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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 24 June 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 24 June 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 24 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 24 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 24 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will commission research into the reasons why costs for kerosene have risen more rapidly than those for gas and electricity over the last 12 months. | | (212852) | 2
N | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in fuel oil prices on the domestic heating bills of those with no access to mains gas supplies. | | (212853) | 3
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what dates since 1st May 1997 his Department has re-evaluated its oil price projections for 2020; and what the projected figure was on each date. | | (213489) | 4
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which London boroughs have cold calling-free zones. | | (213805) | 5
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of businesses are small businesses in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South West and (d) England. | | (213799) | 6
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses there were in (a) Cornwall, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South West and (d) England in each year since 1979. | | (213800) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 7
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure on health has been as a proportion of gross domestic product in each year since 1997-98; and what estimate he has made of that proportion for each year to 2010-11. | | (213493) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 8
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what provision there is in the National Curriculum for teaching on politics and political institutions; and what research he has evaluated on the effects of such teaching in other countries on young people's participation in democratic processes. | | (213838) | 9
| Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what procedures are in place to ensure that private schools offer religious education teaching. | | (213839) | 10
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of televison 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. | | (213499) | 11
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department holds on the oral communication abilities of people in young offender institutions; and if he will make a statement. | | (213806) | 12
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of those who have received money from the (a) Transformation Fund, (b) Graduate Leader Fund and (c) Outcomes, Quality and Inclusion strand of the (i) Sure Start, (ii) early years and (iii) Childcare grants in each of the last three years are registered childminders. | | (213505) | 13
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of local authorities provide funding for childminding networks. | | (213506) | 14
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of local authorities fund the provision of baby formula milk. | | (213507) | 15
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of local authorities have undertaken full sufficiency assessments of local childcare provision under the Childcare Act 2006. | | (213508) | 16
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2008, Official Report, columns 948-50W, how many and what proportion of daycare settings in the (a) 15 per cent. most deprived and (b) 15 per cent. least deprived local authorities are Sure Start centres; and how many and what proportion of the 8.4 per cent. of day care providers deemed inadequate in the 15 per cent. least deprived areas between 2007 and 2008 are Sure Start centres. | | (213510) | 17
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in the London Borough of Enfield received education maintenance allowance in each of the last five years. | | (213802) | 18
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on education in personal financial management; and if he will make a statement. | | (212760) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 19
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people aged (a) under 18 years old, (b) 18 to 30 years old and (c) over 30 years old were diagnosed with bone cancer in (i) Lancashire and (ii) nationally in each of the last five years. | | (213669) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 20
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd April 2008, Official Report, column 1264W, on housing: local government finance, if she will place in the Library a copy of the equivalent figures for 2007-08. | | (213511) | 21
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd April 2008, Official Report, column 1264W, on housing: local government finance, how much was (a) transferred by local housing authorities into the Housing Revenue Account and (b) redistributed to local housing authorities by the Housing Revenue Account in the last year for which figures are available. | | (213512) | 22
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's medium-term financial strategy for the Fire Service College. | | (213824) | 23
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the job specification of the Chief Executive of the Fire Service College is. | | (213825) | 24
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the position of Chief Executive of the Fire Service College was first advertised. | | (213826) | 25
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date her Department received the resignation of the Chief Executive of the Fire Service College. | | (213827) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 26
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of televison 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. | | (213498) | 27
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department provided to (a) amateur sports clubs and (b) sport in schools in (i) Enfield North constituency and (ii) London in each year since 1997. | | (213803) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 28
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he had with his French counterpart before announcing the cancellation of the procurement of the seventh and eighth T45 destroyers. | | (213807) | 29
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice he received from the First Sea Lord relating to the cancellation of the seventh and eighth T45 destroyers procurement programme. | | (213808) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 30
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist farmers in protecting their livestock from bovine tuberculosis. | | (212761) | 31
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to establish the extent of tuberculosis infection in wild animals. | | (212762) | 32
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce the number of wild animals infected by tuberculosis. | | (212763) | 33
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to protect the public from wild animals infected with tuberculosis. | | (212764) | 34
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many infestations of (a) rats and (b) other vermin were reported in each region in England in each year since 1997. | | (213494) | 35
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates his Department and its predecessors have made of the size of the (a) seagull and (b) pigeon population in England in each year since 1997. | | (213496) | 36
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of clearing up after damage arising from (a) seagull and (b) pigeon populations. | | (213497) | 37
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to improve working practices between the Environment Agency and local authorities to deal with (a) flooding and (b) drainage for Canvey Island; and if he will make a statement. | | (212956) | 38
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors he considers when determining the relative priority of measures to deal with coastal flooding and inland flooding; and if he will make a statement. | | (212957) | 39
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ability of people who have received grants under the Warm Front Scheme to continue to pay for their new heating equipment; whether the effects of recent changes in oil prices on the cost of fuel have been considered; and whether he plans to review the categories of persons entitled to grants. | | (213777) | 40
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Warm Front Scheme against its objectives; and if he will make a statement. | | (213778) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 41
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with other EU member state governments on the recent Irish referendum. | | (213026) | 42
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2008, Official Report, column 667W, on Government Communication Headquarters: photography, how many prosecutions under the Official Secrets Act 1911 have been brought against those taking photographs of Government Communications Headquarters, Cheltenham; and if he will request the Crown Prosecution Service to investigate whether to prosecute the BBC for displaying such photographs online. | | (213509) | 43
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in West Papua. | | (213491) | 44
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking through the EU to encourage the Indonesian government to enter into internationally-mediated dialogue with representatives of the West Papuan people. | | (213492) | 45
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Chairman of the African Union on the progress of peace talks following the fighting on the Djibouti-Eritrea border. | | (213809) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 46
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions for suspected or actual heart attacks there were in each hospital accident and emergency unit in (a) the latest month for which figures are available and (b) the same month in the preceding year. | | (213782) | 47
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on research into bone cancer in each of the last five years. | | (213665) | 48
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on raising awareness of bone cancer symptoms among (a) general practitioners and other medical professionals and (b) the general public in each of the last three years. | | (213666) | 49
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on treating bone cancer in young people (a) in Lancashire and (b) nationally in each of the last five years; and with what rate of success in each case. | | (213667) | 50
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time taken to diagnose bone cancer in young people (a) in Lancashire and (b) nationally was in each of the last five years. | | (213668) | 51
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions environmental health officers closed premises for public health reasons in each region of England in each year since 1997. | | (213495) | 52
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of televison 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. | | (213500) | 53
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) net NHS expenditure and (b) the annual change in net NHS expenditure was (i) in current prices, (ii) in real terms and (iii) adjusted for NHS-specific inflation in each year since 1997-98. | | (213503) | 54
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) net financial outturn, (b) gross surplus and (c) gross deficit of the NHS (i) including foundation trusts and (ii) excluding foundation trusts was in each year since 1997-98. | | (213504) | 55
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued on major incidents to enable deployment of mobile emergency response incidence teams. | | (213609) | 56
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to hospitals on (a) BASIC doctors attending at the scene of an incident and (b) provisions to be made to care for their patients during such absences from the hospital. | | (213610) | 57
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia and intubation; and what categories of personnel are permitted to perform this procedure. | | (213611) | 58
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake research to evaluate whether the Government's target to reduce the number of teenage mothers has had an effect on the number of teenagers having abortions. | | (213810) | 59
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of abortions carried out on non-UK residents in hospitals and clinics in England was in 2007. | | (213811) | 60
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on the involvement of interested parties in decisions on the disposal of land formerly occupied by hospitals. | | (213828) | 61
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received on the process of disposal of the site of the former Leicester General Hospital, with particular reference to the involvement of interested parties. | | (213829) | 62
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the reconfiguration budget of Leicester primary care trust. | | (213836) | 63
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he issues on (a) hospital site transfers and (b) the (i) use and (ii) disposal of land formerly occupied by hospitals. | | (213837) | 64
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to liberalise the law relating to abortion in England and Wales. | | (213779) | 65
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislation to amend the Abortion Act 1967. | | (213780) | 66
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received (a) supporting and (b) opposing the liberalisation of legislation relating to abortion. | | (213781) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 67
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on its recent advertising campaign on binge drinking. | | (212765) | 68
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides for the families of those who have died as a result of criminal conduct on the interpretation of (a) DNA testing and results and (b) other expert evidence arising during criminal investigations. | | (213612) | 69
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were of defendants aged 10 to 17 years for being drunk and disorderly in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (213812) | 70
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children and (b) adults resident in Bexley had their DNA recorded on police records in each of the last five years. | | (213813) | 71
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of funding from the Tackling Gangs Action Programme has been allocated to Greater London. | | (213814) | 72
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 198757, tabled by the hon. Member for Wycombe on 31st March 2008, on the role of statutory agencies in the Channel Project. | | (213421) | 73
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 198654, tabled by the hon. Member for Wycombe on 31st March 2008, on discussions with police forces on the setting up of the Channel Project to combat violent extremism. | | (213422) | 74
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 198758, tabled by the hon. Member for Wycombe on 31st March 2008, on areas selected under the Channel Project. | | (213423) | 75
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 198759, tabled by the hon. Member for Wycombe on 31st March 2008, on consultations on the Channel Project. | | (213424) | 76
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 198655, tabled by the hon. Member for Wycombe on 31st March 2008, on her Department's role in the development of the Channel Project. | | (213425) | 77
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the detention of Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, commonly known as Colonel Karuna, a Sri Lankan citizen; what his immigration status is; and whether he is being considered for deportation. | | (213816) | 78
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders are known to have travelled abroad without informing the police. | | (213823) | 79
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken consultations with universities on the implementation of the points-based immigration system; and if she will make a statement. | | (212828) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 80
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of televison 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. | | (213502) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 81
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to reduce HIV/AIDS in middle income countries. | | (213058) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 82
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether to make HMP Chelmsford a category C prison; and what factors he has taken into account in that assessment. | | (213025) | 83
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young offenders in Chelmsford Prison are (a) local to the area and (b) come from outside the local prison catchment area. | | (213027) | 84
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to reduce the proportion of young offenders in Chelmsford Prison who come from London and elsewhere outside the catchment area for the local prison. | | (213028) | 85
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent change there has been to the capacity of the young offender facility at Rochester; and what effect this has had on numbers of young offenders from London being placed in Chelmsford Prison. | | (213029) | 86
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of subsistence payments made to offenders released on end of custody licence since June 2007 was. | | (213344) | 87
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2008, Official Report, column 647W, on prisoners' release: reoffenders, how many of the alleged further offences committed by offenders on end of custody licence were (a) robbery, (b) burglary, (c) theft and handling, (d) fraud and forgery and (e) drug offences. | | (213345) | Questions to the Solicitor General 88
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Solicitor General, how many reports of assaults on prison staff by inmates, made with a view to prosecution, the Crown Prosecution Service received in each of the last five years for which records are available; and how many such cases were prosecuted. | | (213840) | 89
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she has had with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on the case against Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, commonly known as Colonel Karuna, a Sri Lankan citizen; if she will request the CPS to review the decision not to prosecute in this case; and if she will make a statement. | | (213815) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 90
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information she holds on the percentage change in the pump price of (a) petrol and (b) diesel in each (i) EU and (ii) G8 country between January 2005 and April 2008; and what the average price change has been. | | (213487) | 91
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) reviews, (b) consultations and (c) taskforces her Department is (i) responsible for and (ii) scheduled to establish; on what date each such initiative (A) started and (B) is expected to be completed; and what the purpose is of each. | | (213488) | 92
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the relative merits of (a) a guided busway and (b) a reinstated railway between Luton and Dunstable; what account she has taken of (i) climate change policy and (ii) the trend in oil prices in forming her view; and if she will make a statement. | | (213490) | 93
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June 2008, Official Report, columns 791-2W, on the Liverpool Street to Chelmsford railway line, what options for reducing congestion on the Chelmsford to Liverpool Street line she has discussed with National Express; and on what dates such discussions took place. | | (213190) | 94
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which London boroughs operate a cycle to work scheme. | | (213804) | 95
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which harbours from Lymington to Dartford and in the Isle of Wight are subject to open port duty regulations. | | (213189) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 96
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an individual residing in a care home and paying their own fees in full is entitled to the full winter fuel allowance. | | (213663) | 97
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an individual residing in a care home whose fees are being (a) paid in full or (b) partially paid from public funds is entitled to the full winter fuel allowance. | | (213664) | 98
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of televison 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. | | (213501) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 99
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken by the Government to prevent and discourage sex tourism abroad by UK nationals; and what funding has been allocated to such work in 2008-09. | | [Transferred] (213820) | 100
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking in international fora to encourage more countries to adopt extraterritorial laws to tackle child sex tourism. | | [Transferred] (213821) | 101
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will attend the meeting of the All Party Group on Trafficking of Women and Children on 24th June in the House of Commons to discuss with the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire the work of Pentameter 2 on trafficking in Britain. | | [Transferred] (213426) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 102
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to apply extraterritorial jurisdiction to offences committed abroad by UK nationals which would be considered criminal under domestic law. | | [Transferred] (213822) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 103
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which London boroughs operate a Shopmobility scheme; and what funding is provided for the scheme from the public purse in each of those boroughs. | | [Transferred] (213801) |
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