Oral Answers Monday 30 June 2008
Children, Schools and Families	573
Academies	575
Building Schools for the Future	577
Bullying	573
National Schools Challenge	580
National Schools Challenge	585
Secondary School Standards	581
Singing	583
Sure Start	581
Teacher Recruitment	578
Topical Questions	587
Training	586
Written Ministerial Statements Monday 30 June 2008
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	41WS
Services Directive Implementation	41WS
Children, Schools and Families	42WS
14-19 Diploma	42WS
Early Years Foundation Stage	42WS
Communities and Local Government	43WS
Local Area Agreements	44WS
Planning Appeals	43WS
Defence	45WS
Defence Estates	45WS
Health	46WS
NHS Foundation Trusts	46WS
Justice	46WS
Freedom of Information Act 2000	46WS
Treasury	41WS
Financial Services Authority	41WS
Petitions Monday 30 June 2008
Transport	9P
Driving Test Centre (Wellingborough)	9P
Written Answers Monday 30 June 2008
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	548W
Biofuels	548W
Biofuels: Grants	548W
Carbon Sequestration	549W
Departmental Assets	550W
Departmental Buildings	550W
Departmental Conferences	551W
Departmental Expert Groups	551W
Departmental Responsibilities	551W
Departmental Security	551W
Departmental Sick Leave	552W
Departmental Television	552W
Departmental Vetting	553W
Electricity: Research	553W
Energy	553W
Energy: Conservation	554W
European Chemicals Agency	555W
Exports: Peacekeeping Operations	555W
Fuel Poverty: Leeds	556W
Industry: Greenhouse Gas Emissions	556W
Microgeneration	557W
Microgeneration: Theft	557W
Nuclear Power	557W
Oil: Storage	558W
Plastics: Wastes	558W
Post Offices: Closures	559W
Renewable Energy	559W
Retirement	559W
Salmon: Norway	559W
Television	560W
Water Power	560W
Wind Power	561W
Wind Power: Radar	563W
Children, Schools and Families	631W
Apprenticeships	631W
Bullying	632W
Child Care	632W
Child Development Grant	634W
Children: Day Care	634W
Children’ Centres	636W
Class Sizes: Young Offender Institutions	637W
Departmental Buildings	637W
Departmental Manpower	637W
Departmental Pilot Schemes	638W
Departmental Vetting	638W
Diplomas	631W
Economic and Monetary Union	638W
Free School Meals	633W
GCE A-Level: Bexley	639W
GCSE	632W
Literacy	633W
NEETs	633W
Parents: Education	639W
Primary Education: Standards	640W
Pupil Exclusions: Milton Keynes	641W
Pupil Funding	633W
Schools: Berwick-upon-Tweed	641W
Schools: Sports	641W
Schools: Vacancies	642W
Secondary School Standards	631W
Teachers: Immigrants	643W
Truancy	644W
Communities and Local Government	618W
Allotments	618W
Allotments: Finance	619W
Caravan Sites: Council Tax	619W
Community Relations	619W
Council Housing: Sales	621W
County Councils: Marketing	621W
Departmental Contracts	621W
Departmental Home Working	622W
Departmental Manpower	622W
Departmental Pay	622W
Departmental Public Expenditure	623W
Departmental Vetting	623W
Disadvantaged: Chorley	624W
Eco-towns	624W
Eco-towns Challenge Panel: Business Interests	625W
Eco-Towns: Planning Permission	625W
Emergency Services: Fuels	625W
Empty Properties: Charities	625W
Fire Service College	626W
Fire Service College: Finance	626W
Fire Service College: Recruitment	626W
Fire Service College: Resignations	626W
Home Information Packs	626W
Housing: Standards	627W
Housing: Sustainable Development	627W
INTERREG Programme	627W
Local Authorities: Closed Circuit Television	628W
Local Authorities: Consultants	628W
Local Authorities: Political Parties	628W
Local Government Finance	629W
Local Government Finance: Regional Spatial Strategies	629W
Official Hospitality: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister	629W
Planning Permission: Gardens	629W
Regeneration: Canvey Island	630W
Regeneration: Merseyside	630W
Valuation Office: ICT	630W
Culture, Media and Sport	583W
Departmental Buildings	583W
Departmental Conferences	583W
Departmental Pay	583W
English Sports Council: Expenditure	583W
English Sports Council: Football	585W
Historic Buildings: Theft	586W
Public Holidays	586W
Sport Action Zones	586W
Sports: Finance	586W
Strip Clubs	588W
Visit Britain: USA	589W
Defence	603W
Afghanistan: Armed Forces	603W
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations	604W
Armed Forces: Deployment	604W
Armed Forces: Fire Services	606W
Armed Forces: Manpower	607W
Armed Forces: Recruitment	607W
Armed Forces: Training	608W
Armoured Fighting Vehicles	609W
AWE Burghfield: Finance	610W
AWE Burghfield: Floods	610W
AWE Burghfield: Planning Permission	611W
Departmental Buildings	611W
Departmental Public Expenditure	611W
Departmental Vetting	612W
EU Common Foreign and Security Policy	612W
EU Defence Policy	613W
Falkland Islands: Air Routes	613W
Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations	614W
Lebanon: Armed Forces	614W
Military Bases: Aviation	615W
Nuclear Disarmament	615W
Nuclear Submarines	615W
Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning	616W
Warships	616W
Duchy of Lancaster	589W
Abortion: Young People	589W
Cancer: Essex	590W
Childbirth: Peterborough	590W
Death: Pressure Sores	591W
Death: Smoking	591W
Death: Winter	591W
Departmental Conferences	592W
Departmental Correspondence	593W
Employment: North West	594W
Heads of Government Summit	593W
Teenage Pregnancy: Peterborough	595W
Unemployment: Peterborough	596W
Electoral Commission Committee	582W
Grants	582W
Morning Star	582W
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	546W
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control	546W
Environment Agency: Vacancies	546W
Environment Protection: Skilled Workers	546W
Flood Control	547W
Floods	547W
Warm Front Scheme	547W
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	672W
Departmental Buildings	672W
Diplomatic Service: Crime	672W
European External Action Service	672W
Heads of Government Summit	673W
Iran: Export Credit Guarantees	674W
Iran: Sanctions	674W
Moldova: Visas	674W
Mujahedin-e Khalq	675W
Somalia: Human Rights	675W
Sudan: Peace Negotiations	675W
Sudan: Peacekeeping Operations	676W
Sudan: War Crimes	676W
Terrorism: International Cooperation	676W
Tibet: Press Freedom	677W
Zimbabwe: Diplomatic Service	677W
Zimbabwe: Elections	678W
Zimbabwe: Human Rights	678W
Health	648W
Abortion: Young People	671W
Accident and Emergency Departments	648W
Anaesthetics	649W
Blood: Contamination	650W
Cancer: Death	650W
Cancer: Urinary System	651W
Community Care	651W
Dental Services	651W
Dental Services: Havering	652W
Departmental Travel	653W
Drinking Water	654W
Fibromyalgia	654W
General Practitioners: Havering Primary Care Trust	654W
General Practitioners: Morecambe	655W
General Practitioners: Peterborough	655W
General Practitioners: Working Hours	655W
Health Centres	656W
Health Centres: Essex	657W
Health Centres: Peterborough	657W
Health Services: Norwich	658W
Hospital Wards	658W
Hospitals: Admissions	658W
Hospitals: Infectious Diseases	658W
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill	659W
Leicester General Hospital	659W
Medical Records: Data Protection	659W
Medical Records: Databases	660W
Medical Records: Dorset	662W
Migraines	663W
Mineral Waters	663W
NHS: Databases	663W
NHS: Expenditure	664W
NHS: Finance	664W
NHS: ICT	665W
NHS: Manpower	666W
NHS: Pay	667W
Pressure Sores	670W
Radiotherapy: Waiting Lists	671W
Waiting Lists: Devon	671W
House of Commons Commission	545W
Departmental Buildings	545W
Members: Allowances	545W
Innovation, Universities and Skills	644W
Apprentices: Armed Forces	644W
Dementia: Research	645W
Departmental Buildings	645W
Departmental Vetting	646W
Higher Education: Admissions	647W
Space Technology	648W
Trade Associations	648W
International Development	596W
Afghanistan: Asylum	596W
Afghanistan: Schools	597W
Central Asia: HIV Infection	597W
Children: Mining	598W
Departmental Buildings	598W
Departmental Public Expenditure	599W
Developing Countries: Economic Growth	600W
Indonesia: Environment Protection	600W
Overseas Aid	601W
Somalia: Politics and Government	601W
South East Asia: Palm Oil	602W
United Nations: HIV Infection	602W
Wood	602W
Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid	603W
Leader of the House	617W
Departmental Manpower	617W
Members: Allowances	617W
Members: Pay	618W
Morning Star	618W
Northern Ireland	542W
Coroners: Juries	542W
Departmental Conferences	542W
Departmental Furniture	543W
Departmental Public Buildings	543W
Proscribed Organisations	544W
Security: Licensing	544W
Wood	544W
Prime Minister	541W
Cabinet	541W
Departmental Conferences	541W
Departmental Manpower	541W
Food	541W
George Bush	542W
Nuclear Power: Private Sector	542W
Transport	564W
Aviation: Exhaust Emissions	564W
Aviation: Luggage	564W
Biofuels	565W
Cycling: Greater London	566W
Departmental Buildings	566W
Departmental Expert Groups	567W
Departmental Inquiries	567W
Departmental Manpower	568W
Departmental Sick Pay	568W
Driving: EC Action	569W
East Coast Main Line	569W
Electrification: Costs	569W
Great Western Trains	570W
Great Western Trains: Standards	570W
Heathrow Airport: Noise	570W
Heathrow Airport: Security	571W
Heysham-M6 Link Scheme	571W
High Speed Trains: Consultants	573W
Highways Agency: Appeals	573W
Lorries: Accidents	574W
Lorries: Fuels	574W
Motor Vehicles: Licensing	574W
Motorway Service Areas: Cash Dispensing	574W
Motorway Service Areas: Food	575W
Network Rail: Litter	575W
Official Cars	576W
Parking	579W
Railways: Pensioners	579W
Railways: Standards	579W
Railways: West Midlands	580W
Roads	580W
Roads: Accidents	580W
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance	581W
Speed Limits: Schools	581W
Thameslink: Rolling Stock	581W
Transport: Competition	581W
Transport: Fuels	582W
Women and Equality	589W
Departmental Pay	589W
Written Answers Monday 30 June 2008
Home Department	710W
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People	710W
Asylum: Iraq	711W
British Nationality: Assessments	712W
British Nationality (Honorary Citizenship) Bill	712W
Colonel Karuna	713W
Departmental Assets	713W
Departmental Aviation	713W
Departmental Buildings	713W
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers	714W
Departmental Older Workers	714W
Departmental Pay	714W
Departmental Sick Pay	715W
Departmental Trade Unions	715W
Departmental Vetting	715W
Departmental Written Questions	716W
Deportation	717W
Dungavel Immigration and Detention Centre	717W
Electronic Crime	717W
Entry Clearances: EU Enlargement	718W
Entry Clearances: Females	718W
Entry Clearances: Russia	718W
Entry Clearances: Students	719W
Espionage	719W
Hacking	720W
Heathrow Airport: Security	720W
Immigration	721W
Immigration Controls: Eurostar	721W
Immigration Controls: Higher Education	722W
Immigration Officers: Powers	723W
Immigration: Public Participation	723W
Members: Correspondence	723W
Morning Star	724W
National Police Improvement Grants	724W
Personal information: EU Action	725W
Police: Fuels	726W
Police: Manpower	726W
Police Raids: Damage	725W
Police: Rhyl	727W
Prostitution: Developing Countries	727W
Revenue and Customs: Closures	729W
Suicide: Drugs	729W
Surveillance	731W
UK Border Agency: Correspondence	731W
Wood	732W
Work Permits	732W
Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre: Fires	732W
Justice	679W
Administration of Justice: Environment	679W
Cambridge University	679W
Departmental Consultants	680W
Departmental Home Working	680W
Departmental Pay	680W
Food	682W
Information Commissioner	683W
Prisons: Telephones	684W
Prisons: Video Games	684W
Probation: Manpower	684W
Protection from Harassment Act 1997	685W
Sexual Offences: Jurisdiction	687W
Wood	688W
Treasury	702W
Block Grant: Northern Ireland	702W
Child Tax Credit	702W
Child Tax Credit Helpline	702W
Crime: Computers	703W
Departmental Buildings	703W
Departmental Manpower	703W
Departmental Pay	704W
Departmental Retirement	704W
Departmental Secondment	704W
EU: Finance	705W
Financial Services	705W
London and Continental Railways: Finance	706W
Minimum Wage	706W
Office of Government Commerce: Contracts	706W
Poynter Review	707W
Public Expenditure	707W
Revenue and Customs: Chorley	707W
Revenue and Customs: Closures	707W
Revenue and Customs: Data Protection	707W
Revenue and Customs: Operating Costs	708W
Revenue and Customs: Scotland	708W
Television	708W
Wood	709W
Work and Pensions	688W
Departmental Assets	688W
Departmental Buildings	688W
Departmental Conferences	689W
Departmental Expert Groups	689W
Departmental Inquiries	690W
Departmental Manpower	690W
Departmental Marketing	690W
Departmental Pay	690W
Departmental Postal Services	691W
Departmental Sick Leave	691W
Departmental Training	692W
Departmental Transport	692W
Fair Trade Initiative	692W
Incapacity Benefit	693W
Low Incomes: Children	694W
New Deal Schemes	693W
Olympic Games	695W
Pensions: Public Participation	695W
Poverty: Children	696W
Remploy: York	698W
Skilled Workers	699W
Social Security Benefits	700W
State Retirement Pensions	701W
Student: Sight Impaired	701W
Taylor Nelson Sofres	701W
Ministerial Corrections Monday 30 June 2008
Work and Pensions	5MC
Children: Maintenance	5MC