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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 16 May 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 16 May 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 16 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 Friday 16 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 16 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) amount and (b) value of renewable energy sold to customers in (i) the domestic sector, (ii) the commercial sector and (iii) the public sector in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (206100) | 2
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much and what proportion of UK-generated energy supplies in megawatt hours was derived from renewable sources in each of the last five years. | | (206101) | 3
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the take-up of renewable energy by (a) domestic, (b) commercial and (c) public sector energy consumers; and if he will make a statement. | | (206102) | 4
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress the Better Regulation Executive is making towards its target of reducing red tape for small businesses by 25 per cent. by 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (206570) | 5
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what costs have been recovered by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) for work carried out on prospective reactor designs as part of the general design assessment (GDA) programme from (a) Westinghouse, (b) GE Hitachi, (c) EDF/Areva and (d) Atomic Energy Canada; and what estimate he has made of further costs to be recovered by the NII under the GDA programme. | | (206561) | 6
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on the Post Office's London Area Network Change Programme. | | (206375) | 7
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will draw to the attention of his Department's Companies Investigation Branch the compliance of directors of (a) Move (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Limited, (b) W. J. Leisure (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Limited, (c) Venue Master One Limited (trading as The Albion), (d) Pubscene Limited, (e) Prohibition PC Limited, (f) Move One Limited, (g) W. J. Leisure (Hanley) Limited, (h) Move (Hanley) Limited, (i) M One (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Limited, (j) M One (Hanley) Limited and (k) Hove One Limited in respect of the law governing the filing of (i) accounts and (ii) other statutory returns within the relevant time limits. | | (206598) | 8
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will direct his Department's Companies Investigation Branch to seek reports on directors' conduct from (a) liquidators Begbies Traynor of Stoke-on-Trent in respect of the affairs leading to the liquidation of (i) W. J. Leisure (Newcastle under Lyme) Limited, (ii) Venue Master One Limited, (iii) Prohibition PC Limited and (iv) W J Leisure (Hanley) Limited and (b) DTE Leonard Curtis of Hollins Mount, Bury in respect of the affairs leading to the liquidation of (A) Move (Newcastle under Lyme) Limited, (B) Move One Limited and (C) Move (Hanley) Limited and from liquidators Moore Stephens of Stoke-on-Trent in respect of the affairs leading to the winding-up and liquidation of Pubscene Limited. | | (206602) | 9
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will ask his Department's Companies Investigation Branch to enquire of liquidators Moore Stephens of Stoke-on-Trent as to the reasons why no Statement of Affairs has been filed at Companies House in respect of the liquidation of Pubscene Limited. | | (206603) | 10
| Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will ask his Department's Companies Investigation Branch to assess whether the law governing preferential treatment of creditors was complied with prior to the liquidation of (a) Move (Newcastle-under-Lyme) Limited, (b) W. J. Leisure (Newcastle-under-Lyme) limited, (c) Venue Master One Limited (trading as The Albion), (d) Pubscene Limited, (e) Move One Limited, (f) Prohibition PC Limited, (g) W. J. Leisure (Hanley) Limited and (h) Move (Hanley) Limited in respect of amounts due to (i) the owners of freehold property used by the companies, (ii) suppliers of drinks to licensed premises operated by the companies and (iii) banks. | | (206604) | 11
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to review the business principles of the Export Credits Guarantee Department; and what progress has been made in developing proposals for a review. | | (206456) | 12
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward proposals to regulate the use of chip and pin at point of sale terminals. | | (206459) | 13
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has made to the United States administration on the enforcement of legal restrictions on the operation of UK businesses in the US. | | (206566) | 14
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many times his Department discussed the proposed labelling of heating systems in the Energy-using Products Directive with representatives from the European Commission in 2007-08; and what plans he has for such discussions in 2008-09. | | (206452) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 15
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times tax credit recipients have been charged penalties for (a) not notifying HM Revenue and Customs of changes in their circumstances and (b) negligently supplying incorrect information in each year since 2003; what the total value of such penalties was in each year; and what percentage of penalties were paid in full in each year. | | (205822) | 16
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 47W, on capital gains tax, if he will estimate the revenue implications of taxing capital gains at the same marginal rates as income tax with indexation from April 2008. | | (206394) | 17
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of exempting from capital gains tax business owners who sell their businesses upon retirement up to the value of (a) £100,000, (b) £200,000, (c) £300,000, (d) £400,000, (e) £500,000 and (f) £1,000,000 in 2008-09. | | (206395) | 18
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projection the Government Actuary's Department has made of changes in population over 50 years per million immigrants; and if he will make a statement. | | (206613) | 19
| Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated cost would be of reintroducing the 10 pence tax band with effect from the beginning of the 2008-09 financial year. | | (206575) | 20
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the likely IT costs to HM Revenue and Customs of implementing his decision to increase income tax personal allowances in 2008. | | (206640) | 21
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals recruited into his Department and its agencies are subject to (i) UK and (ii) overseas criminal record checks; and if he will make a statement. | | (206475) | 22
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals were employed as staff by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (206547) | 23
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what access HM Revenue and Customs staff seconded to the Child Support Agency have to HM Revenue and Customs data systems while on secondment; and if he will make a statement. | | (206097) | 24
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the longest period of time between the receipt of an application for child benefit and the determination of that application has been in 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (206099) | 25
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his proposals to compensate those who lost out as a result of the abolition of the 10 pence tax rate will extend to people over the age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (206287) | 26
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HM Revenue and Customs issues on the sizes of wine glasses used by wine-selling on-trade establishments; and if he will make a statement. | | (206571) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 27
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what contribution his Department is making towards ensuring the 2012 Olympic Games delivers a lasting educational legacy; and if he will make a statement. | | (206465) | 28
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to encourage out-of-classroom learning in London; and if he will make a statement. | | (206466) | 29
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has provided to (a) local education authorities and (b) schools on the management in schools of (i) asthma and (ii) other long-term medical conditions of children. | | (206535) | 30
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals recruited to his Department and its agencies are subject to (i) UK and (ii) overseas criminal record checks; and if he will make a statement. | | (206471) | 31
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals were employed as staff by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (206542) | 32
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2008, Official Report, columns 1136-7W, on children: day care, how many and what proportion of nursery pupils travelled to and from nursery (a) by car, (b) by public transport, (c) on foot and (d) by bicycle in each year since records are available. | | (206094) | 33
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2008, Official Report, column 1139W, on extended schools, how many and what proportion of secondary schools provided the full core offer of extended services in each year for which figures are available. | | (206095) | 34
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) local Sure Start centres and (b) children's centres are run by voluntary organisations. | | (206104) | 35
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the Child Health Strategy will be published; and what the reasons are for the time taken to publish it. | | (206105) | 36
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of daycare settings in the (a) 15 per cent. most deprived and (b) 15 per cent. least deprived local authorities were awarded ratings of inadequate following an Ofsted inspection for each year for which figures are available. | | (206163) | 37
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on (a) procuring and (b) distributing to schools in England the (i) Passport to the European Union and (ii) The EU: what's in it for me booklets, produced by the European Commission. | | (205644) | 38
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on the (a) balance and (b) accuracy of the content of the (i) Passport to the European Union and (ii) The EU: what's in it for me booklets for 10 to 12 year olds, produced by the European Commission. | | (205645) | 39
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what distribution of the (a) Passport to the European Union and (b) The EU: what's in it for me booklets for 10 to 12 year olds, produced by the European Commission there has been to schools in England; and how many of each have been distributed. | | (205646) | 40
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of schools in (a) England, (b) the East Midlands and (c) Leicestershire have disposed of playing fields since 1998. | | (206168) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 41
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many new jobs in each employment sector were created in Stafford constituency in the last year for which data are available. | | (206387) | 42
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the survival rate from prostate cancer in (a) spearhead primary care trusts and (b) England was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (206399) | 43
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the age-standardised mortality rates for prostate cancer in (a) spearhead primary care trusts and (b) England were in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (206400) | 44
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the age-standardised incidence of prostate cancer was in (a) spearhead primary care trusts and (b) England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (206401) | 45
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the standardised mortality rate from prostate cancer was in (a) England and (b) each primary care trust (PCT) area in each year since 1997; and how many deaths from prostate cancer there were in (i) England and (ii) each PCT area in each of those years. | | (206402) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 46
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the capability of UK manufacturers to supply technologies required to (a) construct and (b) operate zero-carbon homes. | | (206369) | 47
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what new resources she plans to make available to local authorities to assist the delivery of extended community empowerment under the proposed Community Empowerment Housing and Regeneration Bill, as set out in summary on pages 66 to 68 of the Government's draft legislative programme, Cm 7372. | | (206578) | 48
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of the credit crunch on (a) the borrowing power of housing associations and (b) the building of affordable and social housing. | | (206050) | 49
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances a revaluation of a home for the purposes of council tax may be triggered. | | (206051) | 50
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were revalued for the purposes of council tax at the point of sale in each region in each year since 1997. | | (206052) | 51
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes revalued at the point of sale for the purposes of council tax were (a) revalued to (i) a higher band and (ii) a lower band and (b) the same council tax band in each region of the UK in each year since 1997. | | (206053) | 52
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much waste produced by her Department was sent to landfill in each year since 1997. | | (206056) | 53
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regard she will have to relevant (a) expertise and (b) knowledge in making appointments to the proposed Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (206446) | 54
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regard the Infrastructure Planning Commission will have to the provisions of the European Directives on (a) Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe and (b) Environmental Noise in making decisions on major infrastructure projects. | | (206447) | 55
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the proposed labelling of heating systems in the Energy-using Products Directive. | | (206453) | 56
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had on the merits of removing the need test from Planning Policy Statement 6; and what assessment she has made of the likely economic effect on town centres of ending the need test. | | (206383) | 57
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with the Competition Commission on planning policy for retail developments. | | (206384) | 58
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to make changes to town centre first planning policy; and if she will make a statement. | | (206385) | 59
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the number of rough sleepers. | | (206467) | 60
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were living in hostels at the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (206468) | 61
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with Leeds City Council on the events leading up to its housing of convicted murderer Michael Clark. | | (206393) | 62
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications to build (a) maintained and (b) independent schools were made in each of the last five years; how many of those have been approved; and if she will make a statement. | | (206580) | 63
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will reply to the representation of the hon. Member for Sittingbourne and Sheppey on behalf of his constituent Mr Trevor Bailess on the Home Information Pack scheme. | | (206106) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 64
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department plans to allocate to the Football Licensing Authority in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (206237) | 65
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to publish his Department's annual resource accounts for 2007-08. | | (206238) | 66
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department plans to allocate to UK Sport in each of the next three years. | | (206239) | 67
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) placements, (b) courses, (c) coaching opportunities and (d) mentoring opportunities have been organised by the Cultural Leadership Programme; and how many people have taken part in each of these types of activity. | | (206240) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 68
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which occasions RAF aircraft have flown sorties in response to unannounced incursions by Russian military aircraft into areas adjacent to United Kingdom airspace in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (206366) | 69
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12th May 2008, Official Report, column 48WS, on UN Forces (Cyprus), what the mission of the 250 reservists will be once deployed to Cyprus. | | (206631) | 70
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12th May 2008, Official Report, column 48WS, on UN Forces (Cyprus), whether the 250 reservists have been notified of their future deployment. | | (206641) | 71
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12th May 2008, Official Report, column 48WS, on UN Forces (Cyprus), what the cap badge will be of the 250 reservists. | | (206642) | 72
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals recruited into his Department and its agencies are subject to (i) UK and (ii) overseas criminal record checks; and if he will make a statement. | | (206476) | 73
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals were employed as staff by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (206546) | 74
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Naval Reactor Test Establishment at Dounreay will be decommissioned; and what plans his Department has for the subsequent use of the facility. | | (206527) | 75
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what studies his Department has (a) carried out and (b) commissioned into potential sites for a prototype for the new generation nuclear propulsion plant. | | (206528) | 76
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many used fuel cores from naval reactors are stored at (a) the Naval Reactor Test Establishment at Dounreay, (b) Devonport Dockyard, (c) Rosyth Dockyard and (d) Sellafield. | | (206529) | 77
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with automated teller machine (ATM) operators on removing ATMs which charge for cash withdrawals from UK military bases. | | (206607) | 78
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Bushmaster vehicles have been ordered; for what purpose they are intended; what the cost of the order is; in which theatre of operation they are to be used; when they will be delivered; and if he will make a statement. | | (206526) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 79
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1357, on carbon emissions: nuclear power stations, what information his Department holds on which of the countries from which uranium is provided for use in the United Kingdom commercial nuclear programme produce national emissions inventories. | | (206396) | 80
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that the bluetongue vaccine is administered in all parts of the country by 15th July 2008. | | (206047) | 81
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what derogations the Government has sought from European regulations on the electronic tagging of sheep. | | (206048) | 82
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable he has set for announcing the strategy to reduce UK carbon emissions to the levels proposed in the Climate Change Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (206455) | 83
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on byways open to all traffic; and what steps his Department plans to take in light of the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of R on the Application of the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College and Humphrey Feeds Ltd v. Hampshire County Council and the Secretary of State. | | (206579) | 84
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the implementation of Lot 1 of the Energy-using Products Directive; and when he expects a decision on this matter to be taken by the Regulatory Committee. | | (206451) | 85
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what means his Department plans to transpose the EU Marine Strategy Directive into UK law; what timetable has been set for the transposition; and if he will make a statement. | | (206397) | 86
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what science and research projects his Department commissioned in each year since 2001; how long each project was expected to last at the time it was commissioned; what cost his Department incurred in relation to each project; and if he will make a statement. | | (206659) | 87
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what science and research projects his Department has commissioned which are ongoing; how long each project is commissioned to run for; what cost has been incurred by his Department on each; when each project is expected to finish; and if he will make a statement. | | (206660) | 88
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on scientific research and development in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (206661) | 89
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department plans to spend on scientific research and development in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (206662) | 90
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned into beekeeping and bee health in each year since 2001; what research he plans to commission in each of the next five years; what the cost of that research (a) was and (b) is expected to be in each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (206663) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 91
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard British nationals resident in Lebanon. | | (206581) | 92
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of China on its role in seeking a relaxation of the restrictions imposed by the Burmese government on the flow of international aid to those affected by Cyclone Nargis. | | (206599) | 93
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to members of the Association of South East Asian Nations on their role in seeking a relaxation of the restrictions imposed by the Burmese government on the flow of international aid to those affected by Cyclone Nargis. | | (206600) | 94
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Chinese government on the publication of statistics on its use of the death penalty. | | (206601) | 95
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's assessment is of the Working Paper dated 25th April 2008 (NPT/conf.2010/PC.11/WP.4) submitted by the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) on non-compliance with NPT Articles I, III, IV and VI, with particular reference to the statement that approval of the Trident replacement programme constitutes a contravention of NPT Article VI; and what response the Government has made to the paper. | | (206373) | 96
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the government of Sudan in response to reports of arrests and detentions of Darfurians in Khartoum and Sudan's commitments under international law and the Interim National Constitution of Sudan. | | (206637) | 97
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the arrest and detention of Darfurians in Khartoum following the Justice and Equality Movement attack on the capital on 10th May. | | (206638) | 98
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2008, Official Report, column 1105W, on Pakistan: terrorism, in how many of the six cases British consular access was (a) requested and (b) granted. | | (206054) | 99
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8th May 2008, Official Report, column 1105W, on Pakistan: terrorism, in how many of the six cases the detainee complained of mistreatment. | | (206055) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 100
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage change in fees charged by the Commission for Social Care and Inspection to residential homes was in each of the last five years. | | (206537) | 101
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has evaluated on the effect of anti-depressant selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors on immune systems. | | (206370) | 102
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS matrons have powers to withhold payment to cleaning service providers. | | (206374) | 103
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were in full-time (a) residential and (b) nursing care at the latest date for which information is available; and what proportion of people in each category were in receipt of means-tested financial support from public funds. | | (206368) | 104
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Choose and Book system in South East London. | | (206376) | 105
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on research and development of anti-cancer surgical procedures in each of the last five years. | | (206049) | 106
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals recruited to his Department and its agencies are subject to (i) UK and (ii) overseas criminal record checks; and if he will make a statement. | | (206470) | 107
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for (a) gunshot and (b) knife wounds at hospitals in each strategic health authority in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) age, (ii) sex and (iii) ethnicity. | | (206489) | 108
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals were employed as staff by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (206541) | 109
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether local authorities may use the age of a person needing care as a basis for determining the level of a direct payment made to an adult in order to purchase care. | | (206548) | 110
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence the evaluation of the individual budget pilot projects has produced on the extent to which local authorities are allocating differing budgets to adults with identical needs solely on the basis of age. | | (206549) | 111
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on the increase in the provision of preventative social care services. | | (206584) | 112
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will ensure that local authorities provide adequate advice and information to support the expansion of individual budgets announced in the Putting People First Concordat; and how decisions on awarding individual budgets will be made. | | (206585) | 113
| Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to sub-groups of the population that may experience adverse consequences from restricted sodium consumption, with particular reference to pregnant women, the elderly and those who take regular strenuous exercise. | | (206583) | 114
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of computerised cognitive behavioural therapy. | | (206389) | 115
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients received computerised cognitive behavioural therapy treatment delivered in each of the last three years. | | (206390) | 116
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to be spent per head of population to primary care trusts in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust area for 2008-09; what account is taken of the (i) rurality and (ii) sparsity of population in setting the spending per head of population in York and North Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (206454) | 117
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ask the Healthcare Commission to include in its annual health check the monitoring of performance of private patient transport services contracted for the use of NHS patients. | | (206457) | 118
| Mr Alan Meale (Mansfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure local involvement network (LINk) members are paid expenses by the host organisation when they undertake activities on behalf of a LINk. | | (206458) | 119
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish (a) the responses to the consultation on the future of social care funding, (b) the Government response to those responses and (c) a green paper on social care funding. | | (206643) | 120
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Statement made by the Baroness in Waiting, Baroness Thornton, of 6th May 2008, Official Report, column GC151, on the Health and Social Care Bill, which 25 acute hospitals the Healthcare Commission has decided to inspect to ascertain compliance with dignity and nutritional standards; on what date it was decided that these 25 acute hospitals were in need of inspection; how the 25 acute hospitals were selected; what hospitals the Healthcare Commission has previously inspected to ascertain adherence to nutritional standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (206644) | 121
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people transferred from residential accommodation into supported living in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (206645) | 122
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Statement made by the Baroness in Waiting, Baroness Thornton, of 6th May 2008, Official Report, column GC151, on the Health and Social Care Bill, in what ways the NHS Operating Framework is being used to tackle poor nutritional care. | | (206646) | 123
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 1016W, on the elderly: malnutrition, for how long the monitoring of the Nutrition Action Plan by the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board will be ongoing. | | (206647) | 124
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd March 2008, Official Report, columns 2097-8W, on the elderly: nutrition, when he expects to publish the minutes of the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery Board's meeting of 12th February; if he will place in the Library a copy of the agenda of the meeting of the Board of 12th February; and if he will make it his policy to place in the Library copies of the (a) agendas and (b) minutes of all meetings held by (i) the Board and (ii) the Board's sub-groups. | | (206648) | 125
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire of 29th October 2007, Official Report, column 1044W, on the NHS: working hours, when (a) each pilot will conclude and (b) the report of each pilot will be published. | | (206649) | 126
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to develop a national occupational health standard for nutritional care. | | (206664) | 127
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what priority is accorded to training in nutritional care within the Knowledge and Skills Framework of Agenda for Change. | | (206665) | 128
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to incorporate information on patients' nutritional status in summary care records. | | (206666) | 129
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dietitians worked in the NHS in each year since 1997; what the full-time equivalent figure was in each such year; and how many patient contacts with dietitians there were in each such year. | | (206667) | 130
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what items of information are captured by the National Reporting and Learning System. | | (206668) | 131
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nutrition-related adverse incidents were recorded in the National Reporting and Learning System in each month since it was established. | | (206669) | 132
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of each report on nutrition produced by the National Patient Safety Agency in the last 12 months. | | (206670) | 133
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable for publication is of the first progress report from the Nutrition Action Plan Delivery board; how many progress reports the Board plans to produce in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (206671) | 134
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average payment was to orthodontists supplying dental braces to those under the age of 18 years, by the NHS in the latest period for which figures are available; and what comparison he has made with the average payment for such private work. | | (206606) | 135
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how each ambulance service performed against targets for (a) category A eight minute response, (b) category A 19 minute response and (c) category B 19 minute response in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (206562) | 136
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Government-funded trials for prostate cancer screening to report; and if he will make a statement. | | (206398) | 137
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Norfolk of 9th May 2008, Official Report, columns 1226-32W, on prostate cancer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the trend in the number of diagnoses of prostate cancer since 1997. | | (206403) | 138
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Norfolk of 7th May 2008, Official Report, columns 1001-2W, on cancer: urinary system, in what ways the Kent Cancer Network's Improving Outcomes Guidance implementation plan is not compliant; and when he expects the Kent Cancer Network to have submitted a compliant implementation plan. | | (206404) | 139
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the statement made by Baroness Thornton on 30th April 2008, House of Lords Official Report, Column GC70, on the Health and Social Care Bill, for what reasons the National Institute for Heath and Clinical Excellence's (NICE) interventional procedures guidance is included in the consultation document; for what reasons NICE's cancer guidance service is not included; and if he will make a statement. | | (206405) | 140
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the (a) viability and (b) distribution of GP surgeries of preventing such surgeries dispensing medicines; and if he will make a statement. | | (206391) | 141
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient choice of ceasing the practice of GP surgeries dispensing medicines. | | (206392) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 142
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many DNA profiles were on the national DNA database at the end of each financial year since 1994. | | (206169) | 143
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual DNA profiles were (a) added to and (b) removed from the national DNA database in each (i) month and (ii) financial year since 1994. | | (206170) | 144
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were under section 149 of the Licensing Act 2003 in each year since its entry into force. | | (206103) | 145
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the proportion of victims of rape who know their attacker. | | (206502) | 146
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what employment restrictions the spouses and partners of self-employed A2 nationals are subject to in the UK. | | (206525) | 147
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under 18 years old were (a) charged and (b) convicted under the Firearms Act 1968 of offences involving the purchasing or hiring of an air weapon in each of the last five years; and of those convicted how many were given (i) a custodial sentence, (ii) a fine and (iii) an alternative punishment. | | (206165) | 148
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of possession of (i) an air gun or (ii) an imitation firearm, in a public place without legal authority or reasonable excuse in each year since the coming into effect of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003; and of those convicted, how many were given (A) a custodial sentence, (B) a fine and (C) an alternative punishment. | | (206166) | 149
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals recruited to her Department and its agencies are subject to (i) UK and (ii) overseas criminal record checks; and if she will make a statement. | | (206472) | 150
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 195404 on routes to citizenship, tabled on 18th March. | | (206477) | 151
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 196822 on terrorist activity, tabled on 26th March. | | (206479) | 152
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearm certificates and (b) shotgun certificates were (i) issued, (ii) revoked and (iii) renewed in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (206481) | 153
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women were charged with firearms offences in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (206482) | 154
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of (a) 30, (b) 21, (c) 18 and (d) 16 years were charged with firearms offences in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (206483) | 155
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearm certificates, (b) shotgun certificates, (c) firearms covered by certificates and (d) shotguns covered by certificates there were in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (206484) | 156
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the number of illegal firearms in England and Wales. | | (206485) | 157
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearms, (b) imitation firearms and (c) knives were voluntarily surrended to the police in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (206486) | 158
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearms, (b) imitation firearms and (c) knives were seized by officers (i) on the street, (ii) from vehicles, (iii) from residential properties and (iv) from other properties in each police force area in each of the last 10 years. | | (206487) | 159
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many injuries were caused by each type of imitation firearm in each of the last five years. | | (206488) | 160
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reciprocal arrangements are in place between the UK and other EU member states to check criminal records. | | (206490) | 161
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans there are to establish an EU-wide database for criminal record checks. | | (206491) | 162
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 195037, on security passes, tabled on 13th March 2008. | | (206493) | 163
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals were employed as staff by her Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (206543) | 164
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 602W, on departmental accountancy, what assessment she has made of the cost to her Department of providing the data for departmental budget lines to HM Treasury. | | (206576) | 165
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6th May 2008, Official Report, column 861W, on departmental accountancy, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing the requested information. | | (206577) | 166
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cautions were given to persons aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 years and over in each command area in North Worcestershire Division in each of the last 10 years. | | (206388) | 167
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account is taken of gallantry awards for service in the Armed Forces in determining applications for settlement in the UK. | | (206167) | 168
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant workers from A8 countries have worked in the UK since 2004. | | (206460) | 169
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrant workers from A8 countries have registered under the Workers' Registration Scheme since 2004. | | (206461) | 170
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what factors have been taken into consideration in deciding the level of the registration fee for the Workers' Registration Scheme. | | (206462) | 171
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 344W, on missing persons database, if she will request from each police force the number of children and young people reported missing to the police (a) under the age of 16 and (b) aged 17 and 18 years, broken down by local authority area. | | (206305) | 172
| Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 275W, on ports: automatic number plate recognition, whether there are any automatic number plate recognition systems in use at British ports; and whether any are configured to read foreign number plates. | | (206608) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 173
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of (a) the number and (b) proportion of (i) non-disabled and (ii) disabled people with computer qualifications. | | (206605) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 174
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse will be of the provision of the recently announced 20 million bed nets to tackle malaria in Africa; what the cost per bed bet is; what estimate he has made of the expenditure that will be incurred in (a) administering the programme and (b) distributing the bed nets; whether the Government will meet all the associated costs; and from what budget such funding will be drawn. | | (206672) | 175
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which individuals and organisations were consulted prior to the Prime Minister's announcement of the provision of 20 million bed nets to tackle malaria in Africa; and what (a) his Department's and (b) the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit's role was in the development of the policy. | | (206673) | 176
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations his Department plans to work with in distributing bed nets to tackle malaria in Africa; what steps his Department plans to take to ensure efficient delivery; who will determine where the bed nets are to be distributed and on what criteria; which countries he expects to be the primary beneficiaries; and according to what timetable delivery will take place. | | (206674) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 177
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parking penalties were issued in each area where local authorities have taken over for the police responsibility for parking enforcement in the 12 months (a) prior to and (b) following the changeover. | | (206303) | 178
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) special programmes and (b) specific education provision his Department provides for prisoners with learning disabilities. | | (206377) | 179
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of those offenders sentenced for violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery received (a) a custodial sentence and (b) a non-custodial sentence or other disposal in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (206494) | 180
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants were charged with violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; how many and what proportion of those so charged were (a) granted and (b) refused bail; and what condition of schedule 1 of the Bail Act 1976 was cited as the reason not to grant bail in each case for which such information is available. | | (206495) | 181
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) defendants released on bail and (b) defendants charged with violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery and then released on bail (i) failed to turn up for sentencing and (ii) broke their bail conditions in other ways in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (206496) | 182
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced for violence against the person, sexual offences, or robbery (a) re-offended after release and (b) were released on home detention curfew in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (206497) | 183
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders released on bail in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available were (a) originally charged with and (b) subsequently sentenced for offences of violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery. | | (206498) | 184
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases the Parole Board considered in each of the last 10 years; how many and what proportion of offenders were granted oral hearings in each of those years; and how many of those offenders were granted parole in each year. | | (206499) | 185
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants granted bail in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available (a) had previous convictions for violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery, (b) had committed previous offences while on bail, (c) had committed offences while on early or temporary release on licence from prison, (d) were convicted but unsentenced offenders and (e) were convicted of offences which passed the custodial threshold but were as yet unsentenced. | | (206500) | 186
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of those convicted of rape were aged (a) 10 to 15, (b) 16 to 18, (c) 19 to 25, (d) 26 to 30 and (e) over 30 years in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (206501) | 187
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length was of sentences (a) handed down to and (b) served by those who were convicted of (i) violence against the person, (ii) sexual offences and (iii) robbery in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (206503) | 188
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced for violence against the person, sexual offences or robbery in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available had previous convictions for any of those types of offence. | | (206504) | 189
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine imposed on persons under 18 years convicted of purchasing or hiring an air weapon under the Firearms Act 1968 was in each of the last five years. | | (206164) | 190
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals recruited into his Department and its agencies are subject to (i) UK and (ii) overseas criminal record checks; and if he will make a statement. | | (206473) | 191
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question (a) 194386, (b) 194387 and (c) 194388 on legal aid, tabled on 13th March 2008. | | (206478) | 192
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 195018 on staff sickness, tabled on 13th March 2008. | | (206480) | 193
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals were employed as staff by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (206544) | 194
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when complaints procedures were first introduced by the Legal Services Commission; and what the terms of those procedures were. | | (206632) | 195
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes have been made to the complaints procedures of the Legal Services Commission since they were first introduced; and what the reasons were for such changes. | | (206633) | 196
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the complaints procedures of the Legal Services Commission are. | | (206634) | 197
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training and guidance has been provided to the Regional and acting Regional Directors of the Legal Services Commission on the terms of the Legal Services Commission complaints procedures; when it was provided to them; and how it was provided. | | (206635) | 198
| Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training and guidance has been provided to the account managers of the Legal Services Commission on the terms of the Legal Services Commission complaints procedures; when it was provided; and how it was provided. | | (206636) | 199
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to identify on electoral registers the person in any given household who (a) completes the electoral registration form and (b) certifies that the information given is true. | | (206304) | 200
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which Commonwealth countries give UK citizens who are resident in those countries full voting rights. | | (206449) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 201
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to have discussions with the Foreign Affairs Minister of the Irish Republic on the possible future political implications in Northern Ireland of the charging in the Special Criminal Court in the Irish Republic on 10th May of a man in connection with possession of explosives and membership of the IRA. | | (206043) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 202
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with (a) the London Development Agency and (b) the Olympic Delivery Authority on the educational legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will make a statement. | | (206463) | 203
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether the 2012 Olympic Games One Planet Pavilion will have an educational focus; and if she will make a statement. | | (206464) | 204
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Northampton North of 12th May 2008, Official Report, column 1345W, on contracts: companies outside London, how many and what proportion of the contracts awarded were awarded to companies in (a) Wales and (b) Gwent. | | (206639) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 205
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much aviation fuel she estimates has been used in the UK in each year from 1997 to date. | | (206171) | 206
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out in tabular form the payments expected to be (a) made to and (b) received from each train operating company for each year of its franchise from 1997 to 2015, giving the total net cost to the public purse of all franchises for each in this period. | | (206172) | 207
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on (a) railways and (b) roads, including Highways Agency allocations for each year of the Department's existence; and what the projected figures are for 2008-09. | | (206173) | 208
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of staff recruitment for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency was in each year since 1997. | | (206568) | 209
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff vacancies there are in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. | | (206569) | 210
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures were used to choose the (a) venues, (b) participants and (c) contents of the Young People's Forums on Driving; and what steps have been taken to inform young (i) drivers and (ii) learner drivers of the report of the workshops held under the auspices of the forum. | | (206371) | 211
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research has been commissioned by her Department on (a) the primary causes of accidents involving newly-qualified drivers and (b) measures to improve the road-readiness of drivers following the passing of the driving test. | | (206372) | 212
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women were killed in car accidents in London where at least one of the drivers involved was aged 21 years or under and (i) male and (ii) female in each year since 1997. | | (206378) | 213
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement on 27th November 2007, Official Report, columns 11-16WS, on planning reform, when she plans to publish a national policy statement on aviation. | | (206448) | 214
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of bus and train providers she expects to have fulfilled their accessibility targets by (a) 2010 and (b) 2020. | | (206610) | 215
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to encourage bus and train providers to meet the deadlines under Part 5 of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 for accessibility. | | (206611) | 216
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of bus and train providers have met the accessibility goals set by the Government. | | (206622) | 217
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals recruited into her Department and its agencies are subject to (i) UK and (ii) overseas criminal record checks; and if she will make a statement. | | (206474) | 218
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people cleared to work airside at UK airports are (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals. | | (206492) | 219
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) UK citizens born in the UK, (b) UK citizens born abroad and (c) foreign nationals were employed as staff by her Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (206545) | 220
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue remains uncollected from non-UK registered Heavy Goods Vehicles for (a) congestion charges, (b) parking fines, (c) speeding fines and (d) low emissions zone breaches. | | (206044) | 221
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle prohibitions for reasons relating to (a) overweight, (b) driver's hours, (c) mechanical defects and (d) accidents have been recorded since 2003. | | (206045) | 222
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) UK registered and (b) non-UK registered vehicles have been check-weighed since 2003. | | (206046) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 223
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a (a) disability and (b) learning disability are employed by his Department. | | (206509) | 224
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what annual savings will result from the withdrawal from 12th May 2008 of access to the week day evening out-of-hours service operated by Jobcentre Plus for his Department's customers in Dorset and Somerset. | | (206538) | 225
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide hon. Members with the telephone number for the out-of-hours service operated by Jobcentre Plus on behalf of his Department. | | (206539) | 226
| Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about (a) non-receipt and (b) loss of benefit payments have been received by his Department in the last six months for which the information is available. | | (206540) | 227
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9th May 2008, Official Report, column 44WS, on national insurance numbers, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of national insurance numbers held by partners of legitimate benefit claimants who do not have a right to be in the UK and (b) how many such partners have obtained benefits themselves; and what steps he is taking to revoke the national insurance numbers held by such partners. | | (206331) | 228
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9th May 2008, Official Report, column 44WS, on national insurance numbers, how many applicants for national insurance numbers have been refused national insurance numbers following right to work interviews since their inception in 2006. | | (206332) | 229
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of means-tested benefits for residents of (a) residential and (b) nursing homes in 2008-09. | | (206367) | 230
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the provision of state pension forecasts for individuals, with particular reference to the timing of the provision of forecasts. | | (206536) | 231
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding Jobcentre Plus provides for computer training at home. | | (206612) | 232
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance his Department provides to migrant workers from A8 countries who subsequently become unemployed in this country. | | (206469) | 233
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the longest period of time between application for and the issuing of a national insurance number has been in 2008 to date. | | (206096) | 234
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve the exchange of information between the Child Support Agency and HM Revenue and Customs in relation to the assessment of child maintenance entitlement and payments. | | (206098) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 235
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of (a) gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and (b) GDP per capita of the resident population on levels of immigration; and what plans he has to commission further such research. | | [Transferred] (206609) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 236
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to the United States administration on the effect of US law on UK business interests in the United States, with particular reference to (a) online gambling companies and (b) companies providing financial services to the online gambling sector. | | [Transferred] (206563) | 237
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) other EU member states on the effect of US law on EU business interests in the United States, with particular reference to (i) online gambling companies and (ii) companies providing financial services to the online gambling sector. | | [Transferred] (206564) | 238
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Indian government on the effect of US law on the operation of UK businesses in the online gambling sector; and with what other governments outside the EU he has discussed the issue. | | [Transferred] (206565) | 239
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what restrictions apply to US companies in the UK online gambling sector; and what assessment he has made of the development of online gambling services in the UK by US companies. | | [Transferred] (206567) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 240
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) fixed penalty notices were issued and (b) prosecutions were brought for the offences of (i) selling alcohol to a person under age, (ii) buying alcohol under age and (iii) buying alcohol on behalf of someone under age in the last year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (206386) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 241
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will bring forward legislation to require all wine-selling on-trade establishments to provide the option of 125ml measure glasses to customers in addition to 175ml glasses; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (206572) | 242
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects on perceptions of alcohol consumption of the phasing out of 125ml measure wine glasses in favour of 175ml glasses. | | [Transferred] (206573) | 243
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what guidance his Department issues on the sizes of wine glasses used by wine-selling on-trade establishments; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (206574) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 244
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many lasting power of attorney forms have been incorrectly completed and returned to the applicant since the introduction of such forms; in how many such cases (a) applicants have been required to pay a second registration fee on successful completion of the form and (b) applicants have discontinued their registration; and for what purposes a second registration fee is required. | | [Transferred] (206586) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 245
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency have withdrawn from civil contingencies planning activities as a result of industrial action in the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (206582) | 246
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely effect on global food prices of the EU's goal to achieve 10 per cent. biofuels by 2020. | | [Transferred] (206658) |
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