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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 10 June 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 10 June 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 10 June of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 10 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 10 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much regional development agencies spent on marketing and promoting tourism in each of the last five years. | | (210256) | 2
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps have been taken (a) by the UK and (b) with other countries to protect (i) marine trade routes and (ii) critical parts of marine trade routes to and from the UK from (A) piracy, (B) accidents and (C) other forms of disruption; what assessment has been made of the levels of such risks on each route; and if he will make a statement. | | (210132) | 3
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to reply to the letter of 22nd April 2008, transferred from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on animal testing (reference: 82241/MG). | | (209980) | 4
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department's press office cost in each of the last five years, in (a) staffing, (b) accommodation and (c) other overhead costs. | | (210265) | 5
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's advertising and marketing budget was in each of the last five years. | | (210266) | 6
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people were declared bankrupt in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (210275) | 7
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what records he holds to determine who is eligible for a Bevin Boys badge. | | (210230) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 8
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual revenue to the Exchequer which would arise from extending the present rate of road fuel duty applicable to unleaded petrol that is not ultra-low sulphur or sulphur-free to aviation fuel (a) without and (b) with value added tax added to the duty. | | (209941) | 9
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the annual income to Exchequer funds which would arise from ending the exemption from value added tax of aviation. | | (209942) | 10
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the proposed aviation duty is predicated on aircraft weight; and what consideration was given to its predication on aircraft emissions. | | (209978) | 11
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend to child restraint bases used with standard ISOFIX points the same reduced rate of VAT applicable to the children's car seats designed to operate in tandem with them. | | (209979) | 12
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reassess the decision to close the HM Revenue and Customs office at Lingmell House in Chorley. | | (210216) | 13
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of new leasing arrangements for buildings occupied by Government (a) departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies were (i) new leases and (ii) renewals of existing leases in each of the last five years. | | (210188) | 14
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of buildings newly procured for use by Government (a) departments, (b) executive agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies were (i) rented, (ii) leased, (iii) purchased and (iv) acquired under a private finance intiative or public private partnership arrangement in each of the last five years. | | (210189) | 15
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many home repossessions there were in each London borough in each year since 1997. | | (210274) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 16
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of mainstream maintained secondary schools in each local education authority area have been classed as outstanding by Ofsted in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (210161) | 17
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the purposes are of the £12.7 million grant made by the Government to Kids Company in March; what conditions apply with regard to replicating the work of Kids Company; how much of the grant was intended for such replications; and if he will make a statement. | | (209712) | 18
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to compensate markers who have experienced delays in receiving SAT papers and consequently not received payment for work. | | (210211) | 19
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has undertaken or evaluated on the number of grandparents who were denied access to their grandchildren by the children's parents during the last 12 months. | | (210212) | 20
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2008, Official Report, columns 1789-90W, on schools: finance, what his latest estimate is of the cost pressures facing schools in 2008-09, using updated figures for the teachers' pay award, local pay implementation and local government pension provision; and if he will make a statement. | | (210260) | 21
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of the percentage of schools which will receive budget increases in 2008-09 which will be lower than his Department's estimate of cost pressures; and if he will make a statement. | | (210261) | 22
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of Sure Start children's centres being used by primary care trusts to channel health services delivery. | | (209986) | 23
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start children's centres are implementing the early support programme for young disabled children; and when that programme will be available in all Sure Start centres. | | (209987) | 24
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2008, Official Report, column 952W, on parents: advisory services, how much has been made available to fund the 77 Respect parenting experts; whether the experts will deliver the parenting programmes or refer and manage others in delivering the programme; and what the estimated cost is of funding at least one parenting expert in each local authority in the future. | | (210167) | 25
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in receipt of the education maintenance allowance subsequently did not complete the course of education for which the allowance was provided in each year since its inception. | | (210270) | 26
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people were in receipt of the education maintenance allowance in each London borough in each year since its inception. | | (210271) | 27
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in each London borough took part in after-school sports in each year since 1997. | | (210279) | 28
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what his Department will spend its share of the pledged £12.5 million to help prevent extremism in communities; over what period of time his Department's share will be spent; which stakeholders will be consulted when deciding which community projects will be given funding from the budget; what the process will be to decide which organisations and projects will be given funding; how the effects of the funding will be assessed; and who will monitor those effects. | | (210288) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 29
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on marketing and promoting tourism in each of the last five years. | | (210257) | 30
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council tenants in each London borough applied for a housing transfer to (a) another London borough and (b) elsewhere in the UK in each of the last five years. | | (210272) | 31
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of unoccupied domestic properties in (a) private and (b) local authority ownership in each London borough. | | (210273) | 32
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what her Department will spend its share of the pledged £12.5 million to help prevent extremism in communities; over what period of time her Department's share will be spent; which stakeholders will be consulted when deciding which community projects will be given funding from the budget; what the process will be to decide which organisations and projects will be given funding; how the effects of the funding will be assessed; and who will monitor those effects. | | (210282) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 33
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the global economic climate on tourism to the UK; what steps he plans to take to address those effects; and if he will make a statement. | | (210186) | 34
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK residents taking (a) day trips, (b) short breaks and (c) holidays in the UK in each year since 1997. | | (210187) | 35
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 817-79W, on departmental NDPBs, with which public bodies his Department had finalised funding agreements as of 1st June 2008; for what period funding has been agreed; and how much funding has been agreed in each case. | | (210196) | 36
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2008, Official Report, columns 1016-7W, on the World Creative Business Summit, how much will be paid to (a) Edelman and (b) Acclaim for services related to this event. | | (210197) | 37
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments were made to the National Lottery Commission from the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1994. | | (210234) | 38
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding the National Lottery Commission received from (a) his Department, (b) the National Lottery Distribution Fund account, (c) the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund account and (d) other organisations in each year since 1994. | | (210235) | 39
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by (a) his Department, (b) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, (c) VisitBritain, (d) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (e) the Big Lottery Fund, (f) the National Lottery Commission, (g) Sport England, (h) UK Sport, (i) Arts Council England and (j) the UK Film Council on advertising appointments in each of the last five years. | | (210236) | 40
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by (a) Sport England and (b) his Department on advertising for the position of Chairman of Sport England. | | (210237) | 41
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contracts his Department holds with Redstone; what services are supplied; and what the total value is of these contracts. | | (210238) | 42
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many places of worship applied for Heritage Lottery Fund grants in each year since 1997; and what percentage were successful in each year. | | (210254) | 43
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications were received by the National Heritage Memorial Fund in each year since 1997; what percentage of applications were successful; and what amount of grants was given out in each year. | | (210255) | 44
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on marketing and promoting tourism in each of the last five years. | | (210258) | 45
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2008, Official Report, columns 1010-14W, on departmental manpower, what functions were carried out by the full-time equivalent employee in the Trade Union division. | | (210259) | 46
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) fines were issued and (b) prosecutions were brought for the offence of installing or using a television receiver to watch or record television shows without a valid licence in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (210281) | 47
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support his Department provides to brass bands associated with former coal fields. | | (210233) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 48
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what records he holds on the number of navy personnel who (a) served in the Suez canal zone between 1951 and 1954 and (b) served in the Suez canal zone during the period 1951 to 1954 for a period of 30 or more days continuous service. | | (210213) | 49
N | Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most recent estimated cost of the Future Rapid Effects System programme is. | | (210168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 50
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to encourage manufacturers, importers and users of chemicals to follow EU rules on chemical control. | | (209168) | 51
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to increase recycling of batteries. | | (209169) | 52
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to increase recycling in public areas. | | (209170) | 53
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will visit rivers Beane and Mimram in Hertfordshire to assess the condition of chalk rivers in Hertfordshire. | | (210239) | 54
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live animals were seized on entry to the UK in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many of them were (a) destroyed, (b) repatriated, (c) placed in the care of Government agencies and (d) placed in the care of charities. | | (210129) | 55
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons and on what basis charities taking over care of animals seized on entry to the UK are required to pay fees to take possession of the animals; and if he will make a statement. | | (210130) | 56
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether charities taking over care of animals seized on entry to the UK are compensated from public funds for the cost of that care. | | (210131) | 57
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many gangmasters were (a) licensed and (b) found employing victims of trafficking in each of the last three years; and how much revenue has been generated from issuing licences. | | (209889) | 58
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1302W, on planning permission: Upchurch, when the Environment Agency's investigation will be completed; and what consideration the Agency has given to taking legal action following completion of its investigation. | | (209934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 59
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to encourage the enfranchisement of women in countries that do not allow women to vote. | | (210240) | 60
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to respond to the letter of 26th March 2008 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on meeting the Dalai Lama. | | (209981) | 61
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the forthcoming vacancy for the post of High Commissioner to Malawi has been publicised (a) within his Department and (b) elsewhere in the Civil Service and applications invited. | | (209806) | 62
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many applications for the forthcoming vacancy for the post of High Commissioner to Malawi have been received; and how many have been received from officials of each Government department. | | (209807) | 63
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in which countries his Department assesses (a) gay men and (b) lesbian women who are (i) citizens and (ii) visitors are at risk of persecution. | | (210276) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 64
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the public health impact of (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) other airports in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (209710) | 65
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has commissioned into the incidence of cancer in areas around (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) other airports compared to other areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (209711) | 66
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government plans to establish a national monitoring centre to conduct research into sudden unexplained death in epilepsy. | | (209984) | 67
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the names and addresses are of those schools which participated in the Give and Let Live donor education programme in 2007-08. | | (210162) | 68
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to which postholders in secondary schools his Department sent material on the Give and Let Live donor education programme. | | (210163) | 69
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hits there have been on the Give and Let Live donor education programme website since it was established. | | (210164) | 70
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation took place prior to the publication of the Next Stage Review Interim report; whom was consulted; and how they were selected. | | (210190) | 71
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what local leadership there was for the development of the proposals to establish new GP practices in Birmingham; and what the duration of each primary care trust consultation with (a) patients, (b) carers, (c) the public and (d) key partners was on (i) the principle and (ii) the practice of the establishment of new practices. | | (210262) | 72
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when primary care trusts in Birmingham were informed that they were to be allocated funding to establish new GP practices; and what assessment had been undertaken to assess (a) the need for new practices and (b) whether this was the best means of improving access to GP services. | | (210263) | 73
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the capacity of groups of GPs to bid for tendered primary care contracts in competition with private sector companies. | | (210264) | 74
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered with an NHS dentist in Milton Keynes in each quarter of the last five years; and what percentage of the Milton Keynes population this represented in each period. | | (210125) | 75
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds (a) in total and (b) per head of population were available at Milton Keynes hospital in each year since 1997. | | (210126) | 76
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 15th May 2008, Official Report, column 1668W, on the NHS: DHL, what percentage of the £1 billion expected savings has been achieved to date. | | (209985) | 77
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS consultants per capita there were in (a) the Dacorum Borough Council area and (b) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | (210157) | 78
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nursing and (b) residential care homes there were in (i) the Dacorum Borough Council area and (ii) Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 1997. | | (210159) | 79
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on healthcare chaplaincy in the NHS; and if he will make a statement. | | (210193) | 80
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on healthcare chaplaincy in the NHS. | | (210194) | 81
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what central allocation of funding was made to healthcare chaplaincy services in the NHS in each of the last five years. | | (210195) | 82
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the continued availability of higher potency vitamin and mineral supplements under the provisions of the Food Supplements Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (210217) | 83
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) the results of the Food Standard Agency's customer survey into consumption patterns of folic acid products and (b) the implications of the survey results for the Agency's modelling of folic acid intake from food supplements and fortified foods. | | (210218) | 84
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the Food Standards Agency wrote to the European Commission to seek clarification of the legal implications of the decisions of the European Food Safety Authority that there was insufficient evidence upon which to assess the status of vanadium; and what response the Agency has received. | | (210219) | 85
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he last visited a health food shop in his Ministerial capacity; and if he will make a statement. | | (210220) | 86
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of post-operative bleeding after heart surgery operations (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of procedures performed in each of the last three years. | | (210221) | 87
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the relevant Council of Ministers Working Group next to be convened further to discuss the setting of maximum permitted levels of food supplements. | | (210222) | 88
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the list of NHS dentists in the find services section of the NHS website was last updated; and whether there are plans to update it. | | (210184) | 89
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions for conditions related to (a) alcohol abuse and (b) drug abuse there were in each London primary care trust in each of the last five years. | | (210267) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 90
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) were prosecuted in connection with alleged driving offences that have involved the death of civilians, (b) were convicted of such offences and (c) faced disciplinary actions in connection with such incidents in each year since 1997. | | (210034) | 91
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were convicted of (a) offences of causing death by dangerous driving and (b) related offences in each year since 1997. | | (210035) | 92
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions compensation was paid to relatives of those killed in road traffic accidents involving police officers, other than compensation paid through the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, in each year since 1997. | | (210036) | 93
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to stop the spread of gang violence. | | (209166) | 94
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce knife crime in the West Midlands. | | (209167) | 95
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa centres her Department has in (a) Russia, (b) India and (c) China. | | (210128) | 96
| Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the effect of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 on the ability of traditional folk dancers to (a) buy and (b) use swords as part of their dances; and if she will make a statement. | | (210185) | 97
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter of 28th April from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, on Mr. S. Shah. | | (210192) | 98
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Metropolitan Police of paying the recent proposed award of 2.5 per cent. to police officers in full would be in 2008-09. | | (209324) | 99
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department has on the amount spent by the Metropolitan Police on public relations in each of the last four years. | | (209325) | 100
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she plans to provide to the House under her proposals to detain terrorist suspects for up to 42 days before each decision on a case; and what assessment she has made of the effect of giving such information on national security and the confidentiality of intelligence. | | (210037) | 101
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for her proposals that detention of terrorist suspects for a maximum of 42 days before charge is necessary; and what discussions she has had with (a) police forces, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service and (c) the security services in determining the number of days. | | (209974) | 102
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspects arrested under anti-terrorism legislation have been released without charge at the end of the maximum pre-charge detention period because there was not sufficient evidence to bring charges in each of the last five years. | | (210057) | 103
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to reply to the letter of 3rd January 2008 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, transferred from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 2nd April, on the security of personal data of British nationals. | | (209982) | 104
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what her Department's share of the pledged £12.5 million to help prevent extremism in communities will be spent; and over what period of time her Department's share of the funding will be spent. | | (210223) | 105
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the pledged £12.5 million to help prevent extremism in communities will be divided between departments involved. | | (210224) | 106
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which stakeholders will be consulted when deciding which community projects will be given funding from the pledged £12.5 million to help prevent extremism in communities; what the process will be to decide which organisations and projects will be given funding; how the effects of the funding will be assessed; and who will monitor those effects. | | (210225) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 107
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in each London borough received funding support from their local education authority while in higher education in each of the last 10 years. | | (210277) | 108
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in each London borough were offered a university place in each of the last 10 years. | | (210278) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 109
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25th April 2008, Official Report, column 2379W, on young offenders: custodial treatment, how many children assessed as being at risk of (a) self-harm, (b) mental health problems, (c) drug dependency and (d) other risk factors were accommodated in (i) young offender institutions, (ii) secure training centres and (iii) secure children's homes at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (209988) | 110
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Lord Justices, (b) High Court judges, (c) recorders, (d) Masters and registrars, (e) district judges and (f) deputy district judges there were in each of the last five years, broken down by (i) sex, (ii) ethnicity and (iii) disability; and if he will make a statement. | | (209709) | 111
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what processes are in place to ensure that Clearsprings Ltd adhere to their contractual obligations on consultation on bail accommodation in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (209890) | 112
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what monitoring has taken place in the last 12 months of the efficacy of consultation processes undertaken with (a) Peterborough City Council, (b) local residents and (c) other agencies by Clearsprings in respect of bail accommodation in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (209891) | 113
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the operation of the Clearsprings contract for bail accommodation in the Peterborough area; and if he will make a statement. | | (210160) | 114
N | Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any sites in Worcestershire are under consideration as a potential location for a Titan prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (210013) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 115
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with London boroughs on the route of the 2012 Olympic torch relay. | | (210280) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 116
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the percentage change in real terms of the cost of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus and (c) train since (i) 1979 and (ii) 1997; and what estimate she has made of the proportion of average disposable income represented by such costs in each case in each year. | | (209983) | 117
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average fine was imposed for the offence of use of a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (209562) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 118
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, when she plans to answer the letter of 22nd April from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, on Miss Rena Wood, transferred from the Home Department. | | (210191) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 119
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who will flow onto the employment and support allowance in each of the next five years he estimates will be claiming the benefit by the (a) income channel and (b) contribution channel. | | (209936) | 120
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he estimates will flow onto (a) the support channel and (b) the work channel of the employment and support allowance in each of the next five years. | | (209937) | 121
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people he estimates will flow on to the work channel of the employment and support allowance and be claiming the benefit by (a) the income channel and (b) the contribution channel in the next five years. | | (209938) | 122
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of employment and support allowance claimants who will receive (a) pensioner premium, (b) severe disability premium, (c) enhanced disability premium and (d) carer premium in each of the next five years. | | (209939) | 123
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's forecasts are for (a) on-flow, (b) off-flow and (c) stock estimates for (i) incapacity benefit, (ii) income support, broken down by statistical group, and (iii) employment and support allowance for each of the next five years. | | (209940) | 124
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency paid Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for referrals for income disclosure information in the last year for which figures are available. | | (209975) | 125
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent from the Social Fund on (a) funeral costs and (b) doctors' fees associated with funeral costs in the last three years for which figures are available. | | (209976) | 126
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the service level agreement between Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and the Child Support Agency on their data sharing arrangements. | | (209977) | 127
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department's No Ifs, No Buts advertising campaign has cost to date. | | (210268) | 128
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each London borough were (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of benefit fraud offences in each of the last five years; and what the cost of pursuing such prosecutions was. | | (210269) | 129
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision his Department made to support those working at Remploy in York at the time of its closure. | | (210231) | 130
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former employees at Remploy in York have found new employment, broken down by (a) employer and (b) location. | | (210232) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 131
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many babies were born at (a) Hemel Hempstead Hospital and (b) Watford Hospital in each of the last three years, broken down by constituency of residence of the mother. | | [Transferred] (210158) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 132
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the Medical Research Council plans to spend in 2008-09 on dementia research in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. | | [Transferred] (210127) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 133
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what post-release support is provided to victims of miscarriage of justice. | | [Question Unstarred] (209559) |
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