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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 1 May 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 1 May 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 1 May 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 Thursday 1 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 1 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation governs the powers of the Office of Fair Trading; what changes have been made to each since their entry into force; and if he will make a statement. | | (203542) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, under what legislation construction industry cartels are prohibited; what prosecutions have been undertaken in cases where legal proceedings have been completed against (a) individuals and (b) companies for acting as a cartel in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (203543) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on offering rewards to members of the public for information about alleged illegal cartels in the construction industry; what legislation governs this; how many calls the cartels hotline has received; and how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions resulted from information provided in such calls in each year since the hotline's inception. | | (203544) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many construction firms were (a) investigated and (b) prosecuted for (i) bid rigging and (ii) cover pricing in each of the last 10 years for which information is available. | | (203560) | 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on which occasions the Office of Fair Trading imposed penalties on construction companies in each of the last five years; what penalty was imposed; on which company each was imposed; for what reasons each was imposed; to what purpose the fines received have been put; and if he will make a statement. | | (203561) | 6
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what legislation regulates competitive tendering in the construction industry; what changes have been made to it since enactment; and if he will make a statement. | | (203562) | 7
| Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will reply to the letter of 11th March 2008 on Post Office Ltd and financial aid to closed post offices in Hampshire. | | (203412) | 8
| Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what role the relevant shareholder executive has in determining the definition of the public tasks of his Department's agencies. | | (203464) | 9
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government has taken to reduce businesses' dependency on fossil fuels. | | (202984) | 10
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which agencies of the Government are taking steps to counter the risk of illegal share sale boiler room operations; what mechanisms are in place to ensure inter-agency liaison and information-sharing; and if he will make a statement. | | (203625) | 11
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government plans to take against illegal share sale boiler room operations. | | (203626) | 12
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on illegal share sale boiler room operations. | | (203627) | 13
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the role of Companies House is in combating illegal share sale boiler room operations. | | (203628) | 14
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of losses to private individuals from illegal share sale boiler room operations. | | (203629) | 15
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he plans to issue guidance on countering illegal share sale boiler room operations. | | (203630) | 16
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he has taken to raise public awareness of the activities of illegal share sale boiler room operations. | | (203631) | 17
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the Government's estimate is on when global oil production will peak; and what information has been used to arrive at that estimate. | | (203516) | 18
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what sources of advice and financial support are available to small and medium enterprises seeking to employ solar power generation for their factories. | | (203640) | 19
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the minimum import price for farmed salmon. | | (202804) | 20
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much funding his Department is providing to support women's enterprise in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (203666) | 21
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding his Department is providing to support women's venture capital initiatives in 2008-09; and what steps he is taking to increase access to venture capital for women's enterprise. | | (203667) | 22
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of each regional development agency's funding of women's enterprise. | | (203668) | 23
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what each regional development agency's (a) budgets and (b) objectives are for support for social enterprise in the next three years. | | (203687) | 24
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which Ministers will attend the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's internet governance meeting in Seoul in June 2008. | | (202895) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 25
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008, Official Report, column 2212W, on motor vehicles: petrol alternatives, what the differentials in fuel duty are for (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) natural gas/biogas, (d) hydrogen and (e) bioethanol; and what changes are planned in these rates for the future. | | [R] (203168) | 26
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008, Official Report, column 2184, on air passenger duty, what representations his Department has received from overseas governments on the legality of the proposed aviation duty. | | (203020) | 27
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in Northern Ireland. | | (203228) | 28
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions apply to the utilisation of child trust funds by parents through credit unions in (a) England and Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (203229) | 29
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) economic models and (b) mechanisms his Department uses to estimate the effect of average public sector pay increases on inflation. | | (203567) | 30
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the amount of income tax which would otherwise have accrued to the Exchequer from those who have (a) taken early retirement and (b) moved from full-time to part-time work at each year from age 55 up to the state retirement age in each of the last three years. | | (203481) | 31
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of people claimed working tax credit in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford and (b) the London Borough of Bexley in each year for which records are available. | | (203382) | 32
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Warrington are in receipt of each category of tax credit. | | (203169) | 33
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementation of data security policies and procedures introduced by HM Revenue and Customs following the loss of child benefit data. | | (202905) | 34
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of former service personnel receiving a Ministry of Defence pension had income below the ceiling of the 10 pence income tax band in 2007-08. | | (203457) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 35
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of children's centres in Bexley borough; and if he will make a statement. | | (203386) | 36
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): 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 old were in daycare settings for more than 12.5 hours a week in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (ii) Bexley borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (203565) | 37
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley borough had at least one parent in prison in each year since 1997. | | (203566) | 38
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much (a) National Lottery funding and (b) Government funding school sport received in each year since 2003-04 for which figures are available, expressed in 2007-08 prices. | | (203022) | 39
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department provided for the Wider Opportunities music programme in each year since 2003. | | (203013) | 40
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the status of the Wider Opportunities music programme is; and what plans there are for extending it beyond its pilot areas. | | (203018) | 41
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pilot schemes were set up as part of the Wider Opportunities programme; how long the pilots lasted; and how many pilots are in operation. | | (203019) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of teachers will receive pay increases of (a) less than 2.45 per cent., (b) 2.45 per cent. and (c) more than 2.45 per cent. from September; and if he will make a statement. | | (203478) | 43
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the percentage increase in the cost of teachers' pay was in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; what estimate he has made of the percentage increase in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (203492) | 44
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of surplus school places there were in those local authorities ranked in the (a) top 10 and (b) bottom 10 in terms of the share of pupils achieving five A* to C GCSEs, including English and mathematics in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (203493) | 45
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) nominal and (b) real growth in the teacher pay bill per teacher was in each year since 1997; what estimate he has made of the (i) nominal and (ii) real growth in the pay bill per teacher in each year to 2011; and if he will make a statement. | | (203494) | 46
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average annual change in earnings of teachers who were continuously employed in the teaching system between 1997 and 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (203495) | 47
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what additional support is provided for schools with large numbers of children who have English as a second language; and if he will make a statement. | | (203496) | 48
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to (a) local authorities and (b) schools on the entering for key stage tests of pupils with English as a second language who arrive in England and are enrolled in school shortly before the test date; and if he will make a statement. | | (203497) | 49
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pupils who spoke English as a second language in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) all schools in each local authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (203498) | 50
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what additional funding is made available to (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in respect of each pupil who has English as a second language; what the duration of the additional funding is; and if he will make a statement. | | (203499) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents have received (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more fixed penalty notices in relation to condoned absenteeism of pupils since 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (203540) | 52
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents have received fixed penalty notices in relation to condoned absenteeism of pupils since their inception, broken down by index of multiple deprivation decile; and if he will make a statement. | | (203541) | 53
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of eligible children in care were not entered for any GCSE in each of the last 10 years. | | (203591) | 54
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of eligible children in care did not achieve five A*to C grades at GCSE including English and mathematics in each of the last 10 years. | | (203592) | 55
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many cases of self-harm were diagnosed in children in care in each of the last 10 years. | | (203593) | 56
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of eligible children in care were not entered for an English, mathematics, science or foreign language GCSE in each year since 1997. | | (203594) | 57
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in care were identified as gifted and talented in each year for which data is available. | | (203595) | 58
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in care had been separated from their siblings in each of the last 10 years. | | (203596) | 59
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the implementation guide for Aiming High for Disabled Children's core offer will be published. | | (203689) | 60
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme's core offer will include provision to increase assistance given by medical professionals in applying for aids, adaptations and benefits. | | (203690) | 61
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March 2008, Official Report, column 315W, what the findings were from the June 2007 School Funding Reforms analyses into the cost of delivering the free entitlement in private voluntary and independent nurseries; what the findings of these analyses were; and if he will place in the Library the analyses. | | (202909) | 62
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made on the development proposals for SEEVIC College in Castle Point; and if he will make a statement. | | (203644) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 63
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many births there were in each year since 1978. | | (203548) | 64
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people aged (a) 50 to 55, (b) 56 to 60 and (c) 61 to 65 years (i) were in full-time work, (ii) worked for more than 30 hours per week, but not full-time, (iii) worked for between 20 and 30 hours per week, (iv) worked for between 10 and 20 hours per week and (v) worked for fewer than 10 hours per week. | | (203480) | 65
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much social enterprise funding is being provided to voluntary sector bodies in 2008-09. | | (203688) | 66
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many recommendations of the Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals have been submitted for consideration in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203477) | 67
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many consultations the Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals has conducted in the last 12 months; who was consulted; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203490) | 68
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions the Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals has met in the last 12 months; what the venue for each of these meetings was; what the cost of each meeting was; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203506) | 69
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of (a) the Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals and (b) its secretariat was in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203507) | 70
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many officials are engaged in the work of the Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203508) | 71
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agendas and (b) minutes of each meeting of the Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203509) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 72
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of housing in eco-towns she plans to be affordable. | | (203458) | 73
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether planning guidance for eco-towns will be site-specific. | | (203459) | 74
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the transcript of the telephone conference of 3rd April 2008 between the Minister for Housing and Planning and hon. Members whose constituencies contain short-listed eco-town locations. | | (203460) | 75
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of housing in eco-towns is planned to be zero-carbon. | | (203461) | 76
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the short-listed proposed eco-town locations contain green belt land; and what the percentage of green belt land each contains. | | (203462) | 77
| Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has (a) received representations and (b) commissioned advice on whether separating raw data from value-added products is consistent with Ordnance Survey's new public task definition. | | (203439) | 78
| Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the role of the relevant shareholder executive is in determining the definition of the public tasks of her Department's agencies. | | (203463) | 79
| Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the effects of applications of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Directive on Ordnance Survey's new public task definition. | | (203465) | 80
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built in each West Yorkshire constituency in each year since 1992. | | (203335) | 81
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of housing allocations made by housing associations in Chelmsford local authority area were made to people who had no previous direct or indirect links to the borough in each of the last three years. | | (202911) | 82
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in each London (a) constituency and (b) local authority area since 1997. | | (203384) | 83
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will commission research into the likely effect of eco-towns on levels of council tax over the next 25 years for (i) residents of the local authority areas in which each of the proposed 15 eco-towns is situated and (ii) residents of all adjacent local authority areas. | | (203198) | 84
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many whole-time firefighters there were in each fire and rescue authority in each of the last five years. | | [R] (202904) | 85
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many former armed forces service personnel were estimated to have been homeless in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. | | (203455) | 86
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 19th April 2004, Official Report, columns 354-5W, on management and maintenance allowance, by (a) how many percentage points and (b) how much the average 2001-02 management and maintenance allowance would have had to increase by 2008-09 to reach the level of the need to spend on management and maintenance indicated by the findings in Estimate of the Need to Spend on Maintenance and Management in Local Authority Housing, published in June 2003. | | (203479) | 87
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the historic debt outstanding against council house construction was in (a) cash terms and (b) as a proportion of the public sector borrowing requirement in each year since 1990; and what projections her Department has made for these figures in the future, including borrowing supported by arm's length management organisations. | | (203536) | 88
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the capital value of (a) housing association and (b) council housing stock in each year since 1997. | | (203537) | 89
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have chosen as their preferred option for housing stock (a) retention, (b) transfer, (c) an arm's length management organisation, (d) a private finance initiative and (e) a mix of these options. | | (203538) | 90
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were owned by each local authority in each year since 1997; what each authority's (a) rental income, (b) capital receipts, (c) management and maintenance allowance and (d) major repairs allowance was in each of those years; and if she will provide projections for each of those figures for the next 30 years using the assumptions adopted by her Department's self-financing of council housing services modelling exercise. | | (203539) | 91
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers are available to local authorities to apply conditions to ensure that homes granted planning consent as affordable are retained within the affordable sector in perpetuity; and if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities use the powers available. | | (203175) | 92
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that new residential developments in housing hotspots reflect local housing need, with particular reference to the need for affordable family homes. | | (203176) | 93
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities use appropriate mechanisms to require that homes for sale which were granted planning consent as affordable are sold to people who are on a low income and not purchased by investors to be let at an unaffordable rent. | | (203177) | 94
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will call in a planning approval granted by councillors at the corner of Oak Road and London Road in Hadleigh to assess its compatability with the Castle Point local development framework. | | (203632) | 95
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the East of England Development Agency involvement in the bottling plant proposal for the Northwick Road/Canvey jetty area of Canvey Island; and if she will make a statement. | | (203633) | 96
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the Canvey Seafront improvements scheme; when the scheme will be concluded; what the cost of the scheme is estimated to be; and what the sources of funding for the scheme are. | | (203634) | 97
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects are being considered in (a) Castle Point constituency and (b) Essex for funding under the (i) INTERREG and (ii) European Social Fund programmes; and if she will make a statement. | | (203635) | 98
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the cost of the production of a Canvey town centre master plan will be met by her Department; what the terms of reference for the production of the plan are; and if she will make a statement. | | (203641) | 99
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the funding allocated by her Department for the Castle Point Regeneration Partnership is planned to be spent on. | | (203643) | 100
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from Castle Point Borough Council on the use of European Union funding for the Charfleets green business initiative; and if she will make a statement. | | (203662) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 101
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what restrictions are placed on the number of slot machines in land-based casinos established under the Gaming Act 1968; and if he will review them. | | (203021) | 102
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department provided for the Tourism Strategy Fund in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (203014) | 103
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to continue funding the Tourism Strategy Fund. | | (203015) | 104
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department provides for the Pubwatch scheme. | | (203170) | 105
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Pubwatch scheme in reducing the number of occasions when licensing laws are breached. | | (203171) | 106
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was allocated to British elite lacrosse players in each of the last five years. | | (203622) | 107
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Sport England spent on supporting the development of lacrosse in each of the last five years. | | (203623) | 108
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) he and (b) a Minister in his Department last met the English Lacrosse Association to discuss (i) funding of and (ii) participation in the sport. | | (203624) | 109
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more young people to play lacrosse. | | (203636) | 110
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Youth Sports Trust spent on the development of lacrosse in the last 12 months. | | (203639) | 111
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will seek discussions with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on arrangements for securing the future of the Chelsea Flower Show as a major tourist attraction; and if he will make a statement. | | (203410) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 112
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) fully-armed and (b) partially-armed personnel carriers have been lost due to (i) enemy fire and (ii) accidents in (A) Afghanistan and (B) Iraq since 2003. | | (203233) | 113
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Agreement concerning the Ballistic Missile Early Warning Station at Fylingdales Moor of 1960. | | (203583) | 114
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel completed the Northern Ireland Surveillance Course as part of their predeployment training for deployment to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2003. | | (203399) | 115
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of time HMS Endurance was (a) at sea and (b) undergoing maintenance in each year since 1997. | | (203404) | 116
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which country each part of the Combat Soldier 95 uniform is manufactured. | | (203405) | 117
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 55W, on the armed forces: training, how many (a) crew personnel, (b) pilots and (c) each type of aircraft participated in Arctic flying training during the winter training period of 2007. | | (203468) | 118
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, column 58W, on the Joint Rapid Reaction Force, which units will form the UK's commitment to the Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps from July to December 2008. | | (203475) | 119
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, column 58W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, for what reasons his Department does not keep records of the nationality of individuals killed in engagements involving UK forces in Iraq or Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (203476) | 120
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 49W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, whether (a) elements of British forces will have a command relationship subordinate to the US 24th Marine Expeditionary Force and (b) elements of the US 24th Marine Expeditionary Force will have a command relationship subordinate to British forces in 2008. | | (203581) | 121
| Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Ministry of Justice on employing the armed forces on training programmes with young offenders; how many armed forces personnel he expects to be involved in such programmes; what proportion of the cost for such programmes will be borne by his Department; and how much that is expected to be. | | (203413) | 122
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on competitive tendering for (a) warship and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary refits; and for what reason only one bidder is being allowed to enter the reverse auction for the refit of HMS Scott. | | (203199) | 123
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what competancies and powers the Royal Military Police have to investigate allegations of misconduct by (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of other countries, other than Iraqis who are employees of private military or security companies contracted to work in Iraq by his Department and British armed forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (202976) | 124
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of former service personnel who were unemployed in each year since 1997. | | (203454) | 125
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of former service personnel is receiving a pension from his Department. | | (203456) | 126
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to amend the criteria for the award of the General Service Medal; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203491) | 127
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) value of (i) under-payments and (ii) over-payments to service personnel in each month between January and November 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203501) | 128
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the implementation of the conclusions of the Joint Service Review of Honours and Awards. | | [R] (203502) | 129
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration the Joint Service Review of Honours and Awards gave to (a) gallant, (b) meritorious and (c) long-standing service for (i) regular and (ii) reserve forces; if he will place in the Library a copy of the Joint Service Review's report; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203503) | 130
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to implement the conclusions of the Joint Service Review of Honours and Awards in respect of regular service personnel; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203504) | 131
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property his Department owns (a) in London, (b) elsewhere in the UK and (c) overseas; and what the latest available valuation of the property was in each case. | | [R] (203511) | 132
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst was in each of the last three years. | | (203669) | 133
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel have been court martialled for offences relating to the treatment of civilians and prisoners in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since 2001. | | (203670) | 134
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel were serving sentences in military prisons, at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (203671) | 135
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much and what proportion of the defence budget for 2007-08 has been allocated to (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force. | | (203672) | 136
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel left (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force prematurely in each of the last 10 years. | | (203673) | 137
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of training a new Royal Air Force recruit to the level of a fully operational fighter pilot. | | (203674) | 138
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were stationed at permanent commitment Royal Air Force bases in (a) the Falkland Islands, (b) Cyprus, (c) Nevada, (d) Gibraltar and (e) Ascension Island at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (203675) | 139
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel were dishonourably discharged for drug abuse in each of the last five years. | | (203676) | 140
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid in compensation to wounded servicemen and women and the families of those killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. | | (203677) | 141
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people there are in the Volunteer Reserve Forces; and what proportion of them have seen active service in either Iraq or Afghanistan. | | (203678) | 142
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reservists were on active service as part of British military operations at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (203679) | 143
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the anti-insurgency strategies being employed by British and United States forces in Iraq. | | (203680) | 144
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many overseas cadets were trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in each of the last five years. | | (203681) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 145
N | Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department plans to spend on research into bee diseases in the next three years. | | (202789) | 146
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which individuals and organisations his Department has sought advice on modifications to the table valuation system for compensation for cattle culled as a result of bovine tuberculosis in the last 12 months. | | (203451) | 147
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what options for modifications to the table valuation system for compensation for cattle culled as a result of bovine tuberculosis he has considered. | | (203452) | 148
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to make modifications to the table valuation system for compensation for cattle culled as a result of bovine tuberculosis. | | (203453) | 149
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons dairy non-pedigree calved females are valued more highly than pedigree calved females over 36 months in tabular valuations related to bovine tuberculosis. | | (203466) | 150
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase the protection of endangered species. | | (202524) | 151
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to assess the extent of damage to wildlife resulting from the effects of climate change. | | (202525) | 152
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve local waste management. | | (202985) | 153
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on a UK-wide animal health and welfare strategy. | | (203487) | 154
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which animal disease preventative measures the Government plans to include in cost-sharing arrangements with farmers. | | (203488) | 155
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce the incidence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in animals. | | (203489) | 156
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping there were in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years; and how many people were prosecuted in each such year for such offences. | | (203383) | 157
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the fuel subsidy given by Spain to its fishing industry on the competitiveness of the British fleet. | | (203201) | 158
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what funding allocated by his Department for the Castle Point Regeneration Partnership is planned to be spent. | | (203642) | 159
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' plans for sites of special scientific interest land in Castle Point constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (203665) | 160
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long on average it took for a successful applicant for the Women's Land Army Award to receive their badge in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (203467) | 161
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications his Department had received for the Women's Land Army Award at the latest date for which figures are available; how many of those applications had been acknowledged; and if he will make a statement. | | (203471) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 162
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of China to encourage it to (a) reach agreement with representatives of the Dalai Lama on Tibet and (b) publish a record of the discussions which it holds with those representatives. | | (203472) | 163
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of China to provide access for human rights organisations to monitor the human rights situation in Tibet. | | (203473) | 164
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to prevent the Zimbabwean military increasing its arms capacity. | | (202526) | 165
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will assess the merits of convening a regional conference on East Africa and related countries to include Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda and Kenya to discuss common objectives towards peace in that region; and if he will make a statement. | | (203500) | 166
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what events his Department has planned to mark Schuman Day on 9th May 2008. | | (203200) | 167
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the overseas security officer posts at diplomatic posts in (a) Beijing, (b) Cairo, (c) Moscow and (d) Hong Kong were contracted out in 2000; what the cost of the contracts let to cover each of these posts was; and if he will make a statement. | | (203482) | 168
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of employing a full-time overseas security officer (a) as an employee of his Department and (b) under a private contract; and if he will make a statement. | | (203483) | 169
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which overseas posts overseas security officer positions are filled by (a) private contractors and (b) employees of his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (203484) | 170
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Control Risks contract for the provision of overseas security officers in each year since the contract was let; what mechanisms exist to ensure that value for money is achieved through this contract; and if he will make a statement. | | (203485) | 171
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the turnover of staff employed as overseas security officers under the Control Risks contract in each year since the contract was let; what the cost of this staff turnover to his Department has been; what discussions he has had with Control Risks on staff turnover issues; and if he will make a statement. | | (203486) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 172
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many girls in England and Wales, aged (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14 and (d) 15 years of age had (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three and (iv) four or more abortions in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (203545) | 173
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged under six months were registered for adoption in each year since 1978. | | (203546) | 174
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adoptions there were in each year since 1978, broken down by (a) age of those adopted and (b) local authority area. | | (203547) | 175
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to help employers provide healthy working environments. | | (202983) | 176
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what status the Codex Alimentarius has in the regulatory regime for medicines; and what assessment the Government has made of the effects of full introduction of the Codex on the regulation of natural, herbal and homeopathic medicines. | | (203513) | 177
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated for public relations in the budgets of each primary care trust in Essex in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (202766) | 178
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the maximum distance is which people should expect to have to travel to a GP surgery. | | (203387) | 179
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and (b) extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis were diagnosed in each health authority in each of the last 10 years; what the treatment outcome in each case was; and what proportion of those cases were attributed to previously unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment. | | (203469) | 180
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have appointed host organisations to set up local involvement networks (LINKs); and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that host organisations for LINKs will be in place by the September 2008 deadline. | | (203621) | 181
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the public expenditure per capita on (a) primary care, (b) emergency care and (c) NHS dental provision in each constituency in the North West was in each year since 1997. | | (202896) | 182
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust area in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (203470) | 183
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the deep clean of hospitals in England to take place. | | (203396) | 184
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's definition of a polyclinic is. | | (203397) | 185
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs his Department estimates will be working in the NHS in (a) April 2009 and (b) April 2010; and how many NHS GPs there were at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (203398) | 186
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage changes in incidence of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile as a result of the deep cleaning programme; and over what timescale his Department expects such changes to be reflected in hospital infection statistics. | | (203400) | 187
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely number of GP practices in England in 2010-11. | | (203401) | 188
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of hospital beds in England were in single rooms at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (203402) | 189
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means his Department will assess the effectiveness of its deep cleaning programme for hospitals in England in reducing cases of healthcare associated infections. | | (203403) | 190
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals in England were (a) deep cleaned throughout, (b) deep cleaned on targeted wards only and (c) not deep cleaned as part of his Department's recent deep cleaning programme. | | (203406) | 191
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to the NHS on the use of private sector decontamination services for surgical equipment. | | (203407) | 192
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on improving decontamination services for surgical equipment in the NHS in each financial year since 2000-01. | | (203408) | 193
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with what standards his Department requires providers of decontamination services within the NHS to comply. | | (203409) | 194
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of decontamination services within the NHS. | | (203411) | 195
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of junior doctors required to ensure that no junior doctor works more than 48 hours per week by August 2009; and how many junior doctors were working in the NHS at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (203440) | 196
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department requires NHS trusts to collect in order to monitor compliance with the Working Time Directive. | | (203441) | 197
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the effects will be on his Department's (a) resource and (b) capital budget for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 of bringing NHS private finance initiative projects on balance sheet. | | (203442) | 198
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what weighting was given to (a) the number of primary care clinicians, (b) health outcomes and (c) patient satisfaction with GP services as indicators in determining in which primary care trust areas with poorest provision to establish new GP practices. | | (203443) | 199
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what score was given to each primary care trust in determining in which to establish new GP practices in areas with the poorest provision for (a) number of primary care clinicians, (b) health outcomes and (c) patient satisfaction with GP services; and what the data source was for each indicator. | | (203444) | 200
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which local authority wards he plans to establish new GP practices as part of his Department's programme to provide greater GP provision in those primary care trusts with the poorest provision. | | (203445) | 201
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which team in his Department leads on the implementation of the Working Time Directive in the NHS in England. | | (203446) | 202
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department had with interested parties to inform the drafting of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in 2007; and what form such consultation took in each case. | | (203447) | 203
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical 999 calls were made in each year since 1997, broken down by region; and what percentage of these resulted in ambulance dispatch in each region in each year. | | (203448) | 204
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department last met (i) stem cell and embryo scientists and (ii) medical researchers to discuss matters included in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. | | (203449) | 205
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) violent incidents against NHS staff, (b) physical assaults against NHS staff and (c) criminal sanctions against individuals who had assaulted NHS staff there were in each of the last five financial years in (i) each NHS hospital trust, (ii) each strategic health authority area and (iii) England. | | (203450) | 206
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th February 2008, Official Report, column 1886W, on vaccines, how many doses of the differently labelled MMR vaccines were (a) supplied and (b) distributed, broken down by financial year. | | (203617) | 207
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th February 2008, Official Report, column 1886W, on vaccines, in what way the labelling on the MMR vaccines not destined for the UK differed from the UK-licensed product. | | (203618) | 208
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th February 2008, Official Report, column 1886W, on vaccines, on what dates the differently labelled MMR vaccines were supplied. | | (203619) | 209
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28th February 2008, Official Report, column 1886W, on vaccines, on what date further supplies of UK-licensed MMR vaccine were received, allowing the wrongly-labelled vaccines to be written off. | | (203620) | 210
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that recommendations on research into myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome, such as those outlined in the guidelines recently issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, are met, with particular regard to (a) the cause of the illness, (b) the effectiveness of current intervention strategies and (c) identification of efficient ways to deliver domiciliary care for those who are severely affected. | | (203520) | 211
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many qualified community nursery nurses were employed in each primary care trust in each year for which figures are available. | | (202982) | 212
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places were available to those seeking to work in child and adolescent mental health services in each year between 1999 and 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (203590) | 213
| 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 (UDA) in England expected to be the subject of a reclaim of UDA payments from activity in 2007 in 2008. | | (203515) | 214
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are taken to ensure that hospital consultants are aware of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence decisions on use of specific treatments in the consultants' area of specialism. | | (203174) | 215
| Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inpatient beds there are in each NHS hospital in England; and how many outpatients were seen in each hospital in each of the last three years. | | (203518) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 216
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department had with the government of China prior to the Olympic torch relay about the role to be played by the Chinese flame security team; what powers the Chinese flame security team were given; what review her Department plans to undertake into the Olympic torch relay and the role played by the Chinese flame security team; and if she will make a statement. | | (203557) | 217
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were arrested during the Olympic torch relay, broken down by age group; how many have been prosecuted for offences committed during the relay; how many have been (i) convicted and (ii) acquitted; and if she will make a statement. | | (203558) | 218
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) males and (b) females were injured whilst taking part in a public demonstration during the Olympic torch relay, broken down by age group. | | (203559) | 219
N | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer the Question tabled on 28th February 2008 by the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen on the case of Aso Mohammed Ibrahim; and what the reasons are for the time taken to provide a reply. | | (203341) | 220
| Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reimburse the outstanding costs incurred by local authorities in caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and what plans she has to provide local authorities with 100 per cent. of their future funding to care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. | | (203514) | 221
| Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates asylum seeker support grant instructions were issued to local authorities in each year since 2001. | | (203519) | 222
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to the Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, column 96W, on immigration: local authorities, which local authorities have (a) expressed an interest in submitting claims and (b) submitted a claim to the transitional costs fund; what the value of claims submitted is; what the timetable for (i) submitting claims and (ii) receiving payment is; and what plans she has for a transitional costs fund for subsequent years. | | (203510) | 223
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many records of offences (a) in total, (b) of violence against the person, (c) sexual offences, (d) of robbery, (e) of burglary, (f) of theft of a vehicle and (g) of theft from a vehicle recorded by the police in 2002-03 can be attributed to the effect of the National Crime Recording Standard. | | (202897) | 224
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of crime recorded by the police in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06 and (e) 2006-07 would not have been counted prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. | | (202898) | 225
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of A8 migrants registered on the Worker Registration Scheme who have returned to their home country. | | (202899) | 226
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Security Industry Authority lost the personal details of applicants in each year since 2003. | | (202906) | 227
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for persons calling the Security Industry Authority applications helpline in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (202907) | 228
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. | | (203385) | 229
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effect of the use of non emergency 101 numbers in the South Wales Police area; and if she will make a statement. | | (203231) | 230
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the Pubwatch scheme to reducing alcohol-related crime and disorder; and if she will make a statement. | | (203172) | 231
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department has in determining the fees charged by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) for licences; what plans she has to meet SIA representatives to discuss licence fees; and what assessment she has made of the effects of SIA licence fees on the security industry. | | (203578) | 232
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often she receives reports from the Security Industry Authority (SIA) in relation to its (a) activity and (b) performance; how many individuals and companies were licensed by the SIA for the immobilisation, restriction and removal of vehicles in (i) Wansbeck constituency, (ii) Northumberland and (iii) the UK in each year since 2003; how many complaints were received about such individuals and companies; and how many of these were upheld and resulted in licences being suspended or withdrawn. | | (203638) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 233
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he plans to make intervention funding available to the Learning and Skills Council to support (a) further education colleges and (b) proposed mergers of further education colleges between 2008-09 and 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (202977) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 234
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage developing countries to provide education to girls as well as boys. | | (202527) | 235
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist developing countries in the funding of education. | | (202528) | 236
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the United Nations Children's Fund report, Our climate, our children, our responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (203474) | 237
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in respect of the world's poorest children. | | (203550) | 238
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the significance of policies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions related to energy for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals related to the world's poorest countries. | | (203551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 239
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many warrants were issued against an individual for failure to appear in court in each of the last five years. | | (203563) | 240
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many warrants issued for a failure to appear in court are outstanding. | | (203564) | 241
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold discussions with (a) Unlock, (b) other representatives of the third sector, (c) individuals and (d) companies on the Diamond Project. | | (203197) | 242
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to make further use of electronic (a) voting and (b) counting at elections. | | (203517) | 243
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth offending team inspections found that young offenders were sharing transport with adult prisoners in each of the last three years, broken down by establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (203552) | 244
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many youth offending team inspections expressed concern relating to pharmacy management and loss of medication in each of the last three years, broken down by establishment; and if he will make a statement. | | (203553) | 245
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the need for teaching support for teachers in young offender institutions who work with groups of young people with acute special educational needs. | | (203554) | 246
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offender institutions provide discrete (a) personal, (b) social and (c) health education courses. | | (203555) | 247
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which young offender institutions include strip searching in their routine admission procedures. | | (203556) | 248
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that all young people resident in Wales (a) serving long custodial sentences and (b) with mental health needs serve their sentences in prisons in Wales. | | (203584) | 249
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which young offender institutions have been found by inspectors to be using healthcare beds for behaviour management purposes in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (203585) | 250
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which young offender institutions do not provide child and adolescent mental health support. | | (203588) | 251
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the system of electoral registration; and if he will make a statement. | | (202981) | 252
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Prison Service Instruction 2005/33, on the practice of paganism in prison, how many wands are available in prisons in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland. | | (203230) | 253
N | Mr Alan Williams (Swansea West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions under the Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006 have been made since its introduction; and what the outcome of those prosecutions has been. | | (203336) | Questions to the Leader of the House 254
N | Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment she has made of the use of early day motions by hon. Members. | | (201230) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 255
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of (a) each public inquiry under way in Northern Ireland and (b) each Historic Enquiries Team investigation has been in each year since 1998. | | (203226) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 256
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what proportion of sites in the post-2012 Olympic Park has been sold off; and if she will make a statement. | | (203342) | 257
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which Welsh companies have registered for the CompeteFor service for the Olympics. | | (203164) | 258
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many Welsh companies or organisations have bid unsucessfully for contracts through the Olympic Delivery Authority. | | (203165) | 259
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much has been raised to date from all dedicated London 2012 Olympic Lottery games. | | (203645) | 260
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much was raised in 2007-08 from all dedicated London 2012 Olympic Lottery games. | | (203646) | 261
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much has been raised to date from the Dream Number Lottery game to support the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (203647) | 262
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much was raised in 2007-08 from the Dream Number Lottery game to support the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (203648) | 263
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much was raised in each quarter of 2007-08 from all dedicated London 2012 Olympic Lottery games. | | (203649) | 264
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much was raised in each quarter of 2007-08 from the Dream Number Lottery game to support the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (203650) | 265
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what consultations the Government has undertaken with financial institutions on financing the 2012 Olympics; and what the cost of such consultations has been. | | (203651) | Questions to the Prime Minister 266
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Prime Minister, who the members are of the Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals; to what role each was appointed; what relevant experience each has; how long each has served on the Committee; for what period the appointment of each runs; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (203505) | Questions to the Solicitor General 267
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Solicitor General, what investigations the Serious Fraud Office has conducted into BAE Systems since 2003; and on what date each (a) began and (b) ended. | | (203343) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 268
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date she expects to publish her Green Paper on transport challenges; and what topics will be covered by the Paper. | | (203337) | 269
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates since 1st January 2007 (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department met representatives from (i) Stagecoach, (ii) First Group, (iii) Go-Ahead and (iv) Arriva on departmental premises to discuss bus-related matters. | | (203338) | 270
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what preparatory steps she has taken in connection with the possible future construction of high-speed rail lines. | | (203339) | 271
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008, Official Report, column 2212W, on motor vehicles: petrol alternatives, what her estimate is of the number of forecourts that provide bio-ethanol (E85) for motor vehicles for (a) commercial vehicles and (b) private vehicles. | | [R] (203166) | 272
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008, Official Report, column 2212W, on motor vehicles: petrol alternatives, how many infrastructure grants have been given to assist the building of refuelling stations (a) in total, (b) for natural gas/bio gas, (c) for hydrogen and (d) for bio-ethanol. | | [R] (203167) | 273
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of trees planted in Elmet constituency as a result of the upgrading of the A1 and associated works. | | (203334) | 274
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors she took into account in deciding the level of discount to local residents for Dartford Crossing tolls. | | (203572) | 275
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received on providing a discount for Mersey Tunnel tolls for local residents. | | (203573) | 276
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role her Department has in setting toll charges for (a) the Mersey Tunnel and (b) the Dartford Crossing. | | (203574) | 277
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how her Department takes into account the average income of local residents when deciding on the level of tolls for river road crossings and tunnels for which it is responsible. | | (203582) | 278
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to encourage children to practise safe cycling. | | (203017) | 279
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that fuel counting towards the renewable transport fuel obligation is sourced only from sustainable and local supply chains; and if she will take steps against those producers, wholesalers and retailers which do not meet these requirements. | | (203637) | 280
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of commercially available speed camera detection systems. | | (203232) | 281
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents resulting in (a) injury and (b) death occurred in each year since 2001. | | (203234) | 282
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many speed cameras there were in each local authority area in each year since 2001. | | (203340) | 283
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage train operating companies to allow greater accommodation for cyclists and their bicycles on trains. | | (202910) | 284
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that car park management companies which are not members of the British Parking Association, and are therefore not required to comply with the industry code of practice for parking enforcement, are not given access to personal data by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. | | (203173) | 285
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK international hire and reward licences were awarded for (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006, (d) 2007 and (e) 2008. | | (202978) | 286
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) UK and (b) non-UK registered vehicles between 41 and 44 tonnes (i) entered and (ii) exited the UK in each year since 2004. | | (202979) | 287
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals are being discussed at an EU level on liberalisation of the haulage industry. | | (202980) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 288
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK with an income of (a) £100,000 or more and (b) £12,000 or less gross per annum in (i) 2002 and (ii) 2007. | | (203227) | 289
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will give consideration to increasing the permitted earnings disregard; and if he will make a statement. | | (203684) | 290
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit have had their benefit backdated by between three and 12 months. | | (203685) | 291
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will (a) undertake an impact assessment of the proposal to reduce the backdating period for pension credit, housing benefit and council tax benefit claims and (b) make it his policy to publish the assessment before implementing any change in policy. | | (203686) | 292
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in Wales repaid to the Exchequer in respect of underspent funds allocated for discretionary housing payments in each of the last five financial years. | | (203521) | 293
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue was (a) generated by Remploy from the sale of goods and services and (b) generated by sales from each Remploy factory, in each of the company's last 10 financial years. | | (203549) | 294
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit has been paid to tenants of (a) housing associations and (b) local authorities and local authority arms length management organisations since 1997; and what estimate he has made of the effect on the level of payments in each of those years of tenants transferring from council management to registered social landlords as part of stock transfers. | | (203535) | 295
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse in additional housing benefit payments which would arise from each £1 increase in council and registered social landlord rents. | | (203664) | 296
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that Remploy's procurement targets are being met. | | (202900) | 297
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what cost savings were made by Remploy management in each of the last five years. | | (202901) | 298
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on (a) redundancy payments and (b) other costs associated with redundancy in respect of each closed Remploy factory. | | (202902) | 299
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have successfully (a) transferred from one Remploy factory to another and (b) unsuccessfully applied for transfer following closure of a Remploy factory. | | (202903) | 300
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will arrange for the Child Support Agency to send a reply to the hon. Member for Walsall North's letter of 31st March 2008 concerning a constituent, ref: JC962664A. | | (202908) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 301
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he plans to extend the prohibition on veterinary surgeons charging for prescriptions when it expires in October 2008. | | [Transferred] (202765) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 302
N | Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the incidence of disease in the honeybee population. | | [Question Unstarred] (202800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 303
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the implementation of the Food Supplements Regulations on the planting, development and import of genetically-modified material. | | [Transferred] (203512) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 304
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals are being held in prisons in Wales beyond the end of their sentence awaiting deportation, broken down by (a) prison and (b) country of origin. | | [Transferred] (203589) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 305
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of child and adolescent mental health services in Parc Prison, Bridgend; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (203586) |
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