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Parliamentary Questions 3

Duchy of Lancaster : Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

22 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [164285] | answer

Defence : Military Bases

21 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of his Department’s bases are mothballed. [165064] | answer

Treasury : Stamp Duty Land Tax

21 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the average aggregate annual cost to those required to complete stamp duty land tax returns of solicitors’ work involved in completing such returns (a) in respect of all land transactions and (b) in respect of those land transactions in which no stamp duty land tax is payable. [165062] | answer

Treasury : VAT: Fraud

21 November 2007

: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many civil value-added tax fraud cases were adopted for investigation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; [165284]

(3) what the average sentence was for those convicted of value-added tax missing trader intra-community fraud in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [165286] (2) what value of fines were imposed for value-added tax missing trader intra-community fraud in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; [165285] | answer

International Development : Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

21 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [164294] | answer

Health : Dental Services: Finance

21 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what Government (a) grants and (b) loans were made to NHS dental clinics in each NHS trust in each of the last five years; whether conditions on practising within the NHS were attached to each; and if he will make a statement. [163402] | answer

Health : Dental Services: Manpower

21 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there were per head of population in each English constituency in each year since 1997. [165282] | answer

Health : General Practitioners: Hemel Hempstead

21 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in Hemel Hempstead constituency have not been able to register directly with a general practitioner’s surgery and have had to register centrally since 1997. [164111] | answer

Health : Health Services: Scotland

21 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people with a home address in Scotland were treated in NHS facilities in England in each year since 2004. [165283] | answer

Solicitor-General : Sentencing

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Solicitor-General in how many cases she asked the Crown Prosecution Service to send her trial papers because of concern about the leniency of a sentence in each month of the last five years. [165683] | answer

Solicitor-General : Sentencing

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Solicitor-General how many unduly lenient sentences she referred to the Court of Appeal in each of the last five years. [165684] | answer

Northern Ireland : Departmental Wines

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department. | answer

Treasury : Tax Revenue

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue the Exchequer received from (a) fuel duty, (b) vehicle excise duty, (c) VAT on car sales, (d) VAT on fuel and (e) company car tax in each year since 1997. [165061] | answer

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform : Public Telephones

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many public telephone boxes are in use. [163420] | answer

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs : Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [164299] | answer

: Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [164301] | answer

Health : Dental Services: Manpower

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there were in each constituency in England in each year since 1997; and how many of them (a) admitted new adult patients to their list and (b) treated NHS patients between the ages of 18 and 65 years in each of those years. [164110] | answer

Health : Health Services: Hertfordshire

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was paid out by the NHS litigation authority in respect of each NHS trust in Hertfordshire in each of the last three years. [165275] | answer

Health : Heart Diseases: Rehabilitation

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long on average patients requiring cardiac rehabilitation waited to be referred to each NHS hospital trust in England in the last year for which figures are available. [164113] | answer

Health : Hospitals: Admissions

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice his Department provides to NHS trusts on safe travelling times for (a) heart attack and (b) stroke patients for emergency admissions; how many hospitals in England accept acute admissions; and how many hospitals which accept acute admissions have people in their catchment area living more than 10 miles from the hospital. [166087] | answer

Health : Prescriptions

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were not used to collect medicines in each of the last five years for which records are available. [166084] | answer

Health : West Hertfordshire Acute Trust: Physiotherapy

20 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for physiotherapy treatment in West Hertfordshire Acute Trust in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [164106] | answer

Defence : Territorial Army: Hertfordshire

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the role is of each unit of the (a) Territorial Army and (b) cadet forces in Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement. [165065] | answer

Home Office : Police: Fringe Benefits

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) pension and (b) other benefits packages are offered to new police constables joining the (a) Metropolitan police and (b) Hertfordshire constabulary. [163408] | answer

Leader of the House : Ministerial Policy Advisers

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Leader of the House who the special advisers in her Office are; what expertise each has; and what the cost of employing them was in the latest year for which figures are available. [163418] | answer

Culture, Media and Sport : Departmental Alcoholic Drinks

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that English wine is served exclusively or at the request of guests at meals, parties and receptions hosted by his Department; and if he will make a statement. [164292] | answer

Innovation, Universities and Skills : Dentistry: Finance

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was allocated for dentistry courses in each year since 1997. [165212] | answer

Treasury : Alcoholic Drinks: Hemel Hempstead

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths where alcohol was the primary cause there were in (a) Dacorum and (b) Hemel Hempstead constituency in each of the last five years. [164118] | answer

Treasury : Drugs: Hemel Hempstead

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths where misuse of drugs was the primary cause there were in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each of the last five years. [164120] | answer

Treasury : Service Industries: Dacorum

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of people in Dacorum are employed in (a) service industries and (b) manufacturing industries; and if he will make a statement. [164126] | answer

Treasury : Skilled Workers: Dacorum

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of people in Dacorum are classified as (a) professionals and (b) skilled workers; and if he will make a statement. [164125] | answer

Treasury : Sterling

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the purchasing power was as at November 2007 of the pound sterling at May 1997 prices. [164115] | answer

Treasury : Taxation: Rebates

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of unclaimed tax refunds was in each year since 2001. [164123] | answer

Treasury : Telephone Services: Hemel Hempstead

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in (a) call centres and (b) manufacturing in Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [164119] | answer

Treasury : VAT: Contraceptives

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on reducing the VAT rate on condoms. [164303] | answer

Treasury : Welfare Tax Credits

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many requests to reconsider the recovery of overpayments of working tax credit were received by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005 and (d) 2006; and if he will make a statement. [163392] | answer

Health : Ambulance Services: Standards

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all ambulance trusts meet national response time requirements; and if he will make a statement. [166088] | answer

Health : General Practitioners: Manpower

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of practising NHS general practitioners to population was in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England in the last year for which figures are available. [164114] | answer

Health : Lung Diseases: Hertfordshire

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust area have been diagnosed with (a) chronic bronchitis and emphysema and (b) pneumoconiosis on the most recent date for which figures are available. [163398] | answer

Health : Screening: Private Sector

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of diagnostic scans in the NHS were carried out by private healthcare companies in the last year for which figures are available. [163403] | answer

Health : West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust: Waiting Lists

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled at West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust within (a) seven days and (b) 24 hours of the appointment time in each year since 1997. [164112] | answer

Health : West Herts NHS Hospital Trust: Consultants

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were at West Herts NHS Hospital Trust (a) in each specialty and (b) in total in each year since 1996-97. [166085] | answer

Health : West Herts NHS Hospital Trust: Waiting Lists

19 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting times for (a) elective in-patient admissions and (b) first out-patient appointments were in each specialty at West Herts NHS Hospital Trust in each year since 1996-97. [166086] | answer

Defence : Armed Forces: Deployment

15 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK forces personnel there are on operational duty in each foreign country; and if he will make a statement. [163395] | answer

Home Office : Drugs: Hertfordshire

15 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crack houses in Hertfordshire have been closed in the last five years. [163415] | answer

Health : NHS: Management Consultants

15 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each NHS trust spent on external financial consultants in the last five years. [163406] | answer

Health : Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Hertfordshire

15 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of each sexually transmitted disease were diagnosed in the South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust area in each of the last three years. [163399] | answer

Health : Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Hertfordshire

15 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people between the ages of 16 and 18 years have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease in the South Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust area in the last three years. [163400] | answer

International Development : Developing Countries: Debts

13 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of heavily indebted countries at risk from vulture funds’ actions; and if he will make a statement. [162388] | answer

International Development : Developing Countries: Debts

13 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made on ensuring that highly indebted poor countries have access to the legal assistance they need to defend themselves against litigation from vulture funds, with particular reference to the proposals at the African Development Bank to develop a legal assistance facility to help countries facing legal action gain access to technical and legal support; and if he will make a statement. [162389] | answer

Home Office : Alcohol: Prosecutions

13 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for selling alcohol to minors in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in each of the last five years. [163417] | answer

Transport : Rapid Transit Systems

13 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many light rail schemes have been completed and opened since 1997. [163422] | answer

Transport : Speed Limits: Cameras

13 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many personal injury collisions occurred at the site of each fixed speed camera in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in the 12 months (i) before and (ii) after installation of each. [163424] | answer

Defence : Armed Forces: Secondment

13 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which staff from his Department of each grade are on secondment to EU military bodies. [163396] | answer

Treasury : Vulture funds

13 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to prevent vulture funds operating in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [162958] | answer

Treasury : National Insurance Contributions

12 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was raised from national insurance contributions in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07. [163394] | answer

Treasury : Vulture Funds

12 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he had discussions with Ministers from other EU states to consider co-ordinated action to outlaw the activities of vulture funds; and if he will make a statement. [162390] | answer

Treasury : Vulture Funds

12 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the activities of vulture funds were discussed at the recent annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank; and if he will make a statement. [162391] | answer

Treasury : Vulture Funds

12 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's policy is on calls by the Finance Ministers of highly indebted poor countries for (a) codes of conduct to be agreed for creditors not to sell sovereign debts on secondary markets and (b) international lawyers not to represent litigants who sue poor countries in pursuit of these debts; and if he will make a statement. [162392] | answer

Treasury : Welfare Tax Credits

12 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the number of compensation payments due to errors and delays in tax credit office administration in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06 and (d) 2006-07; and if he will make a statement. [163393] | answer

Treasury : Working Tax Credits

12 November 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in each parliamentary constituency have been in receipt of the incorrect level of working tax credit; and if he will make a statement. [163624] | answer

Health : Dietary Supplements: EU Law

8 October 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when Ministers of his Department expect next to meet representatives of Consumers for Health to discuss the implementation of the food supplements directive; [156224] | answer

Defence : RAF Personnel Management Agency: Finance

26 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) initial resource provision, (b) in-year variation and (c) resource outturn was for the RAF Personnel Management Agency in each financial year since 1997 | answer

Defence : Armed Forces: Pay

16 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average employment cost was of (a) an officer, (b) a member of another rank, (c) a non-industrial civil servant and (d) an industrial civil servant in the (i) Army, (ii) Navy, (iii) Air Force and (iv) Royal Marines in each year since 1997. [147355] | answer

Defence : War Pensions

11 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cash (a) provision and (b) outturn was for the (i) War Pensions Benefits Programme, (ii) War Pensions Benefits Programme—Far Eastern Prisoners of War and (iii) War Pensions Benefits Programme costs—British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association request for resources subheads in each financial year since 1997. [146961] | answer

Health : Surgery

11 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were carried out in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years. [147007] | answer

Home Office : Genetics: Databases

10 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individual records were added to the national DNA database under section 10 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, in each year since 2003. [146965] | answer

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs : English Nature: Judicial Review

9 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many judicial reviews brought against English Nature between 1997 and 2007 in the (a) High Court, (b) Court of Appeal and (c) House of Lords (i) were successful and (ii) resulted in an order for costs being made against English Nature; and what costs were awarded in each case. [146956] | answer

Home Office : Departments: Consultants (Home Office)

9 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which external consultants have carried out work for her Department under contracts in each year since 1997. [146964] | answer

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs : English Nature: Judicial Review

9 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many judicial reviews brought against English Nature between 1997 and 2007 in the (a) High Court, (b) Court of Appeal and (c) House of Lords (i) were successful and (ii) resulted in an order for costs being made against English Nature; and what costs were awarded in each case. [146956] | answer

Home Office : Departments: Consultants (Home Office)

9 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which external consultants have carried out work for her Department under contracts in each year since 1997. [146964] | answer

Justice : Prison Accommodation

5 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice why different targets have been set for prisons run in the (a) public and (b) private sectors for the percentage of prisoners held in accommodation units intended for fewer prisoners. [147356] | answer

Defence : Armed Forces: Catering

4 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many vacancies there are for chefs in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) Royal Marines. [146958] | answer

Defence : Gurkhas

4 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people applied for service in the Gurkhas in each of the last three years; and what the average selection time was. [146957] | answer

Home Office : Antisocial Behaviour Orders

4 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued since the enactment of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 in (a) England, (b) the Hertfordshire police force area, (c) the Borough of Dacorum and (d) Hemel Hempstead constituency. [146970] | answer

Home Office : Identity Cards: Young People

4 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the (a) availability and (b) misuse of fake proof of age cards; and if she will make a statement. [146966] | answer

Home Office : Asylum: Qualifications

4 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent research she has commissioned into the skills and qualifications held by (a) asylum seekers and (b) refugees. [146967] | answer

Home Office : Asylum: Appeals

4 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for statutory review of a refusal to grant asylum were submitted in each year since 1997; how many such applications were granted; and how many substantive re-hearings of asylum applications were successful. [146968] | answer

Treasury : Babies: Down's Syndrome

4 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many (a) births and (b) terminations there were of babies with Down’s Syndrome in each of the last five years; [147008] | answer

Home Office : Immigration: Crime

3 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested by the police for immigration offences in each year since 1997. [146969] | answer

Justice : Prisons: Employment

3 July 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what target was set for the number of hours of purposeful activity to be completed by prisoners in each year since 1997. [146971] | answer

Defence : Departments: Advertising (MoD)

20 June 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's total spending was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media. [128077] | answer

Health : Accident and Emergency Departments

4 June 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals in England had acute accident and emergency facilities and accepted acute admissions in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [135349] | answer

Health : Surgery: Hertfordshire

15 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled at (a) the Hemel Hempstead Acute NHS Trust Hospital and (b) the Watford Acute Trust Hospital (i) for medical reasons and (ii) because of a lack of beds in each month in each year since 2000. [135329] | answer

Health : West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust: Manpower

15 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other medical staff, (c) nurses, (d) other professional staff, (e) administrative and clerical staff and (f) auxiliary staff were employed by West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust in all areas excluding those transferred to Dacorum Primary Care Trust in each year since 2000. [135347] | answer

Defence : Armed Forces: Compensation

14 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what compensation was paid under the new Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for injuries and deaths in each month since the new scheme came into force; and if he will make a statement. [135328] | answer

Health : Health Services: Hertfordshire

14 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were at West Hertfordshire Acute Hospital Trust (a) in each specialty and (b) in total excluding the specialties transferred to Dacorum Primary Care Trust in each year since 2000. [135346] | answer

Health : Heart Diseases: Strokes

10 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department provides to NHS trusts on safe travelling times for (a) heart attack and (b) stroke patients for emergency admissions. [135348] | answer

Health : Departments: Consultants

9 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultants and contractors were employed by her Department in each year since 1997; and what the cost was to the public purse. [128042] | answer

Work and Pensions : Social Security Benefits: Care Homes

8 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which means tested benefits people resident in residential care homes are eligible to claim. [135325] | answer

Home : Police: Hertfordshire

8 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum took early retirement in each of the last five years. [135330] | answer

Home : Sentencing

8 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Guidelines Council on the consistency of sentencing in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [135331] | answer

Treasury : Mortgages: Hemel Hempstead

8 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the average outstanding balance on mortgages for homes in (a) the UK, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) Dacorum; and what the typical month’s interest payable on each of those balances was at the latest date for which figures are available. [135327] | answer

Solicitor-General : Sentencing: Appeals

3 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Solicitor-General how many unduly lenient sentences for crimes committed by serving police officers were referred to the Court of Appeal in (a) England, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) Dacorum in each of the last five years; and how many appeals were upheld in each year. [135324] | answer

Education and Skills : Members: Correspondence (School Closures)

3 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) when he will reply to the letter of 19 January from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on the account taken of plans for new homes in Hemel Hempstead constituency in determining the closures and amalgamations of schools in the area; [127256]

(2) when he will answer the (a) letter of 19 January 2007 and (b) question of 8 March 2007 for answer on 13 March 2007 from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead, on the account taken of plans for new homes in Hemel Hempstead constituency in determining the closures and amalgamations of schools in the area. [134034] | answer

Home : Immigration Controls

3 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken to process an application for further leave to remain from an applicant who had overstayed on a visa was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [135332] | answer

Treasury : Patients: Hemel Hempstead

2 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions the Office for National Statistics has had with Dacorum Primary Care Trust on the number of patients registered in Hemel Hempstead constituency. [135326] | answer

Defence : Armed Forces: Dogs

1 May 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average daily cost of feeding a dog in military service was in each of the last three years, broken down by service. [134092] | answer

Trade and Industry : Balance of Trade

27 April 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the trade balance was with the EU in each year since 1977. [132811] | answer

Communities and Local Government : Departments: Publicity (Communities and Local Government)

26 April 2007

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Department's total spending and that of its predecessors was on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each campaign was, broken down by costs relating to (a) television, (b) radio and (c) print media. [128040] | answer

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