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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 12 May 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 12 May 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 12 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 Monday 12 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 12 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to grant consent to operate the MOX plant at Sellafield. | | (205228) | 2
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made by HM Nuclear Installations Inspectorate in recruiting inspectors to undertake the generic design assessment of proposed new nuclear reactors; what arrangements exist to facilitate visa and security vetting of foreign candidates for these posts; and whether any difficulties relating to (a) visas and (b) vetting have been encountered during the recruitment process to date. | | (205231) | 3
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what communications he has received from the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on his future employment. | | (205251) | 4
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which locations abroad the Minister of State for Trade and Investment has visited since his appointment. | | (204860) | 5
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what bilateral commercial contracts have been signed with the assistance of UK Trade and Investment since July 2007. | | (204861) | 6
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will put in place mechanisms to protect people with mental health problems from the activities of doorstep lenders and private finance companies. | | (205267) | 7
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to provide safeguards in relation to the activity of bailiffs for people with mental health problems who are in debt. | | (205268) | 8
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what mechanisms are in place to inform people of their rights in relation to action being taken against them by bailiffs. | | (205269) | 9
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions officials in his Department discussed the proposed labelling of heating systems in the Energy-using Products Directive with representatives of the European Commission in each of the last two years. | | (205441) | 10
N | Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government is taking to protect the music industry from illegal downloading. | | (204464) | 11
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has made to the US administration in respect of its decision to withdraw from a World Trade Organisation commitment to provide access to the US online gambling market to non-US companies. | | (205375) | 12
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has made to the US in respect of attempts by US law enforcement authorities to undertake retrospective prosecutions of UK businesses and individuals. | | (205376) | 13
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on the investigation by the European Commission into allegations of violation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) obligation by the US in seeking to enforce laws against businesses and individuals for past activity undertaken within valid WTO commitments. | | (205377) | 14
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received from United Kingdom (a) businesses, (b) business organisations and (c) legal bodies on the extraterritorial application of US law to UK businesses and individuals. | | (205380) | 15
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has made to the US administration in respect of the extraterritorial application of US law and the effect on UK businesses and individuals. | | (205381) | 16
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what polling companies held contracts with his Department centrally in 2007-08; and what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services each provided. | | (205410) | 17
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, in which markets his Department has identified cartels in the last 11 years. | | (205205) | 18
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the expenditure made by each energy company on its social tariff in each of the last five years. | | (205207) | 19
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations his Department has received on the time taken for changes in the wholesale price of energy to be reflected in the prices paid by domestic customers; and if he will make a statement. | | (205208) | 20
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he has made a recent assessment of whether supermarkets have engaged in price fixing of (a) cigarettes and (b) milk. | | (205209) | 21
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he has made a recent assessment of whether construction companies have engaged in price-fixing in the supply of services to the public sector. | | (205210) | 22
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with energy companies on the practice of differential charging for payments made electronically, by direct debit and by cash; and if he will make a statement. | | (205211) | 23
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) accountability and (b) effectiveness of regulators of utilities. | | (205215) | 24
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on which occasions, and related to which matters, his Department has asked regulators of utilities to undertake specific investigations in the last five years; and which investigations were undertaken as a consequence. | | (205245) | 25
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what methods he plans to use to apportion the £150 million increased expenditure on social assistance agreed with energy suppliers to address fuel poverty amongst customers of the six major suppliers. | | (204853) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 26
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) cars and (b) vans will be subject to an increase in vehicle excise duty in the 2009-10 financial year, broken down by (i) make and model of vehicle and (ii) size of engine; and if he will make a statement. | | (205303) | 27
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the proposed increase in excise duty on certain vehicles in the next financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (205304) | 28
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support people with mental health problems who are on low incomes to gain access to affordable credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (205359) | 29
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made in the search for the discs containing data lost by HM Revenue and Customs last year; what the cost to his Department of its investigation has been to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (205232) | 30
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in levels of revenue which would accrue if all non-personal tax relief was allowed at the standard rate only. | | (205163) | 31
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what target he has set HM Revenue and Customs on the time taken to reply to correspondence from hon. Members; and if he will make a statement. | | (205414) | 32
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compliance by Northern Rock Bank and its subsidiaries with the requirements of EU Regulation 898/2005, as amended, on financial sanctions against members of the Zimbabwean government. | | (204998) | 33
N | Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Board of Northern Rock Bank on the compliance of the bank and its subsidiaries with the requirements of EU financial sanctions against Zimbabwe. | | (204999) | 34
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the amounts transferred by Ofgem to the Consolidated Fund under section 1 of the Civil List Act 1952 for each of the years 2005-2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (204070) | 35
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the figures in tables 1.7 and 1.10 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008, HC489, 2007-08, are presented gross or net of operating and non-operating appropriations in aid. | | (205310) | 36
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to tables 1.7 and 1.10 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008, HC 489, if he will provide a breakdown of the equivalent figures for 2001-02 on the same basis. | | (205360) | 37
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue which would accrue in 2008-09 if value added tax were levied on aviation fuel at 17.5 per cent. | | (205195) | 38
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the revenue that would be raised in 2008-09 if the upper limit on national insurance contributions were abolished. | | (205248) | 39
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department deal with transfer pricing matters as their main responsibility. | | (205249) | 40
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the change in tax revenues which would occur if incomes at £100,000 or above were taxed at a marginal rate of 50 per cent. in 2008-09. | | (205252) | 41
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of raising the personal taxation allowance in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 by (i) 10 per cent. and (ii) 20 per cent. | | (205253) | 42
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of extending the Automated Valuation Model of the Valuation Office Agency to Wales is. | | (205445) | 43
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to encourage banks to offer banking facilities in deprived areas. | | (205206) | 44
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on decisions of banks and building societies on whether to pass on interest rate changes to customers. | | (205212) | 45
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the peformance of National Savings and Investment's telephone service; and if he will make a statement. | | (205235) | 46
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28th April 2008, Official Report, columns 142-3W, on financial services: pay, what guidance his Department has issued to the remuneration committees of those banks and financial institutions in receipt of financial support from the public purse. | | (205305) | 47
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2008, Official Report, column 2313W, on welfare tax credits, when David Wilshaw and Nancy Stevenson first made a fraudulent tax credit claim; and when fraud was first detected in any of their claims. | | (205331) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 48
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008, Official Report, columns 2220-1W, on children: abuse, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's guidance on reporting alleged abuse to a local authority designated officer makes clear that this obligation is not specified in primary legislation. | | (204988) | 49
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in secondary education in (a) Chorley and (b) other areas in Lancashire were classed as persistent truants in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (204982) | 50
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the Year 9 absence rate was in each of the schools which reported an absence rate of five per cent. or more in respect of Key Stage 3 national tests; and if he will make a statement. | | (205311) | 51
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the average cost pressures for schools for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (205312) | 52
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 6th May 2008, Official Report, column 813W, on academies: admissions, if he will list each of the academies which fall in each category of selection; and if he will make a statement. | | (205314) | 53
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether new academies will be allowed to select by banding with reference to the national ability range; and if he will make a statement. | | (205315) | 54
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 1st May 2008, Official Report, column 707W, on Sure Start programme: internet, what proportion of expenditure on updating the Sure Start website was attributable to staff salaries in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and how many staff are employed to update the website. | | (204781) | 55
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average age of (a) childcarers in maintained nurseries, (b) childcarers in private, voluntary and independent nurseries and (c) childminders was in each year since 1997. | | (204842) | 56
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children who achieved level 3 or above in key stage 2 (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science attended maintained daycare nurseries before entering primary school in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (205087) | 57
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average outdoor space (a) maintained and (b) private, voluntary and independent nurseries had as part of their premises in each year for which records are available. | | (205090) | 58
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much and what proportion of the Sure Start budget was spent on (a) building new children's centres, (b) building new buildings for existing children's centres, (c) staff salaries, (d) training existing staff, (e) play equipment and (f) food and catering in each year since the Sure Start programme was established. | | (205091) | 59
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made towards meeting the target of each full daycare setting being led by a graduate and those in the most disadvantaged areas being led by two graduates by 2015; and if he will make a statement. | | (205385) | 60
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2008, Official Report, column 687W, on children: day care, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of staff working in nurseries who are unqualified foreign nationals. | | (205429) | 61
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether data associated with the unique learner number will be transferred from or stored on the (a) National Identity Register and (b) Information Sharing Index/Contactpoint. | | (205437) | 62
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England play cricket at least once a week in the summer term. | | (205153) | 63
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools in England have at least 10 competitive cricket fixtures each summer term. | | (205154) | 64
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the Youth Sport Trust spent on cricket in schools in each of the last three years; and what those funds were spent on. | | (205155) | 65
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advice his Department has issued to schools on procuring food from small, local producers. | | (205237) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 66
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the budget for the Get Safe Online website is for 2008-09. | | (205363) | 67
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many births there were in each primary care trust area in 2006-07. | | (205199) | 68
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1692W, on Admiralty House: official residences, what payments have been made from the public purse in respect of damage to the Admiralty House residences since 2001. | | (205395) | 69
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which works of art from the Government Art Collection are located in (a) the personal ministerial residences of the Prime Minister and (b) the Prime Minister's offices in Downing Street. | | (205432) | 70
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who owns the freehold to (a) the Government flats in Admiralty House and (b) Admiralty Arch. | | (205436) | 71
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in which Department Ms Tracy Temple works. | | (205488) | 72
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were employed in each parliamentary constituency in Wales in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007, ranked in order of percentage change in the number employed. | | (205301) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 73
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the next version of the full business case for the FiReControl project; and if she will make a statement. | | (205340) | 74
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of fire and rescue authority staff on enhanced pensions who are to be made redundant as a result of the implementation of the FiReControl project; what estimate she has made of the cost of meeting the pension contribution top-up costs of these staff; and if she will make a statement. | | (205341) | 75
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the net costs of redundancy, retraining and redeployment in respect of the FiReControl project as at 31st March; and if she will make a statement. | | (205346) | 76
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the outcome of the consultation on regional cost allocation with respect to the FiReControl project was; and if she will make a statement. | | (205349) | 77
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on the incorporation of fireground technology in the implementation of the FiReControl project; and if she will make a statement. | | (205351) | 78
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions officials in her Department discussed the proposed labelling of heating systems in the Energy-using Products Directive with representatives of the European Commission in each of the last two years. | | (205440) | 79
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was made available to Birmingham City Council for expenditure on housing stock in (a) 1979, (b) 1981, (c) 1989, (d) 1991, (e) 1997, (f) 1999, (g) 2001, (h) 2005 and (i) 2007, expressed in current prices and broken down by category; and what allocation has been made for 2008. | | (205447) | 80
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of arson to the economy in each of the last five years. | | (204983) | 81
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total insured fire losses for (a) dwellings and (b) commercial premises in each fire and rescue service were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available, broken down by region. | | (204984) | 82
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) chemical and (b) fuel (i) spills and (ii) suspected spills the fire and rescue service in each fire authority area and each region attended in each year since 2001. | | (204985) | 83
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many aircraft incidents were attended by the fire service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (204986) | 84
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward proposals to amend planning legislation to provide that bail hostels with fewer than five units are deemed to constitute a separate planning use and that their establishment is subject to planning permission. | | (205343) | 85
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what projects the Local Government Task Force is currently involved. | | (205411) | 86
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds the Local Government Task Force received from the public purse in each year since it was established. | | (205412) | 87
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the responsibilities of the Local Government Task Force are; and when it was established. | | (205415) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 88
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the agencies of his Department were disciplined or dismissed for (i) alleged breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (205316) | 89
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of lap-dancing clubs licensed by local authorities since the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (205404) | 90
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) exchequer and (b) lottery funding was given to the Chance to Shine cricket programme in each of the last three years. | | (205156) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 91
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of material supplied by British companies procured by or on behalf of the armed forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (204987) | 92
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) his United States counterpart and (b) the NATO Secretary-General on the prospective third site for a European-based missile defence system following the Secretary-General's speech on missile defence delivered on 5th May in Geneva. | | (205229) | 93
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions his Department has asked AWE Burghfield to cease live nuclear work in the last 12 months; and for what reasons each such request was made. | | (205233) | 94
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the proceeds of the sale of Massereene Barracks in Northern Ireland will be retained within his Department's budget or returned to the Exchequer. | | (205393) | 95
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Piranha V future rapid effect system utility vehicle to come into service; and how many he plans to order. | | (205394) | 96
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th May 2008, Official Report, columns 39-40WS, on the future rapid effect system utility vehicle design decision, what the next stage of the utility vehicle programme will be; when he expects that stage to be concluded; and how much it will cost. | | (205396) | 97
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th May 2008, Official Report, columns 39-40WS, on the future rapid effect system military vehicle design decision, what the proposed package of work on risk reduction will consist of; when he expects this work to be completed; and how much it will cost. | | (205409) | 98
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure outturn, excluding the cost of operations, was in each year from 1992-93 to 2000-01. | | (205467) | 99
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure outturn, excluding the cost of operations and the security and intelligence services, was in each year from 1979-80 to 1991-92. | | (205468) | 100
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of (a) RfR1 and (b) RfR2 (i) operating income and (ii) non-operating income was (A) appropriated in aid and (B) surrendered to the Consolidated Fund in each year from 2001-02 to 2006-07. | | (205469) | 101
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what value of (a) operating income and (b) non-operating income was (i) appropriated in aid and (ii) surrendered to the Consolidated Fund in each year from 1992-93 to 2000-01. | | (205470) | 102
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what in near cash terms the (a) resource and (b) capital outturn was for operating in (i) Afghanistan, (ii) Iraq and (iii) the Balkans in each year from 2001-02 to 2004-05. | | (205471) | 103
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have obtained civilian qualifications issued by his Department in each of the last five years. | | (205308) | 104
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the weight was of the heaviest load handled on the Falkland Jetty at Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre since 2001. | | (204544) | 105
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment was made of the (a) effect on traffic from the Port of Southampton to the Marchwood Power Station site and (b) cost of delivering the main heavy plant for the power station by road, when the decision to impose a 65 tonne limit on commercial loads handled at the Falkland Jetty at the Sea Mounting Centre was taken. | | (204545) | 106
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will instruct his Department to give permission for up to 12 loads to be delivered to the new Marchwood Power Station via the Sea Mounting Centre and exempted from the 65 tonne limit. | | (204546) | 107
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors determine the distribution of receipts from the sale of Defence Estates' property between devolved administrations and Government budgets other than those of Defence Estates. | | (204738) | 108
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property in (a) Wales, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) England was sold by Defence Estates in each of the last five years; what the division of receipts in respect of each sale was to (i) the Welsh Assembly Government, (ii) the Northern Ireland Executive, (iii) the Scottish Executive and (iv) other budgets other than Defence Estates; and if he will make a statement. | | (204739) | 109
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assests were held by Defence Estates in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland at the latest date for which information is available; what the estimated value of each asset is; and if he will make a statement. | | (204740) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 110
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable has been set for the implementation of Lot 1 of the Energy-using Products Directive. | | (205442) | 111
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the implementation of the European Floods Directive 2007, what the timetable for implementation is; what the estimated cost of implementing the Directive is; what account will be taken of the provisions of the EU Water Framework Directive in implementing the European Floods Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (205309) | 112
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what security checks are carried out on civilian contractors working in his Department's establishments. | | (205391) | 113
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) UK and (b) non-UK nationals were employed in his Department's establishments in each year snce 2001. | | (205392) | 114
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Prime Minister had with the Prime Minister of Iceland on 24th April on the resumption of commercial whaling by Iceland; and if he will make a statement. | | (204852) | 115
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Tewkesbury of 22nd January 2008, Official Report, column 1969W, on animal welfare: circuses, what progress has been made in considering the feasibility of introducing secondary legislation under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to regulate the welfare of wild animals in circuses through the replacement of the Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925; and whether there is a timeframe within which he expects these changes to be made. | | (205162) | 116
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research projects on beekeeping have been funded by his Department in the last five years; what bids for funding for such research projects his Department has not accepted during that period; and if he will make a statement. | | (205250) | 117
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) homeowners, (b) tenants, (c) businesses and (d) farmers are eligible to apply for compensation for flood damage in Selsey. | | (204979) | 118
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the plans of Natural England and the Environment Agency to flood areas of Medmerry; and if he will make a statement. | | (204980) | 119
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial value of the palaeontological remains in the on-shore cliffs at the Medmerry frontage. | | (204981) | 120
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Environment Agency's net receipts from contingency fees were in each of the last three years. | | (205465) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 121
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department have been disciplined or dismissed for (a) breaches of data protection requirements and (b) inappropriate use of personal and sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (205234) | 122
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve the safety and security of Iraqi citizens in Iraq. | | (205297) | 123
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proposals the Government put forward to the Preparatory Committee meeting for the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference in 2010, held recently in Geneva; what responses were received from other national delegations at the preparatory meeting to those proposals; and if he will make a statement. | | (205230) | 124
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on attacks against fuel convoys entering Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (204752) | 125
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conformity of the policy of Spain on military freight crossing the Spain-Gibraltar border with Spain's NATO obligations; and what representations he has made to the Spanish government on the matter. | | (205416) | 126
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to promote a United Nations Security Council resolution to respond to Sudan's failure to comply with warrants issued by the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement. | | (205214) | 127
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7th May 2008 to Question 192701, on South Africa: chemical and biological warfare, whether the evidence given to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission considered in the investigation included evidence that Wouter Basson used a house in the home counties of England to meet UK scientists and to circumvent the sanctions regime against South Africa; and if he will make a statement. | | (205152) | 128
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the itinerary of the visit of the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China, Mr Zha Peixim, to Kingston-upon-Hull in April 2004. | | (205405) | 129
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what type of tenure the Government owns 1 Carlton Gardens. | | (205406) | 130
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Chevening Trust Deed. | | (205407) | 131
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has for the use of 1 Carlton Gardens in the next three years. | | (205408) | 132
N | Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Minister of Tourism of Jordan on sustainable tourism. | | (204458) | 133
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with leaders of African Union states on steps to resolve the electoral crisis in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (204843) | 134
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to secure agreement on the appointment of a UN envoy to Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (204844) | 135
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans there are to send an African Union (a) envoy and (b) observer mission to Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (204845) | 136
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to co-ordinate a mission of international observers to be sent to Zimbabwe; and when a mission is expected to be in place. | | (204846) | 137
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that Zimbabwe accepts the presence of international election observers in advance of any run-off to decide the result of the Presidential election. | | (204847) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 138
N | Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received local authority-funded, long-term care services in their own homes in each local authority area in each year since the Fair Access to Care Services criteria were introduced. | | (205088) | 139
N | Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities were providing long-term care services to people with (a) low needs, (b) moderate needs, (c) substantial needs and (d) critical needs in each year since the Fair Access to Care Services criteria were introduced. | | (205089) | 140
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of prescriptions for anti-psychotic drugs to people under 16 years was in each of the last five years, broken down by health trust. | | (205369) | 141
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the financial performance of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Hospitals Trust. | | (205370) | 142
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the performance of the Queen's Hospital, Romford was in processing accident and emergency admissions within four hours in each month since January 2007. | | (205371) | 143
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the bed occupancy rate was at the Queen's Hospital Romford in each month since January 2007. | | (205372) | 144
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much capital allocation to the London NHS was returned to the Exchequer in each of the last 10 years; and what the main reasons were for each instance of underspend. | | (205332) | 145
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was provided for health services in the London boroughs of (a) Greenwich, (b) Bromley, (c) Lewisham and (d) Bexley in each of the last five financial years; what such funding is planned for each of those boroughs in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (205337) | 146
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change in funding for health services in the London boroughs of (a) Greenwich, (b) Bromley, (c) Lewisham and (d) Bexley was over the period 2003-04 to 2007-08. | | (205338) | 147
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were treated by (a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Greenwich, (b) Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, (c) Princess Louise Hospital, Bromley and (d) University College Hospital, Lewisham in (i) 1997 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available. | | (205339) | 148
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for cardiac operations was in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Greenwich in (i) 1997 and (ii) the last year for which figures are available. | | (205342) | 149
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will investigate the rate of progress of the redevelopment of St Luke's Hospital in Market Harborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (204854) | 150
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on whether primary care trusts should have a formalised process for considering applications by patients and clinicians for treatments which are not usually funded by the primary care trust; and if he will make a statement. | | (205292) | 151
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to issue national guidance on the obligations on primary care trusts in relation to the processes for applications from patients and clinicians for treatments that are not routinely funded by a primary care trust. | | (205293) | 152
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will (a) ensure that all primary care trusts (PCTs) publish their exceptional case process, including their appeals process, on their websites and through local Patient Advice and Liaison Services offices, (b) support PCTs in the provision of training to all members of exceptional case committees and (c) collect data on the number of exceptional cases heard, approved or declined and for which therapy in each case. | | (205294) | 153
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 14th May 2007, Official Report, columns 605-6W, on NHS: drugs, on what grounds the decision not to establish a separate appraisal system for ultra-orphan drugs was made; and whether this decision has been reviewed in 2008. | | (205295) | 154
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's policy is on detection of and screening for ovarian cancer; and what the criteria are for deciding when to start screenings. | | (205298) | 155
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available for people with spinal cord injuries and their families. | | (205299) | 156
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to improve the Spinal Cord Injury Service. | | (205300) | 157
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 131 of his Department's 2007 Annual Report, what the (a) £1 billion NHS central capital budget and (b) £2.3 billion for other NHS central revenue budgets was spent on in 2007-08. | | (205196) | 158
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 131 of his Department's 2007 Annual Report, whether his Department placed any requirements on (a) primary care trusts, (b) strategic health authorities, (c) NHS trusts and (d) NHS foundation trusts as to how they spent their capital budgets in 2007-08. | | (205197) | 159
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of his Department's (a) capital budget and (b) revenue budget that has not yet been allocated for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. | | (205198) | 160
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's definition of a health centre is. | | (205200) | 161
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many occurrences of (a) stillbirth, (b) perinatal mortality and (c) neonatal mortality there were in each NHS trust in the last financial year for which figures are available. | | (205201) | 162
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which products have been assessed by the Rapid Review Panel since 2003; and which level of recommendation each one received. | | (205203) | 163
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many product assessments the Rapid Review Panel has undertaken since December 2003; how many assessed products were recommended to his Department for use (a) in the NHS and (b) by the NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency; and how many products in use by the NHS were recommended by the panel. | | (205204) | 164
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been issued to primary care trusts on the location of GP-led health centres within their catchment area. | | (205216) | 165
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which private companies representatives of his Department have met to discuss plans for GP-led health centres in each primary care trust area in the last 12 months. | | (205217) | 166
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which team within his Department leads on plans for a new GP-led health centre in each primary care trust area. | | (205218) | 167
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many secondary schools there are in each (a) primary care trust and (b) strategic health authority area. | | (205219) | 168
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department plans to spend on Connecting for Health in each of the next 10 financial years. | | (205220) | 169
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £0.9 billion Connecting for Health revenue budget in 2007-08 was spent. | | (205221) | 170
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of the last six meetings of his Department's Departmental Board. | | (205241) | 171
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regular meetings are held of and among his Department's national clinical directors. | | (205242) | 172
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role his Department's National Clinical Director for Service Reconfiguration is playing in Lord Darzi's review of the NHS in England. | | (205243) | 173
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether representatives of his Department are holding regular meetings with representatives of (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities on the implementation of his Department's plans for a new GP-led health centre in each primary care trust area. | | (205244) | 174
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation in the NHS. | | (205266) | 175
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his announcement on 5th May 2008, that 12 new general practitioner practices will be provided in under-doctored areas, whether the allocation of funding to these new practices from the Access Fund will affect earlier allocations from the fund. | | (205307) | 176
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to the East of England Strategic Health Authority on the provision of oncological services in the region in the last three years. | | (205397) | 177
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) data and (b) other evidence was taken into account in formulating Improving Outcomes Guidance for head and neck cancer services. | | (205398) | 178
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources he plans to allocate to the East of England Region to provide training for dentists in detecting the early signs of oral cancers in the next three years. | | (205399) | 179
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what in-service training in the detection of oral cancers for dentists in the East of England Region his Department is funding in 2008-09. | | (205400) | 180
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the mortality rate for head and neck cancers was in (a) the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich (b) Ipswich Hospital, (c) Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, (d) Colchester Hospital and (e) Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge in each of the last three years. | | (205401) | 181
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions there are in the private finance initiative agreement between his Department and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the number of (a) oncological procedures and (b) head and neck cancer procedures to be carried out at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. | | (205433) | 182
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) head and neck cancer referrals there were to and (b) head and neck cancer procedures were carried out at (i) the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and (ii) Ipswich Hospital, (iii) Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, (iv) Colchester Hospital and (v) Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge; and what methodology his Department uses to compile such data. | | (205434) | 183
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, columns 251-2W, on children: health services, what estimate he has made of the number of additional health visitors to be recruited for the Child Health Promotion Programme. | | (205428) | 184
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he discussed policy to tackle Alzheimer's disease and the French Plan on Alzheimer at his recent meeting with the French Minister of Health; and if he will make a statement. | | (204862) | 185
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice his Department has issued to hospitals on the procurement of food from small, local producers. | | (205236) | 186
| Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS student bursaries have been granted in the last five years; how many were granted to students from outside the EU; and how many people in receipt of such grants are working within the NHS. | | (205213) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 187
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the police exercised their right of entry and search for weapons under section 139B of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 relating to schools and persons on school premises in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007, broken down by police force area. | | (205361) | 188
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department were disciplined or dismissed for taking illegal drugs in each of the last five years. | | (205362) | 189
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to combat drinking in public places by those under age. | | (204166) | 190
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those convicted of offences involving the use of firearms in Lancashire in 2007 were aged between 18 and 25 years. | | (204848) | 191
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 years were (a) arrested and (b) convicted for (i) offences involving the use of firearms and (ii) violent offences involving the use of firearms in Lancashire in each of the last five years. | | (204849) | 192
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 years convicted of offences involving the use of firearms in Lancashire (a) received custodial sentences and (b) reoffended in each of the last five years. | | (204850) | 193
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Lancashire Constabulary on trends in the number of offences committed by persons under the age of 18 years involving the use of firearms. | | (204851) | 194
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) families and (b) individuals, including dependants, were allowed to remain in the United Kingdom under the seven year concession policy operated by the Border and Immigration Agency in each of the last five years. | | (205450) | 195
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people granted entry into the United Kingdom on a working holiday visa have (a) lost their immigration status and (b) had to return to their country of origin in order to reapply for entry into the UK since the introduction of the points-based system. | | (205451) | 196
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were granted working holiday visas in each of the last five years. | | (205452) | 197
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by the Border and Immigration Agency and its predecessor on (a) taxi fares, (b) hotel accommodation, (c) first class rail travel, (d) domestic and international flights and (e) hospitality in each of the last five years. | | (205453) | 198
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the Border and Immigration Agency were given performance-related bonuses or cash payments over £10,000 in each of the last five years; and how much was paid in such payments in each such year. | | (205454) | 199
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the extent of the practice of smuggling babies into the UK for the purpose of benefit fraud; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent it. | | (205455) | 200
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on officials or representatives of foreign governments attending an interview with a national of their country applying for asylum in the United Kingdom. | | (205456) | 201
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) convictions were secured and (b) how many sentences were passed, broken down by category, as a result of Operation Pentameter 2. | | (205457) | 202
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether mobile detention centres have been used in (a) pre-planned Border and Immigration Agency or UK Border Agency raids and (b) at the request of local constabularies following the apprehension of suspected illegal immigrants. | | (205458) | 203
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspected illegal immigrants have been apprehended by mobile detention centres. | | (205459) | 204
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many man hours have been spent in the operation of mobile detention centres. | | (205460) | 205
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on procurement of mobile detention centres. | | (205461) | 206
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many hours mobile detention centres have been in operation since January 2008. | | (205462) | 207
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mobile detention centres were operational in April 2008. | | (205463) | 208
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the (a) design and (b) manufacture and distribution of uniforms for the UK Border Agency. | | (205464) | 209
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of children identified as subjects of trafficking were granted (a) asylum or (b) leave to remain in each of the last five years. | | (205466) | 210
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the residency status of Wouter Basson was during the period in which he lived in Berkshire. | | (205151) | 211
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Government House in Pimlico has been placed for sale on the market. | | (205402) | 212
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the progress of the asylum claim of Faith Dziruni of Downswood, Maidstone, Kent. | | (205157) | 213
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to improve policing in the Vale of Clwyd since 1997. | | (205296) | 214
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 344W, on missing persons: databases, what recent assessment (a) she has and (b) chief police officers have made of the performance of police forces in England and Wales against the requirement in the national guidance on the management, recording and investigation of missing persons that details of such persons reported to the police should be recorded on the Police National Computer within 48 hours; and what mechanisms are in place to (i) encourage and (ii) audit performance against this requirement. | | (205164) | 215
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 344W, on missing persons: databases, what (a) steps would be required and (b) costs would be incurred for the data on missing persons captured by the Police National Computer to be extracted to provide national figures on missing persons. | | (205165) | 216
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 346W, on missing persons: young people, if she will request from each police force the number of people reported to that force as missing in 2007. | | (205166) | 217
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 346W, on missing persons: young people, if she will request from each police force the number of people reported to that force as missing in 2007 who were (a) classified as a vulnerable adult, (b) aged (i) between 18 and 16, (ii) 15 and 12 and (iii) under 12 years of age, (c) in care and (d) disabled. | | (205167) | 218
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in introducing new protocols for judicial review in failed asylum cases. | | (205270) | 219
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 275W, on ports: automatic number plate recognition, whether there are automatic number plate recognition cameras in operation at British ports. | | (205306) | 220
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Vietnamese children have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences related to cannabis cultivation in the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (204741) | 221
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Operation Pentameter II started and finished; how many police forces were involved; how many traffickers were (a) arrested and (b) charged with trafficking offences; how many trafficked persons were discovered; how many of these were (i) under 10 years old, (ii) children between 10 and 18 years and (iii) adults; and of the persons discovered, how many had been subjected to (A) sexual exploitation, (B) domestic servitude and (C) forced labour. | | (204742) | 222
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2008, Official Report, column 431W, on motorcycles: training, how many offences have been recorded of a rider of a motorcycle with a capacity of under 50cc failing to demonstrate that they have undertaken a compulsory basic training course in each of the last five years. | | (205265) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 223
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will review the decision of the Administration Committee not to provide tap water at meetings. | | (205390) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 224
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make a statement on measures undertaken to date pursuant to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) pledge to reduce bureaucracy, as indicated on page nineteen of the current LSC Statement. | | (205317) | 225
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of apprenticeships that are statistically (a) most and (b) least likely to end in employment within 12 months of close of training. | | (205318) | 226
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what data he holds on the geographical distribution of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement. | | (205319) | 227
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make a statement on the impact of Government policy changes in respect of Remploy Ltd on the number of disabled people on apprenticeships. | | (205320) | 228
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people who have completed apprenticeships since 1997 are presently unemployed; and how many of these are long-term unemployed. | | (205321) | 229
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will list the 10 largest employers in the country that have declined to participate in apprenticeship schemes. | | (205322) | 230
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of his departmental staff have received vocational training. | | (205324) | 231
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent progress has been made in developing vocational training in the fields of emerging technologies. | | (205325) | 232
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs created as a direct consequence of the Lisbon Agenda; at what cost per job; and if he will make a statement. | | (205326) | 233
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much expenditure from the public purse was spent on research in (a) astronomy and (b) space science for 2007-08; and how much is planned to be spent for 2008-09; and what records he holds on comparative expenditure in other OECD states. | | (205313) | 234
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what role the (a) Skills Funding Agency and (b) Young People's Learning Agency will play in local authority involvement in skills training. | | (205439) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 235
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote and protect human rights in developing countries. | | (204169) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 236
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for an offence under section 139A of the Criminal Justice Act 1996 in each of the last 10 years; and on how many occasions the maximum sentence of two years imprisonment was imposed. | | (205373) | 237
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for an offence under (i) section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and (ii) section 1 of the Knives Act 1997 in each of the last 10 years. | | (205374) | 238
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ex-offenders died from a heroin overdose within a fortnight of leaving prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (205443) | 239
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to involve the voluntary sector in the provision of bail accommodation in England and Wales. | | (205344) | 240
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average size is of each hostel provided by ClearSprings for the accommodation of bailees in England and Wales. | | (205345) | 241
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bail units have been opened by ClearSprings in England and Wales since the contract was made with them. | | (205347) | 242
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long the contract with ClearSprings to provide bail accommodation lasts. | | (205348) | 243
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the contract to provide bail accommodation in England and Wales was awarded to ClearSprings. | | (205350) | 244
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the Government has sought leave to appeal to the House of Lords from (a) the Court of Appeal and (b) the House of Lords itself in each of the last 10 years; and which of those applications were rejected. | | (205352) | 245
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when (a) the police and (b) the Probation Service were informed of the (i) location and (ii) opening date of each of the new bail hostels operated by ClearSprings; and if he will make a statement. | | (205357) | 246
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have applied for non-molestation orders in each of the last 10 years. | | (205384) | 247
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7th May 2008, Official Report, columns 982-3W, on departmental public participation, what action has been (a) taken or (b) planned as a result of the findings of each (i) survey, (ii) questionnaire and (iii) other service carried out in 2007-08. | | (205448) | 248
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what payments his Department has made to Ipsos MORI since its establishment; and for what purposes. | | (205435) | 249
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bail accommodation centres there are in each Parliamentary constituency in England. | | (205291) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 250
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many instances of self-harm there were in each of Northern Ireland's prison and detention centres in each of the last three years. | | (204753) | 251
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what quantity of illegal drugs was discovered in each of Northern Ireland's prison and detention centres in each of the last three years. | | (204754) | 252
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent representations he has received on trends in the level of violence in Northern Ireland. | | (205358) | 253
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 7th May 2008, Official Report, column 930W, on departmental public participation, how much each (a) survey, (b) questionnaire and (c) other service cost; and how many participants there were in each. | | (205449) | 254
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what records his Department holds on the size of the average domestic rate bill in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (205438) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 255
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people working on 2012 Olympic Games construction projects are on apprenticeships; and what proportion of the workforce this represents. | | (205323) | 256
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what landscaping contracts for the 2012 London Olympics have been let; and what plans she has to consult landscaping contractors in connection with the Games site. | | (205356) | 257
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many (a) men and (b) women are employed by the London Organising Committtee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, broken down by pay band. | | (205386) | 258
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many (a) men and (b) women are employed by the Olympic Delivery Authority, broken down by pay band. | | (205387) | Questions to the Prime Minister 259
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on referendums on the future of the constitution of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (205193) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 260
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1430W, on aviation: costs, if she will break down the figures for each year by (a) domestic and (b) international flights. | | (205158) | 261
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests from (a) private individuals, (b) car park enforcement companies and (c) other sources were submitted to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for the release of information from the vehicle register under the provision of reasonable cause in each of the last five years; and how many of these were (i) agreed and (ii) rejected in each such year. | | (205159) | 262
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received on the methodology integral to the New Approach to Transport Appraisal. | | (205160) | 263
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the methodology used in the New Approach to Transport Appraisal treats a decision by an individual to leave his or her vehicle at home and use public transport as a disbenefit; and if she will take steps to change this attribution. | | (205161) | 264
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the proposed starting date is for work on Junction 10A of the M20. | | (205413) | 265
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to seek to limit and reduce the impact of aircraft noise on (a) National Parks and (b) Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and if she will make a statement. | | (205238) | 266
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on (a) National Parks and (b) Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty of (i) current and (ii) projected patterns of aircraft noise; and if she will make a statement. | | (205239) | 267
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to rural-proof her Department's policy on aircraft noise. | | (205240) | 268
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance has been issued to local highway authorities by her Department on (a) charging parents to drop their children off outside schools and (b) restricting the provision of parking places near schools. | | (205403) | 269
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the relative perception of aircraft noise in (a) rural areas and (b) urban areas. | | (205327) | 270
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the viability of routing aircraft bound for Stansted over trunk roads such as the A14 to minimise noise nuisance. | | (205328) | 271
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the viability of alternating the location of aircraft stacks for Stansted in order to achieve a more equitable distribution of related noise disturbance. | | (205329) | 272
| Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the viability of stacking aircraft bound for Stansted over the sea to minimise noise nuisance. | | (205330) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 273
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment the Valuation Office Agency has made of evidence of (a) errors and (b) incorrect banding in relation to the 2005 council tax revaluation in Wales. | | (205444) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 274
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government has taken to encourage more black and minority ethnic women to (a) apply and (b) stand as candidates for public office. | | (204167) | 275
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government has undertaken with employers to address the balance of work and family commitments through the introduction of flexible working hours. | | (204168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 276
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will exempt lone parents providing full-time home education for their children from the planned requirement that lone parents be actively seeking work to receive income support. | | (205382) | 277
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support will be available for lone parents providing full-time home education to their children when the requirement for such parents to be actively seeking work to receive income support comes into effect; and if he will make a statement. | | (205383) | 278
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process (a) a successful and (b) an unsuccessful pension credit application was in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by Pension Service office. | | (205388) | 279
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase the take-up of pension credit; how many pensioners in Stroud constituency receive pension credit; and what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in Stroud constituency who are entitled to receive pension credit. | | (205389) | 280
| Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Eltham received the winter fuel payment in 2007-08; and how many he estimates will receive the extra £50 in 2008-09. | | (205336) | 281
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008 to the hon. Member for Hertsmere from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Official Report, columns 2205-6W, on unemployment: young people, what assessment he has made of the reasons for (a) the fall in the employment rate of UK nationals and (b) the fall in the level of unemployment of UK nationals; and if he will make a statement. | | (205092) | 282
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) New Deal for Young People leavers, (b) New Deal for 25 plus leavers and (c) leavers of all New Deals moved into sustained employment in each year since 1997, broken down by Jobcentre Plus district. | | (205472) | 283
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of leavers of all his Department's employment programmes moved into sustained employment in each year since 1997, broken down by Jobcentre Plus district. | | (205473) | 284
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of New Deal for Young People participants went into the categories (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits - jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits - income support, (e) benefits - incapacity benefit, (f) benefits - income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits - other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (i) two weeks, (ii) three months, (iii) six months and (iv) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997, broken down by Jobcentre Plus district. | | (205474) | 285
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of New Deal for 25 plus participants went into the categories (a) employment, (b) employment and benefits, (c) benefits - jobseeker's allowance, (d) benefits - income support, (e) benefits - incapacity benefit, (f) benefits - income support and incapacity benefit, (g) benefits - other/unknown benefits, (h) other known destination and (i) off benefits unknown destination within (i) two weeks, (ii) three months, (iii) six months and (iv) one year of leaving the programme in each year since 1997, broken down by Jobcentre Plus district. | | (205475) | 286
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the New Deal for Young People in each year since 1997, broken down by Jobcentre Plus district. | | (205476) | 287
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the largest single consolatory payment to an individual by (a) his Department, (b) the Child Support Agency, (c) Jobcentre or Jobcentre Plus, (d) the Disability and Carers Service, (e) the Pension Service, (f) the Rent Service and (g) the Debt Management Service was in each year since 1997. | | (205477) | 288
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many extra-statutory payments due to a loss of statutory entitlement were made by (a) his Department, (b) the Child Support Agency, (c) Jobcentre or Jobcentre Plus, (d) the Disability and Carers Service, (e) the Pension Service, (f) the Rent Service and (g) the Debt Management Service was in each year since 1997; and what the (i) average value and (ii) total amount of payments in each year was. | | (205478) | 289
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-gratia payments due to (a) delay and (b) actual financial loss were made by (i) his Department, (ii) the Child Support Agency, (iii) Jobcentre or Jobcentre Plus, (iv) the Disability and Carers Service, (v) the Pension Service, (vi) the Rent Service and (vii) the Debt Management Service in each year since 1997; and what the (A) average value and (B) total amount of each type of payment made in each year was. | | (205479) | 290
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March 2008, Official Report, column 177W, on Child Support Agency: payments, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for number and value of payments in respect of payments for (a) gross inconvenience, (b) embarrassment and (c) severe distress. | | (205480) | 291
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the speech he made on Tuesday 6th May 2008 to the Fabian Society was made in a ministerial capacity. | | (205481) | 292
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has commissioned KPMG to undertake a feasibility study to assess options available for the reform of the system of Social Fund loans. | | (205482) | 293
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's procedure is for publishing announcements on (a) the publication of departmental research reports and (b) departmental policy. | | (205483) | 294
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses to decide what information it should publish with a press release. | | (205484) | 295
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department uses to decide what information uploaded to his Department's website should be included in the What's New section of the website. | | (205485) | 296
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the article written for the New Statesman of 8th May 2008 was written in an official capacity. | | (205486) | 297
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts his Department had with Barclays Bank in each year since 1997; and what the value of those contracts was. | | (205487) | 298
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the New Deal for 25 plus in each Jobcentre Plus District in each year since 1997, broken down by Jobcentre Plus District. | | (205489) | 299
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on all Government employment programmes in each Jobcentre Plus District in each year since 1997. | | (205490) | 300
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average income of the (a) top and (b) bottom quartile of (i) pensioners and (ii) pensioners over the age of 80 in each region was in each year since 1997. | | (205491) | 301
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) budgeted and (b) current projected (i) running and (ii) set up costs of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority are in its first year of operation. | | (205492) | 302
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on establishing and running the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority. | | (205493) | 303
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he expects the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority to meet its objectives without exceeding its budget. | | (205494) | 304
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consultants are employed by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority; and how much the authority has spent on them. | | (205495) | 305
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has had from the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority on the level of charges on personal accounts. | | (205496) | 306
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average pension paid from occupational pension schemes was in each year since 1997, expressed in real terms in 1997 prices. | | (205497) | 307
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) original budget, (b) current projected cost and (c) cost to date of setting up personal accounts is. | | (205498) | 308
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date and at what time his Department's press releases on DWP research report (a) 472, (b) 481, (c) 486 and (d) 467 were first released; to whom each release was circulated; and when each release was uploaded onto the departmental website. | | (205510) | 309
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost which would arise from (a) increasing the state pension by (i) 10 per cent., (ii) 25 per cent., by 50 per cent. and (iv) 100 per cent. and (b) setting the state pension at the average level of other EU member states. | | (205202) | 310
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received council tax benefit in each Government Office region in each year since 1996-97; and what the cost of the benefit was in each year. | | (205446) | 311
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what checks are in place to ensure inappropriately signed print is not used in letters issued to his Department's clients with visual impairment. | | (205246) | 312
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements are in place to ensure that all his Department's offices are informed of recorded disability needs of their customers; and if he will make a statement. | | (205247) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 313
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs staff in Northern Ireland have visited premises which were suspected to be centres for the distribution and sale of fuel either illegally produced or on which the appropriate duty had not been paid in the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (204755) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 314
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2008, Official Report, column 2174W, on Ministers: official residences, what the budgeted cost of the redecoration undertaken as part of the lifecycle programme was. | | [Transferred] (205430) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 315
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister's Statement of 11th July 2007, Official Report, columns 1449-51, on the draft legislative programme, what the Government's policy on Green Belt (a) designation and (b) protection is. | | [Transferred] (205431) | 316
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made towards bringing forward proposals to abolish the offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel. | | [Transferred] (205302) |
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