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MONDAY 20 OCTOBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions *1
| Andrew George (St Ives): When his Department will announce the result of the competition for the contract to provide the Post Office Card Account. | | (227672) | *2
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): What assessment he has made of trends in the proportion of the labour force comprised of UK nationals. | | (227673) | *3
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): If he will commission research on the effect on benefit payments of provision to patients with rheumatoid arthritis of treatment that enables them to continue in or return to work. | | (227674) | *4
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of unemployment in the UK. | | (227675) | *5
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): What assessment he has made of the future trends in the level of unemployment in the UK. | | (227676) | *6
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): How many people with HIV have had their (a) disability living allowance and (b) incapacity benefit reduced or withdrawn in the last 12 months. | | (227677) | *7
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of meeting the Government's 2010 child poverty target. | | (227678) | *8
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): When he plans to make an announcement on the outcome of the bidding process to operate the Post Office Card Account. | | (227679) | *9
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): When he expects to announce the successful bidder for the contract to provide the Post Office Card Account. | | (227680) | *10
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What steps he is taking to co-ordinate the work of local job centres, the Social Fund and Jobcentre Plus to deal promptly with distress cases. | | (227681) | *11
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): What recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of meeting the Government's 2010 child poverty target. | | (227682) | *12
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): What forecasts he has made of future trends in unemployment in the UK. | | (227683) | *13
| Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): What assessment he has made of the effect on recipients of pension credit of the reduction of the backdating period for the credit. | | (227684) | *14
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): What his policy is on the use of Departmental funds to sponsor television programmes; and if he will make a statement. | | (227685) | *15
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the transfer of Child Support Agency cases to the 2003 maintenance scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (227686) | *16
| Robert Neill (Bromley & Chislehurst): What his policy is on the modernisation of Remploy; and if he will make a statement. | | (227687) | *18
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What steps he is taking to assist the long-term workless to enter employment. | | (227689) | *19
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): What his Department's policy is on the modernisation of Remploy; and if he will make a statement. | | (227690) | *20
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): When his Department expects to announce the successful bidder for the contract to provide the Post Office Card Account. | | (227691) | *21
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): What steps he is taking to increase take-up of pension credit. | | (227692) | *22
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What estimate he has made of (a) the number of people who will be affected by and (b) the financial effects of reducing the backdating period for pension credit, housing benefit and council tax benefit. | | (227693) | *23
| Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): What assessment he has made of future trends in the level of unemployment in the UK. | | (227694) | *24
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): When he plans to award the contract for the delivery of work and pensions benefits. | | (227695) | At 3.15 p.m. Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (227697) | *2
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): | | (227698) | *3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): | | (227699) | *4
| Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): | | (227700) | *5
| Bob Russell (Colchester): | | (227701) | *6
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): | | (227702) | *7
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): | | (227703) | *8
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): | | (227704) | *9
| Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): | | (227705) | *10
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): | | (227706) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 6 October 1
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of those registered for tax credits were receiving payments in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (225753) |
Notices given on Wednesday 8 October 1
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private finance initiative projects have not met their contractual obligations; for how many projects contracts have been re-registered; and how many projects have reverted to public ownership. | | (226335) |
Notices given on Monday 13 October 1
N | Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will arrange for the Hydrographic Office to issue tide times for 2009. | | (227632) | 2
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets the Commercial Director of his Department must achieve to qualify for bonus payment; and what bonus levels are in place. | | (227459) | 3
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sites her Department has identified as suitable for alternative to detention programmes for asylum seeking families; and when she expects those sites to become operational. | | (227551) | 4
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's evaluation of the alternatives to detention scheme at Millbank, Ashford, Kent. | | (227552) | 5
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for statements by Ministers in her Department that somebody is removed from the United Kingdom every eight minutes. | | (227553) | 6
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department expects the capacity of the immigration detention estate to be in (a) October 2009, (b) October 2010, (c) October 2011 and (d) October 2012. | | (227554) | 7
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to increase the use of innovation in small business. | | (227369) | 8
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist small businesses with improving the skills of their workforces. | | (227370) | 9
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist small businesses in undertaking research. | | (227371) | 10
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage people to pay into pension schemes. | | (227372) | 11
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage employers to provide pensions for their staff. | | (227373) |
Notices given on Tuesday 14 October 1
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses. | | (228038) | 2
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many TC647 forms have been produced since their introduction; and how many unused forms have been (a) discarded and (b) recycled since their introduction. | | (227947) | 3
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether tax credits claimants are entitled to receive form TC647 on request. | | (227948) | 4
N | Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures his Department has taken to ensure that staff working in tax credit helpline call centres are trained about claimants' entitlement to be sent TC647 forms. | | (227949) | 5
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to protect the assets of British citizens living in the Isle of Man whose savings were deposited with Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Ltd. | | (228039) | 6
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to guarantee the investments of individual savers in Icelandic banks if they are held in the subsidiary accounts of British banks based in (a) Guernsey and (b) the Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement. | | (228040) | 7
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what correspondence his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) officials had with banks and their representatives on the provision of affordable credit in each year since 1997; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence. | | (227880) | 8
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) officials had with banks and their representatives to discuss the provision of affordable credit in each year since 1997; which banks were represented in each case; and what the date and location of each meeting was. | | (227881) | 9
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people in West Chelmsford constituency have (a) applied for a grant for energy efficient measures under the Warm Front scheme and (b) been awarded a grant for energy efficient measures under the scheme. | | (228034) | 10
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent on grants under the Warm Front scheme in West Chelmsford constituency since its introduction. | | (228035) | 11
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pharmaceutical licences have been awarded under Section 13 of the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 2005 in (a) West Chelmsford parliamentary constituency, (b) Chelmsford local authority area and (c) England. | | (228033) | 12
N | Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effects of the reclassifying of cannabis on the number of people receiving a custodial sentence for offences relating to the drug each year. | | (227806) | 13
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees have escaped from Oakington Immigration Centre in Cambridgeshire in the last five years; how many have since been recaptured; how many are still missing as whereabouts unknown; how many of these were illegal immigrants and suspected illegal immigrants; and if she will make a statement. | | (227808) | 14
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that police officers armed with stun guns only use them in exceptional circumstances and after approval from a senior officer has been obtained. | | (227809) | 15
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice she has issued to police on the use of stun guns against farm animals; and if she will make a statement. | | (227810) | 16
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students in West Chelmsford constituency are waiting to receive education maintenance allowance payments. | | (228036) | 18
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many failed telephone calls were made to the Jobcentre Plus helpline (a) in each region and (b) nationally (i) in each quarter of 2008-09 and (ii) in each month of 2008-09 to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (227950) | 19
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the most recent workload forecasts by Jobcentre Plus are for the volume of claims for (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) Social Fund loans for (i) the second, (ii) the third and (iii) the fourth quarters of 2008-09 and (iv) 2009-2010, broken down by region; and if he will make a statement. | | (227951) | 20
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on his plans for the reorganisation of Jobcentre Plus offices and processing centres in the South East of England. | | (228031) | 21
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make a statement on the future of the Jobcentre Plus office at Sunley House, Aylesbury. | | (228037) | 22
N | Anne Moffat (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance he plans to make available to lone parents who move from income support to jobseekers allowance when their youngest child reaches the age of 12 years to provide the flexibility needed to combine family commitments with job seeking. | | (227807) |
Notices given on Wednesday 15 October 1
N | Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring forward proposals to extend the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 to include the time that support workers are obliged to spend sleeping at their place of work; and if he will make a statement. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (227696) | 2
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average length of time taken to process a new application for child benefit was in the latest period for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to expedite the process. | | [Transferred] (228032) | 3
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many meetings (a) the Secretary of State, (b) other ministers and (c) officials in his Department had on the future of tobacco sales regulation and with tobacco (i) retail businesses and (ii) manufacturers between September 2007 and August 2008. | | (228440) | 4
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what rate of dividend is to be payable on the preference capital provided to banks. | | (228453) | 5
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates and by whom local authorities were provided with risk advice on investments during 2007 and 2008. | | (228449) | 6
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 7th October 2008, Official Report, column 590W, on GCSE A-level, if he will disaggregate the figures in the previous Answer referred to by (a) grade and (b) type of school. | | (228565) | 7
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the value was of public sector pensions for teachers in each of the last five years; and what cost to the public purse was of providing such pensions in each year. | | (228431) | 8
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign workers in employment who have lived in the UK for less than six months. | | (228442) | 9
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what change there was in the number of people aged 16 years or over in employment who were (a) UK citizens, (b) non-UK citizens, (c) UK born and (d) non-UK born in the period (i) 1987 to 1997 and (ii) since 1997, expressed as (A) a proportion of those of working age in employment and (B) as a proportion of the total change in employment level in the same periods. | | (228443) | 10
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what change there was in the number of people of working age in employment who were (a) UK citizens, (b) non-UK citizens, (c) UK born and (d) non-UK born in the period (i) 1987 to 1997 and (ii) since 1997, expressed (A) as a proportion of those of working age in employment and (B) as a proportion of the total change in employment level in the same periods. | | (228444) | 11
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice her Department provided and when to local authorities since January 2007 on financial investment risk. | | (228446) | 12
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have identified a severe short-term financial difficulty as result of the financial collapse of an Icelandic bank; and what assessment she has made of the extent of the difficulty in each case. | | (228448) | 13
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value was of public sector pensions in the fire service in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was of providing such pensions in each year. | | (228433) | 14
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration was given by officials in his Department to the terms of the Madrid Declaration 1989 when agreeing to (a) its bilateral progress with China and (b) the attendance of Chinese cadets at Sandhurst. | | (228531) | 15
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received from his US counterpart on (a) his Department's Chinese bilateral programme and (b) the training of Chinese military personnel in the UK. | | (228533) | 16
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17th September 2008, Official Report, columns 2250-1W, on armed forces: training, when his Department's bilateral programme with the Chinese People Liberation Army started; what the terms of the programme are; what other activities have taken place and are planned to take place under the programme; how much funding has been allocated for the programme in the next 12 months; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the bilateral programme agreement. | | (228567) | 17
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which organisations employ the members of staff working in his Department who are seconded in from outside the Civil Service; and how many employees are seconded from each. | | (228300) | 18
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department were (a) transferred from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, (b) transferred from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (c) transferred from other Government Departments and (d) not transferred from another Government Department. | | (228301) | 19
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment has been made of the potential contribution water wheels could make to the production of energy from renewable sources. | | (228306) | 20
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of energy in the UK is produced from water wheels situated on major rivers. | | (228307) | 21
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made (a) in the UK and (b) internationally in implementing the recommendations arising from the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development regarding sustainable consumption. | | (228492) | 22
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in implementing the conclusions of the review of enforcement in environmental regulation; and if he will make a statement. | | (228493) | 23
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of dairy farmers in each of the last 10 years. | | (228535) | 24
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Answer of 21st July 2008, Official Report, column 748W, on noise pollution, whether the repeal of restrictions on demonstrations in Parliament Square will result in (a) permanent encampments and (b) unrestricted amplified broadcast noise being permitted. | | (228445) | 25
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the Traffic Noise Action plans based on the noise maps published in May 2008 to be published; what organisation will be tasked with delivering upon those plans; and what funds he has allocated to support implementation of the plans. | | (228566) | 26
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience currently held in custody in Cuba. | | (228439) | 27
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in promoting the role of women in post-conflict negotiations and reconstruction. | | (228494) | 28
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received from his US counterpart on (a) the Ministry of Defence's Chinese bilateral programme and (b) the training of Chinese military personnel in the UK. | | (228532) | 29
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects his Department to respond to the letter sent by the hon. Member for Billericay to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health Services dated 25th September on the subject of the Accord between the NHS Litigation Authority and FirstAssist. | | (228302) | 30
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been paid by the NHS Litigation Authority to FirstAssist by way of premiums; and how much has been paid by FirstAssist to the NHS Litigation Authority by way of payments under policies of insurance in each year since the inception of the Accord between the NHS Litigation Authority and FirstAssist. | | (228303) | 31
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions since its inception the Accord between the NHS Litigation Authority and FirstAssist has not been complied with in the payment of monies by the NHS Litigation Authority to FirstAssist. | | (228304) | 32
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 455W, on NHS: negligence, what the legal basis is for the non-binding status of the Accord between the NHS Litigation Authority and FirstAssist. | | (228305) | 33
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP dispensaries there are in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK. | | (228536) | 34
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many licensed pharmacies there are in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK. | | (228537) | 35
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on do not resuscitate decisions. | | (228447) | 36
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14th October, Official Report, column 1175W, on Medical equipment, if he will publish the toolkit developed by The Transforming Community Equipment and Wheelchair Services Programme to enable local authorities and their health partners to calculate the true cost of their decontamination and recycling. | | [R] (228427) | 37
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of levels of availability and supply of the drug diazoxide suspension. | | (228429) | 38
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) other provision for (i) nursing and (ii) personal care, for people with Alzheimer's disease. | | (228430) | 39
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of public sector pensions in the NHS in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was of providing such pensions in each year. | | (228435) | 40
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 1043W, on departmental public expenditure, whether the programmes to which underspend can be re-allocated must be within the same country budget as the programme in which the underspend occurred. | | (228452) | 41
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the progress of reconstruction in Cuba following hurricanes Gustav and Ike; and if he will make a statement. | | (228438) | 42
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial and other support the Government has provided directly or via multilateral agencies to assist with reconstruction in Cuba following hurricanes Gustav and Ike; and whether further assistance is planned. | | (228441) | 43
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for the offence of obtaining alcohol for a person who is drunk in each of the last three years. | | (228534) | 44
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value was of public sector pensions for the judiciary in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was of providing such pensions in each year. | | (228432) | 45
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Leader of the House, what the value was of public sector pensions for hon. Members in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was of providing such pensions in each year. | | (228434) | 46
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, which companies and organisations based in Wales have been awarded contracts by the Olympic Delivery Authority; what the value of each such contract is; and what work has been commissioned or goods and services procured under each such contract. | | (228436) | 47
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many contracts have been awarded by the Olympic Delivery Authority to date; and how many organisations have been awarded such contracts. | | (228437) | 48
N | Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made on an action plan following its response to the All Party Parliamentary Inquiry into Antisemitism. | | (228308) | 49
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent conversations he has had with Lancashire County Council on improving safety on the A59 and other roads in the Council's area. | | (228538) | 50
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th October 2008, Official Report, column 1043W, on railways: Milton Keynes, how many more southbound Virgin trains will call at Milton Keynes during (a) peak and (b) off-peak times once the platform upgrade is complete than did so before the work commenced. | | (228450) | 51
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14th October 2008, Official Report, column 1043W, on railways: Milton Keynes, what the aggregate number of Virgin trains stopping per day at Milton Keynes will be once the platform is completed and new timetable introduced; and what change this will represent from the previous aggregate number. | | (228451) | 52
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a deferred state pension is considered notional income when calculating housing and council tax benefit. | | (228245) | 53
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what forecast he has made for total expenditure on (a) incapacity benefit, (b) income support, (c) employment and support allowance and (d) Pathways to Work in each of the next five years. | | (228495) | 54
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 implications of moving carers currently in receipt of income support on to a modified form of jobseeker's allowance; what other impact assessment of the change he has made; and if he will make a statement. | | (228496) | 55
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to point 6.15 in the Welfare Reform Green Paper, No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility, how much carers who move off income support on to modified jobseeker's allowance (JSA) will receive, broken down into the basic rate of JSA and carers' premium. | | (228497) | 56
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of unemployment was in Milton Keynes from 1997 to the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by month. | | (228428) |
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