Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2007 - 08
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 5 November 2008

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 5 November 2008
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 5 November 2008

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 5 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 Wednesday 5 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 5 November see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings (a) the Secretary of State, (b) he, (c) other Ministers in his Department and (d) officials in his Department have had with the British Bankers Association in each week since June 2007; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each meeting, broken down by (A) administrative and (B) other costs; and if he will make a statement.

(233908)

2
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will assess whether the introduction of self-adhesive stamps in 2001 has led to an increase in the number of letters received at sorting offices without stamps.

(233867)

3
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on BT's public service obligation on the provision of public pay phones.

(233618)

4
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations his Department has received on the role of private companies' in the roll-out of broadband internet.

(233619)

5
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many applications for funding under the Government's Small Firms Guarantee Scheme have been refused in each year since 2003.

(233652)

6
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 9th October 2008, Official Report, column 711W, on departmental databases, in what way the MOSAIC data was used to segment audiences during the campaign.

(233397)

7
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 268W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.

(233406)

8
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has produced on the application of the Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc. Regulations 2008 to the sale of union membership in a workplace.

(233540)

9
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance his Department has given to other Government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on their obligations under the Code of Practice on Guidance on Regulation.

(233543)

10
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what state funding trades unions receive to assist with the cost of running 10-yearly ballots on their political funds; and what guidelines there are on the literature that may be sent with ballot papers.

(233544)

11
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he will answer Questions 174822 and 174823, tabled on 12th December 2007, on trades unions and the Warwick Agreement.

(233878)

12
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chichester of 20th February 2008, Official Report, column 727W, on unfair practices: sales, what definition of a consumer for the purposes of protection from unfair trading his Department uses.

(233959)

13
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233825)

14
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the monetary value of trade between the UK and Madagascar was in each of the last five years.

(233970)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

15
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each (a) sex, (b) age and (c) grade were employed by the Financial Services Authority on (i) 31st March 2006 and (ii) 31st March 2008.

(233897)

16
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to make the Financial Services Authority more accessible to the general public; what recent discussions he has had with the Board of the Financial Services Authority on this issue; what recent representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement.

(233898)

17
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement.

(233903)

18
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the British Bankers Association in each week since June 2007; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each meeting, broken down by (A) administrative and (B) other costs; and if he will make a statement.

(233904)

19
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were received by the Financial Ombudsman Service on (a) bank charges and (b) credit card charges in each year since 1997; what recent discussions (i) he, (ii) Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with the Financial Ombudsman Service on these issues; and if he will make a statement.

(233905)

20
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received since January 2008 on the level of (a) bank charges and (b) credit card charges; and if he will make a statement.

(233906)

21
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on trends in the numbers of people who (i) exceed their overdraft limit and (ii) have a cheque or direct debit refused; and if he will make a statement.

(233907)

22
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Financial Services Authority in each week since June 2007; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each meeting, broken down by (A) administrative and (B) other costs; and if he will make a statement.

(233920)

23
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much officials employed by the Financial Services Authority have received in bonuses in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available.

(233921)

24
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to determine whether staff employed by the Financial Services Authority receive a bonus; and if he will make a statement.

(233922)

25
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the situation of UK depositors in (a) the Isle of Man and (b) the Channel Island branches of Kaupthing Bank; what protection applies to deposits in such financial institutions made by British citizens resident (i) in and (ii) outside the UK; and if he will make a statement.

(233753)

26
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) non-UK citizens and (b) non-UK EU citizens have received each type of tax credit in each year since their inception.

(233705)

27
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of each type of tax credit paid to (a) non-UK citizens and (b) non-UK EU citizens in each year since their inception.

(233706)

28
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new tax inspectors his Department appointed in each of the last five years; how many it plans to appoint in 2008-09; how many tax inspectors appointed in the last five years have been seconded for training purposes; to which businesses they were seconded; and how many tax inspectors appointed in the last five years were recruited from (a) accounting firms and (b) law firms.

(233624)

29
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget for the training of tax compliance investigatory staff in the large scale business service was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what budget is planned for 2008-09.

(233662)

30
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was collected by HM Revenue and Customs through investigations into transfer pricing in each year since 1997.

(233663)

31
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has tax information-sharing agreements with (a) the Crown Dependencies, (b) Monaco, (c) Liechtenstein and (d) Andorra.

(233664)

32
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fully qualified tax inspectors worked in his Department's (a) large business service, (b) teams dealing with tax avoidance schemes and (c) teams dealing with offshore tax havens in each of the last five years; and how many were so deployed on the latest date for which figures are available.

(233668)

33
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the introduction of a Tobin tax on sterling currency transactions.

(233434)

34
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the Child Trust Fund Scheme in each year from 2007-08 to 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.

(233604)

35
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) Government departments, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies have property which comprises part of the Government's civil estate.

(233373)

36
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) headcount and (b) budget of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit is for 2008-09.

(233382)

37
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget was for the recent repairs to 11 Downing Street; whether planning permission was required; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the schedule of the works (a) undertaken to date and (b) planned.

(233393)

38
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what types of financial information are stored on his Department's COINS database.

(233398)

39
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what circumstances the use of private sector consultants by Government departments can be paid for from capital rather than revenue budgets.

(233399)

40
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many canteens his Department has; what their names are; whether they serve food made from genetically modified ingredients; and if he will place in the Library copies of the menus for each canteen from the latest week for which menus are available.

(233400)

41
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice HM Revenue and Customs has given to hon. Members on whether donations or payments made to the Parliamentary Labour Party by hon. Members are tax-deductible in the last two years.

(233416)

42
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge of 15th September 2008, Official Report, column 2155W, on public buildings: empty property, what the (a) address, (b) occupying organisation and (c) floor area of each part of the Government civil estate that is currently occupied.

(233417)

43
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge of 15th September 2008, Official Report, columns 2155W, on public buildings: empty property, if he will publish the latest list of actual vacant space by (a) floor area, (b) occupying organisation and (c) location which was used to calculate the 1.43 per cent. figure.

(233420)

44
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any permanent staff within (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are classified as pre-surplus.

(233645)

45
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233832)

46
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the sums of money (a) frozen and (b) otherwise unavailable to depositors held in (i) Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Ltd, (ii) Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man) and (iii) Landsbanki.

(233581)

47
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of accounts in Icelandic banks which have been (a) frozen and (b) otherwise rendered inaccessible as a result of the operation of the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008; and what estimate he has made of the sums involved.

(233582)

48
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many assets owned by Icelandic proprietors have been frozen under the terms of the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 and related Ministerial decisions; and which Minister in his Department is responsible for matters relating to Icelandic banks in the UK.

(233584)

49
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reason was for the time taken to issue his Department's financial sanctions notice of 17th October 2008 on the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 following the issue of the initial notice on 8th October 2008; and for what reason it was necessary to clarify that only the funds of Landsbanki were the subject of the Order.

(233585)

50
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he took to ensure that imports of fish from Iceland could be paid for by bank transfer after 17th October 2008; what steps his Department took to ensure that the contents of the statement of that date on Icelandic banks were communicated to bank branches and other financial institutions handling payments for fish imports; and what steps he took (a) before and (b) after 17th October 2008 to ensure that banks remitted payment for fish imports to Icelandic banks.

(233586)

51
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that all foreign banks taking deposits in the UK (a) are covered by British compensation schemes and (b) contribute to the costs of those schemes.

(233629)

52
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the basis was for his statement of 8th October 2008 that the Icelandic government had no intention of paying compensation to UK investors in Icelandic bank accounts.

(233630)

53
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Isle of Man government on compensation for depositors, bond holders and pension schemes who had money in Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man).

(233631)

54
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of depositors in Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man) who were unable to bank in the UK because of overseas residence.

(233632)

55
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the transcript of his telephone conversation with the Icelandic Finance Minister on 7th October 2008 about compensation for British depositors in Icelandic banks.

(233633)

56
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he was made aware that UK banks were prohibited from transferring money to Iceland in payment for imports of Icelandic fish; what steps he took in consequence; and if he will make a statement.

(233754)

57
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of the Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man) Action Group.

(233755)

58
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he received about the (a) solvency and (b) liquidity of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Limited prior to the declaration by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) that it was in default; and what action (i) his Department and (ii) the FSA has taken against the company's assets.

(233756)

59
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under whose authority and under what powers the Financial Services Authority (FSA) declared Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Limited to be in default of its regulatory requirements; and what action (a) his Department and (b) the FSA took as a consequence.

(233757)

60
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Limited was placed in administration.

(233758)

61
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) warnings were given to the government of Iceland and (b) consultations he had with the government of Iceland before the freezing of Icelandic bank accounts under the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008; and what prior notice he gave of his intention to make the order.

(233759)

62
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requests for help and support the government of Iceland made (a) to him and (b) to the EU in the six months before 7th October 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(233761)

63
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he had about the financial state of Icelandic banks in the period before September 2008.

(233962)

64
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the application of inheritance tax to individuals who are married under the provisions of Sharia law outside the UK.

(233449)

65
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the provision of benefits to couples with children where the couple was married under the provisions of Sharia law outside the UK.

(233488)

66
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the balance between revenues raised and public expenditure in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum against the balances of other local authorities of a similar size and profile; and if he will make a statement.

(233489)

67
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the rate of national insurance contributions.

(233493)

68
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many value added tax (a) surcharge liability notices and (b) surcharge liability extension notices have been served on small and medium-sized businesses by HM Revenue and Customs in the last four financial quarters by; and if he will make a statement.

(233733)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

69
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Review of Sex and Relationship Education; whether he plans to consult on these recommendations; and if he will make a statement.

(233919)

70
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's targets for the number of people entering initial teacher training for each subject by (a) undergraduate, (b) post-graduate certificate of education and (c) other graduate teacher training routes were in each of the last five years.

(233510)

71
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary (i) Bachelor of Education, (ii) other undergraduate, (iii) post-graduate certificate of education, (iv) graduate teacher programme and (v) other postgraduate teacher training in each of the last five years.

(233511)

72
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which of the Learning and Skills Council's (LSC's) centrally-funded functions will be undertaken by (a) local authorities and (b) other institutions when the LSC is dissolved.

(233512)

73
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been provided to initial teacher training providers for (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate primary teacher training in (i) full-time and (ii) flexible or part-time (A) higher education courses for standard training and (B) non-higher education courses in each of the last five years.

(233513)

74
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding the Training and Development Agency has recovered as a result of unfilled places in teacher training in each of the last five years; and how that money has been reallocated.

(233514)

75
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many initial teacher training providers over-recruited for (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) other secondary priority subjects, (d) non-priority secondary subjects and (e) primary teacher training places in each of the last five years; and what the level of over-recruitment was in each case.

(233515)

76
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many providers of initial teacher training have asked for an increase in their number of teacher training places in each of the last five years.

(233516)

77
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the number of maintained secondary schools which are entitled to but have not yet become specialist schools; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost of increasing the funding of these schools to the average level of schools granted specialist status.

(233605)

78
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects his Department to spend on the Talent Taskforce in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

(233606)

79
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect choice advisers have had on standards in education; and if he will make a statement.

(233608)

80
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many choice advisers were employed in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

(233609)

81
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many calls there have been to the Parent Know-How helpline in each month since it was established; what the cost of the helpline has been; and if he will make a statement.

(233610)

82
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the education facilities available for young offenders in young offender institutions; and if he will make a statement.

(233739)

83
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 17th October 2008, Official Report, column 1583W, on departmental information, what the individual names are of the publications, reports and datasets sold by his Department.

(233358)

84
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the Children's Commissioner for England has spent on external (a) public relations and (b) public affairs in the last 24 months; and for what purposes.

(233541)

85
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233821)

86
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated to support decision-making on changes to sex and relationship curricula in schools; and whether such research includes analysis relating to the age at which it is appropriate to teach specific sex and relationship topics.

(233626)

87
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire who do not speak English as their first language.

(233845)

88
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to upgrade computers in primary schools over the next three years.

(233654)

89
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many free nursery places for three and four year olds have been made available in Enfield North constituency since the establishment of the free nursery places scheme.

(233891)

90
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people were not in education, employment or training in Enfield North constituency (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(233894)

91
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants worked in maintained schools in Enfield North constituency (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(233896)

92
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many vacancies there were for school governors in Suffolk for (a) primary, (b) middle and (c) upper schools in each of the last five years.

(233507)

93
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were temporarily excluded more than (a) once, (b) five times and (c) 10 times in Suffolk in each of the last five years.

(233508)

94
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were permanently excluded more than (a) once and (b) twice in Suffolk in each of the last five years.

(233509)

95
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have registered for 14 to 19 diplomas this year, broken down by (a) subject and (b) level of diploma.

(233623)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

96
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) UK national and (b) UK-born 16 to 24 year olds were unemployed in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; what the percentage change in each category was over the previous quarter; what the employment rate in each category was; and what the percentage change was between the second quarter of 1997 and the most recent quarter for which figures are available in each category.

(233531)

97
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people in each five year age cohort committed suicide in each of the last 20 years; what the suicide rate for each cohort was in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.

(233812)

98
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what individual annual subscription fees were paid to the Media Monitoring Unit by each subscribing Government department, agency and non-departmental body in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(233359)

99
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the last edition of the Central Office of Information White Book was published; when the next edition will be published; and if he will place the most recent version in the Library.

(233360)

100
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the estimated budget is for the move of the Prime Minister's operations from 10 Downing Street to 12 Downing Street.

(233361)

101
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the 10 Downing Street canteen has a policy on using genetically-modified (GM) foods; and whether GM ingredients are used by the canteen.

(233362)

102
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment has been made of the effects of the Icelandic banking crisis on the investment returns of UK charities in the forthcoming financial year.

(233363)

103
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what websites government communications jobs are advertised to the public.

(233364)

104
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Cabinet Secretary takes to ensure that special advisers' access to premium services are cancelled when special advisers take leave from their employment to engage in party political activity.

(233365)

105
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what research reports the Cabinet Office has commissioned from external bodies in the last 24 months.

(233366)

106
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether special advisers in 10 Downing Street are part of the Downing Street Political Office.

(233367)

107
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many permanent staff in (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agencies are classified as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team.

(233368)

108
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance the Cabinet Office provides to other Government departments on statistics to be collected on absenteeism levels of their staff and staff of the public bodies for which they are responsible.

(233369)

109
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to decide whether a publicly-funded body may be classified as a private sector organisation.

(233370)

110
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much Futurebuilders has spent in payments to the charity Catz Club; and what the (a) amount and (b) date was of each payment made.

(233371)

111
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reasons Futurebuilders ended its contract with the charity Catz Club.

(233372)

112
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance is provided to senior civil servants on holding shares in companies from which they procure services.

(233381)

113
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8th October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, whether the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the Downing Street Political Office (i) desks, (ii) telephones and (iii) computers are met from the 10 Downing Street budget.

(233395)

114
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by Sotheby's on the valued art and antiques within the Whitehall estate.

(233497)

115
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library the latest copy of the Cabinet Office Board Members' Register of Interests.

(233498)

116
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what dates the Public Service Forum has met; and what the criteria for determining its membership are.

(233499)

117
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Public Service Forum.

(233500)

118
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the members of the Public Service Forum are.

(233501)

119
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) job title and (b) job specification is of Mr Wilf Stevenson in Downing Street.

(233502)

120
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22nd July 2008, Official Report, columns 99-102WS, on special advisers, what the cost of (a) national insurance employer contributions and (b) expenses relating to special advisers was in 2007-08.

(233648)

121
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Cabinet Office guidance on answering round robin parliamentary questions.

(233800)

122
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of employees working in (a) the Prime Minister's and (b) the Leader of the House's office are (i) on a flexible working contract, (ii) on a job share employment contract and (iii) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233859)

123
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will publish the most recent figures available for numbers of (a) births and (b) abortions among those aged (i) 11 years and under, (ii) 12 years, (iii) 13 years, (iv) 14 years, (v) 15 years and (vi) 16 years old.

(233625)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

124
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the reduced data standard assessment procedure conventions used to produce energy performance certificates take into account each improvement made by householders to the energy efficiency of their home.

(233865)

125
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration she has given to extending the period for which a home information pack report is valid.

(233430)

126
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th October 2008, Official Report, column 1139W, on departmental contracts, to which of her Department's programmes each contract relates.

(233328)

127
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget for the Community Infrastructure Fund for 2008-09 is; and how much her Department has allocated to the Fund in 2008-09.

(233329)

128
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects her Department funds through (a) the Government Offices for the Regions and (b) regional development agencies; and what the budget for each project for 2008-09 is.

(233330)

129
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 299W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of the refurbishment was.

(233405)

130
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of employees in her Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233824)

131
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what official visits each Regional Minister has made since appointment; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such visit.

(233947)

132
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers she has to prescribe the rateable values of premises in docks and harbours; under what legislation these powers are exercised; and how she has used her powers in this regard in the last 12 months.

(233593)

133
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many mortgage applications for the purchase of property in Suffolk were approved in each of the last 24 months.

(233505)

134
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department and its agencies have provided in sponsorship of the House Magazine 2009 diary.

(233978)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

135
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mechanisms in place for the funding of the development of elite athletes.

(233876)

136
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 36-37W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.

(233388)

137
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classified as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team.

(233613)

138
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233856)

139
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much income English Heritage has received from running Stonehenge in each year since it took responsibility for the site; and if he will make a statement.

(233552)

140
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what costs have been incurred by English Heritage in running Stonehenge in each year since it took over responsibility for the site; and if he will make a statement.

(233553)

141
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to improvement schemes for the Stonehenge site in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(233554)

142
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many alcohol licences in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire have been revoked on the grounds of sale of alcohol to children since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003.

(233730)

143
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has provided for (a) amateur sports clubs and (b) sport in schools in Hemel Hempstead since 1997.

(233837)

144
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on acquiring new works for the Government Art Collection in each of the last 10 years.

(233818)

145
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has provided to the British Library in each of the last five years.

(233822)

146
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to promote London as a tourist destination over the last 12 months.

(233839)

147
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to make London tourist attractions more accessible to disabled people before 2012.

(233840)

148
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on Remembrance Day in each of the last 10 years.

(233841)

149
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times he has visited Liverpool during its period as European Capital of Culture.

(233842)

150
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on advertising the digital switchover.

(233843)

151
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent in grants for each of the terrestrial television stations in each of the last 10 years.

(233883)

152
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many official visits abroad he has made in the last 12 months; and what the costs were of such visits.

(233884)

153
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to regulate internet gambling.

(233885)

154
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on public libraries in each London borough in each of the last 10 years.

(233886)

155
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times he has met the Director General of the BBC in the last month.

(233888)

156
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had on the BBC's compliance with its public service broadcasting obligations in the last seven days.

(233889)

157
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had on the television licence fee in the last seven days.

(233890)

158
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have opened in the last 10 years.

(233946)

159
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces from the Government Art Collection have gone missing in the last 12 months.

(233963)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

160
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkhas joined the British Army prior to 1st May 1997; and what estimate he has made of the number of dependants of Gurkhas who served in the British Army prior to that date.

(233749)

161
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what pension is payable to a soldier who retired after 22 years in the British Army on 30th April 1997 as a sergeant in (a) a Gurkha regiment and (b) a regiment recruited in the UK.

(233766)

162
N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British casualties there have been in Afghanistan as a result of (a) military action and (b) other causes since May 2006.

(232906)

163
N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected net cost is of military operations in Afghanistan in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.

(232907)

164
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to regulate the operation of private military and security companies working in Iraq.

(233433)

165
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time was between a soldier being killed in action and the standard payment following a death in action being paid to the bereaved family in the latest period for which figures are available.

(233617)

166
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Merlin and (b) Nimrod crews are fully trained in anti-submarine warfare.

(233720)

167
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Warrior chain gun has fired undemanded since 2000; and what steps are being taken to prevent this happening.

(233721)

168
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the tender process for the future cut and sew contract will begin.

(233004)

169
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what treatment centres are available in the North of England to servicemen and women (a) suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and (b) who have recently served in Iraq and Afghanistan; how many servicemen and women and former servicemen and women have been treated in these centres in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

(233583)

170
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his objectives are for military action in Helmand province in (a) the next three months, (b) the next six months and (c) the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(233669)

171
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which parts of the Royal Artillery estates other than those parts designated as housing, would need to be closed to enable shooting events during the London 2012 Olympics to take place at Woolwich.

(233741)

172
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Olympics on the staging of the London 2012 Olympic events at Woolwich Army Base.

(233743)

173
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of army families who would have to vacate their accommodation to enable shooting events to take place at Woolwich Army Base as part of the London 2012 Olympics.

(233745)

174
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many D-notices have been issued in each year since 1997-98.

(233409)

175
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the circumstances were of the Meteorological Office protected personal data related incident in November 2006; and what data was lost or compromised.

(233410)

176
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 253W, on departmental buildings, in what form his Department records the (a) cost and (b) nature of departmental property refurbishment.

(233413)

177
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2008, Official Report, column 1040W, on departmental manpower, what records his Department's human resources division holds of the number of permanent departmental staff who do not have a permanent post.

(233646)

178
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233828)

179
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Army has provided training to the 15th Mobile Brigade of the Colombian Army.

(233615)

180
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will include a mental health assessment in discharge medical reports for retiring servicemen and women.

(233653)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

181
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with oil companies on passing on recent falls in the price of oil via reductions in the pump price of fuel; what response was received; and if he will make a statement.

(233887)

182
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14th July 2008, Official Report, column 76W, on Sellafield, on what dates between 14th July and 6th October 2008 Ministers or officials of his Department met officials of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to discuss the indemnification of the successful bidder for the Parent Body Organisation chosen to manage Sellafield; if he will place minutes of all such meetings in the Library; and what meetings his Department and its predecessor have had with the European Commission on the compliance with state aid rules of the Government accepting an indemnification for Sellafield.

(233737)

183
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent research he has evaluated on the volume of Arctic ice.

(233616)

184
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team.

(233411)

185
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the estimated (a) set-up costs and (b) full year running costs of his Department are expected to be.

(233412)

186
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233816)

187
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency received a grant through Warm Front in the latest year for which figures are available.

(233635)

188
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was provided in Warm Front grants in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.

(233636)

189
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many suppliers in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency had contracts with Warm Front in the last 12 months.

(233637)

190
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost was of work carried out by Warm Front contractors for households who secured a Warm Front grant in the latest year for which figures are available.

(233638)

191
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in what proportion of cases the Warm Front grant did not meet the full cost of work carried out which qualified for a Warm Front grant in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.

(233639)

192
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost of the Warm Front scheme has been in each year since its establishment; and how many households have received Warm Front grant assistance in each of those years.

(233640)

193
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what criteria his Department decides which companies and suppliers can contract with Warm Front.

(233641)

194
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the administration costs of the Warm Front scheme have been in each year of its operation.

(233642)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

195
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cost benefit analysis his Department has commissioned on the building and maintenance of coastal defences for Norfolk; and if he will make a statement.

(233421)

196
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been raised by the landfill tax in each of the last five years; and how much has been spent on waste reduction or recycling programmes.

(233422)

197
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seizures of illegal timber imports have been made in each year since 1997.

(233423)

198
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations provided goods and services for his Department in relation to (a) hospitality and entertainment, (b) advertising and promotion, (c) consultants, (d) photography, (e) media training, (f) media monitoring, (g) foreign language tuition, (h) hotel accommodation, (i) external legal advice, (j) recruitment and (k) public affairs in each of the last 10 years; and what the 10 most valuable contracts were in each case.

(233424)

199
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many press officers were employed by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's arm's length bodies in each year since 2001.

(233425)

200
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to allocate funding under the Environment Transformation Fund International Window for the conservation of endangered species.

(233426)

201
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of (a) Brenda Poller, (b) Absolute Energy, (c) Noreen Tehrani, (d) Alliance Mediation Management Ltd and (e) the Gaia Coach Institute in 2007-08; and for what purpose in each case.

(233589)

202
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's expenditure was on consultants for (a) management, (b) media and public relations, (c) design, (d) information technology, (e) recruitment, (f) research, (g) marketing, (h) public affairs and (i) training in each year since 2001.

(233590)

203
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the objectives of the Government were at the meetings of 17th July and 10th October 2008 with EU representatives on genetically-modified crops; and if he will make a statement.

(233591)

204
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's expenditure was on (a) hospitality and entertainment, (b) advertising and promotion, (c) consultants, (d) photography, (e) media training, (f) media monitoring, (g) foreign language services, (h) hotel accommodation, (i) external legal advice, (j) recruitment and (k) public affairs in each year since 2001.

(233592)

205
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental effects of actions required to meet the target of building three million new homes by 2020.

(233728)

206
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research he has commissioned or evaluated on soil quality.

(233868)

207
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research he has made of the adequacy of levels of Government spending on research into agriculture and the food chain.

(233869)

208
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to source vaccines to combat BTV6.

(233870)

209
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how may cases there have been of stockholders refusing to have animals slaughtered when they have been diagnosed with bovine tuberculosis in the last 12 months.

(233871)

210
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what forecast he has made of trends in the future price of milk; and whether he has assessed the likely effects of falling prices in Northern Ireland.

(233872)

211
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the economic downturn on the recycling and waste industry.

(233873)

212
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the future of the zero waste place project.

(233874)

213
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Department of Health on the interrelationships between animal and human disease; and what diseases have been discussed.

(233875)

214
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on its communications campaign to promote uptake of the bluetongue vaccination in each year since its inception.

(233353)

215
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many deregistrations there were under the provisions of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 following offences under regulation 19 in each of the last 15 years.

(233354)

216
N Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of light bulbs used in his Department are energy-saving models.

(233357)

217
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the consultation on revised waste exemptions from environmental permitting, whether charities will be charged to have permits for compost heaps.

(233407)

218
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are on a priority movers list, people action team or similar designation for staff without posts, in each of his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

(233408)

219
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st September 2008, Official Report, column 1484W, on departmental planning permission, what the address of the building was for each application; what type of permission was applied for in each case; and what licensing hours were requested in the licensing application.

(233587)

220
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233826)

221
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly tipping in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were reported in each of the last five years; and how many people were prosecuted in each year for such offences.

(233847)

222
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect endangered animal species in Madagascar.

(233949)

223
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department expects to be able to provide a surveillance system to identify bovine spongiform encephalopathies and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in slaughtered cattle and fallen stock.

(233427)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

224
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

(233414)

225
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233829)

226
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has submitted proposals to the European Commission in respect of (a) European Union financial help for Iceland, (b) support for the Icelandic króna and (c) compensation for EU customers of failed Icelandic banks.

(233628)

227
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken at EU level to assist Iceland; what support the EU has provided to date; and if he will make a statement.

(233762)

228
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of relations between the UK and Iceland; and what steps he is taking to improve relations.

(233763)

229
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials had with their US counterparts in advance of the recent United Nations vote on a multilateral Arms Trade Treaty; and if he will make a statement.

(233945)

230
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens visited Madagascar in each of the last five years.

(233968)

231
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers have visited Madagascar in the last 12 months on official business.

(233969)

232
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the possibility of re-opening a British Embassy in Madagascar.

(233971)

233
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed with his Madagascan counterpart the possibility of Madagascar joining the Commonwealth of Nations.

(233972)

234
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the 2007 intergovernmental agreement on the number of members of the European Parliament is expected to be in force for the European Parliament elections in June 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(232529)

235
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on proposed changes to the number of MEPs for each region in the UK.

(233496)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

236
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the medical profession on the content of paragraphs 25.3 and 25.4 of the Eighteenth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2004-05; what representations he has received on these paragraphs since January 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(233901)

237
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to bring the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act into force; and if he will make a statement.

(233902)

238
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Chief Nursing Officer have issued to primary care trusts on procedures for appointment of nurses to hospital posts with duties including termination of pregnancy since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

(233965)

239
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether student nurses are required to undertake duties involving termination of pregnancy as part of their training; and if he will make a statement.

(233966)

240
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have private medical insurance.

(233734)

241
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to (a) provide better information to people about treatment available at independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) and (b) provide free transport for patients to ISTCs.

(233735)

242
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time at accident and emergency departments at Mid Essex Hospital Trust hospitals was in each of the last five years.

(233186)

243
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.

(233187)

244
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to issue a direction to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to publish the models it uses in each appraisal.

(233448)

245
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) objective and (b) monetary value was of each (i) contract and (ii) order placed with (A) Deloitte and Touche, (B) Ernst and Young, (C) KPMG, (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (E) PA Consulting by (1) his Department and (2) its agencies in each year since 2004-05.

(233667)

246
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the implementation of the National Service Framework on Long-term Neurological Conditions; and if he will make a statement.

(233184)

247
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2007-08; and how much of that was for (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(233524)

248
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many external consultants are contracted to work for his Department.

(233525)

249
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) work and (b) provide assistance for his Department.

(233526)

250
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers (i) was in the last 12 months and (ii) has been since 1997-98.

(233527)

251
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers in his Department has been in the last 12 months.

(233528)

252
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors his Department's website received in 2007-08.

(233529)

253
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of maintaining his Department's website was in 2007-08; and what the forecast cost of maintaining it is in 2008-09.

(233530)

254
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the level of take-up by acute trusts of each product on the market designed to combat healthcare-acquired infections.

(233578)

255
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Organ Donation Taskforce to report on the issue of presumed consent.

(233579)

256
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish Lord Carter's review of pathology.

(233580)

257
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what spearhead group primary care trusts there are; whether the group is changed as appropriate with each change in the index of multiple deprivation; and what targets there are in which the spearhead trusts are differentiated from other trusts.

(233602)

258
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made for benchmarking purposes of the level of spending on cancer drugs in other European countries compared with England; and if he will make a statement.

(233603)

259
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) cancer drugs and (b) cancer in-patient services in each of the last five years.

(233659)

260
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent posts there have been in each of his Department's arm's length bodies in each year since 2003-04; and what the planned staffing numbers for each such body are for each year to 2010-11.

(233660)

261
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce a national screening programme for liver disease.

(233661)

262
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what fees have been paid by each organisation to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in the last 12 months.

(233804)

263
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the roll-out of practice-based commissioning in (a) Norfolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.

(233805)

264
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the opening of new general practitioner practices in deprived areas; and if he will make a statement.

(233806)

265
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he estimates the minimum income practice guarantee will be in the general medical services contract for 2009-10.

(233807)

266
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made for benchmarking purposes of average pay for general practitioners in (a) the UK, (b) other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries and (c) other EU countries.

(233808)

267
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people aged 65 and over who have depression; what estimate he has made of the proportion of those people who have been (a) diagnosed and (b) treated; and if he will make a statement.

(233809)

268
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason age is not included in the draft NHS Constitution as a basis for discrimination in the provision of NHS services.

(233810)

269
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to reduce ageism in the provision of healthcare.

(233811)

270
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to establish down to what level of serum cholesterol value for money could be achieved in applying cholesterol-reducing measures amongst populations at risk of coronary heart disease.

(233546)

271
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reductions in serum cholesterol in at-risk populations have been achieved in (a) spearhead primary care trusts (PCTs) and (b) other PCTs; and what the Government's target reductions are in each case.

(233548)

272
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the variation in high exception rate reporting on the (a) health and (b) working capacity of patients at risk of coronary heart disease in spearhead areas.

(233549)

273
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of heart attacks that would arise from treating serum cholesterol down to (a) current quality outcomes framework levels and (b) the proposed target levels of the Joint British Societies' guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease amongst at risk populations.

(233550)

274
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds for benchmaking purposes on target serum cholesterol levels in (a) the UK, (b) other EU member states and (c) the USA; and if he will make a statement.

(233551)

275
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments NHS Hubs (a) has made and (b) is contracted to make to Grayling Political Strategy; and for what purposes.

(233649)

276
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 406-7W, on departmental public relations, which firms were employed; and what topic of work each undertook.

(233879)

277
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233831)

278
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on its proposals for increasing charges for herbal product registrations under the provisions of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive; what assessment the Agency has made of the impact of such increases on small and medium-sized manufacturers of herbal remedies; and what assessment he has made of the effect of those increases on the costs of compliance with the provisions of the Directive.

(233503)

279
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is provided to GPs on the range of NHS services available to ex-military personnel suffering from combat stress and associated problems.

(233973)

280
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 909-10W, on NHS: personal records, if he will place in the Library a copy of each report by the National Patient Safety Agency on incidents relating to patient safety made since December 2007.

(233731)

281
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 909-10W, on NHS: personal records, how many of the incidents recorded in the table took place on 25th December in each year.

(233732)

282
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have made projections of staff shortfalls in the next 12 months; and in which departments.

(233769)

283
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st September 2008, Official Report, column 1761W, on the NHS: ICT, whether the contractual limitation on payments which applies to his Department's liability provides that Fujitsu shall not be paid (a) the full value of the contract and (b) for work not delivered.

(233770)

284
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what equality and diversity awards his Department has (a) been eligible for, (b) been shortlisted for and (c) won in the last 12 months.

(233771)

285
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the payments to suppliers under Connecting for Health contracts are tied to completion of work commissioned.

(233772)

286
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which occasions (a) each local service provider and (b) BT have breached the terms of their contract with Connecting for Health.

(233773)

287
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Olympics on any legacy of health improvements from the 2012 Olympic Games.

(233383)

288
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Olympics on budgetary allocations for health improvement measures intended as a legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

(233436)

289
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of the next national survey of oral health; and if he will make a statement.

(233834)

290
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department incurred in undertaking the most recent national survey of oral health.

(233835)

291
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has put in place for the completion of a national oral health survey; when this survey is due to begin; and when he expects the findings of the survey will be reported to his Department.

(233836)

292
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by West Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust on salaries and wages for (a) general and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) administrative and clerical staff in each year since its creation.

(233846)

293
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) district nurses and (b) health visitors were employed by Enfield Primary Care Trust in (i) 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.

(233892)

294
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered in Suffolk as carers in each of the last five years.

(233506)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

295
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recommendations of the Independent Police Complaints Commission have not been implemented in each of the last five years; what the reason was in each case; and if she will make a statement.

(233899)

296
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of a criminal offence in each month since June 2007, broken down by (i) sex, (ii) age and (iii) police force; and how many of those convicted were (A) suspended from duty, (B) demoted, (C) dismissed and (D) cautioned.

(233900)

297
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department provided to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in each of the last three years; what recent discussions she has had with the IPCC about future funding; and if she will make a statement.

(233909)

298
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Independent Police Complaints Commission's (IPCCs) target is for conclusion of investigation of a complaint against the police from the date of registration of the complaint; what the average time taken per case has been since the IPCC was set; and if she will make a statement.

(233910)

299
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in (a) England and (b) Essex since the IPCC was established, broken down by police force; and how many have been upheld in each case.

(233911)

300
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what complaints to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) have been upheld since the establishment of the IPCC; what steps were taken in each case by the relevant police force to implement the relevant recommendations; and if she will make a statement.

(233912)

301
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made against police officers in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in each year since 1997; and what action has been taken against each of the officers concerned when complaints have been upheld.

(233914)

302
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what courts completed proceedings against police officers from Essex have taken place in each year since 1997.

(233915)

303
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each official employed by Essex Police Authority has received in bonuses in each of the last three financial years; and what the grade of each official was.

(233916)

304
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to determine whether staff employed by Essex Police Authority receive a bonus; and if she will make a statement.

(233917)

305
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussion (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with Essex Police Authority on the release of information by them under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if she will make a statement.

(233918)

306
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were decided in each of the last 11 years; how many claims were granted in each of those years; how many dependants were included in those successful claims; how many people were granted extended leave to remain or humanitarian protection in each of those years; how many dependants were included in those grants; how many claimants were refused in each of those years; and how many dependants were included in those refused claims.

(233650)

307
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have (a) been made the subject of a control order, (b) absconded whilst the subject of a control order and (c) otherwise breached the terms of a control order in each quarter since the inception of such orders; how many people have breached an order on (i) more than one occasion and (ii) more than two occasions; and how many people have absconded on more than one occasion.

(233532)

308
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have absconded whilst subject to a control order have been arrested or otherwise located and returned to control.

(233533)

309
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of breaching of a control order; and how many of those convicted have received a custodial sentence.

(233534)

310
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each nationality have been made the subject of a control order since the inception of such orders.

(233536)

311
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each nationality were granted UK citizenship in the periods (a) from 1977 to 1987, (b) from 1987 to 1997 and (c) from 1997 to the most recent year for which figures are available.

(233538)

312
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, excluding EEA and Swiss citizens, how many people are awaiting decisions on grants of indefinite leave to remain under the immigration rules and the long residency concession; and how many dependants are included in such applications.

(233620)

313
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the National Asylum Support Service Policy Bulletin 85 does not apply to failed asylum seekers (a) in receipt of Section 4 support and (b) without dependent children.

(233767)

314
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation she has carried out on the trials of the use of Taser guns by the Metropolitan Police; and what conclusions have been reached from the trials.

(233768)

315
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Chelsea Football Club in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233437)

316
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to (a) Abolish Pest Control, (b) Exact Pest Control, (c) Hawkins Pest Control, (d) Independent Pest Control Ltd, (e) Mitie Pest Control, (f) Moores Pest Control Services Ltd, (g) Zest Solutions Ltd and (h) Barford Pest Control Services in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233438)

317
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to the Joanne Banks Dancers in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233439)

318
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Dance United in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233440)

319
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Jeeves Jewellers in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233441)

320
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to the Home Office Staff Social Club in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233442)

321
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Heathrow Gymnastics Club in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233443)

322
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Darlington Football Club Company in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.

(233444)

323
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 219351, tabled on 14th July 2008, on the threat posed to UK security by Hizb ut-Tahrir.

(233974)

324
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 219357, tabled on 14th July 2008, on the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking; and if she will make a statement.

(233975)

325
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 221501, tabled on 17th July 2008, on CCTV in Central Newcastle.

(233976)

326
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many computer files containing personal data held by her Department are not encrypted.

(233977)

327
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on entertainment by her Department in 2007-08; and how much of that was for (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.

(233517)

328
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many external consultants are contracted to work for her Department.

(233518)

329
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) work and (b) provide assistance for her Department.

(233519)

330
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers (i) was in the last 12 months and (ii) has been since 1997-98.

(233520)

331
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers in her Department has been in the last 12 months.

(233521)

332
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors her Department's website received in 2007-08.

(233522)

333
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of maintaining her Department's website (a) was in 2007-08 and (b) is forecast to be in 2008-09.

(233523)

334
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to enable parents of dependent children, where the children are UK citizens and the parents foreign nationals, to work.

(233729)

335
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monetary payments the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority has (a) made and (b) contracted to make, to Cavendish Public Affairs; and for what purposes.

(233378)

336
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private firms have successfully applied to use the national DNA database to help them develop computer programmes.

(233401)

337
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for secondary legislation under section 6 of the Identity Cards Act 2006 to prescribe what biometric information will be stored on the National Identity Register and identity cards.

(233402)

338
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for a passport to become a designated document under section 4 of the Identity Cards Act 2006.

(233403)

339
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to proposals to allow migrants who take part in community work to serve a shorter period before getting a UK passport, which public sector agencies will monitor the validity of the community work.

(233404)

340
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the extension of the requirement to have an identity card for everyone resident in the United Kingdom.

(233881)

341
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of employees in her Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233830)

342
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals working in the UK have been barred from working with children as a result of offences committed overseas.

(233778)

343
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries the Criminal Records Bureau receives information regarding offences committed overseas; and how frequently such information is updated in each case.

(233787)

344
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas nationals working in the UK have committed an offence overseas which if they had committed it in the UK would bar them from working with children or vulnerable adults.

(233858)

345
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reviews her Department plans to undertake of procedures for those undertaking Criminal Records Bureau checks.

(233428)

346
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) drug and (b) drink driving were recorded in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997.

(233848)

347
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Madagascan citizens visited the UK in each of the last five years.

(233967)

348
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people residing in the UK were originally granted asylum in another EU member state.

(233621)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

349
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the amount of (a) domestic, (b) short haul and (c) long haul air mileage of hon. Members used to calculate the House payment to the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund was in each year that the House has been a member of the Offsetting Fund.

(233644)

350
Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will develop a workplace travel plan to reduce the environmental impact of travel by House staff.

(233547)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

351
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, columns 32-3WS, on the Education (Student Support) Regulations, what estimate he has made of the number of students who would otherwise have expected to receive (a) a full grant and (b) a partial grant for their higher education studies had they commenced in 2008-09 who will receive no grant as a consequence of the reduction of the income threshold.

(233594)

352
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, columns 32-33WS, on the Education (Student Support) Regulations, what estimate he has made of the number of prospective students who left school in 2008 and plan to enter university in 2009 and who did not receive the level of higher education grant they would have received had they entered university in 2008 as a consequence of the reduction in the income threshold.

(233595)

353
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area are repaying student loans.

(233188)

354
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage universities to use all of their available budgets for bursaries and scholarships to students needing financial support.

(233431)

355
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that all higher education students are aware of the bursaries which exist to provide financial support.

(233432)

356
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist universities in their efforts to encourage students to register to vote.

(233724)

357
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 7th October 2008, Official Report, column 549W, on departmental databases, how the Student Loans Company responds in cases where the MOSAIC data predicts a decreased likelihood of repaying the student loan.

(233394)

358
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 527-8W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of the refurbishment was.

(233877)

359
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233855)

360
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much on average it cost (a) his Department to provide and (b) a student to complete an NVQ level 3 course in childcare in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the average cost to employers per employee taking such a course in that period.

(233627)

361
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many young people living in Enfield North constituency attended higher education and university in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008.

(233895)

362
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, columns 32-3WS, on Education (Student Support) Regulations, when the Higher Education Council for England advised his Department of the likely number of additional student numbers that would be allocated in 2009-10; and how many additional student numbers they expect to allocate in 2009-10.

(233707)

363
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 the Higher Education Funding Council for England estimates will enter higher education in 2009-10.

(233708)

364
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 were admitted to an English higher education institution in each of the last 10 years.

(233709)

365
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 are studying at an English higher education institution.

(233710)

366
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the block grant to each of the higher education institutions was for research in 2007-08.

(233711)

367
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what research he plans to undertake on the scale and scope of higher education delivered by further education colleges; and if he will make a statement.

(233712)

368
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which (a) universities and (b) further education colleges in England have operating deficits; and if he will make a statement.

(233713)

369
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of undergraduate students of each social class are studying each course in higher education institutions.

(233714)

370
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which higher education institutions missed their maximum allowable student number by more than two per cent. in each of the last five recruitment years.

(233715)

371
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's equal opportunities budget for 2008-09.

(233716)

372
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's procurement and shared services intitiatives budget for 2008-09.

(233717)

373
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's London budget for 2008-09.

(233718)

374
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's open learning capital budget for 2008-09.

(233719)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

375
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the Millennium Development Goal (a) to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger, (b) to ensure all children receive primary education, (c) on gender equality, (d) on infant mortality, (e) on maternal health, (f) to combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases, (g) to improve environmental sustainability and (h) to build a global partnership for development.

(233722)

376
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on maternal health projects in sub-Saharan Africa in each of the last five years.

(233725)

377
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent to tackle HIV and AIDS in India in each of the last five years.

(233726)

378
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the Indian Network of Positive People living with HIV and AIDS in each of the last five years.

(233727)

379
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made by his Department in helping Sierra Leone to (a) attract private investment by simplifying regulations, (b) improve its tax collection, (b) manage its natural resources through the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and (d) tackle corruption.

(233774)

380
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of work undertaken in relation to developing countries by the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative.

(233775)

381
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the country pilots launched by the Medicines Transparency Alliance on increasing transparency and accountability in the medicines supply chain.

(233776)

382
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made through the United Nations in establishing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative as a global standard.

(233777)

383
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool has had on the humanitarian situation in Darfur.

(233779)

384
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of progress made in Nigeria in (a) improving the management of oil revenues, (b) strengthening systems of formal accountability and (c) increasing non oil-related economic growth since 2002.

(233780)

385
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Governance and Transparency Fund in the development of accountability mechanisms between citizens and governments in developing countries.

(233781)

386
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many countries are receiving money from the Governance and Transparency Fund in 2008-09.

(233782)

387
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of the outcome of the 2007 talks between the Junajati Federation and the Nepal government on increasing the political representation of excluded people in Nepal.

(233783)

388
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to develop roads, agriculture and community forestry for poor excluded people in Nepal.

(233784)

389
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to (a) health and (b) education programmes in Nepal in each of the last 10 years.

(233785)

390
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in implementing the UK's National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325.

(233786)

391
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided for the delivery of water and other urban services in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bhopal in 2008-09; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that expenditure.

(233788)

392
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's expenditure on elementary education in India in increasing access to such education.

(233789)

393
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's expenditure on reproductive and child health in India.

(233790)

394
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department is providing to the Jordan Family Protection Project in 2008-09.

(233791)

395
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to improve the competitiveness of businesses in Bangladesh.

(233792)

396
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department has provided to UNIFEM's Regional Programme on Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia in each of the last five years.

(233793)

397
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of out-of-school children there were in India in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.

(233794)

398
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the study by the School of Oriental and African Studies of the governance capabilities and reforms that facilitate high growth over a long period will be published.

(233795)

399
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Africa Investment Climate Facility.

(233796)

400
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to enable poor people to maximise their revenues from agricultural exports in Vietnam.

(233797)

401
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to entrepreneurs in Lesotho in 2008-09.

(233798)

402
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the results of the £25 million joint venture between his Department and the Indonesian government.

(233799)

403
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department has provided to (a) the United Nations Children's Fund, (b) the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and (c) the United Nations Development Fund for Women in 2008-09.

(233801)

404
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the public financial management reform programme in Cambodia.

(233802)

405
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effects of African revenue authorities' administration on business and economic growth.

(233803)

406
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in reducing the incidence of HIV and AIDS in India amongst (a) women, (b) men who have sex with men, (c) injecting drug users, (d) sex workers and (e) prisoners.

(233814)

407
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has provided to the BBC World Service for campaigns to counter HIV and AIDS in India in each of the last five years.

(233815)

408
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in each year since 2002.

(233819)

409
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the Rights, Democracy and Inclusion Fund.

(233866)

410
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) objective and (b) monetary value was of each (i) contract and (ii) order placed with (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG, (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (E) PA Consulting by (1) his Department and (2) its agencies in each year since 2004-05.

(233666)

411
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 101-102W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.

(233419)

412
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Devizes of 23rd October 2008, Official Report, column 569W, on departmental public relations, what the purpose was of the communications division contract in 2007-08; and to which organisation the contract was given.

(233643)

413
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233827)

414
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response his Department has made to the humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.

(233948)

415
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are in place to ensure that his Department's aid to the Republic of Rwanda is spent on those purposes for which it was intended.

(233622)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

416
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions courts have departed from the sentencing guidelines in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) court and (b) reason for departure.

(233960)

417
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) representations he has received and (b) discussions he has had with the police on sentencing policy since May 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(233961)

418
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on point 8 of the then Prime Minister's security measures announced on 5th August 2005, on the expansion of court capacity to deal with control orders.

(233535)

419
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to Question 219327, tabled on 14th July 2008, on guidance to courts.

(233958)

420
N David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, column 33WS, on juvenile secure settings (restraint), what consideration he gave to immediate publication of the report upon receipt.

(233356)

421
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of operating electronic counting at elections for (a) Bedford Borough Council in 2007, (b) Breckland District Council in 2007 and (c) the London Mayor and the London Assembly in 2008.

(233950)

422
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid to Indra in respect of work on the operation of e-counting pilots.

(233951)

423
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what lessons his Department has learned from pilots of e-counting; and what steps he has taken to ensure that such lessons are taken into account in any future pilots.

(233952)

424
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to produce a comprehensive plan for the general operation of e-voting.

(233953)

425
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to commission further pilots of electronic voting kiosks at polling stations.

(233954)

426
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to commission further pilots of advance voting.

(233955)

427
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to commission further pilots of electronic counting of ballot papers.

(233956)

428
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of electronic counting of ballot papers taking into account the pilots carried out during the 2007 local government elections and the 2008 London Mayoral and London Assembly elections.

(233957)

429
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision for restructuring has been made in his Department's financial plan for the 2008-11 Comprehensive Spending Review.

(233750)

430
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts HM Courts Service administers at present; and what projection he has made of the number of courts in operation in 2011.

(233751)

431
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posts in HM Courts Service there are; and what projection he has made of the number of jobs in the service in 2011.

(233752)

432
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision will be made for IT expenditure in his Department's financial plan for the 2008-11 Comprehensive Spending Review; and what steps he will take to ensure that such expenditure (a) is necessary and (b) offers good value for money.

(233765)

433
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recent presentation by Sir Suma Chakrabarti to senior officials in his Department on cost savings across his Department.

(233374)

434
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the commencement of section 59 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 on ending dual reporting.

(233375)

435
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether under the proposed new election trigger rules, the local candidate spending limit will be reset if a candidate withdraws their candidature after they have triggered.

(233376)

436
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Electoral Commission will be required to give prior notice in order to use the proposed new powers of entry contained in the Political Parties and Elections Bill.

(233377)

437
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to change the regulated limit for local candidate spending during election periods for (a) local elections, (b) devolved institution elections and (c) European Parliamentary elections; and if he will make a statement.

(233385)

438
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 167-168W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.

(233415)

439
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.

(233833)

440
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Suffolk have been given (a) immediate fines, (b) compensation orders and (c) cautions for acts of vandalism in each of the last five years.

(233494)

441
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Suffolk have been given (a) immediate fines, (b) compensation orders and (c) cautions for acts of violent crime in each of the last five years.

(233495)

Questions to the Leader of the House

442
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, whether she plans to provide Government time on the Floor of the House to debate abortion during (a) Session 2008-09 and (b) Session 2009-10; what representations she has received on the matter since July 2008; and if she will make a statement.

(233913)

443
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw, of 13th October 2008, Official Report, columns 846-47W, on the Parliamentary Resources Unit, how much has been paid to (a) the Parliamentary Labour Party and (b) Computing for Labour, through the Department of Resources and its predecessors in each year since 2003-04.

(233882)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

444
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times suspects have been wrongfully arrested in Northern Ireland on the basis of mistaken belief by police officers of identity that was later found to be incorrect after fingerprinting in the last 12 months.

(233611)

445
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to introduce MIDAS handheld fingerprint scanners for use by police officers in Northern Ireland.

(233738)

446
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps have been taken to improve conviction rates in domestic violence cases in Northern Ireland.

(233490)

447
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to combat drug-related crime in Northern Ireland.

(233492)

448
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 85-86W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.

(233392)

449
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has Ministerial responsibility for the Northern Ireland Certification Officer.

(233539)

450
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233857)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

451
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with Northern Ireland Executive members on the input of Northern Ireland to the 2012 Olympic Games; and what the outcome of those discussions was.

(233491)

452
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what reports she has received on discussions between Sport England and the National Rifle Association on hosting shooting events during the London 2012 Olympics at Bisley.

(233742)

453
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what estimate she has made of the (a) costs and (b) safety issues arising from hosting (i) shotgun, (ii) pistol and (iii) rifle events at Woolwich Army Base during the London 2012 Olympics.

(233744)

454
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has had discussions with the (a) National Rifle Association and (b) other shooting bodies on the issue of the location of shooting events during the London 2012 Olympics in the last two months.

(233746)

455
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will publish the terms of reference given to KPMG in relation to its report on Olympic venues.

(233748)

456
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 635W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of this refurbishment was.

(233880)

457
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what measures in the bid presented to the International Olympic Committee for the London 2012 Games were related to a legacy of health improvement for (a) children and (b) adults following the Games.

(233429)

458
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on schemes to ensure a legacy of health improvement from the London 2012 Olympic Games.

(233435)

Questions to the Prime Minister

459
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how much was paid as a ministerial severance payment to Baroness Ashton on her appointment as a European Commissioner.

(233379)

460
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Alan Greenspan is an adviser to him.

(233380)

461
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, when the hon. Member for Brent North was appointed his Special Representative for Forestry Matters.

(233386)

462
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) name, (b) titles, (c) responsibilities and (d) dates of appointment of each of his envoys are.

(233391)

463
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8th October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, how many Downing Street Political Office staff have telephones provided at the public expense.

(233396)

464
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 13th October 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on 10 Downing Street: shops, if he will place in the Library a copy of the merchandise and price list of the gift shop.

(233445)

465
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 13th October 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on 10 Downing Street: shops, who the suppliers are of the gifts sold in the gift shop.

(233446)

466
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22nd July 2008, Official Report, columns 99-102WS, on special advisers, which Downing Street special advisers (a) he has appointed and (b) have resigned since the date of the Answer.

(233647)

467
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, what requests for (a) assistance and (b) support for Iceland, its banks and its currency were made to him by Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde during their meeting on 24th April; and what steps he took as a result.

(233588)

Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission

468
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, whether the National Audit Office has provided guidance to Government departments on their euro changeover preparations and planning.

(233542)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

469
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 11W, on departmental procurement, what the monetary value of the expenditure undertaken in 2007-08 for goods or supplies was from (a) Bell Decorating Group, (b) ASM Locksmiths Ltd, (c) Celtic Manor Resort Limited, (d) Dentons Catering Equipment Limited, (e) John Lewis plc and (f) the Scottish Storytelling Centre; and what the purpose of the expenditure was in each case.

(233389)

470
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of those working in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233853)

Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

471
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, column 2242W, on Liberal Democrats: finance: what developments there have been in relation to the investigation since that Answer.

(233634)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

472
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to promote use of the River Thames for (a) passenger and (b) freight traffic; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if he will make a statement.

(233849)

473
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to work with the Mayor of London on use of the River Thames for (a) passenger and (b) freight traffic; what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on the subject since June 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(233850)

474
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of hovercraft travel; if he will provide assistance to transport companies and allocate funds for the development of hovercraft transport routes; and if he will make a statement.

(233851)

475
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what legislation governs hovercraft travel; what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued in the last 12 months and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential on the provision of such legislation; and if he will make a statement.

(233852)

476
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department has on the number and location of monorails in use in England; and if he will make a statement.

(233964)

477
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the (a) number of roads which will have to be closed and (b) period for which such a closure would take place during shooting events held at Woolwich Army base during the London 2012 Olympics.

(233747)

478
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 198-199W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.

(233418)

479
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233820)

480
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost per seat of retrospective fitting of seat belts to school buses.

(233355)

481
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being made to make London transport more accessible to disabled people before 2012.

(233838)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

482
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many security passes of staff in his Department were stolen in each year since 2001.

(233504)

483
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 6W, on departmental official residences, what the cost of refurbishment of his London office was; and what the nature of the work undertaken was.

(233390)

484
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of those working in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233854)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

485
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what work YouGov has undertaken on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and how much this has cost.

(233545)

486
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what percentage of employees in the Government Equalities Office are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233823)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

487
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the working-age population in West Chelmsford constituency received incapacity benefit in (a) June 2001, (b) May 2005 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available.

(233185)

488
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to employment advisers to enable them to (a) recognise and (b) meet the needs of people with mental health problems.

(233447)

489
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures his Department has to ensure that its employment advisers do not require women living in refuges to disclose their address as part of a work search.

(233655)

490
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department's employment advisers receive in the requirements of data protection legislation.

(233656)

491
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance registration numbers have been issued to (a) non-UK nationals of each nationality and (b) UK citizens in (i) each year and (ii) each quarter since 1st January 2004.

(233537)

492
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioner households in (a) Bexley and (b) Greater London claiming council tax benefit.

(233764)

493
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were made to the Child Support Agency by its customers in each of the last five years.

(233861)

494
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of cases calculated by the Child Support Agency the level of maintenance payments was initially calculated incorrectly in the latest period for which information is available.

(233862)

495
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of Child Support Agency (CSA) cases the non-resident parent was not compliant with the maintenance award calculated by the CSA at the latest date for which information is available.

(233863)

496
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new cases were brought to the Child Support Agency (CSA) in the last 12 months; and in how many of these cases the CSA has started maintenance payments.

(233864)

497
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional staff were operating in benefit delivery centres specifically to implement the new employment and support allowance on 27th October 2008, broken down by (a) fixed-term employees, (b) full-time employees and (c) casual staff; and how many additional staff in each category he expects to be operating in this capacity at the end of each of the next six months.

(233307)

498
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances someone with a mental health problem might receive the mobility component of disability living allowance.

(233813)

499
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 59W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.

(233387)

500
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.

(233817)

501
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were prosecuted for benefit fraud in each of the last five years.

(233844)

502
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of Enfield North constituency have applied for pension credits since the establishment of the pension credit scheme.

(233893)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

503
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to assist local authorities to increase the proportion of students registered to vote.

[Transferred] (233723)

504
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many motorists in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire have been prosecuted in each of the last three years for using mobile telephones whilst driving.

[Transferred] (233740)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

505
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Walking to Schools initiative's budget was spent in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (233607)

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