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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 May 2008

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 14 May 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 14 May 2008


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 14 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 Wednesday 14 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 14 May see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether any officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were disciplined or dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205906)
2
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which local authorities in Gloucestershire made submissions to the recent restructuring review of post offices proposing funding one or more branches in their area.
(205751)
3
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the level was of business use of the Post Office/Royal Mail in (a) the most recent year for which figures are available and (b) the previous year to that period.
(205782)
4
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205830)
5
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what quantity of (a) clothing and (b) other textiles was imported from India in each year since 1997.
(205688)
6
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to announce the successful bidder for the contract to manage nuclear waste at Sellafield.
(205541)
7
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the decision of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the preferred bidder to clean up the nuclear waste at Sellafield requires Government approval.
(205542)
8
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many submissions to the London Post Office Closure consultation supported the closure of a local post office.
(205776)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
9
N
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Crewe and Nantwich constituency paid only the 10 pence rate of income tax in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
(205194)
10
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect of immigration on (a) gross domestic product and (b) per capita gross domestic product since 1997.
(205788)
11
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of reductions in carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the landfill tax in each year since 1997, excluding any savings made as a result of the Landfill Communities Fund.
(205729)
12
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the Landfill Communities Fund and its predecessor in each year since 1997.
(205730)
13
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Landfill Communities Fund and its predecessor received in contributions in each year since 1997.
(205731)
14
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was received in landfill tax receipts in each year since 1997.
(205732)
15
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of applications for amusement machine licences in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11, broken down by category of machine.
(205733)
16
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of amusement arcades subject to amusement machine licence duty in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08.
(205734)
17
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of amusement arcades subject to amusement machine licence duty there will be in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
(205735)
18
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the statement by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in the Delegated Legislation Committee on the draft Northern Rock plc Compensation Scheme Order on 11th March 2008, Official Report, column 7, what timetable has been set for the completion of the valuation of Northern Rock.
(205614)
19
N
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on levels of aviation duty on flights between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
(204417)
20
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205836)
21
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of three to five year olds were living in (a) workless households and (b) relative poverty in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(205613)
22
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of children were born into (a) workless households and (b) relative poverty in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(205620)
23
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he plans his Department will spend on extending the universal early years education entitlement to 15 hours per week in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(205621)
24
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending the early years education entitlement to 20 hours per week for (a) three to five year olds in workless households, (b) children living in relative poverty and (c) all three to five year olds.
(205622)
25
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending the child care element of the working tax credit to workless households; and if he will make a statement.
(205623)
26
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition his Department uses of relative poverty; and if he will make a statement.
(205624)
27
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of reducing the level of fuel duty.
(205762)
28
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) small businesses and (b) organisations representing small businesses on membership of the business-Government forum on tax.
(205593)
29
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with trades unions on membership of the business-Government forum on tax.
(205594)
30
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the members of the business-Government forum on tax are; and what criteria were used to select the members of the forum.
(205595)
31
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking in co-operation with other governments and international organisations to tackle tax havens; and if he will make a statement.
(205886)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
32
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were disciplined or dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205902)
33
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to encourage schools to use their powers to screen pupils randomly using metal detectors and conduct searches of pupils suspected of carrying a weapon.
(205911)
34
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether any officials in his Department were disciplined or dismissed for illicit drug taking in each of the last five years.
(205912)
35
N
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which secondary schools in (a) Birmingham, (b) Buckinghamshire, (c) Kent and (d) Lincolnshire fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils obtained fewer than five GCSE A* to C passes including English and mathematics; and what percentage of the relevant intake in each case (i) was in receipt of free school meals and (ii) had special educational needs, giving the contextual value-added score in each case.
(203944)
36
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce levels of truancy.
(204991)
37
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist children rejoining education after a long period of absence.
(204992)
38
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps the Government has taken to work with parents to reduce truancy.
(204993)
39
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were permanently excluded from schools in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the North East, (d) Tees Valley district and (e) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.
(205712)
40
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency have been assessed to be dyslexic.
(205713)
41
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of trends in the numbers of children diagnosed as (a) obese and (b) morbidly obese; and if he will make a statement.
(205764)
42
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children in families in each income decile lived in (a) two-parent married households and (b) two-adult families in (i) Liverpool, (ii) Manchester, (iii) Islington, (iv) Lambeth and (v) Southwark in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(205704)
43
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanisms he has put in place for the delivery of high quality sporting facilities for school and community use through the Building Schools for the Future programme.
(205879)
44
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on community use of school sporting facilities and VAT restrictions; and if he will make a statement.
(205880)
45
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to reform the school governors system.
(205792)
46
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of primary schools in each London borough have achieved Healthy Schools status.
(205777)
47
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the reasons are for the increase in Ofsted's inspection fees for childcare establishments and playgroups in 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(205696)
48
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on playgroups and childcare establishments of the increase in Ofsted's inspection fees in 2010; and if he will make a statement.
(205697)
49
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on the increase in Ofsted's inspection fees for childcare establishments and playgroups in 2010.
(205698)
50
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions he has had with childcare establishment representative organisations on Ofsted's increase in inspection fees for playgroups in 2010.
(205699)
51
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will assess the merits of Ofsted's decision to increase inspection fees for childcare establishments in 2010.
(205700)
52
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, by how much Ofsted's inspection fees for childcare establishments will increase by 2010.
(205701)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
53
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any officials in his Department were disciplined or dismissed for (a) alleged breaches of data protection requirements and (b) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205896)
54
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what international (a) immigration, (b) emigration and (c) net migration was for (i) each Government Office region in England, (ii) each local authority area in England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Scotland in each five year period since 1987; and what proportion per 1,000 population these figures represent.
(205759)
55
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what net international migration was for those living in the UK and born (a) in the UK and (b) elsewhere in the periods (i) 1987 to 1997 and (ii) 1997 to the most recent year for which figures are available.
(205785)
56
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of those immigrating to the UK were employed in manual and clerical occupations prior to arrival in the UK in each year since 1997.
(205786)
57
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what projections of population density for (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in 2056 and beyond have been made.
(205787)
58
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what contribution net migration made to population change in the UK in each five year period since 1987.
(205789)
59
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of the resident population was born abroad in (a) 1987, (b) 1997 and (c) the most recent year for which figures are available; and what forecast has been made of future trends in the proportion of the population born abroad.
(205790)
60
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the net change in the number of foreign-born residents in the UK was between (a) 1987 and 1997 and (b) 1997 and the most recent year for which figures are available; and which 10 countries were the most frequent countries of origin of foreign-born UK residents in each such period.
(205791)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
61
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 397W, on fire safety: construction methods, if she will meet the Association of British Insurers to discuss section 4.4 of its Technical Briefing on Fire Performance of Sandwich Panel Systems (2003) and the combustibility of composite core panels which have passed the insurance industry standard LPS 1181.
(205761)
62
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether any officials in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies 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 figures are available.
(205904)
63
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on (a) written consultation, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205848)
64
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will include consideration of resilience issues in the next version of the full business case for the fire control project; and if she will make a statement.
(205702)
65
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on the use of sprinklers as fire resistors in warehousing facilities; and if she will make a statement.
(205775)
66
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many submissions she received in response to her consultation paper on the action plan for community empowerment; and when these representations will be published.
(205596)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
67
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) television broadcasters and (b) Ofcom on recent cases of television broadcaster misconduct in the use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting; and if he will make a statement.
(205794)
68
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rules governing broadcasters' use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting; whether he plans to review them; and if he will make a statement.
(205795)
69
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the Ofcom inquiry into the use of premium rate services in television programming.
(205796)
70
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ask Ofcom to refer its case files on recent cases of television broadcaster misconduct in the use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting to the Serious Fraud Office.
(205797)
71
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205840)
72
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the merits of proposals to allocate a proportion of licence fee receipts to other broadcasters.
(205714)
73
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the percentage of girls and women who regularly participate in sport and physical activity.
(205887)
74
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding from (a) the National Lottery and (b) his Department was spent on (i) school sport, (ii) the Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) strategy and (iii) community sport excluding money allocated through PESSCL in each year since 1997.
(205888)
75
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding from (a) the National Lottery and (b) his Department has been allocated to (i) school sport, (ii) the Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) strategy and (iii) community sport excluding money allocated through PESSCL for each year during the period 2008-09 to 2010-11.
(205889)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
76
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any officials in his Department were disciplined or dismissed for (a) breaches of data protection requirements and (b) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205905)
77
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Territorial Army personnel from Northern Ireland took part in active service outside the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
(205937)
78
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to answer 203199, on defence procurement, tabled by the hon. Member for New Forest East on 28th April 2008.
(205549)
79
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will change the qualification criteria for a General Service Medal with Suez canal zone clasp so that navy personnel qualify for a medal after 30 days aggregated service.
(205710)
80
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding was allocated to the armed forces for expenditure on equipment in each year since 1997.
(205765)
81
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the funding announced for stage 1 of the Future Rapid Effect System will affect funding available for future purchases of mine-protected vehicles.
(205583)
82
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mine protection features the Piranha V vehicle will have.
(205584)
83
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what types of warfare the Future Rapid Effect System medium weight capability will be suitable.
(205585)
84
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what additional capability will be afforded to the Army with phase 1 of the Future Rapid Effect System.
(205586)
85
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected financial costs are for each service of each equipment procurement project expected to come on stream in each year from 2010 to 2015; what the individual payment terms of each project are; and from which budget the funding for each will be derived.
(205587)
86
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Piranha V will be designed to allow damaged parts to be unbolted and replaced after an explosive strike.
(205588)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
87
Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps have been taken to locate missing records of asbestos treatment carried out in the 1990s at his Department's offices in Alnwick, Northumberland; where these records would normally have been kept; and if he will make a statement.
(205913)
88
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies 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 figures are available.
(205900)
89
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what releases of genetically modified (GM) eucalyptus trees were made under release consents 93/R6/1 and 93/R6/2 by Shell Forestry; what areas were planted in each case; how many trees planted released GM materials under each consent; what the duration was of each release made; and whether Shell Forestry submitted a post-release monitoring report for each consent.
(205749)
90
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set up a new Animal Health and Welfare Agency to work alongside a National Centre for Animal Viral Disease.
(205750)
91
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will allocate resources to develop comingled waste collections.
(205753)
92
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste (a) produced and (b) recycled in the (i) agriculture, (ii) mining and quarrying, (iii) sewage sludge, (iv) dredged materials, (v) household, (vi) commercial, (vii) industrial and (viii) construction and demolition sectors in each year since 1997.
(205736)
93
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many appeals have been lodged under the single payment scheme appeal procedure since its inception; and how many appeals have been upheld.
(205617)
94
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultation, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205850)
95
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of changes in the (a) capacity of and (b) catch taken by non-UK fishing vessels with historical practice access to UK waters within the 12 mile limit and which target crabs and lobster since 1997; and whether the same minimum landing sizes of crabs apply to vessels from other EU member states and UK vessels when fishing in those waters.
(204855)
96
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on placing a limit on catches for all EU vessels fishing within the UK 12 mile limit.
(204856)
97
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what shellfish stock assessment measures there are in respect of the six to 12 mile band of UK waters for the purpose of enabling accreditation schemes to demonstrate sustainability.
(204857)
98
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data his Department receives on catches by fishing vessels from other EU member states within the six to 12 mile band of UK waters.
(204858)
99
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms other than EU quotas there are to limit the activities of non-UK fishing vessels within the UK 12 mile limit in respect of (a) fish and (b) shellfish catches; and what mechanisms there are to enable EU member states to manage their own inshore shellfisheries without derogating from the Common Fisheries Policy.
(204859)
100
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research was commissioned by his Department on biogas production in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2000.
(205864)
101
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for his Department to undertake an impact assessment of amendments to Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
(205798)
102
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what arrangements have been made for birds issued with Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species transaction specific certificates but removed from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to be traced by the police for DNA testing when suspected of being wild-taken.
(205799)
103
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which of the 11 non-EU species proposed by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee for inclusion in Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 have existing captive populations in the UK; and what assessment he has made of the effects of including these species in Schedule 4 on the risk of wild birds being smuggled into the UK and their subsequent laundering.
(205800)
104
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in ensuring that captive populations of species to be removed from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 are DNA profiled; and what procedures will be put in place to enable such profiles to be used to determine the (a) legitimacy and b) parentage of birds of such species in the future.
(205801)
105
Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the revision of the criteria used to decide which species should be listed on Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
(205802)
106
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on transferring ownership of private sewers to water companies since the consultation in 2004.
(205874)
107
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research into the use of commercial farms as a means of promoting well-being of people with disabilities or social needs.
(205883)
108
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) assessment he has made of risks and (b estimate he has made of levels of contamination of groundwater; which 10 sites had the highest level of groundwater contamination in the most recent period for which figures are available; what the sources of contamination were in each case; what factors influence decisions relating to remedial action; and what remedial action has been undertaken at each site.
(205604)
109
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the carbon footprint of government-funded construction projects is assessed; and what guidance his Department issues on (a) identifying carbon savings during the planning and design process and (b) auditing the carbon footprint of completed projects.
(205605)
110
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) target and (b) outturn for the proportion of aggregates that are recycled or from secondary sources used in Government-funded construction projects was in each of the last three years.
(205606)
111
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the foundation degree training programme in flood risk management; how many people (a) have completed the course and (b) are currently enrolled; what the cost to the taxpayer per participant is; and how many graduates were offered and (i) accepted and (ii) turned down relevant positions in the public sector in each year since the programme's inception.
(205607)
112
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vacancies for (a) flood risk engineers, (b) flood risk planners, (c) flood risk project managers and (d) other flood risk management posts there are, in each region; and what steps his Department is taking to (i) recruit and (ii) retain people with relevant skills.
(205608)
113
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on its internal communications conference in 2007; how much of that total was accounted for by (a) payment of speakers, (b) travel costs, (c) food and (d) accommodation; and how many staff are due to attend the 2008 conference.
(205609)
114
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to update and consolidate legislation on flood prevention and protection in a single Act.
(205610)
115
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which golf courses have been granted paragraph 19A exemptions from waste management licensing.
(205611)
116
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the funding required to implement the final recommendations of Sir Michael Pitt's report on the 2007 floods; and if he will provide a breakdown by subheading of the estimated costs of implementing those recommendations.
(205612)
117
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on the (a) enforcement of legislation and (b) prosecution of offences relating to illegal waste activity in each of the last five years.
(205703)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
118
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese government in advance of the Beijing Olympic Games on the attitude that government will take in dealing with peaceful protests by pro-Tibetan demonstrators.
(205938)
119
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the length of time an individual accepted for the Gateway resettlement programme will wait before resettlement; and whether they will receive financial assistance from his Department between acceptance on to the programme and resettlement.
(205908)
120
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Iraqis formerly employed by the British government are excluded from resettlement under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme when they do not qualify as refugees under the 1951 Convention.
(205909)
121
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which occupations constitute a similarly skilled or professional role necessitating the regular use of written or spoken English for those Iraqis formerly employed by the British Government as interpreters in Iraq.
(205910)
122
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Iraqi citizens (a) serving and (b) employed formerly by the British Government in Iraq are eligible for one of the places set aside under the UK's Gateway refugee resettlement programme.
(205915)
123
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether former Iraqi employees of the British Government who have been rejected by the Gateway programme will be offered a one-off package of financial assistance.
(205916)
124
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether former Iraqi interpreters and their families accepted onto the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme will receive the package of financial assistance available to those being considered under the Gateway refugee resettlement programme.
(205917)
125
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how long Iraqi interpreters accepted on to the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme have waited on average before applications under the Gateway programme are determined.
(205918)
126
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many former Iraqi employees have been admitted to the UK under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme.
(205924)
127
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applicants under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme were awaiting determination of their applications for resettlement at the latest date for which figures are available.
(205925)
128
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the degree of risk faced by former Iraqi employees is relevant to (a) admittance to the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme and (b) the determination of who should be allocated a resettlement place.
(205926)
129
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Iraqi nationals who are serving employees of the British Government in Iraq who apply for resettlement under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme are accorded priority over Iraqi former employees.
(205927)
130
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many places have been allocated to date under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme for Iraqi refugees in third countries.
(205928)
131
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether dependants of successful applicants to the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme will count towards the total of 600 places on the scheme.
(205929)
132
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what criteria his Department uses to prioritise applications received under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme.
(205930)
133
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the management of applicants who qualify for the Gateway programme but apply after the 600 places on the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme have been allocated.
(205931)
134
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications have been received under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme; how many have been rejected; and how many have been accepted.
(205932)
135
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of those former employees of the British Government in Iraq accepted under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme have opted for the Gateway resettlement programme.
(205933)
136
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the time required to process and determine all applications under the Locally Employed Staff Assistance Scheme.
(205934)
137
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to engage civil society in Somalia in the peace process.
(205754)
138
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance he is providing to the process of peace-building in Northern Uganda.
(205781)
139
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205834)
140
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Indian government on the use of child labour in textile and clothing manufacturing factories; and if he will make a statement.
(205687)
141
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contracts have been fulfilled for his Department by KBR in the last five years; what the (a) value, (b) purpose and (c) duration was of each such contract; and where the work to fulfill the contract was performed in each case.
(205260)
142
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will initiate an independent inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse on the part of staff contracted to work at HM Embassy, Baghdad.
(205261)
143
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which prosecuting authority has responsibility to prosecute alleged criminal offences committed by contractors working for HM Government in Iraq.
(205426)
144
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to seek to extend extra-territorial jurisdiction to allow the British prosecuting authorities to prosecute alleged offences by contractors working for HM Government in Iraq.
(205427)
145
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a UN Security Council Resolution on Somalia addressing piracy issues is expected.
(205803)
146
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the organisation of peace talks on Darfur in London between the government of Sudan, rebel groups and other stakeholders, following the Prime Minister's offer in April 2008 to host such talks; and whether a date has been agreed for the talks.
(205804)
147
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions have been held with the AU and UN Special Envoys to Darfur, Salid Ahmed Salim and Jan Eliasson; and what the outcome was of those discussions.
(205805)
148
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) troops and (b) civilian personnel made up the UN-AU Joint Hybrid Mission to Darfur on 1st May; and if he will make a statement.
(205806)
149
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a UN Security Council Presidential Statement on Burma is expected following discussions by the UN Security Council on 24th April.
(205807)
150
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Burma is put on the UN Security Council's formal agenda; and if he will make a statement.
(205808)
151
Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 640W, on Burma: sanctions, whether a date has been set for the presentation of the conclusions drawn from discussions between the UK and its EU partners on how best to target financial transactions owned or controlled by Burmese officials; and if he will make a statement.
(205862)
152
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the violence in Beirut on the surrounding region.
(205778)
153
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, column 2361W, on Western Sahara: human rights, whether the Minister of State has raised the human rights situation in Western Sahara in discussions with the Moroccan Foreign Minister, Fassi Fihri.
(205779)
154
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham of 25th April 2008, Official Report, column 2325W, on Western Sahara: human rights, whether the ambassador has discussed the human rights situation in occupied Western Sahara with Moroccan government officials; and when members of the ambassador's staff last visited the occupied Western Sahara.
(205780)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
155
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any officials in (a) his Department and (b) each NHS trust 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 figures are available.
(205907)
156
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve NHS healthcare services for asthma sufferers.
(204994)
157
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs have arisen from the provision of (a) liquefied and (b) medically pure home oxygen to patients in each primary care trust in each year since 2004.
(205863)
158
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1801W, on the Meat Hygiene Service, what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes referred to in the Answer on the functioning of Red Lion Abattoir, Nantwich.
(205550)
159
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the results of the NHS National Workforce Projects pilots of solutions to the issues raised by the implementation of the European Working Time Directive.
(205616)
160
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether junior doctors' salaries will be banded in 2008-09 and 2009-10.
(205856)
161
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd March 2007, Official Report, columns 1141-2W, on NHS: working hours, what monitoring of NHS readiness his Department has undertaken; and if he will place in the Library the results of such monitoring.
(205857)
162
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of junior doctors worked a (a) 48 hour week, (b) 48 to 52 hour week, (c) 52 to 58 hour week and (d) 58 to 62 hour week in the latest period for which figures are available.
(205858)
163
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the June 2006 National Audit Office estimate of the total cost of the NHS IT programme.
(205859)
164
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2008, Official Report, column 1258W, on working hours, when the Sheffield research will be published.
(205860)
165
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many and (b) what value of contracts his Department had with (i) Delib and (ii) Team Rubber in each of the last five years.
(205861)
166
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2008, Official Report, column 1260W, on the NHS: information and communications technology, whether the reset process can be used to increase the value of his Department's supplier contract with Fujitsu.
(205872)
167
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to subsidising participation in physical activity and sport to effect improvements in quality adjusted life years.
(205885)
168
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental braces were provided for those under the age of 18 years in each of the last five years; and what proportion of the associated costs were funded by the NHS.
(205873)
169
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the effect on the performance of NHS trusts of the Healthcare Commission's recommendations on the monitoring of quality and performance of maternity services by NHS trusts following its investigation into maternal deaths at Northwick Park Hospital.
(205884)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
170
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any officials in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies were disciplined or dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205901)
171
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the countries of origin of illegal drugs imported into the UK were in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007, giving the percentage of illegal imports from each.
(205425)
172
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes with a DNA match to the Scottish DNA database resulted in (a) prosecution and (b) conviction in each year since 1998.
(205597)
173
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes with a DNA match to the Scottish DNA database resulted in (a) a direct and (b) an indirect police detection in England and Wales in each year since 1998.
(205598)
174
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25th April 2008, Official Report, column 120WS, on Europol, how many times UK police officers have been part of the joint investigation teams (JIT) performing operations in other member states in the last five years; how many such teams have performed operations in the UK in the same period; what powers European police officers, acting as part of a JIT, have while on UK territory; and if she will make a statement.
(205599)
175
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25th April 2008, Official Report, column 120WS, on Europol, how much the UK contributes annually to the organisation's budget.
(205600)
176
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 27th June 2007, Official Report, column 32WS, on the Justice and Home Affairs Council, what estimate she has made of the annual cost of providing DNA data to European partners under Prüm Treaty obligations.
(205601)
177
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the (a) Interpol Standard Set of Loci and (b) current UK standard in comparing DNA profiles.
(205602)
178
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests she has received from European partners to cross-check DNA samples against profiles on the National DNA database in the last five years.
(205603)
179
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been seized by the UK Financial Intelligence Unit since the Serious Organised Crime Agency assumed responsibility for the unit in April 2006.
(205757)
180
David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the recommendations of the SARS review published by Sir Stephen Lander in March 2006 have been implemented.
(205774)
181
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police plan to investigate the recent cases of television broadcaster misconduct in the use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting; and if she will make a statement.
(205855)
182
N
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to (a) her Department and (b) the British Retail Consortium of running the Action Against Business Crime partnership in each of the last five years was; and what the projected cost to both is in each of the next five years.
(205505)
183
N
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department contributed to the cost of the establishment of the National Staff Dismissal Register; and what contribution is proposed in each of the first five years of the register's operation.
(205506)
184
N
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many records will be added to the National Staff Dismissal Register in each of the first 12 months of its operation; and if she will make a statement.
(205507)
185
N
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to (a) her Department and (b) the British Retail Consortium of setting up the National Staff Dismissal Register is; and what the projected cost to both is in each of the first five years of its operation.
(205508)
186
N
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Staff Dismissal Register will record details of former employees of companies which subscribe to the Register who have never been charged with or convicted of any offence; and if she will make a statement.
(205509)
187
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were recorded as being searched under the powers of stop and search in each of the last five years; and of those, how many were subsequently arrested for carrying (a) knives and (b) firearms in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) the North East, (iv) Tees Valley district and (v) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
(205760)
188
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many persons over 65 years old were subject to street robbery in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.
(205763)
189
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what studies she has conducted into the viability of a 999 text message service for use by members of the public.
(205720)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
190
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will bring forward proposals to establish a multi-campus university in North Northamptonshire.
(205709)
191
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether any officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were disciplined or dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205903)
192
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205832)
193
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the average debt per capita of students leaving university in each year since 1997.
(205711)
194
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students gained (a) an A level and (b) an AS level in (i) accounting, (ii) art and design, (iii) business studies, (iv) communication studies, (v) dance, (vi) design and technology, (vii) drama/theatre studies, (viii) film studies, (ix) health and social care, (x) home economics, (xi) information and communication technology, (xii) leisure studies, (xiii) media studies, (xiv) music technology, (xv) performance studies, (xvi) performing arts, (xvii) photography, (xviii) physical education, (xix) sports studies and (xx) travel and tourism in each of the last five years.
(205772)
195
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of learners progressed from the completion of a level 3 advanced apprenticeship to (a) a foundation degree course and (b) an undergraduate degree course in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by apprenticeship framework.
(205773)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
196
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any officials in his Department were disciplined or dismissed for (a) breaches of data protection requirements and (b) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205897)
197
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the World Bank on raising its level of support for renewable energy projects in the developing world.
(205752)
198
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of the relief aid pledged by the Government at the time of the Asian tsunami has to date been disbursed in (a) Indonesia, (b) Thailand and (c) Sri Lanka; and how much of that pledged funding remains unallocated.
(205262)
199
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is towards support for working animals and livestock in areas of the world hit by natural disasters; and if he will make a statement.
(205263)
200
N
Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) representations he has received and (b) discussions he has had on the percentage of the funding given by public subscription following the Asian tsunami that has to date been spent by members of the Disasters Emergency Committee on Assistance to (i) Indonesia, (ii) Thailand and (iii) Sri Lanka; and what percentage of that money has to date been spent on (A) administration, including executive travel, (B) human aid to Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka and (C) working animal and livestock welfare in those countries.
(205264)
201
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205838)
202
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the level of child labour in India.
(205685)
203
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what work his Department is undertaking to alleviate poor working conditions for textile and clothing workers in (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Cambodia, (d) Vietnam and (e) Laos.
(205686)
204
Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department has given to educational development projects in India in each of the last three years.
(205689)
205
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms the Government has put in place to ensure that any projects (a) directly and (b) indirectly funded by the UK in the Palestinian Occupied Territories do not contravene the rulings of the International Court of Justice relating to third state obligations not to assist or maintain an illegal situation.
(205625)
206
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to ensure that no UK funding for the Palestinian Occupied Territories will be used (a) to upgrade crossings built into the West Bank barrier where it is situated within occupied Palestinian territory and (b) to build permanent infrastructure at checkpoints within the West Bank.
(205626)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
207
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding from receipts from the victim's surcharge was awarded to charitable and voluntary groups who work with victims of domestic violence and domestic abuse in 2007-08.
(205715)
208
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which charitable and voluntary groups that work with victims of domestic violence and domestic abuse received funding from the receipts from the victim's surcharge in 2007-08; and how much each received.
(205716)
209
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what means charitable and voluntary groups in the domestic violence and domestic abuse sector are able to apply for funding from the victims fund.
(205717)
210
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria charitable and voluntary groups in the domestic violence and domestic abuse sector are required to meet to be considered for funding from the victims fund.
(205718)
211
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were disciplined or dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205895)
212
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any officials in his Department were disciplined or dismissed for illicit drug taking in each of the last five years.
(205935)
213
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for lasting power of attomey have been declared invalid since the inception of the Office of the Public Guardian; for what reasons in each case; and whether each was subsequently accepted.
(205783)
214
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Office of the Public Guardian in meeting its service standards.
(205784)
215
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6th May 2008, Official Report, column 789W, on police custody, how many police forces were under agreement to participate in Operation Safeguard in each of the last 36 months.
(205627)
216
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6th May 2008, Official Report, columns 790-1W, on the prison service: emergencies, if he will give details of the operational emergencies declared in the last 36 months which involved bringing into immediate use additional accommodation or places at individual establishments, including (a) the prison where each emergency was declared, (b) how many additional places were consequently brought on stream and (c) what the use and official status of these places were prior to being put into use.
(205738)
217
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205828)
218
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on the access of people with disabilities to polling stations; and if he will make a statement.
(205708)
219
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the discussions held between the hon. Member for Thurrock and his constituent Michael John Smith at Full Sutton Prison, York on 1st September 1999 and 30th July 2001 were covertly (a) recorded, (b) transmitted and (c) monitored in some another way by or on behalf of any Government department or agency; and if he will make a statement.
(205648)
220
Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was at the latest date for which figures are available; what proportion of the population this represents; and what bench-marking his Department has undertaken of the proportion of the UK population in prison against equivalent statistics for other EU member states.
(205748)
221
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the National Offender Management Service received the request to meet the costs of the exhumation and reburial of George Kelly at Walton Prison, Liverpool.
(205722)
222
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requests for interim payments have been received by his Department and its agencies in respect of work conducted in connection with the exhumation and reburial of George Kelly; and when and how they were processed.
(205723)
223
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what agreement the National Offender Management Service reached on the costs incurred in the exhumation and reburial of the remains of George Kelly at Walton Prison, Liverpool; with whom the agreement was reached; and on what date.
(205724)
224
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) guidance and (b) training is given to personnel working in Prison Service custodial property and estates management on (i) dealing with members of the public and (ii) settlement of disputes using alternative dispute resolution.
(205725)
225
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the decision was taken to construct a car park over the grave area of executed persons at Walton Prison, Liverpool; who was responsible for the decision; what consideration was given to providing access to each grave; and if he will make a statement.
(205726)
226
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on building over graves sited on land (a) owned and (b) occupied by the National Offender Management Service; what regulations apply to building on such land; what guidance he issues on building on such land; what sanctions apply to breaches of (i) regulations and (ii) policy; and if he will make a statement.
(205727)
227
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requests his Department and its agencies have received for alternative dispute resolution of outstanding issues regarding the costs involved in connection with the exhumation and reburial of George Kelly at Walton Prison, Liverpool; and what steps were taken to (a) respond to and (b) comply with such requests.
(205728)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
228
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1st May 2008, Official Report, columns 625-6W, on public inquiries, what the cost of (a) the Saville Inquiry, (b) each of the other ongoing Public Inquiries in Northern Ireland and (c) the Historic Enquiries Team investigations was in each of the last six months for which figures are available.
(205424)
229
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of (a) convicted and (b) remand prisoners in Northern Ireland were neither UK nor Irish citizens in 2007.
(205936)
230
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205842)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
231
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what proportion of National Lottery revenue have been attributable to the Dream Number Olympic Lottery game since that game was launched; and what the proportion was in each quarter of 2007-08.
(205756)
Questions to the Prime Minister
232
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Prime Minister, what the reasons are for the choice of venue for his forthcoming meeting with the Dalai Lama.
(205882)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
233
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205826)
234
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what consultants have been contracted by his Department to conduct public participation activity in the last three years; and what the value of each such contract was.
(205827)
Questions to the Solicitor General
235
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made on the (a) plans and (b) timescale for the opening of the regional office of the Public Prosecution Service in Newry; and if she will make a statement.
(205591)
236
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made on the (a) plans and (b) timescale for the opening of the regional office of the Public Prosecution Service in Derry; what the proposed (i) staffing complement and (ii) service areas are; and if she will make a statement.
(205592)
237
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will refer to the Serious Fraud Office recent allegations of television broadcaster misconduct in the use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting.
(205793)
238
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Serious Fraud Office plans to investigate the recent cases of television broadcaster misconduct in the use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting; and if she will make a statement.
(205854)
Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
239
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps are being taken to monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of returning officers.
(205705)
240
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps are being taken to monitor the effectiveness of the delivery of (a) poll cards and (b) postal votes in each local authority area.
(205706)
241
Helen Jones (Warrington North): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps are being taken to ensure that returning officers take effective steps to provide people with disabilities with access to polling stations; and if he will make a statement.
(205707)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
242
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any officials in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies were disciplined or dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205899)
243
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what encouragement the Government is giving to those local authorities that wish to introduce 20 mile per hour limits.
(205758)
244
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the criteria by which those with type 1 diabetes have had retention of their driving licences, including for heavy goods vehicles, reviewed.
(205770)
245
Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to respond to the freedom of information request of 7th February, from the hon. Member for Putney, on the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation; and if she will make a statement.
(205914)
246
N
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on the future of aviation between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
(204423)
247
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205844)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
248
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205852)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
249
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were disciplined or dismissed for (i) breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(205898)
250
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2008, Official Report, column 1283W, on national insurance, what proportion of national insurance registrations were held by (a) EU and (b) non-EU nationals in each year since 1987.
(205865)
251
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) written consultations, (b) consultation roadshows and (c) stakeholder focus groups in each of the last three years.
(205846)
252
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff (a) were employed by each of his business directorates in Fylde in each of the last four years and (b) have been so employed in 2008.
(205690)
253
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of staff employed at the Mexford House, Blackpool site, and eligible for redeployment within his Department, utilised the exit scheme in each of the last three years.
(205691)
254
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's staff working in Fylde were redeployed to Government work in another Department in (a) 2008 and (b) each of the preceding four years.
(205692)
255
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staff turnover of each business unit located in Fylde was in the latest period for which figures are available.
(205693)
256
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staff turnover rate was for administrative officers working in (a) Warbreck Hill Call Centre, (b) Shared Services Warbreck Hill and (c) the Child Support Agency at Peel Hill in the latest period for which figures are available.
(205694)
257
Mr Michael Jack (Fylde): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overtime hours were worked at the Disability and Carers Service based at Warbreck Hill in each of the last five years.
(205695)
258
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice has been given to staff handling disability living allowance appeals about the use of standard letter CAP22a.
(204995)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
259
Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the outcomes of the cross-Government Review of Physical Activity will be published.
[Transferred] (205881)
260
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to help working families in the Vale of Clwyd since 1997.
[Transferred] (205755)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
261
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average salary of teachers in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England was in each year since 1979.
[Transferred] (205618)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
262
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average salary of coastguards in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England was in each year since 1979.
[Transferred] (205619)

 
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