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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Monday 15 September 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 15 September 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 September of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Monday 15 September of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 15 September see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital and (b) operating costs of the winning carbon capture and storage demonstration project proposal. | | (223505) | 2
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if his Department will bring forward proposals for subsidising renewable electricity generators in circumstances of rising prices for fossil fuels. | | (223660) | 3
N | Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the economic rent paid to renewable electricity generators in consumer subsidy; and what steps he is taking to minimise such costs. | | (223661) | 4
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what expenditure his Department incurred in retaining King Sturge to market the Berkeley Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Site; and whether the report on the work undertaken will be published. | | (223575) | 5
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness and transparency of handling fees charged to UK customers by international parcel delivery services. | | (223464) | 6
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of fuel poor households in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (223652) | 7
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has undertaken into the functions of regional development agencies in the last four years. | | (223335) | 8
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent research has been carried out by his Department into the procedures for small and medium enterprises to apply for regional development agency support. | | (223336) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 9
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue that would accrue to his Department annually as a result of auctioning (a) seven per cent. and (b) 10 per cent. of allowances under Phase II of the Emissions Trading Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (223562) | 10
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of duty each EU member state imposes on fuel for trains. | | (223588) | 11
N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms the Government is using to assess compensation payable to former Equitable Life policyholders. | | (223483) | 12
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the effect on (a) prize levels, (b) good causes revenue and (c) taxation revenues of a change to the taxation regime for the National Lottery from lottery duty to gross profits taxation. | | (223477) | 13
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of maintaining empty public buildings in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the amount by which this figure will change following the removal of empty property rate relief. | | (223538) | 14
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the suspension of stamp duty on the purchase of residential properties costing £175,000 or less will cost more than £600 million. | | (223539) | 15
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of residential property sales at prices between £125,000 and £175,000 that will take place in the year commencing 3rd September 2008 (a) with and (b) without the suspension of stamp duty, broken down by Government Office region. | | (223540) | 16
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse arising from the introduction of credit card processing fees for tax bills paid by telephone by credit card. | | (223541) | 17
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) alcohol and (b) entertainment in the last three months. | | (223542) | 18
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of residential properties that will be exempt from stamp duty as a result of the recent change in thresholds in each Government region in each of the next 12 months. | | (223565) | 19
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the evidential basis is for his analysis of the state of the economy contained in his interview published in the Guardian newspaper on 30th August 2008. | | (223566) | 20
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to extend the suspension of stamp duty announced on 2nd September 2008 for all properties up to the value of £175,000 to cover the whole of the 1 per cent. stamp duty band. | | (223484) | 21
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many homes Northern Rock has (a) repossessed and (b) initiated action to repossess in the last six months. | | (223626) | 22
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a table showing public expenditure per head of population for each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency and ranked from highest to lowest ratio. | | (223587) | 23
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of crates imported to the UK were screened or searched at UK ports by HM Revenue and Customs in 2006-07. | | (223591) | 24
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the excise duty lost on tobacco products due to smuggling in tax year (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08. | | (223663) | 25
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis has been undertaken of the potential cost to the Exchequer of introducing a track and trace system for tobacco products (a) exported to and (b) manufactured in the UK. | | (223664) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 26
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the real change in spending per school child has been (a) since 1997, (b) in the last 10 years and (c) in the last five years (i) in Waltham Forest, (ii) in Redbridge and (iii) nationally. | | (223659) | 27
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of headteachers who have left their post within six months of the completion of an Ofsted inspection of their school in each of the last five years. | | (223519) | 28
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many headteachers have left their post as a result of a stress-related illness in each of the last five years. | | (223520) | 29
N | Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether police forces will have access to the ContactPoint database; and if he will make a statement. | | (223504) | 30
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the total (a) number and (b) cost was of health visitors, midwives and community nursery nurses employed by Sure Start local programmes and paid for by the Sure Start Local Programme Block in 2007-08; and what the allocations are for these services in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (223642) | 31
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the total (a) number and (b) cost was of dedicated outreach workers employed by Sure Start local programmes and paid for by the Sure Start Local Programme Block in 2007-08; and what the allocations are for these services in each year from 2008-09 to 2010-11. | | (223643) | 32
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) measure and (b) offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by producing departmental documents. | | (223596) | 33
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that children from disadvantaged families have the same access to pre-school educational care as other children. | | (223557) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 34
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) employment rate and (b) the number in employment of the working age population was for (i) the UK population of working age, (ii) foreign nationals of working age, (iii) UK nationals of working age and (iv) UK born workers of working age in each quarter since 1st January 2007; and what the equivalent figures are for all persons in work irrespective of age. | | (223544) | 35
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) UK citizens and (b) people in the UK aged 16 to 24 years old were unemployed in each quarter of the last two years for which figures are available; and what the employment rate of each group was in each such quarter. | | (223547) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 36
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fire appliances there are in service in each brigade; and how many in each brigade carry (a) defibrillators and (b) other first aid equipment. | | (223465) | 37
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on the eco-town policy and its implementation in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how much it has spent on the policy and its implementation in relation to the Pennbury site in each such year; and what its planned expenditure on the eco-towns policy is (a) in relation to the Pennbury site and (b) in total in each financial year to 2012-13. | | (223512) | 38
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what forecast she has made of the likely number of residential property sales in each of the next 12 months. | | (223564) | 39
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which companies her Department has contracts with for the provision of cleaning services; and what the hourly rate of pay is for cleaners in her Department. | | (223611) | 40
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the FireControl Project from (a) Chief Fire Officers, (b) chairs of local fire authorities and (c) chairs of local authority companies since March 2008; and whether such representations have indicated opposition from fire authorities in their region to the move to regional control centres. | | (223612) | 41
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to introduce regional fire control centres in areas where the local fire authority opposes their introduction; under what authority such powers may be exercised; and what powers she has to enforce such action. | | (223613) | 42
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable for the regional fire control centres in England to be fully operational as a national network is. | | (223614) | 43
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the full business case for the FireControl Project. | | (223615) | 44
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether councillors who are members of a joint committee with another council are required to (a) sign the code of conduct and (b) maintain a separate register of interests for both the council to which they were elected and the council also represented on the joint committee; and what guidance the Standards Board for England has issued on this matter. | | (223616) | 45
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints of maladministration upheld by the Local Government Ombudsman resulted in a formal ruling that was not implemented by the local authority in question in each year since 1997-98; and to which local authorities such rulings related. | | (223617) | 46
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will abolish the English Regions Network. | | (223624) | 47
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people there are on housing waiting lists in each housing authority area in Cornwall and Devon; and what percentage of the population this represents in each housing authority area. | | (223586) | 48
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effects of home information packs on the incidence of (a) gazumping and (b) gazundering in the housing market. | | (223644) | 49
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the information collected from property information questionnaires will be sorted in an electronic database. | | (223645) | 50
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the maximum shelf life of each element of a commissioned home information pack is. | | (223646) | 51
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether data gatherers for energy performance certificates, who are not domestic energy assessors, will need to be accredited and undertake a Criminal Records Bureau check. | | (223647) | 52
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) councils and (b) housing associations are offering the Social Homebuy scheme. | | (223648) | 53
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that building affordable family homes is a key component of delivery for development in (a) Warrington and (b) other housing growth point areas. | | (223641) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 54
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the BBC's proposals to launch ultra-local web services do not distort local media markets. | | (223589) | 55
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meetings of the Programme Board and Steering Group convened to discuss the details of implementing the recommendations of Sir Brian McMaster's review, Supporting Excellence in the Arts. | | (223475) | 56
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards increasing participation in sport among people (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with a limiting disability, (c) from low socio-economic groups and (d) who are female; and what steps he plans to take to make further progress in these areas. | | (223476) | 57
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent funding decisions and levels of staffing at VisitBritain on his Department's progress towards the target of creating a £100 billion tourism industry by 2010. | | (223478) | 58
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who participated in 30 minutes of moderate intensity sport (a) once a week, (b) twice a week, (c) three times a week, (d) four times a week and (e) five times a week, broken down by (i) Government region and (ii) local authority area in each of the last three years. | | (223658) | 59
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £100 million funding for young people's sport announced by the Prime Minister in 2007 has been (a) allocated and (b) spent to date; and on what such funds have been spent. | | (223568) | 60
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what items have been recommended by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest as warranting a temporary export bar in each of the last five years. | | (223569) | 61
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many items that have been subject to a temporary export bar have been purchased before the expiration of the bar. | | (223570) | 62
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many temporary export bars his Department has placed on items in each of the last five years; and what items have been covered by such bars. | | (223571) | 63
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on participation rates of providing free access to swiming to those aged (a) over 60 and (b) under 16 years; and what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of implementing free swimming for (i) over 60s and (ii) under 16s. | | (223572) | 64
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with Sport England making the Institute of Groundsmanship a national partner; and if he will make a statement. | | (223467) | 65
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the maintenance regime of a sports facility which has received a capital award from Sport England is monitored; what guidance and advice other than on the terms and conditions included in grant offer letters is given to successful grant applicants at the (a) pre- and (b) post-application stages; and what information on sports turf maintenance is issued by his Department and Sport England to applicants. | | (223468) | 66
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether a revenue tail to fund maintenance staff is a requirement for applicants for capital awards from Sport England; what discussions he has had with Sport England on such a requirement; and if he will make a statement. | | (223469) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 67
N | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have registered for the Hungry Soldier scheme. | | (223495) | 68
N | Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost of employing an (a) Unit Welfare Officer and (b) padre is. | | (223501) | 69
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the agenda is for the NATO defence ministers' meeting in London on 18th September 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (223655) | 70
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK's policy on nuclear first use is; and if he will publish the relevant guidelines. | | (223656) | 71
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on Poland's hosting of US missile defence facilities and Russia's position on such hosting; and if he will make a statement. | | (223657) | 72
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) authorised establishment and (b) number of vacancies of each (i) battalion and (ii) other definition of army unit is; and what the comparative figures were on the same date in each of the calendar years (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007. | | (223466) | 73
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department includes military training in its definition of military co-operation in the context of the Madrid Declaration of 1989. | | (223532) | 74
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he was first informed of proposals for members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to attend Sandhurst. | | (223533) | 75
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the UK's Permanent Representation to the European Union and (b) the European Commission on military co-operation with China and the Madrid Declaration 1989. | | (223534) | 76
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department first arranged for students from the People's Liberation Army of China to attend Sandhurst. | | (223535) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 77
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to increase the proportion of allowances auctioned under Phase II of the Emissions Trading Scheme to 10 per cent.; and if he will make a statement. | | (223561) | 78
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tonnage of wet waste was collected from (a) households and (b) businesses in each local authority area in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (223506) | 79
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tonnage of wet waste was anaerobically digested by local authorities or their contractors in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what volume of biomethane was produced by these processes in each year. | | (223507) | 80
N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures have been put in place to ensure that rural areas affected by floods in 2007 will receive resources and assistance to establish effective flood resilience. | | (223480) | 81
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to determine whether the proposed Kingsnorth power station will deliver an absolute increase in energy efficiency; to what extent bringing the power station on line would deliver a greater degree of energy efficiency than existing plant; and what estimate he has made of the change in carbon dioxide emissions which would result from construction of the power station. | | (223574) | 82
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the number of farmers who have received none of the single farm payment they were due since the start of the scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (223605) | 83
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st July 2008, Official Report, column 766W, on the Commission for Rural Communities, how much funding each of his Department's (a) executive agencies and (b) sponsored bodies will receive for the 2009-10 financial year. | | (223606) | 84
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) fines and (b) interest payments for late payments of the single farm payment cost in each of the years that the scheme has been running; and if he will make a statement. | | (223607) | 85
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what occasions computer system failure has resulted in the inability of the Rural Payments Agency to (a) access historical records and (b) make payments in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (223608) | 86
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what systems are in place to create and safely store historical records relating to single farm payments. | | (223609) | 87
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme holds on which waste collection authorities have adopted collection policies which prohibit side waste. | | (223618) | 88
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Waste and Resources Action Programme has made of the scope for monthly collections of household residual rubbish. | | (223619) | 89
N | Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalties for waste receptacle related offences were issued in 2007-08. | | (223620) | 90
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 number of households in fuel poverty which are ineligible for assistance under the Warm Front scheme. | | (223651) | 91
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been for waste disposal offences in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) type of offence and (b) police force area. | | (223667) | 92
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement notices he has served on landowners under the Weeds Act 1959 in relation to (a) ragwort, (b) spear thistle, (c) creeping field thistle, (d) broad leaved dock and (e) curled dock in each year since 2004. | | (223592) | 93
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received in relation to ragwort in the last 12 months. | | (223593) | 94
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given to reviewing the regulations and legislation governing ragwort with a view to updating the provisions; and if he will make a statement. | | (223594) | 95
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to next review the Code of Practice on ragwort. | | (223595) | 96
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help domestic consumers on low and middle incomes to improve the energy efficiency of their homes; and if he will make a statement. | | (223668) | 97
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with OFWAT on the imposition of surface drainage charges on churches, schools and hospitals. | | (223536) | 98
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many spot checks were carried out under the Pets Travel Scheme at ports of entry into the UK in each year since 2000; and in what proportion of such checks a problem was detected. | | (223640) | 99
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 have been brought (a) in Leeds and (b) in total since the Act came into force, broken down by prosecuting agency. | | (223526) | 100
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of cows born annually in the UK prior to 1996; what estimate he has made of the number of cows which will have been culled by the Government by the end of 2008; and how many of these he expects will not meet the deadline for compensation. | | (223517) | 101
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many slaughterhouses available to cull cows born before 1996 there will be by the end of 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (223518) | 102
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of records relating to cows born in the UK before 1996 that have been lost; and if he will make a statement. | | (223537) | 103
N | Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding he has allocated for evaluation of the biodiversity value of areas of rainforest left within oil palm plantations; and if he will make a statement. | | (223543) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 104
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which countries' diplomatic missions have indicated to his Department that they will not pay the London congestion charge. | | (223471) | 105
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date his Department first made a response to the attack by Georgian forces on 7th August on residents of Russian origin in South Ossetia; what the response was; to whom it was made; whether any revision has been made to that response subsequently; and what discussions his Department has had with the government of Georgia on the matter. | | (223474) | 106
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedure will operate in relation to the UK's Atlantic seabed claim around Ascension Island; what the deadline is for objections to be made; who may object; what the deadline is for a decision on the claim; for what reasons the UK has made the claim; and if he will make a statement. | | (223487) | 107
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedures are in place to provide advice on security matters to British citizens making arrangements to travel overseas; to which countries such advice relates; and if he will make a statement. | | (223576) | 108
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether a report has been made available by the UN on the recent conflict in Abyei, Sudan; and what effect on the operation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement the conflict has had. | | (223577) | 109
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on the progress of Ukraine's Membership Action Plan to join the Alliance; and if he will make a statement. | | (223653) | 110
N | Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) European and (b) NATO counterparts on the test-firing by Russia of the RS-12M Topol missile on 27th August 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (223654) | 111
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions and what dates he has communicated with (a) members and (b) representatives of the Georgian government since 1st August 2008. | | (223567) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 112
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to abolish car parking charges at hospitals in England. | | (223627) | 113
N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are being used in reviewing the operation of dispensaries in doctors' surgeries in rural areas; and what safeguards are being put in place for the access of the elderly and vulnerable to such dispensing services. | | (223479) | 114
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has given to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel in each of the last five years. | | (223597) | 115
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the percentage of his decisions on healthcare reconfiguration that have (a) reflected and (b) rejected the view of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel; and if he will make a statement. | | (223598) | 116
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists per head of population there were in (a) Torbay and (b) England at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (223583) | 117
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to assist elderly people to avoid hypothermia during winter months. | | (223585) | 118
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the extent to which NHS trusts employ staff on short term contracts who have left other NHS employers with substantial severance packages; and if he will make a statement. | | (223499) | 119
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue a direction to the transport co-ordinator of the South West Thames Retrieval Service to reply to the letters sent to her by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling on (a)19th May and (b) 1st August 2008 on the death of a child in his constituency. | | (223473) | 120
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to require the strategic health authorities to reinstate the practice of awarding return to practice bursaries for midwifery, radiography and healthcare science. | | (223637) | 121
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to refer the use of Eculizumab to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for assessment. | | (223638) | 122
N | Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice he has received on the appropriateness of the incremental cost effectiveness ratio; and if he will make a statement. | | (223639) | 123
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration is being given to the role of track and trace systems for tobacco products in the current consultation on the future of tobacco controls; and if he will make a statement. | | (223590) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 124
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the likely effects of climate change on numbers of (a) immigrants and (b) asylum seekers entering the UK in the next 10 years. | | (223559) | 125
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of human trafficking were reported in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) the UK in each of the last five years; and how many of them led to a prosecution. | | (223628) | 126
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were reported in each police force area in each of the last 10 years; and what the detection rate in each police force area was in each such year. | | (223629) | 127
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in each police force in each of the last 10 years; and how many police officers there were per 1,000 population in each police force area in each year. | | (223630) | 128
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department provided for each police force in each of the last 10 years. | | (223631) | 129
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Airwave system will be implemented for police forces in the London area. | | (223508) | 130
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the guaranteed lifespan of the aerials used in the Airwave project is; and what preventative maintenance programme for these aerials has been put in place. | | (223509) | 131
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what options her Department has considered for integrating talk groups within the Airwave system; and what estimate it has made of the cost of implementing the preferred option. | | (223510) | 132
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with construction industry representatives on the inclusion of Airwave technology in large construction projects. | | (223511) | 133
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent she plans to implement the recommendations contained in the report by Louise Casey, Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime. | | (223503) | 134
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the annual cost to the British economy of crime. | | (223555) | 135
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of the PentiP computer system; and if she will make a statement on the timetable for its introduction. | | (223556) | 136
N | Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much on average it costs to employ a police constable in the London Borough of (a) Newham, (b) Hackney and (c) Tower Hamlets annually. | | (223527) | 137
N | Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many emergency calls were received by the police regarding incidents in (a) the London Borough of Newham, (b) the London Borough of Hackney, (c) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and (d) London in each of the last five years. | | (223528) | 138
N | Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents requiring police attendance were recorded in (a) the London borough of Newham, (b) the London borough of Hackney, (c) the London borough of Tower Hamlets and (d) London in each of the last five years. | | (223529) | 139
N | Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the capital spend on the police service in the London boroughs of (a) Newham, (b) Hackney and (c) Tower Hamlets was in each of the last five years. | | (223530) | 140
N | Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in the London boroughs of (a) Newham, (b) Hackney and (c) Tower Hamlets in each of the last five years. | | (223531) | 141
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers (a) private companies and (b) other organisations participating in community safety accreditation schemes have in each police force area. | | (223545) | 142
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) private companies and (b) other organisations are in the community safety accreditation scheme in each police force area; and how many people have been accredited by each such scheme to date. | | (223546) | 143
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK citizens have been accredited under community safety accreditation schemes since the inception of such schemes, broken down by nationality. | | (223548) | 144
N | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage change in the number of full-time police officers in Bolton North East has been since 1997. | | (223670) | 145
N | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much public funding has been spent on CCTV security cameras in Bolton North East since 1997. | | (223671) | 146
N | Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hoax 999 calls to the police there were in each of the last three years in (a) Bolton, (b) the North West and (c) England and Wales. | | (223672) | 147
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what appointment procedures individuals, organisations or companies providing interpretation services in detention or immigration centres are subject to; what account is taken of the specific needs of those in detention and immigration centres in such appointment procedures; whether specific training is provided for those working as interpreters; and if she will make a statement. | | (223573) | 148
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of rapes reported to the police which (a) involved and (b) did not involve excess alcohol use on the part of the victim or perpetrator resulted in (i) conviction for rape or sexual assault and (ii) pleas of guilty to rape or sexual assault in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (223513) | 149
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of rapes reported to the police which (a) involved and (b) did not involve excess alcohol use on the part of the victim or perpetrator resulted in a prosecution progressing to trial in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (223514) | 150
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers carried firearms as a regular part of their duties in each of the last 10 years in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police force area. | | (223601) | 151
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of co-operation between the political and military wings of Hezbollah in seeking to commit or support acts of terrorism in the UK. | | (223602) | 152
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private contractors have been granted access to personal data held by her Department in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (223603) | 153
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the guidance on police siren usage (a) in urban areas and (b) at night. | | (223496) | 154
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many waste disposal offences were recorded in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) type of offence and (b) police force area. | | (223666) | 155
N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under activity-based costing analysis, what the average (a) total direct staff cost, (b) total operational support cost, (c) total business support cost and (d) total cost excluding sustaining overheads was for providing police assistance for a (i) road traffic accident, (ii) public disorder incident, (iii) missing person case, (iv) sudden or suspicious death incident and (v) other non crime incident in each financial year since 2004. | | (223521) | 156
N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racially-motivated crimes were recorded in each police force area in each of the last five years. | | (223522) | 157
N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered (a) sex offenders and (b) paedophiles were resident in each police authority area in each of the last five years. | | (223523) | 158
N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) confectioners and tobacconists and (b) other retailers have been found to be selling tobacco products to those under the age of 16 years in each year since 1997; how many offences of selling tobacco products to those under the age of 16 years have been recorded in each such year; how many (i) fines and (ii) cautions were issued in respect of such offences in each year; and what the average fine imposed was in each year. | | (223524) | 159
N | Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of retailers selling video games or DVDs to underage customers were recorded in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997; how many (a) cautions and (b) fines were issued to such retailers in each year; and what the average fine imposed was in each year. | | (223525) | 160
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage refusal rate was for UK visas applied for by Iraqi citizens (a) at the British Embassy in Jordan and (b) overall in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (223493) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 161
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution his Department has made to the (a) Clean Technology Fund, (b) Strategic Climate Fund and (c) the DfID/Defra Environmental Transformation Fund to date; and what projects and initiatives have had allocations from each of those funds to date. | | (223558) | 162
N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with Zimbabwean authorities on the provision of humanitarian assistance to that country. | | (223481) | 163
N | Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with (a) the government of India and (b) non-governmental organisations on (i) improving sanitation in relief camps and (ii) provision of emergency supplies in the Sepaul, Madhepura, Saharsa and Araria districts of India affected by flooding. | | (223482) | 164
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what contribution his Department has made to humanitarian relief following the recent flooding in Bihar state, India; and if he will make a statement. | | (223579) | 165
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the outcomes were of the Accra conference on aid effectiveness; and if he will make a statement. | | (223581) | 166
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has allocated to support the training of accountants in Afghanistan; what support his Department has provided to the Afghanistan Society of Accounting Technicians; and if he will make a statement. | | (223582) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 167
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to increase the financial penalty arising from the issuance of a penalty notice for disorder. | | (223502) | 168
N | James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Witness Charter pilots in the 10 beacon areas. | | (223554) | 169
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (a) released from prisons and (b) who completed community sentences had already served one or more (i) custodial and (ii) community sentence, broken down by the number of previous sentences, in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (223515) | 170
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between the passing of a sentence for a community order and the defendant's becoming engaged in the activity or requirement ordered was in each criminal justice area in England and Wales in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (223516) | 171
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private contractors have been granted access to personal data held by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (223604) | 172
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether offenders' travelling time to and from community payback is counted within the number of hours set out in their community sentence. | | (223632) | 173
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have breached community payback or unpaid work equivalent conditions in each of the last three years; and of these how many received a (a) variation of their existing community sentence, (b) fine, (c) further community sentence, (d) custodial sentence of less than a month, (e) custodial sentence of between one to six months, (f) custodial sentence of between six months and one year and (g) custodial sentence of over one year. | | (223633) | 174
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for (a) unauthorised computer access, (b) unauthorised modification of data, (c) obstructing the Information Commissioner, (d) unauthorised use of data, (e) other breaches of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and (f) any other breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 were brought in each year since 2000. | | (223634) | 175
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been disciplined in each of the last three years for misconduct involving misuse of personal data. | | (223635) | 176
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of (a) unauthorised computer access, (b) unauthorised modification of data, (c) obstructing the Information Commissioner, (d) unauthorised use of data, (e) any other breaches of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and (f) any other breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 received (i) a fine, (ii) a community sentence, (iii) a custodial sentence and (iv) another disposal in each year since 2000. | | (223636) | 177
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the Electoral Commission's recent report Electoral Administration in the United Kingdom. | | (223485) | 178
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21st July 2008, Official Report, column 1247W, on prisons: mental health services, what the weekly cost is of commissioning treatment for an individual through a therapeutic community at (a) HMP Blundeston, (b) HMP Dovegate, (c) HMP Gartree, (d) HMP Grendon and (e) HMP Send; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the treatment of people in prisons with severe personality disorder. | | (223463) | 179
N | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the Electoral Commission's recommendation that changes to electoral law and regulation should not be introduced or commenced within the six months prior to an election. | | (223621) | 180
N | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable he proposes for the (a) parliamentary passage of the Political Parties and Elections Bill and (b) the (i) commencement and (ii) implementation of the Bill's provisions once enacted. | | (223622) | 181
N | Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to ensure that the proposed new trigger rules on election candidates spending will not come into force until final guidance on the application and operation of the rules has been issued by the Electoral Commission. | | (223623) | Questions to the Prime Minister 182
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Prime Minister, what matters were discussed at his meeting with bank representatives in April 2008; what undertakings were made by (a) him and (b) the bank representatives at the meeting; what decisions were made at the meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (223488) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 183
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the effects on (a) the local community and (b) regeneration in the King's Cross area of Network Rail's plans to close permanently pedestrian access routes to King's Cross and St Pancras rail stations from the north-east of the station complex; and if she will make a statement. | | (223472) | 184
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of electrifying one mile of railway. | | (223649) | 185
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from (a) road transport and (b) domestic aviation in each year since 1997. | | (223650) | 186
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times trains have been forced to wait for platform availability at York station in each of the last 52 weeks; what steps she is taking to provide more platform capacity at York station; and what steps she is taking to provide more car parking capacity at York station. | | (223599) | 187
N | Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by the Highways Agency on litter collection from land for which it is the responsible authority in each of the last 10 years. | | (223665) | 188
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sources of public funding bus operators can access to support their provision of services; and against what criteria applications for payments from such sources are determined. | | (223584) | 189
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the likely effects of using lane space for (a) hard shoulder running, (b) car share lanes and (c) tolled lanes. | | (223497) | 190
N | Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership on proposals to introduce unmarked speed cameras. | | (223498) | 191
N | Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge & Malling): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the response by Passenger Focus to her Department's South Central Franchise Consultation document of May 2008. | | (223610) | 192
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Ministerial car fleet is subject to the standard road tax regime. | | (223491) | 193
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of public transport to people with macular degeneration; what steps her Department is taking to improve such accessibility; and if she will make a statement. | | (223552) | 194
N | Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures are in place to ensure that airlines operating out of each airport within the UK comply with European rules on compensation for the cancellation of flights. | | (223470) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 195
N | Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to announce the result of the award of the contract for the Post Office Card Account for 2010 onwards. | | (223494) | 196
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will revise the regulations determining bereavement benefit to ensure that (a) widows and widowers are informed in writing of entitlements to the benefit and (b) benefits are backdated to the date of entitlement for widows or widowers who do not receive such notification timeously. | | (223669) | 197
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons maternity allowance work has been centralised into four benefit delivery centres. | | (223489) | 198
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average processing time for maternity allowance claims was in each quarter in each of the last five years. | | (223490) | 199
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the Social Security Advisory Committee's report on the proposals contained in the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 relating to the backdating period for pension credit, housing benefit and council tax benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement. | | (223662) | 200
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely effects on the number of claimants of changing the criteria for partially and severely sight impaired people to claim the highest benefit band of the disability living allowance. | | (223549) | 201
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are claiming disability living allowance for (a) partial and (b) severe sight impairment in (i) Wakefield district, (ii) Hemsworth constituency and (iii) nationally. | | (223550) | 202
N | Jon Trickett (Hemsworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of awarding disability living allowance for severe sight impairment at the higher band to all those with severe sight impairment who claim the benefit. | | (223551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 203
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st April 2008, Official Report, column 1392W, on departmental overseas visits, which overseas conferences her Department's representatives attended as part of the 388 overseas visits referred to. | | [Transferred] (223578) | 204
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was distributed via Supporting People grants to each relevant local authority in England in each of the financial years 2006-07 to 2008-09; what amount each local authority would have received had the formula been applied without damping in each such year; and what the equivalent figures are estimated to be for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11. | | [Transferred] (223500) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 205
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of civilian casualties resulting from the use of air power in Afghanistan; what discussions he has had on this issue with his counterparts in nations contributing to the International Security Assistance Force and Operation Enduring Freedom; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (223580) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 206
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices for environmental offences were issued in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) type of offence and (b) issuing authority. | | [Transferred] (223560) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 207
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Pooled Drug Treatment budget for England was in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08. | | [Transferred] (223600) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 208
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require local authorities to publish their inspection reports from the Office of the Surveillance. | | [Transferred] (223625) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 209
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the recent child restraint rules court judgment; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (223486) | Questions to the Prime Minister 210
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, how much the most recent redesign of the Number 10 website cost. | | [Transferred] (223563) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 211
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the Government's fleet of Ministerial cars; and what steps she plans to take in the future. | | [Transferred] (223492) |
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