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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 13 May 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 May 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 13 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 Tuesday 13 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 13 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) pensioner households and (b) other households which were living in fuel poverty in each year since 1996. | | (205547) | 2
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average price of (a) gas and (b) electricity for UK households has been in each year since 1996. | | (205548) | 3
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post offices which were not closed as part of the Post Office closure programme have closed since October 2007. | | (205501) | 4
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value of the investment fund established to support the Royal Mail Pension Plan was at the end of 2007-08. | | (205502) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 5
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in appointing a valuer as laid down in the draft Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008. | | (205538) | 6
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will appoint a valuer as laid down in the draft Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme Order 2008. | | (205539) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the basis is for the rate of increase for each of the taxes and allowances which are uprated on an annual basis. | | (205513) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of food and drink procured for working lunches attended by officials at which no external invitees were present in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (205521) | 9
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6th May 2008, Official Report, columns 817-8W, on council tax: valuation, whether a statutory gateway will be introduced. | | (205523) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 10
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to assist working parents with childcare outside school hours since 1997. | | (204548) | 11
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to increase participation in after-school activities on the part of school pupils since 1997. | | (204549) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12th March 2008, Official Report, column 405W, whether each of the two staff are receiving at least one day of training or education each week. | | (205515) | 13
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many looked after children there were in each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (205577) | 14
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of those in his Department working on the Sure Start programme are consultants. | | (205420) | 15
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons parents will be permitted to exempt their children from the early years foundation stage; and what assessment he has made of the effects of such exemptions on the delivery of early years education. | | (205421) | 16
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of students studying for the early years professional status secured local authority funding for (a) one, (b) two and (c) three years at the outset of their training. | | (205422) | 17
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of affordability of childcare for children under the age of five; and if he will make a statement. | | (205423) | 18
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 690W, on pre-school education: finance, if he will monitor changes in costs experienced by private, voluntary and independent nurseries. | | (205499) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 19
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost was of food and drink procured for working lunches attended by officials at which no external invitees were present in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (205520) | 20
| 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, how many bathrooms the official residence occupied by Lord Malloch Brown has. | | (205511) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 21
N | Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the hon. Member for Warrington North was not (a) notified of or (b) invited to her briefing on the Orford Park Project. | | (205257) | 22
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to increase awareness of the Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme among (a) tenants and (b) landlords. | | (205364) | 23
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of landlords of assured short hold tenancy property to which tenancy deposit protection applies have registered with the tenancy protection schemes established under contracts let by her Department. | | (205365) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 24
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to (a) decide on and (b) announce the timetable for the move of HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps to Innsworth in Gloucestershire. | | (205222) | 25
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) locating, (b) recovering and (c) identifying the information held on lost or stolen (i) electronic equipment, (ii) documents and (iii) other data storage means in each of the last 12 months. | | (205516) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 26
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of grants made by his Department for research into biofuels since 1st January 2006; and to which organisations they were given. | | (204990) | 27
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require the provision of water for farmed ducks to swim in on welfare grounds. | | (205093) | 28
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Question of 15th November 2007, Official Report, column 339W, on ducks, whether his Department plans to make changes to the welfare regulations relating to ducks as a result of the research project on the welfare of farmed ducks. | | (205168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 29
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received on funding for the BBC World Service's Vietnamese service. | | (205254) | 30
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the contribution made by the BBC World Service Vietnamese service in promoting democracy and human rights in Vietnam. | | (205419) | 31
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the implications of missile defence policy for EU foreign policy. | | (204806) | 32
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of food and drink procured for working lunches attended by officials at which no external invitees were present in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (205519) | 33
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Spain on restrictions on military freight crossing the Spain-Gibraltar border; and what steps he plans to take on the matter. | | (205500) | 34
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he will answer the letter of 31st March from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mrs Brohi and Aftab Brohi. | | (205518) | 35
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Burmese government on (a) human rights violations and (b) the introduction of democratic institutions in that country. | | (205094) | 36
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 1969W, on Admiralty House, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) washer dryer, (b) tumble dryer and (c) fridge freezer purchased for Lord Malloch-Brown's Ministerial residence; and what the energy efficiency rating was of each appliance. | | (205512) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 37
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the policy of the NHS Litigation Authority is in respect of defending clinical negligence claims funded by (a) conditional fee agreements and (b) legal aid. | | (205368) | 38
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to ensure high standards of health care services during night-time hours since 1997. | | (204550) | 39
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to promote well-being among healthcare professionals and support staff since 1997. | | (204551) | 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of prescribing methadone to prisoners in each prison in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and whether heroin has been prescribed to prisoners during that period. | | (205517) | 41
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many units collected by the NHS Cord Blood Bank were (a) suitable for and (b) used for transplant purposes in each year since 2005. | | (205557) | 42
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many units the NHS Cord Blood Bank collected in each year since 2005. | | (205559) | 43
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the documentation his Department has sent to trusts in 2008 concerning (a) Connecting for Health and (b) Choose and Book. | | (205555) | 44
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultations undertaken at EU level affecting his Department there were in each of the last 10 years; to which of these his Department (a) responded within the deadline, (b) responded after the deadline and (c) made no response; and in which consultations the Department secured all the aims of its consultation response in the ensuing action taken by the European Commission. | | (205556) | 45
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Foundation Year 1 and Year 2 training places are available for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; how many junior doctors have applied for those places; and how many of those are (i) UK residents, (ii) European Economic Area residents and (iii) non-European Economic Area residents. | | (205558) | 46
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) applications and (b) places there are for junior doctors in Foundation Year 1 in 2008-09, broken down by specialty. | | (205565) | 47
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Foundation Year 1 training places there will be in each of the next 10 years; and what estimate he has made of the number of junior doctors who will apply for such places in each of the next 10 years. | | (205566) | 48
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for doctors in 2008-09 will be (a) temporary and (b) fixed term. | | (205567) | 49
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for doctors in 2009-10 will be reserved for candidates not appointed in 2008-09. | | (205568) | 50
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether all the 2008 Foundation Year candidates for (a) genito-urinary medicine and (b) sexually transmitted infection posts will be offered posts. | | (205569) | 51
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been affected by a Choose and Book system error since the system's inception. | | (205570) | 52
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, columns 1810-11W, on prescriptions: ICT, what the reasons are for the difference between the number of electronic prescriptions service (EPS) prescription messages generated by GPs and the number of EPS dispense notification messages sent by pharmacies. | | (205571) | 53
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have (a) received appointment notifications in error and (b) kept appointments which were not recorded in a hospital patient administration system in each of the last three years. | | (205572) | 54
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times unique reference numbers for Choose and Book have been transposed between patients since the system's inception. | | (205573) | 55
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March 2008, Official Report, column 206W, on medical records: databases, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of alerts a single Caldicott Guardian will be able to monitor and (b) the likely number of alerts per day. | | (205574) | 56
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the Healthcare Commission's report into maternal deaths at Northwick Park Hospital; and what recommendations have been made to trusts on (a) optimum models of management and organisation of maternity services and (b) the use of agency personnel. | | (205543) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 57
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the conclusions of the Carlile Review of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy will be published. | | (205418) | 58
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) British and (b) foreign nationals working (i) as security guards in Government buildings and Departments (ii) as police community support officers, (iii) in the Passport Service, (iv) in the UK Borders Agency, (v) in her Department, (vi) in the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, (vii) in the police service as (A) civilian support and (B) warranted constables (viii) in the Criminal Records Bureau, (ix) for the Greater London Authority, (x) in local authority children's services departments, (xi) in local authority finance departments, (xii) in local authority electoral administration offices, (xiii) in local authority social services departments (xiv) in the Pension Service, (xv) in the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (xvi) in the Prison Service, (xvii) in the Court Service and (xviii) in the Crown Prosecution Service are vetted for crimes committed outside the United Kingdom. | | (205503) | 59
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of food and drink procured for working lunches attended by officials at which no external invitees were present in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (205522) | 60
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures she has implemented to assess the effectiveness of the policy of deporting foreign prisoners on completion of their sentences; and if she will make a statement. | | (205367) | 61
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation of the options for the future of the Forensic Science Service has been undertaken; who was commissioned to undertake the evaluation; when it was commissioned; what the estimated cost was; and if she will place in the Library a synopsis of the evaluation report. | | (205504) | 62
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of assaults were recorded in each year since 1997 where the assailant used sulphuric acid as a weapon; how many prosecutions were brought; and how many convictions resulted. | | (205524) | 63
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will reply to the letter of 11th March 2008 to the Minister of State on the planning application to convert 203-211 London Road, Staines into an administration and interview centre for the UK Border Agency. | | (205333) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 64
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of chicken served in the House of Commons estate was produced under the RSPCA's Freedom Food scheme in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if the Commission will make it its policy to provide such figures annually. | | (205255) | 65
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of meat produce served in the House of Commons was Freedom Food-approved in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (205256) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 66
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funds have been allocated to the Campusalam website by his Department and its predecessor in each year for which figures are available. | | (205417) | 67
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent to support adult learners completing their first full level three course in further education in each of the last five years. | | (205528) | 68
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average cost of a further education level three course is. | | (205529) | 69
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the completion rate of adults enrolled on a level three further education course was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (205530) | 70
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of first-time level 3 adult further education students who are aged between 19 and 25 years. | | (205531) | 71
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department plans to spend on adult learner grants for adults aged 25 years and over completing their first level three qualification in each of the next three years. | | (205540) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 72
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for which (a) countries and (b) regions his Department will be developing new country assistance plans in 2008 and 2009; and what arrangements he plans to make for consultation on these plans. | | (205258) | 73
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he plans to publish the final country assistance plans for (a) countries and (b) regions adopted following recent consultations. | | (205259) | 74
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid and assistance the Government has made available to Burma following the recent cyclone. | | (204989) | 75
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he plans to give additional aid to Burma following the recent cyclones. | | (205095) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 76
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the safety of prison staff. | | (205533) | 77
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to protect prison staff from assault by prisoners. | | (205534) | 78
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to increase levels of recruitment of prison officers. | | (205535) | 79
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to improve conditions of work for prison staff. | | (205536) | 80
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce overcrowding in prisons. | | (205537) | 81
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women committed suicide while in prison and (a) on and (b) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (205525) | 82
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men aged 18 to 25 years committed suicide while in prison and (a) on and (b) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (205526) | 83
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men committed suicide while in prison and (a) on and (b) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (205527) | 84
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people committed suicide in prison while (a) on and (b) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (205560) | 85
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people committed suicide in custody in each of the last 10 years. | | (205561) | 86
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from Leicester committed suicide while in prison and (a) on and (b) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (205562) | 87
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place to prevent suicide in prisons. | | (205563) | 88
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women aged 18 to 25 years committed suicide while in prison and (a) on and (b) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (205564) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 89
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) statutory instruments and (b) statutory rules of Northern Ireland have been (i) made and (ii) revoked by his Department since 1997. | | (205514) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 90
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps the Calman Commission has taken to (a) publicise its work outside Scotland, (b) obtain evidence from people resident outside Scotland and (c) obtain evidence on (i) the impact Scottish devolution has had on the rest of the United Kingdom and (ii) on the effect that further devolution of powers would have on the rest of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (205366) | Questions to the Solicitor General 91
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 since the law was implemented. | | (205334) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 92
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to encourage motorists to use greener fuels since 1997. | | (204547) | 93
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the roadworks taking place on the M69 to be completed and all carriageways re-opened to traffic. | | (204743) | 94
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the roadworks taking place on the M69 were carried out concurrently to the roadworks taking place on the M1 motorway near junction 26; and if she will make a statement. | | (204744) | 95
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she expects the West Coast Main Line timetable due to be implemented in December 2008 to be implemented on time. | | (205335) | 96
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2008, Official Report, columns 1066-7W, on roads: accidents, how many (a) men and (b) women were killed in car accidents in East Lancashire where at least one driver involved was aged 21 or under and (i) male and (ii) female in each year since 2000. | | (205544) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 97
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are registered with the Child Support Agency on its (a) old filing system and (b) new filing system. | | (205353) | 98
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of retired UK citizens living in countries in respect of which no uprating of pensions agreement has been made. | | (205354) | 99
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of uprating pensions for retired UK citizens living abroad. | | (205355) | 100
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on introducing voice risk analysis technology in its call centres in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what the projected expenditure is for 2008-09. | | (205223) | 101
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) training and (b) recruitment of call centre operators to use voice risk analysis technology in its call centres in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what the projected expenditure is for 2008-09. | | (205224) | 102
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on levels of benefit fraud of the use of voice risk analysis technology in each pilot area. | | (205225) | 103
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to each of the seven pilot areas that have trialled voice risk analysis technology; and what proportion of this funding has been administered by Capita. | | (205226) | 104
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what restrictions on the retail sale of (a) sulphuric acid and (b) other highly corrosive substances there are; and if he will make a statement. | | (205532) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 105
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to assess the effectiveness of secure children's homes. | | [Transferred] (205576) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 106
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which stakeholders are consulted in the process of deciding a supplier to the Cultural Diversity Framework and Approved Supplier List. | | [Transferred] (205545) | 107
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the stages are in becoming an approved supplier on the Cultural Diversity Framework and Approved Supplier List. | | [Transferred] (205546) |
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