Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2007 - 08
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 30 April 2008

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 30 April 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 30 April 2008

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 30 April of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department.

For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 30 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 30 April see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps he has taken to increase take up of grants provided by the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(202954)

2
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many Low Carbon Buildings Programme grants he estimates will be made between March 2008 and the end of 2008-09.

(202959)

3
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, in respect of which types of public buildings applications for grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme have been made.

(202960)

4
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he has taken since the re-launch of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme to increase grant takeup by private householders; and if he will make a statement.

(202961)

5
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much in grant funding under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme has been provided in each region.

(202962)

6
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on the efficacy of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(202963)

7
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of funding from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme has been spent on (a) public buildings, (b) charity-owned buildings and (c) private homes since the programme was launched.

(202964)

8
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of available grant funding under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme has been spent on solar photovoltaic power generation and wind turbines.

(202974)

9
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many private householders applied for grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in each year since 2006.

(202995)

10
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of national aggregate carbon dioxide emissions emitted were attributable to energy consumption within buildings in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that figure comprised emissions from private households.

(202996)

11
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many projects the Low Carbon Buildings Programme funded in each year since 2006; and what the cost was of each project.

(202998)

12
Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects all funds available from the Low Carbon Buildings Programme to be taken up; and what he anticipates will be the likely replacement of the programme once all funds available from it have been taken up.

(203104)

13
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government is taking to assist pensioners and vulnerable adults with rising energy costs.

(202028)

14
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government is taking to work with energy companies to minimise the effects of rising fuel bills for low income families, pensioners and vulnerable adults.

(202029)

15
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government plans to take to minimise further rises in energy costs.

(202030)

16
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will commission research to determine whether there is a relationship between tied lease agreements and the number of (a) pub closures and (b) landlord bankruptcies; and if he will make a statement.

(202924)

17
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people in Warrington North constituency have had coal health claims settled since the scheme was introduced; and how much has been paid out to them.

(203151)

18
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of post offices proposed for closure are run from (a) leasehold and (b) freehold properties.

(202867)

19
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of the datasets on road distance to a post office or sub-post office for lower layer super output areas provided by the Post Office to assist the compilation of the Index of Deprivation for (a) 2007 and (b) 2004.

(202822)

20
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures the Local Better Regulation Office plans to develop to assess opinion on local regulatory services performance.

(202949)

21
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Local Better Regulation Office will set performance (a) indicators and (b) targets for local authorities trading standards and environmental health divisions.

(202950)

22
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post office branches there were in each local authority area in England in each year since 1996-97.

(202966)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

23
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that counterfeit routers and other counterfeit hardware are not utilised in his Department's computer networks.

(203243)

24
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what value of VAT receipts have been received by his Department from insurance claims from the flooding in summer 2007.

(202893)

25
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on charities of the change in the Gift Aid rate which entered into force on 6th April 2008.

(202879)

26
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the number of families eligible for the childcare element of the working tax credit; what his estimate is of the number of eligible families who do not receive the credit; and if he will make a statement.

(202180)

27
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the level of overpayment of the childcare element of the working tax credit was in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(202183)

28
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197000)

29
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who would be affected if pension contributions were allowable for tax relief only against the basic rate of income tax; and what estimate his Department made of the effect on receipts to the Exchequer of allowing relief on pension contributions at the standard rate of income tax only in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

(198065)

30
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of those claiming the childcare element of working tax credit have been reported as not using formal childcare in each year for which figures are available.

(202834)

31
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people claimed working tax credit in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in each year for which records are available.

(203101)

32
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's most recent staff survey.

(202820)

33
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 10th September 2007, Official Report, column 1969W, on council tax: valuation, if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement between the Valuation Office Agency and the IDeA in relation to Valuebill, redacting any commercially confidential elements.

(203027)

34
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8th January 2008, Official Report, column 508W, on valuation: ICT, how many localities are allocated to each billing authority area.

(203028)

35
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 8th October 2007, Official Report, column 227W, on housing: valuation, what technical name or definition was given to the localities referred to for the purposes of the automated valuation model; what co-efficient value was given to each locality for regression analysis; and what unique reference number or other identifier was given to each locality.

(203029)

36
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts were awarded by (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) HM Revenue and Customs on behalf of the Valuation Office Agency to consultancy firms in the last 12 months.

(203030)

37
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the scheme for stamp duty tax relief on new zero-carbon homes will expire.

(203112)

38
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) houses and (b) flats which will attract the stamp duty tax relief on new zero carbon homes during the scheme's duration.

(203113)

39
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency's Valuebill interface applies to (a) England or (b) England and Wales.

(203114)

40
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency is the custodian of Valuebill.

(203115)

41
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many dwellings in each local authority area in Wales have moved up one or more bands as a result of council tax band amendments subsequent to the 2005 council tax revaluation.

(203116)

42
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue to the Exchequer from value added tax charged on repairs to flood-damaged property in 2007.

(203117)

43
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings representatives of the Valuation Office Agency have had with Northern Ireland Land and Property Services in the last 12 months.

(203118)

44
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the remit of the Audit Commission to central government spending.

(203119)

45
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 898W, on the Valuation Office, on what date the automated valuation model was last calibrated.

(203120)

46
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 899W, on the Valuation Office, what the value impact, in numerical terms, of each value significant code is, as identified during the calibration of the Valuation Office Agency's automated valuation model.

(203121)

47
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 899W, on the Valuation Office, to what a consequential refers for the purposes of the Valuation Office Agency's work on council tax valuations and revaluation.

(203122)

48
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance the Office for Government Commerce provided to, and what contact it has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, (b) the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel and (c) the Valuation and Lands Agency in relation to the gateway review for the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Implementation Project.

(203123)

49
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Gate 4 review of the valuations project undertaken in relation to the Valuation Office Agency's planned council tax revaluation in England.

(203124)

50
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contracts have been awarded to Rightmove.co.uk plc by (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor on behalf of the Valuation Office Agency since 2001; at what cost; and for what purpose.

(203125)

51
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has accrued to the Exchequer from value added tax receipts on (a) home information packs and (b) energy performance certificates to date.

(203126)

52
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plot size attribute information the Valuation Office Agency's TENET mapping software provides for council tax valuations and revaluations.

(203128)

53
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's customer services manual.

(203129)

54
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use the Valuation Office Agency's District Valuer Services makes of dwellinghouse coding for domestic properties.

(203130)

55
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many notification changes have been made to the Valuation Office Agency's Council Tax List with a code of CL26 (correction of inaccuracy) in the last 12 months.

(203131)

56
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency's purchase orders are recorded in an electronic database.

(203132)

57
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Enfield North constituency receive working tax credit.

(202859)

58
Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions in domestic legislation enable the UK to take action pursuant to measures adopted by the Council of Ministers under article 59 of the Treaty establishing the European Community to safeguard the operation of economic and monetary union from serious difficulties caused by movements of capital to and from third countries; whether (a) the UK, (b) the Channel Islands and (c) the Isle of Man are considered third countries for the purposes of this article; what voting provisions will apply to this article in the Council of Ministers following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon; if he will make it his policy to oppose any proposed measure under this article which would affect the liquidity and competitiveness of the UK's financial system; and if he will make a statement.

(203260)

59
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors are considered when determining the level of road tax applicable to 125cc motorbikes; and if he will make a statement.

(202997)

60
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was for letters to be sent out by HM Revenue and Customs arising from enquiries to their 0845 enquiry numbers in the latest period for which figures are available.

(203309)

61
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been raised by the introduction of the premium rate 0845 telephone number at HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.

(203310)

62
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the effect of its private finance initiative policies on (a) value for money and (b) staff terms and conditions; and what assessment he has made of the effect of private finance initiative projects on staff terms and conditions.

(203311)

63
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures introduced in 2004 to protect the workforce in private finance initiative projects.

(203312)

64
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the (a) Enterprise Investment Scheme and (b) Enterprise Management Incentive to (i) meet the needs of entrepreneurial investment and (ii) retain the engagement of business angels and venture capital funds.

(202817)

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

65
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to engage young people and members of the public in the preparation of the Youth Crime Action Plan.

(203235)

66
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the recommendations of the Byron review.

(203236)

67
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local authorities are not taking part in the gifted and talented programme.

(203146)

68
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools are not taking part in the gifted and talented programme.

(203147)

69
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers are qualified to teach food technology.

(203148)

70
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people are training to teach food technology.

(203149)

71
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many SAT examination papers were recorded as missing in 2007.

(203220)

72
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many GCSE examination papers were recorded as missing in 2007.

(203221)

73
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many A-level examination scripts were remarked in 2007.

(203222)

74
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many eligible pupils did not obtain five GCSEs at any grade, excluding equivalents, in each year since 1997.

(203223)

75
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average age of (a) primary school and (b) secondary school headteachers was in each year since 1997.

(203224)

76
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken to build on the Wider Opportunities programme.

(203009)

77
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average expenditure from the public purse was per pupil on (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) pre-school education in each parliamentary constituency in the North West in each year since 1997.

(202732)

78
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average public expenditure per pupil on education was in each parliamentary constituency in the North West in each year since 1997.

(202733)

79
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) maintained and (b) independent nurseries in each local authority were placed in special measures in each year since 2001.

(202181)

80
N Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) maintained and (b) independent nurseries were rated by Ofsted as (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) satisfactory and (iv) poor in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(202182)

81
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of trends in levels of absence from Key Stage 3 tests; how many pupils registered to take Key Stage 3 tests were absent from these tests in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement.

(202812)

82
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what regulations govern the supply of (a) subsidised and (b) free lunches by schools; and if he will make a statement.

(202813)

83
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the current Ofsted inspection cycle is for schools; how this varies for high and low performing schools; what plans there are to change the inspection cycle; and if he will make a statement.

(203086)

84
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of margins of error in the collection of statistics on the take-up of school meals in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(203107)

85
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what methods have been used by the School Food Trust to assess the rate of take-up of school meals in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement.

(203108)

86
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to his Answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath, of 21st April 2008, Official Report, columns 1548-9W, on the general certificate of secondary education, which are the nine schools in the 90 to 100 per cent. least deprived catchments with less than 30 per cent. five A* to C GCSEs, including English and mathematics; and if he will make a statement.

(203109)

87
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools had over 5 per cent. absence levels from Key Stage 3 tests in the years 2005 to 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(203145)

88
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197628)

89
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children aged (a) under one, (b) one year old, (c) two years old, (d) three years old, (e) four years old, (f) five years old and (g) more than five years old attended children's centres in each year for which figures are available.

(202828)

90
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children attended each children's centre in each year for which figures are available.

(202829)

91
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children attending children's centres were in the care of a local authority in each year for which figures are available.

(202830)

92
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children attending children's centres were from socio-economic groups four to seven in each year for which figures are available.

(202831)

93
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children attending children's centres were from black, minority or ethnic backgrounds in each year for which figures are available.

(202833)

94
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of the Sure Start budget was spent on updating the Sure Start website in each year for which figures are available.

(202835)

95
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of permanent staff in his Department and its predecessors were female in each year since 1997.

(202854)

96
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government is taking to provide training in dealing with bereaved children to teachers.

(202855)

97
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of female permanent staff in his Department and its predecessors worked (a) part-time and (b) flexibly in each year since 1997.

(202865)

98
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of female senior civil servants in his Department and its predecessors worked (a) part-time and (b) flexibly in each year since 1997.

(202868)

99
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on research related to the education of children under the age of five in each of the last five years.

(202875)

100
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of childcare staff in England had childcare qualifications which were obtained overseas in each of the last five years.

(202876)

101
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on updating the Sure Start website in each of the last five years.

(202877)

102
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support the Government offers for children of prisoners; and if he will make a statement.

(202992)

103
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England had at least one parent who are in prison in each year since 1997.

(202993)

104
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children aged (a) three and (b) four years were in daycare settings for more than 12.5 hours a week in (i) Basingstoke constituency, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England in each year for which records are available.

(203023)

105
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children under the age of three years were attending daycare settings in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in each year for which records are available.

(203025)

106
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd April 2008, Official Report, column 2095W, what the standard procedure for requesting flexible working arrangements in his Department is; what guidance is given to employees in his Department advising them on how they can request flexible working; and if he will place a copy of this guidance in the Library.

(203035)

107
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of people claimed the childcare element of the working tax credit in (a) Basingstoke constituency, (b) Hampshire and (c) England in each year since records were available.

(203152)

108
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools there were in each local authority area in England in each year since 1996-97.

(202965)

109
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of the datasets on road distance to a primary school for lower layer super output areas provided by the Department for Education and Skills to assist in the compilation of the Index of Deprivation in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.

(203144)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

110
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people responded to the Have Your Say exercise as part of the Crime and Communities Review.

(203237)

111
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what responsibility his Department has in combating crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour.

(203238)

112
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the responsibilities and duties of Louise Casey are.

(203239)

113
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of households included no-one in full-time employment (a) in 1997 and (b) in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by (i) constituency, (ii) local authority and (iii) region.

(203278)

114
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of people lived in households with no-one in full-time employment (a) in 1997 and (b) in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by (i) constituency, (ii) local authority and (iii) region.

(203279)

115
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197629)

116
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of children under the age of (a) three, (b) five and (c) 16 died in each year since 1997.

(202849)

117
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of those under the age of (a) three, (b) five and (c) 16 years had been bereaved by the death of their (i) mother, (ii) father and (iii) sibling at the latest date for which figures are available.

(202856)

118
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of (a) individuals and (b) couples had at least one child below the age of five years in (i) Basingstoke constituency, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England in each year for which figures are available.

(202989)

119
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what minor works have been undertaken in Downing Street (a) offices and (b) Ministerial residences since the Prime Minister took office.

(202819)

120
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Cabinet Office staff canteen at 22 Whitehall has been registered with Westminster City Council as a food business premises.

(202933)

121
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 592W, on departmental official residences, what guidance has been issued on the income tax liability on the benefit in kind of providing a ministerial residence to a person who is not a Minister of the Crown.

(202936)

122
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recommendations of the Citizen Information Project the Office for National Statistics has implemented; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the report.

(203127)

123
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many deaths there were in England as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning in each year since 1997, broken down by Government Office region.

(203133)

124
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were unemployed in (a) the London Borough of Enfield and (b) (i) Chase, (ii) Enfield Highway, (iii) Enfield Lock, (iv) Highlands, (v) Southbury, (vi) Town and (vii) Turkey Street wards in the borough in each of the last 10 years.

(202864)

125
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Office of the Third Sector has taken to monitor (a) the application of and (b) compliance with the code of practice on workforce matters designed to prevent the development of a two tier workforce in public service contracts outsourced to the third sector.

(203317)

126
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Office of the Third Sector has taken to assess the effects of the codes of practice on workforce matters designed to prevent the development of a two tier workforce in public service contracts outsourced to the third sector.

(203318)

127
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many third sector organisations providing public services have provided a (a) contracted out, final-salary based defined benefit pension scheme or a (b) defined contribution scheme with employer contributions of at least six per cent. to new starters working on those contracts.

(203320)

128
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many third sector organisations providing public services have stakeholder pension schemes for new starters on those contracts.

(203321)

129
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many third sector organisations providing public services who have stakeholder pension schemes for new starters on those contracts match employee contributions of more than six per cent.

(203322)

130
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Third Sector Action Plan will be used to promote adherence to the Best Value Code of Practice on Workforce Matters and the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Workforce Matters.

(203323)

131
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how his Department plans to work on social clauses to promote adherence to the Best Value Code of Practice on Workforce Matters and the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Workforce Matters.

(203324)

132
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many private contractors providing public services have provided contracted out, final-salary based defined benefit pension scheme or a defined contribution scheme to new starters working on those contracts.

(203325)

133
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many private contractors providing public services have stakeholder pension schemes for new starters on those contracts.

(203326)

134
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many private contractors providing public services who have stakeholder pension schemes for new starters on those contracts match employee contributions of more than six per cent.

(203347)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

135
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to review Planning Policy Statement 7 (2004) on developments on agricultural land; and if she will make a statement.

(203074)

136
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in Romsey constituency in each year since 1997.

(203075)

137
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent reports she has received on strategies to manage housing repossessions in each housing authority in Hampshire; and if she will make a statement.

(202929)

138
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built in each parliamentary constituency in the North West in each year since 1997.

(202729)

139
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1405W, on floods: repair and maintenance, if she will undertake an assessment of the availability of plumbers, electricians, plasterers and other essential workers necessary to complete repairs to flood damaged properties.

(202968)

140
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the Planning Inspectorate overruled decisions to refuse planning permission for new developments proposed to be built in flood risk areas when the Environment Agency and the relevant local authority have advised against such a development in the last two years.

(202969)

141
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(197627)

142
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that her proposed changes to the South East plan are published before 25th June 2008.

(203192)

143
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1397W, on digital mapping, what role the Valuation Office Agency has in the development of Digital National Framework.

(202955)

144
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1397W, on digital mapping, who the members of the Expert Group on the Digital National Framework are.

(202956)

145
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1392W, on departmental overseas visits, what the (a) country of destination and (b) purpose was of each visit, excluding those to Brussels and Strasbourg.

(202957)

146
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1393-4W, on departmental publications, if she will place in the Library a copy of (a) the contents page, (b) the guidance on travel and (c) the guidance on bonuses from her Department's staff handbook.

(202958)

147
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the Rt hon. Member for Horsham of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1397W, on digital mapping, when the Expert Group on the Digital National Framework last met.

(202967)

148
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 1902W, on planning: travelling people, what funding has been provided to assist local residents in challenging illegal or unauthorised developments by travellers.

(202987)

149
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th March 2008, Official Report, column 1203W, on the France (Channel)-England Programme Managing Authority, which local authorities in England fall within the programme area.

(202990)

150
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1411W, on property: valuation, whether the Valuation Office Agency considers the presence of a (a) temporary and (b) permanent traveller encampment near a domestic dwelling to be material in determining the level of council tax.

(202991)

151
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1410W, on property: valuation, how many dwellings are recorded on the Valuation Office Agency's computers as being assigned with an OS value significant code.

(202994)

152
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1410W, on property: valuation, how many dwellings are recorded on the Valuation Office Agency's computers as being assigned a FC value significant code.

(202999)

153
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1392W, on departmental overseas visits, what the cost of the overseas visits was.

(203024)

154
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Infrastructure Planning Commission will consider planning applications for eco-towns or their associated infrastructure.

(203036)

155
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account of joint waste authority status will be taken by the Audit Commission in conducting comprehensive area assessments.

(203037)

156
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the methodology by which her Department has previously calculated the average Band D council tax parish precept in parished areas.

(203038)

157
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many post offices were recorded on the Valuation Office Agency's ratings list in England in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(203039)

158
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether complaints about breaches of the councillors' code of conduct can be made anonymously under the new scheme.

(203040)

159
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans there are for the managing authority of the France (Manche)-England Operational Programme to be designated as a body under European Grouping of Territorial Co-operation provisions.

(203041)

160
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the equivalent percentage rise in average business rate bills will be in a local authority area which levies the maximum supplementary business rate.

(203042)

161
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding the Government will be providing in co-payments towards the EU INTERREG (a) IVa, (b) IVb and (c) IVc programmes over the next three years.

(203043)

162
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what restrictions there are on how revenue from supplementary business rates can be spent by local authorities.

(203044)

163
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations have been made by respondents to the Housing Green Paper in relation to planning appeals made by developers on the grounds that insufficient land for development has been identified by a local authority.

(203045)

164
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 613W, on council tax: valuation, when the Council Tax Revaluation Programme Board (England) met.

(203046)

165
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the purpose and function is of the QE2 Conference Centre's meeting matrix database.

(203047)

166
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings in England are currently recorded by the Valuation Office Agency as having the value significant code of (a) TQ and (b) UP.

(203048)

167
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice the Housing Health and Safety Rating System provides on the use of carbon monoxide alarms.

(203050)

168
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for changes to permitted development rights with regards to household extensions; and how the proposed changes will amend planning rules on loft extensions.

(203051)

169
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments her Department has made to Zennor Consulting Ltd in the last 12 months; and on what dates and for what purpose in each case.

(203052)

170
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what insurance protection for injury or death is provided for firefighters in relation to (a) standard fire and rescue work and (b) terrorist incidents.

(203053)

171
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless households, where the household type was a (a) couple with dependent children and (b) lone parent household with dependent children, were in temporary accommodation in England in each year since 1997.

(203054)

172
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which recommendations of the Lyons Inquiry into local government finance the Government (a) has implemented and (b) plans to implement.

(203055)

173
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the name and address of each regional equality and diversity partnership is; and how much funding is allocated to each for 2008-09.

(203056)

174
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to promote the restriction of car (a) ownership and (b) parking spaces in eco-town developments.

(203057)

175
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many copies of Adobe Acrobat, excluding Adobe Reader software, are licensed to her Department.

(203058)

176
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what citizen identification types are included in the Valuebill XML schema.

(203059)

177
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average Band D council tax precept was for fire authorities in England in 1998-99.

(203060)

178
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average public subsidy per dwelling for a property was under the (a) Social Market Homebuy, (b) New Build Homebuy and (c) Open Market Homebuy schemes in 2007-08.

(203061)

179
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average parish precept on Band D council tax was in England in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 1997-98, averaged across parish areas only.

(203062)

180
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many parish and town councils there are in England; and what estimate her Department has made of the number which levy a precept on council tax bills in their area.

(203063)

181
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Infrastructure Planning Commission will consider planning applications for (a) incinerators, (b) airports, (c) motorways, (d) housing developments and (e) sewage plants.

(203064)

182
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of the short-listed eco-town proposals involve development on (a) Green Belt and (b) greenfield land.

(203065)

183
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local billing authorities in England communicate property amendments to the Valuation Office Agency through (a) the Valuebill interface and (b) electronic billing authority reports.

(203066)

184
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Valuation Office Agency's targets are for local authority take-up of (a) the Valuebill interface and (b) electronic billing authority reports.

(203067)

185
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 613W and of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1390W, on council tax: valuation, if she will place in the Library copies of minutes of the meetings the Council Tax Revaluation Programme Board (England) prior to 22nd November 2005 redacting the minutes in the same manner as those for 22nd November 2005.

(203068)

186
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1392W, on departmental film, what the (a) title and (b) purpose was of each film produced by the Communications Directorate.

(203070)

187
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1411W, on public libraries: valuation, how many public libraries in (a) England and (b) Wales were on the Valuation Office Agency's 1995 Ratings List in 1997, or the closest period to that year for which figures were available.

(203072)

188
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008, Official Report, column 2254W, on council tax: parish councils, and with reference to the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1169W, for what reasons her Department is not able to calculate the average parish council tax precept.

(203087)

189
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 1903W, on travelling people: council tax, whether traveller camps which occupy land which they do not own or have permission to occupy, and which do not having planning permission for occupation, are valued for council tax or business rates by the Valuation Office Agency.

(203159)

190
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many prosecutions have been brought under building control regulations against people who have opened up access through the party wall of adjoining terraced properties without permission since 2001.

(202923)

191
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Enfield Borough Council spent on improving homes for disabled people in each of the last three years.

(202858)

192
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the ratio between central Government funding and council tax revenue received by the London Borough of Enfield was in each of the last 10 years.

(202862)

193
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to monitor (a) the application of and (b) compliance with the Best Value Code of Practice in Workforce Matters in best value authority contracts.

(203351)

194
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to assess the effect the Best Value Code of Practice in Workforce Matters in best value authority contracts.

(203352)

195
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the alternative dispute resolution procedure has been invoked for best value authority contracts.

(203353)

196
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what procurement advice her Department has given to best value authorities on the application of the Best Value Code of Practice in Workforce Matters.

(203354)

197
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which private contractors have been given admitted body status to the local government pension scheme.

(203355)

198
Sir George Young (North West Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many possession actions were brought by registered social landlords (RSLs) in England under the Housing Act 1988 in each year since 2000; and what percentage this total comprised in each year of the number of possession actions brought by RSLs on the grounds of rent arrears.

(203296)

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

199
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many projects received lottery funding in (a) Wirral South constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007.

(202918)

200
Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much lottery funding was made available in (a) Wirral South constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the North West in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007.

(202919)

201
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd April 2008, Official Report, column 1137W, on betting shops, how much and what percentage of the Tote's revenue came from these terminals in each year since 1997.

(202832)

202
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the cost of adding the return path function to the set-top box as part of the digital switchover help scheme.

(202845)

203
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the proposal that the next wave of the digital switchover help scheme procurement process should include an invitation to market test return path capability.

(202846)

204
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate has been made of the value of those parts of Oceanic House for which his Department is responsible; and what progress has been made on a possible sale.

(203000)

205
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's staff were involved in developing the strategic, necessary and proportionate test; and if he will provide a breakdown of the costs of developing the test by main budget heading.

(203003)

206
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 1959W, on Arts Council England: finance, what (a) resource and (b) capital allocations have been made for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11.

(203005)

207
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost was of each public consultation held by his Department in the last three years.

(203006)

208
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations provided media monitoring services to (a) his Department, (b) Sport England, (c) English Heritage, (d) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (e) the Big Lottery Fund, (f) Arts Council England and (g) the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council in each of the last three years; what specific services were received; and what the value of each contract held has been.

(203007)

209
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish the Engaging Places research into heritage and built environment education; and how much this research has cost to date.

(203008)

210
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, who sits on the Ministerial Steering Board on the Creative Economy; when it will first meet; and how often he expects it to meet.

(203010)

211
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the Playground to Podium Paralympics strategy paper to be published.

(203011)

212
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish his Department's report on measuring elasticities of tourism demand.

(203012)

213
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of conducting staff surveys was for (a) his Department, (b) Arts Council England, (c) Sport England, (d) the Big Lottery Fund, (e) English Heritage, (f) the Heritage Lottery Fund and (g) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in each of the last three years; and how much he expects each to spend on such surveys in 2008-09.

(203088)

214
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the annual research budget for (a) his Department, (b) Arts Council England, (c) Sport England, (d) the Big Lottery Fund, (e) English Heritage, (f) the Heritage Lottery Fund and (g) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council was in each of the last three years; and how much he expects each to spend on research in 2008-09.

(203089)

215
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England awarded in grants in each year since 1997.

(203090)

216
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much grant-in-aid Arts Council England received in each year since 1997.

(203091)

217
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value of works of art owned by Arts Council England was in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

(203092)

218
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's Joint Research Budget will be in each of the next three years; and what projects have been commissioned from the budget to date.

(203093)

219
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes he expects to be made to the Taking Part survey in 2008-09.

(203094)

220
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department provided to the Department for Children, Schools and Families-led Sporting Playgrounds scheme in each of the last five years; and what contributions his Department plans to make in each of the next three years.

(203095)

221
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the funding provided to his Department by each of its non-departmental public bodies for (a) his Department's joint research budget and (b) the Taking Part survey comes from (i) their departmental allocation and (ii) National Lottery income.

(203096)

222
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department spent on wages and salaries in each of the last three years, broken down by departmental division.

(203097)

223
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of building services was to his Department in each of the last three years; and how much he expects them to cost in each of the next three years.

(203098)

224
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department plans to provide for S4C in each of the next three years.

(203099)

225
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many National Lottery tickets were sold in each month since November 2006.

(203100)

226
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197630)

227
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1744W, on departmental public participation, what the (a) cost and (b) number of respondents was for each (i) survey, (ii) questionnaire and (iii) other service.

(203103)

228
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of conservation areas in England at the latest date for which figures are available.

(202838)

229
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether gambling licences issued under the Gaming Act 1968 can be transferred to different premises within the designated local authority areas.

(202887)

230
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on parks and green spaces in the London Borough of Enfield in real terms in each year since 1997.

(202861)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

231
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of reference and objectives issued to those responsible for achieving commodity cluster co-locations of the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency and other commodities at Ensleigh.

(203179)

232
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the analysis carried out relating to the setting up of a co-located commodity cluster at Ensleigh.

(203180)

233
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library the study reports commissioned to assess the economics and efficiencies arising from the relocation of the Defence Clothing and Textile Agency from Caversfield to Ensleigh.

(203181)

234
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of the co-located commodity cluster operating from the three sites at Ensleigh, Foxhill and West Moors.

(203182)

235
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of relocating the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency from Ensleigh to Abbeywood by 2012.

(203183)

236
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what human resources assessment he has made of the (a) risk and (b) impact upon staff of the proposed sequence of relocation of the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency from (i) Caversfield to Ensleigh and (ii) Ensleigh to Abbeywood.

(203184)

237
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the improvements in service anticipated as a result of the move of the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency to a co-located organisation at Ensleigh.

(203185)

238
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the risk analysis carried out to identify the organisation needed to maintain the service level to front line commands during the transitions from (a) Caversfield to Ensleigh and (b) Ensleigh to Abbeywood.

(203186)

239
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the analysis carried out into (a) deficiencies and (b) changing demands from front line commands relating to the proposed relocation of the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency.

(203187)

240
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the proposed date for the transfer of the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency from Caversfield to Ensleigh has been moved from 2010 to 2009.

(203188)

241
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that counterfeit routers and other counterfeit hardware are not utilised in his Department's computer networks.

(203242)

242
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many potential Territorial Army officers are undergoing training.

(203178)

243
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army (TA) officers were commissioned into the TA in each year since 1997.

(203189)

244
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what amount of efficiency savings Defence Equipment and Support are required to make in 2007-08.

(203202)

245
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most recent tour intervals are of those units serving in the next roulement for Operation Telic.

(203203)

246
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of units serving in the next roulement for Operation Telic is.

(203204)

247
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the procurement of Ridgeback armoured vehicles; and if he will make a statement.

(203206)

248
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current (a) required and (b) actual strength of each service is, broken down by rank.

(203207)

249
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow was of staff in each regional rehabilitation unit in each year since 2005.

(203208)

250
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what allowances and bonuses civilian staff receive for being located to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

(203209)

251
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation are in each standard for condition grade at RAF Brize Norton.

(203210)

252
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have received late payments of (a) war pensions and (b) compensation in each year for which records are available.

(203211)

253
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which items are prohibited from being (a) posted, (b) shipped in military transport and (c) individually carried from (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan by (A) members of the armed forces and (B) departmental civilians.

(203212)

254
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army officers there were in each year since 1997.

(203213)

255
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers in the Territorial Army qualified for their annual bounty in each year since 1997.

(203214)

256
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army officers left the Territorial Army in each year since 1997.

(203215)

257
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the UK's commitment for NATO's Operational Reserve Force to arrive in Kosovo.

(203216)

258
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on providing the strategic airlift required to deploy the UK's commitment for NATO's Operational Reserve Force in Kosovo.

(203217)

259
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what vehicles he expects British forces to use whilst serving as NATO's Operational Reserve Force in Kosovo.

(203218)

260
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of airbridge flights for personnel serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been delayed, broken down by number of hours delayed.

(203219)

261
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, column 16, on what date his Department (a) began and (b) completed pre-positioning equipment for the UK's commitment for NATO's Operational Reserve Force in Kosovo.

(203288)

262
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, column 16, what equipment has been pre-positioned in Kosovo for the UK's commitment to NATO's Operational Reserve Force.

(203289)

263
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, column 16, how many (a) C-17 Globemaster, (b) C-130K Hercules, (c) C-130J Hercules, (d) Tristar and (e) VC-10 aircraft sorties were flown to pre-position the equipment required for the UK's commitment to NATO's Operational Reserve Force in Kosovo.

(203290)

264
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, column 16, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of troops which can be sustained by the pre-positioned equipment provided for NATO's Operational Reserve Force and (b) the length of time UK forces can be sustained with the equipment.

(203291)

265
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the development of the community-based mental health programme for veterans announced on 23rd November 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(203327)

266
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) veterans' badges and (b) Bevin Boys badges have been awarded to people in Warrington North constituency.

(203150)

267
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197003)

268
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last reassessed wear rates of UK military equipment; and whether he has made a comparison of wear rates between UK and US military equipment.

(203331)

269
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last reduced specifications on the new aircraft carriers.

(203332)

270
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what circumstances bandsmen are being trained with live ammunition for active front-line service.

(203333)

271
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the actual strength of Army officers of each rank is; and if he will make a statement on the position and retention of captains.

(202970)

272
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1645W, on Armed Forces: insurance, for what reasons Territorial Army personnel are treated differently from the Regular Army for insurance cover while on deployment; and for what reasons the company Abacus refuses Territorial Army personnel cover during deployments.

(202971)

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

273
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty from the effects of aircraft noise pollution.

(203292)

274
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department is undertaking on the environmental impact of biofuels.

(202824)

275
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197603)

276
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his officials last raised with the European Commission the ban on the import of UK thoroughbred bloodstock by the Indian government.

(203077)

277
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the compulsory use of electronic identification for sheep; and if he will make a statement.

(203078)

278
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures are used to ensure that imported exotic livestock which are susceptible to or may be infected with bluetongue disease are kept in an insect-free environment for the duration of their quarantine.

(203079)

279
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with manufacturers of Bt8 vaccine other than Intervet on supplying the UK market.

(203080)

280
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cage traps for catching badgers his Department holds in store.

(203082)

281
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated badger population was in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

(203083)

282
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has received on the potential effectiveness of a tuberculosis vaccine for badgers if given to an already infected animal.

(203084)

283
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information (a) is held by and (b) has been provided to each Divisional Veterinary Officer on the relocation of badgers from urban and suburban areas to rural areas.

(203085)

284
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley of 31st March 2008, Official Report, columns 491-6W, on domestic wastes: contract, if he will place in the Library copies of the final reports of the research projects with the SIS codes of (a) WR0103, (b) WR0104, (c) WR0106, (d) WR0107, (e) WR0112, (f) WR0217, (g) WR0506, (h) WR0512, (i) WR0705 and (j) WR0601.

(202934)

285
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on the management of contaminated land.

(202941)

286
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the use of CCTV footage to monitor waste disposal.

(202942)

287
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) the Waste and Resources Action Programme and (b) his Department has purchased the Handbook on the implementation of Pay as You Throw as a tool for urban waste management produced by Dresden University of Technology.

(202943)

288
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received from local authorities on Schedule 2 waste obligations to collect rubbish from prisons without imposing a charge.

(202944)

289
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the inclusion of (a) incineration and (b) recycling facilities in projects undertaken as part of his Department's waste private finance initiative funding scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(202946)

290
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statistics his Department collects on (a) the size of the rodent population and (b) incidences of vermin infestation in England.

(202951)

291
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release of 2nd April 2008 on initiatives on greener homes, by what criteria green neighbourhoods will be selected; and what role he expects local authorities to play in the selection process.

(202952)

292
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effects of kerbside food waste collections on levels of household composting.

(202953)

293
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were prosecuted for fly-tipping in the London Borough of Enfield in each of the last five years.

(202863)

294
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the fees for (a) non-migratory coarse and trout and (b) salmon and sea trout rod licences were in each year since 1997, broken down by category of applicant.

(203225)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

295
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the written Ministerial statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 22-4WS, on Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarships and fellowships, what comparative analysis he has made of his Department's engagement with alumni of his Department's scholarship schemes, including (a) Commonwealth scholarships, (b) Chevening and (c) Marshall programmes; and whether his remarks in the statement on this matter related to all three schemes.

(202986)

296
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the written Ministerial statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 22-4WS, on Foreign and Commonwealth Office scholarships and fellowships, whether his Statement, that his Department had pursued high numbers of scholars which had sometimes reduced focus on quality, applied to each scholarship and fellowship scheme.

(203004)

297
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that counterfeit routers and other counterfeit hardware are not utilised in his Department's computer networks.

(203241)

298
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on discussions between the Pentagon and the US State Department on the recognition of Somaliland as an independent state.

(202892)

299
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes to the mandate of the special representative of the UN Secretary General in Afghanistan are envisaged following the adoption by the Security Council of a new resolution on the UN mission in Afghanistan; and when this resolution is expected to be adopted.

(202894)

300
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contacts his Department has had with the United States Cuba Transition Co-ordinator in each of the last five years.

(203001)

301
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the purpose was of the recent visit to his Department by Caleb McCarry; whom Mr McCarry met; what was (a) discussed and (b) agreed; and if he will make a statement.

(203002)

302
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Mexican government on the position of the National Miners' and Metalworkers' Union of Mexico; and if he will make a statement.

(202823)

303
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which other Government Departments he consulted prior to his written Ministerial statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 22-4WS, on FCO scholarships and fellowships, announcing that his Department would phase out its funding for Commonwealth Scholarships from 2009.

(203305)

304
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the differences in performance of the Chevening, Commonwealth and Marshall scholarship programmes.

(203306)

305
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his statement of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 22-4WS, on FCO scholarships and fellowships, that his Department has not always maintained contact with alumni, applied equally to (a) Commonwealth, (b) Chevening and (c) Marshall scholarships.

(203307)

306
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has assessed the steps taken by the (a) Commonwealth Scholarship, (b) Chevening Scholarship and (c) Marshall Scholarship programmes in maintaining contact with alumni.

(203308)

307
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what circumstances the Government has been refused consular access to Simon Mann in Black Beach Prison, Equatorial Guinea; what steps were taken by the Government in response on each occasion; and if he will make a statement.

(202177)

308
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will request his US counterpart to seek regular access to Simon Mann in Black Beach Prison, Equatorial Guinea, on behalf of the Government.

(202178)

309
N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what provisions of international law apply to the granting by Equatorial Guinea to another country of consular access to one of its citizens held in prison.

(202179)

310
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197001)

311
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken on food hygiene standards in the canteen at Admiralty Buildings, Whitehall, following the latest inspection by Westminster City Council; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest Westminster City Council food hygiene inspection report relating to the canteen (case 05/47821/FOOD); and if he will make a statement.

(202839)

312
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has made for the future use of 1 Carlton Gardens following the decision not to use the property as a Ministerial residence; and if he will make a statement.

(202840)

313
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire of 14th February 2006, Official Report, columns 1905-6W, on official residences, what the cost of (a) maintenance, (b) renovation, (c) council tax, (d) rent and (e) utilities for the Ministerial residence accommodation at 1 Carlton Gardens was in each year since 2004-05.

(203032)

314
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2008, Official Report, column 2564W, on Admiralty House, what the cost of the repainting of Admiralty House for Lord Malloch-Brown's residence was after the former Deputy Prime Minister vacated the residence.

(203033)

315
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the hunger strike by 60 Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails; and if he will make a statement.

(203298)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

316
Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he discussed the implementation of the Working Time Directive in the health sector at his recent meeting with the French Minister of Health; and if he will make a statement.

(202825)

317
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes there were where the admission was via accident and emergency for a drugs misuse related diagnosis, broken down by NHS trust in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.

(203240)

318
N Angela Browning (Tiverton & Honiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Health Service Circular/Local Authority Circular HSC 2001/016:LAC(2001)23, which was due for review in 2004, (a) is still in force and (b) has been amended.

(202688)

319
Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many magnetic resonance imaging scanners were purchased from (a) UK and (b) non-UK companies by the NHS in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2007.

(202930)

320
Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to increase the number of magnetic resonance imaging scanners in the NHS.

(202932)

321
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of clostridium difficile was in hospitals before the deep clean; and what it has been since the completion of the deep clean.

(203161)

322
Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the hygiene of new patients before they are allocated a bed in a hospital in order to reduce rates of clostridium difficile.

(203162)

323
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the savings to the NHS that could be achieved by extending the prescription of generic drugs.

(203105)

324
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the extra costs incurred by the NHS in treating patients whose conditions have worsened as a result of them not being able to afford their prescribed medication.

(203106)

325
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations have been cancelled in each of the last five years, broken down by trust.

(203081)

326
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he has set for the National Screening Committee to (a) review the proposed screening programme for (i) mesothelioma and (ii) other asbestos-related illnesses and (b) advise primary care trusts on such screening programmes.

(202931)

327
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when officials in his Department were first informed of the NHS Pay Review Body's recommendations for 2008-09.

(202935)

328
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received from the Health Professions Council Professional Liaison Group on the status of the humanistic tradition in the field of psychotherapy.

(202937)

329
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons humanistic traditions are not accepted as a standard psychotherapy modality under his Department's Skills for Health project; and if he will make a statement.

(202938)

330
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students (a) applied for and (b) enrolled in returning to (i) nursing and (ii) midwifery courses in each of the last five years.

(202841)

331
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines exist for the funding of returning to (a) nursing and (b) midwifery courses.

(202842)

332
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS (a) nationally and (b) locally; and how much this will cost (i) his Department and (ii) local trusts.

(202843)

333
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department monitors freedom of information (a) requests to and (b) responses from individual NHS trusts; and whether trusts are required to report to his Department freedom of information requests which they receive.

(202844)

334
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was allocated to returning to (a) nursing and (b) midwifery courses in each of the last five years.

(202847)

335
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the promotion of returning to (a) nursing and (b) midwifery courses in each of the last five years.

(202848)

336
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197604)

337
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of health visitors needed to deliver the Child Health Promotion programme.

(202988)

338
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the adequacy of the training undertaken by (a) medical students and (b) GPs in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies.

(203190)

339
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advocacy services will be made available for people subject to community treatment orders in the first six months of the operation of those orders.

(203191)

340
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the factors influencing the take-up rate of free sight tests for people aged 60 and over; and if he will take steps to increase the take-up rate.

(203193)

341
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he last met national professional and representative optical bodies to discuss free sight tests for people aged 60 and over.

(203194)

342
Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what qualifications and criteria were applied to (a) the selection of individuals to serve on the (i) strategy group, (ii) project executive group, (iii) national reference group and (iv) psychodynamic psychotherapy group within the Skills for Health Psychological Therapies National Occupation Skills Project and (b) the National Occupational Skills (A) development consultants and (B) research consultants.

(203076)

343
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the number of dental contracts allocating Units of dental activity (UDAs) awarded in England since their introduction; and how many contract holders did not reach their targets for UDAs in 2007-08.

(202826)

344
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of schoolchildren in England between the ages of six and nine who have received treatment as part of a screening programme since his Department's guidance on dental screening (inspection) was issued in January 2007; what the effect on expenditure on salaried primary dental care resources or equivalent was in England as a result of implementing this guidance; and if he will make a statement.

(202827)

345
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of units of dental activity in England carried forward to 2008-09 from 2007-08.

(202925)

346
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries there were in each local authority in England in each year since 1996-97.

(202888)

347
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made by his Department and its agencies of the causes of asthma.

(202889)

348
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the datasets on road distance to a GP surgery, for lower layer super output areas, provided by the National Health Service Information Authority to assist the compilation of the Index of Deprivation for (a) 2004 and (b) 2007.

(202890)

349
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished episodes of care relating to carbon monoxide poisoning were provided by the NHS in the latest year for which figures are available.

(202891)

350
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 873W, on Ipsos MORI, which policy teams commissioned work from Ipsos MORI.

(203034)

351
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress is being made in the review by the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation of the formula used for revenue allocations; and if he will make a statement.

(203314)

352
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations providing services to the NHS have Direction employer status; and how many staff this covers.

(203315)

353
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on the impact of the renegotiation of the pharmaceutical price regulation scheme on research, development and innovation in the biopharmaceutical sector.

(202818)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

354
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to implement the National CCTV Strategy; and if she will make a statement.

(203247)

355
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that counterfeit routers and other hardware are not utilised in her Department's computer networks.

(203248)

356
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what pilot schemes and projects have been launched by her Department since 1st January 2006; and what the cost to date of each such pilot is.

(203249)

357
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 10 years were the victims of recorded crimes of (a) assault, (b) actual bodily harm, (c) grievous bodily harm and (d) other crimes of violence in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007, broken down by police force area.

(203250)

358
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of homicide there were where the killing arose from the use of (a) a sharp instrument and (b) a firearm in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

(203251)

359
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 10, (ii) 11 to 15, (iii) 16 to 19, (iv) 20 to 25, (v) 26 to 30, (vi) 31 to 40, (vii) 41 to 50, (viii) 51 to 60 and (ix) 60 years and over were recorded as the victims of rape in each of the last 10 years.

(203252)

360
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the extent to which closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) operated (a) by and (b) on behalf of her Department comply (i) with the Data Protection Act (ii) the CCTV Code of Practice published by the Information Commissioner and (iii) relevant BSI standards.

(203253)

361
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 16, (ii) 16 to 19, (iii) 20 to 25, (iv) 26 to 30, (v) 31 to 40, (vi) 41 to 50, (vii) 51 to 60 and (viii) 61 and over have been cautioned, proceeded against or received a penalty notice for disorder for being drunk and disorderly in each of the last three years, broken down by police force area.

(203254)

362
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued against (a) persons aged under 16, (b) persons aged 17 to 18, (c) persons aged 19 to 25 and (d) persons aged over 25 years in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007, broken down by police force area; and how many such orders have been breached.

(203255)

363
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the rate of breach of anti-social behaviour orders.

(203256)

364
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the extent to which anti-social behaviour orders are issued to persons with a diagnosed mental illness.

(203257)

365
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the Respect Squad since its launch; how many people are employed in the Respect Squad; on how many occasions members of the Respect Squad have made practitioner interventions to provide advice on combating anti-social behaviour; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Respect Squad.

(203259)

366
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department has had with (a) the Lord Advocate and (b) other senior Scottish law officers on provisions within the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the last 12 months.

(202939)

367
Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met (a) the Lord Advocate and (b) other senior Scottish law officers to discuss provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Bill.

(202940)

368
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2008, Official Report, column 2341W, on offenders: deportation, how many of the 250 sentence-expired foreign prisoners from countries where difficulties arise in enforcing removal had been serving a sentence for an offence of a violent or sexual nature; and how many have been detained under immigration powers following the expiry of their sentence for more than (a) 12 months, (b) two years and (c) three years.

(203356)

369
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) contact staff, (b) processing staff, (c) temporary staff and (d) staff in total were employed by the Security Industry Authority in each month since January 2003.

(202850)

370
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost of a face-to-face passport interview has been.

(202851)

371
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many face-to-face passport interviews have been conducted since the procedure was introduced.

(202852)

372
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been refused a passport following a face-to-face passport interview.

(202853)

373
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stuck applications are in the Security Industry Authority licensing system; what steps are being taken to expedite the processing of these applications through the system; and when she expects them to have been dealt with.

(202857)

374
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent edition of her Department's staff handbook.

(202866)

375
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in her Department work on the formulation of policies to tackle (a) knife and (b) gun crime.

(202869)

376
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in her Department work on assessing the effects of migration on public services.

(202870)

377
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on awaydays for staff in her Department in each of the last five years.

(202871)

378
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many films have been produced in (a) video, (b) DVD and (c) other digital formats by her Department in the last two years; and at what cost.

(202872)

379
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the refurbishment, repair and redecoration of 2 Marsham Street in the last two years.

(202873)

380
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in her Department work on the (a) Pursue, (b) Protect and (c) Prepare strands of the Contest counter-terrorism strategy.

(202874)

381
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April 2008 to Question 197346, on Operation Overt, how long each of the four individuals granted conditional bail whilst awaiting trial spent in pre-charge detention.

(202927)

382
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April 2008 to Question 197346, on Operation Overt, how long each of the two individuals who had their cases dismissed at court spent in pre-charge detention.

(202928)

383
N Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her estimate is of the percentage of funds repaid by Government to Kent County Council in respect of expenditure making provision for unaccompanied asylum seeking children in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08; and if she will make a statement.

(202368)

384
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in each police force have undertaken Operation Safeguard duties in the last 12 months; and how much time was spent on such duties by each force.

(202369)

385
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(197602)

386
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of each inspection report produced by surveillance inspectors of the Office of the Surveillance Commissioners relating to local authority activities in the last 12 months.

(202836)

387
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the form that local authorities must complete to be authorised to conduct a directed surveillance operation.

(202880)

388
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance given to local authorities by (a) her Department and (b) the Office of the Surveillance Commissioners on surveillance.

(202881)

389
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities are authorised under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to undertake surveillance; and for what purposes.

(202882)

390
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the appropriateness of local authorities undertaking surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in relation to whether families live in school catchment areas.

(202883)

391
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities are providing funding for the non-emergency 101 telephone number following the end of her Department's funding.

(202884)

392
N Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Bury St Edmunds constituency in each of the last five years.

(202711)

393
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in the London Borough of Enfield in each of the last 10 years.

(202860)

394
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to local police forces on the detention of illegal immigrants.

(202945)

395
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the demand for and supply of labour in the ethnic catering business and the effect on immigration policies; whether she plans to give consideration to placing all ethnic catering on the shortage occupation list; and how many immigration enforcement raids there have been in the last 12 months in (a) the UK and (b) the South West on catering outlets.

(203330)

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

396
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average expenditure from the public purse was per student on (a) higher education and (b) training and skills in each parliamentary constituency in the North West in each year since 1997.

(202731)

397
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(198770)

398
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd April 2008, Official Report, columns 998-9W, on Ipsos MORI, what proportion of his Department's consultancy expenditure to date has involved payments to Ipsos MORI.

(203110)

399
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether the Foresight Land Use Futures project will review (a) Green Belt protection, (b) other land use designations and (c) rural re-rating.

(203134)

400
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) processes and (b) criteria will be used to select the (i) high level stakeholder group and (ii) expert advisory group for the Foresight Land Use Futures project.

(203135)

401
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of equalising the tuition fee arrangements of part-time first-degree students with those of full-time first-degree students; and if he will make a statement.

(202816)

402
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of first degree undergraduates with a parental household income of (a) £25,000, (b) £30,000, (c) £40,000, (d) £50,000, (e) £60,000 and (f) £70,000; and if he will make a statement.

(203153)

403
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will estimate the cost of raising the student loan repayment income threshold to £20,000 and introducing thresholds and rates of student loan repayments of (a) five per cent. on incomes of £20,000 to £29,999 and (b) 7.5 per cent. on incomes over £30,000; and if he will make a statement.

(203154)

404
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will estimate the cost of raising the student loan repayment income threshold to £25,000 and introducing thresholds and rates of student loan repayments of (a) five per cent. on incomes of £25,000 to £29,999 and (b) 7.5 per cent. on incomes over £30,000; and if he will make a statement.

(203155)

405
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his Department's (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies are, setting out in each case their (i) function, (ii) latest estimated annual running costs and (iii) number of staff; and if he will make a statement.

(203156)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

406
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on aid for Sri Lanka in each year since 1997; and to what Sri Lankan (a) governmental body, (b) non-governmental organisations and (b) inter-governmental organisations this funding was given.

(203205)

407
N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on international development issues in relation to her recent visit to Guatemala.

(202710)

408
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197605)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

409
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) operated (a) by and (b) on behalf of his Department comply (i) with the Data Protection Act 1998, (ii) the CCTV Code of Practice published by the Information Commissioner and (iii) relevant BSI standards.

(203246)

410
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government has taken to reduce substance misuse inside prisons in the last 12 months.

(202031)

411
N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps the Government has taken in co-operation with the Prison Service to reduce reoffending.

(202032)

412
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 555W, on crime: victims, what form the recruitment exercise for a commissioner for victims and witnesses took; what steps his Department has taken to make an appointment since 2006; and what future options for the role of commissioner are under consideration.

(203163)

413
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suicides within (a) adult prisons and (b) young offender institutions in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007 took place within the first seven days of custody; and how many prisoners who committed suicide in their first seven days in custody had on one or more of those seven days been housed in police or court cells.

(203195)

414
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking in response to the comments of HM Inspector of Prisons' that four out of five mental health in-reach teams in prisons feel unable to respond adequately to the range of needs they face.

(203196)

415
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what operational emergencies were declared by each prison in each of the last 12 months; and what the date of each was.

(202367)

416
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners released before the end of their sentence returned to an address in Wales in each of the last 12 months.

(202370)

417
N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men aged (a) 40 to 49, (b) 50 to 59, (c) 60 to 69, (d) 70 to 79 and (e) 80 years and above were prosecuted for offences relating to prostitution in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) offence and (ii) police force area.

(202318)

418
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for shoplifting in each of the last three years.

(202975)

419
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197002)

420
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 2012W, on departmental public participation, how many responses were received for each (a) survey, (b) questionnaire and (c) other service.

(203102)

421
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd April 2008 to the hon. Member for Fareham, Official Report, columns 1170-4W, on departmental contracts, to which property or properties the expenditure on GVA Grimley related; and what the conclusion of the non-domestic rating challenge was.

(202814)

422
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer from the hon. Member representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 451W, on electronic voting, which recommendations of the Electoral Commission on e-counting his Department has undertaken to implement.

(202815)

423
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence there is that a move to individual registration would increase under-registration of those who are legally entitled to vote.

(203026)

424
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget for the Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors database is for each of the next three years.

(203136)

425
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to change the voting system used to elect hon. Members.

(203137)

426
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors' database is intended to include electors in Northern Ireland.

(203138)

427
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the technical specifications of the Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors' database will allow the introduction of individual electoral registration.

(203139)

428
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what process his Department will use to determine who the keeper of the Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors will be; and if he will invite bids from the public and private sector for this role.

(203140)

429
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what pilots of weekend voting have taken place to date; in which local authority areas; and on which dates.

(203141)

430
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mortgage possession orders were made in each county court in England in each year since 1997.

(203142)

431
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to legal advice for travellers in 2007-08 by (a) his Department and (b) the Legal Services Commission (i) directly and (ii) in the form of grants to external organisations in 2007-08.

(203143)

432
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought against Commonwealth citizens for voting in UK elections when they did not have indefinite leave to remain in the UK in the last two years.

(202922)

433
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Government has budgeted for the construction of new Titan prisons.

(203299)

434
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are employed in HM prison service in England and Wales.

(203300)

435
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are in place to ensure that prisons take steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

(203301)

436
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment since 1997 have been subsequently released and committed further crimes and been re-imprisoned.

(203302)

437
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to reduce the number of people under the age of 21 years in prison for non-violent offences.

(203303)

438
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to improve the transparency of law firms' no-win no-fee offers.

(203304)

439
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider the merits of introducing a mechanism to measure levels of public confidence in the court system.

(203313)

440
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department plans to spend on public relations in 2008-09.

(203316)

441
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the Prison Service was of providing satellite television services in prisons in 2007-08.

(202947)

442
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the prevention of violence against children in the penal system.

(203069)

443
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been issued by the Youth Justice Board to secure units on the transfer of 15 year old boys into prisons.

(203071)

444
Dr Rudi Vis (Finchley & Golders Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission research on the number of children who take time off schools to visit a parent in prison.

(203073)

445
David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what change in pay each member of the Land Registry Board received in each of the last five years, giving the percentage change in each case.

(203160)

Questions to the Leader of the House

446
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans she has to review the procedures for scrutiny of secondary legislation emanating from EU Directives.

(202972)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

447
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department provides (a) tax-free benefits and (b) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(198768)

448
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what role his Department had in the (a) introduction of energy performance certificates for the sale of existing residential dwellings in Northern Ireland and (b) decision not to introduce home information packs in respect of sales of residential properties in Northern Ireland.

(202821)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

449
Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what role she plans for local community dance groups in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

(203111)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

450
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department provides (a) tax-free benefits and (b) other allowances for its staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work Scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197011)

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

451
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effect of weekend voting on turnout in areas where weekend voting pilots have taken place.

(202948)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

452
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected change in numbers of flights (a) to and (b) from Luton Airport by 2020 is; what percentage of flights using Luton Airport were domestic in the latest period for which figures are available; and what percentage she expects to be domestic in 2020.

(203293)

453
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional households in and around the Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty will be overflown by flights at 3,000 feet as a result of the Luton Airport flight path changes proposed by National Air Traffic Services.

(203294)

454
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people living in the Chiltern Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty who will be affected adversely by the proposed National Air Traffic Services' changes to Luton Airport flight paths; and if she will make a statement.

(203295)

455
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the objections by the Chilterns Conservation Board to the proposed changes to Luton Airport flight paths; and if she will make a statement.

(203328)

456
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what environmental guidance her Department has provided to the National Air Traffic Services and the Civil Aviation Authority on the protection of the tranquillity of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty during the current consultation on the Luton, Heathrow and Stansted airport flight paths.

(203329)

457
N Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the per capita spending was from the public purse on (a) roads, (b) buses, (c) railways, (d) cycling, (e) walking and (e) air travel in each parliamentary constituency in the North West in each year since 1997.

(202730)

458
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if she will make a statement.

(197626)

459
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on incidence and severity of asthma of increased use of biofuels.

(202837)

460
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's definition is of a pothole with reference to roads maintained by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities.

(202885)

461
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics her Department collates on the number of potholes in roads.

(202886)

462
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of dismantled railway track bed have been sold by the British Railways Property Board since 2001; and if she will make a statement.

(202921)

463
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to prevent bus companies changing their services to create more journeys within the national concessionary bus fare scheme process for remuneration per journey.

(203157)

464
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journey changes to bus routes were notified by bus companies to the traffic commissioners in each of the last 48 months for which figures are available.

(203158)

465
Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ensure that Ministers are able to choose a British-built vehicle as their Ministerial car.

(202926)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

466
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department provides (a) tax-free benefits and (b) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(198769)

467
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what council tax band amendments in Wales were made subsequent to the 2005 council tax revaluation; and how many homes were moved into a higher band after the revaluation came into effect.

(202920)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

468
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, when she plans to bring forward proposals to address the gender pay gap.

(202973)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

469
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each of the eight local authority pilot areas have (a) received written warnings for housing benefit sanction and (b) had their housing benefit withdrawn because of anti-social behaviour.

(203244)

470
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that counterfeit routers and counterfeit other hardware are not utilised in his Department's computer networks.

(203245)

471
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of jobseekers allowance were recorded as having been on holiday in each year since 1997.

(203261)

472
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of a repayment schedule agreed by the Child Support Agency was in the last period for which figures are available.

(203262)

473
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of members of defined-benefit occupational pension schemes that (a) have wound up and (b) have been in the process of winding-up since 1997.

(203263)

474
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of members of defined-benefit occupational pension schemes in each year since 1997.

(203264)

475
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-UK citizens claimed benefits in each year since 1997, broken down by benefit claimed; and how many of them were living in the UK in each case.

(203265)

476
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners living in poverty are liable to pay council tax at the full rate.

(203266)

477
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost was of all Government employment programmes, excluding Remploy, in each year for which information is available since 1997.

(203267)

478
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) mean and (b) median length of a claim for jobseekers allowance.

(203268)

479
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the (a) mean and (b) median length of a claim for jobseekers allowance for a claimant who has (i) a drink or drug addiction and (ii) a mental health condition.

(203269)

480
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance is available to a person claiming jobseekers allowance with (a) a mental health condition and (b) a drug or alcohol addiction.

(203270)

481
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of (a) the availability and (b) the ability actively to seek work of jobseekers allowance claimants who have (i) a mental health condition and (ii) an alcohol or drug addiction.

(203271)

482
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a person with (a) a mental health condition and (b) a drug or alcohol addiction claiming jobseekers allowance has access to (i) the Pathways to Work scheme and (ii) condition management programmes through the Pathways to Work scheme.

(203272)

483
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mandatory requirements there are for a person with (a) a drug addiction or (b) an alcohol addiction claiming jobseekers allowance to seek treatment as a condition of receiving benefit.

(203273)

484
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mandatory treatment programmes there were for a person with (a) a drug addicition or (b) an alcohol addiction claiming jobseekers allowance.

(203274)

485
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of living for pensioner households in each year since 1997.

(203275)

486
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of exemptions from the New Deal in each year since 1997.

(203276)

487
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons a person may be exempted from the New Deal.

(203277)

488
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in jobseekers allowance in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) Government Office region.

(203280)

489
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) Government Office region.

(203281)

490
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in income support to working age households in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) Government Office region.

(203282)

491
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in housing benefit to (a) working age households and (b) working age households in receipt of out-of-work benefits in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) constituency, (ii) local authority and (iii) Government Office region.

(203283)

492
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in council tax benefit to (a) working age households and (b) working age households in receipt of out-of-work benefits in each year since 1997, broken down by (i) constituency, (ii) local authority and (iii) Government Office region.

(203284)

493
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in out-of-work benefits in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) constituency, (b) local authority and (c) Government Office region.

(203285)

494
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in out-of-work benefits plus housing benefit and council tax benefit to working age households in receipt of out-of-work benefits in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority and (c) Government Office region.

(203286)

495
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of expenditure on (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit, (c) jobseekers allowance, (d) incapacity benefit and (e) income support in (i) real and (ii) nominal terms in each year since 1997 .

(203287)

496
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their staff to purchase bicycles under the Cycle to Work scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(197606)

497
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the 16-hour rule on take-up of employment and skills opportunities.

(203348)

498
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the performance has been of the City Strategy pilot programmes in improving employment and skills outcomes.

(203349)

499
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to measure the effectiveness of specialist disability employment service providers from all sectors working with specific impairment groups, including deaf people, under the (a) Pathways to Work, (b) Flexible New Deal, (c) New Deal for Disabled People, (d) Remploy and (e) Workstep schemes.

(203350)

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

500
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make a statement on progress of the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organisation.

[Transferred] (203031)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

501
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1691W on welfare tax credits: telephone services, whether the staffing cost for 2006-07 is for both the claimants and the hon. Members' tax credit helpline.

[Transferred] (202878)

502
Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent research his Department has conducted into land value taxation.

[Transferred] (203049)

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

503
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what authority police forces have to issue penalty notices for disorder to persons under 16 years of age.

[Transferred] (203258)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

504
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many third sector organisations have been given admitted body status to the local government pension scheme.

[Transferred] (203319)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

505
N Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe.

[Question Unstarred] (202418)

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