WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales *1
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the use made by patients resident in Wales of health services in England. | | (227707) | *2
| Mrs Betty Williams (Conwy): What discussions he has had with the First Minister on increases in the minimum wage. | | (227708) | *3
| Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon): What discussions he has had with the First Minister on Wales's contribution to the 2012 Olympics. | | (227709) | *4
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): What discussions he has had with the First Minister and Ministerial colleagues on deposits made by Welsh local authorities in Icelandic bank accounts; and if he will make a statement. | | (227710) | *5
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on risks to holdings by Welsh public institutions in foreign based banks. | | (227711) | *6
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government and the Department for Transport on cross-border transport links. | | (227712) | *7
| Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on helping small businesses in Cardiff North constituency. | | (227713) | *8
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): What discussions he has had with the First Minister on economic stability and business growth in Wales. | | (227714) | *9
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): If he will hold discussions with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on policies to promote Welsh food in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (227715) | *10
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What discussions he has had with the First Minister on Wales's contribution to the 2012 Olympics. | | (227716) | *11
| Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on co-operation between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Welsh Assembly Government on welfare reform projects in Wales. | | (227717) | *12
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): What recent discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on the use of health services in Wales by patients resident in England. | | (227718) | *13
| Mr Peter Hain (Neath): What recent discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on the All Wales Convention. | | (227719) | *14
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government and the Department for Transport on cross-border transport links. | | (227720) | *15
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the exposure of Welsh taxpayers to the liabilities of UK banks. | | (227721) | At 12 noon Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice. *1
| Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 22nd October. | | (228603) | *2
| Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East): | | (228604) | *3
| Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): | | (228605) | *4
| Andrew George (St Ives): | | (228606) | *5
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): | | (228607) | *6
| Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): | | (228608) | *7
| Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): | | (228609) | *8
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): | | (228610) | *9
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): | | (228611) | *10
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): | | (228612) | *11
| Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley): | | (228613) | *12
| Mark Hunter (Cheadle): | | (228614) | *13
| Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove): | | (228615) | *14
| Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge): | | (228616) | *15
| Anne Milton (Guildford): | | (228617) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 13 October 1
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Fareham on 15th September 2008, Official Report, column 2016W, on the departmental internet, when the Cabinet Office's resource accounts will be audited; and when the audited accounts will be published. | | (227465) |
Notices given on Tuesday 14 October 1
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from the Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the use of gamma-butyrolactone as a date rape drug; and if she will make a statement. | | (227816) |
Notices given on Wednesday 15 October 1
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15th September 2008, Official Report, column 2020W, on the Digital Switchover Help Scheme: Borders Regions, how many people have now been identified as eligible for assistance under the scheme in the area covered by the Selkirk television transmitter and its related relays on the grounds that they are (a) over 75 years old, (b) in receipt of (i) disability living allowance, (ii) attendance allowance and (iii) constant attendance allowance and (c) registered blind or partially sighted; what the overall percentage take-up of eligible people has been to date; and how many people have opted for (A) the default option of Sky, (B) a Freeview digital box, (C) a Freeview playback digital television recorder, (D) a new television with digital built-in, (E) Freesat and (F) Top Up TV. | | (228568) | 2
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the written statement of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 100WS, on rising food prices (international impact), how much budgetary support has been advanced; to which countries; how much his Department has spent on additional payments to date; and which countries have received such payments. | | (228569) | 3
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the written statement of 22nd April 2008, Official Report, column 100WS, on rising food prices (international impact), how much of the £30 million identified for support for the World Food Programme has been spent to date; on what dates such payments were made; and what quantity of food has been purchased as a result, broken down by food type. | | (228570) | 4
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve bus services in England. | | (228310) | 5
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage bus companies to spend money on environmentally friendly vehicles. | | (228311) | 6
N | John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce pensioner poverty. | | (228456) | 7
N | John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the take up of benefits that remain unclaimed by pensioners each year. | | (228457) | 8
N | John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a system of automatic payments of benefits to people who are eligible for but not claiming pension credit or council tax benefit. | | (228458) | 9
N | John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on sharing data in order to enable automatic payment of benefits. | | (228461) |
Notices given on Friday 17 October 1
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government has taken to reach a conclusion for those affected by Equitable Life. | | (228593) | 2
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government has taken as a result of the Ombudsman's investigation into Equitable Life. | | (228594) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the possibility of circumstances similar to those which affected Equitable Life from recurring. | | (228595) | 4
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what funding has been agreed with each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies for the period 2008 to 2011. | | (229133) | 5
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the total value of loans (a) applied for and (b) made under the Small Firms Loan Guarantee was in each of the last five years; and what the average value of such loans was in each year. | | (229060) | 6
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which business sectors are excluded from the Small Firms Loan Guarantee; and if he will make a statement. | | (229061) | 7
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many successful applications for the Small Firms Loan Guarantee have been made in each of the last five years in the (a) communication and IT, (b) construction, (c) hotels and catering, (d) manufacturing and production, (e) property and business services, (f) sport, health and education, (g) wholesale and retail and (h) other sectors. | | (229062) | 8
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many instances of default claims have been made under the Small Firms Loan Guarantee in each of the last five years. | | (229063) | 9
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for the Small Firms Loan Guarantee have been submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises in each of the last five years. | | (229065) | 10
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding has been agreed with each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies for the period 2008 to 2011. | | (229134) | 11
N | Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's estimate is of the potential liability of the British insurance industry in the current financial situation. | | (228999) | 12
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what protection is available for UK depositors in Kaupthing Isle of Man banks. | | (229059) | 13
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that those running businesses in the UK financed by Icelandic banks can continue to use their overdraft facilities. | | (229068) | 14
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the implications of the deficit in the Teachers Contributory Pension Fund. | | (229199) | 15
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she plans to reply to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 4th September 2008 on Mr Paul Carlier of Little Waltham, Chelmsford. | | (229064) | 16
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications of the deficit in the Local Government Contributory Pension Fund. | | (229201) | 17
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to support the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence by signing a memorandum of understanding with the Centre; and if he will make a statement. | | (229147) | 18
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on (a) cyber defence and (b) cyber warfare. | | (229148) | 19
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been agreed with each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies for the period 2008 to 2011. | | (229136) | 20
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications of the deficit in the National Health Service Contributory Pension Fund. | | (229200) | 21
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been agreed with each of her Department's non-departmental public bodies for the period 2008 to 2011. | | (229145) | 22
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the sale of skunk cannabis seeds through online mail-order retailers. | | (229070) | 23
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people selling skunk cannabis seeds in England and Wales. | | (229071) | 24
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) murders, (b) assaults, (c) robberies and (d) other crimes committed while under the influence of skunk cannabis in (i) Lancashire and (ii) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (229072) | 25
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of the deficit in the Police Contributory Pension Fund. | | (229197) | 26
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 13th October 2008, Official Report, column 858W, on Official Report, what the average cost was of making all the forms of the Official Report available in printed form per sitting day in the 10 financial years before 2007-08. | | (229066) | 27
N | Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding has been agreed with each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies for the period 2008 to 2011. | | (229146) | 28
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications of the deficit in the Judicial Contributory Pension Fund. | | (229198) |
Notices given on Monday 20 October 1
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the government of Iceland on the use of anti-terrorist legislation to seize Icelandic bank assets. | | [Transferred] (229067) | 2
N | Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to (a) improve relations with Iceland and (b) help that country in its financial difficulties. | | [Transferred] (229069) | 3
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his most recent assessment is of levels of competition within the banking sector. | | (229447) | 4
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of materials his Department has distributed to schools in the last three years. | | (229271) | 5
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what business support his Department makes available to the retail sector; what assessment he has made of future trends in demand for such services; and if he will make a statement. | | (229309) | 6
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many Ministerial visits have been made to Saudi Arabia for the purpose of promoting British business since 1997. | | (229435) | 7
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote business relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the British construction industry. | | (229437) | 8
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a universal service obligation for broadband provision; and if he will make a statement. | | (229370) | 9
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the provision of broadband in rural areas. | | (229371) | 10
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations his Department has received on provision of broadband in rural areas in the last 12 months. | | (229372) | 11
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many letters his Department has received (a) in favour of and (b) opposed to post office closures in the last 12 months. | | (229353) | 12
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent on the upkeep of his Department's website in 2007-08; and how many people visited the site in that year. | | (229363) | 13
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what official visits abroad he plans to make in 2009. | | (229364) | 14
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many mobile telephone masts have been installed in each year since 1997. | | (229365) | 15
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department's current advertising campaign on firework safety cost; and how much of that will be spent on actors. | | (229373) | 16
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with fireworks manufacturers on safety. | | (229375) | 17
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much in grants has been paid by the Government to trades unions in each year since 1997. | | (229380) | 18
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses have entered liquidation in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (229382) | 19
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations his Department has received suggesting the creation of new Bank holidays. | | (229385) | 20
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discusssions have taken place between his Department and Commonwealth governments to encourage intra-Commonwealth trade. | | (229386) | 21
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions have taken place between his Department and non-EU European countries to encourage trade between the UK and those countries. | | (229387) | 22
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance he provides to the Royal Mail on stamp design; and if he will make a statement. | | (229389) | 23
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage business start-ups. | | (229392) | 24
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many employees of his Department work in the London Borough of Havering. | | (229395) | 25
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps have been taken by the Government to increase manufacturing employment. | | (229396) | 26
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people living in each London borough received the national minimum wage at the latest date for which information is available. | | (229398) | 27
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people used post offices for (a) foreign currency transactions and (b) submitting passport applications in the last 12 months. | | (229407) | 28
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the proposed (a) functions and (b) objectives of the proposed new Chief Construction Officer are. | | (229449) | 29
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229540) | 30
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229559) | 31
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008; and what recent representations he has received on the Act. | | (229503) | 32
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of the turbulence in the financial markets on the cost of living; and if he will make a statement. | | (229504) | 33
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of US (a) administration policy and (b) banking practices on lending standards on financial markets; and if he will make a statement. | | (229505) | 34
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness on the operation of the Bank of England Act 1998; what recent representations he has received about this Act; and what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential to the provisions of this Act. | | (229506) | 35
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has of the number of house repossessions in (a) Southend West constituency and (b) the United Kingdom as a result of the current financial situation; what steps he (i) has taken and (ii) plans to take to assist people facing repossession of their property; and if he will make a statement. | | (229512) | 36
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on the causes of the current international financial turbulence; when his Department last undertook a review of causes of the international financial turbulence that took into account (i) UK and (ii) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (229513) | 37
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his predecessor had with the US Administration between 1997 and 2001 on the effects on the United Kingdom economy of banks in the United States lowering their lending standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (229514) | 38
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in response to recent trends in the rate of inflation; what representations he has received on this issue since July 2008; what steps he took in response to those representations; and if he will make a statement. | | (229515) | 39
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process is followed for appointment of members of the Monetary Policy Committee. | | (229516) | 40
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints from customers in (a) Bexley and (b) Bexleyheath and Crayford over tax credits his Department has received in each year since tax credits were introduced. | | (229441) | 41
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many category B1 gaming machines there are in casinos in each region; and how much value-added tax revenue accrued from customer spending on B1 gaming machines in the most recent period for which information is available. | | (229496) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy of Northern Rock is in relation to repossessing homes; and if he will make a statement. | | (229450) | 43
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modeling has been undertaken in assessing the likely impact on the economic viability of the aviation industry with regards to the introduction of Aviation Duty. | | (229598) | 44
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling has been undertaken to assess the likely effect on the financial viability of the aviation industry following the introduction of the proposed new aviation duty. | | (229256) | 45
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what elements of Government support for Lloyds TSB are conditional on that company completing its proposed merger with HBOS; and if he will make a statement. | | (229247) | 46
| Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to answer Question 221509, tabled on 17th July 2008 for named day answer on 22nd July 2008, on Civil Service pay. | | (229269) | 47
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his officials are co-operating with the European Commission's investigation into the legality of the continued availability of low value consignment relief from valued added tax in respect of imports of food supplements herbal remedies, and other items from the Channel Islands; and if he will make a statement. | | (229755) | 48
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have lost construction industry scheme status in relation to their tax affairs since 6th April 2007. | | (229253) | 49
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of European Union funding in each region was administered by (a) Government departments, (b) regional development agencies, (c) local authorities and (d) other bodies in the latest period for which information is available. | | (229348) | 50
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average cost of investigating an Independent Financial Adviser under the Treating Customers Fairly scheme was in the last 12 months. | | (229349) | 51
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints the Financial Services Authority have received about independent financial advisers under the Treating Customers Fairly scheme in the last 12 months; how many were investigated; and how many investigations resulted in penalties or other sanctions being imposed on the Adviser concerned. | | (229350) | 52
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21st November 2007, Official Report, column 918W, on the Iraq Conflict, if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest report by his Department into the implications for the Exchequer and the economy of military operations in Iraq. | | (229448) | 53
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229525) | 54
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229543) | 55
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make place in the Library the guidance provided by HM Treasury to Departments on what they should disclose in their 2008 Autumn Performance Reports. | | (229456) | 56
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his practice to place in the Library copies of the guidance provided by HM Treasury to Departments on what they should disclose in the Departmental Annual Reports and their Autumn Performance Reports, on each occasion that such guidance is issued. | | (229457) | 57
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps have been adopted by the Learning and Skills Council to allow colleges to give Learner Support Fund monies to students yet to receive their Education Maintenance Allowance grant. | | (229261) | 58
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many requests the Learning and Skills Council has received from colleges for funds to cover expenditure from their learner support funds to replace delayed education maintenance allowance grants; and how much has been (a) requested and (b) supplied. | | (229262) | 59
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much colleges have paid from their learner support funds to students yet to receive their Education Maintenance Allowance grant. | | (229263) | 60
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the Learning and Skills Council will reimburse college spending from the learner support funds to redress the effects of delayed education maintenance allowance payments. | | (229264) | 61
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what surveys his Department has conducted to estimate the proportion of the school student population in Peterborough which wishes to stay on in full-time education beyond GCSEs; and what the findings were. | | (229451) | 62
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Peterborough offer competitive sports as part of their curriculum. | | (229454) | 63
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department is planning to spend on the Building Schools for the Future programme in each year from 2011-12 to 2021-22; and if he will make a statement. | | (229464) | 64
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on the use of support federations to turn around failing schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (229465) | 65
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether it is his policy that academies should recognise trades unions; and if he will make a statement. | | (229466) | 66
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupil referral units do not have provision for special educational needs, broken down by local authority. | | (229626) | 67
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many shared residence orders were issued in each of the last five years. | | (229627) | 68
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of teachers at pupil referral units have received special educational needs teacher training beyond their initial teacher training. | | (229628) | 69
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children who attended pupil referral units in each of the last five years were (a) pupils permanently excluded from school and those receiving fixed-term exclusions of more than 15 days, (b) pregnant schoolgirls and school-aged mothers, (c) anxious or vulnerable pupils, (d) school refusers, phobics and young carers, (e) pupils unable to attend school because of medical reasons, (f) pupils moving into the local authority (casual admissions) who were unable to find a school place because of insufficiency of school places within the local authority, (g) children who, because of entering public care or moving placement, required a change of school and were unable to access a school place, (h) pupils with statements of special educational need (SEN) whose placements were not yet agreed and pupils awaiting assessment of SEN and (i) asylum seekers and refugees who had no school place. | | (229641) | 70
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the vacancy rates for child social workers have been in England in each year since 2001, broken down by local authority. | | (229642) | 71
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what representations he has received on the difference in salary levels between futher education lecturers and schoolteachers; and if he will make a statement. | | (229299) | 72
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was paid (a) by (i) employees and (ii) employers into and (b) to those receiving pensions payments from the Teachers Pension Scheme in each of the last five years. | | (229432) | 73
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the annual change in cost to the public purse of the 2006 changes to the teachers' pension scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (229491) | 74
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many school buildings built before 1900 were demolished in each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (229442) | 75
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229539) | 76
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229558) | 77
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of materials his Department has distributed to schools in the last three years. | | (229272) | 78
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many deaths attributed to methadone addiction have been recorded in each of the last five years. | | (229662) | 79
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many postcards were issued by his Department as part of public policy consultations in each of the last five years; and how many responses were received in each year. | | (229731) | 80
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many non-UK nationals worked in London in each of the last 10 years. | | (229381) | 81
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many hours of work in the United Kingdom have been lost as a result of industrial action in each year since 1997. | | (229383) | 82
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was paid (a) by (i) employees and (ii) employers and (b) to those receiving pension payment from the Civil Service pension scheme in each of the last five years. | | (229445) | 83
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the annual change in the cost to the public purse arising from the recent changes to Civil Service pensions; and if he will make a statement. | | (229487) | 84
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when he expects to answer Question 217221, on data handling procedures, tabled by the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire on 3rd July 2008. | | (229251) | 85
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes; and what information he holds on the numbers and proportion of all civil servants who are members of each scheme. | | (229520) | 86
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to Ordnance Survey on its role as (a) an adviser and (b) a commercial supplier to the Government. | | (229484) | 87
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements are in place for the payment of bonuses to officials of Ordnance Survey; and if she will make a statement. | | (229485) | 88
| Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial targets were set for Ordnance Survey for the latest period for which figures are available; and what outcomes were achieved against those targets. | | (229486) | 89
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on the placing of CCTV cameras near polling stations. | | (229273) | 90
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority-owned non-decent dwellings there were in (a) South West England and (b) Stroud district in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (229735) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people aged 18 to 21 years appoached their local authority for accommodation on the basis that they were homeless in each local authority area in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229736) | 92
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of time taken was for a household to be provided with suitable housing after joining the socially provided housing waiting list in (a) Southampton and (b) Test Valley Borough in each of the last two years; and how many households were on the socially provided housing waiting list in (i) Southampton and (ii) Test Valley Borough in each of the last 10 years. | | (229561) | 93
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have taken part in Government programmes for (a) shared and (b) subsidised home ownership; and what the cost of each such programme has been in each year since its introduction. | | (229404) | 94
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date each local authority is expected to meet the decent homes standard. | | (229405) | 95
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the capital value of (a) housing association and (b) council housing stock in each year since 1997. | | (229406) | 96
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of the proposed eco-town bids involve development on (a) open fields and (b) woodland. | | (229517) | 97
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of the national conclusions of the 2007 Local Government Pension Scheme revaluation. | | (229518) | 98
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 19 of the 2008-11 Forward Plan of the Valuation Office Agency, what information had Ordnance Survey provided to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to improve and align the VOA's database. | | (229519) | 99
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the research report on Council Tax Rebuilding Costs with ODPM reference 050324. | | (229521) | 100
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on the restriction of councillors from serving as staff on local authorities other than those on which they serve; and whether she plans to amend such guidance. | | (229568) | 101
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Government Office for the Region's network corporate plan. | | (229569) | 102
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers to the Rt hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 544W, on the Green Belt: East of England, how many hectares of green belt land, in gross terms, will be developed as a consequence of the Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (229588) | 103
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 546W, on post offices: non-domestic rates, how many were on the 1995 Ratings List in 1997 or the closest period to that year for which figures are available. | | (229600) | 104
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 538W, on departmental procurement, what minimum expenditure must be authorised by a purchase order and prior approval by a budget holder. | | (229601) | 105
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 537W, on departmental pay, who conducts the senior staff assessment for bonuses. | | (229602) | 106
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what obligations local planning authorities have to place maximum parking standards for (a) residential and (b) non-residential development in their local development frameworks. | | (229605) | 107
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statistics her Department collates on local authority borrowing. | | (229606) | 108
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which regional spatial strategies/regional planning guidance documents currently in effect have maximum parking standards in place for (a) residential and (b) non-residential development. | | (229607) | 109
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20th May 2008, Official Report, column 263-4W, on departmental film, if she will place in the Library (a) a copy of the film entitled, a film about the work of the department and (b) the PowerPoint presentation, One year on (Celebrating success and looking to the future). | | (229612) | 110
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21st May 2008, Official Report, column 318W, on landfill tax, what figures were used for the notional amount of funding given to local authorities in each year since 2003 to compensate for rising landfill tax, according to calculations made by her Department when drawing up the local government finance settlement. | | (229613) | 111
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th June 2008, Official Report, columns 1600-1W, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds (a) hard copy and (b) electronic maps of each locality. | | (229617) | 112
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th May 2008, Official Report, column 38W, on Eco-towns Challenge Panel: Political Impartiality, whether members of the panel must declare other pecuniary or non pecuniary interests to ensure no bias or the appearance of bias. | | (229618) | 113
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20th May 2008, Official Report, column 263W, on departmental consultants, for what purpose her Department has hired Intelligent Addressing Ltd to provide National Land and Property Gazetteer address matching. | | (229619) | 114
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers the regional development agencies will have in respect of regional planning for traveller camps from 2010. | | (229621) | 115
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th May 2008, Official Report, column 47W, on regional planning and development: eco towns, whether the partial reviews will be conducted by the regional development agencies. | | (229622) | 116
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19th May 2008, Official Report, column 47W, on regional planning and development: eco towns, whether the partial reviews will consider the need for green belt reviews in order to meet the revised building targets. | | (229623) | 117
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12th May 2008, Official Report, column 1393W, on the green belt, what her reasons were for approving the Regional Spatial Strategy's proposals to review and develop on the green belt. | | (229624) | 118
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the monetary value was of the subsidy from the public purse for business rate revaluation transitional relief in each year from 2000 to 2005. | | (229629) | 119
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, against what criteria parish councils will be assessed in order to qualify for Quality Parish status. | | (229630) | 120
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the period of time is that the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine whether a traveller caravan is too transient for occupation of the caravan to be rated for council tax purposes. | | (229631) | 121
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Valuation Office Agency's targets are for (a) elapsed time on council tax reports, (b) banding accuracy and (c) rateable value loss. | | (229632) | 122
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for setting the new output targets and funding agreements for the Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders. | | (229633) | 123
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which geo-spatial and geo-demographic data the Valuation Office Agency uses from her Department's Maps on Tap database. | | (229634) | 124
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether planning authorities may take into account the potential effect on (a) crime and disorder and (b) fear of crime and disorder when considering a change of use planning application to create a bail hostel. | | (229635) | 125
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans there are to create a national geoportal for spatial data held by public bodies; and whether this will include cadastral data held by public bodies. | | (229636) | 126
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities' tension monitoring procedures will examine (a) complaints of noise nuisance, (b) neighbourhood complaints and (c) high hedge disputes. | | (229637) | 127
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements local authorities will have to set up a tension monitoring committee or working group. | | (229638) | 128
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her definition is of a poor quality environment for the purposes of her Department's liveability performance indicator. | | (229639) | 129
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to remove the absolute exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act enjoyed by the Local Government Ombudsman under Articles 32 and 44 of the Local Government Act 1974; and if she will make a statement. | | (229640) | 130
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14th May 2008, Official Report, column 1635W, on the Interreg Programme, if she will place in the Library the updated edition of the INTERACT Handbook produced for the Interinstitutional Conference on the European Grouping of Territorial Co-operation, held in Brussels in June 2008. | | (229646) | 131
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th May 2008, Official Report, columns 37-39WS, on Home Information Packs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the initial assessment produced by the Deputy Chief Executive of the Land Registry. | | (229648) | 132
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th May 2008, Official Report, columns 37-39WS, on Home Information Packs, what the timetable is for the production of the report of the working group. | | (229649) | 133
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8th May 2008, Official Report, columns 37-39WS, on Home Information Packs, in what ways her Department will seek to enhance the current product and quality of the pack. | | (229650) | 134
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 313W, on Index of Deprivation, whether distance calculations were made by the Oxford University researchers producing the report or were contained within the primary source data. | | (229651) | 135
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th April 2008, Official Report, column 312W, on Index of Deprivation, whether permission has now been granted to publish the underlying indicators. | | (229652) | 136
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd May 2008, Official Report, column 443W, on home information packs, whether informal minutes of the subsequent meetings were taken by civil servants from her Department. | | (229658) | 137
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, further to page 19 of the 2008 to 2011 Forward Plan of the Valuation Office Agency, what information Ordnance Survey is providing to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to improve and align the VOA's database. | | (229661) | 138
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the research report on Council Tax Rebilling Costs, ODPM reference: 050324. | | (229666) | 139
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham, of 14th May 2008, Official Report, on planning, whether the national policy statement on waste will address planning policy on (a) landfill sites, (b) incinerators and (c) civic amenity sites. | | (229667) | 140
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham, of 14th May 2008, Official Report, on planning, whether the national policy statement on waste will be technology-specific. | | (229668) | 141
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects are being considered under the Interreg IVC programme which relates to the United Kingdom. | | (229669) | 142
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Infrastructure Planning Commission is expected to be operational. | | (229670) | 143
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings were built on green belt land in 2006; and how many hectares of green belt were developed in 2006. | | (229671) | 144
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the full text of each (a) round 2 and (b) round 3 Local Area Agreement. | | (229672) | 145
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the cost of implementing its plans for a geographical information system. | | (229673) | 146
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether there are restrictions on local authorities using their powers as laid under Part 2 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 to change the timing of their elections, other than the provisions laid out in the primary legislation. | | (229674) | 147
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the research produced for her Department by the Centre for Economics and Business Research on the strategic review on fire and rescue services. | | (229675) | 148
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirement she makes of local authorities to inform her Department of their intention to change their electoral arrangements under the provisions of Part 2 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. | | (229676) | 149
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of the 2008-09 Thames Gateway Implementation Plan. | | (229677) | 150
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report by Nera UK Ltd on the economic benefits of the New Dimension programme. | | (229678) | 151
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report produced for her Department by Comtel Ltd on the review of the local finance team structure. | | (229679) | 152
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total programme budget managed or influenced by Government Office for the Regions (a) was in 2007-08 and (b) is in 2008-09 according to the Network Corporate Plan. | | (229680) | 153
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by Ove Arup and Partners on the consultation responses to the Planning White Paper. | | (229681) | 154
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) subject and (b) cost was of each research contract her Department and its predecessor has commissioned since 2003. | | (229682) | 155
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the research report, LGR 65/12/122, on Modelling Transitional Rate Relief Options. | | (229683) | 156
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether regional development agencies will be charging authorities for the new Community Infrastructure Levy. | | (229684) | 157
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report produced for her Department by Four X Ninety Ltd on understanding Muslim ethnic communities. | | (229685) | 158
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Planning Aid has given support or funding to traveller groups on (a) planning applications, (b) planning appeals and (c) High Court challenges. | | (229686) | 159
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by GfK Nop Ltd for her Department on the feasibility of undertaking a national survey of attitudes. | | (229687) | 160
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who the members are of each of her Department's Expert Panels. | | (229688) | 161
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the research commissioned by her Department on Evaluation of Social Homebuy Scheme for Affordable Housing (reference RAE 3/6/135); and what the cost was of the research. | | (229689) | 162
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's research entitled Impact of Demographic Change on Housing, with project reference: RAE 3/16/16. | | (229690) | 163
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities signed a (a) first generation and (b) second generation, Local Public Service Agreement with (i) her Department and (ii) the relevant Government Office for the Region. | | (229691) | 164
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have signed a (a) round 1, (b) round 2 and (c) round 3 Local Public Service Agreement with (i) her Department and (ii) the relevant Government Office for the Region. | | (229692) | 165
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individual dwellings on the Valuation Office Agency's property database were updated as part of the Inactivated 10 Review for CTR 2007. | | (229693) | 166
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether National Policy Statements will be subject to Parliamentary approval. | | (229695) | 167
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirement local authorities have to adopt National Indicator 35 on violent extremism as part of their Local Area Agreement. | | (229696) | 168
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library copies of her Department's in-house staff magazine or newsletter from the last 12 months. | | (229697) | 169
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made to the 18/84 planning procedure since 1997. | | (229709) | 170
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers local authorities have to (a) create a policy in their Local Development Framework and (b) issued Supplementary Planning Guidance, that (i) protects gardens from over-development and (ii) separates gardens from other types of brownfield land for the purposes of meeting brownfield development targets. | | (229710) | 171
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons her Department intends to abolish the needs test in the new edition of Planning Policy Statement 6. | | (229711) | 172
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration was given to making a written ministerial statement on the publication of her Department's 2008 Annual Report. | | (229712) | 173
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which eco-town proposals involve development on greenfield land; and how many hectares of greenfield land would be developed in each case. | | (229713) | 174
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers local authorities have with regard to non-ringfenced grants made according to comprehensive performance assessments; and whether such powers will change under the system of comprehensive area assessments. | | (229714) | 175
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the premises of diplomatic missions are (a) valued for non-domestic rates by the Valuation Office Agency and (b) exempt from non-domestic rates. | | (229715) | 176
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she intends to (a) publish a draft version of PPS6 and (b) consult on its content. | | (229716) | 177
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new build dwellings were flats in each year since 1996-97. | | (229717) | 178
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether county council elections will take place in (a) Suffolk and (b) Ipswich, in 2009. | | (229718) | 179
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of gazundering in the housing market. | | (229719) | 180
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the implementation of the Community Call to Action procedures in the (a) Police and Justice Act 2006 and (b) Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007. | | (229720) | 181
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether licensed premises which diversify from under the Pub is the Hub scheme would receive a revised business rates valuation on their additional, diversified services. | | (229721) | 182
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many stand-alone telephone boxes were on the Ratings List in England and Wales in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (229722) | 183
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the implications of the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the use of on-site power generation through energy service companies for the Government's strategy on zero-carbon buildings. | | (229723) | 184
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers local authorities have to decide how to spend income from fixed penalty notices; what effect comprehensive performance assessments have on such powers; and what effect comprehensive area assessments will have on such powers. | | (229726) | 185
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local area agreement enabling measure requests were made in (a) the pilot round and (b) Round 2; and how many measure requests were accepted. | | (229727) | 186
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have received Reward Grants from her Department for meeting targets in their (a) Local Public Service Agreement and (b) Local Area Agreement to date; and what (i) the value and (ii) dates of such payments were in each case. | | (229728) | 187
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Local Better Regulation Office will be able to designate itself as a primary authority and instruct councils to take enforcement action. | | (229729) | 188
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2nd June 2008, Official Report, column 5334W, on council tax, what methodology her Department used to calculate the average parish council tax precept of £45 on Band D, as cited in the Answer of 14th June 2007, Official Report, column 1169W, on council tax, and if she will use the same process to calculate a similar figure for 2008-09. | | (229756) | 189
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 25th June 2007, Official Report, columns 177-8W, on property: photographs, how many photograhs were held for properties in each local authority in England and Wales. | | (229757) | 190
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of rising oil prices on local authority costs. | | (229758) | 191
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been given to each individual local authority under the Capacity Building programme. | | (229759) | 192
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether (a) civil servants, (b) Ministers and (c) special advisers in her Department are permitted to access web mail accounts from departmental computers. | | (229760) | 193
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the net additional funding the United Kingdom will receive from the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist in the aftermath of the floods in 2007. | | (229761) | 194
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets are being set for local authorities for national indicator 154 under the Local Area Agreements. | | (229762) | 195
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing benefit claimants have been (a) evicted and (b) deemed intentionally homeless as a result of rent arrears in each of the last three years. | | (229367) | 196
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the merits of paying housing benefit directly to private landlords where their tenants agree. | | (229368) | 197
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid (a) by (i) employees and (ii) employers into and (b) to those receiving pensions payments by the (A) new and (B) old firefighters' pension schemes in each of the last five years. | | (229351) | 198
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid (a) by (i) employees and (ii) employers into and (b) to those receiving pensions payments by the local government pension scheme in each of the last five years. | | (229352) | 199
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the annual change in cost to the public purse of the 2006 changes to (a) the local government pension scheme and (b) the firefighters' pension scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (229490) | 200
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the amount of social housing being sub-let within each local authority area. | | (229610) | 201
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will instigate an inquiry into Castle Point Borough Council's (a) policies and procedures regarding planning enforcement action with respect of building on Greenbelt and (b) planning enforcement matters generally. | | (229241) | 202
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average number of planning enforcement officers in local authorities was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229242) | 203
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) budgeted expenditure and (b) outturn expenditure was for each HomeBuy scheme in each year since the schemes were introduced. | | (229280) | 204
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average length of time taken to complete urgent housing repairs was by each local authority in each of the last five years. | | (229281) | 205
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the level of tenant satisfaction with each Registered Social Landlord's performance on repairs and maintenance was in each of the last five years. | | (229282) | 206
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether qualified stonemasons who are not on the British Register of Accredited Memorial Masons may be employed by local authorities to carry out stonemasonry work. | | (229647) | 207
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229535) | 208
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants working in her Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229557) | 209
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much public funding is being provided to the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA) expressed (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of the overall budget of the ICA in 2008-09. | | (229270) | 210
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many National Lottery funding was awarded to sport-related groups in (a) Southampton and (b) Test Valley Borough in each of the last five years. | | (229562) | 211
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229538) | 212
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229556) | 213
| Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps would need to be taken to extend the Commonwealth War Graves Commission dates of commemoration from 31st December 1947. | | (229277) | 214
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use is made of RAF Molesworth in the US Africom programme. | | (229412) | 215
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an operational certificate has been issued by the US administration for the space based infra red system at RAF Menwith Hill. | | (229413) | 216
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contingency planning had been conducted at AWE Burghfield before the 2007 floods to prepare for such an eventuality; and if he will make a statement. | | (229694) | 217
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many young people in the armed forces aged under 18 years have died (a) while on active service and (b) in training in each of the last five years; and what the cause of death was in each case. | | (229408) | 218
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many under 18 year olds are serving in the armed forces. | | (229409) | 219
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many under 18 year olds have applied for discretionary discharge under the unhappy minors provisions in the last three years; and how many of these applications were granted. | | (229410) | 220
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the commitment of young people who joined the armed forces before the age of 18 years to serve for four years beyond their 18th birthday with (a) international and human rights conventions and (b) the International Labour Organisation Child Labour Conventions. | | (229411) | 221
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has had discussions with its NATO counterparts on possible military cooperation with the Russian Federation in Afghanistan. | | (229458) | 222
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what precent advice the Surgeon General has received on adopting pathogen inactivation for treating blood products for UK armed forces. | | (229596) | 223
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department records the names of Colombian security forces personnel that have received training from UK military advisers in Colombia. | | (229310) | 224
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to discuss increasing access for schoolchildren to visit British war graves. | | (229248) | 225
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was paid (a) by (i) employees and (ii) employers into and (b) to those receiving pensions payments from the Armed Forces Pension Scheme in each of the last five years. | | (229434) | 226
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual change in the cost to the public purse of the 2006 changes to the Armed Forces Pension Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (229489) | 227
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force have policies in place to prevent discrimination against personnel with diabetes on the basis of their condition. | | (229438) | 228
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229537) | 229
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229555) | 230
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what role the (a) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, (b) Office of Nuclear Development, (c) Sustainable Development Commission and (d) Office of Climate Change will have in achieving his Department's objectives; and if he will make a statement. | | (229446) | 231
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Wales and (b) Pembrokeshire that have kerosene heating. | | (229259) | 232
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Pembrokeshire in fuel poverty. | | (229260) | 233
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent on grants under the Warm Front scheme in Bexley since its introduction. | | (229439) | 234
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people were in fuel poverty in the constituency of Hemel Hempstead in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229656) | 235
| Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people he estimates are eligible for Warm Front grants; and how many people have received all or part of a grant in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West, (c) England and (d) the UK in each year since 2003. | | (229369) | 236
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent on the consultation project Towards Carbon Capture and Storage. | | (229397) | 237
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229536) | 238
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229554) | 239
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was claimed in expenses by Ministers in his Department in each of the last three years. | | (229250) | 240
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on research on new farming systems in each of the last five years. | | (229275) | 241
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many projects each Regional Development Agency has funded under the (a) Axis 1, (b) Axis 3 and (c) Leader sections of the England Rural Development Programme since 1st January 2007, broken down by projects budgeted at (i) up to £5,000, (ii) £5,001 to £100,000, (iii) £100,001 to £1,000,000 and (iv) over £1,000,000. | | (229480) | 242
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each Regional Development Agency has committed to projects under (a) Axis 1, (b) Axis 3 and (c) Leader sections of the England Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) since 1st January 2007, broken down by projects budgeted at (i) up to £5,000, (ii) £5,001 to £100,000, (iii) £100,001 to £1,000,000 and (iv) over £1,000,000; and what proportion of each total represents forward commitments for years three to seven of RDPE. | | (229481) | 243
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each Regional Development Agency has received from the Regional Development Programme for England since the inception of the 2000 to 2006 programme, broken down by programme year. | | (229482) | 244
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which projects have received Rural Development Programme for England funding since 1st January 2007, broken down by Regional Development Agency. | | (229483) | 245
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) wheat, (b) barley, (c) fresh vegetables, (d) potatoes, (e) fresh fruit, (f) beef and veal, (g) pork, (h) bacon and ham, (i) mutton and lamb, (j) poultry meat, (k) eggs and (l) liquid milk was produced by volume in the UK in each year since 1997. | | (229492) | 246
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the (a) value and (b) volume of imports of (i) wheat, (ii) barley, (iii) fresh vegetables, (iv) potatoes, (v) fresh fruit, (vi) beef and veal, (vii) pork, (viii) bacon and ham, (ix) mutton and lamb, (x) poultry meat, (xi) eggs and (xii) liquid milk in each year since 1997, broken down by country of despatch. | | (229493) | 247
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Office of Fair Trading has spent in investigating complaints under the supermarkets code of practice in each year since the code's inception. | | (229494) | 248
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229534) | 249
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229553) | 250
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Saudi Arabian government on use of the death penalty in that country since 2006. | | (229497) | 251
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Saudi Arabian government seeking (a) a moratorium on executions and (b) an end to use of the death penalty against children in that country. | | (229498) | 252
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff based in China work on UK trade promotion. | | (229257) | 253
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff based in China work on human rights issues. | | (229258) | 254
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the government of Saudi Arabia on means of ensuring that Saudi aid for educational programmes to Palestine is spent on such purposes. | | (229249) | 255
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the World Bank, (b) the African Development Bank, (c) the International Monetary Fund and (d) the UN on a long-term economic assistance package for Zimbabwe; what conditions would be imposed by the Government on any such package; and if he will make a statement. | | (229354) | 256
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the World Bank, (b) the African Development Bank, (c) the International Monetary Fund and (d) the UN on an international donor conference for Zimbabwe; what conditions the Government would apply to the holding of such a conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (229355) | 257
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of Christians in Mosul who have fled as a result of attacks since September 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (229359) | 258
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of Christian churches in Mosul which have been attacked since September 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (229360) | 259
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of religious violence in Orissa State, India; what assessment he has made of its effect on the stability of India; and if he will make a statement. | | (229361) | 260
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of refugees who left Uzbekistan for neighbouring countries following events in Andijan in May 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (229366) | 261
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Uzbekistan on establishing an independent inquiry into the events in Andijan in May 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (229374) | 262
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the next EU-Uzbekistan Human Rights Dialogue will take place; and if he will make a statement. | | (229376) | 263
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Uzbekistan on the detention of journalists Salijon Abdurahmanov and Yusuf Juma; and if he will make a statement. | | (229377) | 264
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to review its (a) strategy and (b) goals in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (229384) | 265
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229532) | 266
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229552) | 267
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in relation to what requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on (a) abortion, (b) contraception, (c) reproductive health issues and (d) euthanasia refused by his Department appeals were made to the Information Commissioner in each year since 2005; how many such appeals were successful; if he will place in the Library copies of the information subsequently provided by his Department in each case; how much was spent by his Department opposing each appeal; what (i) consultants and (ii) law firms his Department employed in connection with each appeal; and if he will make a statement. | | (229509) | 268
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when and for what reason the decision was taken to withdraw diethylstilboestrol as a treatment for pregnant women. | | (229400) | 269
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research conducted overseas on the long-term effects of diethylstilboestrol on (a) women and (b) their children prescribed the drug his Department has evaluated. | | (229401) | 270
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to identify and locate (a) women who were prescribed diethylstilboestrol and (b) the children of such women. | | (229402) | 271
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when information on incidence and mortality will be collected for people with breast cancer from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds; and if he will make a statement. | | (229653) | 272
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timeframe is for evaluating and agreeing models that collect data on prevalence of people with breast cancer from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds; and if he will make a statement. | | (229654) | 273
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on reducing the age limit to 60 years for free influenza injections; and if he will make a statement. | | (229614) | 274
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives were employed in the NHS in (a) Bolton and (b) England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (229615) | 275
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are in place in the NHS for offering (a) home births and (b) natural births to expectant mothers. | | (229616) | 276
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health patients were absent without leave in each of the five years for which figures are available. | | (229276) | 277
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many females were diagnosed with depression triggered by an oral contraceptive in each of the last five years, broken down by oral contraceptive. | | (229565) | 278
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received the influenza vaccination in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age group and (b) primary care trust. | | (229566) | 279
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he made of the effectiveness of the risk sharing scheme for the provision of multiple sclerosis disease modifying drugs; what value for money assessment he has made of the risk sharing scheme since its inception; when he will make available the full ScHARR report, including Annex C, as requested but not received by the Health Select Committee in 2007; what the cost of the scheme has been since its inception; what the cost of (a) providing Avonex, Beteferon, Copaxone and Rebif and (b) the administration of the scheme by the MS Trust have been; and if he will make a statement. | | (229560) | 280
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing personal antimicrobial products for hospital patients as a means of combating healthcare-associated infections; and if he will make a statement. | | (229463) | 281
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent her head on health services in (a) Peterborough, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) England in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229452) | 282
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS midwives have received redundancy notices in (a) Peterborough, (b) Cambridge and (c) England in the last two years. | | (229453) | 283
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) private finance initiative and (b) local improvement finance trust schemes his Department is planning which are not yet operational; what the (i) value of the contract and (ii) equity partners are in each case; and what his most recent assessment is of each such scheme's viability. | | (229467) | 284
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services are not provided free at the point of need in the NHS; and when charges were introduced for each of these services; how much was raised by each type of charge (a) in the last year for which figures are available and (b) since its introduction or in the last 30 years, whichever is the shorter period. | | (229495) | 285
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of prevalence of hepatitis B at primary care trust level; and if he will make a statement. | | (229590) | 286
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to commission research in the next 12 months on the anticipated incidence in the UK of all types of chronic hepatitis B over the next decade; and if he will make a statement. | | (229591) | 287
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many notifications there were for (a) hepatitis A, (b) chronic hepatitis B, (c) hepatitis C, (d) hepatitis D, (e) hepatitis E, (f) hepatitis F, (g) hepatitis G and (h) hepatitis H there were in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (229592) | 288
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the public health guidelines on hepatitis B will be published. | | (229593) | 289
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients who received infected blood products in each year since 1992. | | (229594) | 290
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs has to undertake bacterial infection in blood trials as part of their comprehensive review of pathogen inactivation for blood products in 2009. | | (229595) | 291
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of sepsis have been recorded in England in each year since 2005. | | (229597) | 292
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) date of appointment and (b) expected date of end of term office is of each member of (i) the Advisory Group on Hepatitis and (ii) the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. | | (229620) | 293
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people seeking registration as domiciliary care providers in each region (a) met and (b) did not meet the required standard at each stage in the registration process in each of the last five years. | | (229243) | 294
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people over the age of 65 years were supported to live at home in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority area in each of the last five years, broken down by individual years. | | (229244) | 295
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of vulnerable older people who have undergone physical or physiological abuse in residential care homes in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (229245) | 296
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of patients with dementia who have been given neuroleptic sedatives in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (229246) | 297
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department took to ensure neutrality in the wording of questions issued to the public in relation to his Department's recent consultation on alcohol strategy; and whether the consultations content was tested with an independent polling organisation before being issued. | | (229265) | 298
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): 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) Hemel Hempstead and (b) West Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust. | | (229644) | 299
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the number of NHS dental practices in England that make use of the internet in providing care. | | (229645) | 300
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP dispensaries there are in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) West Hertfordshire primary care trust. | | (229655) | 301
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of documents sent to external bodies by his Department were lost in the post in the latest period for which information is available. | | (229657) | 302
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many licensed pharmacies there are in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) West Hertfordshire primary care trust. | | (229659) | 303
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of methadone prescriptions relating to substance abuse were made by general practitioners; and how many of these were not made as part of formal drug treatment programmes in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229663) | 304
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average duration was of methadone treatment programmes in the last period for which figures are available. | | (229664) | 305
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were prescribed (a) methadone and (b) other hard drug substitutes in each of the last five years. | | (229665) | 306
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have presented more than one submission to his Department's consultation on the alcohol strategy. | | (229708) | 307
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the recommendations of the report of the Healthcare Commission in 2007-08 entitled Annual Health Check. | | (229724) | 308
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for moving to a policy of selective rather than universal vaccination of children against tuberculosis. | | (229725) | 309
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for implementing his decisions following the consultation on the alcohol strategy. | | (229730) | 310
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th May 2008, Official Report, column 246W, on departments: consultants, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of problematic drugs users in England and (b) the proportion of problematic drugs users who are receiving treatment for addiction. | | (229734) | 311
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid (a) by (i) employees and (ii) employers into and (b) to those receiving pensions payments from the National Health Service Pension Scheme in each of the last five years. | | (229431) | 312
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229533) | 313
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229551) | 314
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was held by each police force authority in England and Wales in foreign bank accounts (a) in each year since 2001 and (b) at the latest date for which information is available. | | (229507) | 315
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 were made to each police authority about an individual's profile; how many requests were (a) agreed to and (b) refused in each year since 2005; how many refusals were subject to appeal to the Information Commissioner in each year since 2005; how many appeals were successful; if she will place in the Library copies of the material subsequently provided in each case; how much was spent by each police authority opposing each appeal; which (i) consultants and (ii) law firms were employed by each police authority in connection with each appeal; and if she will make a statement. | | (229508) | 316
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of offences related to domestic violence were reported in each police division within Gloucestershire in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (229608) | 317
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have been recorded in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London since their inception. | | (229440) | 318
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17th June 2008, Official Report, columns 885-6W, on departmental security, how many identity cards and security passes were reported lost or stolen at (a) HMP Pentonville, (b) HMP Holloway and (c) Young Offender Institution Holloway in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (229358) | 319
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of the loss of personal documents were recorded by the Identity and Passport Service and its predecessors in each year since 1997. | | (229307) | 320
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports were lost by the Identity and Passport Service in transit to the passport holder in each year since 1997. | | (229308) | 321
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from each country of origin used the 1951 Convention on Refugees exemption from prosecution defence when attempting to enter the UK using false documentation in each of the last five years. | | (229266) | 322
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers received (a) section 4 and (b) section 95 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in each year since the Act came into force. | | (229267) | 323
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost was of administering (a) section 4 and (b) section 95 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in each year since the Act came into force. | | (229268) | 324
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people convicted of offences involving (a) firearms and (b) knives in each of the last 10 years had handed themselves into the police, broken down by (i) offence and (ii) police force area. | | (229283) | 325
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refused asylum seekers of each nationality her Department estimates there are living in each local authority area in the UK. | | (229284) | 326
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases were concluded in each year since 2003 because the claimant's country of origin had acceded to the EU, broken down by (a) country or origin and (b) year of original applicaiton. | | (229285) | 327
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers her Department estimates used false documentation to get to the UK in each of the last five years. | | (229286) | 328
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from each country of origin have been prosecuted for using false documentation to enter the UK in each of the last five years. | | (229287) | 329
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate for offences involving knives has been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) offence and (b) police force area. | | (229399) | 330
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dispersal orders were issued per police authority area in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (229732) | 331
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were per head of population in each police authority area in England and Wales in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (229733) | 332
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) recorded and (b) estimated actual number of incidents of domestic violence against (i) women and (ii) men was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (229293) | 333
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the incidence of forced marriages in the UK. | | (229294) | 334
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of crimes were committed by 14 to 19 year olds in Hemel Hempstead in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229660) | 335
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in (a) the parliamentary constituency of Hyndburn and (b) the Lancashire Constabulary area in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229254) | 336
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid (a) by (i) employees and (ii) employers into and (b) to those receiving pensions payments from the Police Pension Scheme in each of the last five years. | | (229433) | 337
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the annual change in the cost to the public purse of the 2006 changes to the National Police Pension Scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (229488) | 338
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the effectiveness of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. | | (229240) | 339
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department provides to the authorities in the country of origin of an asylum seeker without documents as part of the re-documentation process. | | (229278) | 340
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Sudanese asylum seekers deported following re-documentation interviews in March and April 2007 were from Darfur. | | (229279) | 341
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps were taken in response to the complaint made by a Darfuri asylum seeker against a Sudanese official as part of the re-documentation interviews of March and April 2007. | | (229296) | 342
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2008, Official Report, column 1432W, on Criminal Records Bureau: standards, how many of the disputes resulted in the applicant's complaint being upheld and the record amended in each year. | | (229252) | 343
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of individual police forces' ability to tackle the problem of human trafficking in their areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (229288) | 344
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested and (b) convicted for driving without a licence or insurance in (i) North West Cambridgeshire, (ii) Cambridgeshire, (iii) the East of England and (iv) England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (229290) | 345
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there have been for human trafficking offences in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (229295) | 346
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2008, Official Report, column 1272W, on police: disciplinary proceedings, from what date on suspension, how much pay they were receiving while on suspension; what rank each officer had been; and whether any were suspended due to allegations of racism. | | (229603) | 347
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229530) | 348
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants working in her Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229550) | 349
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will take steps to ensure that the Official Report is published on the Parliamentary intranet in PDF format; what discussions the Commission has had with the House of Lords authorities about the availability on the Parliamentary intranet of House of Lords Hansard in PDF format; and if he will make a statement. | | (229499) | 350
| Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Havant of 3rd March 2008, Official Report, column 2219W, on taxis, what information on travel expenditure is collected centrally in his Department. | | (229274) | 351
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people took level 3 NVQs in childcare in the last three years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) further education college. | | (229609) | 352
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229531) | 353
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229549) | 354
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what grants have been given to the Karen Development Committee in Burma in each of the last five years; and what the purpose of each grant was. | | (229300) | 355
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether (a) UN staff and (b) staff of his Department have unrestricted access to all areas of the delta region in Burma where UK-funded aid is being delivered. | | (229301) | 356
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with the government of Burma on the lifting of aid restrictions in eastern and other parts of Burma similar to the way in which restrictions in the delta region have been lifted. | | (229302) | 357
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms are in place to monitor the response to Cyclone Nargis of end recipient organisations or companies using funds allocated by his Department. | | (229303) | 358
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which sub-recipients and end recipients received UK relief aid following Cyclone Nargis in Burma. | | (229304) | 359
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations have received funding from his Department to assist in the response to Cyclone Nargis in Burma. | | (229305) | 360
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of the aid provided by his Department to alleviate the effects of Cyclone Nargis in Burma has been given to private companies for relief and reconstruction work; and to which companies and for what purpose. | | (229306) | 361
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has allocated to the Platform2 programme; what conditions were attached to that funding; and what assessment he has made of how effectively that money has been spent. | | (229643) | 362
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many individuals his Department recruited from the fast stream through (a) the Central Departments option and (b) the Technical Development option in each of the last five years. | | (229356) | 363
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2008, Official Report, columns 1339-40W, on departmental fraud, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to HM Treasury for the 2007 Annual Fraud Report. | | (229357) | 364
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the number of people in the north of Sri Lanka who do not have access to healthcare and water as a result of the recent hostilities between the government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam since July 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (229362) | 365
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment his Department has undertaken of the effects of UK-funded reconstruction and development projects in Afghanistan; what plans it has for such studies in the future; and if he will make a statement. | | (229378) | 366
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229529) | 367
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants working in his Department have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229548) | 368
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken in response to prisoners' views about methods of pain relief in Standford Hill Prison as outlined in the measuring the quality of prison life survey of June 2008; and whether there is a ban on prescribing oxycontin for pain relief in the prison. | | (229297) | 369
| Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which items of expenditure in a local election or local referendum are liable for value added tax. | | (229611) | 370
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many houses repossession orders were laid before the courts in Hampshire in each of the last 12 months, broken down by County Court. | | (229563) | 371
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of convicted prisoners with severe psychiatric disorders in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (229468) | 372
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on meeting the needs of convicted prisoners with psychiatric disorders. | | (229469) | 373
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the facilities available to convicted prisoners with severe psychiatric disorders; and if he will make a statement. | | (229470) | 374
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Inspector of Prisons on the provision of treatment in prisons for prisoners with severe psychiatric disorders; and if he will make a statement. | | (229471) | 375
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in England and Wales who are at occupational risk have been required to pay for vaccination against chronic hepatitis B since January 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (229589) | 376
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with Ministers from the Department for Children, Schools and Families on the drafting of the Youth Action Plan. | | (229444) | 377
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners found (a) full-time employment and (b) placements in work-based training programmes within six months of completing their sentence in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (229289) | 378
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners were reconvicted and sentenced to another custodial term within three months of leaving prison in each of the last five years. | | (229291) | 379
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2008, Official Report, column 1379W, on the Lancaster Farms Young Offender Institution, how many inmates of HM Young Offender Institution Lancaster aged 18 years and one month are housed on the juvenile site. | | (229604) | 380
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229528) | 381
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229547) | 382
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229527) | 383
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229546) | 384
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 14th May 2008, Official Report, column 1638W, on regional planning and development: finance, which Government department, Government office or agency funds the (a) e-governmental regional partnerships and (b) regional equality and diversity partnerships. | | (229625) | 385
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he has commissioned any studies into lessons learnt from the UK's military and humanitarian efforts in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since June 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (229379) | 386
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229526) | 387
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants working in his Department have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229545) | 388
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases of fraud exceeding £1 million the Fraud Prosecution Service has handled since September 2006. | | (229390) | 389
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases have been referred to the Joint Vetting Committee since the Fraud Prosecution Service's formation in September 2006. | | (229391) | 390
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the expansion of the City of London's Economic Crime Department on the flow of cases to the Serious Fraud Office. | | (229393) | 391
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what the cost to the Serious Fraud Office was of reviewing 36 Fraud Prosecution Service case files for Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's Review of the Fraud Prosecution Service. | | (229394) | 392
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) blind and (b) partially sighted people had a free bus pass (i) in each year since 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which information is available. | | (229510) | 393
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will encourage local authorities to allow Blue Badge holders to park free of charge in (a) residents' parking bays and (b) parking bays; and if he will make a statement. | | (229511) | 394
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) fined for speeding in Hampshire in each of the last five years. | | (229564) | 395
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of visually impaired people injured whilst using public transport in the last 10 years. | | (229462) | 396
| Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to reduce overcrowding on the rail network; and if he will make a statement. | | (229347) | 397
| Mr Bob Laxton (Derby North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the number of flights using UK airports following the introduction of Aviation Duty. | | (229599) | 398
| Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the likely effect on the number of flights using UK airports of the introduction of the proposed new aviation duty. | | (229255) | 399
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to seek to ensure the stability of the price of petrol. | | (229388) | 400
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to extend the electrification of the rail network west of London. | | (229443) | 401
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people driving illegally due to a lack of licence or insurance who are resident in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) England and Wales. | | (229292) | 402
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229524) | 403
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229544) | 404
| Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the provision of bus passes for people aged over 60 years with no fixed abode. | | (229455) | 405
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229523) | 406
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants working in his Department have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229542) | 407
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what legislation provides for disability living allowance mobility component; what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential to the provisions of that legislation; and if he will make a statement. | | (229500) | 408
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) blind and (b) partially sighted people received the mobility component of disability living allowance (i) at the higher rate and (ii) at the lower rate in each year since 1997. | | (229501) | 409
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) blind and (b) partially sighted people living in Southend West constituency received the mobility component of disability living allowance (i) at the higher rate and (ii) at the lower rate (A) in each year since 1997 and (B) at the latest date for which information is available. | | (229502) | 410
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the debt steer policy and guidelines implemented on his behalf by the Child Support Agency. | | (229567) | 411
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a visual impairment are receiving (a) the lower rate and (b) the higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance. | | (229459) | 412
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a visual impairment have received the (a) lower rate and (b) higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance in the last 12 months. | | (229460) | 413
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a visual impairment have applied for the (a) lower rate and (b) higher rate of the mobility component of the disability living allowance in the last 12 months. | | (229461) | 414
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit has been paid to tenants of (a) housing associations and (b) local authorities, including arm's length management organisations, since 1997; and what estimate he has made of the effect on housing benefit costs of tenants transferring from council management to registered social landlords as part of stock transfers in each of those years. | | (229403) | 415
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of jobs advertised in jobcentres were at the National Minimum Wage on the last date for which figures are available. | | (229298) | 416
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) classic, (b) classic plus, (c) nuvos and (d) premium civil service pension schemes. | | (229522) | 417
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million. | | (229541) |
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