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THURSDAY 9 OCTOBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners and the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission *1
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, when the Church Commissioners last met the Archbishop of Canterbury to discuss stipendiary pay for parish priests in rural areas. | | (225230) | *2
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many burial grounds have been deconsecrated since 1988. | | (225231) | *3
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church Commissioners plan to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible in 2011. | | (225232) | *4
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effectiveness of the procedures for registering Commonwealth citizens on the electoral register. | | (225233) | At 10.50 a.m. Oral Questions to the Solicitor General *1
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): How many prosecutions have been brought by the Crown Prosecution Service against people found running cannabis factories in the last five years. | | (225234) | *2
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the review of measures to reduce demand for prostitution. | | (225235) | *3
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): What recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Serious Fraud Office; and if she will make a statement. | | (225236) | *4
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in increasing the proportion of successful prosecutions in domestic violence cases. | | (225237) | *5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): What steps the Government plans to take to increase the effectiveness of its efforts in the detection and prosecution of people who have committed serious fraud; and if she will make a statement. | | (225238) | *6
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): What recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on the review of measures to reduce demand for prostitution. | | (225239) | *7
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What steps the Attorney General's Office and Crown Prosecution Service have taken to improve support provided by the criminal justice system for victims and witnesses with mental health difficulties. | | (225240) | *8
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): How many prosecutions the Crown Prosecution Service has brought for offences of human trafficking in the last three years. | | (225241) | At 11.00 a.m. Oral Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality *1
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): What proportion of the one million pounds emergency fund for rape crisis centres, announced in March, has been distributed. | | (225242) | *2
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What recent discussions she has had with Welsh organisations about proposals for an Equality Bill. | | (225243) | *3
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): What recent steps have been taken to reduce the gap in pay between male and female part-time workers. | | (225244) | *4
| Mrs Siân C. James (Swansea East): What recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues about alternatives to imprisonment for women. | | (225245) | *5
| Bob Russell (Colchester): What her policy is on the provision of an equivalent level of toilet facilities for men and women at places of entertainment. | | (225246) | *6
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What steps the Government is taking to ensure that men and women receive equal pay for work of equal value; and if she will make a statement. | | (225247) | *7
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): What recent steps the Government has taken to tackle sexism in the workplace. | | (225248) | *8
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): What steps the Government is taking to reduce the gender pay gap. | | (225249) | *9
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): If she will hold discussions with the Home Secretary on measures to empower local communities to prevent the opening of lap dancing clubs. | | (225250) | *10
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): What proportion of the emergency funding for rape crisis centres, announced in March, has been distributed. | | (225251) | At 11.15 a.m. Oral Questions to the Leader of the House and the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission *1
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): To ask the Leader of the House, what plans she has to bring forward proposals for the orders of reference for regional select committees. | | (225252) | *2
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Leader of the House, how much on average staff of hon. Members received in redundancy payments in each of the last 10 years. | | (225253) | *3
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance is in place on acceptable response times for Ministers to reply to hon. Members' letters. | | (225254) | *4
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of public bill committees in taking oral and written evidence. | | (225255) | *5
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent steps she has taken to encourage Ministers to provide timely substantive responses to Questions for written answer. | | (225256) | *6
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate has been made of the (a) administrative and (b) maintenance costs of the Members' Centre in Portcullis House in its first year of operation. | | (225257) | *7
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many bottles of House of Commons (a) sparkling and (b) still water were supplied for use by committee members during meetings of committees of the House in each of the last three years. | | (225258) | *8
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Leader of the House, what steps she has taken to encourage Ministers to provide timely substantive responses to Questions for written answer. | | (225259) | *9
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent discussions she has had on the means by which hon. Members can hold to account Secretaries of State who are not Members of the House of Commons; and if she will make a statement. | | (225260) | *10
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Leader of the House, what procedural reforms of the House of Commons she and her predecessors have instigated since July 2001. | | (225261) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given between Tuesday 30 September and Friday 3 October 1
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals pay more income tax following the abolition of the 10 pence band as modified by the changes announced on 13th May; and if he will break down the data according to those earning (a) under £10,000, (b) between £10,000 and £15,000, (c) between £15,000 and £20,000 and (d) above £20,000 a year. | | (225223) | 2
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to implement the Court of Appeal's order to restore the original provisions of the Highly Skilled Migrant (HSMP) visa so that HSMP visa holders are able to apply for indefinite leave to remain visas in the UK after legally being on HSMP visas for four years. | | (225222) | 3
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the Investigatory Powers Tribunal has met to investigate specific cases in each year since it was established. | | (225162) |
Notices given on Monday 6 October 1
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what agencies or units for which his Department is responsible require the public to make telephone calls to them on numbers which charge more than the national call rate; and how much income each such agency has derived from such charges in each of the last three years. | | (225747) | 2
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the economic impact on the City of Liverpool of Royal Mail's proposal to close the Coppers Hill mail sorting office; and if he will make a statement. | | (225742) | 3
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he was consulted on Royal Mail's review of mail sorting offices in the North West; and whether similar reviews are being carried out in other regions. | | (225743) | 4
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the income received from income tax came from (a) the top one per cent. of earners, (b) the top five per cent. of earners, (c) the top 10 per cent. of earners, (d) the top 25 per cent. of earners, (e) the lowest 50 per cent. of earners, (f) the lowest 25 per cent. of earners and (g) the lowest 10 per cent. of earners in (i) 1975, (ii) 1980, (iii) 1985, (iv) 1990, (v) 1997, (vi) 2000 and (vii) each year since 2000. | | (225568) | 5
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department sends a standard tax credits renewal pack to the next-of-kin of deceased tax credit claimants. | | (225398) | 6
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of duty was charged for kerosene in each year since 2001. | | (225751) | 7
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax revenue was received from non-UK citizens working in the UK in 2007-08. | | (225513) | 8
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the tax revenue accruing to his Department in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (225514) | 9
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have been pursued in each of the last nine financial years by HM Revenue and Customs in respect of Regulation 49 of the Income Tax (Employee) Regulations 1993 and section 8 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 1999; and of these, how many led to HM Revenue and Customs lodging an appeal in the High Court. | | (225662) | 10
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timescale targets are placed on HM Revenue and Customs to register applications by companies for value added tax purposes; and if he will make a statement. | | (225665) | 11
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new companies are waiting for their applications for registration for value added tax purposes to be finalised by HM Revenue and Customs; what the longest period is from date of application; and if he will make a statement. | | (225666) | 12
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the reasons are for ceasing to fund scholars from Australia, the Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Cyprus, Malta, New Zealand and Singapore after 2009. | | (225511) | 13
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children under 11 years live in single-parent families in (a) Bassetlaw constituency and (b) England. | | (225344) | 14
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools among the 500 lowest performing primary schools have received funding under the Building Schools for the Future programme in the last five years. | | (225512) | 15
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to encourage local authorities to assist in reducing anti-social behaviour. | | (225338) | 16
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to encourage local authorities to open their facilities to the public. | | (225339) | 17
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will reduce the national rate for local authority mortgages. | | (225744) | 18
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many repossessions have been avoided by the Government's mortgage rescue service in 2007-08. | | (225745) | 19
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government plans to take to develop new sporting talent to participate in the London 2012 Olympics. | | (225571) | 20
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of expenditure incurred in conducting the most recent Taking Part survey; and what proportion of this expenditure was met by his Department's non-departmental public bodies. | | (225522) | 21
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many recommendations for listing of properties were passed to his Department by English Heritage in each of the last five years; and how many such buildings were listed as a result. | | (225523) | 22
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has allocated to each of its sponsored museums and galleries for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (225524) | 23
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what responsibilities his Department has in relation to broadcasting; what changes have been made to these responsibilities since his appointment; and if he will make a statement. | | (225525) | 24
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agencies or units for which his Department is responsible require the public to make telephone calls to them on numbers which charge more than the national call rate; and how much income each such agency has derived from such charges in each of the last three years. | | (225748) | 25
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel who were discharged from the Army in the last five years have been subsequently convicted of a criminal offence. | | (225668) | 26
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel left (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force in each of the last five years. | | (225669) | 27
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department has not written to the hon. Member for Thurrock with details of the plans to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the First World War's armistice on 11th November 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (225397) | 28
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of HM Armed Forces have availed themselves of the scheme enabling them to have a career break; and if he will make a statement. | | (225664) | 29
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle were destroyed because of contracting bovine TB for each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was of paying compensation to the farmers so affected in each year. | | (225750) | 30
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the safety of Britons in Georgia. | | (225399) | 31
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to encourage a peaceful resolution of the dispute between Russia and Georgia. | | (225400) | 32
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding he Department has provided to the British Council to sponsor British musical and theatrical artists to perform overseas in each year since 1998. | | (225518) | 33
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to extend the scheme of entry clearance, operating for locally employed staff in Iraq, to similar staff in Afghanistan. | | (225526) | 34
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what agencies or units for which his Department is responsible require the public to make telephone calls to them on numbers which charge more than the national call rate; and how much income each such agency has derived from such charges in each of the last three years. | | (225746) | 35
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the food manufacturers' industry on the salt content of packaged foods. | | (225517) | 36
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were on waiting lists to register for an NHS dentist in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) nationally in each year since 2000. | | (225519) | 37
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received corrective laser eye surgery on the NHS in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) nationally in each year since 2000. | | (225521) | 38
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the output data from the pilot studies conducted as part of the Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services programme. | | (225527) | 39
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he is issuing to local authorities on the implementation of the new Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services programme model. | | (225528) | 40
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd June 2008, Official Report, column 871W, on asylum, when she expects the asylum tipping point figures for 2007 to be available. | | (225575) | 41
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the (a) number and (b) monetary value of (i) aluminium and (ii) stainless steel beer barrels stolen in 2007. | | (225520) | 42
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to include statistics on prosecution of (a) drink drivers and (b) disqualified drivers as part of the police national performance data. | | (225515) | 43
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a degree of flexibility on deadlines for visa applications that are held up due to tribunal hearings. | | (225516) | 44
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will provide funding for adult learning support at Chelmsford College for 2008-09 to make up for the shortfall contingent on the changes made to the funding formula. | | (225340) | 45
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to assist apprentices with the costs of the scheme. | | (225335) | 46
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to increase the numbers of applications for apprenticeships. | | (225336) | 47
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the burden of administration within the apprenticeship scheme. | | (225337) | 48
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to encourage colleges and universities to provide access to their facilities for the local community. | | (225570) | 49
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how his Department treats individual country budgets underspent in a financial year. | | (225569) | 50
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when a decision will be made on tenders for the construction of an airport on the Island of St Helena; and if he will make a statement. | | (225663) | 51
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in the interdepartmental review on representative actions; and how many officials have responsibility for the review, broken down by pay band. | | (225741) | 52
N | Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what agencies or units for which his Department is responsible require the public to make telephone calls to them on numbers which charge more than the national call rate; and how much income each such agency has derived from such charges in each of the last three years. | | (225749) | 53
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many encrypted memory sticks have been supplied to (a) prison service staff, (b) National Offender Management Service staff, (c) National Probation Service staff, (d) court and judicial staff and (e) District, Circuit and High Court Judges and Lord Justices of Appeal. | | (225343) | 54
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ex-service personnel have been convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced to custody in the last five years. | | (225667) | 55
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of people from the public who attended the Cabinet meeting events in Birmingham. | | (225341) | 56
N | Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what the total cost was of the Cabinet visit to Birmingham, broken down by (a) staff time, (b) staff travel, (c) staff accommodation, (d) Ministerial travel, (e) Ministerial accommodation, (f) hire and additional costs of venue, (g) publicity, (h) security and (i) costs of Ministerial visits and photocalls associated with the Cabinet visit. | | (225342) | 57
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, when the National Audit Office plans to publish its report Building Capacity in the Third Sector; and for what reason the publication of the report has been delayed. | | (225346) | 58
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what jobcentres he has visited since taking up his post. | | (225572) | 59
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of incapacity benefit claimants had been in receipt of incapacity benefit for five years or more in the last year for which figures are available. | | (225573) | 60
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many written warnings have been issued to benefit claimants about the consequences of failure to engage in a rehabilitiation programme in respect of anti-social or criminal behaviour under the provisions of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 as amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2007; and in how many cases benefit sanctions have been applied; what progress has been made in the pilot areas; how many warnings and sanctions have been issued in each pilot area; and if he will make a statement. | | (225574) | 61
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance number registrations there were for non-UK citizens for each year since 2004, broken down by nationality. | | (225576) | 62
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in families receiving Child Support Agency payments (a) in total and (b) as a percentage of the total cohort. | | (225345) |
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