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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 1 July 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 1 July 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 1 July of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 1 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 1 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 147-150W, on UK Trade and Investment: manpower, how many staff are based in Cambridge. | | (215795) | 2
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 20th June 2008, Official Report, columns 1247-48W, on foreign investment in the UK, what percentage the figure given represents of all takeovers which occurred in the relevant timescale. | | (215796) | 3
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff worked for UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) in April 2008; and what UKTI's budget is for 2008-09. | | (215437) | 4
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many UK Trade and Investment staff worked in each of the organisation's sectors in April 2008; and what the budget for each sector is in 2008-09. | | (215438) | 5
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the head of the UK Trade and Investment's Defence and Security Organisation will be appointed. | | (215439) | 6
N | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who is on the UK Trade and Investment Defence Sector Advisory Group. | | (215440) | 7
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years. | | (215379) | 8
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which business leaders he and his predecessor have met in the last 12 months to discuss family-friendly working practices. | | (215782) | 9
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on the law on temporary and agency workers from representatives of the recruitment industry in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (215785) | 10
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what grants were made by his Department and its predecessor to (a) Tamworth Borough Council and (b) Staffordshire County Council in each year since 1997; and for how much in each case. | | (215777) | 11
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of businesses in (a) West Midlands and (b) each parliamentary constituency in the West Midlands are small businesses. | | (215778) | 12
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215911) | 13
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department has provided to the furniture industry which meets the criteria of the EU Structural Funds Priority Status in the last three years. | | (215723) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 14
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was raised for charities through payroll giving in the last year for which figures are available. | | (215788) | 15
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints his Department has received on the tax credit system from residents in Tamworth constituency in the last 12 months. | | (215838) | 16
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Tamworth constituency were in receipt of child tax credit in each year since the tax credit was introduced; and how much was paid in credits in that area in each such year. | | (215839) | 17
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215886) | 18
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of collecting excise duty in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (214611) | 19
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of collecting corporation tax in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (214612) | 20
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Exchequer received from (a) fuel duty and (b) value added tax on fuel in the last 12 months. | | (214613) | 21
| Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much he expects to spend on his Department's childcare voucher scheme in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215798) | 22
| Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected (a) oil and (b) gas price used in the assumptions for modelling the North Sea oil and gas element of corporation tax was in each Budget since 1997. | | (215732) | 23
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the cost of an enquiry into self assessment tax returns HM Revenue and Customs will pay, with particular reference to those which show no irregularities; and if he will make a statement. | | (215339) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 24
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of those students who were offered places at either Oxford or Cambridge University in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007 were in receipt of free school meals. | | (215740) | 25
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of looked-after children in Staffordshire were entered for (a) no, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four and (f) five GCSEs in each of the last five years. | | (215804) | 26
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of looked-after children in Staffordshire achieved five or more GCSEs at grade C or above in each of the last five years. | | (215805) | 27
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in secondary education in Staffordshire was classed as persistent absentees in each of the last five years. | | (215806) | 28
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sure Start centre staff in helping children to develop language skills. | | (215807) | 29
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Tamworth constituency took up free nursery places in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215809) | 30
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of schools in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Staffordshire have disposed of playing fields since 1998. | | (215825) | 31
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children's centres there are in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire. | | (215826) | 32
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what occupations his Department defines as non-traditional occupations for girls when assessing the progress Connexions has made in encouraging girls into all occupations. | | (215854) | 33
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215882) | 34
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the total financial allocation per pupil was in each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in Hemsworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (215733) | 35
| Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities on the allocation of dedicated schools grant funding. | | (215734) | 36
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of 16 to 18 year olds were in full-time education or training in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (215814) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 37
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average fully-loaded cost is of a full-time equivalent member of staff of his Department working in Whitehall. | | (215783) | 38
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department spent on away days located outside his Department's buildings in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (215784) | 39
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many mothers are in employment. | | (215787) | 40
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were employed in the shipbuilding industry in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997; and how many people aged (i) 25 years and under and (ii) 26 years and over there were in each category. | | (215721) | 41
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people resident in Tamworth Borough Council area over the age of 65 years died during the winter months in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement. | | (215768) | 42
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in (a) Tamworth and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years. | | (215769) | 43
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in (a) Tamworth and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years. | | (215770) | 44
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215912) | 45
N | Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent estimate he has made of the average proportion of household incomes which will be paid in council tax in 2008-09. | | (214855) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 46
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of households in each household income group who lived in homes in each council tax valuation band on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (215830) | 47
| Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples who lived in homes in each council tax band on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (215833) | 48
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the number of rough sleepers is, broken down by (a) sex and (b) age group. | | (215802) | 49
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authority areas in the West Midlands had the (a) highest and (b) lowest levels of deprivation in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215828) | 50
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council dwellings have been (a) sold and (b) built in Tamworth constituency since 1997. | | (215846) | 51
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215913) | 52
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities are due to receive a negative Housing Revenue Account Subsidy in 2008-09; what the level of each negative subsidy is; and how many local authority tenants there are in each of these local authorities. | | (215903) | 53
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is expected to be (a) collected in negative subsidy and (b) allocated in positive subsidy in the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system in 2008-09. | | (215904) | 54
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy is expected to be retained by the Exchequer in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (215905) | 55
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on (a) the respective responsibilities of the Thames Gateway and the East of England Regional Assembly in respect of regeneration in Essex and (b) overlap in these responsibilities; and if she will make a statement. | | (214422) | 56
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the division of responsibilities between the Thames Gateway and the East of England Regional Assembly is; what mechanisms are in place for co-ordination of their activities; what geographical area each covers; and if she will make a statement. | | (214423) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 57
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to bring forward amendments to the Gambling Act 2005 to ensure that bookmakers' list positions are recognised beyond 2012; and if he will make a statement. | | (215906) | 58
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18th June 2008, Official Report, column 50WS, on Education, Youth and Culture Council, for what reasons a Welsh Assembly Government Minister represented the UK. | | (215059) | 59
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he (a) has recently taken and (b) plans to take to improve sporting links between the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. | | (215775) | 60
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has provided to (a) amateur sports clubs and (b) sport in schools in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997. | | (215776) | 61
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215915) | 62
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what usability and access standards are required of equipment suppliers to the digital switchover help scheme; and whether one-touch access to audio description is a specific requirement. | | (215900) | 63
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what arrangements he requires the digital switchover help scheme contractor to have in place regarding disability equality impact assessments of decisions on the selection of Help Scheme equipment providers. | | (215901) | 64
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether digital television equipment providing talking menus and a talking programme guide will be available to disabled persons in Wales via the digital switchover help scheme from 2009 onwards. | | (215902) | 65
| Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many projects and organisations in Leicester have received Arts Council funding in the last 12 months. | | (215731) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 66
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years. | | (215375) | 67
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that UK nuclear weapons susceptible to popcorning, with particular regard to (a) their resistance to multiple simultaneous impacts and (b) replacing the explosive currently used to surround the plutonium cores; and if he will make a statement. | | (215791) | 68
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US nuclear weapons are maintained at (a) RAF Lakenheath, (b) other UK mainland bases and (c) UK bases overseas; and if he will make a statement. | | (215792) | 69
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by AWE plc in each year since 2003. | | (215793) | 70
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of annual leave was not taken by service personnel in each year since 2001. | | (215837) | 71
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215916) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 72
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will have responsibility for monitoring voluntary breeding schemes which are not supported by the Kennel Club. | | (215719) | 73
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role his Department will play in monitoring the Kennel Club's Accredited Breeders Scheme. | | (215720) | 74
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress has been made in discussions with the Kennel Club on pedigree dog breeding and inherited health conditions. | | (215739) | 75
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition he uses of dog code, as used in his Department's guidance on the Animal Welfare Act 2006. | | (215741) | 76
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to sign the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals. | | (215832) | 77
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24th June 2008, Official Report, column 166W, on flood control: Bournemouth, what steps the Government plans to take in response to representations on potential flooding in Hengistbury Head, Bournemouth. | | (215374) | 78
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years. | | (215378) | 79
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to relocate the Commission for Rural Communities; and if he will make a statement. | | (214808) | 80
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the planned budget for the Commission for Rural Communities is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2010-11. | | (214809) | 81
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people are employed by the Commission for Rural Communities; and how many are expected to be employed by it in each of the next three years. | | (214810) | 82
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th June 2008, Official Report, column 531W, on agriculture: young people, for what reason no further commitments of funding have been made; and if he will make a statement. | | (215060) | 83
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance he has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) the Forestry Commission on illegal raves. | | (215345) | 84
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value of Warm Front grants made to people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England was of the Warm Front scheme. | | (215717) | 85
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the grant limits for the Warm Front scheme will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement. | | (215718) | 86
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for (a) heating measures and (b) insulation measures to be introduced under the Warm Front Scheme in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) England in each year since the inception of the scheme. | | (215724) | 87
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many backboilers have been replaced under the Warm Front Scheme in (a) Jarrow Constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since the inception of the scheme. | | (215725) | 88
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have received a Warm Front Scheme grant in (a) Jarrow Constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since its inception. | | (215726) | 89
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was collected from concessionary rod licencees in each of the last five years. | | (215820) | 90
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215918) | 91
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the continuance of subsidies for European tobacco crops. | | (214614) | 92
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the (a) establishment and (b) annual operation of the proposed telephone flood warning system. | | (215278) | 93
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure the privacy of the people whose details will be contained on the proposed telephone flood warning system. | | (215300) | 94
N | Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to seek the introduction of a British Standard for flood resistant products in connection with Planning Policy Guidance 25. | | (214847) | 95
| Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd April 2008, Official Report, column 2060W, on departmental property, whether (a) anyone was convicted for theft of the television and (b) the incident was recorded on CCTV; and what steps were taken to improve security following the incident. | | (215794) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 96
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk of 26th February 2008, Official Report, column 1364W, on investment in Burma, what progress has been made in discussions between the UK and EU partners on restrictive measures against Burmese companies as agreed at the October 2007 General Affairs and External Relations Council; whether a full prohibition on new investment in enterprises in Burma engaged in the logging, timber and mining of metals and minerals industries is under consideration; and what assessment he has made of the effect of Cyclone Nargis on discussions on restrictive measures at EU level. | | (214421) | 97
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what conditions must be satisfied by appointees to the European Commission; and what assessment he has made of the compliance of Jacques Barrot's appointment with those conditions. | | (215346) | 98
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 8th February 2007 by Lord Triesman, PQ HL1749, what his most recent estimate is of the costs of producing morphine in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Australia; and on what bases the costs are estimated. | | (215441) | 99
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard British nationals resident in Zimbabwe. | | (215842) | 100
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215919) | 101
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Iceland on the resumption of commercial whaling by Iceland. | | (214610) | 102
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors are taken into account when deciding whether to sign the protocols of nuclear-free zones. | | (215706) | 103
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which protocols of nuclear-free zones the UK is a signatory. | | (215707) | 104
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to sign the protocols of those nuclear-free zones for which the UK is not yet a signatory. | | (215708) | 105
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what advice his Department gives on the safety of travel to Zimbabwe for (a) Zimbabwean citizens and (b) citizens of other countries who have close links with the Movement for Democratic Change; and if he will make a statement. | | (215928) | 106
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary over deportations to Zimbabwe. | | (215929) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 107
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years. | | (215376) | 108
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to spearhead primary care trusts on the reduction of health inequalities for people with epilepsy. | | (215907) | 109
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to monitor progress towards implementation in 2015 of the National Service Framework for Long-Term Neurological Conditions. | | (215908) | 110
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what improvements to the care and support of pregnant women with epilepsy have been introduced since the Action Plan for Epilepsy of 2003. | | (215909) | 111
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide guidance to local NHS organisations to ensure implementation of the 11 quality requirements within the National Service Framework for Long-Term Neurological Conditions. | | (215910) | 112
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) health visitors, (b) nursery nurses, (c) support workers and (d) midwives there were in Hertfordshire in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (215786) | 113
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) births, (b) stillbirths and (c) neonatal deaths there were in NHS operated units of each NHS Hospital Trust area in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007. | | (215728) | 114
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve NHS healthcare services for dementia sufferers. | | (215759) | 115
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of newly-registered nurses who came from non-EU countries in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215760) | 116
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of women in Tamworth constituency have received cervical smear tests within the recommended period of time in the last 12 months. | | (215761) | 117
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients had gastric bypass surgery in hospitals in each of the last three years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) sex and (b) age. | | (215762) | 118
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population which consumes less than five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. | | (215763) | 119
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between ecstasy use and psychosis. | | (215764) | 120
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between crystal methamphetamine use and psychosis. | | (215765) | 121
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many ambulances have been decommissioned by the NHS in each of the last five years for which records are available. | | (215766) | 122
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the survival rate from testicular cancer in (a) spearhead primary care trusts and (b) England was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215767) | 123
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what per capita public expenditure on cancer care within South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215800) | 124
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what per capita public expenditure on dementia care within South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215801) | 125
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for radiotherapy treatment in South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215803) | 126
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children are registered with NHS general dental practices in the South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area; and how many were registered at Tamworth practices in each year since 1997. | | (215808) | 127
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on treating bone cancer in young people in Staffordshire in each of the last five years; and what the rate of success was in each year. | | (215810) | 128
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) private, (b) public and (c) voluntary sector homes for the elderly in (i) Tamworth constituency and (ii) Staffordshire were inspected by the Commission for Social Care Inspection in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (215811) | 129
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints were (a) made to and (b) upheld by (i) by complaint structures at local level and (ii) the Health Service Commissioner arising from services provided by hospitals in South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area in each of the last five years. | | (215847) | 130
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the GP to patient ratio within the South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area was in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215848) | 131
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average remuneration per full-time equivalent NHS general dental practitioner is in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire; and what it was in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each of the last 10 years. | | (215849) | 132
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on NHS general dental services in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in each of the last 10 years. | | (215850) | 133
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of the (a) adult and (b) child population of the South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area were registered with a dental practitioner in 2007. | | (215851) | 134
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent NHS general dental practitioners there are in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire; and how many there were in each of the last two years. | | (215852) | 135
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate the Government has made of the number of deaths from preventable illnesses in each of the last two years. | | (215853) | 136
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215920) | 137
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned or evaluated on the physical and psychological effects of (a) using cannabis and nicotine together and (b) using each substance individually. | | (215722) | 138
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to announce his decision on the reconfiguration of maternity and cardiac services in the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust area. | | (215279) | 139
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he intends to give to the National Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation on the need to protect the flow of funding to those areas with the greatest health deprivation. | | (215705) | 140
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in England are receiving NHS treatment for HIV/AIDS. | | (215797) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 141
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Metropolitan Police spent on forensic science services in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (215443) | 142
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) special constables and (c) police community support officers were based in Bournemouth in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215340) | 143
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on whether the 999 emergency telephone number may be used to report all categories of crime; and if she will make a statement. | | (215714) | 144
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone calls made to emergency 999 telephone operators in which the caller wished to report a crime were not treated as an appropriate 999 call in (a) North Kent, (b) Kent and (c) England and Wales in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (215715) | 145
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many telephone calls reporting crimes were made to (a) the 999 emergency number and (b) local police stations in the latest period for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the average (i) cost and (ii) duration of such calls. | | (215716) | 146
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the categories of crime which may be reported via the 999 telephone number. | | (215727) | 147
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of adding DNA samples to the National DNA database in each year since 1995. | | (215821) | 148
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with offences relating to fox hunting in each police force area in each of the last two years. | | (215822) | 149
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to improve policing in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire since 1997. | | (215823) | 150
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases CCTV evidence was used to detect a crime in each year since 1998. | | (215844) | 151
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215922) | 152
N | Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State (Borders and Immigration) plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Salisbury of 9th May 2008 on the visit of a Cambodian national to the UK. | | (214455) | 153
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications the Government has received from citizens of Zimbabwe in each of the last five years; how many of those applications were seeking protection from political persecution in each year; and how many people in both categories were (a) granted and (b) refused leave to remain in Britain. | | (215841) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 154
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the staff who will be given access to documentation submitted by hon. Members to the Parliamentary authorities to undertake work to redact personal information from information to be published in autumn 2008 will be permanent or temporary staff; what security checks will have been carried out on those staff; and if he will make a statement. | | (215446) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 155
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what courses in which 10 foreign languages were studied by the most students in universities in England in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many studied each. | | (215827) | 156
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215892) | 157
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision for adult education in North Yorkshire. | | (215730) | 158
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students received monies from Learning Skills Council funding in North Yorkshire in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (215738) | 159
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he has had discussions with the University of Essex on proposals by that University to enter into a public-private partnership with the private education company INTO; and if he will make a statement. | | (215442) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 160
N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department provides for the Debt Sustainability Framework (DSF); and if he will list the beneficiaries of the programmes organised by the DSF. | | (215641) | 161
N | Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department takes to support poor and indebted African nations from the negative effects of vulture funds. | | (215642) | 162
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate transparency in the reporting of AIDS funding in health budgets of those nations receiving UK aid. | | (215729) | 163
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215890) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 164
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of false claims made in the small claims court and (b) the number of such false claims which have led to defendants gaining poor credit ratings in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (215342) | 165
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates are expected to leave the magistracy in the financial year 2008-09. | | (215779) | 166
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates are employed in courts in Wales; how many of those are expected to leave the magistracy in 2008-09; and how many magistrates his Department expects to recruit to courts in Wales in 2008-09. | | (215780) | 167
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many press, marketing and communications staff are employed by the Information Commissioner's office. | | (215781) | 168
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations his Department and its predecessor have received from children's charities on mediation in family disputes; and if he will make a statement. | | (215881) | 169
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people from (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire committed suicide while in prison and (i) on and (ii) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (215815) | 170
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ex-offenders were arrested for drug offences within a fortnight of leaving prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215816) | 171
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ex-offenders committed suicide within a fortnight of leaving prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215817) | 172
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are used in considering the location of a titan prison. | | (215824) | 173
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women aged 30 to 50 years committed suicide in prison while (a) on and (b) not on suicide watch in each of the last 10 years. | | (215829) | 174
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215889) | 175
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown Court to assist defendants who are either blind or partially sighed. | | (215898) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 176
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials work in his Department. | | (215790) | 177
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to erect additional fixed speed cameras in Northern Ireland. | | (215735) | 178
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much revenue has been generated from fines imposed as a result of offences detected by speed cameras in each council area in Northern Ireland in each year since 2003. | | (215736) | 179
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many fixed speed cameras are in operation in each council area in Northern Ireland. | | (215737) | Questions to the Prime Minister 180
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Prime Minister, in what venues either he or his predecessors met the Dalai Lama in the last 30 years. | | (215835) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 181
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many officials work in his Department. | | (215789) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 182
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Speaker's Committee has made of the adequacy of information published by the Electoral Commission on numbers of donations reported late by regulated donees; and if he will make a statement. | | (215349) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 183
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the combined annual budget is for road and related infrastructure improvements for the South West; and on what criteria such funding is allocated. | | (215444) | 184
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 19th June 2008, Official Report, column 1067W, on railways: overcrowding, when her Department's formula to determine train capacity, derived from dividing the interior size of a passenger vehicle by 0.45 square metres, was first used; and whether the divisor in the formula has ever varied from 0.45 square metres. | | (214781) | 185
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on making traffic camera video footage available on the internet; and if she will make a statement. | | (215341) | 186
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of local authorities in England do not make concessionary bus travel freely available before 9.30 a.m.; and if she will make a statement. | | (215771) | 187
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents were caused by newly-qualified drivers in each of the last two years for which figures are available. | | (215772) | 188
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to facilitate an increase in the number of trains travelling between Tamworth and Birmingham. | | (215773) | 189
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to facilitate an increase in the number of trains travelling between Tamworth and London Euston, with particular regard to direct trains without intermediary stops. | | (215774) | 190
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215887) | 191
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to link increases in changes in motoring-related fees to rate of inflation measures by the Consumer Prices Index; and if she will make a statement. | | (215299) | 192
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the annual percentage increase in the level of fees set by Statutory Instruments Nos (a) 1581, (b) 1577 and (c) 1578 of 2008 are; and what account she took of the rate of inflation in setting these levels. | | (215301) | 193
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy to support the development of a high-speed rail link from London to Cardiff. | | (215445) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 194
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will discuss increasing Welsh trade representation at the British Embassy in Washington with the Foreign Secretary. | | (215812) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 195
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government has taken to encourage more disabled people to (a) apply for and (b) present themselves as candidates for election for public office. | | (215843) | 196
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what steps the Government Equalities Office has taken since its establishment to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill. | | (215883) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 197
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years. | | (215377) | 198
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18th June 2008 to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell, Official Report, column 974W, on social security benefits, how many working age incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance claimants in each ward of Birkenhead parliamentary constituency initiated their claim (a) before and (b) in or after 1997. | | (215347) | 199
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average level of pay of those moving off benefits into 100 per cent. commission jobs in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (215348) | 200
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9th June 2008, Official Report, column 22W, on income support: disabled, how many people claiming income support with disability premium are classed as incapacity benefit claimants because their national insurance contributions are paid by incapacity benefit. | | (215343) | 201
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget was for Equality 2025 in each of the last two years. | | (215344) | 202
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the volume of waste produced by it and sent to landfill in each of the last two years. | | (215884) | 203
| Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice Jobcentre Plus officers give to jobseeker's allowance claimants on their freedom to undertake in volunteering activities whilst claiming benefits. | | (215930) | 204
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effects on his Department's costs are expected to arise from the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in (a) October 2008 and (b) October 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (215750) | 205
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parent families he estimates will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in (a) October 2008, (b) October 2009 and (c) October 2010 are living on less than 60 per cent. of median income in each region; and if he will make a statement. | | (215751) | 206
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was between making a phone call and speaking to a member of staff for all calls made to his Department crisis loan numbers in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215752) | 207
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made in implementing the 0800 crisis loan number; and if he will make a statement. | | (215753) | 208
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of calls to benefit delivery centres were (a) answered by an operator, (b) discontinued before being answered by an operator and (c) answered by an operator within (i) one minute, (ii) five minutes and (iii) 10 minutes of calling in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (215754) | 209
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed in each benefit delivery centre in each month since they were established; and if he will make a statement. | | (215755) | 210
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal information relating to members of the public that has been lost by his Department or its agencies since 1997 has since been rediscovered in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (215756) | 211
| 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, where one or both were aged 85 years or over and living in poverty who were entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215757) | 212
| 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 pensioner couples where one or both were aged 85 years or over, who were entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215758) | 213
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are any circumstances in which 100 per cent. benefit payments can be appropriated by JobCentre Plus for repayment of (a) a crisis loan and (b) a budget loan when the recipient has defaulted on repayments; and if he will make a statement. | | (215813) | 214
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Department intends to spend before (a) October 2008, (b) October 2009 and (c) October 2010 on advertising and communicating to lone parents the changes to eligibility criteria for income support taking place on these dates; and if he will make a statement. | | (215831) | 215
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on advertising and communicating to lone parents the changes to eligibility criteria for income support taking place in October 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (215834) | 216
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effects on his Department's costs are expected to arise from the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking effect in October 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (215836) | 217
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentre Plus staff (a) have received specific training and (b) will receive specific training before October 2008 on the changes to eligibility criteria for income support affecting lone parents coming into effect in that month; and if he will make a statement. | | (215840) | 218
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of single pensioners aged 60 to 75 years or over were entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit/local housing allowance, (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, broken down by sex, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215885) | 219
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates his Department has made of the average amount unclaimed by single pensioners aged 60 to 75 years or over who were entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, broken down by sex, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215888) | 220
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimates his Department has made of the number and proportion of single pensioners aged 60 to 75 years or over were living on incomes below 60 per cent. of the median income level and who were entitled to but not claiming (a) guarantee credit and council tax benefit, (b) guarantee credit and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (c) guarantee credit, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, broken down by sex, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215891) | 221
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were subject to a County Court claim by his Department for defaulting on repayments of a (a) crisis loan and (b) budget loan in each year since 2003, broken down by the (i) on benefit caseload and (ii) off benefit caseload; and if he will make a statement. | | (215893) | 222
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimed benefits were dealt with through (a) benefit call centres, (b) Jobcentre Plus offices, (c) by home appointment, (d) via the internet and (e) other (i) in total and (ii) broken down by type of benefit in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215894) | 223
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were receiving jobseekers allowance in each month since 2005, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. | | (215895) | 224
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants had dependants under the age of 16 years in each year since 1997, broken down by sex of claimant; and if he will make a statement. | | (215896) | 225
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental and agency staff were reported as (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year between 1997 and 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (215899) | 226
| 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 working lone parents entitled to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit/local housing allowance, (b) council tax benefit and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215914) | 227
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of couples with children, where one or both parents are working, were entitled to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit/local housing allowance, (b) council tax benefit and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215917) | 228
| 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 couples with children, where one or both parents were working, who were entitled, to but not claiming (a) council tax benefit and housing benefit/local housing allowance, (b) council tax benefit and income support, (c) income support and housing benefit/local housing allowance and (d) income support, housing benefit/local housing allowance and council tax benefit, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215921) | 229
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of crisis loan applications were alignment payments in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (215923) | 230
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the terms of reference for the housing benefit review his Department is undertaking; and if he will make a statement. | | (215924) | 231
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of working age adults were in employment in each local authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (215925) | 232
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of working age adults with fewer than five GCSEs at grade A* to C were in employment in each local authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (215926) | 233
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of (a) crisis loans and (b) budgeting loans were being repaid at (i) 12 per cent., (ii) 10 per cent. and (iii) five per cent. in each year since 2003; and if he will make a statement. | | (215927) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 234
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much bush meat was seized on arrival into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (215818) | 235
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of the Association of British Insurers to discuss the level of administrative and cancellation fees charged by the insurance industry. | | [Transferred] (215712) | 236
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet members of the Competition Commission to discuss the fees charged by the insurance industry. | | [Transferred] (215713) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 237
N | Ms Dawn Butler (Brent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on her proposals for the transfer of assets to community groups; and what effect the Empowerment White Paper consultation will have on this process. | | [Question Unstarred] (214850) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 238
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the Core Standards for Better Health were met by hospitals in the South Staffordshire NHS Primary Care Trust area in the most recent period for which information is available; and which of the standards the hospitals did not meet in that period. | | [Transferred] (215845) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 239
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24th June 2008, Official Report, column 180W, on strip clubs, when the Government plans to make a statement on the outcome of its examination of measures necessary to support local communities in controlling lapdancing establishments. | | [Transferred] (215373) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 240
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of working age people had a degree or equivalent qualification in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (215819) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 241
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what percentage of contracts awarded to companies for the 2012 London Olympic Games has been awarded to foreign companies. | | [Transferred] (215897) |
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