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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 18 November 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 18 November 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 18 November of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 18 November of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 18 November see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department has spent on ensuring the UK's compliance with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive since it came into effect. | | (237236) | 2
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November 2008, Official Report, column 1122W, on bankruptcy: Greater London, if he will provide equivalent information for (a) 1979, (b) 1992, (c) 1997 and (d) each of the first two quarters of 2008. | | (237450) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent consultations the Government has undertaken with representatives of small businesses on consumer law. | | (236329) | 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist small businesses to comply with consumer law. | | (236330) | 5
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 on such schemes by (Y) his Department and its predecessor (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237358) | 6
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237324) | 7
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237411) | 8
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department, its predecessor and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237438) | 9
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237461) | 10
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237494) | 11
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has evaluated on the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from steel production per ton. | | (236848) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 12
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will make a substantive reply to Question (a) 229574 on preference shares, (b) 229573, on ordinary shares, (c) 229576, on subscription of the different share categories and (d) 229577, on the Lloyds TSB and HBOS merger, tabled on 20th October 2008 for named day answer on 23rd October. | | (236985) | 13
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November 2008, Official Report, column 1083W, on betting: regulation, what plans there are to transfer the regulation of spread betting from the Financial Services Authority to the Gambling Commission. | | (236976) | 14
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been received concerning the Gathering Better Regulatory Information Electronically electronic reporting system, in the last 12 months broken down by subject of complaint. | | (236840) | 15
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) original budget and (b) final costs for the design and implementation of the Gathering Better Regulatory Information Electronically System. | | (236841) | 16
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which IT systems the Gathering Better Regulatory Information Electronically system has replaced. | | (236842) | 17
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on the design and implementation of the Gathering Better Regulatory Information Electronically IT project. | | (236843) | 18
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates since September 2008 the HM Revenue and Customs online self-assessment tax pages have not had a full service available; for how long on each occasion; and if he will make a statement. | | (236799) | 19
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many upgrades of the HM Revenue and Customs online self-assessment tax form have been made to the system since September 2008; when such upgrades were made; for how long the online form was unavailable as a result of the upgrades; and if he will make a statement. | | (236800) | 20
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237343) | 21
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, columns 103-4W, on Revenue and Customs: databases, what personal details are held on the central frameworks database. | | (237508) | 22
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, columns 103-4W, on Revenue and Customs: databases, what guidelines there are on (a) the addition of an individual's personal details to and (b) the confidentiality of records held on the central frameworks database. | | (237509) | 23
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, columns 103-4W, on Revenue and Customs: databases, what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of maintaining the central frameworks database. | | (237510) | 24
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, columns 103-4W, on Revenue and Customs: databases, what the definition is of a business need required to allow staff access to the Taypayer Business Service. | | (237511) | 25
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, columns 103-4W, on Revenue and Customs: databases, what procedures exist to establish (a) the permission or legal authority of departmental staff to disclose data held on the frameworks database and (b) that those receiving the information have the entitlement or legal right to receive it. | | (237512) | 26
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for UK financial institutions of the decision by the United States administration to ban Iran from undertaking u-turn financial transactions involving US financial institutions. | | (237360) | 27
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many nationals of each A8 country who have worked in the UK and have now left the country are in receipt of (a) child benefit and (b) tax credits. | | (237340) | 28
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies is on whether leave taken by staff in the period between Christmas and New Year must be taken from their annual holiday allowance. | | (237341) | 29
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff at (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) the Valuation Office Agency have been investigated for alleged fraud in 2008. | | (237359) | 30
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employees of UK Financial Investments Ltd will be eligible to (a) receive bonus payments and (b) join the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme. | | (237381) | 31
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate of the (a) staff numbers and (b) staffing costs of UK Financial Investments Ltd in its first year of operation is. | | (237382) | 32
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237426) | 33
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237465) | 34
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237495) | 35
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237498) | 36
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs, (c) the Valuation Office Agency and (d) other agencies have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237507) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 37
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 4th November 2008, Official Report, columns 434-5W, on reading: teaching methods, what kinds of follow-up interventions children receive after the conclusion of intensive reading recovery programmes; what assessment his Department has made of the merits of using reading volunteers to continue intervention following the conclusion of intensive reading recovery programmes; and if he will make a statement. | | (237452) | 38
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the per pupil average dedicated school grant will be in (a) each local authority in England and (b) England for the 2009-10 academic year. | | (236987) | 39
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in each year group have opted out of the National Child Measurement Programme in each year since its inception. | | (237220) | 40
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the numbers of calls to the Learner Support Helpline that went unanswered in each month since January 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (236805) | 41
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many calls were made to the learner support helpline for students claiming education maintenance allowance in each month since September 2007; and how many of them were (a) answered and (b) unanswered in each of those months. | | (237288) | 42
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many advisers were working on the learner support helpline for students claiming education maintenance allowance in each month since September 2007. | | (237289) | 43
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost for the contractor Liberata to staff the learner support helpline for students claiming education maintenance allowance was in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09. | | (237290) | 44
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many applications for the education maintenance allowance have been received for the academic year 2008-09; and how many of them have been fully processed. | | (237291) | 45
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of applications for education maintenance allowance (EMA) for 2008-09 have been recorded on the new EMA IT system. | | (237292) | 46
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on the new education maintenance allowance IT system in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (237293) | 47
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by his Department. | | (237355) | 48
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237322) | 49
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237410) | 50
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237437) | 51
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237459) | 52
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237492) | 53
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils he expects to attend the two new planned academies in Kettering. | | (237201) | 54
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children under the age of 11 live in single-parent families in the Tamworth constituency. | | (237339) | 55
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether pupils from overseas who are boarding in UK boarding schools will be included on the ContactPoint database. | | (237362) | 56
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to publicise the ContactPoint database to parents. | | (237363) | 57
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advance notice parents will receive about when their children's details are to be loaded on to the ContactPoint database. | | (237364) | 58
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information parents will receive about applying for their children's information to be shielded on the ContactPoint database. | | (237365) | 59
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether children's visits to NHS accident and emergency departments will be recorded on ContactPoint. | | (237366) | 60
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the decision was taken to combine the administration of the education maintenance allowance with other adult learning grants; what the reasons for that decision were; who took the decison; and if he will make a statement. | | (237367) | 61
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which company has been contracted to run the Learner Support Programme in 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (237368) | 62
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) grants and (b) allowances are administered via the Learner Support Programme contracted to Liberata; and if he will make a statement. | | (237369) | 63
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people entitled to education maintenance allowance in 2008-09 have not yet received any payments; and if he will make a statement. | | (237370) | 64
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure that education maintenance allowance payments are made on time; and if he will make a statement. | | (237371) | 65
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what sanctions he plans to impose on Liberata for failing to make education maintenance allowance payments on time; and if he will make a statement. | | (237372) | 66
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12th November 2008, Official Report, column 1267W, on children: databases, if he will publish the results of the local shielding analysis of each local authority; and if he will make a statement. | | (237388) | 67
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what enforcement actions Ofsted may take in circumstances where an early years provider is found to be inadequate; how many early years providers have been found to be inadequate on more than one occasion in the last 10 years; and which of the enforcement actions available to Ofsted have been used. | | (237191) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 68
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and (Z) its agency. | | (237346) | 69
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237323) | 70
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether food and drink on sale to staff of the Prime Minister's Office at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237424) | 71
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237428) | 72
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) his Department and its agencies and (b) the Prime Minister's office have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237439) | 73
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237460) | 74
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237493) | 75
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many full-time equivalent staff in the Prime Minister's Office assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237501) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 76
N | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements there are on local authorities to inform her Department of liabilities incurred in the course of their business undertakings. | | (236978) | 77
N | Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will investigate the (a) liabilities incurred and (b) payments made from the public purse by the seven local authorities participating in the Newcastle International Airport Company in respect of payments to former members of its management board; and if she will make a statement. | | (236979) | 78
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much per capita funding has been provided from central government for each fire authority in England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (236990) | 79
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) her Department and (Z) each of her Department's agencies. | | (237354) | 80
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237321) | 81
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237412) | 82
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department, its predecessor and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237436) | 83
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237458) | 84
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237491) | 85
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many attacks were recorded on firefighters in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (236126) | 86
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account she takes of firefighter safety in reviewing the efficacy of integrated risk management plans published by fire and rescue services; and if she will make a statement. | | (236127) | 87
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters per 100,000 residents there were in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the West Midlands in each year since 1997. | | (237328) | 88
N | Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of existing social housing that meets current standards for new build social housing; and if she will make a statement. | | (236267) | 89
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on legal fees in defending the application for administrative review brought by David Bliss and others in respect of the proposed eco-town at Long Marston; how much her Department has allocated for expenditure on the case up to the time it is heard; and how much it has allocated for its legal fees incurred in each case. | | (236981) | 90
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the Government's proposed contribution to infrastructure costs in respect of each of the proposed eco-towns on which she is consulting. | | (236983) | 91
N | Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the report made to her Department by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the financial viability of eco-towns. | | (236984) | 92
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Essex County Council on its proposal for privatisation of its services; and if she will make a statement. | | (236975) | 93
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she will publish the review of houses in multiple occupation and possible planning responses announced on 9th April 2008. | | (236071) | 94
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number of houses in multiple occupation licensed in each local authority area under mandatory licensing provisions of the Housing Act 2004 and (b) the proportion of eligible properties this number represents. | | (236072) | 95
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to respond to the review of private rented sector housing led by Julie Rugg and David Rhodes. | | (236073) | 96
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications have been received from local authorities to introduce additional licensing schemes for houses in multiple occupation; and how many such applications have been granted. | | (236213) | 97
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Standards Board for England's investigation into six councillors on the Isle of Wight has cost. | | (237391) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 98
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds have been made available for regeneration of seaside towns in the last three years; and how much has been given to each area. | | (236997) | 99
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and (Z) its agency. | | (237356) | 100
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237320) | 101
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237413) | 102
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department and its agency have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237435) | 103
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237457) | 104
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237490) | 105
N | Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what wreaths were laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on Remembrance Sunday 2008; by whom they were laid; on whose behalf they were laid; and whether wreaths were laid directly or indirectly on behalf of (a) the Isle of Man, (b) Jersey, (c) Guernsey, (d) Alderney and (e) Sark. | | (236849) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 106
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provision his Department is planning to make to assist veterans in returning to Normandy for the 65th anniversary of the Landings in 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (237190) | 107
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the introduction of (a) 9,000 US combat troops and (b) a second US operated runway on command and control in Helmand province. | | (236995) | 108
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tonnes of charity clothing have been transported by the Royal Air Force using vacant cargo space on regular sorties to and from Afghanistan. | | (236996) | 109
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost has been of the UK's involvement in Afghanistan in each of the last five financial years. | | (237187) | 110
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) departmental officials and (b) members of the armed services are available for mobilisation in the event of a nuclear accident emergency; and what level of training is given to departmental officials on nuclear emergency response. | | (237285) | 111
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce decisions arising from Project Belvedere. | | (237373) | 112
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the latest estimate is of the costs of Project Belvedere. | | (237374) | 113
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials are working on Project Belvedere; and who is in charge of their work. | | (237375) | 114
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on Project Belvedere. | | (237376) | 115
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on upgrading the infrastructure at (a) RAF Benson, (b) RAF Odiham and (c) RAF Lyneham in each of the last five years. | | (237377) | 116
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of likely helicopter noise levels in the area surrounding whichever base is decided on under Project Belvedere. | | (237378) | 117
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the levels of noise pollution from helicopters in the areas around (a) RAF Benson and (b) RAF Odiham. | | (237379) | 118
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters would move to the centralised base under Project Belvedere. | | (237380) | 119
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of extending the life of the C-130K fleet. | | (237383) | 120
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of puchasing one or more additional C-17s. | | (237384) | 121
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the in-service date of the A400M aircraft. | | (237385) | 122
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much further infrastructure work is required at RAF Brize Norton before the Hercules fleet arrives; and what his estimate is of the cost of that work. | | (237386) | 123
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the timing of the Hercules fleet's removal to RAF Brize Norton; and how that removal will be phased. | | (237387) | 124
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237357) | 125
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237319) | 126
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237414) | 127
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237434) | 128
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237456) | 129
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237489) | 130
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the UK's nuclear bombs exploded during (a) the major trials of the 1950s and 1960s in Australia and the Pacific Island Oceans and (b) the minor tests code-named Kittens, Tims, Rats and Vixen conducted at Maralinga, contained beryllium. | | (237226) | 131
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flights have been taken by his Department's civil servants of each grade in (a) first class, (b) business class and (c) economy in each month of 2008. | | (237286) | 132
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) first class, (b) business class and (c) economy class air travel for his Department's civil servants cost his Department in the last 12 months; and what critieria are used to determine the class in which such staff fly. | | (237287) | 133
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made in the investigation of allegations of physical abuse and harassment at Catterick Barracks. | | (237429) | 134
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to provide Royal Navy ships with non-lethal weapons similar to those available to the US Navy for the interdiction of pirates in the Northern Indian Ocean. | | (237188) | 135
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pirates have been captured off the coast of Somalia by HMS Cumberland; where they are being held; under which legal framework; and if he will make a statement. | | (237194) | 136
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance has been issued to Royal Navy commanders on the detention of pirates on board Royal Navy vessels; and if he will make a statement. | | (237195) | 137
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many goodwill parcels from the public intended for deployed troops were (a) received by his Department and (b) delivered to troops on service in each year since 2003; and how those not delivered were treated. | | [R] (236992) | 138
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the operation of the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme in comparison with (a) compensation arrangements for police officers and (b) other public sector compensation schemes as part of the review of public service injury benefits; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (236993) | 139
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which United Kingdom military airframes (a) have been used and (b) are planned to be used in connection with operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (236994) | 140
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration he has given to relocating his Department's sites to areas of high unemployment. | | (236991) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 141
N | Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the prospects for including water companies in the intelligent metering roll-out. | | (237202) | 142
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff has been since his Department's creation. | | (237318) | 143
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237415) | 144
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment since its creation. | | (237432) | 145
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff has been since his Department's creation. | | (237463) | 146
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the use of wind turbines for electricity generation. | | (237200) | 147
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will list the local authorities he expects to fall within the scope of the Carbon Reduction Commitment; and if he will make a statement. | | (236776) | 148
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Carbon Reduction Commitment to apply to local authorities; what piloting of the scheme has taken place in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland; whether permits will be allocated or auctioned; and if he will make a statement. | | (236777) | 149
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward plans to support the installation of high voltage direct current cabling and infrastructure for the distribution of offshore and onshore renewable electricity generation. | | (236775) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 150
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on joint research projects of each type with (a) universities and (b) companies in each of the last five years; and what the name of each company was. | | (237232) | 151
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated for agricultural research in universities in 2008-09. | | (237233) | 152
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on agricultural research in each of the last five years. | | (237234) | 153
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what real terms reductions there were in the headings of the budget for Natural England in 2008-09 compared with 2006-07. | | (237237) | 154
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of robins living in England in each of the last five years. | | (237238) | 155
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the pesticide Imidacloprid was licensed for use in the UK. | | (236214) | 156
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on banks lending to farmers. | | (237199) | 157
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much surplus land (a) his Department and (b) its agencies own; and what the (i) area and (ii) estimated monetary value of each site is. | | (237189) | 158
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) enforcement and (b) inspection of the six-day rule. | | (237192) | 159
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on inspections in each of the last 10 years. | | (237193) | 160
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Animal Health Executive Agency has spent on training its inspectors in each of the last five years, broken down by training programme. | | (237197) | 161
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and its predecessor (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237352) | 162
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237317) | 163
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237416) | 164
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237433) | 165
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237476) | 166
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237488) | 167
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11th November 2008, Official Report, column 1013W, on shellfish: Colchester, what the membership of the applicant group is; and on what dates his officials have sent reminders to the applicant group since May 2007. | | (237198) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 168
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237353) | 169
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide with preparations for the 2009 elections in Afghanistan. | | (237241) | 170
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Burma on the recent decision to sentence 14 political dissidents to 65 years each in prison in that country; and if he will make a statement. | | (237242) | 171
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the running costs of each British diplomatic mission overseas were in the last financial year for which information is available. | | (237243) | 172
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of the provision of language training to members of his Department was in each of the last 10 financial years. | | (237244) | 173
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has developed a strategey for promoting the presence of UK academic and cultural institutions in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement. | | (237245) | 174
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports that members of the armed forces in Democratic Republic of Congo have been involved in serious human rights abuses in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement. | | (237247) | 175
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Israel on the impact of the closure of Gaza upon the humanitarian situation there; and if he will make a statement. | | (237269) | 176
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal basis for the presence of UK forces in Iraq will be after the expiry of the UN mandate in December 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (237270) | 177
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed the merits of a UN arms embargo for the whole of Sudan with his counterparts in UN Security Council member states; and whether such an embargo has been discussed at the UN Security Council. | | (237361) | 178
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional (a) personnel and (b) financial resources his Department has allocated to addressing climate change in accordance with the undertaking given in the Written Ministerial Statement of 23rd January 2008, Official Report, column 52WS, on New Strategic Framework. | | (237449) | 179
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions since January 2007 the Government has received notification that the Central Bank of Iran and Iranian commercial banks have requested that their names be removed from financial transactions which involved UK financial institutions; and if he will make a statement. | | (237451) | 180
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 225596, tabled on 6th October 2008, on language training in his Department. | | (237453) | 181
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237316) | 182
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237417) | 183
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237431) | 184
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237475) | 185
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237487) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 186
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attacks by (a) patients and (b) relatives visiting patients there were on hospital staff in each primary care trust in each year since 2001. | | (237239) | 187
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bonus payments were made to his Department's staff in each Civil Service pay grade in each of the last three years; and what the highest and lowest individual bonus payments were in each of those years. | | (237240) | 188
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent per person on the provision of ambulance services for (a) each ambulance trust in England and (b) England for the latest period for which figures are available. | | (236988) | 189
N | Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency response vehicles are operated by each NHS ambulance trust in England; and what the ratio is of such vehicles per 1,000 of the population. | | (236989) | 190
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group have received oral medication of each type for the treatment of obesity in each of the last 10 years. | | (237219) | 191
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors who qualified in each of the last five years have not practised medicine since qualification. | | (237221) | 192
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many healthcare-acquired infections there were in each primary care trust area in each of the last five years. | | (237222) | 193
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of tuberculosis were recorded in each primary care trust area in each of the last five years. | | (237223) | 194
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of (a) type 1 and (b) type 2 diabetes have been diagnosed in people of each age group in each primary care trust area in Hampshire in each of the last five years. | | (237225) | 195
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health trainers there are in each primary care trust (PCT); and how many people have been helped by health trainers in each PCT in the last 12 months. | | (237399) | 196
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with prostate cancer have received brachytherapy treatment in each treatment centre in each of the last five years. | | (237400) | 197
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many girls in each local authority area have opted out of receiving the human papilloma virus vaccination. | | (237401) | 198
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each age group have received gastric surgery of each type for the treatment of obesity in each of the last 10 years. | | (237402) | 199
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237351) | 200
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237315) | 201
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237418) | 202
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237430) | 203
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237474) | 204
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237486) | 205
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people required treatment for asbestos-related conditions in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997. | | (237325) | 206
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting times for (a) heart and (b) cancer operations in the area covered by South Staffordshire primary care trust were in the last 12 months. | | (237329) | 207
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists there are per 1,000 people in Tamworth borough. | | (237330) | 208
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed by the South Staffordshire primary care trust in each year since 1997. | | (237331) | 209
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients contracted MRSA in hospitals in South Staffordshire NHS Trust in each of the last five years. | | (237332) | 210
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many opticians there are per 1,000 people in Tamworth borough. | | (237333) | 211
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many psychiatrists were employed by the National Health Service in each year since 1997. | | (236980) | 212
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much income NHS mental health trusts have generated from private patients, broken down by trust, in each of the last three years. | | (237203) | 213
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of raising the legal age at which tobacco can be purchased on rates of smoking amongst young people. | | (237227) | 214
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the purchase of tobacco on behalf of those under 18 years old. | | (237228) | 215
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to review the provision of healthcare to non-EU students in higher education. | | (237230) | 216
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to review the provision of healthcare to foreign students. | | (237396) | 217
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on providing assistance with healthcare costs to (a) foreign nationals and (b) higher education students through the HC2 form in each of the last five years. | | (237397) | 218
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) foreign nationals and (b) higher education students (i) applied for and (ii) received assistance with healthcare costs in each of the last five years. | | (237398) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 219
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the letters of 22nd September and 29th October from the hon. Member for Billericay regarding Mr Kevin Browne. | | (237196) | 220
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many body scanners her Department operates; and where they are located. | | (237390) | 221
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with youth and social service practitioners on alternatives to long-term secure accommodation for young people vulnerable to sexual exploitation; and if she will make a statement. | | (237280) | 222
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there have been of (i) men and (ii) women of each ethnicity in each region for sexually exploiting young people in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement. | | (237281) | 223
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration cases are awaiting resolution; and of those how many the UK Border Agency plans to resolve by (a) January 2009,(b) January 2010, (c) January 2011 and (d) January 2012. | | (237282) | 224
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work her Department has carried out since December 2005 on a detailed specification for a device to facilitate roadside testing for the presence of illegal drugs. | | (237183) | 225
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Policing Information Agency plans to respond to the letter of 1st September 2008 from Lingotran Ltd of Christchurch. | | (237185) | 226
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to give type approval for a device for use in testing a driver for the presence of a drug in his body under Section 6 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as amended. | | (237204) | 227
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of driving while unfit through use of a drug in the last year for which figures are available. | | (237205) | 228
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) her Department and (Z) each of her Department's agencies. | | (237350) | 229
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237419) | 230
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237448) | 231
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237473) | 232
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237485) | 233
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237506) | 234
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of policing the (a) Henley Regatta 2008, (b) London Marathon 2008, (c) London Gay and Lesbian Pride March 2008 and (d) Beijing Olympic and Paralympics welcome home parade was. | | (237334) | 235
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have been recorded in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since the inception of such orders. | | (237335) | 236
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have resulted in a criminal conviction in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since the inception of such orders. | | (237336) | 237
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department allocated to tackle anti-social behaviour in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands in each year since the inception of such programmes. | | (237337) | 238
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there are in (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire. | | (237338) | 239
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of allegations of rape made to the police in England and Wales in each of the last two years were later withdrawn by the individual; how many and what percentage of alleged rape cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service were not prosecuted for lack of evidence; and how many and what percentage of cases brought to prosecution resulted in conviction. | | (237393) | 240
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many temporary advances issued to police officers in England and Wales (a) attending courses outside their area is and (b) performing duty outside their area are outstanding; and what the monetary value of those advances is. | | (237395) | 241
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were convicted of drug-related offences in England and Wales in each of the last three years. | | (237455) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 242
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much co-funding from the private sector the research councils attracted in each of the last fifteen years, expressed in (a) cash and (b) real terms. | | (235377) | 243
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) direct grants and (b) joint projects with universities for research on agriculture in each of the last 10 years. | | (237231) | 244
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many late payments to students at each university of (a) loans and (b) grants there were in each of the last five years. | | (237224) | 245
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and its predecessor (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237349) | 246
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237420) | 247
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment since its creation; and how much his Department's agency spent on such equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237440) | 248
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237472) | 249
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237484) | 250
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff has been since his Department was established. | | (237505) | 251
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent meetings his officials have had with organisations from the North West to discuss widening access to higher education in the region. | | (235947) | 252
N | Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what arrangements the Higher Education Funding Council for England has for working with further education colleges that operate in conjunction with higher education providers in the North West region. | | (236374) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 253
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on the Afghan refugees now living in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (237284) | 254
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by his Department. | | (237348) | 255
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department proposes should be taken to address the shortfalls in funding for the World Food Programme's operations in Zimbabwe; and what assessment has been made of the effects of those shortfalls on the provision of humanitarian aid in the country. | | (237246) | 256
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237421) | 257
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237445) | 258
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237471) | 259
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237504) | 260
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the Stabilisation Unit's performance against its aim of improving its understanding of the tasks involved in a stabilisation effort in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq. | | (237271) | 261
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the Stabilisation Unit's performance against its aim of improving capacity to finance stabilisation activities to achieve desired effects in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (237272) | 262
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the Stabilisation Unit's performance against its aim of getting SMARTer at delivering key enablers in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (237273) | 263
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the continuing effectiveness of development projects completed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq in each of the last five years is assessed. | | (237274) | 264
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many development projects completed in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each of the last five years are still operational. | | (237275) | 265
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, by what means the Stabilisation Unit develops and maintains operating capacity in support of stabilisation operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (237276) | 266
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what restrictions staff of his Department deployed under Foreign and Commonwealth Office deployment rules in Afghanistan have had placed upon them. | | (237277) | 267
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what stabilisation advisers' posts there are in Afghanistan; and to whom the post holders are responsible. | | (237278) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 268
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people imprisoned on conviction for a drink driving offence have been released because the blood taken to assess the blood-alcohol level was taken by a nurse rather than a police officer in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (237279) | 269
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet representatives of the Howard League for Penal Reform to discuss the findings of the independent evaluation carried out by Professor Penny Green at King's College London into its social enterprise employing prisoners in HMP Coldingley. | | (236801) | 270
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the possible benefits of meaningful employment for long term prisoners, including the impact of any taxation contributions; what consideration was made of the Howard League for Penal Reform's social enterprise in HMP Coldingley in forming that assessment; and what assessment he has made of the consequences of the closure of the social enterprise at HMP Coldingley. | | (236803) | 271
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what hours were being worked each day by prisoners at the Howard League for Penal Reform social enterprise in HMP Coldingley in its (a) first month and (b) last month of operation; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction of working hours at the prison. | | (236804) | 272
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Wycombe in fulfilment of the commitment given by the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 16th October 2008, Official Report, column 661, on Sharia law. | | (236986) | 273
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ex-service personnel there were in prison who had (a) post-combat stress, (b) alcoholism and (c) substance abuse problems in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003, (iv) 2004, (v) 2005, (vi) 2006 and (vii) 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (237283) | 274
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and its predecessor (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237347) | 275
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237422) | 276
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department, its predecessor and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237442) | 277
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237470) | 278
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237483) | 279
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237503) | 280
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which businesses HMP Coldingley has contracts for work for prisoners; and what the (a) value of, (b) nature of work specified under and (c) payment to prisoners specified under each contract is. | | (237294) | 281
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons run a social enterprise programme similar to that established at HMP Coldingley. | | (237295) | 282
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision will be made in Titan prisons to enable prisoners to undertake skilled real work initiatives. | | (237297) | Questions to the Leader of the House 283
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to allow hon. Members to table no more than one Question for oral Answer to each Department which answers substantive and topical Questions in respect of each answering day. | | (236847) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 284
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and its predecessor (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237345) | 285
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237423) | 286
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237443) | 287
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237469) | 288
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237482) | 289
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237502) | 290
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average sentence handed down by the courts in Northern Ireland for (a) possession of and (b) dealing in drugs was in each of the last five years. | | (237389) | 291
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of allegations of rape made to the police in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years were later withdrawn by the individual; how many and what percentage of alleged rape cases referred to the Public Prosecution Service were not prosecuted for lack of evidence; and how many and what percentage of cases brought to prosecution resulted in conviction. | | (237392) | 292
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many temporary advances issued to police officers in Northern Ireland (a) attending courses outside Northern Ireland and (b) performing duty outside Northern Ireland are outstanding; and what the monetary value of those advances is. | | (237394) | 293
| David Simpson (Upper Bann): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people were convicted of drug-related offences in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years. | | (237454) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 294
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many meetings there have been between officials from her Department and the Scottish Executive to discuss preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. | | (236869) | 295
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 10th November 2008, Official Report, column 490, on Commonwealth Games, how many invitations to meetings to discuss preparations for the 2012 Olympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games have been declined by the Scottish Executive. | | (236870) | 296
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will publish copies of all correspondence her Department has had with the Scottish Executive on preparations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. | | (236871) | Questions to the Prime Minister 297
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237468) | 298
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Prime Minister, how much his Office has spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237481) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 299
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237446) | 300
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237467) | 301
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237480) | 302
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237500) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 303
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce a decision in response to the application by South West Trains to change its ticket office opening hours. | | (237184) | 304
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the numbers of road users who drive without valid (a) driving licences and (b) MOT certificates. | | (236331) | 305
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to prosecute vehicle owners who do not have valid car tax. | | (236332) | 306
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the revenue from the new toll charges for the Dartford Crossing in each of the next three years; and what estimate he has made of the amount to be foregone in revenue through the discount to Dartford and Thurrock residents in each year. | | (237186) | 307
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects his Department to complete the internal review regarding the freedom of information request E0004045; and if he will make a statement. | | (236797) | 308
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects his Department to complete the internal review regarding the freedom of information request (a) E0004073 and (b) E0004295; and if he will make a statement. | | (236798) | 309
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237344) | 310
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237425) | 311
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237441) | 312
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237466) | 313
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237479) | 314
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237499) | 315
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the provision of central Government funding to local authorities for free bus travel for pensioners. | | (236274) | 316
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the number of vehicle miles travelled on (i) motorways and (ii) other roads annually. | | (236844) | 317
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many type approval certificates for aircraft were issued by the Civil Aviation Authority in each of the last three years. | | (236845) | 318
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken for the Civil Aviation Authority to give type approval for usage to an aircraft has been in the last three years. | | (236846) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 319
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237447) | 320
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237478) | 321
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237497) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 322
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (Y) his Department and (Z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (237342) | 323
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether food and drink on sale to staff of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies at official premises is subsidised from public funds. | | (237427) | 324
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (237444) | 325
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department and its agencies are responsible for branding activity; and what the cost of employing such staff was in 2007-08. | | (237464) | 326
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (237477) | 327
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff was in each of the last three years. | | (237496) | 328
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 69W, on Motability, how many allegations of (a) fraud and (b) misuse were substantiated but did not lead to the cancellation of a contract; and what the nature of the fraud or misuse was in each year since 1999. | | (236375) | 329
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of compensation to be paid to unsuccessful bidders for the Post Office Card Account contract. | | (236998) | 330
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to his Department was of the tendering and bidding process for the Post Office Card Account. | | (236999) | 331
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 13th November 2008, Official Report, columns 965-82W, on the Post Office Card Account, what the increased functionality of the new Post Office Card Account will be under the new contract. | | (237000) | 332
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 13th November 2008, Official Report, columns 965-82W, on the Post Office Card Account, what (a) legal and (b) economic factors were taken into account in taking the decision to cancel the tender. | | (237001) | 333
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of carer's allowance in Tamworth constituency in each year since its inception. | | (237326) | 334
N | Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance who have a mental health condition. | | (236977) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 335
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax and national insurance had been paid by prisoners employed in the Howard League for Penal Reform social enterprise in HMP Coldingley at the point of its closure; and how much has been refunded. | | [Transferred] (236802) | 336
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Prison Service ruling that prisoners may not be employed and pay tax applies to prisoners in open prisons. | | [Transferred] (237296) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 337
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people over the age of 60 were registered as carers in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997. | | [Transferred] (237327) | 338
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the police are able to take to prevent the purchase of tobacco on behalf of those under 18 years of age. | | [Transferred] (237229) |
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