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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 12 June 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 12 June 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 12 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 Thursday 12 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 12 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps the Government has taken to help pensioners to meet the cost of rising fuel prices. | | (210395) | 2
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what expenditure his Department incurred in organising and hosting the investor conference for new nuclear build held on 12th June 2008. | | (210736) | 3
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what payscales are used by regional development agencies; and what guidance is provided to regional development agencies about the salary levels of management and senior management staff. | | (210415) | 4
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210988) | 5
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was paid to outside consultants used by his Department or its predecessor in each year since 2000. | | (211008) | 6
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each. | | (210835) | 7
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen in the last 24 months in (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) each of its executive agencies. | | (210836) | 8
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department and its predecessor have submitted in the last 24 months. | | (210851) | 9
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what powers trades unions have to exclude individuals from trades union membership on the basis of their political affiliation or party political membership. | | (210857) | 10
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many reviews of regulation his Department and its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (210858) | 11
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what cost in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (210859) | 12
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many permanent staff within (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (210861) | 13
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of the legal advice that the Office of Fair Trading commissioned on whether trades union members are consumers for the purposes of consumer protection legislation. | | (210869) | 14
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on ministerial policy advisers, which former special advisers have (a) received approval from and (b) been refused permission by his Department or its predecessor to take up an outside appointment on leaving their post since May 2005. | | (210920) | 15
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies procures each week; and at what cost. | | (211002) | 16
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many domestic air flights were undertaken within mainland Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (211005) | 17
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what annual cash savings the Post Office expects branches from the closure of post office branches at (a) 42 Vicarage Road, Maidenhead, (b) 55 High Street, Wargrave, near Reading and (c) 49 Wootton Way, Maidenhead. | | (211063) | 18
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what annual cash savings the Post Office expects from the closure of the post office branch at Knowl Hill Stores, Knowl Hill, near Reading. | | (211064) | 19
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what annual cash savings the Post Office expects from the closure of the post office branch at 128-130 Cookham Road, Maidenhead. | | (211065) | 20
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by his Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211125) | 21
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to publish the strategic environmental assessment of sites for tidal stream generation in English and Welsh waters. | | (210745) | 22
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people in (a) Wakefield District and (b) Hemsworth constituency are eligible for social tariffs from energy suppliers. | | (210730) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 23
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new vehicles were registered in each year from 2001 to 2006, broken down by each of the new vehicle excise duty (VED) bands to be applied to cars registered in those years; what the net tax take will be from the applications of these new bands to those vehicles; and what the net tax take for those vehicles would have been had VED continued to be applied as previously. | | (210709) | 24
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what resources his Department has allocated to the preparation of its forthcoming factual paper on the Barnett Formula. | | (210724) | 25
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will seek information from other stakeholders on the operation of the Barnett Formula to inform his Department's forthcoming factual paper on the formula. | | (210725) | 26
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procurement projects have been halted as a result of recommendations made by his Department's major projects review group since January 2007. | | (210727) | 27
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Procurement in the Office of Government Commerce in (a) drawing up a delivery plan and milestones for meeting the targets for the sustainable operations on the Government estate and (b) implementing the sustainable procurement action plan. | | (210728) | 28
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to respond to the Competition Commission's report of 5th June 2008 on payment protection insurance. | | (211195) | 29
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question (a) 204170, (b) 204171, (c) 204172 and (d) 204173 on vehicle excise duty, tabled by the hon. Member for Putney on 1st March 2008. | | (211198) | 30
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made towards the development of a carbon budget for 2009; which Minister is leading the work on the development of the carbon budget; and if he will make a statement. | | (210737) | 31
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2008, Official Report, column 1739W, on public expenditure, what, in near cash terms, the amount of negative departmental expenditure limit income retained by departments was, broken down on the same basis as tables 1.7 and 1.10 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008 (HC 489, 2007-08). | | (210951) | 32
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210997) | 33
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 (Cm 7227, 2006/07), what the expected level, in near cash terms, of (a) negative resource Departmental Expenditure Level (DEL) and (b) negative capital DEL income to be retained by departments is, broken down on the same basis as tables 1.7 and 1.10 of Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis 2008, (HC 489, 2007-08). | | (210998) | 34
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Combined Online Information System standard chart of accounts. | | (210999) | 35
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Combined Online Information System programme objectives and descriptions. | | (211000) | 36
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reviews of regulation his Department and its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (210844) | 37
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Consolidated Fund has received in the last financial year from fines paid (a) to public sector bodies and (b) by public sector bodies. | | (210845) | 38
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Export Credits Guarantee Department is taking to promote environmental sustainability. | | (210846) | 39
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes to; and at what cost in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (210847) | 40
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (210848) | 41
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each plan. | | (210849) | 42
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many permanent staff within (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (210867) | 43
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on ministerial policy advisers, which former special advisers have (a) received approval from and (b) been refused permission by his Department to take up an outside appointment on leaving their post since May 2005. | | (210919) | 44
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd April 2008, Official Report, column 971W, on taxation: trade unions, whether the political levy element of the subscription fee to the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), for members who have not opted out of the political fund of the trade union, is eligible for tax relief under the Section 344 scheme. | | (210963) | 45
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd April 2008, Official Report, column 971W, on taxation: trade unions, whether the entire trade union subscription for members of the National Union of Teachers is eligible for tax relief under the Section 344 scheme. | | (210964) | 46
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (210966) | 47
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within mainland Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (211004) | 48
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the number of people who are eligible for working tax credit but have not applied for it. | | (210250) | 49
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide incentives for capital investment in combined heat and power technology when the existing exemption expires in 2012; and if he will make a statement. | | (210390) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 50
| Ms Celia Barlow (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what medical conditions are recognised as giving rise to special educational needs. | | (210739) | 51
| Ms Celia Barlow (Hove): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of co-morbidity of epilepsy and learning difficulties on educational achievement. | | (210740) | 52
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on careers guidance for young people in (a) Leeds Metropolitan District and (b) Leeds West constituency in each year since 2001. | | (211178) | 53
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his Department plans to decide on the application for Building Schools for the Future funding for the rebuilding of Farnley Park School in Warley, West Leeds; and if he will make a statement. | | (211179) | 54
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to prepare teachers for the introduction of new diplomas. | | (209943) | 55
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage 16 to 19 year-olds to stay on in education. | | (209944) | 56
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, columns 2027-8W, on children in care: missing persons, how many of the 3,520 children who went missing from local authority care in the last five years have never been traced. | | (211161) | 57
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many places there are (a) with childminders, (b) in full day care and (c) in out of school day care in the London Borough of Bexley. | | (210939) | 58
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary maintained schools use oversubscription criteria based on religious practice or adherence in their admissions arrangements, broken down by local authority. | | (210975) | 59
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many national tests a primary school pupil takes between the ages of five and 11; and if he will make a statement. | | (211019) | 60
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make a statement on progress in marking key stage tests in the 2007-08 academic year; and what plans he has to improve the performance of marking contractor EDS. | | (211020) | 61
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when (a) the National Assessment Agency, (b) his Department and (c) he was first informed of the recent performance in relation to marking of the national curriculum tests; what remedial steps were taken; and if he will make a statement. | | (211021) | 62
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will estimate the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools without any teachers with a specialist dyslexia qualification; and if he will make a statement. | | (211022) | 63
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers in maintained schools have a specialist dyslexia qualification; and if he will make a statement. | | (211023) | 64
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210984) | 65
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many permanent staff within (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (210864) | 66
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (210880) | 67
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each. | | (210881) | 68
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen in the last 24 months in (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) each of its executive agencies. | | (210887) | 69
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what cost in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (210888) | 70
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many reviews of regulation his Department and its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (210889) | 71
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on ministerial policy advisers, which former special advisers have (a) received approval from and (b) been refused permission by his Department or its predecessor to take up an outside appointment on leaving their post since May 2005. | | (210918) | 72
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies procures each week; and at what cost. | | (210931) | 73
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within mainland Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (210946) | 74
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take, to educate education professionals on female genital mutilation. | | (211066) | 75
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by his Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211123) | 76
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 6th June 2008, Official Report, column 1174W, on pre-school education, what assessment he has made of the reasons for two-thirds of children not reaching the literacy goals of the Foundation Stage. | | (210416) | 77
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 15th May 2008, Official Report, column 1786W, on children: day care, how many people with Early Years Professional Status will be required to meet the target of each full daycare setting being led by a graduate and those in the most disadvantaged areas being led by two graduates by 2015. | | (210688) | 78
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the quality of school buildings was assessed in Ofsted inspections conducted in the last five years. | | (211164) | 79
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the overall cost of increasing the free entitlement to nursery places for 12,000 disadvantaged two year-olds. | | (211166) | 80
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools received a classification of outstanding in Ofsted reports in (a) Cornwall, (b) each constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South West and (d) England in 2006-07. | | (211010) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 81
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the current financial year. | | (210983) | 82
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 10th June 2008, on how many occasions in the last 12 months security sections have been notified that the spouse or partner of an officer in the intelligence and security services has been working in the sex industry; on how many such occasions the notification was made (a) by the officer concerned and (b) following a formal review; and if he will make a statement. | | (211062) | 83
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff are employed in Downing Street's House Management Team. | | (210718) | 84
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will amend the text on www.direct.gov.uk in the sections entitled Introduction to Trade Unions and Your Right to Join (or Not to Join) a Trade Union to include information on employees' rights to opt out of the trades union political levy. | | (210719) | 85
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he plans to answer Question 181310, on guidance on answering parliamentary Questions, tabled on 18th January 2008. | | (210827) | 86
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the Cabinet Office's policy is on requiring purchase orders to be submitted before expenditure is made. | | (210856) | 87
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance exists on the conduct of civil servants, special advisers and Ministers during a Parliamentary by-election period. | | (210862) | 88
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the occupiers of the official ministerial residences in (a) Admiralty House, (b) Downing Street, (c) 1 Carlton Gardens, (d) Dorneywood and (e) Chequers receive subsistence. | | (210870) | 89
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which areas of land are held for development by the Duchy of Lancaster as outlined on page 20 of its 2007 report and accounts. | | (210871) | 90
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date and for what reason the Duchy of Lancaster staff pension final salary scheme was closed to new entrants. | | (210872) | 91
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many privilege holidays civil servants in the Cabinet Office are entitled to; and on what days of the year. | | (210873) | 92
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff have worked in the Downing Street Political Office in each year since 1996-97. | | (210874) | 93
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Ministers have used Dorneywood for departmental functions or events since June 2007. | | (210875) | 94
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether Cabinet Office purchase orders are recorded in an electronic database. | | (210876) | 95
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what training courses run by external organisations were attended by staff of 10 Downing Street in the last 12 months. | | (210877) | 96
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Duchy of Lancaster received from the Rural Payments Agency in the last financial year for which figures are available. | | (210898) | 97
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the Central Office of Information's preferred suppliers are; what the specialism of each is; and what mechanism was used to select them. | | (210899) | 98
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what subscriptions (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agency holds for (i) premium satellite, (ii) digital terrestrial and (iii) cable television channels; and what the cost of each was in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (210900) | 99
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications the Cabinet Office has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (210901) | 100
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance governs the use by former Ministers of air miles incurred from ministerial travel for personal travel once they leave office. | | (210902) | 101
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests to the Cabinet Office have not yet received a substantive decision owing to an on-going consideration of public interest issues, where the original request was made (a) 20 or more working days, (b) six or more months and (c) 12 or more months ago. | | (210942) | 102
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 31st March 2008, Official Report, column 521W, on departmental aviation, how many separate air flights were carbon offset by the Cabinet Office in 2006-07 via the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund. | | (210949) | 103
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North East Hertfordshire of 25th January 2007, Official Report, column 1962W, on Dorneywood, if he will place in the Library the guidance issued to Ministers on the use and availability of Dorneywood for Government meetings and seminars. | | (210950) | 104
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Information Commissioner's Freedom of Information Good Practice Guidance Note no. 4 on time limits on consideration of the public interest; and if he will make a statement. | | (210960) | 105
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) job title, (b) function and (c) role Nicola Burdett has in No. 10 Downing Street. | | (210961) | 106
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 20th March 2008, Official Report, column 1308W, on television, in what room in Downing Street the television purchased was installed. | | (210962) | 107
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central, of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 687W, on departmental contracts, what the purpose of each such project in relation to each firm was. | | (210965) | 108
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many reviews of regulation the Cabinet Office has (a) conducted and (b) commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (211007) | 109
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what information was requested in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests to the Cabinet Office with case references (a) FS50077719 (received 2nd June 2005), (b) FS50085720 (11th August 2005), (c) FS50086426 (17th August 2005), (d) FS50088735 (14th September 2005), (e) FS50088745 (14th September 2005), (f) FS50089369 (21st September 2005), (g) FS50090742 (6th October 2005), (h) FS50091011 (10th October 2005), (i) FS50097905 (6th December 2005) and (j) FS50098388 (8th December 2005). | | (211071) | 110
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 18WS, on Public Bodies 2007, for what reason the latest edition of Public Bodies does not publish detailed information on the size and expenditure of each individual non-departmental public body. | | (211075) | 111
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on ministerial policy advisers, to which former special advisers the Cabinet Office has (a) granted and (b) withheld approval to take up an outside appointment on leaving post in (i) the Prime Minister's Office and (ii) the Cabinet Office since May 2005. | | (211104) | 112
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many permanent staff of (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Central Office of Information are not assigned to a permanent post. | | (211110) | 113
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many domestic air flights members of (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Central Office of Information undertook within mainland Britain in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (211112) | 114
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Central Office of Information last updated their euro changeover plans; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each. | | (211114) | 115
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what records his Department holds of (a) air miles, and similar promotional travel schemes provided to civil servants in the Cabinet Office in respect of travel paid for from the public purse and (b) the subsequent use of such benefits. | | (211126) | 116
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff of (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) the Central Office of Information in the last 24 months. | | (211127) | 117
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether staff in (a) his Department and (b) the Central Office of Information who are entitled to travel on a business class or first class airfare on official business are permitted to travel in a cheaper class; and what (i) financial and (ii) other benefits staff are permitted to accrue from any saving. | | (211160) | 118
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by his Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211124) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 119
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households occupying social housing were headed by a foreign national in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the number of such households in each of the last 10 years. | | (211157) | 120
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she and the Minister for Housing have had with the existing homes alliance on refurbishment and retrofitting of existing housing stock. | | (210738) | 121
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions Gypsy and Traveller camps have been found by courts to have breached planning regulations in each of the last three years. | | (210622) | 122
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department plans to spend on (a) the provision of new Gypsy and Traveller sites and (b) the refurbishment of existing Gypsy and Traveller sites in (i) Lancashire and (ii) England in each year between 2008 and 2012. | | (210623) | 123
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated by her Department, its agencies and non-departmental bodies to (a) Lancashire and (b) North West England in each year since 1997; and for what purpose the funds were allocated in each case. | | (210624) | 124
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Gypsy and Traveller camps there were in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years. | | (210625) | 125
N | Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on the promotional campaign Can Eco-towns be a Good Housing Solution (a) in total and (b) featuring Curborough, Staffordshire. | | (210208) | 126
N | Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what location for the proposed eco-town at Curborough, Staffordshire is indicated in the promotional materials published by her Department; what the location of the proposed site is; and what steps she plans to take to correct the promotional materials. | | (210209) | 127
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimates of population her Department uses when calculating the revenue support grant for each local authority. | | (210414) | 128
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications were submitted for a change of use from a private garden to a residential property in each of the last five years; and how many of these applications were successful in each year. | | (210472) | 129
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) private, (b) socially rented and (c) shared ownership homes she estimates will be built in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010. | | (210686) | 130
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the effect of the economic situation, with particular reference to the availability of credit on levels on house building. | | (210687) | 131
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of how many private tenants there were in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (210968) | 132
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been registered as council tenants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (210969) | 133
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been registered as homeless in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (210970) | 134
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable new homes have been built in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (210971) | 135
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been repossessed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (210972) | 136
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much capital has been spent on social housing in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (210973) | 137
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social rented homes have been built in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (210974) | 138
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has received from the National Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1994. | | (210413) | 139
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the removal of permitted development rights for householders to pave over their front gardens will require secondary legislation or revised guidance. | | (211073) | 140
| Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of responses to the consultation on whether to remove permitted development rights to households paving over front gardens. | | (211074) | 141
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the current financial year. | | (210985) | 142
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many copies of the Morning Star her Department and each of its agencies procures via subscription each week; and at what cost. | | (210822) | 143
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many permanent staff within (a) her Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (210863) | 144
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen in the last 24 months in (a) her Department and (b) each of its executive agencies. | | (210879) | 145
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each. | | (210882) | 146
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications her Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (210883) | 147
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) her Department, (b) each of its agencies and (c) the Audit Commission subscribes; and at what cost in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (210884) | 148
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many reviews of regulation the Audit Commission has conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (210885) | 149
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many reviews of regulation her Department and its agencies has conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (210886) | 150
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on ministerial policy advisers, which former special advisers have (a) received approval from and (b) been refused permission by her Department or its predecessor to take up an outside appointment on leaving their post since May 2005. | | (210917) | 151
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within mainland Britain by representatives of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (210947) | 152
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 539W, on departmental public participation, how much each piece of work cost; and how many respondents there were to each. | | (211070) | 153
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by her Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211122) | 154
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been collected from fines on void business lettings in each of the last three years. | | (210383) | 155
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been assessed against the Code for Sustainable Homes since 1st May 2008; and how many of these homes meet Level (a) 3, (b) 4 and (c) 6 of the Code, broken down by type of landlord. | | (211015) | 156
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average (a) standard assessment procedure energy rating and (b) energy performance certificate rating was of new homes, broken down by type of landlord in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (211016) | 157
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has assessed the effect of the increase in privately rented accommodation on (a) community relations and (b) neighbour disputes. | | (211082) | 158
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on the responsibilities of private landlords to ensure that their tenants behave responsibly towards neighbours and the wider community. | | (211083) | 159
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the proportion of privately-rented properties owned by absent landlords on former council estates over the last 20 years; and what assessment she has made of the effects of such trends. | | (211084) | 160
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were flooded in England in 2007, broken down by county; and in how many cases households remain unable to return to their homes. | | (210706) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 161
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department allocated to tourism in the Leeds Metropolitan District in each year since 2005. | | (211176) | 162
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the total cost to the public purse was of the construction and operation of the Millennium Dome; what assessment he has made of the value for money provided by that expenditure; and if he will make a statement. | | (210816) | 163
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff are employed in his private office. | | (210409) | 164
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what method his Department uses to estimate the level of local authority expenditure on tourism; and if he will make a statement. | | (210410) | 165
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much office space was taken up by staff in his Department engaged on National Lottery Distribution Fund matters in each of the last five years. | | (210411) | 166
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has received from the National Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1994. | | (210412) | 167
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the current financial year. | | (210979) | 168
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by his Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211121) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 169
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2008, Official Report, column 379W, on the armed forces: USA, on how many occasions since 1997 visiting US personnel have been (a) prosecuted under UK law and (b) dealt with under US law for offences committed in the UK; and what information his Department holds on the results of such cases dealt with by the US military authorities. | | (211098) | 170
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Polish, (b) Ukrainian, (c) Pakistani and (d) Sri Lankan national military personnel are undertaking active service with UK armed forces in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan. | | (211187) | 171
N | Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which units Colombian state security forces came who received training at UK military establishments in each year since 2002; and how many Colombian state security services personnel received training at UK military establishments in each year since 2002. | | (210389) | 172
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have lost their lives in road traffic accidents involving a Land Rover TUM/TUL HS Wolf since it entered service in April 1997; and how many of these accidents have been attributed to excess speed. | | (210380) | 173
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of rotary wing support for British forces operating in the Caribbean on counter-narcotics operations. | | (210743) | 174
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of each nationality have been detained by British forces operating in the Caribbean in each year since 2001. | | (210744) | 175
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9th June 2008, Official Report, column 64W on armed forces: peacekeeping operations, whether the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is involved with the analysis of member states' (a) training capacities and (b) training needs, to assess the potential added value of multi-national initiatives; and what co-ordination NATO will have in conjunction with the European Defence Agency on this issue. | | (210911) | 176
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9th June 2008, Official Report, column 62W on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what types of projects were covered by the term `other' in the table; and whether each project is completed, ongoing or planned. | | (210912) | 177
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's current corporate planning assumption rates are for (a) foreign exchange and (b) petrol, oil and lubricants. | | (210929) | 178
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the UK's participation in a standing EU armed force. | | (210948) | 179
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the current financial year. | | (210993) | 180
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships are projected to be in service in the combined Destroyer/Frigate fleet in each year until the first Future Surface Combatant vessel enters service. | | (209992) | 181
| Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Permanent Joint Headquarters appraisals of (a) the proposed transfer of police functions of the Gibraltar Service Police (GSP), (b) the functions and jurisdiction of the GSP on land currently owned and managed by his Department and (c) the future of GSP assets will take place; if he will place in the Library a copy of each appraisal on completion; and if he will make a statement. | | (211162) | 182
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by his Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211120) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 183
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effects of the non-implementation of EC regulation 2037/2000 on ozone-depleting substances. | | (211068) | 184
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letters of 25th February and 6th May 2008 from the hon. Member for Edinburgh West regarding his constituent Mr I. Firth. | | (210735) | 185
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the water reserves of (a) Yorkshire and Humberside and (b) Leeds Metropolitan District; and if he will make a statement. | | (211184) | 186
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage more drivers to use biofuels. | | (210391) | 187
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department took to mark World Environment Day on 5th June 2008. | | (210729) | 188
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the safety of the re-introduction of meat and bone meal into animal feed. | | (210742) | 189
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans there are for his Department to deal with more than one animal disease outbreak occurring at the same time. | | (210823) | 190
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Surrey County Council on lessons learnt from the Pirbright foot and mouth disease outbreak. | | (210824) | 191
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to respond to the recent report by the Government's Rural Advocate on the potential for boosting the rural economy. | | (210825) | 192
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the index of exempted dogs to owner-led applications will be re-opened. | | (211196) | 193
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish an investigation into the animal welfare implications of breeding techniques for domestic animals. | | (211197) | 194
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the current financial year. | | (210990) | 195
N | Mr Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many representations he has received about quarrying on Longstone Edge in Derbyshire; and if he will take steps to end quarrying in the area covered by the 1952 planning permission. | | (210468) | 196
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by his Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211119) | 197
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2008, Official Report, column 343W on biofuels, how much of the £720,000 spent on research and development into biogas production has been spent in Wales. | | (210913) | 198
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enquiries the green homes service pilot has dealt with since 2nd April 2008, broken down by type of enquiry. | | (211017) | 199
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much he has allocated to the green homes service for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (211018) | 200
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5th June 2008, Official Report, column 1070W, on bovine tuberculosis, in how many of the parishes in (a) England and (b) Wales where incidents of bovine tuberculosis took place in each year since 1997 had no cases of bovine tuberculosis been confirmed in the preceeding four years. | | (210829) | 201
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on wildlife management and conservation in each of the last five years, broken down by main budget heading. | | (210937) | 202
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library the full response from the Lancashire Constabulary to his consultation on dangerous dogs legislation. | | (210941) | 203
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his German counterpart on (a) the suspension of the registration of eight insecticidal seed treatment products manufactured by Bayer and (b) the collapse in bee populations in Baden-Wurttemberg. | | (211067) | 204
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live lambs and sheep were exported for (a) slaughter and (b) further fattening in (i) April and (ii) May 2008; and how many of each were exported to each country of destination. | | (210818) | 205
| Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live (a) calves, (b) adult cattle and (c) lambs and sheep were exported for (i) slaughter and (ii) further fattening in 2007; and how many of each were exported to each country of destination. | | (210819) | 206
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many left-hand drive (a) cars and (b) vans have been found abandoned in each of the last three years. | | (210731) | 207
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures are used to calculate the value of cattle with bovine tuberculosis in England; and what information he holds on measures used in Wales. | | (210943) | 208
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 766W, on insulation: EC law, whether his Department has set a timetable towards implementation following the European Commission's review of EC Regulation 2037/2000. | | (210384) | 209
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dead dolphins have been found on Cornwall's beaches in each year since 1979. | | (211014) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 210
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Government contracts with British and Iraqi contractors comply with British and international law and are publicly accountable and transparent; and if he will make a statement. | | (211189) | 211
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to Zimbabwean officials on the arrest of leaders of the Movement for Democratic Change; and if he will make a statement. | | (211193) | 212
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the case of Mr Wissam Abuajwa of Gaza; and what steps he is taking to enable Mr Abuajwa to take up his place to study in the UK. | | (210734) | 213
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Indonesian government to ascertain the status of Colonel Burhanddhin Siagian following his indictment on 3rd February 2003 by the United Nations Special Panel for Serious Crimes in Dili, East Timor, for crimes against humanity. | | (210715) | 214
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the detention of (a) Filep Karma, (b) Yusak Pakage and (c) other political prisoners in West Papua; what steps he has taken as a result of those reports; and if he will make a statement. | | (210721) | 215
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the current financial year. | | (210996) | 216
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what independent inquiries have been commissioned by his Department in the last five years; what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each; and what steps were taken following each. | | (211118) | 217
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made any representations to the government of Iran on the detention of Dr Frood Fouladvand. | | (211158) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 218
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he has on the proportion of rheumatoid arthritis patients who when treated with anti-TNF medications respond positively to the treatment and are enable to remain at work. | | (210868) | 219
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what unit cost the NHS pays for the drug Cetuximab; what price for Cetuximab it charges patients being seen privately in an NHS setting; and what estimate he has made of the full market price per unit. | | (210471) | 220
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the level of cord blood collection of the new licensing procedure announced by the Human Tissues Authority on 30th April. | | (210815) | 221
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether new licensing procedures for cord blood collection will require the presence of a qualified phlebotomist at the collection of the blood as a condition of the issue of a licence. | | (210826) | 222
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS maternity units he estimates will apply for the new cord blood collection licence announced by the Human Tissue Authority on 30th April 2008. | | (210828) | 223
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days a week on average GP surgeries have a practice nurse on site; how many GP surgeries which formerly had practice nurses on site have ceased to have in the last two years; and what proportion of the NHS budget for GP surgeries is ring-fenced for employing practice nurses. | | (209990) | 224
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research into standards of hygiene in domestic kitchens and their implications for public health. | | (211069) | 225
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of changes in the number of jobs in the dispensary and ancillary service areas of dispensing practices as a result of the proposed changes outlined in the Pharmacy White Paper. | | (211116) | 226
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on rural GP practices of the proposed changes to dispensing powers outlined in the Pharmacy White Paper. | | (211117) | 227
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines cover (a) the charging for letters sent by GPs to patients and (b) the use of revenue accruing from such charges. | | (210897) | 228
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Food Standards Agency spent on international travel and accommodation to outline and promote its multiple traffic light labelling scheme in each of the last two years | | (211101) | 229
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times the Chief Executive or other senior officials at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have travelled to Brussels to hold events which have in part aimed to outline and promote the FSA's Multiple Traffic Light labelling scheme in the last two years. | | (211128) | 230
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will establish a database to record deaths from epilepsy; and if he will make a statement. | | (210714) | 231
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Lord Darzi's interim report, what assessment his review made of (a) the need for (i) general practitioner-led health centres and (ii) new general practitioner practices in each primary care trust and (b) the priority which primary care trusts should give to (A) additional expenditure on new services and (B) other assessed needs; and if he will make a statement. | | (211097) | 232
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the current financial year. | | (210991) | 233
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for the time taken by the Parliamentary Health Service Commissioner to answer constituency correspondence from hon. Members. | | (210746) | 234
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press, information and news officers are employed (a) by his Department (i) centrally and (ii) in the regions and (b) by each primary care trust, (c) by each hospital and (d) by agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible. | | (210978) | 235
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take on the issue of guidance to healthcare professionals on the treatment of cases arising from female genital mutilation. | | (210935) | 236
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trained health professionals have received training in giving breastfeeding advice; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that training. | | (211167) | 237
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has recently reviewed the medicine laws of Jersey to monitor compliance with European legislation under Protocol 3 of the Treaty of Accession. | | (211077) | 238
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Food Standards Agency has secured agreement with the government of Jersey to bring forward legislation to establish compliance with European legislation on food supplements and nutrition and health claims in accordance with protocol 3 of the Treaty of Accession; and if he will make a statement. | | (211078) | 239
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to discuss with the government of Jersey their obligations under protocol 3 of the Treaty of Accession to comply with European legislation on the free movement of trade in health products, with particular reference to the medicines legislation, the Food Supplements Directive and the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation. | | (211079) | 240
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the income of each GP surgery in Cornwall came from subsidies for dispensing medicine in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (211011) | 241
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average distance from a GP surgery to the nearest external pharmacy is in (a) Cornwall, (b) each constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South-West region and (d) England. | | (211012) | 242
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been made available to hospices in (a) Cornwall, (b) each constituency in Cornwall, (c) the South West and (d) England in each year since 1979. | | (211013) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 243
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan; and what account she has taken of those representations in the Government's policy on asylum seekers from that country. | | (209717) | 244
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the consistency of police forces' practice in investigating complaints of (a) stalking and (b) domestic violence; and if she will make a statement. | | (211171) | 245
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has liaised with her counterparts in the (a) Welsh Assembly Government, (b) Northern Ireland Executive and (c) Scottish Executive in respect of the application of anti-terrorism measures to the devolved administrations as set out in The Prevent Strategy: A Guide for Local Partners in England. | | (210895) | 246
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances a person may be charged with a racially aggravated offence against a person of the same ethnicity. | | (211106) | 247
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what total saving the e-borders programme is expected to generate for the public purse. | | (211108) | 248
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the projected total cost is of the e-borders programme. | | (211109) | 249
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many major terrorist plots were disrupted in each of the last five years. | | (210385) | 250
N | David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of terrorist offences in each of the last five years, broken down by offence. | | (210386) | 251
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police support staff have been reassigned to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency since its creation, broken down by the (i) region and (ii) organisation from which they were reassigned. | | (210817) | 252
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions overtime payments for intercept teams in the Serious and Organised Crime Agency were (a) made and (b) refused in the last 12 months; and what the reasons for refusal were in each such case. | | (210820) | 253
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into organised crime organisations have been undertaken by (a) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency and (b) other police organisations in each of the last five years. | | (210821) | 254
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who transferred to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency as sworn constables have left the agency in each month since its inception; and what proportion of (a) sworn constable staff and (b) all staff this represents. | | (210944) | 255
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the running costs of (a) the Assets Recovery Agency and (b) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency were in each year since their inception. | | (210952) | 256
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many press officers the Serious and Organised Crime Agency employs. | | (210953) | 257
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff have resigned from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in each quarter since its inception. | | (210954) | 258
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency have been seconded to partner agencies overseas in each year since its inception. | | (210955) | 259
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed in the National High Tech Crime Unit in 2005; and how many people are employed in the e-crime unit in the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. | | (210956) | 260
| David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people the Serious and Organised Crime Agency employed in each year since its inception. | | (210957) | 261
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which overseas primate supply or breeding facilities which export primates to the UK for the purposes of scientific research her Department has (a) inspected and approved and (b) not inspected in the last two years; what country each is in; and if she will make a statement. | | (210716) | 262
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the guidance note her Department has issued on the compatibility of targeted online advertising with existing legislation, with particular reference to the online marketing tool, Phorm. | | (210914) | 263
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports she has received on the compatibility of the internet marketing tool Phorm with existing legislation; and if she will make a statement. | | (210915) | 264
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what investigations have been carried out by (a) her Department and (b) police forces into the use of the internet marketing tool Phorm. | | (210916) | 265
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210994) | 266
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many uniformed and plain clothes police officers in all categories were in service in South Yorkshire at 1st January (a) 1979, (b) 1997 and (c) 2008. | | (211009) | 267
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the function is of her Department's (a) Stakeholder Strategy Unit and (b) Strategy and Insight Unit within the Communications Directorate; and how many staff work in each. | | (210837) | 268
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fingerprints from a person's hand are planned to be recorded and stored on identity cards. | | (210838) | 269
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to use identity cards to enforce age-based restrictions on access to products and services. | | (210839) | 270
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reviews of regulation her Department and its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (210840) | 271
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what cost in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (210841) | 272
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications her Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (210842) | 273
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each plan. | | (210843) | 274
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent staff within (a) her Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (210866) | 275
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on ministerial policy advisers, which former special advisers have (a) received approval from and (b) been refused permission by her Department to take up an outside appointment on leaving their post since May 2005. | | (210921) | 276
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many copies of the Morning Star her Department and each of its agencies procures via subscription each week; and at what cost. | | (211001) | 277
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within mainland Britain by representatives of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (211003) | 278
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people in England and Wales at risk of being subjected to female genital mutilation. | | (210933) | 279
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, columns 1519-20W, on sexual offences, whether there is a requirement for a person convicted of a sexual offence overseas, who would be included on the Sex Offender Register if the offence had been committed in the UK, to declare the conviction when seeking to visit or remain in the UK. | | (211163) | 280
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue was received from people taking the Life in the UK Test in each year since its introduction. | | (210469) | 281
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of applicants have failed the Life in the UK Test at least once in each of the last three years; and how many times on average an applicant took the Life in the UK Test before passing in each year. | | (210470) | 282
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward plans to review the Life in the UK test. | | (210590) | 283
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how regularly the Security Industry Authority meets representatives of the industry to discuss the regulator's performance of its statutory duties. | | (210387) | 284
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Security Industry Authority on the composition of the regulator's executive board. | | (210388) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 285
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hon. Members have the vote bundle delivered to their office within the parliamentary estate. | | (211085) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 286
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of (a) state school and (b) private school students in (i) the UK, (ii) Leeds Metropolitan District and (iii) Leeds West constituency were admitted to higher education in each year since 1997. | | (211177) | 287
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been allocated from public funds for research into the biomedical causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis/encephalopathy in 2008-09; what proportion of Government spending on research into the condition this sum represents; how much has been allocated for research into psychological conditions in 2008-09; and how many clinical co-ordinating centres serving patients with psychological disorders have (a) closed and (b) had a reduction in public funding since 2003. | | (209991) | 288
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to prevent future skills shortages. | | (210393) | 289
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 increase numbers of young people going to university. | | (210394) | 290
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210981) | 291
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) the Medical Research Council and (b) other research councils funded by his Department spent on cancer research in each of the last five years. | | (210382) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 292
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of efforts to establish a stable schooling structure in the Helmand region of Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (211172) | 293
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made towards establishing a global register of all births, deaths and the causes of death; and if he will make a statement. | | (211173) | 294
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the World Food Programme's co-operation with non-governmental organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (211174) | 295
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that aid for those affected by the Burmese cyclone has reached the most severely affected areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (211180) | 296
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the (a) Palestinian authority and (b) Israeli authorities on the prolonged power cuts and surges as a result of the strikes by the Association of Gas Distribution in Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (211181) | 297
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK's contribution to the World Food Programme for programmes in (a) the Congo and (b) Mozambique is for 2008-09. | | (211182) | 298
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his latest estimate is of the number of people in Ethiopia dependent on food aid; and if he will make a statement. | | (211183) | 299
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department to giving to UNICEF to tackle child trafficking in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (211188) | 300
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of funding under the updated AIDS strategy Achieving Universal Access Financial Aid will be received by (a) Botswana, (b) Namibia, (c) South Africa, (d) Mozambique and (e) Zimbabwe. | | (211190) | 301
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution his Department is making to tackling malaria in (a) Senegal, (b) Mali, (c) Malawi and (d) Tanzania; and if he will make a statement. | | (211191) | 302
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) type and (b) value of aid his Department is giving to the Sheikh Zayed Regional Eye Care Centre in Gambia; and if he will make a statement. | | (211192) | 303
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to encourage business investment in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank. | | (211194) | 304
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what means he ensures that his Department's funding to the cocoa industry in developing countries does not go to companies who use trafficked children in their supply chain. | | (210720) | 305
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of independent certification of cocoa industry supply chains; and if he will make a statement. | | (210834) | 306
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210989) | 307
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, columns 657-60W, on departmental public participation, what steps (a) have been taken and (b) are planned as a result of each piece of work listed. | | (210927) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 308
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason Probation Service staff have not received their contractual pay increments in 2008. | | (211099) | 309
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will break down by ethnicity the (a) offender and (b) victim of each racially aggravated offence in each of the last five years. | | (211102) | 310
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which tribunal venues were closed under the Tribunals Service venue rationalisation programme prior to 1st June 2008. | | (210976) | 311
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which tribunal venues are scheduled for closure under the Tribunals Service venue rationalisation programme as at 1st June 2008; and what the planned date of each such closure is. | | (210977) | 312
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects prison capacity in England and Wales to reach 86,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (210634) | 313
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Office of the Public Guardian spent on training staff in the processing of registrations of lasting powers of attorney in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what training his Department provides for this purpose. | | (210922) | 314
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210995) | 315
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen in the last 24 months in (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies. | | (210860) | 316
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many copies of the Morning Star (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies procures on subscription each week; and at what cost. | | (210904) | 317
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd April 2008 to the right hon. Member for Maidenhead, Official Report, columns 2012-24W, on departmental public participation, if he will place in the Library a copy of each report and the data from the Constitution directorate tracker survey conducted by Ipsos MORI in the last 12 months. | | (210930) | 318
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which public sector organisations have notified data security breaches to the Information Commissioner since November 2007. | | (210958) | 319
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the level of postal vote fraud. | | (210959) | 320
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have (i) conducted and (ii) commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (211103) | 321
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27th March 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on Ministerial policy advisers, to which former special advisers his Department has (a) granted and (b) withheld approval to take up an outside appointment on leaving post since May 2005. | | (211105) | 322
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many permament staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are not assigned to a permanent post. | | (211111) | 323
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic air flights members of (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies made within mainland Britain in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (211113) | 324
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies last updated their euro changeover plans; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version of each. | | (211115) | 325
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department and its predecessor submitted in the last 24 months. | | (211129) | 326
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what subscriptions (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has for (i) premium Sky, (ii) digital terrestrial and (iii) cable television channels; and what the annual cost of each was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (211130) | 327
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether staff in (a) his Department and (b) the Central Office of Information who are entitled to travel on a business class or first class airfare on official business are permitted to travel in a cheaper class; and what (i) financial and (ii) other benefits staff are permitted to accrue from any saving. | | (211159) | 328
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to prevent the opportunities for electoral fraud identified in the judgement on electoral fraud in Slough; and if he will make a statement. | | (210940) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 329
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210982) | 330
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people under the age of 18 years were the victim of knife crime in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (210726) | 331
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many crimes involving a knife took place in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area. | | (210741) | 332
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in connection with knife-related crimes in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (210830) | 333
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many victims of knife crime in Northern Ireland there were in each of the last five years. | | (210831) | Questions to the Prime Minister 334
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Downing Street has a dress code for staff. | | (210813) | 335
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many reviews of regulation Downing Street has conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (210814) | 336
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many Downing Street identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen in the last 24 months. | | (210890) | 337
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date the euro changeover plan of Downing Street was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version. | | (210891) | 338
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, whether any (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications have been submitted in relation to the Downing Street complex in the last 24 months. | | (210892) | 339
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many films have been produced in (a) video, (b) DVD and (c) other digital formats by Downing Street in the last 24 months; and what the title was of each film. | | (210893) | 340
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels Downing Street subscribes; and at what annual cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (210894) | 341
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Office procures on subscription each week; and at what cost. | | (210932) | 342
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within mainland Britain by representatives of Downing Street in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (210945) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 343
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210992) | 344
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 9th June 2008, Official Report, column 14W, on how many individuals and organisations attended each event listed. | | (210924) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 345
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what time, on what date, in what form and by whom information on the matters covered in her Statement of 9th June 2008, Official Report, columns 22-34, on transport (Greater Manchester), was made available to (a) The Times, (b) the Daily Telegraph and (c) the Financial Times; and whether she authorised the releases of the information. | | (210591) | 346
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse of subsidising bus services was in each year since 1986. | | (210708) | 347
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the percentage change in bus fares in (a) passenger transport executive areas, (b) other urban areas, (c) London and (d) other areas of England was from one year to the next in each year since 1986. | | (210710) | 348
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Office of Rail Regulation rejected the scheme proposed by Network Rail to redouble track between Swindon and Kemble. | | (211080) | 349
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the role of the Office of Rail Regulation is in respect of network enhancements proposed by Network Rail; and if she will make a statement. | | (211081) | 350
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers connecting between flights at Heathrow Airport began their journeys in (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) Belgium, (d) the Netherlands, (e) Luxembourg, (f) Germany, (g) Austria, (h) Switzerland, (i) Italy, (j) Spain and (k) other locations in the last year for which figures are available. | | (211100) | 351
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure road maintenance meets high quality standards. | | (209945) | 352
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms are in place to ensure road safety is upheld when road maintenance is taking place. | | (209946) | 353
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the levels of drink-driving. | | (209947) | 354
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research has been (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by her Department on the environmental effects of gases discharged from aircraft engines. | | (210896) | 355
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2008, Official Report, column 425W, on airports: public safety zones, what factors will be taken into account in deciding the order in which the public safety zones will be reviewed under the phased review. | | (210723) | 356
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the draft determination of the Office of the Rail Regulator on (a) platform lengthening at Royston and (b) electric power upgrades on the line from Kings Cross to Cambridge; and if she will make a statement. | | (211076) | 357
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues to rail franchise holders on their duty to co-operate with other franchise holders seeking to fulfil the terms of their franchise. | | (210925) | 358
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulations govern the advertisement of rail services by train operating companies prior to the grant of regulatory approval for these services. | | (210926) | 359
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210986) | 360
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of the National Air Traffic Services proposals on air space changes on the British thoroughbred breeding industry. | | (210936) | 361
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-registered (a) cars, (b) vans and (c) heavy goods vehicles have been found unroadworthy after entering the UK in each of the last three years. | | (210732) | 362
| Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign (a) cars, (b) vans and (c) heavy goods vehicles were prevented from entering the UK because the vehicle was not roadworthy in each of the last three years. | | (210733) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 363
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210980) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 364
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on proposals for implementing a positive duty on public bodies to promote age equality; and if she will make a statement. | | (210722) | 365
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, columns 528-9W, on departmental coordination, of which cross-departmental groups the Government Equalities Office is a member. | | (210928) | 366
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to tackle female genital mutilation. | | (210934) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 367
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of migrants from (a) Poland, (b) Ukraine, (c) Pakistan and (d) Sri Lanka in Leeds Metropolitan District found full-time employment in each year since 2000. | | (211185) | 368
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid in (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit to people in (i) working age households and (ii) working age households in receipt of out-of-work benefits in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. | | (210938) | 369
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs appropriate for incapacity benefit claimants coming off the benefit which will be available in each local authority area in Hampshire in 2010. | | (210717) | 370
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the (a) creation and (b) branding of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service. | | (211131) | 371
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the design of the 'our values' logo used in his Department's literature cost. | | (211132) | 372
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been allocated to Jobcentre Plus for training staff on the Employment and Support Allowance. | | (211133) | 373
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the establishment of the Integrated Employment and Skills Service cost. | | (211134) | 374
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Joint Child Poverty Unit has met. | | (211135) | 375
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people work full-time for the Joint Child Poverty Unit. | | (211136) | 376
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the operational plan for the Joint Child Poverty Unit. | | (211137) | 377
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of children were living in working households earning less than 60 per cent. of the median income in each year since 1997. | | (211138) | 378
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of children there were in families in work earning less than the average national weekly income in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (211139) | 379
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many closures of Job Centre or Jobcentre Plus offices are planned; and in which locations. | | (211141) | 380
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people the Integrated Employment and Skills Service employs. | | (211142) | 381
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which Job Centre and Jobcentre Plus offices closed in each year since 1997. | | (211143) | 382
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department's executive agencies have spent on foreign travel in each of the last five years, broken down by destination. | | (211144) | 383
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its executive agencies spent on paper supplies in each of the last five years. | | (211145) | 384
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) forecast cost in (i) real and (ii) net present value terms and (b) most recent estimated cost was of (1) the pension transformation programme, (2) the customer information system, (3) the employment and support allowance computer system and (4) the central payment system. | | (211146) | 385
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which projects in his Department have been subject to gateway reviews; and what the gateway review status of each is. | | (211147) | 386
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on its international work in each of the last five years. | | (211148) | 387
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases debt collectors visited individuals to reclaim overpayments of benefits following the death of a claimant in each year since 1997 for which information is available. | | (211149) | 388
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times jobseeker's allowance claimants requested, but were declined, fast track access to a New Deal Programme in each year since 1997 for which information is available. | | (211150) | 389
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many existing claimants of incapacity benefit requested, but were declined, a place on a Pathways to Work programme in each year for which information is available. | | (211151) | 390
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of readiness of the employment and support allowance computer system prior to the introduction of the benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (211152) | 391
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) children, (b) families, (c) pensioners and (d) working age households were in persistent poverty in each year since 1997 for which information is available. | | (211153) | 392
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have found jobs through the New Deal for (a) young people, (b) 25 plus, (c) disabled people, (d) older people and (e) lone parents. | | (211154) | 393
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of benefit overpayments due to (a) fraud, (b) official error and (c) customer error, broken down by (i) Jobcentre Plus district, (ii) region, (iii) constituency and (iv) local authority area in each year since 1997 for which figures are available. | | (211155) | 394
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of children were in relative poverty (a) before housing costs and (b) after housing costs in each year since 1997, broken down by age. | | (211156) | 395
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what level of income is protected with regard to the recovery of Child Support Agency arrears via a deduction from earnings order; and what other limits restrict the extent to which such arrears may be recovered. | | (210923) | 396
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have been dismissed from his Department as a consequence of a breach of security in the last three years. | | (210381) | 397
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's (a) chart of accounts and (b) resource account codes and usage descriptions for the 2008-09 financial year. | | (210987) | 398
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people hold a Post Office card account, broken down by parliamentary constituency. | | (211006) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 399
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage private businesses to use energy from renewable sources. | | [Transferred] (210392) | 400
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) minimum and (b) maximum periods for written consultations by public bodies. | | [Transferred] (210833) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 401
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours of education on average were provided to looked-after children in young offenders institutions in each of the last three years; and if he will review their educational programme. | | [Transferred] (210903) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 402
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reasons the Committee of departmental Green Ministers no longer holds meetings. | | [Transferred] (210707) | 403
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list each of Downing Street's preferred suppliers, indicating in each case the suppliers' specialism. | | [Transferred] (210850) | 404
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many permanent staff within Downing Street are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | [Transferred] (210865) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 405
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hereditaments in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds Metropolitan District received small business rate relief in each year since 2000. | | [Transferred] (211186) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 406
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England offered internet access to users in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (210832) | 407
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have been built in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (210967) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 408
N | Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the security of the national food supply. | | [Question Unstarred] (210303) | 409
N | Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist local communities and voluntary associations to clear rubbish and other debris from rivers and canals. | | [Question Unstarred] (210313) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 410
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Prime Minister's Progressive Governance Conference involved costs to the public purse. | | [Transferred] (210878) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 411
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the net financial effect of the e-borders programme on the aviation industry. | | [Transferred] (211107) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 412
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the Medical Research Council plans to spend in 2009-10 on dementia research in (a) Leeds University and (b) Yorkshire and Humberside. | | [Transferred] (211175) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 413
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what dates the cross-Whitehall working group on tackling AIDS in the developing world has met since 2005; what future meetings are planned; and what work the group is undertaking on the implementation of (a) the new AIDS Strategy and (b) the promise of Universal Access to health care; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (211072) |
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