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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 3 June 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 3 June 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 3 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 3 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 3 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discussions his Department has had with other EU governments on development of carbon capture storage policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (208484) | 2
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department plans to spend on research and development on carbon capture storage technology between May 2008 and October 2014. | | (208485) | 3
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions his Department has had on the regulatory framework of its carbon capture storage policy; and who will have responsibility for (a) storage and (b) potential liabilities under the policy. | | (208486) | 4
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the licensing regime in the North Sea on the Government's carbon capture storage policy. | | (208487) | 5
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what changes (a) have been made and (b) are planned to be made by his Department to the planning requirements for the domestic stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; what his Department's plans to promote the programme are; and if he will make a statement. | | (208488) | 6
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what account his Department is taking of the effect of new wind farms on the UK's radar surveillance capability. | | (208498) | 7
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding his Department is providing for the research and development of offshore tidal stream turbines in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (208499) | 8
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress is being made by his Department in developing long-term synergies between wave, wind, solar and geothermal energy generation; and if he will make a statement. | | (208500) | 9
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made with Pulse Tidal's Humber tidal stream energy test project; and if he will make a statement. | | (208501) | 10
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps are being taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the second limb of the Stern Report, with particular reference to (a) technological developments and (b) carbon capture storage policy. | | (208503) | 11
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what factors are taken into account when his Department assesses applications for new offshore wind farms. | | (208504) | 12
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he has received representations on the effects of wind farms on (a) the identification of aircraft on radar screens, (b) low-flying training and (c) seismic activity detection. | | (208505) | 13
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost of testing UK radar systems for the impact on them of offshore wind turbines was in each year since 2001. | | (208506) | 14
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding is being provided to assess the effect of offshore wind farms on radar systems in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (208507) | 15
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations the Government has made to British companies operating in Burma to persuade them to withdraw from the country. | | (208463) | 16
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of all foreign direct inward investment projects was facilitated by UK Trade and Investment in the last year for which figures are available. | | (208242) | 17
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many foreign direct investment projects facilitated by UK Trade and Investment since its inception have involved takeovers by foreign firms. | | (208248) | 18
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with (a) power generation companies, (b) gas distribution companies and (c) Energy Watch on the cost of energy supplies to domestic consumers. | | (208284) | 19
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208386) | 20
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208406) | 21
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to reply to the letters of 5th March 2008, 9th April 2008 and 9th May 2008 from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare regarding a constituent, Mr Michael Rogers; and what the reasons for the time taken to reply are. | | (208417) | 22
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of levels of take-up of broadband in (a) Glasgow, (b) urban areas in Scotland and (c) urban areas in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (208249) | 23
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the maximum amount is that (a) online retailers and (b) high street retailers may charge consumers for using a (i) credit and (ii) debit card to make purchases. | | (208438) | 24
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he has taken to provide support for black and ethnic minority women entrepreneurs. | | (208439) | 25
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208509) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 26
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208371) | 27
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208402) | 28
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the alignment of national insurance and tax thresholds; and if he will make a statement. | | (208418) | 29
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax was collected from the bingo industry in each year since 2003; and what the contribution of (a) income tax and (b) national insurance was. | | (208196) | 30
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the findings and recommendations of the cross-Government Physical Activity Review have been finalised; and if he will publish them. | | (208220) | 31
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much child pornography was seized under section 139(1) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | (208567) | 32
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of take-up of Gift Aid tax relief was assumed in the projected current receipts for 2008-09 contained in the 2008 Red Book. | | (208489) | 33
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the tax revenue collected from vulture funds registered in the UK in each of the last six years; and if he will make a statement. | | (208490) | 34
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times his Department was held in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (208491) | 35
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised by his Department by the sale of departmental property in each of the last five years. | | (208492) | 36
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income was received by his Department from the letting of its properties in each of the last five years. | | (208493) | 37
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department on legal fees in each of the last five years. | | (208494) | 38
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208525) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 39
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208385) | 40
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208387) | 41
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were educated in pupil referral units in (a) 2007, (b) 2006 and (c) 2005. | | (208534) | 42
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils educated in pupil referral units achieved five GCSEs at grade A* to C in the last academic year for which figures are available. | | (208535) | 43
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils educated in pupil referral units achieved GCSEs at grades A* to C in English, mathematics and science and at least two other subjects in the last academic year for which figures are available. | | (208536) | 44
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils educated in pupil referral units attained no GCSEs at grades A* to G in the last academic year for which figures are available. | | (208537) | 45
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many pupil referral units 25 per cent. or more of pupils obtained GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) 2007, (b) 2006 and (c) 2005. | | (208538) | 46
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many pupil referral units no pupils obtained GCSEs at grades A* to C in English, mathematics, science and two other subjects in (a) 2007, (b) 2006 and (c) 2005. | | (208539) | 47
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools will offer an A level course in communications and culture in the next academic year. | | (208540) | 48
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on education in (a) publicly-run and (b) privately-run young offender institutions in each year since 1997. | | (208560) | 49
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many qualified teachers are employed to provide education services in young offender institutions. | | (208561) | 50
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours of education per week are offered on average to inmates of young offender institutions. | | (208562) | 51
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost of an intensive supervision and surveillance programme is for a young offender. | | (208563) | 52
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what targets exist for provision of education for inmates of young offender institutions. | | (208564) | 53
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much money was spent per young offender on education in young offender institutions in each year since 1997. | | (208565) | 54
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the education maintenance allowance in each year from 2006-07 to 2012-13; and if he will make a statement. | | (208334) | 55
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department issues to school nurses on dealing with children with continence problems. | | (208227) | 56
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Families Without Fear project in Brent. | | (208430) | 57
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what organisations were funded by the Strengthening Families Grant in each of the last five years. | | (208431) | 58
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208510) | 59
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of qualified teachers working in (a) maintained primary schools and (b) maintained secondary schools have a postgraduate degree in (i) the main subject that they teach and (ii) another subject. | | (208352) | 60
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on the likely impact of the new funding rules for students studying for a qualification that is lower or equivalent to one they already hold, with particular reference to the impact on qualified teachers wishing to take the new Masters in Teaching and Learning. | | (208353) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 61
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of employees in the Prime Minister's Office who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208367) | 62
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of staff in the Prime Minister's Office are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208399) | 63
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the rate of youth unemployment was in Hemel Hempstead constituency at the end of each month since January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (208495) | 64
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Prime Minister's Office spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208522) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 65
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Zero Carbon Delivery Unit announced in the 2008 Budget will be established; and what funding has been allocated to it. | | (208259) | 66
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208384) | 67
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of her Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208388) | 68
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times Ministers in her Department have visited (a) commercial leisure organisations, (b) licensed bingo clubs and (c) dance schools in each year since 2003. | | (208193) | 69
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208511) | 70
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in respect of proposals for eco-towns in (a) Leicestershire and (b) England, what the open consultation procedure will entail; how local residents will be involved in the consultation process; and by what means local residents will be contacted. | | (208243) | 71
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which stakeholders will be invited to contribute to the consultation on the proposed eco-town in Leicestershire; who is to lead the consultation process; and what arrangements will be made to notify local residents of the consultation. | | (208244) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 72
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208383) | 73
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208389) | 74
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the terms of reference of the review of the Portable Antiquities Scheme are. | | (208198) | 75
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the 23rd Report of the Public Accounts Committee, Session 2006-07, HC 488 on the Office Accommodation of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its sponsored bodies, how many posts identified for relocation (a) have been relocated and (b) will be relocated by the end of (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010. | | (208212) | 76
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the allocation per person of office space is, in square metres, in (a) each of his Department's offices and (b) each office of its sponsored bodies. | | (208213) | 77
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings (a) he and (b) his representatives have had with (i) the BBC, (ii) ITV, (iii) GMTV and (iv) other television broadcasters in the last 12 months on television broadcaster misconduct in the use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting. | | (208214) | 78
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding allocation he has made for the Portable Antiquities Scheme in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | (208215) | 79
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Portable Antiquities Scheme posts are vacant; and what plans there are to fill them. | | (208216) | 80
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) B2 machines or their equivalent and (b) B3 machines or their equivalent there were in licensed betting offices in each year since 1996. | | (208357) | 81
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people were (a) prosecuted, (b) fined and (c) cautioned for underage gambling in each of the last 10 years. | | (208508) | 82
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times he has visited (a) commercial leisure organisations, (b) licensed bingo clubs and (c) dance schools in the last 12 months; when his last visit to each such organisation was; and what the location of visit was in each case. | | (208194) | 83
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many licensed bingo clubs (a) opened and (b) closed in each year since 2003. | | (208195) | 84
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much grant-in-aid funding Sport England received in each year since 1997-98; and how much Sport England awarded in grants in each year since 1997-98. | | (208197) | 85
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many competition managers have been appointed. | | (208219) | 86
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the plans for the establishment of a National Anti-Doping Agency referred to in his Department's Corporate Plan have been approved. | | (208221) | 87
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in the project to digitise the proposed documents for Iraq's National Library and Archives. | | (208222) | 88
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many co-ordinators of sport in further education were appointed in each of the last three years; and how many are planned to be appointed in the next three years. | | (208223) | 89
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was awarded in grants by (a) English Heritage, (b) the Museums and Libraries Association, (c) the Arts Council, (d) Sport England, (e) UK Sport, (f) the Heritage Lottery Fund and (g) the UK Film Council in each year since 1997-98; and what proportion of each was from (i) National Lottery Distribution Fund income and (ii) Exchequer funding. | | (208309) | 90
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the £755 million indicated in his Department's corporate plan as spending on sport over the next three years will be contributed by (a) his Department, (b) other Government departments, (c) local authorities and (d) National Lottery sources; which other Government departments are expected to contribute; and how much of the £755 million has been allocated to spending areas. | | (208321) | 91
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the public consultation on video game age ratings classification will be launched; and what the consultation period will be. | | (208322) | 92
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the public consultation on video game age ratings classification will include examination of the merits of the (a) British Board of Film Classification system, (b) Pan European Games Information system and (c) hybrid system recommended in the Byron Review. | | (208323) | 93
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the hospitality industry on minimum standards of spoken English among its employees. | | (208531) | 94
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208512) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 95
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops are serving in United Nations or other peacekeeping forces; and in which countries they are serving. | | (208461) | 96
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy will be on UK armed forces participating in operations where allied forces use cluster bombs after the signing of the treaty to ban their use; and if he will make a statement. | | (208349) | 97
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208382) | 98
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208390) | 99
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his timetable is for the submission of a planning application to replace the gravel gerties at Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield. | | (208327) | 100
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reintroduce a link between war pensions and average earnings; and if he will make a statement. | | (208457) | 101
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208513) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 102
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of cows receiving positive (a) gamma interferon blood tests and (b) skin tests for bovine tuberculosis were subsequently demonstrated to be clear of the disease at post mortem in each of the last five years. | | (208239) | 103
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost is of an individual (a) gamma interferon blood test and (b) skin test for bovine tuberculosis. | | (208240) | 104
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cows were slaughtered after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis in a gamma interferon blood test in each of the last five years. | | (208241) | 105
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208381) | 106
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208391) | 107
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons contractors have replaced the Environment Agency's electricians, carpenters, welders and divers at its in-house craft workshop in the Thames Region. | | (208429) | 108
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to conclude his Department's review of emergency planning procedures and measures to be taken following the summer floods of 2007. | | (208448) | 109
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects Sir Michael Pitt to publish his final report on the summer floods of 2007. | | (208449) | 110
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 730W, on flood control: finance, for what reasons insurance companies do not have direct access to data from the national flood and coastal defence database. | | (208450) | 111
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome of the Ninth Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was; and if he will make a statement. | | (208252) | 112
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208514) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 113
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Government issued warnings about Cyclone Nargis to British residents in Burma; and whether such warnings were also given to the regime ruling Burma. | | (208462) | 114
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings he has had with representatives of Burma's democracy movement in the last 12 months. | | (208464) | 115
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the British Ambassador to Thailand has had with representatives of Burma's democracy movement. | | (208465) | 116
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings his Department's officials held with Karen National Union General Secretary Padoh Mahn Sha in the 12 months before he was assassinated in February 2008. | | (208467) | 117
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the alleged involvement of Col Htin Maung and Pastor Timothy Laklem of the KNU Peace Council in the assassination of Padoh Mahn Sha, General Secretary of the Karen National Union, Burma. | | (208468) | 118
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to protect the safety of Burmese refugees in states neighbouring Burma. | | (207870) | 119
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to encourage other countries to protect refugees from violence and inhuman treatment. | | (207871) | 120
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 18th July 2007, Official Report, column 409W, on nuclear disarmament, what progress has been made by the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston in taking forward proposals to develop a disarmament laboratory. | | (208320) | 121
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he and other Ministers in his Department have had with US administration representatives on the issuing of US visas to people with HIV/AIDS; and if he will make a statement. | | (208348) | 122
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208380) | 123
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208392) | 124
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's response was to the European Commission's proposal to extend to 15th June 2008 the deadline for member states to make proposals for reform of the EU Budget; and what discussions he has had with the Commission on its proposal. | | (207850) | 125
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the National Security Strategy, Cm 7291, what definition he uses of enrichment bond; and if he will make a statement. | | (208207) | 126
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the governments of (a) Japan, (b) Thailand, (c) Cambodia and (d) Vietnam on the prevention of child sexual abuse and paedophilia in those countries. | | (208568) | 127
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the continued suspension from the Afghan parliament of Malalai Joya; and if he will make a statement. | | (208251) | 128
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208515) | 129
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received from the British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia on the Hajj pilgrimage. | | (208287) | 130
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last met the British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to discuss the Hajj pilgrimage; and when he last discussed the case of Mr Rafiq Gorji with the Ambassador. | | (208288) | 131
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many letters the British Consulate in Riyadh received in (a) the last month and (b) the last 12 months. | | (208289) | 132
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff work at the British Consulate in Riyadh; and how many of those deal with complaints from British citizens about Hajj pilgrimages. | | (208290) | 133
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent dicussions he has had with international counterparts on the restrictions on international travel upon Robert Mugabe and other members of the government of Zimbabwe. | | (208453) | 134
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to extend economic sanctions against Zimbabwe. | | (208454) | 135
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made on the effects of the pattern of distribution of food and medicines in Zimbabwe on the forthcoming presidential elections in that country. | | (208455) | 136
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to members of the African Union on the fair and free running of the forthcoming presidential elections in Zimbabwe. | | (208456) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 137
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the results of the consultation on proposals for managing applications for medical careers from medical graduates from outside the European Economic Area. | | (208209) | 138
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Government's response to the Crisp Report on global health partnerships, what progress has been made on guidance on an NHS framework on international development to enable employees in his Department and the NHS to negotiate leave of absence; and what discussions have taken place with NHS employers on the dissemination of such advice to NHS managers. | | (208210) | 139
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Crisp Report on global health partnerships, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for International Development and (b) relevant stakeholders on (i) establishing an NHS framework for international development setting out the principles and rationale for NHS involvement in international partnerships and (ii) identifying a role with oversight of international development activity in each strategic health authority in England. | | (208211) | 140
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208379) | 141
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208393) | 142
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people cared for at home by relatives; and if he will estimate the cost to the public purse if those people were being cared for entirely by the NHS and local authorities. | | (208428) | 143
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the numbers of dedicated lymphoedema practitioner nurses. | | (208356) | 144
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were prescribed (a) anti-depressants, (b) mood stabilisers, (c) anti-psychotic drugs, (d) major tranquillisers and (e) minor tranquillisers in each year from 1990 to 2007. | | (208324) | 145
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are taken to manage interaction between patients referred to drug and alcohol services for addiction to prescription drugs and those referred for addiction to illegal drugs. | | (208541) | 146
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistics his Department collects on the number of patients experiencing benzodiazepine withdrawal but diagnosed with a psychological disorder. | | (208542) | 147
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on routine prescribing of benzodiazepines on admission to psychiatric wards. | | (208543) | 148
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance the Chief Medical Officer has issued to doctors and other medical practitioners on benzodiazepine withdrawal. | | (208544) | 149
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the 2003 Action Plan for Epilepsy. | | (208224) | 150
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the 2005 National Service Framework for Long-Term Neurological Conditions. | | (208225) | 151
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 2005 National Service Framework for Long-Term Neurological Conditions against its target of complying with the 2004 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's clinical guideline for epilepsy. | | (208226) | 152
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what correlation there is between the Children's National Service Framework and the Children's Plan; what plans he has to review the former; and if he will make a statement. | | (208228) | 153
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues to primary care trusts on working with local authorities on joined-up services for children with continence issues. | | (208229) | 154
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the capacity of children's continence services. | | (208230) | 155
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th May 2008, Official Report, column 1018W, on the mentally ill: community care, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of mental health advocacy for people subject to community treatment orders within strategic health authorities. | | (208236) | 156
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7th May 2008, Official Report, column 1018W, on the mentally ill: community care, what assessment his Department has made of the likely provision of independent mental health advocacy for patients discharged from hospital and subject to community treatment orders up to April 2009. | | (208237) | 157
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 30th April 2008, Official Report, column 451W, on the NHS: vaccination, if he will increase uptake data collection for all treatments recommended for use in the NHS by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (208238) | 158
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th February 2008, Official Report, column 1977W, on the NHS: private sector, whether there is a (a) legislative and (b) other basis for the principle that an individual cannot simultaneously be a National Health Service and a privately-funded patient of the same National Health Service hospital within the same episode of care. | | (208440) | 159
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th February 2008, Official Report, column 1977W, on the NHS: private sector, what definition he uses of an episode of care; when an episode of care (a) begins and (b) ends; and if he will make a statement. | | (208441) | 160
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th February 2008, Official Report, column 1977W, on the NHS: private sector, and with reference to paragraph 14.2 of the 1986 guidance entitled management of private practice in National Health Service hospitals in England and Wales, what assessment he has made of the extent to which earlier private consultations lead to earlier NHS admission; and if he will make a statement. | | (208442) | 161
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th February 2008, Official Report, column 1977W, on the NHS: private sector, and with reference to paragraph 23 of the 1986 guidance entitled management of private practice in National Health Service hospitals in England and Wales, when private inpatients are permitted to change their status to NHS inpatients during the course of a single visit to an NHS hospital. | | (208443) | 162
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th February 2008, Official Report, column 1977W, on the NHS: private sector, and with reference to paragraph 23 of the 1986 guidance entitled management of private practice in National Health Service hospitals in England and Wales, whether private inpatients are only permitted to change their status during a course of a stay in hospital at the conclusion of an episode of care. | | (208444) | 163
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th February 2008, Official Report, column 1977W, on the NHS: private sector, what the (a) maximum, (b) minimum and (c) mean length of an episode of care delivered in the NHS was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (208445) | 164
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th February 2008, Official Report, column 1977W, on the NHS: private sector, how many different types of episode of care exist; and for each whether other episodes of care are allowed to run concurrently with it. | | (208446) | 165
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department first collected information on episodes of care. | | (208447) | 166
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to assess the effectiveness of the National Suicide Strategy. | | (208532) | 167
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to develop a Suicide Strategy for England for the period after 2010. | | (208533) | 168
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many transplant operations there were in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) type of organ and (b) strategic health authority area; and how many viable human organs available under the NHS Organ Donor Register were not used for a transplant operation in each such year. | | (208218) | 169
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides on the facilities each NHS accident and emergency department should have. | | (208423) | 170
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many (a) full and (b) part days NHS maternity units were closed to new admissions (i) because the unit had reached full capacity and (ii) for another reason in 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (208424) | 171
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were taken by NHS Direct in each month in 2007; and what the average cost to the public purse was of each call in 2007. | | (208425) | 172
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many calls were made to NHS Direct in (a) 2007 and (b) 2006; what the forecast number of calls for each of those years was before the start of each year; and if he will make a statement. | | (208426) | 173
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials had with Camden Primary Care Trust on the tendering process on the alternative provider medical services contract to run Camden Road, King's Cross and Brunswick Centre GP practices. | | (208427) | 174
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors worked in the NHS in each year since 1997. | | (208458) | 175
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations his Department has received on the number of beds in maternity facilities at Hemel Hempstead Hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (208459) | 176
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been placed on mixed sex wards at (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Watford and (c) St Albans hospitals since May 2006. | | (208460) | 177
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans there are for the future of the (a) accident and emergency unit, (b) stroke unit, (c) cardiac unit, (d) intensive care unit and (e) high dependency unit at Hemel Hempstead Acute Hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (208496) | 178
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to close specific wards at Hemel Hempstead Acute Hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (208497) | 179
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on public health of the use of nanotubes in clothing materials. | | (208253) | 180
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of junior doctors have been housed in NHS-provided accommodation in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South West and (d) England since 1979. | | (208325) | 181
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the provision of accommodation for junior doctors in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South West and (d) England has cost the NHS since 1979. | | (208326) | 182
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st May 2008, Official Report, column 619W, on dementia research funding, how (a) the £18.3 million of funding from his Department and (b) the £6 million Medical Research Council funding for 2006 was spent. | | (208365) | 183
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208516) | 184
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in negotiations on maximum permitted levels for nutrients under the Food Supplements Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (208231) | 185
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts had a scheme to identify those at risk of diabetes in (a) 2007 and (b) 2006. | | (208299) | 186
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS schemes exist in Leicestershire to help diagnose those at risk of diabetes. | | (208300) | 187
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of doctors do not design care plans for those with diabetes. | | (208301) | 188
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements are made by primary care trusts to provide emotional and psychological support for adults with diabetes. | | (208302) | 189
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms exist for those with diabetes who exhibit complications to be monitored by their local primary care trust. | | (208303) | 190
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Government's report on progress in attaining the National Service Framework standards for diabetes will be published. | | (208304) | 191
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetes specialist nurses there are in the NHS. | | (208305) | 192
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of research at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust on the effects on costs of employing more diabetes specialist nurses in accident and emergency centres. | | (208306) | 193
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diabetes specialist nurses will be employed in the NHS in 2008-09. | | (208307) | 194
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of the use of technology to detect patients that are at risk of developing diabetes, in the light of research led by Dr Tim Holt. | | (208308) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 195
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate was made of the ID-card-specific 10-year cost of issuing identity cards to British citizens in the (a) November 2007 cost report and (b) the May 2008 cost report; and what the reason for the difference in estimated costs is. | | (208199) | 196
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the May 2008 Identity Card Scheme Cost Report, what factors underlie the reduction in the estimated cost of replacing the existing passport application system. | | (208200) | 197
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of young people who are likely to apply for identity cards in 2010. | | (208201) | 198
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the banking industry on the need for identity cards as proof of identity for those opening a first bank account. | | (208202) | 199
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homicides were recorded by each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1998-99, broken down by method of killing. | | (208203) | 200
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what requirement there will be for people working in sensitive locations to supply details of criminal convictions when applying for an identity card. | | (208204) | 201
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent crimes were recorded by the British Crime Survey in each of the last 10 years where the offender was (a) under school age, (b) of school age, (c) 16 to 24 years old, (d) 25 to 39 years old and (e) over 40 years old, broken down by offences committed (i) in the home, (ii) around work, (iii) in the street, (iv) in a public house or club, (v) on public transport and (vi) at another location. | | (208217) | 202
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2008, Official Report, column 287W, on terrorism, how long each of the six individuals were held in pre-charge detention before (a) release and (b) charge. | | (208256) | 203
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 200545, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 18th April 2008, on identity cards; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208476) | 204
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 200510, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 18th April 2008, on gangs; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208477) | 205
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 200456, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 18th April 2008, on drugs; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208478) | 206
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 198635, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 31st March 2008, on parliamentary questions; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208479) | 207
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 198224, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 27th March 2008, on alcohol; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208480) | 208
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 197490, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 25th March 2008, on DNA samples; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208481) | 209
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 197491, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 25th March 2008, on DNA; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208482) | 210
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will answer Question 196329, tabled by the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden on 18th March 2008, on advertising; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply. | | (208483) | 211
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Draft EU Council decision of 4th February 2008 on the stepping up of cross border cooperation, what evidence she holds on the probability of an adventitious match between crime scene DNA profiles submitted by law enforcement agencies elsewhere in the European Union and individuals' DNA profiles held in the UK national DNA database as a result of using the 6 loci standard. | | (208530) | 212
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have dedicated teams for tackling human trafficking for sexual exploitation. | | (208547) | 213
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been charged with knife offences as a result of the Metropolitan Police Operation Blunt 2. | | (208548) | 214
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with European partners on the allocation of European Commission funding for a study examining the feasibility of the creation of an EU federal police force. | | (208549) | 215
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police force-wide knife amnesties there have been in England and Wales in the last five years. | | (208551) | 216
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been convicted of knife offences as a result of Metropolitan Police Operation Blunt. | | (208552) | 217
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208378) | 218
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of her Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208394) | 219
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2008, Official Report, column 479W, on touting: tickets, if she will place a copy of the report from the UK football policing unit in the Library. | | (208342) | 220
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much time must pass after a (a) British citizen previously living overseas, (b) British citizen previously serving overseas, (c) European Union citizen, (d) Commonwealth citizen and (e) citizen of a non-EU and non-Commonwealth country arrives in the United Kingdom from another country before they can apply to join the police force; and if she will make a statement about the reasons for the periods in each case. | | (208553) | 221
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2008, Official Report, column 456W, on kidnapping: children, what guidance her Department has issued to police on the availability of International Child Abduction and Contact Unit information leaflets in police stations. | | (208341) | 222
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements there are to re-vet spouses and partners of officials in the security and intelligence services after they are initially vetted; and if she will make a statement. | | (208285) | 223
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking regarding source and transit countries to prevent child trafficking. | | (208311) | 224
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of its time and resources the Serious Organised Crime Agency spends on tackling (a) organised immigration crime and (b) human trafficking. | | (208312) | 225
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps (a) her Department and (b) the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre have taken to reduce demand for human trafficking in the UK in the last year. | | (208313) | 226
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms exist for (a) joint working and (b) liaison between the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency on matters relating to human trafficking. | | (208336) | 227
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's most recent estimate is of the number of women in the UK who were trafficked into the country for sexual exploitation purposes. | | (208337) | 228
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the staff in her Department who work on immigration matters have undertaken training in child protection. | | (208338) | 229
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many emergency services calls to police were made from a public payphone in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South-West region and (d) England in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (208345) | 230
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the drop-out rate of domestic violence perpetrators from (a) national and (b) local domestic violence projects. | | (208432) | 231
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what domestic violence (a) projects and (b) organisations using (i) psychotherapy and psychoanalysis and (ii) cognitive behavioural therapy are being funded by her Department in 2008-09. | | (208433) | 232
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which domestic violence (a) projects and (b) organisations for (i) perpetrators and (ii) victims of domestic violence are being funded by her Department in 2008-09. | | (208434) | 233
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to projects aimed at supporting (a) perpetrators and (b) victims of domestic violence using (i) psychotherapy and psychoanalysis and (ii) cognitive behavioural therapy in 2008-09. | | (208435) | 234
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of (a) psychotherapy and psychoanalysis and (b) cognitive behavioural therapy for (i) perpetrators and (ii) victims of domestic violence. | | (208436) | 235
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of treatments available for perpetrators of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement. | | (208437) | 236
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208517) | 237
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports of missing people were made to Leicestershire Constabulary in 2007, broken down by local authority area; how many of them related to (a) vulnerable adults, (b) children under the age of 12, (c) children aged between 12 and 16 and (d) young people aged 17 to 18 years; and how many of the reports of a missing person under the age of 18 years related to a child or young person (i) in the care of a local authority, (ii) with a learning disability and (iii) with a physical disability. | | (208291) | 238
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the police are taking to tackle teenage prostitution in (a) Leicester and (b) England; and whether there is a police unit dedicated to combating teenage prostitution in (i) Leicester and (ii) England. | | (208555) | 239
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of teenage prostitutes in (a) Leicester and (b) England (i) in the last 12 months and (ii) in the last 10 years. | | (208556) | 240
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much is planned to be spent on combating teenage prostitution in (a) Leicester and (b) England in 2008-09. | | (208558) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 241
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208377) | 242
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208395) | 243
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208518) | 244
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the higher education initial participation rate for English-domiciled first-time participants in higher education courses in each parliamentary constituency was by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) socioeconomic group in each of the last 10 years. | | (208354) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 245
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to persuade the Burmese junta to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross into areas of conflict in Eastern Burma. | | (208466) | 246
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has made an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 3 Diseases Fund for Burma. | | (208469) | 247
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations were the top 10 recipients of UK aid to Burma in 2007-08; and how much each received. | | (208470) | 248
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's aid budgets for Burma, excluding cyclone funding, are for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (208471) | 249
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much British aid has reached internally displaced people in Karen state, Burma; and how many people have received such aid. | | (208472) | 250
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department provides funding to Asian Tribal Ministries operations in Burma; and whether officials from his Department have met staff or volunteers from Asian Tribal Ministries. | | (208473) | 251
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the regime in Burma is allowing free and unrestricted access for aid workers in the Irrawaddy delta. | | (208474) | 252
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government has agreed to increase funding for the Thailand Burma Border Consortium in 2008-09. | | (208475) | 253
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Health and (b) relevant stakeholders on the quality of the contribution to be made to aid efforts by healthcare workers volunteering on development and relief programmes. | | (208208) | 254
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when his Department plans to publish an updated version of Taking Action-The UK's strategy for tackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world; and if he will make a statement. | | (208347) | 255
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208376) | 256
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208396) | 257
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) level and (b) type of aid and assistance his Department is providing to Somalia in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (208250) | 258
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has provided to the International Labour Organisation to support its work on reducing labour exploitation of children and women in the last 12 months. | | (208335) | 259
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208519) | 260
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was pledged at the Yemen donor's conference held in 2006 in London; and how much funding has been collected from those that pledged money at the conference. | | (208292) | 261
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the £117 million pledged by the Government in 2006 over a period of four years has been provided to Yemen. | | (208293) | 262
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what types of aid were provided by the Government to Yemen in (a) the last year and (b) the last 10 years. | | (208294) | 263
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to encourage countries and organisations that pledged aid to Yemen at the 2006 donor conference in London to provide it. | | (208295) | 264
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of Yemen's ability to fulfil its poverty targets for 2008. | | (208296) | 265
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the increase in aid provided by the UK to Yemen has been since the 2006 Yemen donor's conference in London. | | (208297) | 266
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the countries that pledged aid at the Yemen donor's conference held in 2006 in London have given all of the aid pledged. | | (208298) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 267
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was provided in legal aid to those involved in disputes arising from separating cohabiting couples in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (208412) | 268
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court proceedings under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 were undertaken in relation to a dispute arising from separating cohabiting couples in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (208413) | 269
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court proceedings under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 were undertaken in relation to a dispute arising from separating cohabiting couples in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (208414) | 270
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued on the steps to be taken when a knife is discovered on persons attending court hearings. | | (208550) | 271
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to enable the public to access judgements of the Tribunals Service on-line. | | (208546) | 272
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208375) | 273
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208397) | 274
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the (a) evidence received by and (b) findings and recommendations of the Blakey review of the effectiveness of measures to disrupt the supply of illicit drugs into prison. | | (208422) | 275
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reoffending rate was for young offenders who had served a community sentence in the latest period for which figures arfe available. | | (208559) | 276
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that victims of paedophiles have access to ongoing victim support services; and if he will make a statement. | | (208566) | 277
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208520) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 278
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were recruited to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) constituency and (b) district council area. | | (208232) | 279
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were recruited to the Police Service of Northern Ireland from each Neighbourhood Renewal area in each of the last five years. | | (208233) | 280
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to encourage recruitment of young people from a Protestant background in inner city areas of Northern Ireland into the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | (208234) | 281
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) mentoring or shadowing programmes and (b) pilot police cadet schemes as methods of increasing recruitment of young people from a Protestant background in inner city areas of Northern Ireland into the Police Service of Northern Ireland. | | (208235) | 282
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208374) | 283
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208398) | 284
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many man hours of service were provided by part-time members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary between 1981 and 2001. | | (208328) | 285
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has paid in compensation to part-time members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in each year since 2001. | | (208329) | 286
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many convictions were secured for the offence of driving without insurance in each of the last five years, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (208330) | 287
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many legally held weapons were stolen from properties in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (208331) | 288
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many attempted child abductions were reported to the police in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (208332) | 289
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208521) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 290
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208373) | 291
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208400) | 292
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208523) | Questions to the Solicitor General 293
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2008, Official Report, column 297W, on television: telephone services, which four allegations of television broadcaster misconduct have been considered by the Serious Fraud Office. | | (208254) | 294
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2008, Official Report, column 297W, on television: telephone services, what meetings the Serious Fraud Office has had with representatives of (a) the BBC, (b) ITV, (c) GMTV and (d) other television broadcasters on alleged misconduct in the use of premium rate telephone services in viewer competitions and voting in the last 12 months. | | (208255) | 295
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) process and (b) timescale is for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to update its electronic records relating to those who (i) are awaiting charge and (ii) have been charged and are awaiting a trial or hearing; what guidelines apply to the updating of electronic records at the CPS; and who is responsible for the updating of electronic records of CPS cases. | | (208346) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 296
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's projections of UK biofuel consumption in millions of litres are for (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010. | | (208502) | 297
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that newly-qualified drivers receive instruction from their driving test examiner on the dangers of (a) driving too fast and (b) driving after drinking alcohol. | | (208245) | 298
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208372) | 299
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of her Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208401) | 300
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new carriages there will be under the Intercity Express Programme; whether bids have been received in accordance with the original bid date; and how many companies and consortia have tendered. | | (208286) | 301
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms her Department uses to determine the duration of rail franchises. | | (208314) | 302
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials in her Department are working on plans to upgrade or increase railway electrification. | | (208315) | 303
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the length of franchises on (a) the performance of train-operating companies and (b) the ability of train-operating companies to undertake expenditure to improve services. | | (208316) | 304
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the announced new Thameslink carriages have been ordered. | | (208317) | 305
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations she has received from the rail industry on the optimum duration of franchises. | | (208318) | 306
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the optimum duration of rail franchises; and what the evidential basis of this estimate is. | | (208319) | 307
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of vehicles registered at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to pay road tax was registered before 2001. | | (208355) | 308
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the (a) volume and (b) value of vehicle fuel that would be saved in a 12-month period if the speed limit were always observed on motorways. | | (208364) | 309
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the maintenance of the safety barriers on the M1 motorway at Newport Pagnell Service Station and Little Linford Lane; and when the work will be completed. | | (208205) | 310
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to the letter from Lesley Welch, Newport Pagnell Town Clerk, dated 15th May 2008. | | (208206) | 311
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of domestic heavy goods vehicle trade was accounted for by non-UK registered and operated vehicles in the last 12 months. | | (208350) | 312
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken at EU level to phase out aircraft which do not meet disability access standards on routes operated wholly within the EU. | | (208247) | 313
| Mrs Iris Robinson (Strangford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken on the payment of light dues by the County Down fishing fleet; and whether it has sought the assistance of the Northern Ireland Fisheries Harbours Authority in such matters. | | (208333) | 314
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguards there are in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England. | | (208339) | 315
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what pay scale is used for coastguards. | | (208340) | 316
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208524) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 317
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on its evaluation of the results of housing stock transfer in Wales. | | (208246) | 318
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208370) | 319
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208403) | 320
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208526) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 321
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2684W, on age: discrimination, what the terms of reference of the research commissioned by her Department on the costs and benefits of eliminating age discrimination in health and social care provision are. | | (208257) | 322
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer of 6th March 2008, Official Report, column 2684W, on age: discrimination, whether the research commissioned by her Department on the costs and benefits of eliminating age discrimination in health and social care provision has examined the issues in relation to those under 18 years. | | (208258) | 323
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many and what proportion of employees of the Government Equalities Office who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208369) | 324
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many and what proportion of staff working in the Government Equalities Office are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if she will make a statement. | | (208404) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 325
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure his Department incurred in the payment of benefits to individuals who have separated from their partner after a period of cohabitation in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (208415) | 326
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change in his Department's expenditure on benefits resulted from treating cohabiting couples the same as married couples for the purpose of benefit calculation in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. | | (208416) | 327
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their last appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208368) | 328
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not heterosexual; and if he will make a statement. | | (208405) | 329
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people, (b) young people, (c) lone parents, (d) people over 25 years old and (e) people over 50 years old participated in the New Deal in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in 2007. | | (208366) | 330
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the change in the average state pension was in real terms in each year since 1979. | | (208343) | 331
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the average state pension would be today if the link between earnings and pension levels had been continuously maintained. | | (208344) | 332
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company. | | (208527) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 333
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the next edition of The Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income will be published. | | [Transferred] (208351) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 334
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that copies of the leaflet issued by the Official Solicitor providing advice to the public on international child abduction and contact are made available in each police station; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (208260) | 335
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs that benzodiazepines should be included in Schedule II of the 1985 Drugs Misuse Regulations was not accepted. | | [Transferred] (208545) | 336
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what projects are run by the third sector to combat teenage prostitution in (a) Leicester and (b) nationally. | | [Transferred] (208557) |
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