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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 11 June 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 June 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 11 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 Wednesday 11 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 11 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received from residents of Southend-on-Sea on the proposed new coal power station at Kingsnorth; what response he has made; if he will place in the Library a copy of each such representation; and if he will make a statement. | | (210657) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of (a) post offices within supermarkets and (b) stand-alone post offices in (i) Southend and (ii) Essex will be closed under the Post Office Network Change Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (210658) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects the Competition Commission's final report into the UK grocery market to be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (210659) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what files his Department holds on the Warm Home and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (210703) | 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what timetable he has set for making a decision on the application to build a new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth; and if he will make a statement. | | (210704) | 6
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on the proposed new coal-fired power station at Kingsnorth since February 2008; what response was given in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (210705) | 7
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the cost of meeting the UK's provisional target under the proposed Renewable Energy Directive of 15 per cent. of total energy coming from renewable sources by 2020 with levels of use of biofuels of (a) 1 per cent. by volume of the road fuel market, (b) 5 per cent. by volume of the road fuel market, (c) 10 per cent. by volume of the road fuel market and (d) 10 per cent. of final consumption of energy used in transport. | | (210207) | 8
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the level of outage was for each nuclear power station in the last five years; and from what source additional generating capacity has been drawn to compensate for each such outage. | | (210684) | 9
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the spinning reserve required for electricity generation from renewable sources at the level required to meet the EU's target for 2020 on renewable energy. | | (210685) | 10
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the division of responsibility is between the UK Trade and Investment offices in London and Glasgow. | | (210445) | 11
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many UK Trade and Investment staff are employed (a) in each region in the UK and (b) in each country outside the UK. | | (210446) | 12
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210551) | 13
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by the Department and (b) within the sectors for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210460) | 14
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210564) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210586) | 16
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on fuel poverty; what steps he is taking in response; and what consideration he has given to increasing assistance for super-insulation of homes. | | (210297) | 17
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the regional development agencies spent on tourism in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (210493) | 18
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who is responsible for the safe disposal of plastic foam insulation containing ozone-depleting substances. | | (210517) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 19
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials of each grade have voluntarily ceased employment, other than through redundancy, in HM Revenue and Customs offices in Southend-on-Sea since June 2007. | | (210504) | 20
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many redundancies of staff at each grade are expected to result from the closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices Portcullis House and Tyler's House in Southend-on-Sea; and if he will make a statement. | | (210505) | 21
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each (a) sex and (b) grade were employed at HM Revenue and Customs offices Portcullis House and Tyler's House in Southend-on-Sea in each year since 2001. | | (210506) | 22
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary exit schemes at HM Revenue and Customs offices in Southend-on-Sea, for staff at each grade in each year since 1997-98; how much is planned to be spent in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (210507) | 23
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each (a) sex and (b) grade were employed by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in Southend-on-Sea in each year since 2001. | | (210511) | 24
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of levels of job satisfaction of HM Revenue and Customs' staff employed in Southend-on-Sea in each year since 1997; what assessment he has made of trends in such levels; if he will place in the Library copies of such assessments; and if he will make a statement. | | (210512) | 25
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last visited HM Revenue and Customs offices in Southend-on-Sea; and if he will make a statement. | | (210610) | 26
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reconsider the decision to close HM Revenue and Customs offices Portcullis House and Tyler's House in Southend-on-Sea; what recent representations he has received about the closures; what response he made to them; if he will place in the Library copies of the representations received; and if he will make a statement. | | (210611) | 27
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had on the closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices Portcullis House and Tyler's House in Southend-on Sea; and if he will make a statement. | | (210612) | 28
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff employed by HM Revenue and Customs offices in Southend-on-Sea will be made (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant; at what cost; and if he will make a statement. | | (210613) | 29
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's policy on public sector pay increases in the 2008 round is; what the maximum permissible increase is; and if he will make a statement. | | (210361) | 30
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish his Department's report on the operation of the Barnett formula. | | (210403) | 31
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210538) | 32
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he has not set aside an unallocated special reserve to meet the costs of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the UK's other international obligations in 2008-09; and what allowance has been made for expenditure to meet those commitments. | | (210667) | 33
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by his Department and (b) within the sectors for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210462) | 34
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the National Farmers' Union on his policy for the EU to remove import tariffs on food and abolish the Common Agricultural Policy. | | (210294) | 35
N | Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 536W, on car allowances, whether he plans to publish the results of the review. | | (209989) | 36
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many property sales in Scotland had stamp duty levied upon them at the one per cent. rate in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (210345) | 37
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial contribution foreign heavy goods vehicles make to maintaining the British road network. | | (209893) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 38
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210549) | 39
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by his Department and (b) within the sectors for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210461) | 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on training courses for staff in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years. | | (210554) | 41
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210571) | 42
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in secondary schools in (a) Chorley and (b) other areas in Lancashire were classed as non-persistent truants in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (210296) | 43
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on childcare grants awarded to Sure Start and children's centres in each year since 2001; how much he expects to spend on such grants in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (210618) | 44
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding per pupil his Department provided to each local authority in London for the early years entitlement in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (210620) | 45
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department plans to spend on pilot schemes extending the early years entitlement to two year olds in each of the next three years; how many two year olds will be able to take part in such schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | (210621) | 46
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many offences involving (a) firearms, (b) knives and (c) other offensive weapons were recorded on school premises in each of the last five years, broken down by region. | | (210379) | 47
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the future of the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners; what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of implementing such plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (210532) | 48
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on the production and distribution of its revised early years foundation stage guidance. | | (210533) | 49
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with how many partners, on average, children's centres work in order to deliver the range of services outlined in Every Child Matters. | | (210606) | 50
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reason his Department has revised its guidance on the early years foundation stage. | | (210619) | 51
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to support partnerships between local authorities and ambulance services to provide first aid training for school pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (210681) | 52
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in Essex provide first aid training for their pupils through a partnership between the local authority and Essex Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (210683) | 53
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on international comparisons of functional illiteracy levels. | | (210203) | 54
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils below the age of eight years use school-provided transport, broken down by county. | | (210201) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 55
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210550) | 56
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210555) | 57
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in the Cabinet Office in the last 12 months. | | (210587) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 58
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, when the Church Commissioners were informed of the proposals set out by Natural England regarding the future maintenance of flood defences in North Norfolk; and what estimate the Commissioners have made of the number of churches at risk of flooding should the proposals be implemented. | | (210419) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 59
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if she will make a statement. | | (210548) | 60
| James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time at (i) local, (ii) regional and (iii) national level to work on the implementation of the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration; whether she plans to change these numbers before completion of the review; and whether the staff concerned will continue to be employed after completion. | | (210614) | 61
| James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the implementation of recommendations arising from the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration to be completed. | | (210615) | 62
| James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget for the implementation of the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration is. | | (210616) | 63
| James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on implementing the Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration (a) in total and (b) for (i) staffing costs, (ii) administrative costs, (iii) communication costs and (iv) the costs of public consultation. | | (210617) | 64
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will make a decision on whether to allow the commencement of construction of the proposed new eco-town at Curborough. | | (210377) | 65
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many consultations her Department undertook in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in the non-preferred option being adopted. | | (210628) | 66
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by her Department and (b) within the sectors for which she has policy responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (210463) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210557) | 68
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in her Department in the last 12 months. | | (210572) | 69
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on tourism in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (210494) | 70
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she gives to local authorities on the assessment of the viability of new energy from waste developments with particular reference to (a) the effect on recycling targets and (b) environmental standards of those developments. | | (210359) | 71
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effects on public health of new energy from waste developments. | | (210360) | 72
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what provisions there are for local authorities outside London to license establishments carrying out (a) botox treatment, (b) dental whitening, (c) spray tanning, (d) ultra violet tanning, (e) tattooing, (f) piercing, (g) acupuncture and (h) electrolysis; and what plans she has to bring forward proposals for further local authority licensing of the beauty treatment sector. | | (210417) | 73
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average cost of private rented accommodation in the Bristol City Council area in each year since 2000 for which figures are available. | | (210435) | 74
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research her Department has undertaken on the price of accommodation in the private rented sector since 2005. | | (210437) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 75
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to answer the letter of 4th April from the hon. Member for Harwich on film archives. | | (210372) | 76
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will direct the Competition Commission to review the BBC's use of its resources in the development of on-line TV services in collaboration with commercial enterprises. | | (210526) | 77
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210547) | 78
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public swimming pools have closed in (a) the Greater London area and (b) England since 1997. | | (210521) | 79
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will break down by region the sites where planning applications relating to playing fields were accepted on sites that Sport England considered resulted in a detrimental impact to sport, in each year since 2001. | | (210441) | 80
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many planning applications relating to playing fields were accepted on sites that Sport England considered (a) resulted in a detrimental impact to sport and (b) did not result in an improvement to sport, in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. | | (210442) | 81
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many planning applications there were relating to playing fields, on which Sport England were consulted, in 2005-06, broken down by region. | | (210443) | 82
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by his Department and (b) within the sector for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210459) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210566) | 84
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210574) | 85
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department were engaged on National Lottery Distribution Fund matters in each of the last five years; and what proportion of their working time was spent on such matters in each of those years. | | (210243) | 86
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments were made to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt from (a) the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund and (b) the National Lottery Distribution Fund in each of the last three years. | | (210401) | 87
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on tourism in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (210495) | 88
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how regularly Ofcom conducts public awareness campaigns regarding its regulatory role and powers; and what Ofcom's budget is for the next three years. | | (210491) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 89
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210546) | 90
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the cost of British military operations abroad of each US $1 increase in the price of oil. | | (210640) | 91
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how long British troops have been operating in Zabul Province; how many troops are based there; what their mission is; and what assessment he has made of the security situation in the province. | | (210641) | 92
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 662W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, for what reasons his Department changed supplier for civilian air transport for the International Security Assistance Force in southern Afghanistan from the Mesopotamia Group to Skylink. | | (210642) | 93
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK (a) military personnel and (b) civilian staff were attached to the (i) European Union Military Staff, (ii) European Defence Agency, (iii) European Union Military Committee and (iv) other EU institutions in each month since September 2007. | | (210643) | 94
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many defence attachés his Department had in post in each (a) city and (b) country outside the UK in each month since September 2007. | | (210644) | 95
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's security objectives of reducing the size of the defence attaché network. | | (210645) | 96
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether defence attachés from other EU member states assist his Department in countries where the UK has (a) a reduced and (b) no defence attaché section. | | (210646) | 97
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 682W, on the EU Battlegroup, what the cost to his Department of hosting the EU Battlegroup observer's day to Exercise Druids Dance on 12th May was. | | (210647) | 98
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 682W, on the EU Battlegroup, which countries were represented at the EU battlegroup observer's day to Exercise Druids Dance on 12th May. | | (210648) | 99
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure per person was for telephone allowances as part of the deployment welfare package in the (i) first six and (ii) last six months of 2007-08. | | (210649) | 100
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel are deployed on operations and qualify for council tax rebate, broken down by council tax band. | | (210650) | 101
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unsociable hours as defined by the Defence Analytical Services Agency (a) armed forces, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force personnel undertook in each of the last five years. | | (210651) | 102
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of (a) armed forces, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force personnel worked excessive hours as defined by the Defence Analytical Services Agency in each of the last five years. | | (210652) | 103
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) numbers in post and (b) establishment are of (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Armoured Corps, (iii) Royal Artillery, (iv) Royal Engineers, (v) Royal Signals, (vi) infantry, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Army Chaplains Department, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Army Medical Corps, (xi) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, (xii) Adjutant General's Corps, (xiii) Royal Army Veterinary Corps, (xiv) Small Arms School Corps, (xv) Royal Army Dentistry Corps, (xvi) Intelligence Corps, (xvii) Army Physical Training Corps and (xviii) Queen Alexandra's Royal Auxiliary Nursing Corps personnel. | | (210653) | 104
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many on-duty hours as defined by the Defence Analytical Services Agency the (a) armed forces, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force undertook in each of the last five years. | | (210654) | 105
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual helicopter crew numbers are of each helicopter type in the (i) Army Air Corps, (ii) Fleet Air Arm and (iii) Royal Air Force. | | (210655) | 106
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow of (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Armoured Corps, (iii) Royal Artillery, (iv) Royal Engineers, (v) Royal Signals, (vi) infantry, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Army Chaplains Department, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Army Medical Corps, (xi) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, (xii) Adjutant General's Corps, (xiii) Royal Army Veterinary Corps, (xiv) Small Arms School Corps, (xv) Royal Army Dentistry Corps, (xvi) Intelligence Corps, (xvii) Army Physical Training Corps and (xviii) Queen Alexandra's Royal Auxiliary Nursing Corps personnel was in each year since 1997. | | (210656) | 107
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated (a) cost and (b) in-service date is of the (i) Astute class submarine, (ii) Type-45 Destroyer and (iii) Nimrod MRA4. | | (210661) | 108
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library copies of the Royal Navy's monthly Sitrep for each month since January 2008. | | (210662) | 109
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's projects gained main gate approval in 2007-08. | | (210663) | 110
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what advice he received from the military on methods of disposing of cluster munitions before taking the decision to sign the Dublin Convention. | | (210665) | 111
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure on recruitment video filming was in each year since 2003; and where each such video was filmed. | | (210666) | 112
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date Sea Dart missiles were removed from (a) HMS Exeter and (b) HMS Southampton. | | (210668) | 113
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operations (a) HMS Exeter and (b) HMS Southampton have taken part in over the last six months. | | (210669) | 114
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days (a) HMS Exeter and (b) HMS Southampton were (i) out to sea and (ii) undergoing maintenance in the last six months. | | (210670) | 115
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational purposes of the Royal Navy's Sea Dart missiles are. | | (210671) | 116
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects Sea Dart missiles to be returned to (a) HMS Southampton and (b) HMS Exeter. | | (210672) | 117
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many weapons systems have been removed from ships in the Royal Navy because (a) of the need to make expenditure reductions, (b) they were no longer operationally needed and (c) for other reasons in the last 12 months. | | (210673) | 118
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on Turkey's administrative agreement with the European Defence Agency. | | (210674) | 119
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel were deployed on operations in each location at the most recent date for which information is available. | | (210675) | 120
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships are serving in the Caribbean on counter-narcotics operations. | | (210676) | 121
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters of each type served in the Caribbean on counter-narcotics operations in each month since June 2006. | | (210677) | 122
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times United States Coast Guard helicopters have supported Royal Navy-led counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean since June 2006. | | (210678) | 123
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms of co-operation there are between UK forces and the United States Coast Guard in conducting counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean. | | (210679) | 124
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) target and (b) actual recruitment to the (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Marines Reserves, (iii) Royal Navy Reserve and (iv) Royal Air Force Reserves was in each year since 1997. | | (210694) | 125
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of disposing of the UK's cluster munitions. | | (210695) | 126
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) target and (b) actual recruitment to the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy, and (iii) Royal Air Force was in each year since 1997. | | (210696) | 127
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure on external consultancy was in 2007-08. | | (210711) | 128
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210558) | 129
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210575) | 130
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have lost all or part of their sight through service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (210370) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 131
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of available facilities safely to capture and dispose of products containing ozone depleting substances, with particular reference to those contained within plastic foam insulation. | | (210701) | 132
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the research project designed to help developing countries adapt to and plan for the consequences of climate change, announced at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change summit in December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (210348) | 133
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. | | (210490) | 134
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210545) | 135
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by his Department and (b) within the sector for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210456) | 136
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210559) | 137
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210576) | 138
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to respond to the Fourth Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Session 2007-08, HC 130-I, on badgers and cattle TB; and what the reasons are for the time taken to respond. | | (210295) | 139
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions resulted from illegal disposal of plastic foam insulation containing ozone-depleting substances in each year since 2004. | | (210481) | 140
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what response his Department has made to the National Audit Office report on the state of flood defences; and what recent work the Environment Agency has undertaken to implement the report's recommendations. | | (210426) | 141
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the National Flood Emergency Framework set out in the Pitt Review on the summer floods of 2007; and when he expects the framework to be implemented. | | (210428) | 142
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made to safeguard the critical infrastructure of utility companies from flooding. | | (210429) | 143
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent in the last 18 months on improving flood defences; and on which defences. | | (210430) | 144
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which police forces did not respond to his Department's consultation on the (a) adequacy and (b) enforcement of legislation on dangerous dogs; and if he will make a statement. | | (210444) | 145
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of household waste was recycled in each London borough in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (210492) | 146
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which rivers in the South West and southern areas host populations of (a) predominantly native and (b) predominantly American crayfish; and which rivers host significant populations of both species. | | (210702) | 147
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 14th January 2008, Official Report, column 868W, on waste disposal: crime, for what reasons the regulations will not come into force until April 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (210364) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 148
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations with regard to the rocket attack on Kibbutz Nirim by the Izz al-Din and al-Qassam brigades; and if he will make a statement. | | (210508) | 149
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with (i) governments of Arab states and (ii) the government of Israel on rocket attacks on Israel by (A) the Izz al-Din and (B) al-Qassam brigades; what response was received from each; and if he will make a statement. | | (210509) | 150
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of (a) men, (b) women and (c) children in Israel who have been (i) killed and (ii) injured by rocket attacks from (A) Gaza and (B) the Lebanon in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (210510) | 151
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210544) | 152
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to hold discussions with his (a) US, (b) Russian, (c) Chinese and (d) Indian counterparts on the Dublin Convention on cluster munitions. | | (210165) | 153
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the human rights of Eritrean refugees imprisoned in Egypt; and if he will request the Egyptian authorities not to repatriate them to Eritrea. | | (210166) | 154
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's personnel are in each province of (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and what functions they are carrying out in each case. | | (210497) | 155
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on private contractors providing protection services for his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in 2007. | | (210498) | 156
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what private contractors provided protection services for his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in 2007. | | (210499) | 157
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's personnel are assigned to the British Provincial Reconstruction Team in Lashkar Gah. | | (210503) | 158
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the expiration in December 2008 of the UN mandate for the international coalition in Iraq (UNSCR 1790 (2007)) on the activities of British armed forces in Iraq; what his policy is on the expiration of the mandate; and if he will make a statement. | | (210447) | 159
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on official contact with the government of Lebanon; and if he will make a statement. | | (210451) | 160
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Iraq on the situation of Iraqi Christians resident in Iraq. | | (210452) | 161
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2008, Official Report, column 1197W, on Iran: sanctions, what UK policy is on (a) monitoring the activities of Iranian financial institutions and (b) a European ban on the operations of Iranian banks Melli and Mellat; and if he will make a statement. | | (210478) | 162
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to promote measures to ensure that crimes committed against peacekeepers and aid workers in Darfur are investigated and prosecuted where appropriate; and if he will make a statement. | | (210479) | 163
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what Government policy is on further UN Security Council action against the government of Sudan in relation to any further refusal to comply with the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for (a) Mr Ahmad Harun and (b) Mr Ali Kushay; and if he will make a statement. | | (210480) | 164
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has received representations from the International Atomic Energy Agency seeking clarification of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's legal status under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and what UK policy is on this matter. | | (210482) | 165
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK plans to make a financial contribution to support the introduction of the system for programme support and the international public sector accounting standards at the International Atomic Energy Agency, as referred to in the Director General's Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors in Vienna on 2nd June 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (210483) | 166
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK put forward proposals on strengthening the International Atomic Energy Agency at the 28th April - 9th May Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Second Session; and if he will make a statement. | | (210484) | 167
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the budget for the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Security Fund was in the last period for which figures are available; and how much the UK committed to the Fund for that period. | | (210485) | 168
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the Arab League countries on the compliance of the government of Sudan with arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court for Mr Ahmad Harun and Mr Ali Kushayb; and if he will make a statement. | | (210496) | 169
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the mandate for the international coalition in Iraq has been reviewed in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1790 (2007). | | (210516) | 170
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the role of the Zimbabwean military on the re-run of the presidential elections expected on 27th June; and if he will make a statement. | | (210529) | 171
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210560) | 172
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210577) | 173
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) representations and (b) requests for assistance his Department has received from the European Commission on the activities of British financial institutions in Zimbabwe. | | (210477) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 174
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were examined by an NHS dentist in each health authority area in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex. | | (210513) | 175
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on a waiting list for an NHS dentist in (a) Southend West constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England (i) in each year since 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (210514) | 176
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females of each age group diagnosed with a transient ischaemic attack in each health authority area in each of the last five years. | | (210522) | 177
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on the (i) causes and (ii) means of prevention of a transient ischaemic attack; when his Department last undertook a review of those matters that took into account (A) UK and (B) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (210523) | 178
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults were examined by an NHS dentist in each health authority in each year since 2001, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex. | | (210524) | 179
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were listed on the primary care NHS list for (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) Essex and (c) England (i) in each year since 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which information is available. | | (210525) | 180
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what files his Department holds on (a) the Adoption (Amendment) Bill of Session 1989-90, (b) the Human Fertilisation (Choice) Bill of Session 1992-93 and (c) the Freezing of Human Embryos Bill of Session 1995-96; and if he will make a statement. | | (210689) | 181
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average distance a person had to travel to see an NHS dentist in (a) Southend-on-Sea, (b) each constituency in Essex and (c) England (i) in each year since 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which information is available. | | (210690) | 182
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were in (a) Essex and (b) Southend-on-Sea in each year since 1997; what steps he (i) has taken and (ii) plans to take to increase the number of NHS dentists in each area; what recent representations he has received about the provision of NHS dentists in each area; what recent discussions he has had on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (210691) | 183
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ring-fence funding for annual health checks for those with learning disabilities. | | (210604) | 184
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations are to be consulted on his Department's proposals on investment and clinical services announced on 4th May 2008. | | (210636) | 185
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the terms of reference are for the consultation on his Department's proposals on investment in access and clinical services announced on 4th May 2008. | | (210637) | 186
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the British Medical Association in the last two months on his Department's proposals on investment in access and clinical services announced on 4th May 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (210638) | 187
| Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department's officials have had with counterparts in Wales on the effectiveness of annual health checks for people with a learning disability. | | (210639) | 188
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the £42 million he announced in February for health authorities to consult on fluoridation has been spent; which health authorities have applied for funding; and for how much in each case. | | (210402) | 189
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the contingency arrangements NHS trusts have made in the event that the supplier of their telecommunications infrastructure for patients is unable to fulfil its contractual obligations. | | (210378) | 190
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210543) | 191
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by the Department and (b) within the sector for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210464) | 192
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210556) | 193
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210578) | 194
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether arrangements exist for patients to have annual medical check-ups in the NHS in (a) Shropshire and (b) other parts of England. | | (210356) | 195
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many persons aged (a) under 16, (b) between 16 and 18 and (c) over 18 were admitted to hospital with (i) stab wounds and (ii) gunshot wounds in each strategic health authority area in each of the last five years. | | (210404) | 196
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was between referral and treatment for drug treatment programmes in each primary care trust in each of the last five years. | | (210406) | 197
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients (a) under 18 and (b) 18 and over were referred to drug treatment centres in each of the last five years, broken down by strategic health authority area of residence. | | (210407) | 198
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist youth drug dependency workers in each strategic health authority area there are; and how many there were in each of the last five years. | | (210408) | 199
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patient records were lost in each strategic health authority area in each of the last five years. | | (210418) | 200
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to primary care trusts on the management of asthma. | | (210422) | 201
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to spearhead primary care trusts on the reduction of health inequalities for people with asthma. | | (210423) | 202
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received on the provision of incentives for the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease in primary care. | | (210427) | 203
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of pregnant women who are not registered with a general practitioner; and what steps his Department is taking to identify such women. | | (210605) | 204
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the progress that has been made towards achieving an integrated community-based paediatric continence service as set out in the Children's National Service Framework. | | (210530) | 205
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from what source the £42 million funding to be provided by central Government for the capital costs of fluoridation will be drawn. | | (210349) | 206
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent evaluation he has made of research into sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. | | (210343) | 207
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding he plans to provide for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy research in each of the next three years. | | (210344) | 208
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which ambulance services are working in partnership with local authorities to provide first aid training for school pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (210682) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 209
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what files are held by her Department on the British Nationality (Honorary Citizenship) Bill of Session 1988-89; and if she will make a statement. | | (210528) | 210
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which 20 non-EU nationalities received the most work permits for (a) doctors and (b) nurses in each year since 1997; and how many such work permits were issued to non-EU nationals in each of those years. | | (210421) | 211
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if she will make a statement. | | (210542) | 212
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department measures the level of alcohol-related crime. | | (210363) | 213
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the overall detection rate for robbery was in each police force in each year since 1988. | | (210365) | 214
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the (a) Prepare, (b) Prevent, (c) Protect and (d) Pursue strands of the Contest counter-terrorism strategy in each of the last three years. | | (210366) | 215
| 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 387W, on terrorism, how many of the suspects were detained for (a) fewer than seven days after arrest, (b) between eight and 14 days, (c) between 15 and 21 days and (d) between 22 and 28 days before being either charged or released. | | (210367) | 216
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) 10 to 17 years, (b) 18 to 24 years and (c) 25 years and over were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of knife possession offences in each of the last five years. | | (210368) | 217
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested and (b) convicted of drug trafficking offences as a result of National Crime Squad operations in 2005-06. | | (210369) | 218
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested and (b) convicted of drug trafficking offences as a result of operations by the Serious Organised Crime Agency in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (210405) | 219
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested on suspicion and (b) convicted of drug trafficking offences as a result of operations by the Serious Organised Crime Agency in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (210424) | 220
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested on suspicion and (b) convicted of drug trafficking offences as a result of National Crime Squad operations in 2005-06. | | (210425) | 221
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homicides where the method of killing was by sharp instrument have been recorded in South Yorkshire in each year since 1997. | | (210693) | 222
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by the Department and (b) within the sector for which she has policy responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (210453) | 223
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of television programmes (i) in each of the last three years and (ii) in 2008-09 to date; what programmes these were; and which companies made them. | | (210241) | 224
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence were recorded in the Peterborough Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (210531) | 225
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) schools and (b) other organisations on the role of the Independent Safeguarding Authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (210607) | 226
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to provide for the security of data held by the Independent Safeguarding Authority; and if she will make a statement. | | (210608) | 227
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the performance of the Independent Safeguarding Authority in vetting overseas workers who work with children. | | (210609) | 228
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped and searched by police in each London borough in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) ethnic background. | | (210338) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 229
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many universities require candidates for admission to undergraduate courses to sit an aptitude test; what his Department's policy is on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (210515) | 230
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) discussions he has had with university admissions tutors on the account taken of A-level qualifications in their admission assessments; and if he will make a statement. | | (210518) | 231
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on the role of A-levels in university admission assessments; when his Department last undertook a review of the role of A-levels in admission assessments that took into account (i) UK and (ii) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (210519) | 232
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on the impact of top-up fees on university drop-out rates; when his Department last undertook a review of the matter that took into account (i) UK and (ii) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (210520) | 233
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210541) | 234
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to prevent religious extremist teaching in universities. | | (209713) | 235
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by the Department and (b) within the sectors for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210458) | 236
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210567) | 237
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210579) | 238
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether the chair of the corporation of a sixth form college may also be a governor of the college. | | (210357) | 239
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department has issued guidance on whether governors of sixth form colleges may refuse requests from (a) members of the public, (b) parents of students and (c) members of teaching staff at the college to make their home addresses and email addresses available. | | (210358) | 240
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in each London borough (a) enrolled on and (b) did not complete a higher education course in each year since 1997. | | (210467) | 241
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of first year undergraduates he expects to receive grants of (a) £50 or less, (b) £524 or less, (c) £998 or less and (d) £2,002 or less in September 2008. | | (210438) | 242
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on the adult learning grant in each year since 2005; and how much he expects his Department to spend on the adult learning grant in each of the next three years. | | (210439) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 243
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the spread of AIDS in developing countries. | | (209714) | 244
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to widen accessibility to treatment for people with AIDS in developing countries. | | (209715) | 245
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to address food shortages in developing countries. | | (209716) | 246
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's staff are in each province of (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and what functions they are carrying out in each case. | | (210500) | 247
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what private contractors provided protection services for his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in 2007. | | (210501) | 248
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on private contractors providing protection services for his Department in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in 2007. | | (210502) | 249
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has of the numbers of people in Zimbabwe dependent on food aid. | | (210486) | 250
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of Zimbabweans who will be affected by the Zimbabwean government's decision to restrict the activities of international aid organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (210487) | 251
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of Zimbabwean refugees in neighbouring countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (210488) | 252
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any estimate has been made of the number of Iraqi Christians (a) displaced and (b) killed since March 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (210489) | 253
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will take steps to raise consumer awareness of the conditions in which children are working in the cocoa industry. | | (210432) | 254
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps he has taken to tackle child (a) trafficking and (b) labour standards in the cocoa industry in West Africa. | | (210433) | 255
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the potential of the Harkin-Engel Protocol to contribute to tackling child trafficking in the cocoa industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (210434) | 256
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on training courses for staff in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years. | | (210568) | 257
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210580) | 258
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of television programmes (i) in each of the last three years and (ii) in 2008-09 to date; what programmes these were; and which companies made them. | | (210242) | 259
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if his Department will take steps at EU level to ensure the publication of multiannual timetables showing how European Union member states are meeting their aid targets. | | (210340) | 260
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to give responsibility to the UN to monitor and evaluate the efforts of international organisations to tackle abuses by peacekeepers and aid workers. | | (210341) | 261
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department plans to take through the United Nations to improve reporting of and action taken in response to sexual exploitation and abuse of children by UN peacekeepers. | | (210342) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 262
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210540) | 263
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for offences relating to the illegal possession of knives in a public place in South Yorkshire in each year since 1997. | | (210692) | 264
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2008, Official Report, column 1111W, on criminal proceedings, when the working group on the Very High Cost Case (VHCC) scheme will make its proposals for the next VHCC scheme; and whether these will be published. | | (210298) | 265
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2008, Official Report, column 1111W, on criminal proceedings, how frequently the working group on the Very High Cost Case scheme meets. | | (210299) | 266
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by the Department and (b) within the sectors for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210457) | 267
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 975W, on politics and government, what the final cost was of the consultation on a Statement of Values held in Leicester on 10th December 2007. | | (210627) | 268
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Ministers, (b) officials, (c) representatives of local authorities, (d) invited members of the public and (e) non-invited members of the public attended the consultation event on a Statement of Values in Leicester on 10th December 2007. | | (210629) | 269
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jury summons were issued in each of the last five years; and of these how many potential jurors were disqualified following the results of a Police National Computer Check. | | (210630) | 270
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of producing the YouTube video of the consultation event on a Statement of Values held in Leicester on 10th December 2007. | | (210631) | 271
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of tagged offenders (a) disarming their tags and (b) breaking curfews while tagged have been reported to police in each of the last three years; and how many resulted in prosecution. | | (210632) | 272
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the National Offender Management Service has conducted research on the actual or predicted recidivism rates of offenders by (a) custodial institution, (b) probation service area and (c) local criminal justice board area. | | (210633) | 273
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what categories of offences have been alleged to have been committed by prisoners recalled while on the End of Custody Licence scheme. | | (210635) | 274
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210565) | 275
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210573) | 276
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average time between first receipt of notice of registration of a lasting power of attorney by the Office of the Public Guardian and the point at which the lasting power of attorney becomes usable in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (210354) | 277
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the time taken to process lasting powers of attorney on the wellbeing of elderly people in England. | | (210355) | 278
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account the Minister of State with responsibility for Freedom of Information took of the security implications of disclosure of people's home addresses in preparing the letter dated 2nd June to the hon. Member for New Forest East on such disclosure; whether the security implications were considered as a factor in refusing disclosure of judges' home addresses under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (210202) | 279
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which local authorities his Department sought information on potential locations for Titan prisons. | | (210448) | 280
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to build Titan prisons on sites in (a) public ownership, (b) private ownership or (c) both; and if he will make a statement. | | (210449) | 281
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he plans to take of the proximity of existing prisons when deciding where to locate new Titan prisons; and if he will make a statement. | | (210450) | 282
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders aged 18 to 24 years old reoffended within two years of leaving prison in the last five years. | | (210712) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 283
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services by the Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (210465) | 284
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210563) | 285
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210583) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 286
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand for the services provided by the Olympic Delivery Authority to be provided in the Welsh language; and if she will make a statement. | | (210534) | 287
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many contracts for the 2012 Olympic Games have been awarded to companies in the boroughs of (a) Greenwich, (b) Hackney, (c) Newham, (d) Tower Hamlets, (e) Waltham Forest and (f) London as a whole. | | (210247) | 288
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many contracts for the 2012 Olympic Games have been awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland. | | (210248) | 289
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many contracts for the London 2012 Olympic Games have been made; and what proportion this represents of the total number of contracts currently available for tender. | | (210249) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 290
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on training courses for staff in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years. | | (210569) | 291
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210584) | 292
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many times he has met (a) the First Minister of Scotland, (b) the Secretary of State for Wales, (c) the Secretary of State for Justice and (d) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to discuss the operation of the Joint Ministerial Committee since 16th May 2007. | | (210352) | Questions to the Solicitor General 293
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, when the investigation into the activities of EFT in Serbia will be concluded; on what date the case was referred to the Serious Fraud Office; and on what date the Serious Fraud Office passed its report to the Attorney General. | | (210420) | 294
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases relating to allegations of corruption overseas are currently being processed by the Attorney General's Office. | | (210440) | 295
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress has been made by the Serious Fraud Office in its investigation into Vodafone's activities in Kenya. | | (210339) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 296
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent representations the Electoral Commission has received on the provision of services in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210535) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 297
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what files are held by her Department on the Newly Qualified Drivers Bill of Session 1993-94; and if she will make a statement. | | (210527) | 298
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many late licence penalty notices were issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year since 1997. | | (210697) | 299
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many late licence penalty notices were paid (a) within 28 days and (b) after 28 days in each year since 1997. | | (210698) | 300
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many convictions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has obtained for failing to pay a late licence penalty notice in each year since 1997. | | (210699) | 301
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many late licence penalty notices were appealed against in each year since 1997; and how many appeals were successful. | | (210700) | 302
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member of East Surrey of 8th May 2008, Official Report, column 1067W, on biofuels, what estimate she has made of the cost of the Renewable Fuels Agency's review of the indirect impacts of biofuel production; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the Agency of (a) the work of (i) Agency staff and (ii) external advisers on the review and (b) the printing and publication of the report. | | (210246) | 303
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if she will make a statement. | | (210539) | 304
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by the Department and (b) within the sector for which she has policy responsibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (210454) | 305
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210561) | 306
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in her Department in the last 12 months. | | (210581) | 307
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the (a) 50 mile per hour speed limit around the roadworks north of junction 6 on the M1 motorway and (b) 40 mile per hour speed limit at the roadworks on the M40 in the vicinity of junction 1; and if she will make a statement. | | (210204) | 308
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will issue guidance to the Highways Agency on operating a consistent policy towards speed limits on motorways when roadworks are taking place in different areas. | | (210205) | 309
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the 50 mile per hour speed limit remaining in force on the southbound carriageway north of junction 9 of the M1 motorway after the opening of four carriageways to traffic. | | (210206) | 310
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many heavy goods vehicles entered the UK from the EU in each of the last three years; and what taxes were imposed per lorry in road tax and other charges. | | (209892) | 311
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1384W, on Heathrow Airport, what tasks were included in the wide range of technical work in which BAA participated. | | (210598) | 312
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, to the hon. Member for East Yorkshire, Official Report, column 1894W, on cars: research, what studies in this area conducted elsewhere in the EU her Department has evaluated. | | (210599) | 313
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 1895W, on railways: Scotland, what work she has asked Network Rail to undertake on new lines and high speed rail lines between England and Scotland. | | (210600) | 314
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1388W, on Heathrow Airport: noise, what estimates her Department has made of the proportion of current aircraft which will have been replaced by the Boeing 767 and Airbus A300/310 and A340 by (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) 2025; and on what information her estimates are based. | | (210601) | 315
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects to make a decision on whether to introduce national road pricing. | | (210602) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 316
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales on a legislative competence order for the Welsh language; what his policy is on the operation of the Welsh Language Act 1993; what representations he has received on the provision of public services in the Welsh language in each of the last three years; and what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the extent of demand for the provision of public services in the Welsh language. | | (210553) | 317
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2008, Official Report, column 922W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department who received a performance-related bonus at their 2006-07 appraisal were (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority and (d) disabled; and if he will make a statement. | | (210133) | 318
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on training courses for staff in the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years. | | (210570) | 319
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210585) | 320
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when the next meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee will take place; and how often he expects the plenary Committee to meet thereafter. | | (210351) | 321
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his responsibilities are for overseeing the Joint Ministerial Committee; what mechanisms are in place to ensure that there is no conflict between those responsibilities and his other responsibilities as Secretary of State; and whether he sits on the committee in the same capacity as the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland. | | (210353) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 322
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand for the services provided by the Government Equalities Office to be provided in the Welsh language; and if she will make a statement. | | (210536) | 323
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet and (b) other Ministerial colleagues on (i) departmental, (ii) sectoral and (iii) national strategies on age discrimination in the provision of goods and services and the promotion of age equality; and if she will make a statement. | | (210466) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 324
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the level of demand for the services provided by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental bodies to be provided in the Welsh language; and if he will make a statement. | | (210537) | 325
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of existing claimants of housing benefit who have had their benefits reduced as a result of changes by the Rent Service to the localities used to calculate reference rents. | | (210244) | 326
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance there are in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) England. | | (210245) | 327
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods and services (a) by the Department and (b) within the sectors for which he has policy responsibility; and if he will make a statement. | | (210455) | 328
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people started a claim for income support with disability premium in each of the last five years. | | (210198) | 329
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training activity claimants of the Employment and Support allowance may undertake that is (a) work related and (b) not work related. | | (210199) | 330
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he expects will flow onto the support channel of the employment and support allowance and be claiming the benefit by (a) the income channel and (b) the contribution channel. | | (210200) | 331
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) five years. | | (210562) | 332
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training courses were (a) available to and (b) taken up by civil servants in his Department in the last 12 months. | | (210582) | 333
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was recovered by his Department's Recovery From Estates Debt Management Unit in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (210603) | 334
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of running his Department's Recovery from Estates Debt Management Unit was in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (210626) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 335
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps his Department has taken to make progress in the Doha development round of international trade talks. | | [Transferred] (210436) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 336
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis was for his statement of 4th June 2008, Official Report, column 765, that the majority of drivers will benefit from the proposed changes to vehicle excise duty; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (210664) | 337
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent from the public purse in Tendring district by (a) Government departments, (b) agencies, (c) local authorities, (d) public services and (e) other statutory bodies in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (210371) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 338
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities are engaged in partnerships with local ambulance services and local schools to provide first aid training for school pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (210680) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 339
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 15 urgent recommendations of the Pitt Review on the summer floods of 2007 have been implemented; how many of the interim conclusions of the Pitt Review have been implemented; and how many of the additional 20 interim conclusions of the Pitt Review published on 4th March 2000 have been implemented. | | [Transferred] (210431) | 340
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which London boroughs use wheelie bins as the main form of household waste collection. | | [Transferred] (210346) | 341
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which London boroughs operate a kerbside recycling scheme for residential properties. | | [Transferred] (210347) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 342
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women contacted the NHS for help with gambling addiction in each year for which figures are available since 1997. | | [Transferred] (210362) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 343
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) civil servants and (b) full-time equivalent posts there are on the Joint Ministerial Committee Secretariat; and how many members of the Secretariat are from each Government Department and each of the devolved administrations. | | [Transferred] (210350) | 344
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to paragraph A1.5 of the Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements Between the United Kingdom Government, Scottish Ministers, the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Executive Committee, what further mechanisms there are for the Joint Ministerial Committee to deal with disputes between the Government and any or all of the devolved administrations. | | [Transferred] (210373) | 345
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to paragraph A1.5 of the Memorandum of Understanding and Supplementary Agreements Between the United Kingdom Government, Scottish Ministers, the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales and the Northern Ireland Executive Committee, whether the Joint Ministerial Committee has the power to resolve disputes between the Government and any or all of the devolved administrations, if unanimity is not reached between the parties involved. | | [Transferred] (210374) | 346
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what procedures are in place to ensure that the positions of Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish Ministers are taken into account when disputes are brought before the Joint Ministerial Committee. | | [Transferred] (210375) | 347
| David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which Minister will take the place allotted to the Deputy Prime Minister in plenary meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee. | | [Transferred] (210376) |
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