of demand for places in each authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (202146) | 53
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the reading recovery initiative for dyslexic children. | | (201774) | 54
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what provision has been made for teaching dyslexic children within his Department's (a) Every Child a Reader, (b) Every Child a Writer and (c) Every Child Counts initiatives. | | (201775) | 55
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people in the care of a local authority went on to enter (a) further and (b) higher education in each local authority area in 2007. | | (202220) | 56
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on arrangements for free bus transport to and from schools for pupils aged (a) under nine, (b) nine to 11 and (c) over 11 years (i) in the Isle of Wight, (ii) in Hampshire and (iii) in England. | | (201986) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 57
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will provide a breakdown by main budget heading of the £515 million funding announced as part of the publication of the conclusions of the Third Sector review. | | (201825) | 58
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will provide a breakdown by main budget heading of the expenditure of the Office of the Third Sector in 2006-07. | | (201828) | 59
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what payments National Archives made to Consolidated Communications in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose in each case. | | (202288) | 60
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what payments the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments made to Stratagem in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose in each case. | | (202289) | 61
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many households were living in private rented accommodation during each of the last three years. | | (201983) | 62
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 187174, on correspondence in relation to freedom of information requests to Government departments, tabled on 15th February 2008. | | (201883) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 63
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the figures referred to in the Answer of 22nd May 2006, Official Report, columns 1387-8W, on brownfield development are for the most recent year available, broken down by (a) region, (b) county and (c) local authority. | | (201823) | 64
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation made to Euro RSCG Apex Communications in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202285) | 65
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the (a) Core Cities Group, (b) Thames Gateway London Partnership and (c) Housing Corporation made to Connect Public Affairs in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202286) | 66
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments Ordnance Survey made to Mandate Communications/AS Biss & Co in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202287) | 67
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library copies of the letters of support for the shortlisted eco-town locations from (a) the Highways Agency, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) Natural England. | | (202079) | 68
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) whole-time firefighters, (b) retained firefighters and (b) non-uniformed fire and rescue service staff were employed on 11th September (i) 2001 and (ii) in each subsequent year, broken down by fire authority area. | | (202135) | 69
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what incentives her Department offers to local authorities to encourage higher standards of performance as measured under the comprehensive performance assessment. | | (201771) | 70
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications there were to (a) Home2own, (b) Homebuy and (c) the First-time Buyers initiative in each year since each was established. | | (201651) | 71
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) local authority, (b) private rented, (c) owner-occupier and (d) housing association homes did not reach the decent homes standard in each region in England in each year since 2001. | | (201652) | 72
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were revalued for council tax purposes following (a) the request of the homeowner and (b) sale of the property in each region of England in each year since 1997; and how many moved (i) up and (ii) down by one council tax band following revaluation in each case. | | (201653) | 73
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been allocated to the Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (201881) | 74
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the provision of allotments; and what role her Department has in such provision. | | (202130) | 75
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from the Environment Agency about the South West Regional Spatial Strategy; which parts of the Strategy the Environment Agency has objected to; and if she will make a statement. | | (201564) | 76
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 4th March 2008, transferred from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on solar energy. | | (201510) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 77
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the Heritage Lottery Fund made to (a) Lexington Communications, (b) Morgan Allen Moore, (c) Stratagem and (d) Greenhaus Public Communications in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202277) | 78
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the Gambling Commission made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202278) | 79
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments English Heritage made to (a) Citigate Public Affairs and (b) Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202279) | 80
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council made to Citigate Public Affairs in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202280) | 81
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the British Library made to Fishburn Hedges in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202281) | 82
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments Sport England made to Strategic Communications Consultancy FD-LLM in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202282) | 83
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the British Museum made to Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202283) | 84
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments VisitBritain made to Connect Public Affairs in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202284) | 85
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the Big Lottery Fund made to (a) Stategem and (b) Morgan Allen Moore in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202303) | 86
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments VisitLondon made to (a) Mandate Communications and (b) AS Biss & Co in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202304) | 87
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments the National Lottery Commission made to Hill & Knowlton in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202306) | 88
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that households (a) nationally and (b) in West Lancashire constituency will be able to receive terrestrial television signals following digital switchover in 2012. | | (202215) | 89
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of constituencies in which residential areas will no longer be able to receive terrestrial television signals following digital switchover in 2012. | | (202216) | 90
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department provided to the (a) Eastern, (b) East Midlands, (c) West Midlands and (d) South West regional development agencies in the last financial year; and what proportion of this funding to each agency was ring-fenced for tourism-related purposes. | | (201772) | 91
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to address the digital divide in rural areas. | | (202154) | 92
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of households which cannot receive (a) television transmission, (b) the internet and (c) a mobile phone signal. | | (202155) | 93
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to ensure full television transmission to all people following the digital TV switchover, with particular reference to transmission blind spots; when the process will be complete; and how much it will cost. | | (202201) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 94
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what payments the Met Office has made to Politics International Ltd. in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose the payments were made in each case. | | (202255) | 95
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will propose changes to the (a) management and (b) procedures and systems at Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield to reduce the likelihood of any future necessary cessation of services on safety grounds; and if he will make a statement. | | (202083) | 96
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate stopped live nuclear work at Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield; for what reason the work was stopped; when he expects work to recommence; and if he will make a statement. | | (202110) | 97
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 12th June 2006, Official Report, column 996W, on bearskins, and pursuant to the Answer to Question 198792, when the last occasion was that bearskins were purchased by the armed forces. | | (202241) | 98
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 7th November 2005, Official Report, column 103W, on special nuclear materials load carriers, what the timetable for the introduction of the new load carrier vehicles is; how many there will be; what the cost of each one is; whether they will be operated by the Ministry of Defence Police; how many miles each one is expected to complete before entry into service; and if he will make a statement. | | (202311) | 99
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of flying hours completed by individual helicopters of types (a) Apache, (b) Gazelle, (c) Lynx Mk3, (d) Lynx Mk7, (e) Lynx Mk8, (f) Lynx Mk9, (g) Merlin Mk1 and (h) Merlin Mk3 was in the last 12 months. | | (202152) | 100
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the armed forces' helicopter fleet of the types (a) Apache, (b) Gazelle, (c) Lynx Mk3, (d) Lynx Mk7, (e) Lynx Mk8, (f) Lynx Mk9, (g) Merlin Mk1 and (h) Merlin Mk3 were deployed on operations in the last 12 months. | | (202153) | 101
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of service casualties on current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have been killed and injured in incidents involving roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices. | | (201885) | 102
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Future Lynx helicopter project; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost, averaged over the lifetime of the project. | | (202001) | 103
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the in-service date for the Future Lynx helicopter is. | | (202002) | 104
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which companies have been given strategic partner status by his Department. | | (202003) | 105
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of engineers qualified in aeronautics employed on the Future Lynx programme at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (202004) | 106
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) prepare and (b) place in the Library a commentary on the documents released to The Times newspaper under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the Iranian seizure of personnel from the crew of HMS Cornwall. | | (201777) | 107
| Mr Michael Mates (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many forces' widows were in receipt of a pension from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (202150) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 108
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments British Waterways made to Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202290) | 109
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments the Meat and Livestock Commission made to Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202291) | 110
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments the Energy Savings Trust made to (a) Stratagem, (b) Weber Shandwick Public Affairs, (c) Consolidated Communications and (d) Positif Politics Ltd in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202293) | 111
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments the Carbon Trust made to (a) Citigate Public Affairs, (b) Weber Shandwick Public Affairs and (c) Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202294) | 112
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments English Nature made to Citigate Public Affairs in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202295) | 113
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments Natural England made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202296) | 114
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments the Waste and Resources Action Programme made to Consolidated Communications in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202297) | 115
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to facilitate development of plastics recycling facilities. | | (202078) | 116
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria were used to determine the membership of (a) the Criteria Proposals Group and (b) the Criteria Review Panel in respect of geological screening criteria for radioactive waste disposal sites developed by his Department. | | (202081) | 117
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on (a) fish and (b) other marine creatures of thermal discharges from power plants to (i) rivers and (ii) coastal waters. | | (202082) | 118
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider the merits of introducing in England grants for farmers with similar purposes to those of the food processing and marketing grants in place in Wales. | | (202100) | 119
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider the merits of introducing in England a scheme designed to promote the food production industry similar to the True Taste of Wales programme. | | (202101) | 120
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for research and development into biogas production and trials for farmers in Wales. | | (202104) | 121
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seizures of wild birds species not protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora that were imported illegally were made in each year from 2000 to 2007. | | (202006) | 122
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department collects statistics on deaths of racehorses which take place during races. | | (202008) | 123
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had on measures to reduce the number of deaths of racehorses during races. | | (202009) | 124
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on deaths of racehorses during races. | | (202010) | 125
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) CITES-listed and (b) non-CITES-listed (i) reptiles and (ii) birds imported into the European Union as recorded by the Trade Control and Expert System in each year from 2000 to 2006. | | (202021) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 126
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received consequent upon the Government's recognition of the unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. | | (202127) | 127
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which areas of domestic legislative competence are unaffected by the EU Reform Treaty. | | (202203) | 128
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which representatives of his Department met Mr Caleb McCarry on his recent visit to the UK; and what subjects were discussed at those meetings. | | (202147) | 129
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether an estimate has been made of the numbers killed and injured in Zimbabwe as a result of politically-motivated violence since the 29th March election; and if he will make a statement. | | (201996) | 130
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Chinese authorities on arms sales to Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (201997) | 131
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effects of recent political events in Zimbabwe on refugee flows from the country; and if he will make a statement. | | (201998) | 132
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on investments in Iranian oil and gas; and if he will make a statement. | | (201999) | 133
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what decisions were reached at the 16th April meeting of the diplomatic political directors of China, the United States, Russia, the UK, France and Germany in Shanghai on (a) negotiations with, (b) sanctions against and (c) revisions to the the 6th June 2006 E3+3 proposals on Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (202000) | 134
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Mr Clarence Mitchell was seconded by his Department to act as an official spokesperson for the family of Madeleine McCann. | | (202007) | 135
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Ethiopia about that country's relationship with Qatar. | | (201565) | 136
| Mr Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 25th March 2008 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding a constituent, Mr Blackwood of Fraserburgh. | | (202219) | 137
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from the Government of Malaysia on the right of British veterans to wear the Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal. | | (202148) | 138
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many countries award medals to British service (a) personnel and (b) veterans; and whether their recipients in each instance are permitted to wear the medal. | | (202149) | 139
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what opportunity the Malaysian authorities were given to express their opinion in consultation before the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals decided that veterans could accept but not wear the Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal. | | (202184) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 140
| Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the General Medical Services budget for the next three years has been allocated to be spent on the implementation of the polyclinics recommended in Lord Darzi's review. | | (202133) | 141
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residents in Tunbridge Wells borough have been diagnosed with HIV and AIDS; and how many of those were diagnosed within the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (202238) | 142
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments the (a) NHS Cancer Screening Programme and (b) NHS Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Screening Programme made to Hanover Communications in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202298) | 143
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments the NHS Information Centre made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202299) | 144
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on the outcomes of London Strategic Health Authority's review of the property assets held by London's healthcare trusts. | | (202144) | 145
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1312, how many deaths attributed to adverse reactions to RU486 other than those reported to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency there have been since 1993. | | (200425) | 146
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered with a general practitioner in each region in England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (201773) | 147
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of management consultancy to the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was arising from activities relating to the evaluation by Monitor of inpatient and outpatient waiting list non-compliance in each of the three quarters to 31st December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (201974) | 148
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical causes of fibromyalgia. | | (201503) | 149
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will meet representatives of the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death to discuss its report Trauma: Who Cares? | | (201504) | 150
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues to primary care trusts on procedures to be followed when letting alternative provider medical service (APMS) contracts, with particular reference to (a) tendering processes, (b) timescales, (c) criteria used to select the successful bidder, (d) per patient cost estimates and (e) bid scoring; what reports he has received of the tendering process conducted by Camden Primary Care Trust to run the Camden Road, Kings Cross and Brunswick Centre general practitioner practices; and if he will make a statement. | | (202124) | 151
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure primary care trusts meet the recommendations of the new guidelines on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome produced in August 2007 by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (202244) | 152
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. | | (202245) | 153
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many actions for clinical negligence have been brought against dentists doing NHS work in each year since 2005. | | (202017) | 154
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been issued with negative schedule letters as a result of negative schedule audits in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2006-07; how much dentists were required to make consequential payments to the NHS Business Services Authority's Dental Practice Division in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (202098) | 155
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the (a) need for and (b) (i) current and (ii) planned future provision of treatment of eating disorders in each primary care trust in the North West. | | (202214) | 156
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is given to NHS hospitals on provision of support to patients who are dying and their families. | | (202217) | 157
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been provided for research into (a) heart disease, (b) stroke and (c) dementia in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the medical and health research budget this represented in each year. | | (202151) | 158
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost has been of the (a) publication and (b) distribution of his Department's Keep Warm, Keep Well information booklet; when the booklets were first made available for distribution in 2007; what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the distribution of the booklets; which agencies were involved in the distribution to doctors' surgeries of the booklets; and if he will make a statement. | | (202243) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 159
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has made to the Chinese authorities about the deployment of members of China's security forces during the Olympic flame procession in London. | | (202126) | 160
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include the name of the relevant constituent on her Department's cards acknowledgement of correspondence from hon. Members about constituents to facilitate access to previous correspondence. | | (201645) | 161
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments the Identity and Passport Service made to Fishburn Hedges in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case. | | (202253) | 162
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals against immigration decisions were allowed by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in each of the last three years; in how many of these cases the UK Border Agency and its predecessor (a) issued status documents and (b) made the appropriate passport endorsement within (i) one month, (ii) three months (iii) six months and (iv) were the six months of the determination; and if she will make a statement. | | (202221) | 163
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date (a) the Border and Immigration Agency received notification that the appeal of Mrs Hina Sayid (ref. S1377193) to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal had been allowed and (b) the UK Border Agency received documentation in support of Mrs Sayid's application for a visit visa; and if she will make a statement. | | (202222) | 164
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target time her Department sets for the issue of status documents following a determination by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal to allow an appeal against (a) a decision to refuse indefinite leave to remain, (b) an entry clearance officer's decision to refuse entry clearance to join a spouse in the UK and (c) an entry clearance officer's decision to refuse an application for a visit visa; what the average time for the issue of such documents in each circumstance was in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (202223) | 165
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to issue the constituent of the hon. Member for Ilford South, Mrs Hina Sajid (ref. S1377193) with documents confirming her indefinite leave to remain, following the determination of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal on 2nd October 2007 allowing the appeal against the decision to refuse her such leave; when Mrs Sajid's passport will be endorsed with the appropriate status; and if she will make a statement. | | (202224) | 166
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of forensic reports arising from low template DNA (LTDNA) analyses have included caveats on the reliability of the results; whether she plans to establish national (a) standards and (b) guidelines on the (i) collection, (ii) handling and (iii) storage of evidence that might yield DNA material by (A) police and (B) forensic services; and if she will make a statement. | | (201980) | 167
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to establish national (a) agreement, (b) standards and (c) guidelines on how low template DNA profiles should be interpreted; and if she will make a statement. | | (201984) | 168
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals she made against decisions by judges not to deport foreign citizens in each year since 2003; and what proportion were successful. | | (201879) | 169
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where the police officers and other staff announced on 16th April 2008 as being assigned to work on preventing violent extremism, will be deployed. | | (201880) | 170
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of assault or professional misconduct against teachers by pupils were reported to the police in each year since 1997. | | (202071) | 171
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person have been recorded in (a) Putney constituency and (b) the London Borough of Wandsworth in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (201557) | 172
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how substantial suffering, as set out in the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 is measured; and what guidance her Department has issued to inspectors on the determination of substantial suffering. | | (202129) | 173
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parking tickets were issued by police community support officers in (a) Adur District Council, (b) Arun District Council, (c) Chichester District Council, (d) Crawley Borough Council, (e) Hastings Borough Council, (f) Horsham District Council, (g) Lewes District Council, (h) Mid Sussex District Council, (i) Rother District Council, (j) Wealden District Council and (k) Worthing Borough Council (i) between January and June 2007, (ii) between July and December 2007 and (iii) since January 2008. | | (202188) | 174
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of establishing each passport interview office, broken down by (a) capital costs, (b) staffing costs and (c) other operational costs. | | (202246) | 175
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been spent on establishing and operating the network of passport interview offices. | | (202247) | 176
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport interview offices for first-time passport customers are fully operational; on which date each office became operational; and how many staff are employed at each office. | | (202248) | 177
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many personal passport interviews have been held in each passport interview office. | | (202249) | 178
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crime scene marks are outstanding on police databases. | | (202012) | 179
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there have been where the guilt of the person was determined by reference to samples held on the national DNA database, broken down by category of offence. | | (201979) | 180
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of maintaining the national DNA database has been in each year since its inception; and what it is estimated to be in 2008-09. | | (202013) | 181
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people without a criminal conviction have made representations to her Department to have their names removed from the national DNA database. | | (202014) | 182
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people served with (a) anti-social behaviour orders and (b) parental control orders have re-offended within two years since each was introduced. | | (202099) | 183
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration was given to the rules regarding the local election purdah period prior to taking the decision to make the announcement on police numbers. | | (201827) | 184
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each police force basic command unit area were (a) added to and (b) on the National Sex Offenders Register in each year since its inception. | | (202198) | 185
N | Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Maldon and East Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years. | | (201920) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 186
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much waste was (a) produced (b) recycled and (c) incinerated by the Parliamentary Estate in each year from 2002 to 2007. | | (202189) | 187
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the Parliamentary Estate's carbon footprint in 2006-07. | | (202190) | 188
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much electricity was (a) consumed on and (b) produced from onsite renewable sources on the Parliamentary Estate in each year from 2002 to 2007. | | (202191) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 189
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what payments ConstructionSkills made to (a) Fishburn Hedges, (b) Stratagem and (c) Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202261) | 190
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what payments the Financial Services Skills Council made to Cicero Consulting in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202262) | 191
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what payments (a) University for Industry and (b) Learn Direct made to Citigate Public Affairs in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202263) | 192
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what payments (a) the United Kingdom Accreditation Service and (b) UFI made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202264) | 193
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what payments the Learning and Skills Council made to Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in each of the last five years; on what date; and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202265) | 194
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people completed apprenticeships in (a) the first year for which data is available and (b) the most recent year for which data is available, broken down by local authority. | | (202125) | 195
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which English universities require a foreign language GCSE or equivalent qualification as a condition of admission for UK-domiciled undergraduates. | | (202005) | 196
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average annual tuition fee paid by first degree part-time undergraduates in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (202199) | 197
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people aged (a) over 25 and (b) over 30 years enrolled on a first degree course in a higher education institution in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (202200) | 198
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of students from other EU member states received financial assistance from his Department for (a) tuition fees and (b) living costs in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (202075) | 199
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students from other EU member states other than the UK had a loan from the Student Loans Company at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the total value of such loans was. | | (202076) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 200
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what payments his Department made to AS Biss and Company in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202276) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 201
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to issue his response to the consultation Voting Rights of Convicted Prisoners Detained within the United Kingdom - The UK Government's response to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of Hirst v. The United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (202145) | 202
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 18 and (ii) 18 to 21 years old were held in the adult prison estate on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (201646) | 203
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) operational and (b) certified normal capacity is of each (i) young offender institution and (ii) secure training centre. | | (201647) | 204
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the staff to inmate ratio of each (a) young offender institution and (b) secure training centre was at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (201648) | 205
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children assessed as vulnerable by the Youth Justice Board were in (a) young offender institutions and (b) secure training centres at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (201649) | 206
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those in custody (a) between 10 and 13 years old, (b) between 14 and 16 years old and (c) aged 17 or 18 years old were being held (i) less than 30, (ii) between 31 and 50, (iii) between 51 and 100 and (iv) more than 100 miles from home at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (201650) | 207
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Probation Service against its target to subcontract 10 per cent. of services to the voluntary sector in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. | | (201826) | 208
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what payments were made from the public purse, on what dates, and for what purposes to Euro RSCG Apex Communications in respect of (a) the Carter Review of Prisons and (b) the Review of Funding of Political Parties; and what ongoing financial or contractual arrangements exist in each case. | | (202266) | 209
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours per day spent in purposeful activity was by each (a) adult (i) male and (ii) adult female prisoner and (A) male and (B) female prisoner in a young offender instution in each week of March and April 2008. | | (202240) | 210
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to review the cases of those convicted of serious crimes on the basis of low template DNA evidence; and if he will make a statement. | | (201981) | 211
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of entries made without warrant under anti-terrorism laws have resulted in a prosecution in each year since 2000. | | (200426) | 212
N | Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the Court of Protection suspended an individual's power of attorney over another in each year for which figures are available. | | (201288) | 213
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to proposals that religious court should be allowed to arbitrate on some family and matrimonial disputes; and if he will make a statement. | | (202016) | 214
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases where defendants have been charged and appeared before a magistrates' court but no further hearing has been held there were in each magistrates' court in the South West Region, broken down by constabulary in each of the last five years; and what percentage this represented of all cases in each area in each year. | | (202242) | 215
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 4th March 2008, on the transcript of an appeal proceeding (reference: 192972/43442). | | (201509) | 216
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 29th February 2008, transferred from the Attorney General, on Jewish courts. | | (201512) | 217
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 6th March 2008, on the Electoral Reform Campaign (reference: 193307). | | (201513) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 218
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many 999 calls turned out to be hoaxes in 2007; and how many such callers then involved a genuine 999 call in the same general vicinity. | | (201505) | 219
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the review into the escape from custody of the prisoner attending the Causeway Hospital on Tuesday 15th April 2008 to be concluded. | | (201506) | 220
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people convicted of drink-driving related offences in Northern Ireland where a custodial sentence was not given were subsequently convicted of similar offences within 12 months of the original conviction in the last five years. | | (201507) | 221
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the percentage of 18 year olds in Northern Ireland on the electoral register. | | (201508) | 222
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what payments the (a) Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and (b) Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland made to Stratagem in each of the last five years; and on what date each payment was made. | | (202259) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 223
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what payments the (a) London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and (b) the Olympic Delivery Authority have made to (i) Mandate Communications and (ii) AS Biss & Co since their establishment; on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202305) | Questions to the Prime Minister 224
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Prime Minister, who (a) was invited to and (b) attended the Promoting Prosperity: Progressive Governance Summit. | | (202089) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 225
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road tax evaders there were in (a) 2000-01 and (b) 2005-06; what proportion of these were prosecuted in 2005-06; and what the loss was of revenue as a result of such tax evasions in 2005-06. | | (202134) | 226
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments the Civil Aviation Authority made to (a) Waterfront Public Affairs, (b) Mandate Communications and (c) AS Biss in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202273) | 227
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments Network Rail made to (a) Mandate Communications and (b) AS Biss in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202274) | 228
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments the Northern Lighthouse Board made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; and on what dates and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202275) | 229
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) foreign and (b) British-registered lorries made at least one journey on UK roads in each year since 1997. | | (202128) | 230
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving (a) British and (b) foreign-registered lorries on roads in the UK resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) injuries in each year since 1997. | | (202137) | 231
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in implementing the Government's proposal to charge foreign-registered lorries which use British roads a contribution towards the costs of road maintenance. | | (202143) | 232
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has given to Network Rail on the priority to be given to track infrastructure improvements to facilitate faster train speeds on the Midland Main Line. | | (201884) | 233
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of information contained in the sustainability reports of suppliers of biofuels. | | (202020) | 234
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic commissioners were dismissed in each of the last 30 years. | | (202218) | 235
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will estimate the number of passengers who used Halifax railway station in each of the last five years. | | (202093) | 236
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will extend the requirement to wear seat belts to include buses used to transport pupils to school in vehicles hired from or operated by bus companies and local authorities. | | (202095) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 237
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what payments the Disability Rights Commission made to (a) Politics International Ltd, (b) Hanover Communications and (c) Positif Politics Ltd in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202268) | 238
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what payments the Equality and Human Rights Commission has made to (a) Four Communications Plc and (b) APCO Worldwide since its creation; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202269) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 239
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments the Health and Safety Executive made to (a) Weber Shandwick Public Affairs and (b) Mandate Communications and AS Biss in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202270) | 240
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) the Pension Protection Fund made to Fishburn Hedges in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | (202271) | 241
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of telephone calls to the Child Support Agency offices in (a) Liverpool, (b) Birkenhead, (c) Dudley, (d) Belfast, (e) Falkirk, (f) Plymouth and (g) Hastings was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (201563) | 242
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has given to the Rent Service on determining the extent of broad rental market areas for the purposes of local housing allowance. | | (201971) | 243
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the methodology adopted by the Rent Service in determining broad rental market areas. | | (201972) | 244
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the review into the rules on periods of study allowed by those on jobseekers allowance to be completed and published. | | (201882) | 245
| Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time for an appeal against refusal of disability living allowance to be determined was in the latest period for which figures are available; what is the longest time a person has been waiting for an appeal to be heard; how many people have been waiting (a) three, (b) six or (c) more than six months for a hearing; and if he will make a statement. | | (202097) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 246
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment he has made of the effect on the quality of labour market statistical information from (a) the manufacturing industry and (b) the furniture industry of the reduction in the sample size for the Monthly Production Inquiry. | | [Transferred] (201982) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 247
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments the Food Standards Agency made to (a) Edelman and (b) Stratagem in each of the last five years; and on what date and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | [Transferred] (202292) | 248
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Food Supplements Directive on the availability of high potency supplements in the UK. | | [Transferred] (202131) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 249
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments the Security Industry Authority made to Grayling Political Strategy in each of the last five years; on what dates; and for what purpose the payment was made in each case. | | [Transferred] (202267) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 250
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to bringing forward proposals to (a) make causing serious injury an aggravating factor when sentencing for persons convicted of dangerous driving, (b) introduce a new offence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and (c) increase the maximum sentence for persons convicted of dangerous driving; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (202239) | 251
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what payments the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission made to Weber Shandwick Public Affairs in each of the last five years; and on what date each payment was made. | | [Transferred] (202258) | 252
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the European Union to ratify the Hague Maintenance Convention. | | [Transferred] (201973) | Questions to the Solicitor General 253
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Solicitor General, how many allegations of assault or professional misconduct brought against teachers by pupils were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (202068) | 254
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Solicitor General, how many teachers prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service were found guilty of assault or professional misconduct following allegations by pupils in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (202072) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 255
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been given to Pendle Council to pay for the implementation of the free nationwide bus travel scheme for the elderly; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (202015) | 256
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities in England have withdrawn concessionary fare schemes offering reduced fares for people with disabilities travelling before 9.30 a.m. in the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (202018) |
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