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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 30 June 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 30 June 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 30 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 Monday 30 June of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 30 June see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in each local authority area. | | (214415) | 2
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 135-6W, on department co-ordination, when the inter-ministerial group on fuel poverty will next meet; and if he will make a statement following the outcome of the meeting. | | (215544) | 3
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) UK and (b) global demand and supply of oil; and if he will make a statement. | | (215545) | 4
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent (a) cross-departmental and (b) international discussions his Department has had on the global production and supply of oil; and if he will make a statement. | | (215549) | 5
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East of 23rd June 2008, Official Report, column 36, which foreign companies have invested in the United Kingdom nuclear industries; what the value is of investment in each case; and how many foreign nationals are currently working in the UK nuclear industries. | | (215022) | 6
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post offices closed in each parliamentary constituency in each year between 1997-98 and 2007-08. | | (215259) | 7
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what sources of energy supply which are normally on standby or low output are utilised during periods of peak national demand. | | (214454) | 8
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what factors determine the national price of electricity; and what estimate he has made of changes in the national price of electricity at times of peak demand in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (214594) | 9
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of changes in the unit price of electricity during periods of peak demand across the UK. | | (214595) | 10
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 19th May 2008, Official Report, columns 18-20W, on departmental standards, what the scope was of the Gateway Review undertaken in 2007-08 on his Department's project (a) HECToR, (b) Sellafield PBO Competition and (c) Magnox South Competition. | | (215490) | 11
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the tender process for the strategic environment assessment of Severn tidal projects was (a) first advertised and (b) closed. | | (214762) | 12
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the tender for the strategic environment assessment of the Severn tidal project was held under an Office of Government Commerce term contract. | | (214764) | 13
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2008, Official Report, column 624W, on the River Severn: tidal power, if he will place in the Library a copy of Parsons Brinckerhoff's statement of independence. | | (214779) | 14
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2008, Official Report, column 624W, on the River Severn: tidal power, what assessment he has made of the (a) rights and (b) financial interests that Parsons Brinckerhoff have had in River Severn tidal power projects, including the Shoots Barrage; and if he will make a statement. | | (214780) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of gas customers on pre-payment tariffs who have self-disconnected over the last 12 months. | | (215042) | 16
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215096) | 17
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what IT contracts his Department and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215118) | 18
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) public limited companies, (b) other incorporated companies and (c) unincorporated associations became insolvent in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (215151) | 19
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many investigations the Companies Investigations Branch (a) began and (b) completed in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion led to (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction. | | (215152) | 20
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215170) | 21
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215186) | 22
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215203) | 23
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215225) | 24
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will undertake research into the economic effects of the introduction of British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer. | | (214796) | 25
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to amend the regulatory regime affecting connections to electricity supplies for lighting public places and street lighting. | | (215434) | 26
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost to the public purse has been of maintaining the Dounreay nuclear facility over the last 30 years; under what budget headings such expenditure has been incurred; and what financial provision has been made for decommissioning the nuclear facility over that period. | | (214011) | 27
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on support for the UK furniture industry. | | (215675) | 28
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with the EU Trade Commissioner on support for the UK furniture industry. | | (215677) | 29
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made on the recent discussions with the European Commission on the introduction of an EU-wide ban on the importation of seal products; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (215389) | 30
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding each of the regional development agencies plans to provide to each of the regional equality and diversity partnerships in 2008-09. | | (215067) | 31
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding (a) the Core Cities Group and (b) the Thames Gateway London Partnership will receive from the regional development agencies in 2008-09. | | (215068) | 32
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214889) | 33
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214890) | 34
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of EU Directives (a) 96/67/EC and (b) 2002/39/EC on the operation of the Post Office; and if he will make a statement. | | (215069) | 35
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many robberies there were of (a) post offices and (b) post office vehicles in each of the last five years. | | (214599) | 36
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Minister of State for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 8th May 2008 on the Post Office local pilot scheme. | | (214788) | 37
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215454) | 38
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 5th December 2007, Official Report, column 1239W, on Departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215253) | 39
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to begin the public consultation on carbon capture readiness. | | (215276) | 40
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps can be taken against those who do not abide by recommendations made by employment tribunals. | | (214803) | 41
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consideration he has given to making the recommendations of employment tribunals binding. | | (214804) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 42
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings in working tax credit of an increase in the adult rate of the national minimum wage of (a) 30 pence, (b) 50 pence, (c) £1, (d) £1.50 and (e) £2.00. | | (215585) | 43
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) gross, (b) net costs and (c) savings to his Department of an increase in the adult rate of the national minimum wage of (i) 30 pence, (ii) 50 pence, (iii) £1, (iv) £1.50 and (v) £2.00. | | (215586) | 44
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has the power to require the Financial Services Authority to undertake consultations. | | (215258) | 45
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in 2007-08. | | (215319) | 46
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account he takes of trends in the consumer price index in determining the timing of reviews of public pay policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (214394) | 47
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, columns 713-5W, on departmental standards, what the scope was of the Gateway Reviews undertaken in 2004 and 2006 on the OGC project Zanzibar (P). | | (215516) | 48
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, columns 713-5W, on departmental standards, what the scope was of the Gateway Review undertaken in 2005 on the OGC project Postal Services. | | (215517) | 49
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of VAT-free bicycles that have been bought by employers under the Government's Cycle to Work scheme in each year since the scheme began. | | (215700) | 50
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of employees who have received use of a bicycle from their employer under the Government's Cycle to Work scheme in each year since the scheme began. | | (215701) | 51
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effects on revenues accruing to the Exchequer as a result of the Cycle to Work scheme, with particular reference to (a) VAT exemptions on the purchase price of bicycles, (b) lower income tax contributions as a result of bike-related salary sacrifices, (c) lower national insurance contributions by employers as a result of bike-related salary sacrifices, (d) lower national insurance contributions by employees as a result of bike-related salary sacrifices and (e) capital allowances for bicycle purchases in each year since the scheme began. | | (215702) | 52
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of employees earning the national minimum wage that have received use of a bicycle under the Cycle to Work scheme in each year since the scheme began. | | (215703) | 53
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects of the EU's decision to proscribe the Iranian bank Melli on the operations of Melli Bank Plc in the UK. | | (215291) | 54
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many special advisers have been employed in his Department in each month since January 2007. | | (215380) | 55
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library copies of forecasts prepared by his Department for the prices of basic household goods for the next 12 months. | | (215381) | 56
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a document containing the underlying assumptions for the Government's latest estimate of total public service pension scheme liabilities. | | (215382) | 57
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what has been the average child tax credit payment to EEA nationals resident in the UK in each of the last four years. | | (215383) | 58
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which overseas destinations were visited by HM Revenue and Customs staff in the financial year 2007-08; how many visits were made to each destination; and what the cost to the public purse was of visits to each destination. | | (215384) | 59
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many EEA nationals claiming child benefit in respect of children living overseas have been investigated for fraud in the last 12 months. | | (215385) | 60
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2008, Official Report, column 440W, on tax credits to deceased claimants, if he will publish the data for the cost to the public purse of tax credits paid to deceased persons for 2006-07. | | (215386) | 61
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June 2008, Official Report, column 861W, on domestic flights, if he will list the destination of each flight. | | (215387) | 62
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under what circumstances potential bidders for Office of Government Commerce contracts are required to pre-qualify for the award of any such contracts. | | (214763) | 63
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the factual paper on the Barnett formula. | | (214759) | 64
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the final report of the Poynter Review of data security. | | (214760) | 65
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215098) | 66
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what IT contracts his Department and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215120) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit overpayment notices his Department issued in each of the last 12 months. | | (215133) | 68
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many schedules to repay tax credits overpayments where the last repayment date falls (a) before 2010, (b) from 2010 to 2014, (c) from 2015 to 2019, (d) from 2020 to 2024 and (e) in 2025 or later have been issued by his Department in the last 12 months. | | (215156) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215172) | 70
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215200) | 71
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215201) | 72
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215223) | 73
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of gross domestic product was recorded in the NUTS area most closely corresponding to (a) Peterborough city council area and (b) Peterborough constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (215272) | 74
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his Department's analysis of the care vouchers system. | | (215016) | 75
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with EU counterparts on the list of energy saving materials covered by a reduced value added tax rate; whether these discussions have included proposals to amend the list; what discussions he has had on the exclusion of double glazing and low emissivity glass from the list; and if he will make a statement. | | (214968) | 76
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214897) | 77
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214898) | 78
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Certified Public Accountants Association has responsibility for regulating its members under the money laundering regulations; and if he will make a statement. | | (214497) | 79
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Certified Public Accountants Association on the regulation of its members under the money laundering regulations; and if he will make a statement. | | (214498) | 80
| Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing Southall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of tax credits in reducing the number of children in poverty. | | (215425) | 81
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of fuel smuggling-related detections in England and Wales in each of the last three years were made by HM Revenue and Customs. | | (214943) | 82
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of fuel smuggling-related detections in Northern Ireland made in each of the last three years were made by (a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland and (b) HM Revenue and Customs. | | (214983) | 83
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the (a) time and (b) resources of HM Revenue and Customs in England and Wales was allocated to tackling fuel smuggling in each of the last three years. | | (214996) | 84
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of HM Revenue and Customs staff in England and Wales work on oil-related anti-smuggling matters, broken down by region. | | (214997) | 85
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the (a) time and (b) resources of HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland was allocated to tackling illegal fuel smuggling in each of the last three years. | | (214998) | 86
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of HM Revenue and Customs staff in Northern Ireland are working on oil-related anti-smuggling work. | | (214999) | 87
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the performance of (a) the Northern Ireland economy and (b) the economy of the rest of the UK in each of the last five years. | | (215006) | 88
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles were seized by the authorities in Northern Ireland as a result of being used for smuggling cross border fuel in each of the last three years; what the total amount of fuel seized from these vehicles was; how many arrests were made in such seizures; and how many convictions were secured as a result of these arrests. | | (215028) | 89
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles in Northern Ireland were detected illegally running on red diesel in each of the last three years. | | (215034) | 90
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many vehicles in England and Wales were detected illegally running on red diesel in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) broken down by region. | | (215035) | 91
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215456) | 92
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a page on his Department's website to chart HM Revenue and Customs' progress in implementing the recommendations of the Poynter Review of information security. | | (215282) | 93
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19th November 2007, Official Report, column 581W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received in 2007 by members of his Department's board to be published. | | (215298) | 94
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which road transport organisations receive rebates of fuel duty; and if he will make a statement. | | (215505) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 95
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were in poverty in (a) Leeds West, (b) Leeds Metropolitan District and (c) the UK in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (215403) | 96
N | Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will visit Berwick-upon-Tweed to discuss spending on schools in the area. | | (214265) | 97
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) numerical and (b) core offer targets his Department has set to increase the number of extended (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools. | | (214731) | 98
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress he has made in increasing the numbers of extended schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (214732) | 99
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research to assess the provision of extended schools has been undertaken on behalf of his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (214736) | 100
N | Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department provided to each London local authority to support the provision of childcare since 1996-97. | | (214414) | 101
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils have been permanently excluded from each academy school since their inception; what assessment he has made of how this figure compares with (a) all secondary schools, (b) maintained secondary schools and (c) denominational secondary schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (215584) | 102
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to implement one-to-one tuition as provided under the Making Good Progress pilots in areas with high levels of educational under-achievement. | | (215255) | 103
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 improve the parenting skills of vulnerable adults. | | (213971) | 104
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 tackle truancy through parental action. | | (213972) | 105
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 assist those parents in treatment for drug addiction with parenting skills. | | (213973) | 106
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 provide support for children whose parents are in prison. | | (213974) | 107
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps the Government has taken in partnership with third sector organisations to improve parenting skills. | | (213975) | 108
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people resident in the London Borough of Bexley entered full-time higher education in the academic years (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 2006-07. | | (215052) | 109
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average A-Level point score was for pupils at schools in the London Borough of Bexley in (a) 1997, (b) 1998 and (c) 2007. | | (215053) | 110
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what programmes operating in the London Borough of Bexley his Department has funded to encourage university applications; and how much his Department has spent on such programmes in the last 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (215055) | 111
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of those taking up education, training and employment immediately upon leaving school in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London in each year since 1997. | | (215078) | 112
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils at schools in Greater London achieved level 5 or above in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science at (i) Key Stage 2 and (ii) Key Stage 3 in each year since 1997. | | (215081) | 113
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2008, Official Report, column 972W, on the Harrington Scheme, whether the funding for the scheme will be ring-fenced when it transfers to local authority control; and if he will make a statement. | | (213969) | 114
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which hon. Members have been invited to visit the National College for School Leadership since its inception. | | (214798) | 115
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the pupil-teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools was in Romsey constituency in (i) January 1997, (ii) January 1998 and (iii) the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (214964) | 116
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215099) | 117
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what IT contracts his Departments has entered into in the last two years. | | (215121) | 118
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many times he has met the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills to discuss the new diplomas for 14 to 19 year olds since July 2007. | | (215148) | 119
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215181) | 120
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215199) | 121
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215217) | 122
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215226) | 123
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will issue guidance to (a) schools and (b) local authorities on managing the special needs of HIV positive children in (i) education and (ii) local authority care. | | (215435) | 124
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects of dyscalculia on school examination results; and if he will make a statement. | | (215093) | 125
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were excluded from each Milton Keynes school in each year since 1997. | | (214921) | 126
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children's centres there are in Milton Keynes; how many are planned to be opened; and how much will be spent on such centres in the next 12 months. | | (214947) | 127
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2008, Official Report, column 419W, on work experience, how much schools have spent on education business partnership organisations in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (215496) | 128
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) primary school and (b) secondary school teachers were male in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (215697) | 129
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of schools have had asbestos in their buildings in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (215698) | 130
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps his Department has taken to remove asbestos from schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (215699) | 131
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average salary for daycare managers in (a) maintained nurseries, (b) private, voluntary and independent nurseries and (c) Sure Start children's centres was in each year for which figures are available. | | (214395) | 132
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children achieved the national standard in each Key Stage 1 examination in each year for which figures are available. | | (214396) | 133
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average number of staff vacancies in (a) maintained nurseries, (b) private, voluntary and independent nurseries and (c) Sure Start children's centres was in each year for which figures are available. | | (214397) | 134
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff vacancies in all primary and secondary schools in (a) Basingstoke and (b) Hampshire there were in each year for which figures are available. | | (214398) | 135
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average number of staff vacancies in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Basingstoke, (ii) Hampshire and (iii) England was in each year for which figures are available. | | (214399) | 136
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the reasons were for the changes to the criteria used to award High Performing Specialist School status announced in March 2008. | | (214812) | 137
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether parents may use the current free entitlement to 12.5 hours of nursery care at different providers. | | (214813) | 138
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average cost to local authorities of funding a childminding network in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (214814) | 139
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many surveys the Government has conducted to assess the state of the market for childcare (a) since 1997 and (b) between May 2007 and May 2008. | | (214815) | 140
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the cost of piloting the Child Development Grant of £200 for parents in 10 local authorities. | | (215011) | 141
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the overall cost of implementing the Child Development Grant of £200 nationwide; and when he expects the Child Development Grant to be available to all parents. | | (215012) | 142
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214887) | 143
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214888) | 144
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidelines his Department issues to schools with regard to allowing study leave to pupils; and if he will make a statement. | | (215070) | 145
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people are employed by the Student Loans Company in (a) Colwyn Bay and (b) Rhyl. | | (214601) | 146
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of policies in place in schools to tackle bullying. | | (215010) | 147
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215472) | 148
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 28th November 2007, Official Report, column 460W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received in 2007 by members of his Department's management board to be published. | | (215252) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 149
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of the population in (a) Leeds West, (b) Leeds Metropolitan District and (c) the UK were over 60 years of age in (i) 1981, (ii) 1991 and (iii) 2001. | | (215408) | 150
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many deaths were due to a smoking-related illness in (a) Bolton and (b) the UK in each of the last five years. | | (215393) | 151
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost of media monitoring for (a) the Prime Minister, (b) the No 10 Downing Street office and (c) the Cabinet Office was in each of the last 10 years; and how many full-time equivalent staff carried out such work. | | (215041) | 152
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215101) | 153
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) the Government Communication Network and (b) the Government Communication Group in each year for which figures are available. | | (215134) | 154
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 25th February 2008, Official Report, column 1185W, on trades unions, if he will place a copy of each partnership agreement in the Library. | | (215143) | 155
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1704W, on staff: 10 Downing Street, how many of these staff are paid for by organisations other than the Government; and which organisations pay for them in each case. | | (215144) | 156
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1704W, on staff: 10 Downing Street, if he will break down the staff numbers by employment type. | | (215145) | 157
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the budget is for (a) the Government Communication Network and (b) the Government Communication Group in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11 and (iv) 2011-12. | | (215147) | 158
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library the minutes of each of the meetings of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments since August 2007 at which matters relating to appointments of the right hon. Tony Blair were discussed. | | (215150) | 159
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) employees and (b) full-time equivalent employees there are in each sub-division of (i) the Prime Minister's Office and (ii) the Cabinet Office. | | (215153) | 160
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what externally accredited qualifications are included in the development programme available to Government Communication Network members. | | (215154) | 161
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what IT contracts his Departments and its agency have entered into in the last two years. | | (215165) | 162
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agency which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215180) | 163
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average cost to the Prime Minister's Office was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215185) | 164
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215197) | 165
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215215) | 166
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by the Prime Minister's Office on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215218) | 167
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215228) | 168
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last 10 years. | | (215242) | 169
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many live births there were in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (214806) | 170
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were diagnosed with cancer in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire in each of the last five years. | | (214948) | 171
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214893) | 172
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214894) | 173
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants in (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agency work exclusively on data protection issues, broken down by grade. | | (215095) | 174
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215452) | 175
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2007, Official Report, column 1095W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215275) | 176
| Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance his Department provides to Government departments on levels of reimbursement of car mileage undertaken on Government business. | | (215418) | 177
| Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what basis levels of reimbursement of car mileage undertaken on Government business are calculated. | | (215419) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 178
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of the Church Commissioners in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215562) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 179
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation took place prior to taking the decision to limit payment of benefits to three years under the recently laid Ill Health Amendment Regulations. | | (215685) | 180
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) registered charities and (b) community-based schemes providing help for homeless people in Leeds Metropolitan District will receive funding for that work from her Department in 2008-09; and if she will make a statement. | | (215398) | 181
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what target has been set for house building in (a) North Northamptonshire and (b) England in the period to 2021; and what assessment she has made of progress towards these targets. | | (214944) | 182
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which London local authorities have submitted proposals for tackling overcrowding in response to her recent initiative on overcrowding; and if she will make a statement. | | (215546) | 183
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have a public service agreement stretch target relating to (a) fuel poverty, (b) pensioner poverty and (c) child poverty; and what the terms of the stretch target is in each case. | | (215547) | 184
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homeless applications to local authorities in each region in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (215548) | 185
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with those local authorities which have a waiting list for allotments on their provision of allotments. | | (214936) | 186
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the use of waiting lists for allotments. | | (214937) | 187
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will require local authorities to publish an audit of their compliance with Planning and Policy Guidance 17. | | (214970) | 188
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the first unit of council housing was sold under the Housing Act 1980. | | (214453) | 189
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with (a) English Partnerships, (b) the Housing Corporation and (c) the Housing and Communities Agency Transition Team on measures for increasing the number of (i) homes and (ii) affordable homes built each year in the last 12 months. | | (214793) | 190
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) duties and (b) powers she has to intervene where a political grouping within a local authority is subject to influence by extremists. | | (214417) | 191
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on consultancy fees in 2007-08; and how much it expects to spend in 2008-09. | | (215320) | 192
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of domestic residential dwellings in each council tax band in the London Borough of Bexley. | | (215080) | 193
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Regeneration Framework being considered by her Department, what recent analysis of deprivation in (a) Merseyside, (b) Wirral and (c) Birkenhead she has completed; what steps she plans to take in light of the analysis; and if she will make a statement. | | (214400) | 194
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentation on the inclusion of a return path within help scheme equipment referred to in the minutes of the Emerging Technologies Group meeting of 27th February 2008. | | (215266) | 195
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has provided for the digital television intiatives in Kirklees, Hull and Glasgow referred to in the minutes of the Emerging Technologies Group meeting of 27th February 2008. | | (215267) | 196
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she has published the best practice for different types of areas document referred to in her letter of 6th October 2007 to the Chairman of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, Darra Singh. | | (214767) | 197
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has set up the web-based One Stop Shop on Cohesion referred to in her letter of 6th October 2007 to the Chairman of the Commission on Integration and Cohesion, Darra Singh. | | (214768) | 198
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215100) | 199
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what IT contracts her Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215122) | 200
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by her Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215173) | 201
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average cost to her Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215198) | 202
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by her Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215216) | 203
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in her Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215227) | 204
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were built in (a) Chorley, (b) Lancashire, (c) the North West and (d) England in each of the last five years. | | (214789) | 205
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many allotments there are in each Lancashire local authority area; and how many should be provided for the population of each such area. | | (214795) | 206
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the average Standard Assessment Procedure rating of (a) council housing, (b) housing owned by registered social landlords, (c) private rented housing and (d) owner-occupied housing in (i) Birmingham, (ii) West Midlands and (iii) England. | | (215024) | 207
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the inclusion of extra-care sheltered housing in (a) C2 and (b) C3 planning use categories. | | (215428) | 208
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what auditing procedures are in place to evaluate the use made of section 106 agreement monies received by local authorities as a result of domestic housing developments. | | (214871) | 209
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether there is a maximum number of residential car parking spaces per dwelling allowed in eco-town developments. | | (214992) | 210
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Tonbridge Wells of 7th May 2008, Official Report, column 1034W, on Connect Public Affairs, for what reasons it was decided that such activities should be carried out by a commercial consultancy. | | (214993) | 211
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19th February 2008, Official Report, column 613W, 2nd April 2008, Official Report, columns 924-5W, on council tax: valuation and 7th May 2008, Official Report, columns 1035-1036W, if she will place in the Library copies of the calculations and work relating to the number of consequentials that informed the discussions at the Council Tax Revaluation Programme Board (England). | | (214994) | 212
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether eco-towns will count towards a local authority's building targets as set out in regional spatial strategies. | | (215061) | 213
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to encourage mobile phone operators to share masts through the planning process. | | (215062) | 214
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to require local authorities to produce local surface water management plans. | | (215063) | 215
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds information on the age profile of home owners. | | (215064) | 216
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments (a) her Department and (b) London Resilience has made to Blue Rubicon; at what cost; and for what purpose. | | (215065) | 217
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with representatives of (i) the Co-operative Party and (ii) the Co-operative Group on eco-towns. | | (215066) | 218
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether large scale flood plain management projects will be dealt with by the Infrastructure Planning Commission, with particular reference to projects proposed in the Llandrinio area of the Marches. | | (215388) | 219
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by her Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214885) | 220
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by her Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214886) | 221
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how long on average her Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215471) | 222
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the meaning is of the phrase adjustment of green belt boundaries, as referred to in the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy Phase Two Revision. | | (215092) | 223
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were employed by each local authority in England on the most recent date for which figures are available. | | (215436) | 224
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements her Department has put in place to ensure that housing associations are able to provide urgent alternative accommodation to tenants in exceptional or life-threatening circumstances; and what steps she may take in respect of a housing association which persistently does not offer such alternative accommodation to its tenants. | | (215269) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 225
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the regulatory framework is affecting product placements in television broadcasts; and if he will make a statement. | | (215089) | 226
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on implementation of European Commission proposals on product placement on UK television; and if he will make a statement. | | (215090) | 227
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12th May 2008 to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, Official Report, column 1375W, on strip clubs, how many licensable activities have been carried out under the Licensing Act 2003; and what activities are included in that category. | | (215332) | 228
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are to close VisitBritain offices overseas. | | (215334) | 229
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library the minutes of each of the meetings of the Emerging Technologies Group since 10th April 2008. | | (215264) | 230
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many items there are in the Government Art Collection; and what the value of the collection is. | | (215036) | 231
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many items from the Government Art Collection are on loan to (a) UK and (b) overseas institutions, governments and galleries. | | (215037) | 232
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much it cost to maintain the Government Art Collection in each of the last five years. | | (215038) | 233
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are employed to maintain and advise on the Government Art Collection. | | (215039) | 234
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many art works from the Government Art Collection have been (a) sold and (b) loaned permanently to institutions and individuals outside the UK in the last 10 years; and what the value was of such works in each year. | | (215044) | 235
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many art works were purchased by the Government Art Collection in each of the last 10 years; and what the value was of such purchases in each year. | | (215047) | 236
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library the minutes of all meetings of the Government Art Collection Committee to discuss art work in the new Home Department building in Westminster. | | (215048) | 237
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library the minutes of all meetings of the Government Art Collection Committee where the decoration and art work in No. 10 Downing Street were discussed since January 2007. | | (215049) | 238
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have visited the Government Art Collection in the last 12 months; and how many were not associated with (a) the UK Government or (b) overseas governments. | | (215051) | 239
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contracts his Department has signed with Xansa plc in the last five years. | | (215125) | 240
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments were made by his Department to Xansa plc in each of the last five years. | | (215129) | 241
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what IT contracts his Departments and its agency have entered into in the last two years. | | (215164) | 242
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agency which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215179) | 243
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215195) | 244
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215213) | 245
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215230) | 246
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214891) | 247
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214892) | 248
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process for selecting places of interest for UNESCO World Heritage status; and if he will make a statement. | | (215592) | 249
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library (a) an organogram of Sport England's key responsibilities under its new strategy and (b) a list of the delivery agencies who will carry them out. | | (214527) | 250
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, under what circumstances people can practise in the UK for international pistol tournaments; and if he will make a statement. | | (215071) | 251
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the UK is sending a pistol team to the Beijing Olympics; and if he will make a statement. | | (215072) | 252
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the compliance of the UK with the Olympic Charter with regard to pistol practice; and if he will make a statement. | | (215073) | 253
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215470) | 254
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 9W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215248) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 255
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the use of vacuum bombs in Afghanistan, including the circumstances under which they are permitted to be deployed; on how many occasions deployment in this theatre has occurred; and how many deaths he estimated have resulted. | | (214596) | 256
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of newly deployed troops to Afghanistan have been deployed (a) to help build up infrastructure and (b) to train and support Afghan security forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (215401) | 257
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) individual service personnel accessing self-service terminals and (b) human resources staff in the services have received training on the use of the Joint Personnel Administration system. | | (215421) | 258
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of salary payments for personnel in all three services were paid on time in the last two years. | | (215422) | 259
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF employees (a) received a salary payment late and (b) missed a salary payment as a result of errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (215423) | 260
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel (a) received a salary payment late and (b) did not receive one or more salary payments as a result of errors in the Joint Personnel Administration system in 2007. | | (215424) | 261
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel (a) were stationed in Scotland, (b) were serving with a Scottish regiment, (c) were serving with a regiment whose home base was located in Scotland, (d) were recruited in Scotland, (e) trained in Scotland, (f) retired in Scotland and (g) identified their nationality as Scottish in each of the services in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (215678) | 262
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are in receipt of a military pension; and what the cost of military pension provision was on the last date for which figures are available. | | (214816) | 263
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215103) | 264
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215124) | 265
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215175) | 266
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215194) | 267
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215212) | 268
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215231) | 269
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which unit or units will occupy Fulwood Barracks when 5 General Service Medical Regiment leaves them. | | (214790) | 270
| Mr Michael Mates (East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government will offer ex-servicemen who retired from the armed forces before 31st March 1973 the opportunity of buying their wives a forces family widows pension at half-rate on an actuarially calculated, no cost basis. | | (215086) | 271
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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. | | (215527) | 272
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215538) | 273
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great 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. | | (215557) | 274
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215574) | 275
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215624) | 276
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215651) | 277
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215659) | 278
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of changing retrospectively all Gurkha and Gurkha veteran pension and gratuity arrangements so that they are the same as those relating to non-Gurkha soldiers for each year of their service. | | (214495) | 279
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding exists in the Special Fund for Far Eastern Prisoners of War; what will happen to the fund when all claimants are deceased; and what assessment he has made of the merits of using that fund to support long-term elderly care for former far eastern prisoners of war. | | (215017) | 280
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214907) | 281
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214908) | 282
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military airfields within a 30 mile radius of London have runways long enough to accommodate a Boeing 747. | | (214863) | 283
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) tanks and (b) armoured personnel carriers have been lost as a result of enemy action in Afghanistan during the last 12 months. | | (215431) | 284
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215469) | 285
| Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what level of car mileage payment is made under his Department's travel to work scheme; and when that level (a) was last and (b) will next be reviewed. | | (215420) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 286
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the percentage change in domestic energy efficiency in each English local authority since 1999-2000; and if he will set out performance figures for each authority against their domestic energy reduction target. | | (215588) | 287
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to extend the bluetongue protection zone to Cumbria. | | (214401) | 288
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that payment under the replacement scheme for hill farm allowance are (a) made to and (b) retained by those who farm the land in question. | | (214419) | 289
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that payment under the replacement scheme for hill farm allowance made in respect of the use of common land are paid only to those who farm that common land. | | (214420) | 290
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many residents of (a) St. Ives constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England applied for grants under the Warm Front Scheme in each year since 2000; and how many of each were successful in each such year. | | (214938) | 291
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people resident in (a) St. Ives constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England were offered a grant under the Warm Front Scheme which was of a sum less than that required to meet the cost of works in each year since 2000. | | (214941) | 292
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applicants were offered a grant from the Warm Front scheme but declined it in (a) St. Ives constituency, (b) Cornwall and (c) England in each year since 2000; and what assessment he has made of the reasons for those declined grants. | | (215335) | 293
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215104) | 294
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215157) | 295
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215176) | 296
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215193) | 297
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215211) | 298
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215232) | 299
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will commission research on the effects on UK energy consumption of a change to British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer. | | (214786) | 300
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish noise maps for major roads in England; and which roads in Milton Keynes will be mapped. | | (214946) | 301
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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. | | (215525) | 302
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215537) | 303
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great 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. | | (215556) | 304
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215573) | 305
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies in the last 24 months. | | (215608) | 306
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215623) | 307
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215650) | 308
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215660) | 309
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214883) | 310
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214884) | 311
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which rural and agricultural shows Ministers from his Department (a) have attended in 2008 and (b) plan to attend before 31st September 2008. | | (215368) | 312
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the Institute for Animal Health research facility at Compton. | | (215369) | 313
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the administration of environmental stewardship schemes cost Natural England in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by scheme; and whether this cost is met from (a) funding under the England Rural Development Programme and (b) within his Department's Natural Environment budget | | (215370) | 314
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many grant applications for Regional Development Programme for England money each regional development agency has received for (a) up to £5,000, (b) £5,001 to £100,000, (c) £100,001 to £1,000,000 and (d) over £1,000,000 since 1st January 2007. | | (215411) | 315
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each regional development agency has allocated from the Regional Development Programme for England to specific projects since 1st January 2007; and how many such allocations were for (a) up to £5,000, (b) £5,001 to £100,000, (c) £100,001 to £1,000,000 and (d) over £1,000,000. | | (215412) | 316
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the recommendations made by the Commission for Rural Communities in its report, England's rural areas: steps to release their economic potential, his Department intends to implement; and what timetable has been set for implementation. | | (215413) | 317
N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the regulatory impact of extending the requirement for licensing under the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 to sectors which are exempt. | | (214408) | 318
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which pollution monitoring projects were funded by his Department in 2007; and how much funding was provided in each case. | | (215265) | 319
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215468) | 320
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Notice of Registrations (CPP35) the British Cattle Movement Service has issued in relation to the number of passports; what the main reasons are for which they have been issued; and if he will make a statement. | | (214496) | 321
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 34W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215247) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 322
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will consider introducing visa issuing facilities at the UK consulate in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq; and if he will make a statement. | | (214974) | 323
N | John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd June 2008, Official Report, column 82W, on crimes against humanity, whether Rose Kabuye, the Rwandan Director-General of State Protocol, was a member of the delegation accompanying President Kagame on his visit to the UK in May 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (215281) | 324
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of freezing Zimbabwean assets on Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (215409) | 325
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the African Union to recommend the suspension of Zimbabwe from that body. | | (215331) | 326
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years. | | (215283) | 327
N | Mr Mark Francois (Rayleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th June 2008, Official Report, column 666W, on departmental information officers, what the pay band of the two press or communications officers appointed is; and whether they work (a) directly or (b) specifically for (i) the Foreign Secretary and (ii) another Minister in his Department. | | (214606) | 328
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what contribution the Government has made to the EU Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (215243) | 329
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Palestinian students with places to study in the UK who have been unable to obtain permission to leave Gaza in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (215287) | 330
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what budget allocation his Department has made for language training for its staff in 2008-09. | | (215288) | 331
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff his Department has based in Afghanistan, other than those engaged locally; and how many of those hold a qualification in Dari or Pashto. | | (215289) | 332
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of political detainees in Zimbabwe. | | (215290) | 333
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2008, Official Report, columns 924-5W, on languages, how many of those employed by his Department, other than those engaged locally, have (a) received training and (b) held a qualification in Dari or Pashto; and if he will make a statement. | | (215292) | 334
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2008, Official Report, columns 924-5W, on languages, how many of those employed by his Department, other than those engaged locally, are receiving language training in (a) Arabic, (b) Farsi, (c) Dari or Pashto, (d) Mandarin, (e) Swahili and (f) Japanese. | | (215293) | 335
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether mechanisms exist under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court for the UK to refer a situation in a third country to the attention of the Court; and if he will make a statement. | | (215371) | 336
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese Government on restrictions imposed on Tibetans during the parade of the Olympic torch in Lhasa. | | (215503) | 337
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) average cost of wine, (b) cost and name of the most expensive wine bottle and (c) cost and name of the most expensive spirit bought for the Government wine cellar was in the last 12 months. | | (215046) | 338
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215105) | 339
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library an inventory of the stock in the Government wine cellar. | | (215140) | 340
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library copies of all guidance issued to government departments by the Government Hospitality Advisory Committee on the purchase of wine in the last 12 months. | | (215141) | 341
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the right hon. Tony Blair has performed any official activities for his Department since 27th June 2007 to which fees and expenses were attached. | | (215149) | 342
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the market value of the Government wine cellar. | | (215155) | 343
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215159) | 344
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215178) | 345
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215192) | 346
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215210) | 347
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215233) | 348
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the political situation in Somalia. | | (215025) | 349
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 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. | | (215524) | 350
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215536) | 351
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great 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. | | (215555) | 352
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215572) | 353
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215649) | 354
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215661) | 355
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214875) | 356
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214876) | 357
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK embassies held a St David's Day event in 2008. | | (215429) | 358
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the French government has proposed a military ERASMUS programme for the exchange of members of EU member states' armed forces. | | (215430) | 359
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received from the Pakistani authorities of the presence of British converts to Islam in areas of Peshawar province associated with militancy. | | (215432) | 360
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has agreed to the request of the Chief Minister of Montserrat for the island's accession to the Caribbean community single market and economy. | | (215594) | 361
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215467) | 362
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, column 216W, on Departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215254) | 363
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2008, Official Report, column 1006W, on Pakistan: terrorism, what steps the Government took in the cases of the four British nationals who alleged mistreatment; and what the result of this action was in each of the four cases. | | (214990) | 364
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June 2008, Official Report, column 1006W, on Pakistan: terrorism, how the Government learned of the detention in Pakistan of the four dual British/Pakistani nationals. | | (214991) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 365
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how the figure of £6 billion funding gap in social care in 2027 contained in his Department's publication A Case for Change was calculated. | | (215507) | 366
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of Government funding for the NHS in the next three years. | | (214388) | 367
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS administrative staff in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and how much is forecast to be spent in 2008-09, broken down by primary care trust. | | (214389) | 368
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on the administration of the NHS in each year since 1990. | | (214390) | 369
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was (a) allocated to and (b) spent by the NHS in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08. | | (214391) | 370
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) medical and (b) administrative staff were employed by the NHS in each year since 2000. | | (214392) | 371
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of payments to pharmacies to conduct medicines use reviews on the number of such reviews conducted. | | (214935) | 372
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of the polyclinics which are to be set up in London. | | (215676) | 373
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to stop children and young people from smoking. | | (215394) | 374
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to help smokers stop smoking in (a) the North West and (b) England. | | (215395) | 375
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to encourage improvements in the provision of support for people with a communication disability following a stroke. | | (215396) | 376
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS surplus was for 2007-08; and how much was spent in that year on prepayment of suppliers for services to be provided in years after 2007-08. | | (214418) | 377
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were taken into account in selecting the vaccine to be used by the NHS for the prevention of human papilloma virus infection. | | (215476) | 378
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria were used to assess the efficacy of human papilloma virus vaccines in preventing sexual health disorders in the decision-making process to determine which vaccine is available on the NHS. | | (215477) | 379
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the NHS-prescribed vaccine for the prevention of human papilloma virus infection in comparison with other vaccines considered for NHS use for the same purposes. | | (215478) | 380
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with patient groups concerned with human papilloma virus infection on the availability of vaccines against infection to NHS patients. | | (215479) | 381
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Health Act 2006 - Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Health Care Associated Infections is implemented effectively. | | (214963) | 382
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many official visits each Minister in his Department has made to (a) dental practices, (b) opticians, (c) pharmacies, (d) general practioner surgeries, (e) care homes, (f) community hospitals, (g) genito-urinary medicine clinics, (h) ambulance trusts, (i) mental health trusts, (j) rehabilitation services and (k) stroke units since May 2007; and what the purpose of each visit was. | | (214969) | 383
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215107) | 384
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has signed with Xansa plc in the last five years. | | (215127) | 385
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been made by his Department to Xansa plc in each of the last five years. | | (215128) | 386
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been made by his Department to Byotrol plc in each of the last five years. | | (215131) | 387
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contracts his Department has signed with Byotrol plc in the last five years. | | (215132) | 388
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215158) | 389
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215177) | 390
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215191) | 391
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215209) | 392
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215234) | 393
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much is planned to be spent from the public purse in Chorley on the extension of GP opening hours. | | (214791) | 394
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has held on the establishment of a polyclinic in Chorley. | | (214792) | 395
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to reduce the number of emergency hospital admissions of children with diabetes. | | (214794) | 396
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on children's health of a change to British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer. | | (214797) | 397
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to ambulance authorities on procurement of vehicles; and what makes of ambulance are recommended for purchase by ambulance authorities. | | (215317) | 398
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what new funding will be made available to support the establishment of a GP-led health centre facility in the Peterborough Primary Care Trust area; and if he will make a statement. | | (214221) | 399
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were classified as clinically obese in Peterborough Primary Care Trust area and its predecessor bodies in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (214799) | 400
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the operation of payment by results following the conclusion of the consultation on modifications to the existing system in the East of England; and if he will make a statement. | | (214800) | 401
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the effectiveness of payment by results in the acute sector in the East of England; and if he will make a statement. | | (214801) | 402
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were diagnosed with chlamydia in Peterborough Primary Care Trust area and its predecessor bodies in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (214818) | 403
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under 16 years of age were admitted to the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with either a primary or secondary diagnosis related to alcohol in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (214819) | 404
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25th June 2008, Official Report, columns 363-4W, on mental health services, what was the (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure on Tier 5 services for people with personality disorders in each year since 2005. | | (215691) | 405
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of migraine treatment in England. | | (215088) | 406
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he has set for the formulation of a protocol for the registration of core services in sheltered housing; and if he will make a statement. | | (215427) | 407
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 550W, how many units of accommodation have been provided from the extra care housing grant in (a) apartment complexes and (b) villages. | | (215508) | 408
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13th March 2008, Official Report, column 550W, how many units have been provided from the extra care housing grant for (a) people over 60 years old, (b) people with learning disabilities and (c) people with other disabilities. | | (215509) | 409
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the GP to patient ratio within Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (214931) | 410
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients resident in Milton Keynes have been referred to a private hospital for an operation in the last three years. | | (214932) | 411
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for hospital treatment was in (a) Milton Keynes, (b) Buckinghamshire and (c) England in each year since 1997. | | (214933) | 412
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of patients admitted to hospital needed treatment for excess alcohol consumption in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire in each of the last three years. | | (214934) | 413
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many under 25-year-olds were admitted to hospital in Milton Keynes for alcohol-related illness in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (214939) | 414
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinics are registered to perform abortions in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire; whether they receive public funding to carry out these procedures; and if he will make a statement. | | (214945) | 415
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) care homes, (b) residential homes and (c) nursing homes in (i) Milton Keynes and (ii) Buckinghamshire were ordered to close in each of the last five years; and for what reasons in each case. | | (215297) | 416
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government has estimated how many mental health trusts made use of the support provided by the Tobacco Control Collaborative Centre to introduce the forthcoming smoking ban in psychiatric units; and whether the Government intends to review the effectiveness of this support once the ban comes into effect. | | (214975) | 417
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to measure the effect of the forthcoming smoking ban in in-patient psychiatric units on (a) the physical health and (b) the mental health of smokers being treated. | | (214976) | 418
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many treatments for depression using the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence-approved computerised cognitive behavioural therapy have been commissioned by primary care trusts since March 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (214977) | 419
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provides for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence-approved computerised cognitive behavioural therapy packages in primary care trusts; how much of this funding has been spent in the 2008-09 financial year; and if he will make a statement. | | (214978) | 420
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 604W, on psychiatry: standards, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of primary care trusts that provide National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)-approved computerised cognitive behavioural therapy at a level sufficient to meet the requirements set out in NICE guidelines. | | (214988) | 421
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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. | | (215523) | 422
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215535) | 423
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great 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. | | (215554) | 424
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215571) | 425
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies in the last 24 months. | | (215607) | 426
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215622) | 427
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215648) | 428
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215662) | 429
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which cancer networks (a) had and (b) had not implemented the Improving Outcomes in Urological Cancers guidance as at December 2007. | | (214861) | 430
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16th June 2008, Official Report, columns 39-40WS, on the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, for what reason no Minister attended the Council held on 9th and 10th June 2008. | | (214866) | 431
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) each response to the consultation on the Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments) No. 2 Order 2008 and (b) the Government's collated response to the consultation. | | (214867) | 432
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many days sick leave were taken by staff in his Department (a) on average per full-time post, (b) on average per head and (c) in total in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (214942) | 433
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the research paper What Matters to Staff in the NHS, what percentage of respondents ticked each box for each question in the survey on which the report was based. | | (215013) | 434
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the survey What Matters to Staff in the NHS cost. | | (215014) | 435
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS service providers have implemented the Clinical Spine Application. | | (215015) | 436
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) initial budget and (b) outturn for both (i) revenue and (ii) capital were for the National Programme for IT in the 2007-08 financial year. | | (215045) | 437
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates the Spine functionality has failed (a) locally and (b) nationally; and for how long the failure lasted in each case. | | (215271) | 438
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with officials from the Welsh Assembly Government on the ongoing Departmental review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and if he will make a statement. | | (215498) | 439
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures have been taken to inform relevant Welsh stakeholders about the Departmental review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and if he will make a statement. | | (215499) | 440
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has met the Secretary of State for Wales to discuss his Department's review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and if he will make a statement. | | (215500) | 441
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Welsh stakeholders have been contacted regarding the Departmental review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and if he will make a statement. | | (215501) | 442
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214913) | 443
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214914) | 444
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect that GP-led health centres will have on levels of access to primary healthcare in rural areas. | | (215029) | 445
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on access criteria for GP-led health centres in rural areas. | | (215030) | 446
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of heart attack victims had access to rehabilitation centres in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (215074) | 447
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was provided for rehabilitation centres for heart attack victims in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the projected amounts are for the next three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215075) | 448
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the funding for rehabilitation centres for heart attack victims was ring-fenced in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (215076) | 449
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of people who had had a heart attack attended rehabilitation in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (215077) | 450
| Christine Russell (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in the City of Chester constituency receive carer's allowance. | | (215336) | 451
| Christine Russell (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many carers for people with dementia there are in (a) the City of Chester constituency and (b) Western Cheshire Primary Care Trust. | | (215337) | 452
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what pilots of extended opening hours for GP surgeries have been undertaken by his Department; and what lessons have been learned. | | (214413) | 453
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specifications were included in the tendering process for the vaccine against human papillomavirus. | | (215083) | 454
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons GlaxoSmithKline were selected to provide the vaccine against the human papillomavirus. | | (215084) | 455
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS assistance is available for (a) treatment of people with alcohol addiction and (b) families of those people. | | (215001) | 456
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for people with an alcohol addiction for an appointment with a psychiatric nurse (a) nationally and (b) broken down by region in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215009) | 457
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215466) | 458
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioners per 100,000 of the population there are in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency. | | (214602) | 459
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the definitions of the terms (a) pronucleus and (b) embryo given by the Minister of State in the Public Bill Committee on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill on 3rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 13 and 24, for what reason those definitions do not follow the definitions set by the Appeal Committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. | | (214500) | 460
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26th November 2007, Official Report, columns 237-8W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215246) | 461
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dental students qualified as dentists in each of the last two years; and how many vocational training posts were available for the first post-qualification year of approved training in each of those years. | | (215504) | 462
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the NHS cord blood bank is to be relocated to Bristol. | | (215589) | 463
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost of the proposed relocation of the NHS cord blood bank to Bristol will be. | | (215590) | 464
| Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the proposed relocation of the National Health Service Blood and Transplant Agency to Bristol; and if he will make a statement. | | (215591) | 465
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of documents relating to the infection of haemophiliacs by contaminated blood products that were rediscovered by his Department have not been released to the Independent Inquiry into Contaminated Blood and Blood Products chaired by Lord Archer QC of Sandwell; under what provisions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 these documents have been withheld; and if he will make a statement. | | (214733) | 466
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of documents returned to his Department by Blackett, Hart and Pratt Solicitors have not been released to the Independent Inquiry into Contaminated Blood and Blood Products; under what provisions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000 these documents have been withheld; and if he will make a statement. | | (214734) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 467
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices in respect of alleged parking infringements were issued by police forces in each year since 1993 to date. | | (214728) | 468
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she had with the Scottish Executive on procedures in place for dealing with unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the UK who are resident in Scotland. | | (215674) | 469
| Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2008, Official Report, columns 336-7W, on asylum, how many dependants of asylum seekers received indefinite leave to remain as a result of the October 2003 exercise. | | (215245) | 470
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis those routes and carriers which will utilise other passenger information data through eBorders were selected. | | (215510) | 471
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which UK routes she expects passenger name record data to be used by December 2013. | | (215511) | 472
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects a fully automated authority to carry capability to be included in the eBorders programme. | | (215512) | 473
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects all flights into the UK to be covered by manual authority to carry capabilities. | | (215513) | 474
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects all passenger movements to utilise passenger name record data. | | (215514) | 475
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of UK passenger movements she expects will utilise passenger name record data in 2013. | | (215515) | 476
| Mr Quentin Davies (Grantham & Stamford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to create a dedicated EU passports channel at the UK border and immigration control points in the (a) Gare du Midi, Brussels and (b) Gare du Nord, Paris; and if she will make a statement. | | (215091) | 477
N | Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she received the independent reviewer's report on the operation of the Terrorism Act 2000 in 2007. | | (215256) | 478
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 198752 tabled by the hon. Member for Wycombe on 31st March 2008 on discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the Channel Project. | | (214766) | 479
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people identified by her Department as having been ineligible for a visa for entry into the United Kingdom were subsequently granted a visa incorrectly in the last five years and then (a) were apprehended at port, (b) were granted entry into the UK and subsequently apprehended, (c) entered the UK and are at large and (d) of whereabouts unknown. | | (215094) | 480
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) civil servants, (b) permanent staff and (c) temporary staff work for (i) her Department and (b) its agencies. | | (215040) | 481
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the meetings held between her Department and members of the Alcohol Education and Research Council to discuss her Department's 2008 advertising campaign to combat binge drinking. | | (215050) | 482
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215097) | 483
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what IT contracts her Department and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215119) | 484
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by her Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215171) | 485
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to her Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215187) | 486
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by her Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215202) | 487
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in her Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215224) | 488
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with regard to how many police officers the incapability procedure was (a) started and (b) completed in each police force in each of the last five years; and how many consequent dismissals there were in each force in each year. | | (215082) | 489
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the decision not to proceed with the national implementation of the 101 non-emergency number; and if she will make a statement. | | (215270) | 490
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the (a) range, (b) purpose and (c) cost of the antenna on the new biometric passport. | | (215690) | 491
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department has in place to monitor the treatment of failed asylum seekers after they return to their home country. | | (215087) | 492
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which categories of immigration will not be covered by the points-based system. | | (214761) | 493
| Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to reach a decision in the case of Mr K.M (Home Office ref M1198907). | | (215057) | 494
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer the letter from the hon. Member for Manchester Central of 17th March (Ref: B20220/8); and what the reason is for the time taken to respond. | | (214499) | 495
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals' data were held on the National DNA Database in each financial year for which records are available. | | (214979) | 496
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many social profiles were held on the National DNA Database in each financial year for which records are available. | | (214980) | 497
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals who were (a) under 13 and (b) between (i) 13 and 15, (ii) 16 and 18 and (iii) 19 and 21 years of age had their DNA profiles added to the National DNA Database in each financial year for which records are available. | | (214981) | 498
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by her Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214911) | 499
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by her Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214912) | 500
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a breakdown of the training and running costs for her Department and its agencies associated with products of animal origin detector dogs and their handlers in each of the last five years. | | (215031) | 501
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with her Sri Lankan counterpart on preventing the transfer of funds from the UK to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. | | (215000) | 502
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ships were searched by HM Revenue and Customs in Northern Ireland ports in each of the last three years. | | (214985) | 503
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many ships were searched by HM Revenue and Customs in UK ports in each of the last three years. | | (214986) | 504
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal record checks were carried out on (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals seeking to enter the UK in each of the last five years. | | (215004) | 505
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal record checks were carried out on (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals seeking to enter Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. | | (215005) | 506
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of crimes in which alcohol was a contributory factor in England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (215021) | 507
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was recouped in fines for benefit fraud in England and Wales in each of the last two years (i) in total and (ii) broken down by region. | | (215023) | 508
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances criminal records checks are carried out on (a) EU and (b) non-EU foreign nationals entering the UK. | | (215366) | 509
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average her Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215465) | 510
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 897W, on departmental official hospitality, when she expects the list of hospitality received in 2007 by members of her Department's management board to be published. | | (215249) | 511
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deportation to Zimbabwe of (a) members of the Movement for Democratic Change and (b) those with strong links to the Movement for Democratic Change. | | (215268) | 512
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are made by senior officials to ensure accuracy of replies to hon. Members from the UK Border Agency before they are sent, with particular reference to the reply of 19th June 2008 to the hon. Member for Walsall North (ref. B1178885). | | (214416) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 513
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many permanent staff of the House of Commons are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215577) | 514
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many parliamentary identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen in the last 24 months. | | (215617) | 515
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many copies of the Morning Star publication the House subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215673) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 516
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions have been held with Barnet Council over the future use of the National Institute for Medical Research site at Mill Hill after the Institute's operations are relocated to the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation. | | (214860) | 517
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the purchase price was of the Brill Place site for the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation; how this was funded; and by whom. | | (214862) | 518
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his latest estimate is of (a) the cost of and (b) timescale for (i) construction of and (ii) relocation of each of the constituent organisations to the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation; how the cost will be funded; and by whom. | | (214864) | 519
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the purchase price was of the Temperance Hospital site, previously planned to be the location for the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation's relocated National Institute for Medical Research; when this purchase was completed; how and by whom it was funded; how much has been spent on (a) (i) security and (ii) maintenance at the site so far, (b) preparatory studies and design work for the now aborted move and (c) professional fees in respect of the purchase of the site; what the reasons were for the decision that the site was not suitable; what is now anticipated to be the future use of the site; and if he will make a statement. | | (214865) | 520
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions have been held with Camden Council over planning matters arising from the proposed UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI); when it is anticipated a planning application will be submitted; what discussions have been held with the local community in the vicinity of Brill Place over the proposed UKCMRI; and if he will make a statement. | | (214868) | 521
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what level of containment laboratories will be provided at the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation; and if he will make a statement. | | (214869) | 522
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) scientific, (b) other professional and (c) other staff who are likely to move from the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill to the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation; and if he will make a statement. | | (214870) | 523
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions have been held with the (a) police, (b) security services and (c) Health and Safety Executive over (i) safety and (ii) security issues, including biosecurity, at the proposed UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation site; and if he will make a statement. | | (214872) | 524
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of extending the entitlement to study for a first level 3 qualification to the whole population. | | (214972) | 525
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what discussions he has had on the provision of a comprehensive labour market information service; what consideration he has given to involving the private sector in developing the service; and if he will make a statement. | | (214973) | 526
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will consider the establishment of a dedicated learning bank through which (a) individuals, (b) employers and (c) the Government may fund skills training. | | (214989) | 527
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many residents of the London Borough of Bexley entered higher education in each of the last five years, broken down by ward. | | (215054) | 528
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students resident in the London Borough of Bexley received an (a) education maintenance allowance and (b) special support grant in 2007-08. | | (215056) | 529
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215108) | 530
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 393W, on departmental orders and regulations, if he will list the statutory instruments revoked by Ministers of his Department. | | (215146) | 531
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215160) | 532
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215169) | 533
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215190) | 534
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215208) | 535
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215235) | 536
| Martin Linton (Battersea): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students resident in the London Borough of Bexley made applications to the Access to Learning Fund in the last period for which figures are available. | | (215058) | 537
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted since its establishment. | | (215534) | 538
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department since its creation and (b) its agencies in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215553) | 539
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215570) | 540
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies since its creation. | | (215606) | 541
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since its establishment; and in which areas. | | (215621) | 542
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215647) | 543
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215663) | 544
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, 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. | | (215687) | 545
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214909) | 546
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214910) | 547
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 10th June 2008, Official Report, column 202W, on how much of the £6.4 million spent on research into dementia was spent in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland. | | (214412) | 548
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215464) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 549
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his latest assessment is of the likely availability of basic food stuffs in (a) Ethiopia, (b) Eritrea and (c) Nigeria in the next three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (215399) | 550
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has given to Ethiopia to help with the recent grain shortage there; and if he will make a statement. | | (215400) | 551
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has given to China for the rescue and rehabilitation efforts in Guangdong province; and if he will make a statement. | | (215402) | 552
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of global oil that will be consumed by (a) Congo, (b) Angola, (c) Namibia and (d) South Africa in the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215407) | 553
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has provided to enable Kenyan families displaced by post-election violence to return to their homes. | | (215410) | 554
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his latest estimate is of refugees flows to neighbouring countries in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (215593) | 555
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to work in partnership on AIDS prevention with government bodies in those countries to which his Department provides aid to reduce the incidence of AIDS. | | (215414) | 556
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what programmes his Department is working in partnership with the International Health Partnership. | | (215415) | 557
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what performance-based funding models are used by his Department to determine the pattern of distribution of its AIDS-related funding. | | (215416) | 558
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to increase access to HIV positive preventative services for (a) injecting drug users and (b) men who have sexual intercourse with men in developing countries. | | (215417) | 559
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on the promotion of human rights related to HIV. | | (215480) | 560
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking with the Foreign Secretary to enhance co-ordination between the Foreign Office's Drugs and Crime programme and his Department's work to advance harm reduction. | | (215481) | 561
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to ensure funds earmarked for children are disbursed effectively; and if he will list the programmes for which such earmarked funds are used for. | | (215482) | 562
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department to fulfil funding commitments made by the Government at the Heiligendamm Summit, with particular reference to the timetable for AIDS funding contributions; and what steps are being taken to encourage other G8 countries to contribute. | | (215483) | 563
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in fulfiling the financial commitments relating to the £1.5 billion required for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of AIDS. | | (215484) | 564
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects and programmes his Department funds (a) to address critical health worker shortages and (b) to secure long-term sustainable financing to strengthen health sytems in countries where HIV positive and AIDS are endemic. | | (215485) | 565
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to provide technical, financial and political support to countries wishing to use TRIPS flexibilities. | | (215486) | 566
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how gender-based differences in AIDS prevention, education, and aid are incoporated into his Department's AIDS Strategy. | | (215487) | 567
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his policy is on the earmarking of AIDS aid for children; and whether such earmarked funds will be incorporated in the new AIDS Strategy. | | (215488) | 568
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to the Southern Perspectives project. | | (215595) | 569
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that heavily indebted countries are able to access debt relief funds from the UK Government. | | (215596) | 570
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department takes to control the amount of new debt that heavily indebted nations may accumulate. | | (215597) | 571
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what standards are used to identify nations that qualify as poor countries under the expanded guidelines of the Export Credit Agency. | | (215598) | 572
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proposals are included in the Quota and Voice reform that was agreed to by the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund. | | (215599) | 573
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the principal proposals in the World Bank options paper of October 2007 on Government reforms to increase the voice of developing countries. | | (215600) | 574
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with his foreign counterparts on an open and merit-based selection of (a) the International Monetary Fund's managing director and (b) the World Bank's president. | | (215601) | 575
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the International Monetary Fund to establish a ministerial council. | | (215602) | 576
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what means CDC disburses funds; and whether it invests in private companies. | | (215630) | 577
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department implements that encourage foreign direct investment companies in Africa to use the Global Compact or OECD Guidelines. | | (215631) | 578
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department takes to liaise with the International Monetary Fund on the formulation of policy on developing countries. | | (215632) | 579
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what means his Department will disburse the £2.5 billion allocated to AIDS in the Developing World over the next three years; and whether any private organisations will be involved in the implementation of this aid. | | (215633) | 580
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what methods his Department uses to fund disease prevention in developing countries besides the use of health budget support. | | (215634) | 581
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) goals and (b) personnel structure are of his Department's Better Regulation for Growth programme. | | (215635) | 582
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms his Department uses to aid police forces in freezing and recovering stolen assets as part of its work against international corruption. | | (215636) | 583
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes are being funded by his Department to facilitate universal access to HIV treatment; and what the estimated cost of providing these programmes is. | | (215637) | 584
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consideration of the greater involvement of people living with AIDS principle will be made in the implentation of the Government's AIDS strategy. | | (215638) | 585
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department's programmes provide to those living with AIDS who are in need of treatment; and what plans he has for the future provision of such programmes. | | (215639) | 586
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will break down by main budget heading the spending plans for the Government's AIDS strategy. | | (215640) | 587
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department has (a) funded and (b) supported in Africa to increase awareness of and the effectiveness of preventative and treatment services for HIV infection. | | (215680) | 588
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department funds to strengthen health systems and community health structures in African countries; and what funding his Department has provided for each such programme in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (215681) | 589
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to commit funding to the global AIDS stategy to contribute to a reduction in the strategy's funding gap. | | (215694) | 590
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much money the Government will be required to commit to the global AIDS stategy to remain the world's second largest AIDS donor in the next financial year. | | (215695) | 591
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to secure donations and assistance to the global AIDS strategy from other countries. | | (215696) | 592
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what allocation his Department has made for language training for departmental staff in 2008-09. | | (215294) | 593
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's employees, other than those engaged locally hold language qualifications in (a) Arabic, (b) Farsi, (c) Dari or Pashto, (d) Mandarin, (e) Swahili and (f) Japanese. | | (215295) | 594
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215109) | 595
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what IT contracts his Department has entered into in the last two years. | | (215137) | 596
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215183) | 597
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215189) | 598
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215207) | 599
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215236) | 600
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to address child mortality in developing countries, with particular reference to those developing countries with the highest mortality rates. | | (214811) | 601
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for which (a) provinces and (b) districts of Afghanistan his Department does not have information on the number of schools. | | (214940) | 602
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 24th June, Official Report, column 290W on Afghanistan: schools, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in each previous year for which records are held. | | (215032) | 603
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make a statement on the humanitarian situation in Somalia. | | (215026) | 604
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215533) | 605
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215552) | 606
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many permanent staff in his Department are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215569) | 607
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department in the last 24 months. | | (215605) | 608
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215646) | 609
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215666) | 610
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date the euro changeover plan of his Department was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version. | | (215689) | 611
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214881) | 612
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214882) | 613
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215463) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 614
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for offences under section 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last 10 years. | | (214437) | 615
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders were issued by courts following a conviction under section 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last 10 years; and how many such orders have been breached. | | (214438) | 616
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the use of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 to combat abuse and harassment committed via the internet. | | (214439) | 617
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which unimplemented parts of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 he plans to implement; and when. | | (215390) | 618
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which parts of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 remain unimplemented. | | (215391) | 619
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring section 62 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 into force. | | (215392) | 620
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what inquests have not opened in Northern Ireland more than five years after the death in question. | | (215296) | 621
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in 2007-08. | | (215318) | 622
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215102) | 623
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215123) | 624
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215174) | 625
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost to his Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215196) | 626
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215214) | 627
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215229) | 628
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date, and for how many minutes (a) the Universities Committee of the Privy Council and (b) any other committee of the Privy Council considered the amendments to the statutes of the University of Cambridge that he laid before the House on 10th June 2008. | | (214409) | 629
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to harmonise the cost of telephone calls made from within prisons with comparable tariffs outside prison. | | (214411) | 630
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214905) | 631
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214906) | 632
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are employed in the Probation Service in (a) Rhyl and (b) Colwyn Bay, broken down by grade. | | (214600) | 633
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Northern Ireland were (a) fined and (b) prosecuted for non-payment of television licence fees in each of the last three years. | | (214987) | 634
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average sentence handed down by courts in England and Wales was for people convicted of motoring offences that resulted in a fatality in each of the last five years. | | (215007) | 635
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales were (a) fined and (b) prosecuted for non-payment of television licence fees in each of the last five years, broken down by region. | | (215033) | 636
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215462) | 637
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd December 2007, Official Report, column 859W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list for hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215274) | 638
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he had with trades union representatives on the White Paper on party finance and expenditure prior to its publication. | | (215302) | 639
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations his Department received from trades unions on the White Paper on party finance and expenditure prior to its publication. | | (215303) | 640
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he had with the Electoral Commission on the triggering proposals in the White Paper on party finance and expenditure before its publication. | | (215304) | 641
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether an impact assessment, including a small firms impact assessment, will be produced in relation to the proposals in the party finance and expenditure White Paper to assess the impact on (a) unincorporated associations and (b) political parties. | | (215305) | 642
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the publication of the party finance and expenditure White Paper, what his anticipated timetable is for the consultation by the Electoral Commission on the new trigger rules guidance. | | (215323) | 643
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to page 45 of the party finance and expenditure White Paper, whether (a) his Department and (b) the Electoral Commission plans to consult on the definitions of election-influencing expenditure for the purpose of the new trigger rules. | | (215324) | 644
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the publication of the party finance and expenditure White Paper, whether the proposed new guidance on the trigger rules will be subject to definition in primary legislation. | | (215325) | 645
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, over what period of time he plans to consult further with political parties on legislative or regulatory changes, further to the recommendations of the party finance and expenditure White Paper. | | (215326) | 646
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there will be transitional arrangements for the implementation of the new trigger rules proposed in the party finance and expenditure White Paper. | | (215327) | 647
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the last Home Department guidance that was produced on election expense triggering under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983, prior to the Political Parties and Elections Act 2000. | | (215328) | 648
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's copy of the minutes of the Inter-Party Talks on party funding of 31st October 2007. | | (215329) | 649
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the publication of the party finance and expenditure White Paper, whether the proposed new trigger rules will apply to (a) sitting councillors and (b) councillor candidates. | | (215330) | Questions to the Leader of the House 650
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Leader of the House, how many staff in her Office (a) are classified as Government communicators and (b) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215117) | 651
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Leader of the House, how much was spent by her Office on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215220) | 652
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Leader of the House, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in her Office in each of the last 10 years. | | (215241) | 653
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, what the average annual additional costs allowance claim was in each of the last three years. | | (214607) | 654
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. and right hon. Members have received additional payments for security costs at their second home in the last five years. | | (214608) | 655
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. and right hon. Members claimed mortgage interest through the additional costs allowance in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many claimed the full allowance. | | (214609) | 656
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. and right hon. Members receive additional salary payments for governmental responsibilities in addition to the basic salary. | | (214735) | 657
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of her Office in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215551) | 658
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, how many permanent staff within her Office are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215568) | 659
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in her Office in the last 24 months. | | (215604) | 660
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels her Office subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215645) | 661
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, how many copies of the Morning Star publication her Office subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215665) | 662
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Leader of the House, how long on average her Office took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215473) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 663
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress has been made in (a) assisting the police force in the Irish Republic in the apprehension of those responsible for the murder of Paul Quinn and (b) ensuring that the IRA Army Council disbands as a matter of urgency. | | (214765) | 664
N | Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the likely effect in Northern Ireland of the provisions in the Counter-Terrorism Bill if enacted allowing for inquests to be held without a jury. | | (214410) | 665
| Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when Article 18 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 will be commenced. | | (215257) | 666
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the effect of the rising cost of fuel on front line police services; and if he will make good any shortfall of funds allocated for fuel. | | (215502) | 667
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215112) | 668
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215163) | 669
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215166) | 670
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215204) | 671
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215239) | 672
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average cost to his Department of employing a press and media officer was in 2007-08. | | (215262) | 673
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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. | | (215530) | 674
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215541) | 675
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great 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. | | (215560) | 676
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215575) | 677
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies in the last 24 months. | | (215611) | 678
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215627) | 679
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215653) | 680
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215658) | 681
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214903) | 682
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214904) | 683
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people in Northern Ireland have been prosecuted for benefit fraud on (a) more than one occasion and (b) more than two occasions in each of the last five years. | | (215003) | 684
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average sentence handed down by courts in Northern Ireland was for people convicted of motoring offences that resulted in a fatality in each of the last three years. | | (215008) | 685
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in what circumstances criminal records checks are carried out on (a) EU and (b) non-EU foreign nationals entering Northern Ireland. | | (215365) | 686
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215461) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 687
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent assessment she has made of the potential economic effects of the 2012 Olympic Games on each region. | | (215284) | 688
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent assessment she has made of the likely effects of the 2012 Olympics on tourism. | | (215285) | 689
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many firms based in Northern Ireland have made unsuccessful bids for contracts through the Olympic Delivery Authority. | | (215286) | 690
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels her Office subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215652) | 691
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how long on average her Office took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions since its inception. | | (215474) | 692
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which Big Lottery Fund-approved grants to the London Olympic project have been (a) notified to and (b) authorised by the EU Commission for State aid clearance, broken down by each budget line approved grant by the Big Lottery Fund. | | (215692) | 693
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which Big Lottery Fund-approved grants to the London Olympic project have not been notified to the EU Commission State aid department; and what the reasons were for non-notification, broken down by each budget line approved grant by the Big Lottery Fund. | | (215693) | Questions to the Prime Minister 694
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff in his Office (a) are classified as Government communicators and (b) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215115) | 695
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Office which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215182) | 696
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Prime Minister, how much was spent by 10 Downing Street on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214879) | 697
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Prime Minister, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by 10 Downing Street in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214880) | 698
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, whether consideration was given to arranging for President Bush to fly into a military airport on his recent visit to the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (214393) | 699
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Prime Minister, how long on average his Office took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215460) | Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission 700
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of the National Audit Office in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215563) | 701
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many permanent staff within the National Audit Office are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215580) | 702
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff of the National Audit Office in the last 24 months. | | (215613) | 703
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many copies of the Morning Star publication the National Audit Office subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215669) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 704
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215113) | 705
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what IT contracts his Department has entered into in the last two years. | | (215136) | 706
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215222) | 707
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what date the euro changeover plan of his Department was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version. | | (215529) | 708
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215540) | 709
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215559) | 710
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many permanent staff in his Department are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215582) | 711
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department in the last 24 months. | | (215610) | 712
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many reviews of regulation his Department has conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215626) | 713
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215668) | 714
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214901) | 715
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214902) | 716
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215459) | 717
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd November 2007, Official Report, column 1062W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list for hospitality received by senior civil servants in his Department in 2007 to be published. | | (215277) | Questions to the Solicitor General 718
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the (a) targets and (b) priorities of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) are to be reviewed following the review of the SFO Final Report published by the Attorney General in June. | | (214971) | 719
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what plans there are to increase the Serious Fraud Office's investigatory powers; and whether these plans have been amended to take account of the findings in the Final Report on the review of the Serious Fraud Office published in June 2008. | | (215307) | 720
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what proportion of Serious Fraud Office staff are (a) lawyers, (b) accountants and (c) police officers; and what the equivalent numbers were on 31st December 2007. | | (215308) | 721
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) managerial and (b) other staff there are at the Serious Fraud Office; and how many of each there were on 31st December in each of the last 10 years. | | (215309) | 722
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) managerial and (b) other staff left the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last 12 months. | | (215310) | 723
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she plans to take following the publication in June 2008 of the final report on the review of the Serious Fraud Office; which organisations will be consulted on the report; and if she will make a statement. | | (215311) | 724
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions the Attorney General has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Justice and (b) the Home Secretary on the Final Report on the review of the Serious Fraud Office published in June 2008. | | (215312) | 725
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, in what proportion of prosecutions brought by the Serious Fraud Office has plea bargaining took place in each of the last 10 calendar years. | | (215313) | 726
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, with how many external contractors the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has contracts; what estimate she has made of the average annual cost to the public purse of such contracts; and how many such contractors have held contracts with the SFO in each of the last 10 years. | | (215314) | 727
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, whether there are proposals to (a) improve the Serious Fraud Office's case management procedures and (b) seek efficiency savings in Serious Fraud Office investigations and prosecutions. | | (215315) | 728
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what the cost of running the Serious Fraud Office was in each of the last 10 years. | | (215316) | 729
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what the Serious Fraud Office's (a) case discontinuance and (b) trial discontinuance rate was in each of the last 10 years. | | (215321) | 730
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions were initiated by the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last 10 years; and what the conviction rate from such prosecutions was in each year. | | (215322) | 731
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, what IT contracts the Law Officers' Department and its agency have entered into in the last two years. | | (215138) | 732
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent by the Law Officers' Departments on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215219) | 733
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Solicitor General, how many Crown Prosecution Service personnel are employed in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Thames Valley. | | (214930) | 734
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of the Attorney General's Office in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215565) | 735
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many permanent staff within the Attorney General's Office are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215578) | 736
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in the Attorney General's Office in the last 24 months. | | (215615) | 737
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many reviews of regulation the Attorney General's Office has conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215618) | 738
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels the Attorney General's Office subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215654) | 739
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many copies of the Morning Star publication the Attorney General's Office subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215671) | 740
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Solicitor General, how long on average the Attorney General's Office took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215458) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 741
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the estimated (a) set-up costs and (b) yearly running costs of the Electoral Commission's new offices in (i) Exeter, (ii) York and (iii) Coventry are. | | (215491) | 742
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what relocation benefits the Electoral Commission has offered to staff or new staff taking up a post in its new regional offices. | | (215492) | 743
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent estimate the Electoral Commission has made of levels of postal vote fraud. | | (215493) | 744
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the cost was of the recent refurbishment of the Electoral Commission's offices in London. | | (215506) | 745
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications the Electoral Commission has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215543) | 746
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of the Electoral Commission in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215566) | 747
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many permanent staff of the Electoral Commission are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215576) | 748
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff of the Electoral Commission in the last 24 months. | | (215616) | 749
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many reviews of electoral regulation the Electoral Commission has conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215628) | 750
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many copies of the Morning Star publication the Electoral Commission subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215670) | 751
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd April 2008, Official Report, column 1142W, on Electoral Commission: grants, what steps the Commission is taking to monitor the expenditure by these organisations to ensure that section 1.3 of the terms and conditions is not breached. | | (215686) | 752
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what date the Labour Party deposited its accounts for 2007 with the Electoral Commission. | | (215306) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 753
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency full Outline Business Case for outsourcing. | | (215682) | 754
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many appeals were made against the issuing of parking fines to the Independent Parking Adjudicator in the most recent year for which figures are available, broken down by area, and of those how many (a) were upheld, (b) were quashed, (c) were referred back to the issuing authority for further consideration and (d) are outstanding. | | (214597) | 755
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights were (a) cancelled and (b) delayed at Heathrow Airport as a result of the recent arrival of President Bush; and what the average time of delay was. | | (214598) | 756
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of flights (a) arriving at and (b) taking off from Heathrow Airport were late in each year since 1997; and what the (i) maximum and (ii) average delay in each category was in each year. | | (214729) | 757
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many penalty charge notices in respect of alleged parking infringements were issued by local authorities in each year since 1993. | | (214730) | 758
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints her Department and its predecessors have received on the actions of private car park owners in each year since 1997, broken down by category of complaint. | | (214982) | 759
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the net revenue from crossing tolls at the Dartford River Crossing was in each of the last five years. | | (214440) | 760
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which transport projects have been funded or committed to be funded by the net revenues received from the tolls at the Dartford River Crossing. | | (214441) | 761
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote competition in the transport industry. | | (214402) | 762
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve railway services in the West Midlands. | | (214403) | 763
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote the interests of railway customers. | | (214404) | 764
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government plans to take to encourage railway companies to make fares more affordable to pensioners. | | (214405) | 765
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to hold the railway industry to account for major disruptions in service to customers. | | (214406) | 766
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports she has received from the UK Border Agency on consultations the Agency has conducted with (a) controllers and (b) owners of (i) small ports and (ii) airports on security threats and vulnerabilities. | | (214805) | 767
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the National Counter Terrorism Security Office on preventing the use of small aircraft as airborne vehicle bombs. | | (214807) | 768
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June 2008, Official Report, column 790, on aviation exhaust emissions, if she will (a) list the titles of the research projects being undertaken at Manchester Metropolitan University and (b) place in the Library copies of reports arising from these projects. | | (215027) | 769
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research her Department and its agencies are undertaking into the economic effects of bottlenecks in the national road infrastructure, with particular regard to the A417; and if she will make a statement. | | (215333) | 770
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215110) | 771
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th February 2008, Official Report, column 154W, on official cars: excise duties, which ministers use the band G vehicle. | | (215142) | 772
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what IT contracts her Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215161) | 773
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by her Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215168) | 774
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost to her Department was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215188) | 775
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by her Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215206) | 776
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in her Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215237) | 777
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will commission research into the effects on morning levels of freight transport and aviation noise levels of a change to British Summer Time in winter and double British Summer Time in summer. | | (214787) | 778
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the outline business case prepared by the Department for Transport Board on outsourcing the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency. | | (215244) | 779
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications her Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215532) | 780
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great 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. | | (215550) | 781
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many permanent staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215567) | 782
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) her Department and (b) each of its executive agencies in the last 24 months. | | (215603) | 783
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reviews of regulation (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215620) | 784
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215644) | 785
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many copies of the Morning Star publication her Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215664) | 786
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11th June 2007, Official Report, column 38WS, on drivers' hours (derogation for reservists), whether the Minister has received a response from the European Commission to the request for a derogation from regulation (EC) 561/2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (215018) | 787
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 7th May 2008, Official Report, column 893W, on roads: tolls, what use will be made of satellite technology to assist such road pricing research. | | (214995) | 788
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected completion date is for the Office of National Statistics (ONS) survey into public attitudes towards road pricing; and which companies ONS is using to conduct the research. | | (215260) | 789
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the BMRB research commissioned by her Department into the public acceptability of road pricing. | | (215261) | 790
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward proposals for a police trial of electric personal assistive mobility devices as part of the roadmap process to regulatory approval. | | (215497) | 791
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by her Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214899) | 792
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by her Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214900) | 793
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the information provided to the Renewable Fuels Agency by companies under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) monthly reporting requirement for the first month of the RTFO's operation, broken down by (a) fuel type, (b) quantity of fuel in litres, (c) biofuel feedstock, (d) feedstock origin, (e) land use on 30th November 2005, (f) standard and (g) carbon intensity. | | (215372) | 794
| Christine Russell (City of Chester): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) Network Rail, (b) Chester City Council and (c) the relevant train operating companies on the provision of car parking spaces at Chester station; and if she will make a statement. | | (215338) | 795
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long on average her Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215457) | 796
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Lancashire County Council on the park and ride measures in the Heysham-M6 link scheme. | | (214603) | 797
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will allocate funding to congestion relief measures in (a) Lancaster and (b) Morecambe if funding for the Heysham-M6 link road is approved. | | (214604) | 798
N | Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assesment she has made of the contribution of park and ride schemes to the Heysham-M6 link scheme. | | (214605) | 799
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27th November 2007, Official Report, column 288W, on departmental official hospitality, when she expects the list of hospitality received in 2007 by members of her Department's management board to be published. | | (215250) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 800
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215114) | 801
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what IT contracts his Department has entered into in the last two years. | | (215135) | 802
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215240) | 803
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date the euro changeover plan of his Department was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent version. | | (215528) | 804
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215539) | 805
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of his Department in the most recent year for which figures are available; and at what cost. | | (215558) | 806
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many permanent staff in his Department are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215583) | 807
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department in the last 24 months. | | (215609) | 808
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many reviews of regulation his Department has conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215625) | 809
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215667) | 810
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214895) | 811
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214896) | 812
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215455) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 813
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many staff in the Government Equalities Office (a) are classified as Government communicators and (b) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215116) | 814
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what IT contracts the Government Equalities Office has entered into since its inception. | | (215139) | 815
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the average cost to the Government Equalities Office was of employing a press and media officer in 2007-08. | | (215184) | 816
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much was spent by the Government Equalities Office on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215221) | 817
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications the Government Equalities Office has submitted since its establishment. | | (215542) | 818
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of the Government Equalities Office since its creation; and at what cost. | | (215564) | 819
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many permanent staff in the Government Equalities Office are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. | | (215579) | 820
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in the Government Equalities Office since its creation. | | (215614) | 821
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many reviews of regulation the Government Equalities Office has conducted or commenced since its establishment, and in which areas. | | (215629) | 822
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels the Government Equalities Office subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215655) | 823
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many copies of the Morning Star publication the Government Equalities Office subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215672) | 824
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how long on average the Government Equalities Office took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions since its creation. | | (215475) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 825
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have had benefits withdrawn or reduced as a result of taking up part-time work in (a) Leeds West, (b) Leeds Metropolitan District and (c) the UK in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215397) | 826
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women who were required to take early retirement in (i) Leeds West, (ii) Leeds Metropolitan District, (iii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iv) England in each of the last 10 years. | | (215404) | 827
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance his Department is giving to people in part-time work to meet their fuel bill payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (215406) | 828
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12th June 2008, Official Report, column 431W, on winter fuel payments, whether the extra money referred to will be exclusively for vulnerable groups. | | (215489) | 829
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of people receiving incapacity benefit (IB) in each parliamentary constituency; how many people made successful applications for IB in each constituency in 2007; and how many children are living in households dependent on IB in each London constituency. | | (215587) | 830
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals are in receipt of a state pension. | | (214817) | 831
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of final salary from average earnings at which the income from personal account saving would provide an income above the level of the basic state pension. | | (215367) | 832
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals' postal addresses have been disclosed by the Child Support Agency to their former partners; and if he will make a statement. | | (213819) | 833
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people, (b) young people, (c) lone parents, (d) people over 25 years and (e) people over 50 years participated in the New Deal in (i) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency, (ii) the London Borough of Bexley and (iii) Greater London in 2007. | | (215079) | 834
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20th May 2008, Official Report, columns 218-20W, on departmental standards, what the scope was of the Gateway Review undertaken in 2006-07 on his Department's project ID Cards. | | (215518) | 835
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20th May 2008, Official Report, columns 218-20W, on departmental standards, what the scope was of the Gateway Review undertaken in 2007-08 on his Department's project (a) DWP Change Programme, (b) Customer Information System r4, (c) Method of Payment Reform Programme and (d) Child Maintenance Redesign. | | (215519) | 836
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (215111) | 837
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what contracts his Department has signed with Xansa plc in the last five years. | | (215126) | 838
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments have been made by his Department to Xansa plc in each of the last five years. | | (215130) | 839
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what IT contracts his Departments and its agencies have entered into in the last two years. | | (215162) | 840
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department and its agencies which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each. | | (215167) | 841
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (215205) | 842
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (215238) | 843
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost to his Department of employing a press and media officer was in 2007-08. | | (215263) | 844
| Dr Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Pension Credit rules concerning service charges for people living in sheltered and extra care sheltered housing are (a) understood by staff at the Pension Service and (b) available to the public. | | (215426) | 845
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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. | | (215526) | 846
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) planning applications and (b) licensing applications his Department has submitted in the last 24 months. | | (215531) | 847
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great 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. | | (215561) | 848
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. | | (215581) | 849
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its executive agencies in the last 24 months. | | (215612) | 850
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since July 2007; and in which areas. | | (215619) | 851
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to what premium Sky, digital terrestrial or cable television channels (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies subscribes; and at what yearly cost in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215643) | 852
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department and each of its agencies subscribes to each week; and at what cost. | | (215657) | 853
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years. | | (214877) | 854
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from which five countries of origin the greatest amount of food was procured by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what the (a) cost and (b) quantity procured was in each case. | | (214878) | 855
N | Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the incidence of work-related injuries and illnesses to foreign migrant workers employed in the construction and tourism industries in the United Kingdom since January 2005. | | (214407) | 856
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of each type of state benefit payable to residents in Vale of Clwyd constituency was paid into Post Office card accounts in each of the last five years. | | (214984) | 857
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to allow claimants of income support with a disability element to receive weekly payments. | | (215085) | 858
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in England and Wales have been prosecuted for benefit fraud on (a) more than one occasion and (b) more than two occasions in each of the last five years. | | (215002) | 859
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long on average his Department took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions in each of the last three years. | | (215453) | 860
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10th December 2007, Official Report, column 187W, on departmental official hospitality, when he expects the list of hospitality received in 2007 by members of his Department's management board to be published. | | (215251) | 861
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the responses received by his Department during the consultation exercise conducted between 28th October and 23rd December 2003 on the implementation of the European Directive on the Activities and Supervision of Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision, relating to the application of Article 8 of the Directive to the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (213966) | 862
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the responses received by his Department during the consultation exercise conducted between 28th October and 23rd December 2003 on the implementation of the European Directive on the Activities and Supervision of Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision, relating to the application of Article 18 of the Directive to the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (213967) | 863
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the responses received by his Department during the consultation exercise conducted between 28th October and 23rd December 2003 on the implementation of the European Directive on the Activities and Supervision of Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision, relating to the exemption of the Local Government Pension Scheme from the requirements of Articles 9 to 17 of the Directive. | | (213968) | 864
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times deductions have been made from benefits for failure to pay council tax in each local authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214915) | 865
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for how many cases the Child Support Agency has paid HM Revenue and Customs for referrals and income disclosure in each year since 1993; and if he will make a statement. | | (214916) | 866
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many service personnel from each service are in receipt of council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (214917) | 867
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) crisis loans, (b) budgeting loans and (c) community care grants have been granted by JobCentre Plus to people in (i) each JobCentre Plus district and (ii) each region of the UK in each month since October 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (214918) | 868
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff at each of his Department's offices were employed to process (a) crisis loans, (b) budgeting loans and (c) community care grant applications in each month since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (214919) | 869
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which JobCentre Plus districts underspent their allocations for (a) crisis loans, (b) budgeting loans and (c) community care grants in each year since 2003; how much and what proportion of the budget for each such district the underspend represented; and if he will make a statement. | | (214920) | 870
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department allocated to each JobCentre Plus district in the UK for the payment of discretionary housing payments in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (214922) | 871
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the amount allocated to each JobCentre Plus district for the payment of discretionary housing payments is calculated; and if he will make a statement. | | (214923) | 872
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the money allocated to each JobCentre Plus district in the UK to pay discretionary housing payments was unspent in each year since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement. | | (214924) | 873
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the calculation of the amount allocated to JobCentre Plus districts for the payment of (a) exceptional hardship payments and (b) exceptional circumstances payments takes account of average rental prices (i) nationally and (ii) in the relevant JobCentre Plus district; and if he will make a statement. | | (214925) | 874
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the money allocated to each JobCentre Plus district to pay (a) exceptional hardship payments and (b) exceptional circumstances payments was unspent in each year between 1991 and 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (214926) | 875
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit recipients have used the Fuel Direct option to pay their utility bills in each quarter since it was established; and if he will make a statement. | | (214927) | 876
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have had deductions made from their (a) pension credit, (b) jobseeker's allowance and (c) income support for failing to pay their council tax in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214928) | 877
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have had deductions made to benefits for failure to pay their council tax bill (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times, (d) four times and (e) five times or more in each local authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214929) | 878
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parents that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2008 have a child for whom they are receiving disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (214949) | 879
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parents that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2008 are in (a) part time employment, (b) unemployed and (c) in education or training; and if he will make a statement. | | (214950) | 880
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2010 will have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three or more children aged between seven and 16 on that date; and if he will make a statement. | | (214951) | 881
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2009 will have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three or more children aged between 10 and 16 on that date; and if he will make a statement. | | (214952) | 882
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of the lone parent families that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2008 will have (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three or more children aged between 12 and 16 years on that date; and if he will make a statement. | | (214953) | 883
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimates are of the number of lone parent families in each region that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in (a) October 2009 and (b) October 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (214954) | 884
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimates are of the number of lone parent families in each region that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (214955) | 885
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of pensioner couples one or both of whom are aged 85 years or over entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit or local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit or local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214956) | 886
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount unclaimed by single pensioners of each sex aged 85 years or over entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit or local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit or local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214957) | 887
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of lone parents living in poverty and entitled to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit or local housing allowance, (b) council tax and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit or local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit or local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214958) | 888
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of single pensioners of each sex aged 85 years or over entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit or local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit or local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214959) | 889
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average amount unclaimed by single pensioners aged 85 years or over of each sex entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit or local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit or local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214960) | 890
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of couples with children with one or both parents working, living in poverty and who were entitled to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit or local housing allowance, (b) council tax benefit and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit or local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit or local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214961) | 891
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of working lone parents entitled to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit or local housing allowance, (b) council tax benefit and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit or local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit or local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214962) | 892
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new applications for jobseeker's allowance there were in each region in each month since January 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (214965) | 893
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for decisions to be taken on crisis loan applications in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (214966) | 894
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to each benefit delivery centre in each month since they were established; and if he will make a statement. | | (214967) | 895
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the gross annual cost of increasing the basic state pension to £124.05; and if he will make a statement. | | (215019) | 896
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of increasing the basic state pension to £124.05, net of reductions in income-related benefits and additional tax revenue; and if he will make a statement. | | (215020) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 897
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the (a) Yorkshire and Humberside (b) North West, (c) North East, (d) South East and (e) South West Regional Development Agency spent on tourism support in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (215405) | 898
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the budget for the Minimum Wage bus campaign is. | | [Transferred] (215494) | 899
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will list the (a) location and (b) date of each visit made by the Minimum Wage bus. | | [Transferred] (215495) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 900
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in discussions on a European charter for regional self-government. | | [Transferred] (215433) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 901
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what budget allocation to the Warm Front programme his Department (a) made in each year since the programme's establishment and (b) for each of the next three years. | | [Transferred] (215273) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 902
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to enforce decisions made by employment tribunals. | | [Transferred] (214802) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 903
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on advertising the Cycle to Work scheme in each year since the scheme began. | | [Transferred] (215704) | 904
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effect on carbon dioxide emmissions of the Cycle to Work scheme in each year since the scheme began. | | [Transferred] (215711) |
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