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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 4 November 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 4 November 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 4 November 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 4 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 4 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his estimate is of the number of valid pedlars' licences in England. | | (233178) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 2
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions were brought against forgers of one pound coins in each of the last five years. | | (233048) | 3
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department and its agencies provide to consumers on how to identify whether a one pound coin is genuine or counterfeit. | | (233049) | 4
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many counterfeit one pound coins were removed from circulation in each of the last five years. | | (233099) | 5
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last met the Icelandic Trade Minister. | | (233096) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 6
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many foster children aged (a) 17, (b) 18, (c) 19 and (d) 20 years were with foster families as at one appropriate date in each of the last five years. | | (233213) | 7
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) short and (b) potential longer-term effect on children's reading of the Every Child a Reader pilot projects. | | (233214) | 8
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage schools to promote volunteering. | | (232525) | 9
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) couples and (b) single people approved to adopt were added to the Adoption Register in each year since its creation. | | (232635) | 10
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were added to the Adoption Register in each year since its creation. | | (232636) | 11
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to implement the provisions in Part 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2006 relating to new powers for the courts to order contact activities and new enforcement powers. | | (233314) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 12
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 27th October 2008, Official Report, columns 765-6W, on foreign workers, what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the number of foreign workers in employment in the UK who are living in communal establishments. | | (233180) | 13
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage children and young people to volunteer. | | (232524) | 14
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what public-facing IP addresses are used by the Government Secure Intranet. | | (233306) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 15
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase the protection of private tenants. | | (232526) | 16
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase public awareness of the rights of private tenants. | | (232527) | 17
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Government has taken to prevent private landlords retaining rental deposits without justification. | | (232528) | 18
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) responsibilities are and (b) budget is of the Advisory Panel on Beacon Councils. | | (233261) | 19
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) responsibilities are and (b) budget is for the (i) London Thames Gateway Development Corporation and (ii) Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation. | | (233262) | 20
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects are funded by her Department through regional development agencies; and what the budget of each is for 2008-09. | | (233263) | 21
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department has budgeted for neighbourhood management pathfinders in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (233264) | 22
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department has budgeted for supporting home information packs in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (233265) | 23
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on the operation of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1902 in relation to the (a) status and (b) proposed sale in part of Lever Park, Chorley. | | (233003) | 24
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what functions of the former Local Government Board her Department exercises for the purposes of determining disputes under section 21 of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1902; and if she will make a statement. | | (233053) | 25
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issued to councils which signified in September 2008 their intention to (a) place deposits in overseas banks and (b) invest in overseas funds. | | (233054) | 26
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local fire authorities have signed up to the FireGuard contract; and if she will make a statement. | | (232429) | 27
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangement has been made for the provision of fire cover in periods of industrial action in the absence of FireGuard; and which organisations will provide that cover. | | (232637) | 28
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to issue guidance to local authorities with funds frozen in Icelandic banks on the appropriate level of any write-off of affected funds. | | (232229) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 29
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many alcohol licences in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area have been revoked on the grounds of sale of alcohol to children since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (232775) | 30
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) his Department and (b) the Big Lottery Fund has given to (i) the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisations, (ii) Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support and (iii) the Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Learning Consortium in the last 24 months. | | (233270) | 31
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will review the number of temporary event notices for which licensed premises can apply; and if he will make a statement. | | (232242) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 32
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost of generating 2MW of power by (a) nuclear generation, (b) coal-fired generation, (c) gas-fired generation and (d) wind generation. | | (233327) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 33
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping there were in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area in each of the last five years; and how many people were prosecuted in each year for such offences. | | (232776) | 34
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many doses of the BTV8 vaccine the Government has bought since October 2007. | | (233350) | 35
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the take-up rate of the BTV8 vaccine has been in the last 12 months. | | (233351) | 36
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to sell unused BTV8 vaccines held by his Department before their expiration date. | | (233352) | 37
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on external (a) public affairs and (b) public relations consultants in each of the last five years. | | (233269) | 38
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department and its agencies has given to (a) the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisations, (b) Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support, (c) Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Learning Consortium, (d) Manchester is my Planet and (e) Manchester: Knowledge Capital in the last 24 months. | | (233256) | 39
N | Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department and its agencies has given to Emerge Recycling in the last 24 months. | | (233257) | 40
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the contribution polytunnels make to (a) surface water run-off and (b) flood risk in rural areas. | | (232771) | 41
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of agricultural land in England is covered by polytunnels. | | (232772) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 42
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to peace negotiations between the transitional federal government and opposition groups in Somalia. | | (233315) | 43
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent consideration his Department has given to the provision of additional resources to the UN mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | (233316) | 44
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the provision of additional resources to United Nations Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (233317) | 45
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Rwandan government on the activities of CNDP forces. | | (233318) | 46
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the Colombian army's alleged involvement in extra-judicial killings of civilians; and if he will make a statement. | | (233346) | 47
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle piracy in the waters off the Somali coast. | | (232638) | 48
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the recent fighting in the region. | | (233182) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 49
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will report the outcomes of the most recent consultation on stoma and incontinence products. | | (233212) | 50
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practice nurses there were in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007. | | (232773) | 51
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many primary care trusts fund the employment of oral health specialists to promote preventative dental treatment and good oral hygiene through the education of patients. | | (233347) | 52
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27th October 2008, Official Report, column 657W on incontinence: medical equipment, how many (a) letters and (b) other informal responses his Department received from (i) healthcare professionals, (ii) primary care trust representatives, (iii) strategic health authority representatives, (iv) patients and (v) others on the June 2008 consultation on changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and if he will make a statement. | | (233268) | 53
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to reduce the time taken to reimburse pharmacists for dispensing prescription items. | | (232498) | 54
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the full summary of responses to the consultation on the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances under Part IX of the Drug Tariff to be published; and if he will make a statement. | | (232227) | 55
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will respond to the contributions made by representative bodies to his Department's consultation on the provision of stoma and incontinence appliances under Part IX of the Drug Tariff. | | (232228) | 56
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which GP practices do not participate in the quality and outcomes framework for diabetes. | | (233333) | 57
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the prevalence of obesity was in each of the last five years; and what forecast he has made of trends in the rate in each of the next 10 years. | | (233334) | 58
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the prevalence of obesity in the UK. | | (233335) | 59
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department assesses the effectiveness of its strategies in tackling obesity. | | (233336) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 60
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the hon. Member for Billericay's letters of 18th August and 24th September 2008 on her constituent Mrs Wang Youmei He. | | (233181) | 61
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) drug and (b) drink driving were recorded in (i) West Chelmsford constituency and (ii) the Chelmsford local authority area in each year since 1997. | | (232777) | 62
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department and its agencies have spent on air travel for the purpose of deporting persons from the UK in each year since 1997. | | (233348) | 63
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many flights her Department and its agencies booked in the last 12 months for the purposes of deporting persons from the UK; and how many of these bookings were not taken up following the cancellation of removal directions. | | (233349) | 64
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the reclassification of cannabis as a Class B drug will be implemented; and on what date the new law will take effect. | | (233050) | 65
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd October 2008, Official Report, column 514W, on immigration: criminal records, what the policy is of the Government on the grant of indefinite leave to remain under the legacy exercise to individuals with criminal convictions; where (a) on the website referred to and (b) elsewhere the policy is explained; and for what reason her Answer did not set out the Government's policy. | | (233093) | 66
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK nationals with exceptional leave to remain were (a) granted and (b) refused the right of settlement in the UK in each year since 1997; and in how many cases a refusal was on the grounds of a criminal conviction in the UK. | | (233094) | 67
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what mechanism evidence is gathered from police forces on the impact of migration on each force. | | (233258) | 68
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Migration Impacts Forum assesses the impact of migration on services in each region. | | (233259) | 69
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which organisations have provided evidence to the Migration Impacts Forum. | | (233260) | 70
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many educational institutions have (a) had action other than enforced closure taken against them following immigration-related offences and (b) been closed down following immigration-related offences in each year since 1997. | | (233323) | 71
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) found guilty of offences relating to breaches of immigration law by educational institutions in each year since 1997, broken down by offence. | | (233324) | 72
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees escaped from each immigration detention centre in each year since 1997. | | (233325) | 73
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in (a) 2007 and (b) 1997 an individual was unable to leave the UK owing to the loss of relevant documents by her Department. | | (233309) | 74
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of detaining (a) an adult and (b) a person under 16 years in an immigration centre for one year, broken down by category of cost. | | (233310) | 75
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of operating all immigration removal centres was in each of the last five years. | | (233311) | 76
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which immigration removal centre is allocated the largest share of her Department's budget for all such centres. | | (233312) | 77
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest period of time that an individual has been detained in an immigration removal centre is. | | (233313) | 78
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time an individual was detained in an immigration removal centre was in each of the last three years. | | (233332) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 79
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of undergraduates entering higher education courses in 2008-09 received a maintenance grant of £50. | | (233051) | 80
N | Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many undergraduates entering higher education come from households with an income between (a) £50,020 and (b) £60,050 in 2008-09. | | (233052) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 81
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department is providing to civilians internally displaced by the renewed fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (233319) | 82
| Lyn Brown (West Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Department's international partners and (b) non-governmental organisations on the reconstruction of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon. | | (233320) | 83
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy not to allocate aid and assistance to countries which operate space programmes. | | (233098) | 84
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government has provided to Rwanda in each of the last three years. | | (233183) | 85
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what consideration he has given to the establishment of an assessment team to report on the humanitarian situation in Yemen similar to the one sent to assess the situation in Sri Lanka; and under what circumstances such assessment teams are deployed. | | (233343) | 86
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people (a) killed and (b) displaced by the recent flooding in Yemen. | | (233344) | 87
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian assistance his Department has provided to Southern Yemen following the recent flooding in the region; and what steps he plans to take to prevent loss of life. | | (233345) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 88
N | David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on the budget of HM Courts Service of (a) recent increases in family court fees, (b) recent reductions in the number of tax prosecutions and (c) the Service's modernising money programme. | | (233002) | 89
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) found guilty of the offence of impersonating a police officer in each year since 1997. | | (233321) | 90
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the alleged further offences committed by offenders on end of custody licences since June 2007 were (a) of rape, (b) of sexual assault and (c) of other sexual offences. | | (233326) | 91
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in respect of which offence most indeterminate sentences for public protection have been handed down since their introduction. | | (233337) | 92
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are serving indeterminate sentences for public protection. | | (233338) | 93
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average period is between the end of the tariff of an indeterminate sentence for public protection and the release of the prisoner on licence. | | (233339) | 94
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many indeterminate sentences for public protection have been issued in each year since their introduction. | | (233340) | 95
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of those serving indeterminate sentences for public protection are (a) men, (b) women and (c) aged under 25. | | (233341) | 96
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those serving indeterminate sentences for public protection have lodged complaints about the requirements for completion of the programmes necessary for them to be considered for release on licence. | | (233342) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 97
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29th October 2008, Official Report, column 1040W, on Network Rail: standards, what improvement notices have been served on Network Rail by the Office of the Rail Regulator in the last 12 months. | | (233179) | 98
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the level of crime on railways. | | (232222) | 99
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve police resources to prevent crime committed on railways. | | (232223) | 100
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to publicise the dangers of playing on or near railway tracks to young people. | | (232224) | 101
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to prevent children from playing on or near railway tracks. | | (232225) | 102
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce abuse of blue badges for disabled parking. | | (232226) | 103
N | Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process will be followed if BAA seeks permission to introduce mixed-mode (a) within the 480,000 cap and (b) exceeding the existing 480,000 cap. | | (232220) | 104
N | Alan Keen (Feltham & Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations were consulted on the adding capacity at Heathrow equalities impact assessment consultation; how the consultation was publicised in West London; and whether the Department held any public meetings or public exhibitions as part of the consultation process. | | (232221) | 105
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times evacuations of (a) the concourses, (b) the security and passports areas and (c) the airside areas of (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick and (iii) Stansted airports have occurred following an alarm being triggered by a passenger smoking in a toilet in the last 12 moths; and if he will make a statement. | | (231638) | 106
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many police officers have (a) given a warning to and (b) arrested a passenger after a smoke alarm has been set off by a passenger smoking in a toilet at (i) Heathrow, (ii) Gatwick and (iii) Stansted airports in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (231639) | 107
N | Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department is undertaking into the effects of fatigue on drivers. | | (232323) | 108
N | Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the effects of (a) fatigue and (b) obstructive sleep apnoea on drivers. | | (232324) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 109
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were prosecuted for crimes relating to benefit fraud in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (232774) | 110
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of children who would be lifted from both (a) absolute and (b) relative poverty should all non-resident parents pay child maintenance; and if he will make a statement. | | (233097) | 111
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Colchester of 20th October 2008, Official Report, column 17, if he will bring forward proposals to change the basis of assessment of non-resident parents' incomes in respect of deductions allowed for company cars. | | (233177) | 112
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of extending eligibility to buy back six additional years of national insurance contributions to those with (a) 20, (b) 15, (c) 10 and (d) five or more qualifying years; and if he will estimate the cost of such extension to all those born within the relevant time period, regardless of qualifying years. | | (233266) | 113
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to extend eligibility to buy back six additional years of national insurance contributions to those with less than 20 qualifying years; and if he will make a statement. | | (233267) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 114
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) UK nationals, (b) UK born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f) non-EU nationals of working age were in employment in the UK in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; and what the employment rate was in each group. | | [Transferred] (233095) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 115
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of asylum decisions were overturned on appeal in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (233322) |
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