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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 21 April 2008

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer beginning on Monday 21 April 2008 (the 'Questions Book') Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on Monday 21 April 2008 This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 21 April 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 Monday 21 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 21 April see Part 2 of this paper. Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations his Department received from the renewable energy industry prior to the relaunch of the domestic stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and if he will make a statement. (199373) 2 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many grant awards have been made under the domestic stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in each month since its inception. (199374) 3 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the reduction in maximum grant levels under the domestic stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme on household demand for solar photovoltaic and micro-wind technologies; and if he will make a statement. (199375) 4 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what budget has been set for the domestic stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. (199376) 5 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate his Department has made of the number of micro-generation installations to be delivered by the domestic stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. (199377) 6 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many renewable energy systems have been installed on or in UK dwellings in each year since 2000. (199378) 7 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress his Department is making towards the Government's goal of catching up with solar photovoltaic programmes in Japan and Germany; and if he will make a statement. (199379) 8 Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the UK's global position in the construction of integrated solar photovoltaics; and if he will make a statement. (199380) 9 Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of the 3,000 business support schemes which the Government pledged in the 2006 Budget to reduce to 100 by 2010 have been closed down or amalgamated with other schemes. (199936) 10 N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to reply to the letters of 28th January 2008 and 6th March 2008 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on his constituent Mr J. Burrows. (199895) 11 Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the Government's target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by between 26 per cent. and 32 per cent. by 2020 to be made by the development of new nuclear power stations. (199466) 12 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make available resources to non-governmental organisations to assist in their participation in the consultation on the process for prospective new nuclear plants. (199699) 13 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will consider providing financial support to the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. (200189) 14 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) assessment he has made of the complexity and (b) estimate he has made of the cost of participation in the microgeneration certification scheme to solar technology suppliers interested in qualifying for the low carbon buildings programme. (200192) 15 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199586) 16 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199593) 17 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Morgan Stanley in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each such payment was. (199683) 18 N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Wycombe of 29th February 2008 on individuals registered in the UK in relation to businesses. (199343) 19 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department takes against employers who offer housing to immigrant workers and deduct more than the legally permissible offset from their salaries as payment. (200081) 20 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post office franchises are due contractually to terminate in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. (200140) 21 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many lessees of Post Office Ltd freehold estates have triggered a call option requiring the landlord to sell the revisionary estate to the lease; and if he will make a statement. (200141) 22 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether at the termination of a post office franchise agreement the leasehold on that estate automatically reverts to the freeholder; and if he will make a statement. (200142) 23 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post office leases include a call option requiring the landlord to sell the revisionary estate to the lease; whether that is triggered on lease termination; and if he will make a statement. (200143) 24 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether at the time a post office franchise agreement is terminated, any leasehold agreement on that estate similarly terminates, even if held by a different organisation, individual or legal entity than the franchise; and if he will make a statement. (200144) 25 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what conditions are contained in franchise agreements to maintain running post offices on an estate where the lease is a different organisation, individual or legal entity than the franchise. (200145) 26 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what conditions are contained in leases associated with franchise agreements to run post offices should lessees not maintain a post office function on the estate for the duration of the lease agreement; and if he will make a statement. (200154) 27 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many franchised post offices had franchises that were terminated at the end of the franchise agreement (a) by the franchisor, Post Office Ltd., and (b) by the franchisee in each year since 2001. (200155) 28 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what conditions are contained in franchise agreements to run post office facilities that trigger the early termination of the property lease agreement should those facilities not be maintained; and if he will make a statement. (200156) 29 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post office franchisees have given notice to terminate their agreement (a) prior to the end of the franchise contract and (b) at the end of the franchise contract in the last six months; and if he will make a statement. (200160) 30 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what submissions he has received from manufacturers of cosmetic products on data on animal testing required under Regulation 9(1)(i) of the Cosmetics Products (Safety) Regulations 2004 in each of the last three years. (199387) 31 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department requires manufacturers to take in notifying new cosmetics products under the Cosmetics Products (Safety) Regulations 2004. (199388) 32 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how his Department has implemented (a) Regulations 5 (7) to 5 (16) of the Cosmetics Products (Safety) Regulations 2004 with particular reference to Regulation 5 (9), and (b) the EU requirement that Member States prohibit the sale of cosmetic ingredients and finished products that have been tested on animals using animal methods which may be replaced by valid alternative tests using fewer or no animals; and if he will make a statement. (199389) 33 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199636) 34 N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 334W, on renewable energy: finance, what funds are held by OFGEM arising from the auctioning of renewable obligation certificates and electricity generated under non-fossil fuel obligation contracts. (199305) 35 N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 334W, on renewable energy: finance, how much of the £500 million allocated to be spent from 2002 on research and development and capital grants for emerging renewable and low carbon technologies has been spent; what the allocation of the spend has been to different categories of project; and what projects have been supported under each category. (199306) 36 N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 334W, on renewable energy: finance, whether his Department has received any transfer of funds from the fossil fuel levy since 2004; and if he will make a statement. (199308) 37 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will request Post Office Ltd not to proceed with its proposed changes to the post office structure; and if he will make a statement. (199556) 38 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which of the recommendations of the Walsh Review of flexible working he plans to implement; and when he plans to implement them. (199874) 39 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress is being made on proposals to extend the right to flexible working to all parents with children under the age of 16 years. (200066) 40 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his departmental website. (200149) 41 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200220) 42 Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent comparisons his Department has made between the cost to domestic energy users of (a) mains gas and (b) liquefied petroleum gas; and if he will make a statement. (199432) 43 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what timetable his Department plans for the (a) commencement and (b) implementation of each of the provisions of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 yet to be commenced and implemented. (199562) 44 N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the (a) (i) pay and (ii) non-pay administration and (b) estate costs of each regional development agency were in each year since 2000-01. (198897) 45 N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what properties each regional development agency (RDA) owns; how many RDA-employed staff are located at each such property; what the square footage of space available at each is; and what estimate has been made of the value of each such property. (198898) 46 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's expenditure on (a) salaries for those in permanent civil service posts, (b) salaries for those in permanent non-civil service posts and (c) payments to temporary and agency workers was in each month since May 2005. (199458) 47 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) permanent civil service posts, (b) permanent non-civil service post and (c) posts filled by temporary and agency workers there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199459) 48 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the likely carbon footprint of new nuclear power stations in the UK. (199902) 49 N Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects a reply to be sent to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire in response to his letter of 21st December, Reference: PT/33280, transferred from his Department to Ofcom. (199121) 50 N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the re-publication without the subject's permission of images of persons posted on social networking sites; and if he will make a statement. (199411) 51 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what level of subsidy will be available to the Post Office network after 2011; and if he will make a statement. (199872) 52 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) evidence he has evaluated and (b) what research he has commissioned, on the whole life carbon emission consequences of the replacement of fossil fuels with biofuels for power generation; and if he will make a statement. (200068) 53 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what discount rate has been assumed in carrying out the cost benefit analysis for wind farms (a) at current levels of Government subsidy and (b) assuming no subsidy. (200021) 54 N Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 3rd April 2008, Official Report, columns 903-4, on the nuclear industry, if he will place in the Library a copy of the analysis which underlay his estimate of new jobs which will be created through spending on new nuclear power. (199706) 55 Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his Department provides any (a) capital and (b) revenue support to any conference or exhibition centre; and if he will make a statement. (199437) Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 56 Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised from (a) vehicle excise duty and (b) fuel duty in each year since 1997. (199427) 57 Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at the Financial Services Authority were engaged in supervising Northern Rock prior to September 2007; and how many are currently employed in supervising Northern Rock. (199892) 58 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken in the last 12 months to assist those with very high levels of personal debt. (199315) 59 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken in the last 12 months to encourage low income families to save money. (199316) 60 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has investigated the role played by the Financial Services Authority in the regulation of the sale of endowment mortgages. (200190) 61 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199591) 62 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199608) 63 Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Bexley paid income tax at the 10 pence basic rate in 2007-08. (199488) 64 Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects on residents of Bexley in receipt of occupational pensions of abolition of the 10 pence rate of income tax. (199489) 65 N Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the advertising and sponsorship spend of National Savings and Investments in 2007-08. (199527) 66 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200132) 67 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total revenue from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08, broken down by VED bands A to G. (200047) 68 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total projected HM Revenue and Customs revenue is from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11, broken down by VED bands A to M; and how much of that relates to the (i) standard rate and (ii) first year charge. (200048) 69 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of flights into and out of UK airports in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 as a result of the per plane duty due to come into effect from November 2009. (200049) 70 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of likely changes in total carbon dioxide emissions from aviation in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11, as a result of the duty payable per plane due to come into effect from November 2009. (200050) 71 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of likely changes in total carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11, as a result of the changes in rates of vehicle excise duty announced in the Budget 2008. (200051) 72 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what adjustment he has made to the previous £15 million budget for stamp duty relief for zero carbon homes as a result of the Budget 2008 announcement that flats and maisonettes will now qualify. (200197) 73 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions he has made of the numbers of additional flats and maisonette properties which will qualify for the stamp duty relief for zero carbon homes as a result of the Budget 2008 announcement that flats and maisonettes will now qualify. (200198) 74 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what total stamp duty relief has been claimed to date in relation to zero carbon home purchases, broken down by stamp duty band (a) 1 per cent., (b) 3 per cent. and (c) 4 per cent. (200199) 75 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department paid in consultants' fees and other payments to Goldman Sachs in each year since 1997. (199525) 76 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department to Karian and Box since 1997. (199633) 77 N Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals in (a) Scotland, (b) each Scottish parliamentary constituency and (c) each Scottish local authority area were paying only the 10 pence starting rate of income tax as at 1st April 2008. (199169) 78 N Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of individuals in (a) Scotland, (b) each Scottish parliamentary constituency and (c) each Scottish local authority area who will (i) be better off, (ii) be worse off and (iii) will experience a neutral effect from the abolition of the 10 pence starting rate of income tax. (199170) 79 N Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) Scotland, (b) each Scottish parliamentary constituency and (c) each Scottish local authority area were paying only the 10 pence starting rate of income tax as at 1st April 2008. (199171) 80 N Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Scotland, (b) each Scottish parliamentary constituency and (c) each Scottish local authority area which will be (i) better off, (ii) worse off and (iii) will experience a neutral effect from the abolition of the 10 pence starting rate of income tax. (199172) 81 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200014) 82 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his departmental website. (200031) 83 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200226) 84 N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 660W, on Northern Rock: consultants, whether the management of Northern Rock has now indicated to the Government its intention with regard to Northern Rock Guernsey Ltd; and whether the Government has indicated to the management of Northern Rock its preferred course of action with regard to this subsidiary. (199986) 85 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) cross checks and (b) linkages (i) exist and (ii) are planned between the data records of individuals stored on databases held by (A) HM Revenue and Customs and (B) other Government departments. (200104) 86 Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of recent changes in energy prices. (199390) 87 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment in his Department there were in each month since May 2005. (199848) 88 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost was of salaries for (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in his Department in each month since May 2005. (200174) 89 Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to make suntan lotions for children zero-rated for VAT. (199826) 90 Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been allocated to each local authority under the Invest to Save budget. (199362) 91 Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department provides any (a) capital and (b) revenue support to any conference or exhibition centre; and if he will make a statement. (199434) 92 N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 27th February 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent. (199498) Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 93 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government plans to take to address trends in the number of children going missing whilst in care. (199410) 94 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will provide guidance to local education authorities on incorporating biomass-based heating and cooling in new build schools. (199701) 95 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) children and (b) asylum-seeking children went missing from local authority care in each of the last five years. (199503) 96 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199590) 97 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199607) 98 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what Ministerial presence there will be at the Commonwealth Youth Ministerial meeting in Sri Lanka. (200193) 99 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200120) 100 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199632) 101 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 692W, what payments his Department and its predecessor made to Inclusive Technology in each year between 1997-98 and 2005-06. (199664) 102 Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made on its Parliamentary Question tracking system to record whether Named Day questions are provided with a substantive answer on the due day since November 2007. (199994) 103 N Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what factors he took into consideration in determining the recently revised optimum size for a school governing body. (199542) 104 Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 892W, on Ministers: correspondence, if he will publish the regular e-mails sent to local authorities by his Department in each week since 18th December 2007, including the bespoke e-mails containing an item of significant importance; and if he will make a statement. (199521) 105 Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of whether there are financial benefits to schools of joining consortia; and if he will make a statement. (200054) 106 Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools gave fixed-period exclusions to (a) more than five per cent. and (b) more than 10 per cent. of their pupils in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (200097) 107 Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) secondary and (b) primary school pupils were excluded for a fixed period on (i) five or more occasions and (ii) 10 or more occasions in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (200098) 108 Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of persistent absentees from school obtained (a) five GCSEs A*-C and (b) five GCSEs A*-C including English and mathematics in the last period for which figures are available. (200099) 109 Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what evidence his Department holds on the effect of fixed period exclusions on pupil behaviour; and if he will make a statement. (200100) 110 Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of raising the education and training leaving age in each of the first 10 years of its implementation. (200133) 111 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200019) 112 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth form colleges had teachers who worked overtime to teach children with English as an additional language in the latest period for which figures are available. (199355) 113 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) secondary schools and (b) sixth form colleges are running the International English Language Testing System; what the estimated costs are of running the International English Language Testing System; and what financial support local authorities provide to schools and sixth form colleges running the International English Language Testing System. (199356) 114 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Basingstoke, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England have (A) at least one specialist teaching assistant for pupils with English as an additional language, (B) at least one lead teacher for ethnic minority pupils, (C) at least one specialist teaching assistant for pupils with English as an additional language and one lead teacher for ethnic minority pupils and (D) more than one specialist teaching assistant for pupils with English as an additional language and a lead teacher for ethnic minority pupils. (199358) 115 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support from local authorities is available to schools to provide resources to teach children who have English as an additional language; what assessment has been made of the adequacy of this support; and if he will make a statement. (199359) 116 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the 10 most common first languages spoken among pupils who have English as an additional language are in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth form colleges in (i) Basingstoke, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England. (199360) 117 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth form colleges have English as an additional language in (i) Basingstoke, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England. (199361) 118 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average number of hours worked per week by (a) childcarers in maintained settings, (b) childcarers in private, voluntary and independent nurseries and (c) childminders in each year since 1997. (199873) 119 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) private, voluntary and independent nurseries and (b) childminders received funding from local authorities to deliver the free entitlement in each local authority area in each of the last five years. (199875) 120 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities to promote the childcare sustainability grant to childcare providers. (199876) 121 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department allocates to each local authority for the childcare sustainability grant; and what indicators are used to assess how much each local authority should receive in respect of the grant. (199897) 122 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what criteria providers must fulfil to gain access to funding from the local authority childcare sustainability grant; and how much from the grant has been allocated to (a) maintained childcare settings and (b) private, voluntary and independent childcare providers in each local authority since its inception. (199898) 123 Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average level of funding given by each local authority to (a) private, voluntary and independent nurseries, (b) maintained childcare settings and (c) childminders in order to provide 2.5 hours of childcare a day was in each of the last five years. (200067) 124 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200162) 125 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200218) 126 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had audible carbon monoxide alarms fitted in each year since 1997. (200180) 127 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library all guidance issued by his Department to schools on the use of carbon monoxide alarms. (200182) 128 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will hold discussions with Alcoholics Anonymous on educating school children on alcoholism and alcohol abuse. (199992) 129 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the ContactPoint database has cost to date; and how much has been budgeted to complete the project. (200108) 130 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) linkages and (b) cross checks are proposed between data records of individuals on (i) the ContactPoint database and (ii) other Government databases. (200109) 131 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199628) 132 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts , (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199629) 133 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school classes of (a) over 30, (b) over 25 and (c) over 20 pupils there were in 1996-97. (199384) 134 N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school sites were sold (a) wholly and (b) partly in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. (199414) 135 N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) pupils eligible for free school meals and (b) all eligible pupils did not sit five GCSEs in 2007. (199415) 136 Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he plans to take towards the introduction of the masters in teaching and learning qualification; what estimate he has made of the cost of introducing the qualification; and if he will make a statement. (199383) 137 Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children with epilepsy were educated in mainstream primary and secondary schools in England in each of the last five years. (199980) 138 Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made in its planning, policy and guidance for the education sector on the effects of epilepsy on a child's learning. (199981) 139 Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children with epilepsy who have special educational needs; and if his Department will consider recognising epilepsy as a condition that may cause special educational needs. (199982) 140 Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the merits of implementing statutory training requirements for those working with children who have epilepsy. (199983) 141 Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department plans to make the collection of data regarding the number of children with epilepsy in schools mandatory at local authority level. (199984) Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 142 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) employed and (b) unemployed people there were in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in each year since 1997. (200089) 143 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many employees of Capita plc have been (a) seconded to his Department and (b) appointed to his Department's non departmental public bodies since 1997; to which body each secondment or appointment was made; and for how long each secondment or appointment lasted. (199702) 144 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199588) 145 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199609) 146 Jim Dowd (Lewisham West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will consider the merits of identifying users of British sign language as part of the next census. (200177) 147 Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people (a) under and (b) over 21 years of age committed suicide in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Doncaster and (iii) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (199354) 148 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the last five years. (199453) 149 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which recommendations of the Inter-departmental Task Force on Migration Statistics (a) have and (b) have not been implemented since the publication of its report. (199855) 150 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the funding required to implement the recommendations made by the Inter-departmental Task Force on Migration Statistics; what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues over such funding; and how much has been allocated to implement these recommendations in each of the next three years. (199857) 151 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the value was of each contract awarded by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies to Rackspace in the last year for which figures are available. (199524) 152 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the value was of each contract awarded by the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) Prime Minister's office to Karian and Box since 1997. (199651) 153 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, columns 522-3W, on furniture: 10 Downing Street, by what date his Department's resource accounts will be audited and laid before Parliament. (199673) 154 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200018) 155 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the average (a) hourly and (b) annual pay of (i) male and (ii) female (A) childcarers in daycare settings and (B) childminders in each year since 1997. (199893) 156 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the average (a) hourly and (b) annual pay of (i) male and (ii) female childcare assistants in each year since 1997. (199894) 157 N Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the average annual salary of (a) childcarers in daycare settings and (b) childminders qualified to level 6 in each year since 1997. (199899) 158 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200150) 159 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200219) 160 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199627) 161 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199631) 162 Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of migrants to the UK entered the country to study at a UK educational institution in the latest period for which figures are available. (199658) 163 Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average age is of a pensioner in (a) Scotland and (b) England. [R] (199968) 164 Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate has been made of average life expectancy in (a) Scotland and (b) England. [R] (199970) Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 165 N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 715W, on Minister for the East of England: Essex, how many times the Minister for the East of England has visited the area administered by Essex County Council since her appointment; and for what reasons. (198841) 166 Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of total planning applications in Tendring district were for development on garden sites classified as brownfield land in the most recent period for which figures are available. (200213) 167 Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) Housing and Communities Agency and (b) OfTenant will maintain voluntary recognition established by the Housing Corporation to (i) Unison and (ii) Unite for collective bargaining purposes; and if she will make a statement. (199987) 168 Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will break down by (a) sex, (b) ethnicity and (c) age, senior managers and staff of English Partnerships engaged in transition arrangements; and whether this staff profile is likely to be maintained in the Housing and Communities Agency. (200181) 169 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what regulations cover the provision of (a) information and (b) documents by local authorities on their actions to (i) hon. Members, (ii) local councillors and (iii) members of the public; and what exemptions apply. (199698) 170 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will consider including heat grids and biomass-based tri-generation systems in evaluating the bids for eco-towns. (199700) 171 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199589) 172 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what these payments were for. (199660) 173 Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic properties in (a) Barnsley, (b) Doncaster, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England there are in each council tax band. (199357) 174 Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to her Written Ministerial Statement of 3rd April 2008, Official Report, columns 70-72WS, on eco-towns, if she will list the parliamentary constituencies in which the proposed Eco-towns are located. (200211) 175 N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built since the zero rate of stamp duty for zero-carbon homes was introduced. (199972) 176 N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has estimated the percentage of residents in eco-towns who will be expected to travel to work by (a) rail, (b) bus, (c) bicycle, (d) car and (e) on foot. (199974) 177 N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has estimated how far residents of the new eco-towns will be expected to travel to work on average. (199975) 178 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) her Department and (ii) agencies which report to her Department. (200121) 179 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to assess (a) levels of and (b) trends in homelessness among immigrants from (i) A8 countries and (ii) non-EU countries. (199851) 180 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of immigration on housing demand in the United Kingdom. (199852) 181 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was of each contract awarded by her Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199635) 182 Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of the introduction of Lifetime Homes on the plot size of new homes; and what discussions she has had with (a) the house building industry and (b) disability organisations on this matter. (200058) 183 N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of the reduction in fire control centre staff by 112 in the South West on performance standards in Fire and Rescue Services in the area in Gloucestershire. (200062) 184 N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March, if she will break down the £400,000 of private funding attracted by Manton neighbourhood management pathfinder by (a) funder and (b) regeneration activity supported. (199122) 185 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for her Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200017) 186 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of her Departmental website. (200163) 187 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200217) 188 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in her Department was in each month since May 2005. (199626) 189 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment there were in her Department in each month since May 2005. (199630) 190 Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix for 2007; and if she will make a statement. (199371) 191 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what target she has set for housebuilding in Castle Point constituency over the next planning period; and what the (a) process and (b) anticipated timing is for finding sites for these houses. (199369) 192 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on (a) setting local development frameworks on the use of (i) Green Belt land, (ii) urban fringes and (iii) intensification of urban areas for residential construction and (b) balancing the use of these land categories; and if she will make a statement. (199370) 193 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) highest, (b) mode and (c) mean salary package is for a chief executive of a (i) borough council and (ii) county council, including bonus entitlements. (199386) 194 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to seek the abolition of the East of England Regional Assembly. (199931) 195 Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department provides any (a) capital and (b) revenue support to any conference or exhibition centre; and if she will make a statement. (199435) Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 196 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12th November 2007, Official Report, column 6W, on television: licensing, how many people in Northern Ireland were penalised for not having a valid television licence in 2007. (199270) 197 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199605) 198 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199619) 199 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance and assistance is available from English Heritage on the use of renewable technology in buildings of historic importance. (199366) 200 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the aims of the Hearth and Home research project by English Heritage are; and if he will make a statement. (199367) 201 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200122) 202 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department to Karian and Box since 1997. (199650) 203 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on research in each of the last three years, broken down by policy area or departmental division. (199828) 204 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much he expects his Department to spend on (a) the Own Art programme and (b) the Take It Away instrument scheme in each of the next three years. (199829) 205 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much he expects his Department to pay to Euclid in each of the next three years. (199830) 206 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's planned expenditure on the Tourism Strategy Fund is for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. (199836) 207 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department provided to Ofcom in each of the last three years; and for what purposes each payment was made. (199837) 208 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on strategic commissioning in (a) museums (b) galleries and (c) libraries in each of the last five years. (199838) 209 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department provided for Regional Cultural Consortia in 2007-08; and what funding will be provided in 2008-09. (199839) 210 Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding agreements his Department has made with (a) departmental agencies, (b) non-departmental public bodies and (c) private companies for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. (199840) 211 Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to complete his assessment of the costs and benefits of upgrading his core research requirements for digital switchover help scheme freeview resources to include billing menus, billing channels and programme information; and when he plans to make a decision on this matter. (199526) 212 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200024) 213 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200164) 214 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200216) 215 N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent discussions on the governance of baseball; and if he will make a statement. (199027) 216 N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how often his Department has met the Association for Physical Education in each of the last three years; and what the outcome was of those meetings. (199028) 217 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199624) 218 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199625) 219 Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department provides (a) capital and (b) revenue support to any conference or exhibition centre; and if he will make a statement. (199436) Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 220 N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many incidents of tackling piracy the Royal Navy was involved in each of the last five years; and what the date (a) and (b) location of each incident was. (199820) 221 N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24th July 2006, Official Report, columns 782-90W, on reserve forces, what the (a) actual strength and (b) unit establishment of (i) men and (ii) women (A) officers and (B) other ranks was in each of the reserve forces, broken down by (1) the Territorial Army by arm and corps and (2) (x) the Royal Navy Reserve and (y) the Royal Auxiliary Air Force by functional category in the most recent period for which figures are available. (199821) 222 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he issues posthumous medals for service personnel who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan while showing courage above and beyond the course of duty. (199262) 223 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199604) 224 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199618) 225 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what conditions in the agreement with the US for its use of (a) RAF Menwith Hill and (b) RAF Fylingdales would apply in the event of its premature termination. (199444) 226 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 629, on Iraq, whether (a) military personnel or (b) civilian personnel were represented at the meeting on 23rd March 2008; and what the (i) rank and (ii) civilian pay grade was of each UK representative present. (199428) 227 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours of training were required for those flying (a) fast jets, (b) transport aircraft and (c) helicopters in the RAF in each year since 2003. (199451) 228 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fuel leakages on a Nimrod aircraft have been reported since January 2007. (199452) 229 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many violent incidents were reported in (a) Dhi Qar, (b) Muthanna, (c) Maysan and (d) Basra provinces in each of the last six months. (199470) 230 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target number of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation in the UK to be upgraded to each standard of condition grade in 2007-08 was; and how many of each were upgraded to each standard of condition category in that year. (199471) 231 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage shortfall requirement for a (a) Hercules, (b) Tornado and (c) Typhoon aircraft was at the latest date for which figures are available. (199472) 232 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel were deployed on operations, broken down by location of deployment, at the most recent date for which figures are available. (199473) 233 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines were in breach of the guidelines on individual separated service at the end of the 2007-08 financial year. (199474) 234 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average tour interval for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines was at the end of the 2007-08 financial year. (199475) 235 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of armed forces training exercises were cancelled in 2007-08. (199476) 236 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cadet forces were disbanded in each year since 1997. (199490) 237 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many teachers (a) were recruited to and (b) left Service Children's Education in each year since 2001. (199491) 238 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time teachers were employed by Service Children's Education at the latest date for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the full-time requirement. (199492) 239 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual (a) capital and (b) running cost of a regional rehabilitation unit has been in the last three years. (199494) 240 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were treated at Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre in each year since 2004. (199495) 241 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's expenditure on language training was in each year since 1997. (199496) 242 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his official engagements were from 25th February to 1st April 2008. (199666) 243 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200124) 244 Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, columns 350-1W, when the decision not to accept the recommendation of his Department's 1998 operational analysis was taken; what the evidential basis for the decision was; and if he will make a statement. (199382) 245 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department to Karian and Box since 1997. (199646) 246 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, columns 734-5W, what paid leave entitlements apply to casual staff in his Department. (199667) 247 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, columns 796W, on what pay bands are applied to press officers in (a) his Department and (b) regional press offices; and how many press officers are in each band. (199668) 248 N Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the A400M aircraft ordered by his Department will have an explosive suppressive foam capability to respond to fuel tank explosions. (198842) 249 Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the cut and sew contract for army uniforms runs out; and when the tender process for the future cut and sew contract begins. (200161) 250 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200020) 251 N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the arrangements are for (a) communication of pension entitlement, (b) payment of lump sum payment and (c) confirmation of pension estimate for those officials from his Department who retired under the voluntary early redundancy scheme on 31st March 2008. (199540) 252 N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials from his Department retired under the voluntary early redundancy scheme on 31st March 2008; what proportion of them were not paid their redundancy payment; and for what reason; when he expects (a) lump sum payments and (b) confirmation of pension payments to be made to those people; whether those people will be entitled to compensation in consequence of the time taken to (i) confirm arrangements and (ii) pay the lump sum; and if he will make a statement. (199541) 253 N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) soldiers, (b) sailors and (c) airmen were paid late in each year since 1997. [R] (199545) 254 N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces veterans had their terminal benefits paid late in each year since 1997. [R] (199546) 255 N Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid out by his Department for medical negligence claims made by (a) service personnel and (b) service dependants relating to their treatment in (i) service facilities, (ii) civilian medical facilities abroad and (iii) civilian medical facilities in the UK in each year since 1997. (199671) 256 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 814W, on the Departmental internet, whether Wikipedia entries have been created or amended by officials in his Department who are not special advisers or communications officials. (199954) 257 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200166) 258 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's most recent estiamte is of (a) the number of empty domestic dwellings owned by his Department and the armed forces and (b) the number of empty domestic dwellings owned by external bodies which are for use by members of the armed forces and their families. (200183) 259 Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 795W, on Departmental databases, if he will list (a) the companies and (b) the categories of personal information involved. (199949) 260 Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether British troops are deployed protecting (a) oil installations and (b) the port of Shalamchah in southern Iraq. (200194) 261 Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any requests have been made by (a) the US and (b) the Iraqi military that the British Army redeploys into central Basra. (200195) 262 Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of likely savings as a result of the Defence Training Review over the next 25 years. (199995) 263 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199622) 264 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199623) 265 N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what operational roles are planned for the Future Lynx helicopter. (199463) 266 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the alternatives to using bearskin for the manufacture of Guards' caps; and if he will make a statement. (199368) 267 Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the workforce strength at MOD Aberporth is. (199880) 268 N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to reply to the letter of 25th February 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent, reference MC01269/2008. (199497) Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 269 N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on which sites genetically modified oil seed rape has been grown for trial purposes; which of these sites has subsequently been cultivated with conventional and organic oil seed rape crops; and in which years such conventional and organic crops were cultivated in each case. (199514) 270 N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department is carrying out into genetically modified oil seed rape volunteer plants at sites previously used for trials. (199515) 271 N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Northavon of 28th February 2008, Official Report, column 1855W, on departmental ICT, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the projected cost of installing and implementing and (b) the likely annual saving in energy costs from (i) VISTA's in-built group policy options to enforce a default switch to the VISTA sleep mode after a pre-set elapsed time of inactivity and (ii) the Nightwatchman technology. (200045) 272 N Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Northavon of 28th February 2008, Official Report, column 1855W, on departmental ICT, what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions his Department saved as a result of the big switch energy efficiency campaign in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. (200046) 273 Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has given advice to staff in his Department to switch off personal computers when not in use. (200052) 274 Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish a single, comprehensive source of accurate flood risk data in the UK. (199350) 275 Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of (a) Angola, (b) the Republic of Congo, (c) Equatorial Guinea, (d) Eritrea, (e) Ghana, (f) Malawi, (g) the Federal States of Micronesia, (h) Tanzania and (i) Vanuatu on the recruitment of each to the International Whaling Commission; and if he will make a statement. (199457) 276 N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the length of time taken to provide Land Army badges to people who have applied for them through hon. Members. (198558) 277 Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department has spent on (a) Warm Front and (b) Warm Deal since 2000. (199554) 278 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has worked on research with the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy based jointly at the London School of Economics and the University of Leeds. (199697) 279 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has received from his Departmental chief scientific adviser on the review of the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation. (199704) 280 Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to respond to the National Audit Office review UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Measurements and Reporting, published on 15th March. (199705) 281 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199603) 282 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199617) 283 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his highest projection is of the average annual temperature for the UK in 2050. (199418) 284 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many animals were part of the Pet Travel scheme in each year since its inception, broken down by species; and what plans he has for changes in the scheme to bring it into line with other EU countries. (199914) 285 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which countries have (a) multilateral and (b) bilateral arrangements with the UK with regard to the Pet Travel scheme. (199915) 286 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the UK has taken to reduce cetacean by-catch; and what representations he has made to the EU on common arrangements. (199916) 287 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200125) 288 N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information he has received from the European Commission on fuel subsidies to other member state's fishing fleets in the last 12 months. (200204) 289 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199647) 290 N Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to (a) publish and (b) put out to public consultation proposed regulations on greyhound welfare under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. (199168) 291 N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th March 2007, Official Report, column 1278W, on seas and oceans: environmental protection, if he will list those sites not mentioned in the Answer, but included in the figure of 180 sites reported in the Government's response to the Science and Technology Committee's report, Investigating the Oceans 2006-07, HC470; and what the reasons are for each site's protection. (199123) 292 N Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of the level of funds likely to be generated by the auctioning of allowances under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme in each year from 2008 to 2012; and how the funds will be disbursed. (199307) 293 N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason Peterborough City Council was not selected for the air quality grant programme in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. (199896) 294 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200005) 295 Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to attend the Intergovernmental Plenary of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD); and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the IAASTD process in developing his Department's policy on the future of food, farming, global hunger and rural poverty. (199517) 296 Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of (a) reptiles and (b) birds being imported from (i) within and (ii) outside the European Union were recorded on the Trade Control and Export System in each year since 2000. (199531) 297 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200167) 298 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200228) 299 Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the likely effects of ending central Government funding for the Rural Housing Enablers on the number of affordable houses in rural areas. (199938) 300 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley of 14th March 2008, Official Report, column 706W, on Enviros Consulting, which of the projects listed in the table included the provision of advice, training and consultancy on (a) domestic waste collection practices and (b) charging for domestic waste collection. (199504) 301 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, columns 1180-1W, on waste management: fees and charges, what powers local authorities have to require payment for the provision of bin bags; and what steps local authorities may take in instances of non-payment. (199505) 302 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, columns 1180-1W, on waste management: fees and charges, whether residents may utilise bin bags from other sources without incurring the local authority charge in areas where local authorities charge for the provision of bin bags as waste receptacles. (199506) 303 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30th October 2007, Official Report, columns 1180-1W, on waste management: fees and charges, what obligation there is upon the relevant waste collection authority to collect domestic waste put out in receptacles other than those provided by the local authority in those areas where local authorities make a charge for the provision of waste receptacles. (199507) 304 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, column 126W, on geographical information systems, which Government departments and agencies other than his own have been given access to the Shared Spatial Information Service. (199509) 305 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements there are on waste collection authorities to provide free waste collection services to prisons. (199568) 306 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities operate residual household waste collections with a frequency of less than once a week, including those operating pilot schemes with that frequency. (199569) 307 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which waste collection authorities have introduced alternate weekly collections and subsequently reinstated weekly collections of residual household rubbish. (199583) 308 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities have (a) held discussions with and (b) expressed an interest to his Department on levying new charges for the collection of household waste. (199584) 309 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether joint waste authorities will have powers to impose new charges for the collection of household rubbish. (199656) 310 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199620) 311 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199621) 312 Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the carbon dioxide output of uranium fuel for nuclear power stations will be taken into account in estimating the UK's carbon footprint. (199900) 313 N Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that those local authorities which are in the lead of flood preventative planning committees have the (a) resources and (b) powers to carry out the recommendations of those committees. (199025) 314 N Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for plans for larger ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth and associated shore works not being subject to an environmental impact assessment; and if he will make a statement. (199174) 315 N Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in conducting an appropriate assessment of plans to increase the size of ferries between Yarmouth and Lymington together with associated shore works; and if he will make a statement. (199175) 316 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effect of the Environment Agency's Managed Realignment proposals on the recently acquired RSPB Nature Reserve behind the Medmerry frontage. (200022) 317 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effect of the Managed Retreat losses under options (a) one and (b) two of the Environment Agency's proposals (i) in the Chichester Harbour area and (ii) at Selsey. (200023) 318 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to relocate the lost grazing marsh in Medmerry. (200025) 319 Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the scope for using recycled materials to provide low cost material for coastal defence. (200042) 320 Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of Natural England and the Environment Agency's policies on Managed Retreat. (200053) 321 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Selsey's £1 billion asset value was taken into consideration when calculating the Cost Benefit Analysis on the frontage at Medmerry. (200057) 322 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he had with the Environment Agency about the warning received on 7th March about an imminent collapse of the sea defences in Selsey. (200157) 323 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the value of assets at risk from flooding in Selsey over the next 20 years; and what probability assessment is attached to the estimate. (200158) 324 N Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the area of grazing marsh that will be lost to the sea under options (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the Environment Agency's Managed Retreat proposals. (200159) 325 Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the Warm Front scheme in respect of (a) affordability, (b) properties already benefiting from prior insulation grants and (c) regional procurement; and if he will make a statement. (199861) 326 Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what circumstances the public may be excluded from land designated as a town green under section 15(1) of the Commons Act 2006. (200072) 327 Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pieces of land have been designated as a town green under the Commons Act 2006. (200073) 328 Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the receipts from fines issued to water companies by Ofwat are distributed. (200074) Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 329 Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the extent of corruption in the Afghanistan government; and if he will make a statement. (199345) 330 Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his recent comments on the Today programme, what the special position is of China with regard to Tibet. (199348) 331 N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to (a) UK-registered and (b) Royal Navy ships operating in or passing through areas where there is a risk of piracy on (i) intervention in and (ii) taking active steps to prevent acts of piracy. (199822) 332 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what precautions have been taken to assist UK citizens living in Zimbabwe following the elections. (199260) 333 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase support for Turkish accession to the European Union amongst EU member states. (199833) 334 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve the relationship between the UK and Mexico. (199834) 335 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199602) 336 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199616) 337 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of steps taken by the new government in Pakistan on improving human rights and democratic governance. (199417) 338 N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of small arms which were imported into the UK and immediately re-exported in each of the last three years; and what assessment he has made of the (a) destination and (b) end use of such arms. (200041) 339 N Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Bulgaria on a pardon for Michael Shields; and if he will make a statement. (199563) 340 N Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representation he has made to the government of Egypt on stopping the smuggling of weapons into Gaza. (199564) 341 Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons the Government supports EU sanctions against Cuba; and what representations he has received on the Government's position on EU sanctions against Cuba in the last 12 months. (199523) 342 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200126) 343 Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether all the funding pledges made at the 2007 Paris Donor Conference for aid to the Palestinians have been disbursed to the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement. (200075) 344 Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made in securing the return of EU monitors to the Rafah border crossing with Gaza; and if he will make a statement. (200077) 345 Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals resident in Zimbabwe. (200078) 346 Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in southern Yemen. (200079) 347 Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response he has received from the US authorities on the Government's request for the return of Mr Binyam Mohammed from Guantanamo Bay; and what reports he has received of plans to try Mr Mohammed before a US military tribunal. (200080) 348 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department to Karian and Box since 1997. (199649) 349 N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice he has received on the compliance with international law of actions taken by the People's Republic of China in relation to the self-determination movement in Tibet. (198845) 350 Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations since the Conference in Annapolis; and what his assessment is of both parties' compliance with (a) international law and (b) the framework set out in the 2003 Roadmap. (200151) 351 Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the British Ambassador in Rabat is monitoring the human rights situation in the occupied Western Sahara; and when the Ambassador last visited the occupied territories. (199346) 352 Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to encourage the British Council to increase the number of its offices in China. (199859) 353 Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the British Council on the improvement of scientific links between China and Britain. (199860) 354 N Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take in the week beginning 21st April to monitor the (a) treatment and (b) risk of torture of Mr Simon Mann in Black Beach Prison, Equatorial Guinea; and whether Mr Mann is still being continuously shackled. (198171) 355 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200006) 356 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200168) 357 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200229) 358 Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received concerning the operation of the Foreign Press Association; and if he will make a statement. (199483) 359 Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reasons his Department has discontinued its funding of the Foreign Press Association; and if he will make a statement. (199484) 360 Mr Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will consider restoring funding to the Foreign Press Association; and if he will make a statement. (199485) 361 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, columns 591-2W, on departmental official residences, what guidance he issues on the tax liability of (a) Ministers of the Crown in any official ministerial residence and (b) former Ministers of the Crown occupying official ministerial residences. (199508) 362 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March 2008, Official Report, column 99W, on 1 Carlton Gardens, what charges were made to the right hon. Member for Derby, South in respect of her occupation of the property following cessation of Ministerial office. (199519) 363 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March 2008, Official Report, column 99W, on 1 Carlton Gardens, what level of payment was made by the right hon. Member for Derby, South while occupying the property (a) as a Minister and (b) when not holding Ministerial office. (199520) 364 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on the liability of diplomats covered by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961 for the London congestion charge. (199565) 365 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199535) 366 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment in his Department there were in each month since May 2005. (199536) 367 N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 836W, on Saudi Arabia: overseas residence, if he will make representations to the government of Saudi Arabia to permit non-Muslims to practise their faith in public. (199353) Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 368 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions related to episodes of psychosis there were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. (199944) 369 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of changes in the incidence of schizophrenia in 15 to 25 year olds in the last 30 years. (199997) 370 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions related to episodes of schizophrenia there were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. (199998) 371 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the evidence linking cannabis use and the onset of schizophrenia in the 15 to 25 year age group. (199999) 372 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the changes in incidence of psychosis in 15 to 25 year olds in the last 30 years. (200000) 373 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the particular risks to teenage boys associated with smoking cannabis. (200001) 374 Mr Martin Caton (Gower): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any private finance initiative schemes in the NHS have been included in portfolios held in off-shore tax havens. (199516) 375 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government plans to take to improve the treatment of older people in care homes. (199313) 376 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to improve the investigation process when elder abuse has been reported in the last 12 months. (199314) 377 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199601) 378 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199615) 379 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each such payment was. (199685) 380 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to Byotrol in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each such payment was. (199686) 381 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to Lloyds Pharmacy in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each such payment was. (199687) 382 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department paid to Alliance Boots Ltd in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each such payment was. (199688) 383 Jim Dowd (Lewisham West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake to restore the underspend by strategic health authorities on multi-professional education and training, with particular reference to nurse training for each of the last five years for which there has been an underspend. (199947) 384 Jim Dowd (Lewisham West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Strategic Health Authorities spend their full budget allocation on nurse training. (199948) 385 Jim Dowd (Lewisham West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are under consideration by his Department to ensure that strategic health authorities meet their service level agreement commitments regarding multi-professional education and training. (200175) 386 Jim Dowd (Lewisham West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the aggregated underspend on nurse training over the last five years. (200176) 387 N Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department's non-medical prescribing board last considered a business case for dieticians to become supplementary or independent prescribers. (199309) 388 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he issued to trusts on the provision of appropriately trained doctors to treat cases of severe trauma at the scene of the incident. (199337) 389 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason his Department decided to cease funding for the Developing Patient Partnerships programme; and what arrangements have been made for the continuity of the provision of its services to patients. (199338) 390 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work has been conducted by the NHS European Office since it was set up in 2007. (199416) 391 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the likely cost of introducing mandatory weighing and measuring of all children in England in each year. (199454) 392 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged (a) 40 to 49, (b) 50 to 59, (c) 60 to 69, (d) 70 to 79 and (e) 80 years and above, were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection in each of the last five years, broken down by disease. (199985) 393 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200127) 394 Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths there were in (a) Great Western Hospital, Swindon, (b) Royal United Hospital, Bath and (c) Chippenham Community Hospital wholly or partly attributed to (i) clostridium difficile, (ii) MRSA and (iii) other hospital acquired infections in each of the last five years. (199433) 395 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department to Karian and Box since 1997. (199645) 396 Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of osteopathy in treating long-term musculoskeletal conditions; and if he will make a statement. (199823) 397 N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has published guidance on the duty of foundation trusts to release medical records to the next of kin of a patient who has died in their care. (198899) 398 N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has powers to require foundation trusts to release medical records to the next of kin of a patient who has died in their care. (198900) 399 Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of perinatal mortality there were in Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (199930) 400 Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, column 16W, on drugs: rehabilitation, for what reasons there are no plans to integrate cannabis cessation services within National Health Service stop smoking services. (200043) 401 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of self harm were diagnosed in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) region, (b) sex and (c) those aged (i) under 10, (ii) 10 to 18 and (iii) over 18 years. (199940) 402 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were admitted to hospital for eating disorders in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) region, (b) sex and (c) those aged (i) under 10, (ii) 10 to 18 and (iii) over 18 years. (199941) 403 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were referred to alcohol counselling services in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) region, (b) sex and (c) those aged (i) under 10, (ii) 10 to 18 and (iii) over 18 years. (199942) 404 Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of each notifiable disease were diagnosed in each of Her Majesty's Prisons in each of the last five years. (199943) 405 N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria are for assessing someone as being at (a) low, (b) moderate and (c) high risk as a result of a vascular risk assessment as referred to in Putting Prevention First. (198843) 406 N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the modelling work on vascular risk assessment referred to in his Department's document Putting Prevention First. (198844) 407 N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the costs associated with the vascular risk assessment programme, as proposed in Putting Prevention First; and what proportion of that cost he estimates will arise from (i) the risk assessment process and (ii) consequent interventions. (198849) 408 N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the difference between take-up rates by men and women of vascular risk assessments. (198850) 409 N Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what risk assessment tool his Department used in modelling the effects of the proposed vascular risk assessment programme, published in Putting Prevention First. (198851) 410 Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between 40 and 74 years of age received a vascular risk assessment in 2007. (199443) 411 N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 883W, on Westminster Primary Care Trust: general practitioners, what the (a) names and (b) locations are of the GP practices with closed lists within the Westminster Primary Care Trust; how many patients each has; what the cost of each practice to the NHS was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (199477) 412 N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace provides for (a) Royal Household staff based outside the area of Westminster Primary Care Trust and (b) staff employed in the households of other members of the Royal Family; and if he will make a statement. (199715) 413 N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what revenue the closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace received under the additional needs-based allocation in each year since 2004; and what proportion of its income this represented in each such year. (199716) 414 N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are registered on the closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace; and if he will make a statement. (199717) 415 N Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons there is a closed-list GP practice at Buckingham Palace; and if he will make a statement. (199718) 416 N Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish an independent scientific committee to oversee research into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. (199903) 417 N Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that Government funding for biomedical research on ME/CFS is equal to Government funding for psychological research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. (199904) 418 Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29th January 2008, Official Report, column 339W, on health services: West Sussex, if he will define his use of the term viable option. (199945) 419 Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1328W, on Streptococcus screening, when he expects to receive a response from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. (199381) 420 Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on notifying pensioners of their entitlement to an NHS sight test; and if he will make a statement. (199499) 421 Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of people aged 60 and over had an NHS sight test in the last year for which figures are available. (199500) 422 N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to fund the work of specialised pre-hospital doctors outside London. (199405) 423 N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of pre-hospital care in trauma patients, with particular reference to airway management. (199406) 424 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether changes to the unsocial hours payment were agreed in the 2004 Agenda for Change. (199952) 425 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has informed NHS staff of the changes to unsocial hours payment. (199953) 426 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a list of NHS organisations in England, broken down by local authority area. (199988) 427 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with (a) Unison, (b) the Royal College of Nursing and (c) other representative bodies on the changes to the unsocial hours payment; and if he will place in the Library the minutes of those meetings. (199989) 428 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent changes he has made to the unsocial hours payment; and if he will break down the percentage change by (a) pay band and (b) staff role. (199990) 429 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 29th June 2005 to the hon. Member for Harborough, Official Report, column 1608W, on identity cards, what the conclusions were of his Department's consideration of the costs and benefits of using identity cards within the National Health Service, including the cost of card readers, with particular reference to the NHS Connecting for Health National Programme for IT. (200111) 430 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean, (b) median and (c) range of time taken was by the Healthcare Commission to categorise complaints in each year from August 2004; and how many (i) categorised and (ii) un-categorised complaints are outstanding. (200134) 431 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what stage has been reached in the development of the proposed NHS card referred to in section 2.21 of the NHS Improvement Plan, published on 24th June 2004. (200135) 432 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has awarded in section 64 grants to the charitable and public sectors since 1978. (200136) 433 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the formula is for funding Local Involvement Networks; and what the (a) unweighted funding per council and (b) unweighted funding per 100 people is for each local authority in 2008-09. (200169) 434 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 27th February 2006, Official Report, column 439W, on the European Health Insurance Card, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on links between (a) an NHS card and (b) Connecting for Health, and the identity cards programme. (200230) 435 Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for Lord Darzi's assessment in his Interim Report that the NHS is perhaps two-thirds of the way through its reform programme set out in 2000 and 2002. (199431) 436 Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, columns 23-4W, on the NHS: drugs, what proportion of the profit margin achieved by pharmacy contractors was attributable to the reimbursement of category M medicines expenditure in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07. (199819) 437 Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged between 40 and 74 years have access to vascular risk assessments. (199885) 438 Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Thurrock of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 884W, on Westminster Primary Care Trust: general practitioners,what the names are of the two per cent. of GP practices with closed lists; and under which primary care trusts they operate. (199946) 439 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance his Department has issued to NHS organisations on the use of carbon monoxide alarms. (199501) 440 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals had audible carbon monoxide alarms fitted at the most recent date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (199502) 441 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Choose and Book IT project has cost to date. (200105) 442 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was allocated for NHS IT projects since 2005; and how much he expects to allocate in each year until 2010. (200106) 443 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) linkages and (b) cross checks are planned between data records on individuals in (i) NHS IT systems and (ii) other Government IT systems. (200107) 444 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment in his Department there were in each month since May 2005. (199537) 445 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199538) 446 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199553) 447 N Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were in post in each primary care trust in (a) 2001, (b) 2005 and (c) 2007. (199317) 448 Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the number of children with sexually transmitted diseases. (199440) 449 Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects Avastin to be available on NHS prescription for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration. (199827) 450 Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate for breast cancer re-screening within 36 months was in (a) England, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) the Leeds/Wakefield screening area in each of the last six months; and what proportion of eligible women in the Leeds/Wakefield breast screening area received scans within 36 months in the most recent period for which figures are available. (199518) 451 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the NHS measures the capability of patients with a history of violent behaviour induced by mental illness to be reintegrated into society. (199653) 452 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provisions the NHS has in place for the reintegration of patients with a history of mental illness and violence back into society; what factors are taken into account before reintegration takes place; and what budget was allocated to such reintegration policies in each of the last 10 years. (199654) Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 453 Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to reduce the number of animals used in the testing of food additives. (199669) 454 N Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against a person were recorded in (a) Hastings and Rye and (b) Bexhill and Battle constituency in each of the last five years. (198846) 455 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people arrested for public order offences when drunk are routinely tested for illegal drugs. (199996) 456 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the prevalence of cocaine abuse in the 15 to 25 year age group in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (200002) 457 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people arrested for public order offences who were found to have taken cocaine in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (200003) 458 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether people arrested for public order offences are routinely tested for illegal drugs. (200004) 459 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to curtail the supply of cannabis seeds available to buy via the internet. (200034) 460 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions took place of individuals found to be supplying cannabis seeds via internet websites in each of the last five years for which figures are available. (200035) 461 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the links between home-grown cannabis and organised crime; and whether these links have changed since January 2004. (200036) 462 Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what types of cannabis were seized by police in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the percentage of cannabis seized which was skunk, homegrown or sensimilla in each year. (200037) 463 N Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a respect squad has been used since Christmas 2007. (197367) 464 N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the new UK Border Agency will be based in (a) Pembroke Dock, (b) Fishguard, (c) Swansea, (d) Holyhead and (e) Wales. (200212) 465 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve links between the police and community. (199835) 466 N Mr David Curry (Skipton & Ripon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against the person were recorded in Skipton and Ripon constituency in each of the last five years. (198704) 467 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199592) 468 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199610) 469 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department paid to Morgan Stanley in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each such payment was. (199682) 470 N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the design and introduction of a logo for the UK Border Agency, broken down by category of expenditure. (200178) 471 N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the design and introduction of uniforms for the UK Border Agency to date; how much the total projected spend is on the design and introduction of new uniforms for the UK Border Agency; and if she will provide a cost breakdown by category of expenditure. (200179) 472 N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Rochford and Southend East constituency in each of the last five years. (199825) 473 N James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in (a) Dudley South and (b) Plymouth Sutton constituency in each of the last five years. (199878) 474 Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many South Yorkshire police vehicles have been involved in an accident while attending an emergency call in each of the last five years. (199442) 475 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers in the residential and care home industries were (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for employing workers without valid work permits in each of the last three years. (199163) 476 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many agricultural employers were (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for employing workers without valid work permits in each of the last three years. (199164) 477 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested for, (b) prosecuted for and (c) convicted of working illegally in the UK without a valid work permit in each of the last three years. (199165) 478 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was collected in fines from employers of workers without valid work permits in each of the last three years. (199166) 479 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of illegal migrants employed in the UK without a valid work permit. (199167) 480 N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason it was decided to take fingerprint impressions from domestic transfer passengers at Heathrow Airport; and what use was to be made of the information gathered. (199173) 481 N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made under the domestic violence rule; and how many have included children in the last three years. (199963) 482 N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of women with insecure immigration status left destitute after leaving a violent relationship in the latest period for which figures are available. (199964) 483 N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Government has given to local authorities to support women with insecure immigration status trying to flee violence and access refuge in the latest period for which figures are available. (199965) 484 N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Chesham and Amersham constituency in each of the last five years. (199310) 485 N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in each police authority area in Wales in each of the last five years. (199311) 486 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) her Department and (ii) agencies which report to her Department. (200128) 487 N Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration, the hon. Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill, to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Wycombe of 28th February 2008 on visas. (199342) 488 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects from landing cards completed by migrants arriving in the UK; and if she will make a statement. (199714) 489 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many on-the-spot fines have been imposed on employers using illegal immigrant labour since February. (199847) 490 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of foreign nationals on student visas who worked more than the permitted 20 hours during term time in the last 12 months. (199858) 491 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of each contract awarded by her Department to Karian and Box since 1997. (199634) 492 David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the contract of the Chief Inspector of Constabulary has been extended without a competitive process since the inception of the post. (199393) 493 David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of service of Chief Inspectors of Constabulary has been since the inception of the post. (199394) 494 N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 602W, on departmental accountancy, what the (a) monthly, (b) year to date and (c) annual budget totals are for each budget line forecast for each month since September 2007, arranged by category of expenditure in her Department's annual report and supply estimates. (199849) 495 N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 602W, on departmental accountancy, what the planned annual budget figures are for 2008-09 in each budget line, arranged by category of expenditure in her Department's annual report and supply estimates. (199850) 496 N Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in (a) Clwyd West, (b) Ynys Mon, (c) Caernarfon, (d) Meirionydd Nant Conwy and (e) Conwy constituency in each of the last five years. (198848) 497 Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to Answer the letter of 26th February 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Naima Alam Manzura. (199879) 498 Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to Answer the letter of 24th January 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr S. Kadha Hassan Ahmad. (199881) 499 N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 27th October 2007 about the case of Mr J K of Aylesbury (reference B30208/7; \\\\\k1031482/3) about which the hon. Member wrote to the Borders and Immigration Agency on 24th January. (198901) 500 N Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of immigrants who will be affected by the introduction of the proposed points-based system. (199161) 501 N Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued for (a) nurses and (b) doctors from African countries in each year since 2005. (199404) 502 N Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is of her estimate that the annual inflow of immigrants contributes £6 billion to the economy; and what estimate she has made of the annual expenditure of immigrants on goods and services, including repatriated earnings. (199708) 503 Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will amend the Fees Regulations for applications for indefinite leave to remain to allow for payment by instalments in exceptional circumstances. (199939) 504 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the practice of requiring parish councils to pay for police patrols in rural areas. (199719) 505 N Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against the person were recorded in St Albans constituency in each of the last five years. (198705) 506 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of her Departmental website. (200146) 507 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200224) 508 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 807W, on official residences, on what date the property was valued at £2.4 million. (199510) 509 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th March 2008, Official Report, column 807W, on official residences, if she will provide a breakdown of the £4,500 incurred in costs. (199511) 510 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the provisions relating to community calls to action introduced under the Police and Justice Act 2006 have not been implemented. (199581) 511 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has given to (a) police authorities and (b) local authorities for the installation and operation of automatic number plate recognition systems in the last 12 months. (199582) 512 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Band D council tax precept of each police authority in England and Wales is for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and what the average Band D precept for (i) England, (ii) Wales and (iii) England and Wales is for each of those two years. (199679) 513 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average Band D council tax police precept is in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) England and Wales for 2008-09. (199680) 514 N Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) crimes of violence against the person and (b) burglaries were recorded in Uxbrige constituency in each of the last five years. (200196) 515 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) cross checks and (b) linkages there will be between individual information held on the National Identity Register database and other Government computer systems. (200069) 516 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pieces of personal information an individual will need to supply to complete a record on the National Identity Register database. (200110) 517 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment in her Department there were in each month since May 2005. (199539) 518 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in her Department was in each month since May 2005. (199547) 519 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detoxification centres have been established in each police force area in England and Wales for those detained by the police in a drunk and disorderly condition in the last four years. (199324) 520 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is given to police officers to ensure that suspects are charged appropriately. (199325) 521 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she has on the amount spent by each football league club in England on policing of football grounds in each of the last five years for which figures are available, and what information she has on the average amount spent by each club per game for policing in each of those years. (199326) 522 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many football supporters were arrested or detained by police at the ground of each (a) Premier League, (b) Championship and (c) Nationwide league club in each of the last three years. (199327) 523 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of crime reduction on the police funding formula in each of the last 10 years. (199328) 524 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pupils permanently excluded from school committed a criminal offence in each police authority area in each of the last 10 years; and what the detection rate was for crimes committed by young offenders who (a) were and (b) were not permanently excluded from school in each such area in each of those years. (199331) 525 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in the Metropolitan Police force area are planned to be closed. (199332) 526 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in the Metropolitan Police force area are planning to open to the public for fewer hours per week than at present. (199333) 527 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Police National Missing Persons Bureau. (199334) 528 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review the powers of police community support officers in different parts of the country. (199335) 529 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was raised from police precepts in each police authority in England and Wales in each year since 2006-07. (199397) 530 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of offenders involved in violent incidents were under the influence of (a) drugs and (b) drink in (i) England and Wales and (ii) each police force area in each year since 1997. (199398) 531 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many working hours were lost in her Department due to sick leave in each year since 1997; and what information she holds on the number of working hours lost in the police service in that period. (199487) 532 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of victims of (a) violent incidents, (b) burglaries and (c) vehicle-related thefts were (i) unemployed, (ii) employed, (iii) a student, (iv) looking after a family home, (v) long-term or temporarily sick, (vi) retired and (vii) other unclassified in each police force area in each year since 1997. (199570) 533 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many and what percentage of violent incidents the victim was classified in ACORN categories (a) wealthy achievers, (b) urban prosperity, (c) comfortably off, (d) moderate means and (e) hard pressed in each police force area in each year since 1997. (199571) 534 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many and what percentage of (a) incidents of violence against the person, (b) burglaries, (c) vehicle related thefts, (d) incidents of vandalism and (e) thefts from the person the victim had a yearly income of (i) less than £10,000, (ii) between £10,000 and £20,000, (iii) between £20,000 and £30,000, (iv) between £30,000 and £40,000, (v) between £40,000 and £50,000 and (f) £50,000 and above in each police force area, in each year since 1997. (199572) 535 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many and what percentage of (a) violent incidents, (b) burglaries, (c) vehicle related thefts, (d) vandalism and (e) thefts from the person the victim was (i) an owner occupier, (ii) a social renter and (iii) a private renter in each police force area, in each year since 1997. (199573) 536 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of (a) victims of burglary and (b) others owned (i) a burglar alarm, (ii) a deadlock, (iii) an outdoor sensor, (iv) an indoor sensor, (v) window locks, (vi) window bars and (vii) a security chain on the door in each police force area in England and Wales, in each year since 1997. (199574) 537 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the number of police stations per 1,000 people in (a) non-rural and (b) rural areas in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. (199575) 538 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the number of police stations in each police force area in each year since 1997. (199576) 539 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) the Gay Police Association, (b) the National Black Police Association and (c) the Christian Police Association received funding from her Department in each of the last five years. (199577) 540 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in (a) Essex, (b) Thames Valley, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) Bedfordshire, (e) Kent, (f) Suffolk, (g) Sussex, (h) Surrey and (i) Hampshire sought application forms to join the Metropolitan Police Force in each of the last three years and subsequently made a formal application; and how many Metropolitan Police Force officers (i) sought application forms to join each of these forces and (ii) subsequently made a formal application, in the same period. (199578) 541 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent projection is of total police service strength in England and Wales from 31st March 2007 to 31st March 2011. (199579) 542 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many and what percentage of (a) violent incidents, (b) burglaries, (c) vehicle related thefts, (d) cases of vandalism and (e) cases of theft from the person the victim lived in (i) a semi-detached house, (ii) a detached house, (iii) a terraced house, (iv) a flat/maisonette and (v) other accommodation in each police force area, in each year since 1997. (199580) 543 N Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received reports on whether an illegal immigrant and alleged murderer is working in a care home in Plymouth. (199319) 544 N Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes of violence against the person were recorded in Lough and Horncastle constituency in each of the last five years. (198702) 545 N Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes involving violence against the person were recorded in Esher and Walton constituency in each of the last five years. (198703) 546 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times she has met home affairs front-bench spokespersons from other political parties to discuss her counter-terrorism proposals since 1st July 2007. (199429) 547 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department's advertising campaign concerning the employment of illegal labour cost. (199430) 548 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration raids have taken place on eating establishments in each month since 1st January. (199438) 549 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were found to be working illegally in the restaurant industry in (a) 2007 and (b) each month in 2008. (199439) 550 Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homicides were committed by patients with mental illness in each of the last 10 years. (199652) 551 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to inform applicants or their legal representatives when their case is being considered by the Case Resolution Directorate, if questionnaires have not been sent to the applicant; and if she will make a statement. (199957) 552 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were made to the Border and Immigration Agency in each year since establishment, broken down by the nature of complaint; and if she will make a statement. (199959) 553 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent to date on the Case Resolution Directorate, broken down by (a) wages and salaries, (b) IT costs, (c) administration costs, (d) legal fees, (e) consultant fees and (f) other costs; and if she will make a statement. (200112) 554 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in the Case Resolution Directorate; and if she will make a statement. (200119) 555 Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what duration a non-terrorist suspect may be held on continuous bail without being charged; how many times during that period bail may be renewed; and how long a suspect may be held in custody after reporting in at the time limit of continuous bail before bail is renewed again without a charge being brought. (199467) 556 Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long a non-terrorist suspect may be held in custody without being charged before any type of bail is set. (199468) 557 Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers the police have to hold in custody a non-terrorist suspect who has not been charged with any offence but who has broken the time limit for continuous bail; and for how long such a suspect may be held in custody for breaking bail. (199469) 558 Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information was considered in advance of the decision to downgrade the Glasgow office of the Passport Agency. (199977) 559 Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the decision to downgrade the Glasgow office of the Passport Agency was taken. (199978) 560 Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Identity and Passport Service instructed Post Office Ltd to redirect mail for the Glasgow office of the Passport Agency to centres in Peterborough and Durham. (199979) Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 561 N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what air filtering, circulating or cleansing system services the hon. Members' underground carpark; when this system was last operational; when it was last operational; and if he will make a statement. (198737) Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 562 Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many construction apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions there were in each region in each of the last five years. (199655) 563 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce carbon emissions from further education colleges. (199312) 564 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to include employers in the formulation of skills policy. (199831) 565 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve the numeracy skills of adults. (199832) 566 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199600) 567 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199614) 568 Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many residents of (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster entered higher education in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those were (i) mature and (ii) part-time students in each such year. (199441) 569 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199644) 570 Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what progress his Department has made on its Parliamentary Question tracking system to record whether Named Day questions are provided with a substantive answer on the due day since November 2007. (199993) 571 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the 10 highest salaries paid by his Department to non-civil servants are. (199920) 572 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of people in apprenticeships who are not UK nationals; and if he will make a statement. (199921) 573 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many fatalities occurred during training for apprenticeships in 2006-07. (199922) 574 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what use his Department makes of items from the Donated Asset Reserve; and if he will make a statement. (199923) 575 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which overseas conferences have been attended by members of his Department since its establishment. (199924) 576 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what representation his Department has in UK overseas posts; and at what level. (199925) 577 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much translation of documents produced by his Department in the last 12 months has cost, broken down by language. (199926) 578 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many notifications his Department has received of the presence of asbestos in property for which his Department has responsibility in the last 12 months. (199927) 579 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many consultants contracted by his Department are former civil servants. (199928) 580 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which external consultants have been contracted by his Department since it was established for contracts in excess of £50,000; and what the work contracted for was. (199929) 581 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the 10 highest items of expenditure on purchases by his Department were in the last 12 months for which are available. (200039) 582 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in which 10 professions rates of unemployment of those completing an apprenticeship were highest in the last period for which figures are available. (200040) 583 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in which 10 professions where an apprenticeship scheme is in operation employment shortages were highest in the last period for which figures are available. (200064) 584 Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many posts in his Department have remained vacant for over three months in the last 12 months. (200065) 585 N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his latest estimate is of (a) the likely total value of payments made in adult learning grant during 2007-08 and (b) the likely cost of administering adult learning grants in that year. (198559) 586 N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which organisations are responsible for administering adult learning grant in Buckinghamshire. (198560) 587 N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the Government's policy is on the eligibility of ex-prisoners who have been released on licence at the end of their term in custody for adult learning grant; and if he will make a statement. (198561) 588 N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many applications for adult learning grant have been (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in (i) England, (ii) the area of the Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Learning and Skills Council, (iii) Buckinghamshire and (iv) Aylesbury parliamentary constituency in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. (198562) 589 N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what performance indicators have been set to assess the (a) quality of customer service provided by the adult learning grant helpline and (b) efficiency of the processing of applications for adult learning grant; and if he will make a statement. (198563) 590 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200008) 591 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200147) 592 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200223) 593 Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what plans he has to increase the revenue budget of the Learning and Skills Council for the North West to meet objectives to reduce the number of young people not in education, training or employment. (199419) 594 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment in his Department there were in each month since May 2005. (199548) 595 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199549) 596 Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the net value of the student loan book is. (199420) 597 Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people are making repayments on student loans. (199421) 598 Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what mechanisms his Department plans to introduce to ensure EU-domiciled students are subject to the new funding arrangements for people who are studying for equivalent or lower qualifications. (199657) 599 Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what information his Department holds on the (a) gender, (b) socio-economic background and (c) ethnicity of students who fail to complete their first degree; and if he will make a statement. (199347) Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 600 Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of (a) the humanitarian situation in Gaza and (b) the effectiveness of the international community's policies to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza over the last two years. (199670) 601 Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the level of fiduciary risk for UK bilateral aid to (a) India, (b) Tanzania, (c) Sudan, (d) Bangladesh, (e) Pakistan, (f) Afghanistan, (g) Ethiopia, (h) Nigeria, (i) Uganda, (j) the Democratic Republic of Congo, (k) Ghana, (l) Kenya, (m) Malawi, (n) Zambia, (o) Indonesia, (p) Mozambique, (q) Vietnam, (r) Iraq, (s) Nepal and (t) China. (199877) 602 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken in the last year to assist developing countries to (a) manage economic growth and (b) deal with changes as a result of growth. (199407) 603 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to reduce child poverty globally in the last year. (199408) 604 N Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to provide assistance to developing countries following terrorist attacks in the last 12 months. (199409) 605 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199599) 606 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199613) 607 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the World Food Programme on the situation in Somalia. (199445) 608 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have left (a) Mogadishu and (b) Somalia because of the conflict there. (199446) 609 Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people are being given food and other humanitarian assistance in Sudan by (a) the World Food Programme and (b) other international humanitarian agencies to which the UK contributes. (199447) 610 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are used by his Department. (200129) 611 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department to Karian and Box since 1997. (199643) 612 Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated to support the development of city-wide strategies for early intervention as a means of reducing the number of street children in cities in Latin America. (199544) 613 N Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will ensure greater involvement of HIV-positive people in the development of his Department's HIV/Aids policies and practices. (199694) 614 N Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of Constella's compliance with the UN Aids guidelines on criminalisation, disclosure and testing in relation to HIV. (199695) 615 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200009) 616 Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the findings and options of the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development reports to be presented to the Intergovernmental Plenary; and what steps he plans to take in tackling hunger, rural poverty and environmental degradation in the light of that assessment. (199555) 617 N Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 737W, on departmental publications, if he will place in the Library a copy of section 1(c) on allowances and section 1(g) on working overseas of his Department's web-based human resources information system. (199681) 618 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 19th March 2008, column 1182W, on the Departmental internet, whether Wikipedia entries have been created or amended by officials in his Department who are not special advisers or communications officials. (199951) 619 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200148) 620 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200222) 621 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26th March 2008, Official Report, column 149W, on Ipsos MORI, what the estimated value of the contract is through the Central Office of Information to research issues into public attitudes. (199976) 622 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost of (a) salaries for permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department was in each month since May 2005. (199533) 623 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment in his Department there were in each month since May 2005. (199550) Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 624 Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in Greater London aged 10 to 17 years were sentenced for (a) robbery and (b) violence against the person in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. (200207) 625 Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders were sentenced in courts in Greater London in each year since 1997. (200208) 626 Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders were sentenced in courts in each criminal justice area in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. (200209) 627 Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place for the rehabilitation of female youth offenders, with particular reference to programmes involving the construction industry. (199891) 628 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199587) 629 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199606) 630 N David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of a third (i) Class A drug trafficking and (ii) domestic burglary offence in each of the last seven years, broken down by age group. (198847) 631 N Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30th January 2008, Official Report, column 485W, on life imprisonment: prisoners' release, how many prisoners sentenced to life since 1997 have been subsequently released from custody. (199672) 632 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours of purposeful activity per week for each (a) male and (b) female prisoner over the age of retirement was in each of the last five years. (199674) 633 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that prisons comply with their responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. (199675) 634 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what requirements there are for (a) diversity and (b) disability training for prison officers; and what the (i) duration and (ii) frequency of the training programmes is. (199676) 635 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offender institutions provide counselling services for inmates who have previously experienced sexual abuse or violence. (199677) 636 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were (a) doubling up in cells designed for one and (b) trebling up in cells designed for two in each prison in England and Wales at the end of March 2008. (199678) 637 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the reliability of figures on prisoners' hours of purposeful activity provided by prisons. (199684) 638 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to introduce dedicated funding for alcohol misuse treatment services in all prisons. (199689) 639 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many in-patient beds in prisons were occupied by prisoners for non-medical reasons in each month of each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the reasons were in each case. (199690) 640 Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to fund the implementation of the integrated drug treatment system across all prisons in England and Wales. (199693) 641 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department and (ii) agencies which report to his Department. (200130) 642 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199648) 643 N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the approved premises for persons on bail in England and Wales; and how many suspects are held in each premises. (199991) 644 Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders in Greater London aged 10 to 17 years were sentenced for (a) robbery and (b) violence against the person in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. (200137) 645 Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders were sentenced in courts in Greater London in each year since 1997. (200138) 646 Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders were sentenced in courts in each criminal justice area in (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. (200139) 647 Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what three offender characteristics are given the greatest weight when calculating the predicted rate of adult re-offending; and what assessment he has made of the effect of each on the predicted rate. (200202) 648 David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the contract of the Chief Inspector of (a) prisons, (b) probation and (c) court administration has been extended without a competitive process or since the inception of the post, as appropriate. (199395) 649 David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of service of chief inspectors of (a) court administration, (b) probation and (c) prisons have been since the inception of the posts. (199396) 650 N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 562W, on sentencing, what the figures in the table represented as a percentage of the total number of people convicted of a third class A drug trafficking offence in each year since 2000; and what the average sentence was of all those convicted of such an offence in each of those years. (199529) 651 N Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 562W, on sentencing, what the figures in the table represented as a percentage of the total number of people convicted of a third domestic burglary offence in each year since 2000; and what the average sentence was of all those convicted of such an offence in each of those years. (199530) 652 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200010) 653 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (199955) 654 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200221) 655 N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will consider whether any revision of legislation is required to assist the work of the Suicide Prevention Strategy for England; and if he will make a statement. (198902) 656 N Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of successful prosecution for online promotion of suicide there have been; and if he will make a statement. (198903) 657 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers in employment in his Department there were in each month since May 2005. (199534) 658 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentences were given to young offenders, broken down by type of offence, in each of the last 10 years. (199329) 659 Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of using the video-link equipment available in prisons to record interviews between police and imprisoned witnesses. (199330) 660 Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which heading of his Department's budget the mooring fees for HMP Weare prison ship are paid. (199336) 661 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in a cell designed for two cellmates shared their cell with two others in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. (199886) 662 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in a cell designed for one inmate shared their cell with one other in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. (199887) 663 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of female offenders (a) were given custodial sentences in each of the last 10 years and (b) have been given these sentences in 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement. (199905) 664 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time served in prison on remand was for women in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) in 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement. (199906) 665 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of female offenders were placed in prison on remand in (a) each of the last 10 years and (b) in 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement. (199907) 666 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of women released from prison were reconvicted within two years in each of the last five years, broken down by the length of the original sentence; and if he will make a statement. (199908) 667 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will provide a breakdown of the number and proportion of women given custodial sentences by the length of sentence in (a) each of the last five years and (b) in 2008 to date; and if he will make a statement. (199909) 668 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what average distance from their homes (a) all male offenders, (b) adult male offenders, (c) young adult male offenders and (d) juvenile male offenders were held in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (199910) 669 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, at what average distance from their homes (a) all female offenders, (b) adult female offenders, (c) young adult female offenders and (d) juvenile female offenders were held in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (199911) 670 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male offenders, (b) adult male offenders, (c) young adult male offenders and (d) juvenile male offenders were held over 100 miles away from their home in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (199912) 671 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) all female offenders, (b) adult female offenders, (c) young adult female offenders and (d) juvenile female offenders were held over 100 miles away from their home in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (199913) 672 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd April 2008, Official Report, column 1060W, on bail: housing, what local schemes are being considered under the Bail Accommodation Support Scheme; what the (a) area, (b) number of dwellings being considered and (c) the nature of the dwellings' current use is in each case; and if he will make a statement. (199919) 673 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the prison population exceeded its operational capacity in each of the last five years, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement. (199932) 674 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of hours was a prisoner spent outside his or her cell (a) per day and (b) per week in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. (199933) 675 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new prison places were built in each of the last 10 years; at what average cost in each year; and if he will make a statement. (199934) 676 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours a week of vocational training was provided on average to prisoners and juvenile offenders in each of the last five years, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. (199935) 677 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation officers left each area probation service (a) upon retirement, (b) upon resignation, (c) upon transfer to another probation service and (d) for other reasons in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (199956) 678 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days the prison service operated with a prison population above its operational capacity in 2007-08, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement. (199958) 679 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) juvenile and (b) young adult offenders were placed in custody for a breach of a community order in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. (199960) 680 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much and what proportion of the Youth Justice Board's budget was spent on (a) purchasing remand and custodial places for offenders, (b) grants to local authorities and other bodies to support the development of effective practice and (c) commissioning research and publishing information in each year since it was established; and if he will make a statement. (199961) 681 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers left each prison due to (a) retirement, (b) resignation, (c) transfer to another prison and (d) other reasons in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. (199962) 682 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of women prisoners had dependent children in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. (200113) 683 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) males and (b) females given prison sentences in each of the last 10 years were aged (i) below 16, (ii) 16 to 18, (iii) 19 to 21, (iv) 22 to 25, (v) 26 to 30, (vi) 31 to 40, (vii) 41 to 50 and (viii) 51 years or over; and if he will make a statement. (200114) 684 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age was of (a) males and (b) females given a custodial sentence in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. (200115) 685 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times court cells have been used to house prisoners overnight in 2008 to date, broken down by court; and if he will make a statement. (200116) 686 Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times police cells have been used to house prisoners overnight under Operation Safeguard in 2008 to date, broken down by police force; and if he will make a statement. (200117) Questions to the Leader of the House 687 N Mr Jim Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East): To ask the Leader of the House, how many times the Welsh Grand Committee has met in each Parliament since 1997; and what the (a) dates of, (b) venues of, (c) subjects debated at and (d) Ministers attending each meeting were. (199585) 688 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Leader of the House, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of her Office's website. (200026) 689 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Leader of the House, what criteria were used to establish the 10,000 mile threshold below which hon. Members' car travel is reimbursed at 40p per mile. (199385) Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 690 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the leaders of Sinn Fein following the forthcoming independent monitoring commission report on the timing of an announcement by the Army Council of the Provisional IRA that it is to cease to exist. (199261) 691 N Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many persons on average were eligible for pension credit in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. (199400) 692 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199596) 693 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199659) 694 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199640) 695 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, columns 734-5W, in what capacity each of the temporary staff referred to in the table was employed, broken down by hourly rate of pay. (199665) 696 N Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects to answer Question 191378, on the Sheridan Group tabled on 27th February 2008. (200170) 697 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200011) 698 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Department's website. (200027) 699 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost was of (a) salaries paid in respect of permanent Civil Service posts, (b) salaries paid in respect of permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199883) 700 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) permanent Civil Service posts, (b) permanent non-Civil Service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (199884) Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 701 Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the 2012 Olympics on public health. (199363) 702 N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether there will be any Ministerial involvement in the London Olympic Torch Relay. (199026) 703 N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of the potential financial benefits to the London Development Agency of legacy use of the Olympics international broadcast centre/media and press centre. (199661) Questions to the Prime Minister 704 N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, when he next plans to travel by rail on official business. (199561) 705 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Office's website. (200028) 706 N Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to hold an inquiry on the Iraq war in the current Parliament. (200210) 707 N Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, how many Government-sponsored, official histories are in preparation; when each was commissioned; who the authors are; what the estimated date of completion is in each case; what the estimated cost in each case is; and which official histories commissioned have not been published. (199532) Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 708 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199595) 709 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199692) 710 Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his official engagements were between 25th February and 1st April 2008. (199486) 711 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199639) 712 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200013) 713 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his Departmental website. (200029) 714 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) permanent civil servive posts, (b) permanent non-civil service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (200165) 715 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the total cost was of (a) salaries for permanent civil service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-civil service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department in each month since May 2005. (200171) Questions to the Solicitor General 716 Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Solicitor General, how many appeals on the grounds of undue leniency were made in each of the last five years. (200203) 717 Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Solicitor General, how many appeals on the grounds of undue leniency against the minimum tariff applied in cases of indeterminate sentences for public protection were made in each of the last three years. (200205) 718 Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Solicitor General, how many appeals on the grounds of undue leniency against sentences for rape were made in each of the last five years. (200206) 719 David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what the average length of service of chief inspectors of the Crown Prosecution Service has been since the inception of the post. (199391) 720 David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, how many times the contract of the Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service has been extended without a competitive process since the inception of the post. (199392) 721 N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment the Law Officers have made of whether the actions taken by the People's Republic of China in relation to the self-determination movement in Tibet comply with international law. (199399) 722 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) categories and (b) aspects of the South London Crown Prosecution Service's performance (i) improved and (ii) deteriorated between 2005 and 2007. (199339) 723 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) categories and (b) aspects of the South London Crown Prosecution Service's performance were assessed as good in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2007. (199340) 724 Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and (b) South London CPS's rate of discharged committals was in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2007; and if she will make a statement. (199341) Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 725 Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) representations her Department has received and (b) assessment her Department has made of the safety of raised expansion joints on lane three of the M5, southbound between Junctions 1 and 2. (199862) 726 Mr Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Highways Agency has paid in compensation to motorists whose cars have been damaged by the surface of the road on the M5 in the last 12 months. (199863) 727 Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25th March 2008, Official Report, column 97W, on trains, in what specific ways her Department plans to be involved in the specification process for the intercity express programme train; and what specific advantages she expects this involvement to bring. (199344) 728 Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers used the Watford-Gatwick service operated by Southern in each year since the service began; what the Government's plans are for the service; and if she will make a statement. (199349) 729 Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports she has received on (a) incidents involving the contamination of aircraft cabin air supply by fumes from engine lubricants and (b) the commercial aircraft types which have experienced a contamination of the cabin air supply from the fumes of engine lubricants. (199351) 730 Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations her Department has received on lubricant contamination of the air supply in aircraft cabins; what discussions she has had with British Aerospace and Civil Aviation Authority on this issue; and whether her Department plans to undertake research into the problem of contamination of cabin air on commercial aircraft. (199352) 731 Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the percentage of drivers (a) who had one or more accidents, (b) who had one or more accidents in their first year of driving and (c) aged 17 years who had one or more accidents in the last year for which figures are available. (199426) 732 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199598) 733 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199612) 734 Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of road there are in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster for which her Department is responsible. (199465) 735 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many jobs she estimates will be created in the UK as a direct result of the Galileo project. (200184) 736 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the UK of repairs to the Galileo European satellite navigation system. (200185) 737 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had about the potential uses of the Galileo European satellite navigation system for all Government departments. (200186) 738 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most recent review was conducted of the (a) costs, (b) risks, (c) revenues and (d) timetable of the Galileo project. (200187) 739 N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the UK's financial commitments to the Galileo project beyond the development phase. (200188) 740 Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) 0800, (b) 0845 and (c) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) her Department and (ii) agencies which report to her Department. (200131) 741 N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to mainstream motorcycling in line with the Government's motorcycling strategy announced in February 2005. (199462) 742 N Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations she has received from Sunderland Council on proposals to build a new bridge over the River Wear between Claxheugh and Castletown. (199709) 743 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of noise levels on the M20 between Maidstone and Ashford; what plans there are to resurface the road; and if she will make a statement. (199845) 744 Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to improve training for drivers of left-hand drive lorries using UK motorways; and if she will make a statement. (199846) 745 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights there were (a) into and (b) out of UK airports in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007; and what estimate she has made of the projected total number of flights (A) into and (B) out of UK airports in (1) 2008, (2) 2009, (3) 2010 and (4) 2011. (200055) 746 Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the UK volume of carbon dioxide emissions from aviation in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007; and what estimate she has made of the projected volume of carbon dioxide emissions from aviation in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2011. (200056) 747 N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's estimate is of carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007; and what estimate she has made of the projected total carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2011. (200059) 748 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of each contract awarded by her Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199642) 749 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 745W, on Rackspace, which of her Department's websites Rackspace was contracted to host between 2005 and 2008. (199662) 750 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1st April 2008, Official Report, column 745W, on Rackspace, what the value was of each contract awarded by her Department's predecessors and its agencies between 1999 and 2002. (199663) 751 N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings she or her Ministers have had with Members of the Welsh Assembly Government on cross-border concessionary bus travel since January 2007. (200060) 752 N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library copies of (a) letters and (b) emails between Ministers in her Department and the Welsh Assembly Government on cross border concessionary bus travel since January 2007. (200061) 753 N Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the roadworks between M1 (a) junction 1 and London Gateway services and (b) junctions 6 and 10 are taking place concurrently. (198736) 754 Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what times unused network capacity is available on the West Coast Main Line for non-stop services between Milton Keynes and Euston and between Euston and Milton Keynes during (a) morning and (b) evening peak periods. (199543) 755 Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the primary route network in England was last fully reviewed; when she next intends to review it to reflect the effects of changes in places of economic and social importance on traffic importance; and what criteria are set for the network to ensure that it is appropriate and that its operation is effective. [R] (199461) 756 N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licences were (a) surrendered and (b) withdrawn following driving accidents caused by epileptic fits in each of the last five years. (199401) 757 N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she last issued guidance on driving and epilepsy. (199402) 758 N John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents caused by an epileptic fit on the part of a driver there were in 2007. (199403) 759 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for her Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200012) 760 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of her Departmental website. (200030) 761 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department provides health or social care services out of public funds, with reference to the Statement by the Minister of State, Department of Health, in the Health and Social Care Bill Committee, of 17th January 2008, Official Report, column 327. (200227) 762 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to involve local authorities in her Department's plans for (a) a national road pricing scheme and (b) technology pilots for a national scheme. (199512) 763 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) plans to commission on enabling technologies for road pricing schemes; and what timetable is planned for such research in each case. (199522) 764 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to commission research on the effects of biofuels on asthma. (199557) 765 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the Highways Agency has allocated to research on (a) luminaire maintenance factors and (b) street lighting (i) in the last 12 months and (ii) the next 12 months. (199558) 766 N Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings she or her Ministers have had with (a) local authority leaders and (b) residents' groups to discuss (i) Heathrow Airport expansion and (ii) the rehousing of potentially displaced people; and on what dates. (200200) 767 N Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of new homes required to house people displaced by a potential third runway at Heathrow Airport and (b) the likely costs of such homes. (200201) 768 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on IT projects since 2005; and what estimate she has made of the total likely expenditure on IT projects between 2005 and 2010. (200071) 769 Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) cross checks and (b) linkages (i) exist and (ii) are planned between the data records of individuals stored on databases maintained by (A) her Department and (B) other departments. (200102) 770 Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage rail operators to provide direct rail services to London from more towns in Great Britain. (199372) 771 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) permanent civil service posts, (b) permanent non-civil service posts and (c) temporary or agency workers there were in her Department in each month since May 2005. (200172) 772 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost was of (a) salaries for permanent civil service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-civil service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in her Department in each month since May 2005. (200173) 773 N Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with East Midlands Trains on overcrowding at peak times on train services from Warrington station. (199460) 774 N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) evidence she has evaluated and (b) research she has commissioned, on the whole life carbon emission consequences of the replacement of fossil fuels by biofuels for transportation purposes; and if she will make a statement. (199413) 775 Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review her policy on the provision of additional carriages for services on the West Coast Main Line. (199890) 776 N Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of all recorded (a) delays, (b) cancellations and (c) diversions of passenger rail services under the Greater Western franchise in the last two years were attributable to (i) track and signalling infrastructure failures and (ii) engineering works for which Network Rail was responsible. (199318) 777 N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many night flights there were from each regional airport in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. (198766) 778 David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have had their driving licence withdrawn on medical grounds in each of the last five years. (199455) 779 David Wright (Telford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the procedures used when someone has their driving licence returned following earlier withdrawal on health grounds; and whether she plans to review these procedure. (199456) 780 N Jeremy Wright (Rugby & Kenilworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the results of her Department's research into cabin air sampling. (199882) Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 781 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to Zurich Financial Services in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the payment was in each case. (199594) 782 David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department and its predecessors paid to JP Morgan in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of each payment was. (199691) 783 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the value was of each contract awarded by his Department and its predecessors to Karian and Box since 1997. (199638) 784 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for his Department in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200015) 785 Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent on the most recent redesign and implementation of his departmental website. (200032) 786 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1329W, on council tax, what assessment has been made of the change in average council tax per dwelling solely as a result of the council tax revaluation and rebanding exercise and the phasing out of transitional relief. (199551) 787 Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1329W, on council tax, whether the revaluation and rebanding exercise after the end of the transitional relief was revenue-neutral. (199552) 788 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the total cost was of (a) salaries for permanent civil service posts, (b) salaries for permanent non-civil service posts and (c) payments to temporary or agency workers in his Department in each month since May 2005. (200214) 789 Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) permanent civil service posts, (b) permanent non-civil service posts and (c) agency workers there were in his Department in each month since May 2005. (200215) Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 790 Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the value was of each contract awarded by the Government Equalities Office to Karian and Box since its establishment. (199637) 791 Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what (a) surveys, (b) questionnaires and (c) other services were provided by polling companies for the Government Equalities Office in financial year 2007-08, broken down by company. (200007) Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 792 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expenditure his Department incurred in recruiting the Chief Executive of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service. (199464) 793 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd April 2008, Official Report, column 780W, on social security benefits, how many people were claiming incapacity benefit in each year since 1998, broken down by country. (199917) 794 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd April 2008, Official Report, column 780W, on social security benefits, how many people were claiming incapacity benefit while living abroad in each year since 1998, broken down by reason for their claim. (199918) 795 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed benefits in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in each year since 1997, broken down by benefit claimed. (200082) 796 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed incapacity benefit in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in each year since 1997, broken down by reason for claim. (200083) 797 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) children and (b) pensioners were living in poverty in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency in each year since 1997. (200084) 798 Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the take-up rate of each benefit in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strat