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THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform *1
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): What representations he has received on the effects on the observance of the National Minimum Wage of employers who overcharge migrant workers for accommodation. | | (229212) | *2
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What steps he is taking to ensure a competitive market for petrol and diesel. | | (229213) | *3
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What steps his Department is taking to protect small businesses in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement. | | (229214) | *4
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): When he next expects to meet the National Federation of Sub-Postmasters to discuss the future of the Post Office network. | | (229215) | *5
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): What assessment he has made of the economic condition of the building and construction industry. | | (229216) | *6
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What steps his Department has taken amongst the low paid to promote employment rights and to increase awareness of the National Minimum Wage; and if he will make a statement. | | (229217) | *7
| Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): What assessment he has made of the reliability of the medical assessment procedure in assessing claims under the coal miners' compensation scheme. | | (229218) | *8
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): What steps his Department is taking to help small businesses in town centres and ensure that shop premises do not remain vacant. | | (229219) | *9
| Andrew George (St Ives): What recent assessment he has made of the progress made by the Competition Commission in establishing a grocery sector ombudsman. | | (229220) | *10
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): What progress has been made on the Network Change programme for the Post Office network in Greater Manchester and High Peak. | | (229221) | *11
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What progress has been made in the Post Office Network Change programme. | | (229222) | *12
| Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): What guidance his Department gave to community groups on participating in the Post Office consultation network change; and if he will make a statement. | | (229223) | *13
| Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): What recent assessment he has made of the future competitiveness of the retail sector. | | (229224) | *14
| Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): What steps his Department is taking to assist the elderly to use new digital technologies. | | (229225) | *15
| Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): What recent assessment he has made of the level of activity in the construction industry. | | (229226) | *16
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport): What steps his Department is taking to help small businesses in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement. | | (229227) | *17
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): What recent assessment he has made of the competitiveness of the British glass industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (229228) | *18
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): How many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with the Minister for the East of England to discuss the business environment in Essex since 1st July 2007. | | (229229) | *19
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What steps he is taking to promote and protect growth in small businesses. | | (229230) | *20
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): What steps he is taking to support the work of the Internet Governance Forum. | | (229231) | At 11.05 a.m. Topical Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Philip Davies (Shipley): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (229232) | *2
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): | | (229233) | *3
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): | | (229234) | *4
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): | | (229235) | *5
| Mr Eric Illsley (Barnsley Central): | | (229236) | *6
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): | | (229237) | *7
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): | | (229238) | *8
| Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): | | (229239) | At 11.15 a.m. Oral Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, and the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission *1
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what discussions the Public Accounts Commission has had on the National Audit Office's corporate plan. | | (229204) | *2
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent assessment the Commissioners have made of the impact of recent economic events on the financial stability of the Church of England. | | (229205) | *3
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, whether the National Audit Office has funds invested in overseas banks. | | (229206) | *4
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church Commissioners will provide guidance to churches and cathedrals on applications for lottery grants for the upkeep of church buildings and the provision of visitor facilities. | | (229207) | *5
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many investigations the Electoral Commission has carried out into political party funding in the last 12 months. | | (229208) | *6
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent representations the Church Commissioners have received on the levels of theft of lead, copper and other materials from church roofs; and if he will make a statement. | | (229209) | *7
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent discussions the Committee has had with the Electoral Commission on its role in preventing electoral fraud. | | (229210) | *8
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of damage to historic churches caused by bats. | | (229211) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Tuesday 14 October 1
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the risk to victims of the use of gamma-butyrolactone as a date rape drug; and if she will make a statement. | | (227817) |
Notices given on Wednesday 15 October 1
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the Government provided to the government of Pakistan following the 2005 earthquake. | | (228312) | 2
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to improve the support given to developing countries immediately following natural disasters. | | (228313) | 3
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to encourage other countries to provide emergency service personnel to developing countries immediately after a natural disaster. | | (228314) |
Notices given on Thursday 16 October 1
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government has provided to building societies during the recent economic difficulties. | | (228596) | 2
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the interests of all building societies are taken into account in the Government's financial strategy during the current economic difficulties. | | (228597) |
Notices given on Friday 17 October 1
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that (a) existing and (b) potential users of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal have full and accurate information about the changes being made to the system; and what consultation his Department has undertaken with voluntary sector organisations on the changes being made to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal. | | (229026) | 2
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the new arrangements for the Special Education Needs and Disability Panel on access to the tribunal for parents without legal representation. | | (229027) | 3
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential cost implications of the new system for special educational needs and disability tribunals for (a) parents, (b) local authorities and (c) voluntary and advocacy organisations. | | (229028) | 4
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new case management system for the Special Educational Needs and Disability Panel has been piloted. | | (229029) | 5
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for research to be carried out on the way concessionary travel is administered; who has been commissioned to undertake the research; what methodology will be followed by the researchers; and whom they intend to consult. | | (229073) |
Notices given on Monday 20 October 1
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will reform the Mineworkers Pension Scheme to ensure that all the surplus is used for the benefit of former mineworkers. | | (229738) | 2
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will publish the interim report of the Street Trading and Pedlar Review by Durham University. | | (229745) | 3
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects the final report of the Street Trading and Pedlar Review by Durham University to be made available to hon. Members. | | (229746) | 4
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he is taking to ensure that loan finance is available to small businesses on normal financial terms. | | (229422) | 5
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects Post Office Ltd to make a decision on the future of Linslade Post Office in South West Bedfordshire constituency. | | (229580) | 6
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £28 billion of ordinary shares in HBOS Plc, RBS Plc and Lloyds TSB Plc invested in by the Commissioners of HM Treasury are ordinary voting shares; whether ordinary dividends may be paid before all shares held by the Government are redeemed or sold; how many directors the Government will be able to appoint to the Board of Directors; and what restrictions will be put on the emoluments of the directors of these banks. | | (229573) | 7
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £9 billion of preference shares invested by the Commissioners of HM Treasury in HBOS Plc, RBS Group Plc and Lloyds TSB Plc are (a) redeemable, (b) fixed rate, (c) non-cumulative and (d) non-voting shares; what the (i) nominal value and (ii) rate of dividend is of each type of preference shares; and what the (A) earliest date the company can redeem the shares and (B) latest date the shares have to be redeemed is for each type of share. | | (229574) | 8
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a formal condition for the investment in Lloyds TSB Plc, HBOS Plc and RBS Group Plc by the Government of £28 billion into common stock is a commitment immediately to restore and maintain the availability and active marketing of competitively priced mortgage lending, other than in the non-conforming market, over the next three years at a level at least equivalent to that of 2007. | | (229575) | 9
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date each of the different share categories under the £37 billion investment by the Commissioners of HM Treasury in HBOS Plc, RBS Group Plc and Lloyds TSB Plc will be subscribed. | | (229576) | 10
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to halt the merger of Lloyds TSB Plc and HBOS Plc; and if he will make a statement. | | (229577) | 11
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the level to which the higher threshold for income tax would need to be raised to achieve the same number of people paying the higher rate now as in 1997. | | (229737) | 12
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual revenue which would be forgone by raising the higher rate of income tax threshold to (a) £45,000 and (b) £50,000. | | (229739) | 13
N | Mr Stephen Byers (North Tyneside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were paying the higher rate of income tax in (a) 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (229763) | 14
N | Mary Creagh (Wakefield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of UK nationals who hold deposits with offshore Icelandic banks and (b) the value of such deposits. | | (229572) | 15
N | Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the status as public authorities of companies in temporary public ownership; and if he will make a statement. | | (229338) | 16
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs have taken to ensure the efficient administration of online tax returns for the 2007-08 tax year. | | (229583) | 17
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of any decision to lower fuel duties in Northern Ireland on tax revenues. | | (229472) | 18
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue to the Exchequer from the Small Companies Rate of Corporation Tax (a) in each of the last four years and (b) (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. | | (229740) | 19
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of companies paying the Small Companies Rate of Corporation Tax (a) in each of the last four years and (b) (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. | | (229741) | 20
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of company liquidations among companies paying the Small Companies Rate of Corporation Tax (a) in each of the last four years and (b) (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. | | (229742) | 21
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17th October 2008, Official Report, columns 1593-4W, on social security benefits, how many people applied for either working tax credit or child tax credit in each month since January 2006. | | (229705) | 22
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice was given to his Department on the financial position of Landsbanki from February to October 2008. | | (229766) | 23
N | Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice his Department received on Icesave accounts from Landsbanki from February to October 2008. | | (229767) | 24
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic modelling he has undertaken in assessing the likely effect of the introduction of aviation duty; and if he will make a statement. | | (229478) | 25
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on assistance for UK citizens with savings in Isle of Man banks that have gone into receivership. | | (229340) | 26
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) untrained staff and (b) staff trained to level (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three working in (A) private, voluntary and independent sector and (B) maintained sector nurseries. | | (229699) | 27
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of people with (a) a Cache level three, (b) a BTEC national diploma and (c) an NVQ level three in childcare in each year since 1997. | | (229700) | 28
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of people who qualified in (a) a Cache level two, (b) a BTEC certificate, CACHE and City and Guilds and (c) an NVQ level two in childcare in each year since 1997. | | (229701) | 29
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the additional number of staff who will have to enter the childcare sector to increase the free entitlement (a) from 12½ to 15 hours and (b) to all two year olds. | | (229702) | 30
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what qualifications his Department (a) approves and (b) recommends for people working in child care. | | (229703) | 31
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 13th October 2008, Official Report, column 1133W, on pre-school education, what the timescale is for the pilots underway in 63 local authorities. | | (229764) | 32
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many diagnoses of prostate cancer there were in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area and (c) each primary care trust area in each year since 1997. | | (229318) | 33
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many householders have presented to a local authority as homeless in England in each year since 1985; and how many of those presented follow (a) mortgage repayment and (b) rental arrears in each such year. | | (229415) | 34
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much council tax liability has been written off by local authorities in each year since 1985; and what proportion of council tax liability this represented in each such year. | | (229416) | 35
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of council tax liability was not collected by local authorities in England in each year since 1985. | | (229417) | 36
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average Band D council tax increase has been in England in each year since 1985. | | (229418) | 37
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) privately rented student accommodation or houses, (b) student halls of residence and (c) residential care homes which are not fitted with carbon monoxide alarms. | | (229324) | 38
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received on introducing a mandatory requirement for carbon monoxide alarms to be fitted in all forms of rented accommodation. | | (229325) | 39
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people she estimates are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of council tax benefit in each region. | | (229425) | 40
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make an Order moving the date of the local elections in 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (229311) | 41
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) time period and (b) jurisdictions are covered by Criminal Records Bureau checks on (i) British and (ii) foreign national applicant for taxi licences. | | (229312) | 42
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on the number of planning enforcement files open and awaiting action by Castle Point Borough Council; and if she will make a statement. | | (229315) | 43
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will extend the deadline for responses to her Department in respect of the Appeal by the New Milton Sand and Ballast to the High Court under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (reference: 82483). | | (229474) | 44
N | Mr Paul Truswell (Pudsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from local authorities on the likely effect of the provisions of Clause 151 of the Planning Bill on their ability to take enforcement action following complaints regarding alleged statutory nuisance by major infrastructure project developers. | | (229473) | 45
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households which are unable to receive all five terrestrial channels as a result of geography or topography. | | (229326) | 46
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to publish a revised Impact Assessment relating to the Climate Change Bill to take account of the amended target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per cent. | | (229323) | 47
N | Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin & Harpenden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether emissions from (a) aircraft, (b) shipping and (c) cement manufacture are included in the targets to be set in the Climate Change Bill for reductions by 2020 and 2050 and in the current UK target to reduce emissions by 20 per cent. below the 1990 level by 2010. | | (229698) | 48
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what functions the National Rights of Way Casework Team had at its establishment; what additional functions it has been given since its establishment; and how many people have been assigned to the team in respect of these additional functions. | | (229704) | 49
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the policy of the Forestry Commission is on dog-free car parks; and which car parks are being considered for designation as dog-free. | | (229744) | 50
N | Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2008, Official Report, column 1487W, on environment protection: New Forest, if he will place in the Library copies of the publications referred to in the Library. | | (229765) | 51
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans his Department has should cases of bovine tuberculosis spread across the country. | | (229328) | 52
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to identify whether bovine tuberculosis is carried by cats. | | (229329) | 53
N | 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 a bovine tuberculosis vaccine in each of the last three years. | | (229330) | 54
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of implementation of his Department's proposal to require arable farmers to set-aside up to five per cent. of their land on food security in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (229331) | 55
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the further review of the Environment Agency's plans for lock-keepers' cottages along the Thames will be published; whether the review has included a re-examination of the business case for disposal of the cottages; and if he will make a statement. | | (229427) | 56
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29th September 2008, Official Report, column 2423W, on South West Water Authority, whether regions other than the South West maintain residual water authorities. | | (229423) | 57
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29th September 2008, Official Report, column 2423W, on South West Water Authority, what residual matters relating to the South West Water Authority have yet to be resolved; and if he will make a statement. | | (229424) | 58
N | Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th October 2008, Official Report, column 938W, on River Lymington: ferries, what the role of the Government Office for the South East will be in resolving the situation regarding Wightlink's application for shore works in the Lymington River. | | (229585) | 59
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Qatar on the situation in Sudan. | | (229743) | 60
N | John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to (a) announce the amount of funding Thame Community Hospital, Oxfordshire, will receive from the Community Hospital Development Fund and (b) make public information on the draw-down terms associated with such funding. | | (229332) | 61
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that cancer networks adhere to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on prostate cancer. | | (229316) | 62
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding is available for treatment of metastatic prostate cancer in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area and (c) each primary care trust in 2008-09. | | (229317) | 63
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical nurse specialists for prostate cancer there were in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority area and (c) each primary care trust area in each year since 1997. | | (229319) | 64
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that prostate cancer patients are reviewed by multi-disciplinary teams in all primary care trusts. | | (229320) | 65
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which local authorities have decided to proceed with full implementation of transforming community equipment services following the recent trials. | | (229428) | 66
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the time taken by the Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry into the death of Stuart Lubbock. | | (229313) | 67
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2008, Official Report, column 1339W, on Departmental Consultants, what projects expenditure was incurred in each of those years; how much was spent on each such project; and which consultants were employed on each such project. | | (229321) | 68
N | Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 15th October 2008, Official Report, column 1339W, on Departmental Consultants, what his Department's projected spend on consultants is in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (229322) | 69
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) repossession notices were served and (b) how many ejection orders were granted by the courts in each year since 1985. | | (229419) | 70
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the alleged further offences committed by offenders on end of custody licence since 29th June 2007 were (a) murder, (b) attempted murder, (c) manslaugter and other homicide, (d) wounding and (e) other violence against the person. | | (229414) | 71
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list those overseas governments which have made representations to the Government to change legislation on war crimes to prevent the issuing of arrest warrants without Attorney General approval. | | (229570) | 72
N | Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he intends to inform the House whether he plans to propose changes to legislation on war crimes to prevent the issuing of arrest warrants without Attorney General approval; and whether such charges would require primary legislation. | | (229571) | 73
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 16th October 2008, Official Report, columns 1377-8W, on the Parliamentary Session, for how many hours the House (a) sat, (b) considered primary legislation and (c) considered delegated legislation in each (i) calendar year and (ii) Session between 1984 and 1990. | | (229339) | 74
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what outstanding requests from the Olympics Delivery Authority for resources from contingency funding are under consideration; and if she will make a statement. | | (229333) | 75
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what was the original estimate for building cost inflation in the Olympic Construction Budget for each year to 2012; and what the most recent estimate is for each such year. | | (229334) | 76
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will provide a breakdown of the (a) £66 million contribution to paralympic costs and (b) £32 million allocated to the Look of London contained in the public sector funding package for London 2012 by main budget heading. | | (229335) | 77
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether the £95 million forwarded to the Olympic Delivery Authority in October 2008 from contingency funding related to construction of the Olympic Village was from the (a) Olympic Delivery Authority programme, (b) Funder's Group and (c) another contingency fund; and if she will make a statement. | | (229336) | 78
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, with reference to the Answer of 26th March 2007, Official Report, column 1250W, on the Olympic Games, whether the £290 million, referred to in the Answer as the investment in elite and community sport within the non-Olympic Delivery Authority provision public sector funding package for the Games is in addition to the funding announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer's elite athlete funding package of March 2006; and if she will make a statement. | | (229337) | 79
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Prime Minister, what consideration he gave to the effect on the Doha world trade talks of the recall of the British Commissioner holding the post of EU Trade Commissioner. | | (229748) | 80
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 17th September 2008, Official Report, column 2229W, on Cabinet: meetings, if he will notify the hon. Members for North Cornwall, Worthing West, South West Devon and Perth and North Perthshire in advance of the publication date of the costs associated with holding Cabinet in Birmingham. | | (229426) | 81
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place responsibility for the energy-saving activities of the market transformation programme with the Department for Energy and Climate Change; and if he will make a statement. | | (229584) | 82
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what criteria are applied by the (a) Serious Fraud Office and (b) Fraud Prosecution Service to determine whether to accept a case. | | (229420) | 83
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, what criteria are used to determine whether a fraud case is prosecuted by the (a) Serious Fraud Office and (b) Fraud Prosecution Service. | | (229421) | 84
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received regarding the exclusion of cats from the terms of Clause 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988. | | (229314) | 85
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the original estimate was for the cost of the engineering work and platform upgrade at Milton Keynes Central station. | | (229327) | 86
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when stage two of the tram-trains trials will commence. | | (229475) | 87
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the decision on the operation of tram-trains in England to be made. | | (229476) | 88
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of flights using UK airports of the introduction of aviation duty. | | (229477) | 89
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of awarding the Post Office Card Account contract to more than one bidder. | | (229747) | 90
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the decision on the award of the Post Office Card Account contract will be (a) taken and (b) announced. | | (229749) | 91
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on the award of the Post Office Card Account contract. | | (229750) | 92
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the access criteria laid down in the tender documents for the successor to the Post Office Card Account. | | (229479) | 93
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Hefferman judgement in the House of Lords on 30th July 2008, on the delivery of local housing allowance; and if he will make a statement. | | (229578) | 94
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average length of time was taken to restart child maintenance payments after the death of a parent with care in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (229579) | 95
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been brought to the attention of his Department or the Rent Service on the operation of local housing allowance; and from which broad rental market areas these have come. | | (229581) | 96
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many callers were unable to speak to an operator about a Social Fund application in (a) the last quarter and (b) the last year for which figures are available. | | (229582) |
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