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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 15 July 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 15 July 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 15 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 15 July of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 15 July see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government has taken to protect consumers from excessive charges for replacement boilers. | | (218179) | 2
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its agencies spent on entertainment in each financial year since its establishment. | | (219257) | 3
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimates his Department has made of the potential reduction in energy consumption by replacing D-rated and below energy circulator pumps with A-rated energy circulator pumps in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic properties in the UK. | | (219190) | 4
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimates his Department has made of the amount of energy consumed by circulator pumps in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic properties in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (219191) | 5
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department provides to UK companies who export sporting firearms. | | (218924) | 6
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's budget will be for supporting UK companies in their exporting activities in each of the next five years, broken down by main category of expenditure. | | (218925) | 7
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the (a) income, (b) expenditure and (c) profitability of the (i) Linslade, (ii) Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, (iii) Eaton Bray, (iv) High Street South, Dunstable and (v) Luton Road, Dunstable post offices was in each of the last three years. | | (218993) | 8
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of the 2,500 post offices proposed for closure in May 2007 have been allowed to continue in operation. | | (218999) | 9
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): 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 London borough in each of the last five years. | | (219278) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 10
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much foreign direct investment into the UK was from Indian investors in each of the last five years. | | (219118) | 11
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nationals of each A8 country were receiving child benefit for a child or children living in another EEA member state at the end of June 2008; and in respect of how many such children child benefit was being paid on that date. | | (219241) | 12
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies spent on entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (219255) | 13
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the relative performance against objectives of HM Revenue and Customs staff at (a) Chorley, (b) Bolton, (c) Blackburn and (d) St Helens; when a Minister from his Department last visited each such office; and what (i) timetable and (ii) details for re-organisation of these offices (A) were originally announced to staff and (B) are now in place. | | (218858) | 14
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd July 2008, Official Report, column 966W, on HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC): Chorley, what the evidential basis is for his assessment that the effects on Chorley residents of the vacating of the HMRC office there will be minimal. | | (218926) | 15
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Lingmell House, Chorley are (a) full-time and (b) part-time; how many and what proportion of HMRC staff at this office will be (i) relocated, (ii) made redundant and (iii) undergo some other change in employment conditions as a result of HMRC plans; and if he will make a statement. | | (218928) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 16
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils received (a) temporary and (b) permanent exclusions from pupil referral units in school year 2006-07. | | (219261) | 17
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils attending pupil referral units were (a) convicted of a criminal offence and (b) received an official police caution in the school year 2006-07. | | (219263) | 18
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs in pupil referral units obtained one or more GCSEs at grades A* to C in the school year 2006-07. | | (219264) | 19
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many unauthorised absences there were of pupils in pupil referral units in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2006-07. | | (219265) | 20
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in pupil referral units were classed as persistent truants in school year 2006-07. | | (219266) | 21
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, of the cohort which began secondary school in 2003-04, how many were on the school register at the beginning of the school year in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2005-06 and (c) 2007-08. | | (219280) | 22
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on consultants working on the new 14 to 19 curriculum in each of the last 24 months. | | (219281) | 23
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been paid in bonuses to staff of each non-departmental body for which his Department has responsibility in the last 12 months. | | (219282) | 24
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many visits (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have made to schools which had fewer than 30 per cent. of their pupils in 2007 achieving five or more GCSEs at grade C or above including English and mathematics in the last 12 months. | | (219283) | 25
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of GCSE results at grade A* to C were achieved by schools that have had (a) full and (b) partial refurbishment under the Building Schools for the Future programme in each of the last five years. | | (219284) | 26
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Building Schools for the Future projects are planned to take place in schools which had fewer than 30 per cent. of their pupils achieving five or more GCSEs at grade C or above, including English and mathematics in 2007; and how much funding is due to be allocated to such schools for the programme. | | (219285) | 27
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the directors in his Department have been paid in bonuses in the last 12 months. | | (219286) | 28
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (219256) | 29
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons the results of the key stage 2 and key stage 3 tests which had been marked as at 8th July 2008 have been withheld from schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (219215) | 30
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young offender institutions he expects will offer teaching for the new diplomas in (a) September 2008, (b) September 2009 and (c) September 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (219237) | 31
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects his Department to spend on the education maintenance allowance in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (219238) | 32
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects of the education maintenance allowance on (a) improving retention and (b) widening participation in education; and if he will make a statement. | | (219239) | 33
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young offenders were assessed on reception into custody as having literacy and numeracy skills below level one at each young offender institution in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (219242) | 34
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of young offenders supervised by young offender institutions are in full-time education, training or employment; and if he will make a statement. | | (219243) | 35
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the attendance rate for timetabled education and training sessions in young offender institutions was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (219244) | 36
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of young people entering secure facilities were tested for literacy and numeracy skills in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (219245) | 37
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours per week of education young people in young offender institutions received on average in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (219246) | 38
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what targets his Department has set to improve the educational provision and performance of young offender institutions; what progress has been made towards meeting these targets; when each such target is to be met; and if he will make a statement. | | (219247) | 39
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of people in young offender institutions had a reading age of (a) entry level 1 and 2 and (b) entry level 3 in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (219248) | 40
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children entitled to but not taking up free school meals. | | (219226) | 41
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty who are not claiming free school meals. | | (219227) | 42
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what criteria he used to select the areas which will pilot the extended schools subsidy. | | (219228) | 43
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class size in primary schools in England and Wales was in each of the last five years; what effect the personalised learning initiative is expected to have on class sizes; and if he will make a statement. | | (218998) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 44
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many births were recorded to mothers under 16 years of age in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in each year since 1997. | | (218736) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 45
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homeless people in London in each of the last five years; what measures she plans to take to reduce the number of people who are homeless in London; and if she will make a statement. | | (218996) | 46
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of A-rated energy labelled circulator pumps installed in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic properties. | | (219267) | 47
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to include energy efficient circulator pumps within Part L of the Buildings Regulations for domestic and non-domestic properties; and if she will make a statement. | | (219268) | 48
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of families living in overcrowded conditions in each London borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (219276) | 49
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of social housing in each London borough is not of Decent Homes standard. | | (219277) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 50
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on staffing for the Government Olympic Executive in each year since 2004. | | (219270) | 51
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Ministers in his Department attended or plan to attend the (a) Ascot Race Week, (b) Henley Regatta, (c) Wimbledon Championships, (d) British Grand Prix, (e) Lords Test Matches and (f) Open Golf Championship in 2008. | | (218352) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 52
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies spent on entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (219254) | 53
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what planning assumptions his Department made regarding the unit cost of principal hydrocarbon fuels used by HM Armed Forces in determining its budget allocations for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (219233) | 54
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure incurred on fuels for the Armed Forces and Defence Fuel Groups was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (219234) | 55
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the financial effects on the defence budget of a rise in crude oil price of $1 per barrel. | | (219235) | 56
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on fuels in the financial year 2008-09; and what his Department's budget allocation for expenditure on fuel for 2008-09 was. | | (219236) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 57
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to regulate the activities of the Warm Front scheme to protect the consumer. | | (218180) | 58
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to develop a comprehensive food policy; and if he will include in the policy measures to reduce (a) food waste and (b) food miles. | | (219035) | 59
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (219253) | 60
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the prevention of disturbance to others by people persistently making amplified noise in public places without the permission of the relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement. | | (219033) | 61
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what remedies are available to people disturbed by persistent amplified noise in public places made (a) in the cause of political protest and (b) for other reasons; and if he will make a statement. | | (219034) | 62
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates his Department has made of the potential carbon dioxide savings of replacing D-rated and below energy circulator pumps with A-rated energy circulator pumps in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic properties in the UK. | | (219189) | 63
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the role of maize and trace element deficiency in the spread of M.bovis. | | (218918) | 64
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the cattle testing regime in preventing cattle-to-cattle transmission of bovine tuberculosis; and what representations he has received on the frequency of the tests under the regime. | | (218919) | 65
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates he has made of the number of cattle likely to be slaughtered under the bovine tuberculosis regime in the next three years. | | (218920) | 66
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Statement of 7th July 2008, Official Report, columns 1157-8, on bovine TB, if he will publish the evidence which underlay his evaluation of the PCR test reported to the House on 7th July 2008. | | (219028) | 67
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will give a breakdown of his Department's expenditure on bovine tuberculosis expenditure in 2007-08 by main budget heading; what estimate he has made of such expenditure for the rest of the current Comprehensive Spending Review period; and what assumptions underlay that estimate. | | (219029) | 68
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what budget heading expenditure on vaccination against bovine tuberculosis will be incurred over the next three years. | | (219030) | 69
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the expenditure from the (a) bovine tuberculosis budget and (b) animal health budget required for the vaccination policy announced on 7th July 2008 which is additional to original allocations under those headings. | | (219031) | 70
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken of pre-movement testing of cattle. | | (219032) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 71
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of the Stabilisation Unit are working in Afghanistan. | | (218915) | 72
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department took second language training in each of the last five years; and what the five languages in which training was most frequently undertaken were. | | (218922) | 73
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of opium produced in Afghanistan in each of the last five years; and what proportion is estimated to have been produced in Helmand province in each such year. | | (218923) | 74
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies spent on entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (219258) | 75
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Thurrock of 20th May 2008 on the visit to the US of HRH the Prince of Wales in 2006; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply to the letter. | | (218927) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 76
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered care homes for the elderly there were in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each year since 2001. | | (219120) | 77
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were resident in registered care homes for the elderly in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each year since 2001. | | (219121) | 78
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered with general practitioners in England in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area. | | (218644) | 79
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists are working on primary care lists in England; how many people were on waiting lists for NHS dental treatment at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219232) | 80
N | Mr John MacDougall (Glenrothes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the black market in human organs is stopped; and if he will make a statement. | | (219129) | 81
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged under 18 have been admitted to hospitals in England and Wales with illnesses associated with the consumption of alcohol in each of the last five years. | | (218995) | 82
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the membership of Surrey primary care trust's exceptional cases panel is. | | (219218) | 83
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used by Surrey primary care trust's exceptional cases panel to assess requests for exceptional funding. | | (219219) | 84
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the exceptional cases panel of Surrey primary care trust accepts requests for funding exceptional cases from (a) patients and (b) clinicians. | | (219220) | 85
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many young people in (a) Ashfield and (b) Huntercombe young offender institution were transferred to St Andrew's hospital, Northampton in each year since 2000. | | (219222) | 86
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assessment and treatment beds were commissioned for young people in each year since 2000. | | (219223) | 87
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were awaiting access to a medium secure hospital bed for young people at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (219224) | 88
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medium secure hospital beds are available for young people with learning disabilities. | | (219225) | 89
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average time between initial assessment by a psychiatrist at (a) Ashfield and (b) Huntercombe young offender institution and transfer to a medium secure hospital for young people funded by a primary care trust. | | (219240) | 90
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether each primary care trust employs a medical director. | | (219193) | 91
| Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have appraised every general practitioner in their area in each of the last three years. | | (219231) | 92
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the influence of smoking imagery on young people. | | (218849) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 93
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the percentage of Metropolitan Police officers who are (a) in uniform and (b) in plain clothes at any one time. | | (218994) | 94
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what conditions govern the access by local authorities to telecommunications data stored under the provisions of the Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007. | | (219214) | 95
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) follows in recording allegations of child abuse which have not been proven; how many such allegations are on CRB records; what the procedure for the removal of an unfounded allegation is; and if she will make a statement. | | (219213) | 96
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many trafficked persons have been placed in (a) the fast track system and (b) the new asylum model since March 2007. | | (219279) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 97
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what consideration has been given to publishing electronic versions of bill amendment papers in PDF format. | | (219192) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 98
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many speech and language therapists are employed in pupil referral units. | | (219229) | 99
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the average time taken by graduates to pay off student loans following receipt of a salary of £15,000 per annum was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (218997) | 100
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the maximum amount of (a) grant and (b) loan available to students completing (i) clinical and (ii) research positions during a mandatory sandwich year forming part of an undergraduate degree course is. | | (219209) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 101
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department took second language training in each of the last five years; and what the five languages in which such training was most frequently undertaken were. | | (218921) | 102
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in the UK relief and reconstruction effort in areas affected by the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan. | | (218738) | 103
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK relief and reconstruction aid in Bangladesh following the November 2007 cyclone. | | (218741) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 104
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9th July 2008, Official Report, column 1620W, on offensive weapons: young people, what sentence was imposed in each case in each year; and, where fines were imposed, what the (a) smallest, (b) largest and (c) average fine imposed was in each year. | | (219119) | 105
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in custody aged 17 years old were placed on wings with adult female prisoners in each of the last 12 months, broken down by prison; how long each spent on those wings; and what the reasons were for those transfers or placements. | | (219122) | 106
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what facilities there are for the detoxification of children in each (a) secure training centre, (b) secure children's home and (c) young offender institution. | | (219123) | 107
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women in custody aged 17 years have been placed in adult prison detoxification units in the last 12 months, broken down by prison; and how long each stayed in those units. | | (219124) | 108
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has commissioned on the effects of providing speech and language therapy in young offender institutions and secure training centres in the last three years. | | (219217) | 109
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of juvenile offenders were attending school at the time of their conviction in 2007. | | (219230) | 110
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what facilities there are to provide healthcare to young people at Parc (a) prison and (b) young offender institution. | | (219221) | 111
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for the fraudulent registration of vehicles in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (218916) | Questions to the Leader of the House 112
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Leader of the House, how many hon. Members claimed additional costs allowance in respect of a second home (a) in London, (b) in the hon. Member's constituency and (c) elsewhere in the last period for which figures are available. | | (218857) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 113
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much CLM has been paid since its appointment as an Olympic contractor; and how much it is expected to be paid over the duration of the contract. | | (219260) | 114
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what consultancy contracts have been issued in relation to the 2012 Olympics in each year since 2004; and what the (a) value of contract, (b) purpose of contract and (c) contractor was in each case. | | (219262) | 115
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people are employed by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG); what the staffing costs of LOCOG will be in 2008-09; and how many of LOCOG's staff work on (a) project management, (b) legacy planning and (c) financial oversight. | | (219272) | 116
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people were employed by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) at the most recent date for which figures are available; what the staffing costs of the ODA will be in 2008-09; and how many of the ODA's staff work on (a) project management, (b) legacy planning and (c) financial oversight. | | (219273) | 117
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much was paid to KPMG as Olympic advisers in each year since its contract began. | | (219274) | Questions to the Prime Minister 118
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Prime Minister, what steps have been taken to implement the proposals to bring the work of the Intelligence and Security Committee into line with that of Select Committees as far as possible in line with the proposals in the Green Paper, the Governance of Britain; and if he will make a statement. | | (218859) | Questions to the Solicitor General 119
| Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress the Serious Fraud Office has made in its investigations into allegations against BAe Systems; and if she will make a statement. | | (219216) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 120
N | Roger Berry (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will urge local authorities to stop the introduction of shared surfaces schemes until the completion of her Department's research in this area. | | (218856) | 121
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of vehicles which travel each day during peak periods between Bury and Manchester on the M66; and if she will make a statement. | | (217013) | 122
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of costs to the economy of (a) the North West and (b) the UK arising from motorway closures in 2007. | | (219098) | 123
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued on the enforcement of parking restrictions in areas denoted by zig-zag road markings outside school gates. | | (218461) | 124
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in occurrences of injuries to (a) children and (b) adults caused by traffic outside school gates. | | (218462) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 125
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Wales who smoked in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (218737) | 126
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (219259) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 127
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of income-based claimants who will be (a) better and (b) worse off following the introduction of Employment and Support Allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (218917) | 128
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for (a) crisis loans, (b) budgeting loans and (c) community care grants were received 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. | | (219194) | 129
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of housing benefit recipients received backdated payments (a) in total and (b) for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219195) | 130
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average sum received for backdated housing benefit was (a) in total and (b) per month for housing benefit recipients who received backdated payments for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219196) | 131
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of recipients of backdated housing benefit had incomes below 60 per cent. of median income before housing costs (a) before and (b) after receiving backdated housing benefit in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219197) | 132
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on backdated payments of housing benefit in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) broken down by the smallest geographical area for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219198) | 133
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of working age council tax benefit recipients received backdated payments (a) in total and (b) for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219199) | 134
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioner council tax benefit recipients received backdated payments (a) in total and (b) for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219200) | 135
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average sum received in backdated council tax benefits was (a) in total and (b) per month by working age council tax benefit recipients who received backdated payments for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219201) | 136
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the average sum received in backdated council tax benefits was (a) in total and (b) per month by pensioner council tax benefit recipients who received backdated payments for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219202) | 137
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on levels of (a) child poverty and (b) pensioner poverty of the Department's proposals to reduce the backdating period for council tax benefit; and if he will make a statement. | | (219203) | 138
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department on backdated payments of council tax benefit in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) broken down by the smallest geographical area for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219204) | 139
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pension credit recipients received backdated payments (a) in total and (b) for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months, broken down by (A) guarantee credit and (B) savings credit in each of the last five financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (219205) | 140
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average sum received in backdated pension credit was (a) in total and (b) per month for pension credit recipients who received backdated payments for a period covering (i) up to three months, (ii) between three and six months and (iii) between six and 12 months in each of the last five financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (219206) | 141
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of recipients of backdated pension credit benefit had incomes below 60 per cent. of median income before housing costs (a) before and (b) after receiving backdated pension credit in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (219207) | 142
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Department has made of the likely effect on pensioner poverty of the Department's proposals to reduce the backdating period for pension credit; and if he will make a statement. | | (219208) | 143
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of its proposals to reduce the backdating period for housing benefit on levels of (a) homelessness, (b) child poverty and (c) pensioner poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (219269) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 144
N | Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress the Government has made in its prison capacity building programme. | | [Question Unstarred] (218567) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 145
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many people are employed by the Olympic Lottery Distributor; and at what cost in 2008-09. | | [Transferred] (219271) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 146
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in each London borough were living in poverty in each of the last 10 years, broken down by ethnicity. | | [Transferred] (219275) |
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