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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 29 April 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 29 April 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 29 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 Tuesday 29 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 29 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much and what proportion of the total administrative cost of the coal health compensation schemes had been spent on (a) contractors and (b) external legal advice as at 31st March 2008. | | (202714) | 2
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average settlement has been for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) vibration white finger claims for the 20 solicitors firms who have submitted the greatest number of claims under the Coalminers' Compensation Scheme. | | (202746) | 3
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which (a) contractors and (b) external law firms his Department has used in connection with the administration of the coal health compensation schemes. | | (202747) | 4
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) law firms and (b) claims companies have submitted claims under the Coalminers' Compensation Scheme. | | (202749) | 5
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many applications to join the Civil Nuclear Constabulary in a (a) policing and (b) administrative capacity have been (i) made and (ii) successful since 22nd July 2004. | | (201515) | 6
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the maximum number of hours is that an employer can require a pregnant employee to work; and if he will make a statement. | | (202520) | 7
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will instruct Post Office Ltd to provide Hampshire County Council with a statement on the financial viability of specific post office branches scheduled for closure. | | (202675) | 8
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on county councils seeking to select post office branches for help to avoid closure; and if he will take steps to assist such councils in obtaining relevant financial information required for this purpose. | | (202676) | 9
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 19th March 2008, on online privacy. | | (202392) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 10
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down the prepared total managed expenditure 2006 to 2011 as included in Budget 2008 Table C9, for tax credits, by funding allocated for (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit, excluding the allocation for child allowances in income support and jobseeker's allowance. | | (202702) | 11
| Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people receiving tax credits were involved in disputes relating to overpayments of benefit in each year since their inception; and how many of these cases were resolved (a) in favour and (b) not in favour of the claimant. | | (202703) | 12
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the board members of the Financial Services Authority in undertaking regulation of the banking sector. | | (202698) | 13
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis was for his statement on 12th March 2008, Official Report, column 298, that the average bottle of wine costs £4.00. | | (202761) | 14
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms he is considering for compensating people who are (a) carers and (b) retirees between the ages of 50 and 59 years who are paying more tax as a result of the abolition of the 10 per cent. starting rate. | | (202756) | 15
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 5th March 2008, on benefits and tax thresholds, PO reference: 1/55049/2008. | | (202393) | 16
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 10th March 2008, transferred from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, on value added tax on school uniforms, PO reference: 7/15810/2008. | | (202394) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 17
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will provide grants for schools in England so that modern water coolers can be made available for pupils. | | (202735) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 18
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the charity v does not replicate the work of other charities when carrying out work at the expense of the public purse. | | (202704) | 19
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which charities receive funding from the public purse to increase the numbers of young volunteers. | | (202705) | 20
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which charities work in partnership with v in schools and colleges on activities funded by the public purse. | | (202706) | 21
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what funding from the public purse is being provided for the charity v in 2008-09; and how much was provided in 2007-08. | | (202707) | 22
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what objectives have been set for v involved teams which are working at the expense of the public purse; and what protocols govern such teams' working methods. | | (202708) | 23
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the National Statistician and the Statistics Authority will next review the NHS quarterly waiting time statistics. | | (202769) | 24
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what information was made available, and when, to Ministers in his Department on the Department of Health's NHS quarterly inpatient and outpatient waiting times statistics' failure against the six criteria of clarity, accuracy, objectivity, professionalism, use of simple language and ease of use; and what representations have been made to his Department by the Office of National Statistics on this matter. | | (202771) | 25
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on which dates the number of (a) live births and (b) stillbirths that took place in the previous year was published in each of the last five years. | | (202391) | 26
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK for whom English is not their first language. | | (202743) | 27
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which languages are spoken in the United Kingdom; and what estimate he has made of the number of speakers of each. | | (202744) | 28
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people aged (a) three to nine, (b) 10 to 19, (c) 20 to 29, (d) 30 to 39, (e) 40 to 49, (f) 50 to 59 and (e) 60 years and over have been diagnosed with skin cancer in each of the last five years. | | (202750) | 29
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) name, (b) cost and (c) purpose was of each advertising campaign carried out by the Central Office of Information in the most recent year for which information is available. | | (202364) | 30
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Central Office of Information public advertising campaigns; and if he will make a statement. | | (202365) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 31
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in respect of how many new dwellings Bournemouth Borough Council has granted planning permission in each of the last three years. | | (202330) | 32
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what regard her Department's (a) policies and (b) public service infrastructure requirements for eco-towns sites differ from the requirements for development at sites which are not designated as eco-towns. | | (202661) | 33
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding is provided by the Government to local authorities to provide translation and interpretation services, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) language. | | (202745) | 34
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what pay scales for chief executives of local authorities are rated by the Audit Commission as poor. | | (202687) | 35
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what pay scales for chief executives of local authorities are judged by the Audit Commission to be fair. | | (202697) | 36
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on direct elections to the East of England Regional Assembly; and if she will make a statement. | | (202091) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 37
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department are engaged (a) full-time and (b) part-time in aspects of his Department's responsibilities relating to tourism. | | (202521) | 38
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many adult gaming centres have closed in the last 12 months. | | (202522) | 39
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Government is providing to promote Great Britain in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympics; and who is responsible for the strategy for promotional expenditure. | | (202523) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 40
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on the appeal to the Information Tribunal in Campaign Against Arms Trade vs The Information Commissioner and Ministry of Defence (EA/2007/40); and what fees have been paid to his Department's counsel in this case. | | (202699) | 41
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government has taken to protect military shipwrecks as final resting places. | | (201656) | 42
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14th January 2008, Official Report, columns 887-8W, on His Royal Highness Prince William, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of training His Royal Highness Prince William as a pilot. | | (202762) | 43
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the steel for the construction of future aircraft carriers has been ordered by the Government directly; whether there is any precedent for steel orders being placed by any agency other than the relevant shipbuilders; and whether the steel ordered is for use in the construction of one or both future aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. | | (202672) | 44
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has been given of the time it will take to complete the construction of each aircraft carrier once the physical process of construction has begun. | | (202673) | 45
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aircraft lifts have been ordered; and how many will be required for each future aircraft carrier. | | (202674) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 46
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to exempt plastic bags made from biodegradable film from the proposed plastic bag tax. | | (202677) | 47
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether plastic bags manufactured before the start date for any plastic bag tax will be subject to the tax. | | (202678) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 48
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to his Department has been of appealing against freedom of information requests submitted by Nicholas Gilby (EA/2007/71/78/79), including to the Information Tribunal; and how much has been paid to counsel representing his Department. | | (202720) | 49
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to establish the extent of human rights violations in Zimbabwe. | | (201655) | 50
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with other governments on the non-publication of the results of the recent presidential election in Zimbabwe. | | (201658) | 51
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent (a) assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Iran and (b) discussions he has had with the government of Iran on human rights. | | (202773) | 52
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (202774) | 53
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the 2006 review of Chevening Scholarships which he has placed in the Library was the same review of scholarship funding to which he referred in his written Ministerial statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 22-4WS, on Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarships and fellowships. | | (202691) | 54
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his written Ministerial statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 22-4WS, on Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarships and fellowships, whether he has undertaken separate assessments of the Chevening, Commonwealth and Marshall scholarship programmes. | | (202692) | 55
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Ethiopian counterparts on the recent violence in Mogadishu, Somalia. | | (202753) | 56
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to uphold the rights of children in captivity in Somalia. | | (202754) | 57
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ethiopian counterparts about the conduct of Ethiopian troops in Somalia; and what steps he is taking to support respect for human rights in Somalia. | | (202755) | 58
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the opening of all border crossings into Gaza. | | (202366) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 59
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when Ministers in his Department first knew that the NHS quarterly statistics for inpatient and outpatient waiting times did not meet each of the six statistical criteria. | | (202770) | 60
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 18th July 2007, Official Report, column 470W, on NHS: land, what progress has been made by his Department in examining how the review of surplus NHS land will apply to the NHS foundation trust sector; and if he will make a statement. | | (201978) | 61
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, at how many sites (a) Safe Estates Ltd and (b) Camelot have been commissioned by the NHS to provide site security for existing or former hospital or medical facilities. | | (202519) | 62
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the NHS Whole System Demonstrator pilots in (a) Newham, (b) Kent and (c) Cornwall to go live. | | (202722) | 63
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which parties are involved in the delivery of the NHS Whole System Demonstrator pilots in (a) Newham, (b) Kent and (c) Cornwall. | | (202723) | 64
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which services will be offered to patients in the NHS Whole System Demonstrator pilots in (a) Newham, (b) Kent and (c) Cornwall. | | (202724) | 65
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to put in place for a large-scale public health campaign on cannabis use. | | (202734) | 66
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effects of expansion in cancer screening programmes on demand for the services of pathology laboratories; and what steps he is taking to monitor the capacity of Government laboratories to support such screening. | | (202736) | 67
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to address the regional variations in the promotion of screening for bowel cancer. | | (202737) | 68
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was provided for support services for deaf people in each region in each of the last five years. | | (202739) | 69
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on interpreters in the last 12 months; and on which languages. | | (202740) | 70
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve health services for deaf people. | | (202741) | 71
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 30 to 39, (b) 40 to 49, (c) 50 to 59, (d) 60 to 69, (e) 70 to 79 and (f) 80 years and over were diagnosed with AIDS in each of the last five years, broken down by strategic health authority. | | (202748) | 72
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital emergency admissions were recorded in England for diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycaemic coma in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age, (b) sex, (c) type of diabetes and (d) primary care trust. | | (202751) | 73
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to bring contracted-out NHS sterilisation services back in-house; and if he will make a statement. | | (202757) | 74
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on provision of aids and appliances for stoma patients; and if he will make a statement. | | (202693) | 75
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from patient groups in response to the consultation about provision of aids and appliances for stoma patients. | | (202694) | 76
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for his Department's consultation on provision of aids and appliances for stoma patients. | | (202695) | 77
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant allergists there are in England per head of population. | | (202669) | 78
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants specialising in allergies there are in England. | | (202670) | 79
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health professionals entered further training for child and adolescent mental health services in each year between 1999 and 2007. | | (202726) | 80
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many psychiatric nurses there were in each primary care trust in each year between 1999 and 2007. | | (202727) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 81
N | Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person have been recorded in each constituency in Sussex in each of the last five years. | | (202671) | 82
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the number of forced marriages. | | (201657) | 83
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to assist those who have been subject to forced marriage. | | (201659) | 84
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Security Industry Authority for (a) licences and (b) licence renewals have been delayed in processing as a result of the introduction of a new computer system and still await determination; and if she will make a statement. | | (202654) | 85
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications to the Security Industry Authority for licences were completed within the six to eight weeks processing target time in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (202655) | 86
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the Security Industry Authority (SIA) are taking to (i) protect those employees whose jobs have been jeopardised and (ii) compensate those employees who lose their jobs as a result of delays in SIA licence application processing. | | (202656) | 87
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) licences and (b) licence renewals were received by the Security Industry Authority in each year since 2003. | | (202657) | 88
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on implementation of the recommendations of the Science and Technology Committee in its Sixth Report, Session 2005-06, on identity card technologies: scientific advice, risk and evidence (HC 1032), which were accepted by the Government, with particular reference to recommendation 10 on the establishment of an Information Communications and Technology Assurance Committee consisting of academies and industry experts. | | (202448) | 89
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recognised methods of taking fingerprints there are; and what assessment she has made of the use of each of those methods for the purposes of matching marks from scenes of crime. | | (202449) | 90
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the proposed method for the collection of fingerprints for the identity card scheme is. | | (202450) | 91
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how a single audit trail will be created from the identity card transactions linked to the biometric, biographic and administrative databases which will make up the National Identity Register. | | (202451) | 92
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Government databases are protected in the same manner as that designed to protect the National Identity Register. | | (202758) | 93
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how individuals will be able to (a) check whether information about them saved on the National Identity Register, including their audit log, is accurate and (b) update their records held on the National Identity Register. | | (202759) | 94
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances (a) addresses and (b) other information on the National Identity Register may be made available to databases held by other Government departments or agencies. | | (202760) | 95
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the fingerprints of people applying for passports will be checked against the police fingerprint database; and if she will make a statement. | | (202763) | 96
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means an individual's identity will be verified using the National Identity Register. | | (202764) | 97
N | David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Bosworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (202660) | 98
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the catering industry on the points-based immigration system; which groups she met as part of the development process of the points-based system before it was introduced; how many catering or restaurant groups and organisations she met as part of the development process; and what processes will exist to monitor the sex, age and country of origin of immigrants entering the UK through the points-based system. | | (202716) | 99
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice is given to police forces in England and Wales on managing illegal immigrants; how many illegal immigrants were released by police in England and Wales and directed towards the nearest immigration centre in (a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) each of the previous 10 years; what estimate she has made of the number of illegal immigrants released by police in England and Wales and sent to a immigration centre who then failed to attend in each year; and how many illegal immigrants were detained by police forces in England and Wales in each year. | | (202717) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 100
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department is monitoring changes in dietary habits in regard to staple foods in (a) developing and (b) least developed countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (202768) | 101
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has provided for education in recent humanitarian responses in (a) Kenya, (b) Mozambique, (c) Bangladesh and (c) Chad. | | (202752) | 102
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the funding of education is part of every humanitarian response. | | (202767) | 103
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of unplanned financial expenditure incurred by his Department and its implementing agencies in providing assistance to Gaza since the imposition of access restrictions from June 2007. | | (202316) | 104
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government or its implementing agencies have faced delays in importing humanitarian items into Gaza in the last 12 months. | | (202317) | 105
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has discussed programmes which could be designed to reduce the flow of street children to Latin American cities with partner non-governmental organisations. | | (202700) | 106
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects are funded by his Department to assist street children in Latin America. | | (202701) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 107
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) has been spent by the Information Commissioner's Office and (b) paid to the Commissioner's counsel in relation to the appeals to the Information Tribunal relating to freedom of information requests made by (i) Campaign Against Arms Trade (EA/2007/40) and (ii) Nicholas Gilby (EA/2007/71/78/79). | | (202721) | 108
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which police authorities or chief constables have notified his Department that they will not provide it with police cells after a specified date; what the date is in each case; and how many police cells are currently provided to his Department by those authorities. | | (202668) | 109
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer by the Prime Minister of 12th March 2008, Official Report, column 276, on compensation for those with pleural plaque, when he expects the consultation to be launched. | | (202715) | 110
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) psychologists, (b) psychiatrists and (c) psychiatric nurses work in (i) privately and (ii) publicly operated youth offender institutions in England and Wales. | | (202725) | 111
N | David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision there is for appeal against refusal of compensation for wrongful conviction, following the abolition of the discretionary scheme in November 2006. | | (202658) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 112
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people with convictions for scheduled offences were granted a licence to run a private security firm in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (202236) | 113
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people with convictions for scheduled offences were granted a licence to carry a personal firearm in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998. | | (202237) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 114
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether local schools have been consulted as part of the preparation of the Olympic Legacy Action Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (202683) | 115
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which stakeholders were consulted prior to the publication of the Olympic Legacy Action Plan. | | (202684) | 116
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on ensuring that the 2012 Olympic Games delivers a lasting educational legacy. | | (202685) | 117
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will consider the merits of creating an out-of-classroom education facility as part of the 2012 Olympic legacy programme. | | (202686) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 118
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of national concessionary bus fares scheme passes applied for have been issued; and what percentage of the eligible population have applied for such passes. | | (202738) | 119
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the improvement of the rolling stock on the London to Northampton train service. | | (202696) | 120
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres in England closed in each year since 1997; which driving test centres in England are earmarked for closure by the Driving Standards Agency; what savings have been achieved as a result of closures already implemented; and what estimate she has made of possible savings resulting from future closures. | | (202359) | 121
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her definition is of most customers as used in the Driving Standards Agency Code of Practice on Driving Consultations, Annex B, paragraph 3. | | (202360) | 122
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria she uses to determine whether driving centres should be approved for closure. | | (202361) | 123
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many candidates were examined at each test centre in England in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (202362) | 124
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the likely number of candidates presenting at each test centre in England in each year to 2012. | | (202363) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 125
N | Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he will reply to Question 189633, tabled on 22nd February 2008, on TICC Ltd. | | (202667) | 126
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of each training course offered by Jobcentre Plus was on the latest date for which figures are available; how long each course lasted; and how many people have taken each course since their inception. | | (202772) | 127
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the performance of Jobcentre Plus in finding employment for those who had previously worked with salaries of £50,000 or higher. | | (202775) | 128
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how long an individual must claim unemployment benefits before becoming eligible to go on a training course offered by Jobcentre Plus. | | (202776) | 129
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the incremental cost would be of allowing all those entitled to national insurance pensions to receive the annual increase in those pensions irrespective of place of residence. | | (202709) | 130
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to help deaf people into employment. | | (202742) | 131
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance numbers have been issued to migrants from EU A8 countries in each constituency in (a) the East of England and (b) the East Midlands in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (202447) | 132
N | David Tredinnick (Bosworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases are being processed manually by the Child Support Agency because of technical problems with the new computer system. | | (202659) | 133
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who made the decision to close the Remploy factory in York. | | (202689) | 134
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals were working at Remploy in York at the time of its closure. | | (202690) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 135
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been received about the Adjudicators Office in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (202662) | 136
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average the Adjudicators Office took to (a) respond to a complaint and (b) successfully deal with a complaint in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (202663) | 137
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases the Adjudicators Office dealt with in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (202664) | 138
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual budget of the Adjudicators Office is; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (202665) | 139
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers are employed by the Adjudicators Office; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (202666) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 140
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of plastic bags used (a) by supermarket shoppers in the last 12 months and (b) in England in the last 10 years. | | [Transferred] (202718) | 141
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to encourage (a) supermarket shoppers to re-use plastic bags and (b) supermarkets to use less packaging; and if he will introduce schemes encouraging supermarkets to provide fewer plastic bags to shoppers. | | [Transferred] (202719) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 142
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of the Promoting Prosperity: Progressive Governance Summit. | | [Transferred] (202090) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 143
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those prosecuted under the provisions of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 received custodial sentences, excluding suspended sentences, in each year since its introduction. | | [Transferred] (202728) | 144
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in April 2008 as a result of early release schemes. | | [Question Unstarred] (202060) |
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