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Part 2: Oral or Written Questions for Answer beginning on Wednesday 5 November 2008

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Wednesday 5 November 2008

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER

Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

*1
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): What assessment he has made of progress towards achieving universal primary education by 2015.
(233021)
*2
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What steps his Department takes to ensure its aid is used efficiently and effectively to combat poverty in developing countries.
(233022)
*3
Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): What steps his Department is taking to help the world's poorest countries address the adverse impacts of climate change.
(233023)
*4
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): What assessment he has made of the effect global economic turbulence will have on the UK's international development funding.
(233024)
*5
Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): What conditionality is being applied to emergency UK lending to developing countries in response to the global financial situation.
(233025)
*6
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
(233026)
*7
Mrs Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
(233027)
*8
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): What discussions he has had with his G8 counterparts on meeting their commitments of funding for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, with particular reference to Africa.
(233028)
*9
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Burma; and if he will make a statement.
(233029)
*10
John Howell (Henley): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Burma; and if he will make a statement.
(233030)
*11
Sandra Gidley (Romsey): What humanitarian aid his Department is providing to Kosovo; and if he will make a statement.
(233031)
*12
Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): What aid his Department is providing to Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement.
(233032)
*13
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): What support his Department is providing for famine relief in the Horn of Africa.
(233033)
*14
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Burma; and if he will make a statement.
(233034)
*15
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
(233035)

At 12 noon

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.

*1
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 5th November.
(233006)
*3
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings):
(233008)
*4
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex):
(233009)
*5
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West):
(233010)
*6
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough):
(233011)
*7
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot):
(233012)
*8
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood):
(233013)
*9
Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover):
(233014)
*10
Barry Gardiner (Brent North):
(233015)
*11
Mr Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole):
(233016)
*12
Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk):
(233017)
*13
Bob Spink (Castle Point):
(233018)
*14
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe):
(233019)
*15
Mark Williams (Ceredigion):
(233020)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given on Wednesday 29 October
1
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British casualties there have been in Afghanistan as a result of (a) military action and (b) other causes since May 2006.
(232906)
2
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected net cost is of military operations in Afghanistan in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
(232907)
3
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the 2007 intergovernmental agreement on the number of members of the European Parliament is expected to be in force for the European Parliament elections in June 2009; and if he will make a statement.
(232529)

Notices given on Thursday 30 October
1
N
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the tender process for the future cut and sew contract will begin.
(233004)
2
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time at accident and emergency departments at Mid Essex Hospital Trust hospitals was in each of the last five years.
(233186)
3
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many practice nurses there were in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.
(233187)
4
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the implementation of the National Service Framework on Long-term Neurological Conditions; and if he will make a statement.
(233184)
5
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area are repaying student loans.
(233188)
6
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of the working-age population in West Chelmsford constituency received incapacity benefit in (a) June 2001, (b) May 2005 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available.
(233185)
7
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional staff were operating in benefit delivery centres specifically to implement the new employment and support allowance on 27th October 2008, broken down by (a) fixed-term employees, (b) full-time employees and (c) casual staff; and how many additional staff in each category he expects to be operating in this capacity at the end of each of the next six months.
(233307)

Notices given on Friday 31 October
1
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29th October 2008, Official Report, column 1139W, on departmental contracts, to which of her Department's programmes each contract relates.
(233328)
2
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget for the Community Infrastructure Fund for 2008-09 is; and how much her Department has allocated to the Fund in 2008-09.
(233329)
3
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects her Department funds through (a) the Government Offices for the Regions and (b) regional development agencies; and what the budget for each project for 2008-09 is.
(233330)
4
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on its communications campaign to promote uptake of the bluetongue vaccination in each year since its inception.
(233353)
5
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many deregistrations there were under the provisions of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 following offences under regulation 19 in each of the last 15 years.
(233354)
6
N
Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of light bulbs used in his Department are energy-saving models.
(233357)
7
N
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, column 33WS, on juvenile secure settings (restraint), what consideration he gave to immediate publication of the report upon receipt.
(233356)
8
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost per seat of retrospective fitting of seat belts to school buses.
(233355)

Notices given on Monday 3 November
1
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings (a) the Secretary of State,(b) he, (c) other Ministers in his Department and (d) officials in his Department have had with the British Bankers' Association in each week since June 2007; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each meeting, broken down by (A) administrative and (B) other costs; and if he will make a statement.
(233908)
2
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will assess whether the introduction of self-adhesive stamps in 2001 has led to an increase in the number of letters received at sorting offices without stamps.
(233867)
3
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on BT's public service obligation on the provision of public pay phones.
(233618)
4
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations his Department has received on private companies' role in the roll-out of broadband internet.
(233619)
5
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many applications for funding under the Government's Small Firms' Guarantee Scheme have been refused in each year since 2003.
(233652)
6
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 9th October 2008, Official Report, column 711W, on departmental databases, in what way the MOSAIC data used to segment audiences during the campaign was.
(233397)
7
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 268W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
(233406)
8
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has produced on the application of the Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc. Regulations 2008 to the sale of union membership in a workplace.
(233540)
9
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what guidance his Department has given to other Government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on their obligations under the Code of Practice on Guidance on Regulation.
(233543)
10
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what state funding trades unions receive to assist with the cost of running 10-yearly ballots on their political funds; and what guidelines there are on the literature that may be posted out with ballot papers.
(233544)
11
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when his Department will answer parliamentary questions 174822 and 174823, tabled on 12th December 2007 on trades unions and the Warwick Agreement.
(233878)
12
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Chichester of 20th February 2008, Official Report, column 727W, on unfair practices: sales, what definition of a consumer for the purposes of protection from unfair trading his Department uses.
(233959)
13
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233825)
14
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value of trade between the UK and Madagascar was in each of the last five years.
(233970)
15
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each (a) sex, (b) age and (c) grade were employed by the Financial Services Authority on (i) 31st March 2006 and (ii) 31st March 2008.
(233897)
16
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to make the Financial Services Authority more accessible to the general public; what recent discussions he has had with the Board of the Financial Services Authority about this issue; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if he will make a statement.
(233898)
17
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement.
(233903)
18
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the British Bankers Association in each week since June 2007; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each meeting, broken down by (A) administrative and (B) other costs; and if he will make a statement.
(233904)
19
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints were received by the Financial Ombudsman Service on (a) bank charges and (b) credit card charges in each year since 1997; what recent discussions (i) he, (ii) Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with the Financial Ombudsman Service about these issues; and if he will make a statement.
(233905)
20
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received since January 2008 on the level of (a) bank charges and (b) credit card charges; and if he will make a statement.
(233906)
21
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 numbers of persons who (i) exceeded their overdraft limit and (ii) had a cheque or direct debit refused; and if he will make a statement.
(233907)
22
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Financial Services Authority in each week since June 2007; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each meeting, broken down by (A) administrative and (B) other costs; and if he will make a statement.
(233920)
23
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much officials employed by the Financial Services Authority have received in bonuses in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available.
(233921)
24
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to determine whether staff employed by the Financial Services Authority receive a bonus; and if he will make a statement.
(233922)
25
Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the situation of UK depositors in (a) the Isle of Man and (b) the Channel Island branches of Kaupthing Bank; what protection applies to deposits in financial institutions made by British citizens resident (i) in and (ii) outside the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(233753)
26
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) non-UK citizens and (b) non-UK EU citizens have received each type of tax credit in each year since their inception.
(233705)
27
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of each type of tax credit paid to (a) non-UK citizens and (b) non-UK EU citizens in each year since their inception.
(233706)
28
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new tax inspectors his Department appointed in each of the last five years; how many it plans to be appointed in 2008-09; how many tax inspectors appointed in the last five years have been seconded for training purposes; to which businesses they were seconded; and how many tax inspectors appointed in the last five years were recruited from (a) accounting firms and (b) law firms.
(233624)
29
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget for the training of tax compliance investigatory staff in the large scale business service was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what budget is planned for 2008-09.
(233662)
30
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was collected by HM Revenue and Customs through investigations into transfer pricing in each year since 1997.
(233663)
31
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has tax information-sharing agreements with (a) the Crown Dependencies, (b) Monaco, (c) Liechtenstein and (d) Andorra.
(233664)
32
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fully qualified tax inspectors worked in his Department's (a) Large Business Service, (b) teams dealing with tax avoidance schemes and (c) teams dealing with offshore tax havens in each of the last five years; and how many were so deployed on the latest date for which figures are available.
(233668)
33
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioner households in (a) Bexley and (b) Greater London claiming council tax benefit.
(233764)
34
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to the introduction of a Tobin tax on sterling currency transactions.
(233434)
35
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his latest estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the Child Trust Fund in each year from 2007-08 to 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.
(233604)
36
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) Government departments, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies have property which comprises part of the Government's civil estate.
(233373)
37
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) headcount and (b) budget of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit is for 2008-09.
(233382)
38
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget was for the recent repairs to 11 Downing Street; whether planning permission was required; and if he will place in the Library a schedule of the works (a) undertaken to date and (b) planned.
(233393)
39
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what types of financial information are stored on his Department's COINS database.
(233398)
40
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what circumstances the use of private sector consultants by Government departments can be paid for from capital rather than revenue budgets.
(233399)
41
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many canteens his Department has; what their names are; whether they serve food made from GM ingredients; and if he will place in the Library copies of the menus for each canteen from the latest week for which menus are available.
(233400)
42
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice HM Revenue and Customs has given to hon. Members on whether donations or payments made to the parliamentary Labour Party by hon. Members are tax-deductible in the last two years.
(233416)
43
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge of 15th September 2008, Official Report, column 2155W, on public buildings: empty property, if he will list the address, organisation and floor area of each part of the Government civil estate that is currently occupied.
(233417)
44
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge of 15th September 2008, Official Report, columns 2155W, on public buildings: empty property, if he will publish the latest list of actual vacant space by (a) floor area, (b) organisation and (c) location which was used to calculate the 1.43 per cent. figure.
(233420)
45
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any permanent staff within (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies are classified as pre-surplus.
(233645)
46
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233832)
47
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the sums of money (a) frozen and (b) otherwise unavailable to depositors held in (i) Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Ltd, (ii) Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man) and (iii) Landsbanki.
(233581)
48
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of accounts in Icelandic banks which have been (a) frozen and (b) otherwise rendered inaccessible as a result of the operation of the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008; and what estimate he has made of the sums involved.
(233582)
49
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many assets owned by Icelandic proprietors have been frozen under the terms of the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 and related Ministerial decisions; and which Minister in his Department is responsible for matters relating to Icelandic banks in the UK.
(233584)
50
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reason was for the time taken to issue his Department's financial sanctions notice of 17th October 2008 on the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 following the issue of the initial notice on 8th October 2008; and for what reasons it was necessary to clarify that only the funds of Landsbanki were the subject of the order.
(233585)
51
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he took to ensure that imports of fish from Iceland could be paid for by bank transfer after 17th October 2008; what steps his Department took to ensure that the contents of the statement of that date on Icelandic banks were communicated to bank branches and other financial institutions handling payments for fish imports; and what steps he took (a) before and (b) after 17th October 2008 to ensure that banks remitted payment for fish imports to Icelandic banks.
(233586)
52
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that all foreign banks taking deposits in the UK (a) are covered by British compensation schemes and (b) contribute to the costs of those schemes.
(233629)
53
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis he stated on 8th October 2008, that the Icelandic government had no intention of paying compensation to UK investors in Icelandic bank accounts.
(233630)
54
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Isle of Man government on compensation for depositors, bond holders and pension schemes who had money in Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man).
(233631)
55
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of depositors in Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man) who were unable to bank in the UK because of overseas residence.
(233632)
56
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the transcript of his telephone conversation with the Icelandic Finance Minister on 7th October 2008 about compensation for British depositors in Icelandic banks.
(233633)
57
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he was made aware that UK banks were prohibited from transferring money to Iceland in payment for imports of Icelandic fish; what steps he took as a consequence; and if he will make a statement.
(233754)
58
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of the Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man) Action Group.
(233755)
59
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he received about the (a) solvency and (b) liquidity of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Limited prior to the declaration by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) that it was in default; and what action (i) his Department and (ii) the FSA has taken against the company's assets.
(233756)
60
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, under whose authority and under what powers the Financial Services Authority (FSA) declared Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Limited to be in default of its regulatory requirements; and what action (a) his Department and (b) the FSA took as a consequence.
(233757)
61
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Limited was placed in administration.
(233758)
62
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what warnings were given to Iceland and what consultations he had with the Icelandic government before the closing of Icelandic bank accounts under anti-terrorist legislation.
(233759)
63
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consultations he had with the government of Iceland before the Landsbanki Freezing Order 2008 was made; and what prior notice he gave of his intention to make the order.
(233760)
64
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requests for help and support the government of Iceland made (a) to him and (b) to the EU before 7th October 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(233761)
65
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he has about the financial state of Icelandic banks before September 2008.
(233962)
66
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the application of inheritance tax to individuals who are married under Sharia law outside the UK.
(233449)
67
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the provision of benefits to couples with children where the couple was married under the provisions of Sharia law outside the UK.
(233488)
68
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the balance between revenues raised and public expenditure spent in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum against the balances of other local authorities of a similar size and profile; and if he will make a statement.
(233489)
69
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whetherhe plans to bring forward proposals to the rate of national insurance contributions.
(233493)
70
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford & Stortford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Value Added Tax (a) surcharge liability notices and (b) surcharge liability extension notices have been served on small and medium-sized businesses in the last four financial quarters by HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.
(233733)
71
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Review of Sex and Relationship Education; whether he plans to consult on these recommendations; and if he will make a statement.
(233919)
72
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's targets for the number of people entering initial teacher training for each subject by (a) undergraduate, (b) post-graduate certificate of education and (c) other graduate teacher training routes was in each of the last five years.
(233510)
73
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary (i) Bachelor of Education, (ii) other undergraduate, (iii) post-graduate certificate of education, (iv) graduate teacher programme and (v) other postgraduate teacher training in each of the last five years.
(233511)
74
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which of the Learning and Skills Council's (LSC's) centrally-funded functions will be undertaken by (a) local authorities and (b) other institutions when the LSC is dissolved.
(233512)
75
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been provided to initial teacher training providers for (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate primary teacher training in (i) full-time and (ii) flexible or part-time (A) higher education courses for standard training and (B) non-higher education courses in each of the last five years.
(233513)
76
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding the Training and Development Agency has recovered as a result of unfilled places in teacher training in each of the last five years; and how that money has been reallocated.
(233514)
77
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many initial teacher training providers over-recruited for (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) other secondary priority subjects, (d) non-priority secondary subjects and (e) primary teacher training places in each of the last five years; and what the level of over-recruitment was in each case.
(233515)
78
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many providers of initial teacher training have asked for an increase in their number of teacher training places in each of the last five years.
(233516)
79
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the number of maintained secondary schools which are entitled to but have not yet become specialist schools; and what his most recent estimate is of the annual cost of increasing the funding of these schools to the average level of schools granted specialist status.
(233605)
80
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects his Department to spend on the Talent Taskforce in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
(233606)
81
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of the Walking to Schools initiative's budget was spent in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
(233607)
82
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect choice advisers have had on standards in education; and if he will make a statement.
(233608)
83
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many choice advisers were employed in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(233609)
84
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many calls there have been to the Parent Know-How helpline in each month since it was established; what the cost of the helpline has been; and if he will make a statement.
(233610)
85
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the education facilities available for young offenders in young offender institutions; and if he will make a statement.
(233739)
86
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 17th October 2008, Official Report, column 1583W, on departmental information, if he will list the individual names of the publications, reports and datasets sold by his Department.
(233358)
87
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the Children's Commissioner for England has spent on external (a) public relations and (b) public affairs in the last 24 months; and for what purposes.
(233541)
88
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233821)
89
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated to support decision-making on changes to sex and relationship curricula in schools; and whether such research includes analysis relating to the age at which it is appropriate to teach specific sex and relationship topics.
(233626)
90
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire who do not speak English as their first language.
(233845)
91
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to upgrade computers in primary schools over the next three years.
(233654)
92
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many free nursery places for three and four year olds have been found in Enfield North since the establishment of the free nursery places scheme.
(233891)
93
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people were not in education, employment or training in Enfield North constituency (a) in 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
(233894)
94
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants worked in maintained schools in Enfield North constituency (i) in 1997 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available.
(233896)
95
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many vacancies there were for school governors in Suffolk for (a) primary, (b) middle and (c) upper schools in each of the last five years.
(233507)
96
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were temporarily excluded more than (a) once, (b) five times and (c) 10 times in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(233508)
97
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were permanently excluded more than (a) once and (b) twice in Suffolk in each of the last five years.
(233509)
98
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have registered for 14 to 19 diplomas this year, broken down by (a) subject and (b) level of diploma.
(233623)
99
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) UK national and (b) UK-born 16 to 24 year olds were unemployed in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available; what the percentage change in each category was over the previous quarter; what the employment rate in each category was; and what the percentage change was between the second quarter of 1997 and the most recent quarter for which figures are available in each category.
(233531)
100
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people in each five year age cohort committed suicide in each of the last 20 years; what the suicide rate for each cohort was in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.
(233812)
101
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the individual annual subscription fees paid to the Media Monitoring Unit by each subscribing Government department, agency and non-departmental body in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(233359)
102
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the last edition of the Central Office of Information White Book was published; when the next edition will be published; and if he will place the most recent version in the Library.
(233360)
103
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the estimated budget is for the move of the Prime Minister's operations from 10 Downing Street to 12 Downing Street.
(233361)
104
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the 10 Downing Street canteen has a policy on using GM foods; and whether GM ingredients are used.
(233362)
105
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment has been made of the effects of the Icelandic banking crisis on the investment returns of UK charities in the forthcoming financial year.
(233363)
106
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what websites government communications jobs are advertised to the public.
(233364)
107
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Cabinet Secretary takes to ensure that special advisers' access to premium services, such as the Press Association newswire, are cancelled when special advisers take leave from their employment to engage in party political activity.
(233365)
108
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will list the research reports that the Cabinet Office has commissioned from external bodies in the last 24 months.
(233366)
109
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether special advisers in 10 Downing Street are part of the Downing Street Political Office.
(233367)
110
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many permanent staff in (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agencies are classified as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team.
(233368)
111
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance the Cabinet Office provides to other Government departments on statistics to be collected on absenteeism levels of their staff and staff of the public bodies for which they are responsible.
(233369)
112
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what criteria the Office for National Statistics uses to decide whether a publicly-funded body may be classified as a private sector organisation.
(233370)
113
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much Futurebuilders has spent in payments to the charity Catz Club; and what the (a) amount and (b) date was of each payment made.
(233371)
114
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for what reasons Futurebuilders ended its contract with the charity Catz Club.
(233372)
115
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance is provided to senior civil servants on holding shares in companies from which they procure services.
(233381)
116
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8th October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, whether the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the Downing Street Political Office (i) desks, (ii) telephones and (iii) computers are met from the 10 Downing Street budget.
(233395)
117
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report produced by Sotheby's on the valued art and antiques within the Whitehall estate.
(233497)
118
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library the latest copy of the Cabinet Office Board Members' Register of Interests.
(233498)
119
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what dates the Public Service Forum has met; and what the criteria are for deciding the membership of the Forum.
(233499)
120
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Public Service Forum.
(233500)
121
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the members of the Public Service Forum are.
(233501)
122
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) job title and (b) job specification is of Mr Wilf Stevenson in Downing Street.
(233502)
123
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22nd July 2008, Official Report, columns 99-102WS, on special advisers, what the cost of (a) national insurance employer contributions and (b) expenses relating to specialist advisers was in 2007-08.
(233648)
124
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Cabinet Office guidance on answering round robin parliamentary questions.
(233800)
125
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of employees working in (a) the Prime Minister's and (b) the Leader of the House's office are (i) on a flexible working contract, (ii) on a job share employment contract and (iii) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233859)
126
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will publish the most recent figures available for (a) birth and (b) abortion among those aged (i) 11 years and under, (ii) 12 years, (iii) 13 years, (iv) 14 years, (v) 15 years and (vi) 16 years old.
(233625)
127
Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the reduced data SAP conventions used to produce energy performance certificates takes into account each improvment made by householders to the energy efficiency of their home.
(233865)
128
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consideration she has given to extending the period for which a home information pack report is valid.
(233430)
129
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to assist local authorities in their efforts to increase the proportion of students registered to vote.
(233723)
130
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 299W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of the refurbishment was.
(233405)
131
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of employees in her Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233824)
132
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what official visits each Regional Minister has made since appointment; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such visit.
(233947)
133
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers she has to prescribed the ratable values of premises in docks and harbours; under what legislation these powers are exercised; and how she has used her powers in this regard in the last 12 months.
(233593)
134
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many mortgage applications for the purchase of property in Suffolk were approved in each of the last 24 months.
(233505)
135
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department and its agencies has provided in sponsorship of the House Magazine 2009 diary.
(233978)
136
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of mechanisms in place for the funding of the development of elite athletes.
(233876)
137
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 36-37W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
(233388)
138
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classified as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team.
(233613)
139
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233856)
140
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much income English Heritage has received from running Stonehenge in each year since it took responsibility for the site; and if he will make a statement.
(233552)
141
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what costs have been incurred by English Heritage for running Stonehenge in each year since it took over responsibility for the site; and if he will make a statement.
(233553)
142
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to improvement schemes for the Stonehenge site in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(233554)
143
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many alcohol licences in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire have been revoked on the grounds of sale of alcohol to children since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003.
(233730)
144
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has provided to (a) amateur sports clubs and (b) sport in schools in Hemel Hempstead since 1997.
(233837)
145
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on acquiring new pieces of art work for the Government Art Collection in each of the last 10 years.
(233818)
146
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department has provided to the British Library in each of the last five years.
(233822)
147
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to promote London as a tourist destination over the last 12 months.
(233839)
148
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to make London tourist attractions more accessible to disabled people before 2012.
(233840)
149
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on Remembrance Day in each of the last 10 years.
(233841)
150
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times he has visited Liverpool during its period as European Capital of Culture.
(233842)
151
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on advertising the digital switchover.
(233843)
152
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent in grants for each of the terrestrial television stations in each of the last 10 years.
(233883)
153
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many official visits abroad he has made in the last 12 months; and what the costs were for such visits.
(233884)
154
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to regulate internet gambling.
(233885)
155
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on public libraries in each London borough in each of the last 10 years.
(233886)
156
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times he has met the Director General of the BBC in the last month.
(233888)
157
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the output of the BBC in the last seven days.
(233889)
158
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had on the licence fee in the last seven days.
(233890)
159
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have opened in the last 10 years.
(233946)
160
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pieces from the Government art collection have gone missing in the last 12 months.
(233963)
161
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkhas joined the British Army prior to 1st May 1997; and what estimate he has made of how many dependants there are of Gurkhas who served in the British Army prior to that date.
(233749)
162
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what pension is payable to a soldier who retired after 22 years in the British Army on 30th April 1997 as a sergeant in (a) a Gurkha regiment and (b) a regiment recruited in the UK.
(233766)
163
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to regulate the operation of private military and security companies working in Iraq.
(233433)
164
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time is between a soldier being killed in action and the standard payment following a death in action being paid to the bereaved family.
(233617)
165
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Merlin and (b) Nimrod crews are fully trained in anti-submarine warfare.
(233720)
166
Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Warrior chain gun has fired undemanded since 2000; and what steps are being taken to prevent this happening.
(233721)
167
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what treatment centres are available in the North of England to servicemen and women suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and those who have recently served in Iraq and Afghanistan; how many servicemen and women or former servicemen and women have been treated in these centres in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
(233583)
168
Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his objectives for military action in Helmand province in (a) the next three months, (b) the next six months and (c) the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(233669)
169
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which parts of the Royal Artillary estate other than those parts designated as housing, would need to be closed to enable shooting events during the London 2012 Olympics to take place at Woolwich.
(233741)
170
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whaty representations he has made to the Minister for the Olympics on the staging of the London 2012 Olympic events at Woolwich Army Base.
(233743)
171
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of army families who would have to vacate their accommodation to enable shooting to take place at Woolwich Army base as part of the London 2012 Olympics.
(233745)
172
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many D-notices have been issued in each year since 1997-98.
(233409)
173
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the circumstances were of the Meteorological Office protected personal data related incident in November 2006; and what data was lost or compromised.
(233410)
174
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 253W, on departmental buildings, in what form his Department records the (a) cost and (b) nature of departmental property refurbishment.
(233413)
175
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd July 2008, Official Report, column 1040W, on departmental manpower, what records his Department's human resources division holds of the number of permanent departmental staff who do not have a permanent post.
(233646)
176
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233828)
177
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Army has provided training to 15th Mobile Brigade of the Colombian Army.
(233615)
178
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will include a mental health assessment in discharge medical reports for retiring servicemen and women.
(233653)
179
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with oil companies on passing on recent falls in the price of oil via reductions in the pump price of fuel; what response was received; and if he will make a statement.
(233887)
180
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14th July 2008, Official Report, column 76W, on Sellafield, on what dates between 14th July ands 6th October 2008 Ministers or officials of his Department met officials of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to discuss the indemnification of the successful bidder for the Parent Body Organisation chosen to manage Sellafield; if he will place minutes of all such meetings in the Library; and what meetings his Department and its predecessor have had with the European Commission on the compliance with state aid rules of the Government accepting an indemnification for Sellafield.
(233737)
181
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent research he has evaluated on the volume of Arctic ice.
(233616)
182
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team.
(233411)
183
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the estimated (a) set-up costs and (b) full year running costs of his new Department are expected to be.
(233412)
184
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233816)
185
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency received a grant through Warm Front in the latest year for which figures are available.
(233635)
186
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much was provided in Warm Front grants in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.
(233636)
187
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many suppliers had contracts with Warm Front in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency in the last 12 months.
(233637)
188
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost was of work carried out by Warm Front contractors for households who secured a Warm Front grant in the latest year for which figures are available.
(233638)
189
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in what proportion of cases the Warm Front grant did not meet the full cost of work carried out which qualified for a Warm Front grant in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency in the latest year for which figures are available.
(233639)
190
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost of the Warm Front scheme has been in each year since its establishment; and how many households have received Warm Front grant assistance in each of those years.
(233640)
191
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what criteria his Department decides which companies and suppliers can contract with Warm Front.
(233641)
192
Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the administration costs of the Warm Front scheme have been in each year of its operation.
(233642)
193
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cost benefit analysis his Department has commissioned on the building and maintenance of coastal defences for Norfolk; and if he will make a statement.
(233421)
194
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been raised by the landfill tax in each of the last five years; and how much has been spent on waste reduction or recycling programmes.
(233422)
195
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many seizures of illegal timber imports have been made in each year since 1997.
(233423)
196
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which organisations provided goods and services for his Department in relation to (a) hospitality and entertainment, (b) advertising and promotion, (c) consultants, (d) photography, (e) media training, (f) media monitoring, (g) foreign language tuition, (h) hotel accommodation, (i) external legal advice, (j) recruitment and (k) public affairs in each of the last 10 years; and what the 10 most valuable contracts were in each case.
(233424)
197
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many press officers are employed by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's arm's length bodies in each year since 2001.
(233425)
198
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to allocate funding under the Environment Transformation Fund International Window for the conservation of endangered species.
(233426)
199
Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of (a) Brenda Poller, (b) Absolute Energy, (c) Noreen Tehrani, (d) Alliance Mediation Management Ltd and (e) Gaia Coach Institute in 2007-08; and for what purpose in each case.
(233589)
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Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's expenditure was on consultants for (a) management, (b) media and public relations, (c) design, (d) information technology, (e) recruitment, (f) research, (g) marketing, (h) public affairs and (i) training in each year since 2001.
(233590)
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Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the objectives of the Government were at the meetings of 17th July and 10th October 2008 with EU representatives on genetically-modified crops; and if he will make a statement.
(233591)
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Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's expenditure was on (a) hospitality and entertainment, (b) advertising and promotion, (c) consultants, (d) photography, (e) media training, (f) media monitoring, (g) foreign language services, (h) hotel accommodation, (i) external legal advice, (j) recruitment and (k) public affairs in each year since 2001.
(233592)
203
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental effects of actions required to meet the target of building three million new homes by 2020.
(233728)
204
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research he has commissioned or evaluated on soil quality.
(233868)
205
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent research he has made of the adequacy of levels of Government spending on research into agriculture and the food chain.
(233869)
206
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to source vaccines to combat BTU6.
(233870)
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Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how may cases there have been of stockholders refusing to have animals slaughtered when they have been diagnosed with bovine TB in the last 12 months.
(233871)
208
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of trends in the future price of milk; and whether he has assessed the likely effects of falling prices in Northern Ireland.
(233872)
209
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has he made of the effect of the economic downturn on the recycling and waste industry.
(233873)
210
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for the future of the zero waste place project.
(233874)
211
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Department of Health on the interrelationships between animal and human disease; and what diseases have been discussed.
(233875)
212
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the consultation on revised waste exemptions from environmental permitting, whether charities will be charged to have permits for compost heaps.
(233407)
213
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are on a Priority Movers List, people action team or similar designation for staff without posts, across each of his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
(233408)
214
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1st September 2008, Official Report, column 1484W, on departmental planning permission, what the address of the building was for each application; what type of permission was applied for in each case; and what licensing hours were requested in the licensing application.
(233587)
215
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233826)
216
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly tipping in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were reported in each of the last five years; and how many people were prosecuted in each year for such offences.
(233847)
217
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect endangered animal species in Madagascar.
(233949)
218
Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department expects to be able to provide a surveillance system to identify bovine spongiform encephalopathies and other transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in slaughtered cattle and fallen stock.
(233427)
219
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.
(233414)
220
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233829)
221
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has submitted proposals to the European Commission (a) for European Union financial help for Iceland, (b) for support for the Icelandic kroner and (c) for compensation for EU customers of failed Icelandic banks.
(233628)
222
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken at EU level to assist Iceland; what support the EU has provided to date; and if he will make a statement.
(233762)
223
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of relations between the UK and Iceland; and what steps he is taking to improve relations.
(233763)
224
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations (a) he and (b) his officials made to US counterparts in advance of the recent United Nations vote on a multilateral Arms Trade Treaty; and if he will make a statement.
(233945)
225
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens visited Madagascar in each of the last five years.
(233968)
226
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which Ministers have visited Madagascar in the last 12 months on official business.
(233969)
227
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had about the possibility of re-opening a British Embassy in Madagascar.
(233971)
228
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed with his Madagascan counterpart the possibility of Madagascar joining the Commonwealth of Nations.
(233972)
229
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on proposed changes to the number of MEPs for each region.
(233496)
230
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the medical profession about the content of paragraphs 25.3 and 25.4 of the Eighteenth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights of Session 2004-05; what representations he has received about these paragraphs since January 2007; and if he will make a statement.
(233901)
231
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to bring the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act into force; and if he will make a statement.
(233902)
232
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Chief Nursing Officer have issued to primary care trusts on procedures for appointment of nurses to hospital posts with duties including termination of pregnancy since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
(233965)
233
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether student nurses are required to undertake duties involving termination of pregnancy as part of their training; and if he will make a statement.
(233966)
234
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of people who have private medical insurance.
(233734)
235
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to (a) provide better information to people about treatment available at independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) and (b) provide free transport for patients to ISTCs.
(233735)
236
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to issue a direction to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to publish the models it uses in each appraisal.
(233448)
237
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) objective and (b) monetary value was of each (i) contract and (ii) order placed with (A) Deloitte and Touche, (B) Ernst and Young, (C) KPMG, (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (E) PA Consulting by (1) his Department and (2) its agencies in each year since 2004-05.
(233667)
238
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2007-08; and how much of that was for (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.
(233524)
239
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many external consultants are contracted to work for his Department.
(233525)
240
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) work and (b) provide assistance for his Department.
(233526)
241
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers (i) was in the last 12 months and (ii) has been since 1997-98.
(233527)
242
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers in his Department has been in the last 12 months.
(233528)
243
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors his Department's website received in 2007-08.
(233529)
244
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of maintaining his Department's website was in 2007-08; and what the forecast cost of maintaining it is in 2008-09.
(233530)
245
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up by acute trusts of each product on the market designed to combat healthcare-acquired infections.
(233578)
246
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Organ Donation Taskforce to report on the issue of presumed consent.
(233579)
247
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish Lord Carter's review of pathology.
(233580)
248
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what spearhead group primary care trusts there are; whether the group is charged as appropriate with each charge in the index of multiple deprivation; and what targets there are in which the spear head trusts are differentiated from other trusts.
(233602)
249
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made for benchmarking purposes of the level of spending on cancer drugs in other European countries compared with England; and if he will make a statement.
(233603)
250
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on (a) cancer drugs and (b) cancer in-patient services in each of the last five years.
(233659)
251
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent posts there have been in each of his Department's arm's length bodies in each year since 2003-04; and what the planned staffing numbers for each such body are for each year to 2010-11.
(233660)
252
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to introduce a national screening programme for liver disease.
(233661)
253
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what fees have been paid by each organisation to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency in the last 12 months.
(233804)
254
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the roll-out of practice-based commissioning in (a) Norfolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.
(233805)
255
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the opening of new general practitioner practices in deprived areas; and if he will make a statement.
(233806)
256
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he estimates the minimum income practice guarantee will be in the general medical services contract for 2009-10.
(233807)
257
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made for benchmarking purposes of average pay for general practitioners in (a) the UK, (b) other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries and (c) other EU countries.
(233808)
258
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people aged 65 and over who have depression; what estimate he has made of the proportion of those people who have been (a) diagnosed and (b) treated; and if he will make a statement.
(233809)
259
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason age is not included in the draft NHS Constitution as a basis for discrimination in the provision of NHS services.
(233810)
260
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to reduce ageism in the provision of healthcare.
(233811)
261
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission research to establish down to what level of serum cholesterol that value for money could be achieved in applying cholesterol reducing measures amongst populations at risk of coronary heart disease.
(233546)
262
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reductions in serum cholesterol in at-risk populations have been achieved in (a) spearhead primary care trusts (PCTs) and (b) other PCTs; and what the Government's target reductions are in each case.
(233548)
263
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the impact of the variation in high exception rate reporting on the (a) health and (b) working capacity of patients at risk of coronary heart disease in spearhead areas.
(233549)
264
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of heart attacks that would arise from treating serum cholesterol down to (a) current quality outcomes framework levels and (b) the proposed target levels of the Joint British Societies, guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease amongst at risk populations.
(233550)
265
David Maclean (Penrith & The Border): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on target serum cholesterol levels in (a) the UK, (b) other EU member states and (c) the USA; and if he will make a statement.
(233551)
266
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments NHS Hubs (a) has made and (b) is contracted to make in the future to Grayling Political Strategy; and for what purposes.
(233649)
267
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 406-7W, on departmental public relations, which firms were employed; and what topic of work each undertook.
(233879)
268
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233831)
269
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on its proposals for increasing charges for herbal product registrations under the provisions of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive; what assessment the Agency has made of the impact of such increases on small and medium-sized manufacturers of herbal remedies; and what assessment he has made of the effect of those increases on the costs of compliance with the provisions of the Directive.
(233503)
270
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is provided to GPs on the range of NHS services available to ex-military personnel suffering from combat stress and associated problems.
(233973)
271
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 909-10W, on NHS: personal records, if he will place in the Library a copy of each report by the National Patient Safety Agency on incidents relating to patient safety made since December 2007.
(233731)
272
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd June 2008, Official Report, columns 909-10W, on NHS: personal records, how many of the incidents recorded in the table took place on 25th December in each year.
(233732)
273
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts have made projections of staff shortfalls in the next 12 months; and in which departments.
(233769)
274
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1st September 2008, Official Report, column 1761W, on the NHS: ICT, whether the contractual limitation on payments which applies to his Department's liability provides that Fujitsu shall not be paid (a) the full value of the contract and (b) for work not delivered.
(233770)
275
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what equality and diversity awards his Department has (a) been eligible for, (b) been shortlisted for and (c) won in the last 12 months.
(233771)
276
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what extent the payments to suppliers under Connecting for Health contracts are tied to completion of work commissioned.
(233772)
277
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on which occasions (a) each local service provider and (b) BT have breached the terms of their contract with Connecting for Health.
(233773)
278
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Olympics on any legacy of health improvements from the 2012 Olympic Games.
(233383)
279
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Olympics on budgetary allocations for health improvement measures intended as a legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(233436)
280
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of the next national survey of oral health; and if he will make a statement.
(233834)
281
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department incurred in undertaking the most recent national survey of oral health.
(233835)
282
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has put in place for the completion of a national oral health survey; when this survey is due to begin; and when he expects the findings of the survey will be reported to his Department.
(233836)
283
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent by West Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust on salaries and wages for (a) general and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) administrative and clerical staff in each year since its creation.
(233846)
284
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) district nurses and (b) health visitors were employed by Enfield Primary Care Trust in (a) 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
(233892)
285
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were registered in Suffolk as carers in each of the last five years.
(233506)
286
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recommendations of the Independent Police Complaints Commission have not been implemented in each of the last five years; what the reason was in each case; and if she will make a statement.
(233899)
287
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of a criminal offence in each month since June 2007, broken down by (i) sex, (ii) age and (iii) police force; and how many of those convicted were (A) suspended from duty, (B) demoted, (C) dismissed and (D) cautioned.
(233900)
288
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department provided to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in each of the last three years; what recent discussions she has had with the IPCC about future funding; and if she will make a statement.
(233909)
289
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Independent Police Complaints Commission's (IPCCs) target is for conclusion of investigation of a complaint against the police from the date of registration of the complaint; what the average time taken per case has been since the IPCC was set; and if she will make a statement.
(233910)
290
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in (a) England and (b) Essex since the IPCC was established, broken down by police force; and how many have been upheld in each case.
(233911)
291
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what complaints to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) have been upheld since the establishment of the IPCC; what steps were taken in each case by the relevant police force to implement the relevant recommendations; and if she will make a statement.
(233912)
292
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been made against police officers in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in each year since 1997; and what action has been taken against each of the officers concerned when complaints have been upheld.
(233914)
293
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what courts completed proceedings against police officers from Essex have taken place in each year since 1997.
(233915)
294
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much each official employed by Essex Police Authority has received in bonuses in each of the last three financial years; and what the grade of each official was.
(233916)
295
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used to determine whether staff employed by Essex Police Authority receive a bonus; and if she will make a statement.
(233917)
296
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussion (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department and (c) officials in her Department have had with Essex Police Authority on the release of information by them under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if she will make a statement.
(233918)
297
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were decided in each of the last 11 years; how many claims were granted in each of those years; how many dependants were included in those successful claims; how many people were granted extended leave to remain or humanitarian protection in each of those years; how many dependants were included in those grants; how many claimants were refused in each of those years; and how many dependants were included in those refused claims.
(233650)
298
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have (a) been made the subject of a control order, (b) absconded whilst the subject of a control order and (c) otherwise breached the terms of a control order in each quarter since the inception of such orders; how many people have breached an order on (i) more than one occasion and (ii) more than two occasions; and how many people have absconded on more than one occasion.
(233532)
299
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have absconded whilst subject to a control order have been arrested or otherwise located and returned to control.
(233533)
300
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of an offence of a breach of a control order; and how many of those convicted have received a custodial sentence.
(233534)
301
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each nationality have been made the subject of a control order.
(233536)
302
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people of each nationality were granted UK citizenship in the periods (a) 1977-87, (b) 1987-97 and (c) 1997 to the most recent year for which figures are available.
(233538)
303
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, excluding EEA and Swiss citizens, how many people are awaiting decisions on grants of indefinite leave to remain under the immigration rules and the long-residency concession; and how many dependants are included in such applications.
(233620)
304
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the National Asylum Support Service Policy Bulletin 85 does not apply to failed asylum seekers (a) in receipt of Section 4 support and (b) without dependant children.
(233767)
305
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation she has carried out on the trials of the use of Taser guns by the Metropolitan Police; and what conclusions have been reached from the trials.
(233768)
306
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Chelsea Football Club in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233437)
307
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to (a) Abolish Pest Control, (b) Exact Pest Control, (c) Hawkins Pest Control, (d) Independent Pest Control Ltd, (e) Mitie Pest Control, (f) Moores Pest Control Services Ltd, (g) Zest Solutions Ltd and (h) Barford Pest Control Services in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233438)
308
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to the Joanne Banks Dancers in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233439)
309
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Dance United in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233440)
310
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Jeeves Jewellers in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233441)
311
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Home Office Staff Social Club in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233442)
312
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Heathrow Gymnastics Club in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233443)
313
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 259W, on Departmental procurement, what payments her Department made to Darlington Football Club Company in 2007-08; on what dates; and for what purpose in each case.
(233444)
314
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 219351 tabled by the hon. Member for Beaconsfield on 14th July 2008 on the threat posed to UK security by Hizb ut-Tahrir.
(233974)
315
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 219357 tabled by the hon. Member for Beaconsfield on 14th July 2008 on the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
(233975)
316
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to Question 221501 tabled by the hon. Member for Beaconsfield of 17th July 2008 on the evidential basis for the Prime Minister's statement that CCTV has reduce crime in Central Newcastle.
(233976)
317
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many computer files containing personal data held by her Department are non-encrypted.
(233977)
318
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on entertainment by her Department in 2007-08; and how much of that was for (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.
(233517)
319
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many external consultants are contracted to work for her Department.
(233518)
320
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) work and (b) provide assistance for her Department.
(233519)
321
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers (i) was in the last 12 months and (ii) has been since 1997-98.
(233520)
322
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers in her Department has been in the last 12 months.
(233521)
323
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors her Department's website received in 2007-08.
(233522)
324
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of maintaining her Department's website (a) was in 2007-08 and (b) is forecast to be in 2008-09.
(233523)
325
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to enable parents of dependent children where the children are UK citizens and the parents foreign nationals to work.
(233729)
326
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monetary payments the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority has (a) made and (b) contracted to make, to Cavendish Public Affairs; and for what purposes.
(233378)
327
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private firms have successfully applied to use the DNA database to help them develop computer programmes.
(233401)
328
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for secondary legislation under section 6 of the Identity Cards Act 2006 to prescribe what biometric information will be stored on the National Identity Register and identity cards.
(233402)
329
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for a passport to become a designated document under section 4 of the Identity Cards Act 2006.
(233403)
330
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the proposals to allow migrants who take part in community work to serve a shorter period before getting a UK passport, which public sector agencies will monitor the validity of the community work.
(233404)
331
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the extension of the requirement to have an identity card for everyone resident in the United Kingdom.
(233881)
332
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of employees in her Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233830)
333
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals working in the UK have been barred from working with children as a result of offences committed overseas.
(233778)
334
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries the Criminal Records Bureau receives information regarding offences committed overseas; and how frequently such information is updated in each case.
(233787)
335
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many overseas nationals working in the UK have committed an offence overseas which if they had committed it in the UK would mean that they could not work with children or vulnerable adults.
(233858)
336
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reviews her Department plans to undertake of procedures for those undertaking Criminal Records Bureau checks.
(233428)
337
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) drug and (b) drink driving were recorded in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997.
(233848)
338
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Madagascan citizens visited the UK in each of the last five years.
(233967)
339
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people residing in the UK were originally granted asylum in another EU member state.
(233621)
340
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the amount of (a) domestic, (b) short haul and (c) long haul air mileage of hon. Members used to calculate the House payment to the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund was in each year that the House has been a member of the Offsetting Fund.
(233644)
341
Gwyn Prosser (Dover): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will develop a workplace travel plan to reduce the environmental impact of travel by House staff.
(233547)
342
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, columns 32-3WS, on the Education (Student Support) Regulations, what estimate he has made of the number of students who would otherwise have expected to receive (a) a full grant and (b) a partial grant for their higher education studies had they commenced in 2008-09 will receive no grant as a consequence of the reduction of the income threshold.
(233594)
343
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, columns 32-33WS, on the Education (Student Support) Regulations, what estimate he has made of the number of prospective students who left school in 2008 and plan to enter university in 2009 and who did not receive the level of higher education grant they would have received had they entered university in 2008 as a consequence of the reduction in the qualifying thresholds.
(233595)
344
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that universities use all of their available budgets for bursaries and scholarships to students needing financial support.
(233431)
345
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that all students are aware of the bursaries which exist to provide financial support.
(233432)
346
John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to assist universities in their efforts to encourage students to vote.
(233724)
347
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 7th October 2008, Official Report, column 549W, on departmental databases, how the Student Loans Company responds in cases where the MOSAIC data predicts a decreased likelihood to repay the student loan.
(233394)
348
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 527-8W, on departmental buildings, what the cost was of the refurbishment.
(233877)
349
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233855)
350
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much on average it costs (a) his Department and (b) the student annually to complete an NVQ level 3 in childcare; and what estimate he has made of the average annual cost to employers.
(233627)
351
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many young people living in Enfield North constituency attended higher education and university in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008.
(233895)
352
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29th October 2008, Official Report, columns 32-3WS, on Education (Student Support) Regulations, when the Higher Education Council for England advise dhis Department of the likely number of additional student numbers that would be allocated in 2009-10; and how many additional student numbers they expect to allocate in 2009-10.
(233707)
353
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 the Higher Education Funding Council for England estimates will enter higher education in 2009-10.
(233708)
354
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 were admitted to an English higher education institution in each of the last 10 years.
(233709)
355
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 are studying at an English higher education institution.
(233710)
356
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the block grant to each of the higher education institutions was for research in 2007-08.
(233711)
357
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what research he plans to undertake on the scale and scope of higher education delivered by further education colleges; and if he will make a statement.
(233712)
358
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which (a) universities and (b) further education colleges in England have operating deficits; and if he will make a statement.
(233713)
359
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of undergraduate students of each social class are studying each course in higher education institutions.
(233714)
360
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which higher education institutions missed their maximum allowable student number by more than two per cent. in each of the last five recruitment years.
(233715)
361
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's equal opportunities budget for 2008-09.
(233716)
362
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's procurement and shared services intitiatives budget for 2008-09.
(233717)
363
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's London budget for 2008-09.
(233718)
364
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's open learning capital budget for 2008-09.
(233719)
365
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on the Millennium Development Goal (a) to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger, (b) to ensure all children receive primary education, (c) on gender equality, (d) on infant mortality, (e) on maternal health, (f) to combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases, (g) to improve environmental sustainability and (h) to build a global partnership for development.
(233722)
366
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on maternal health projects in sub-Saharan Africa in each of the last five years.
(233725)
367
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent to tackle HIV and AIDS in India in each of the last five years.
(233726)
368
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the Indian Network of Positive People living with HIV and AIDS in each of the last five years.
(233727)
369
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made by his Department in helping Sierra Leone to (a) attract private investment by simplifying regulations, (b) improve its tax collection, (b) manage its natural resources through the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and (d) tackle corruption.
(233774)
370
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of work undertaken in relation to developing countries by the Construction Sector Transparency Initiative.
(233775)
371
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the country pilots launched by the Medicines Transparency Alliance on increasing transparency and accountability in the medicines supply chain.
(233776)
372
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progres has been made through the United Nations in establishing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative as a global standard.
(233777)
373
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions the Africa Conflict Prevention Pool has had on the humanitarian situation in Darfur.
(233779)
374
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of progress made in Nigeria in (a) improving the management of oil revenues, (b) strengthening systems of formal accountability and (c) increasing non oil-related economic growth since 2002.
(233780)
375
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Governance and Transparency Fund in the development of accountability mechanisms between citizens and governments in developing countries.
(233781)
376
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many countries are receiving money from the Governance and Transparency Fund in 2008-09.
(233782)
377
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports he has received of the outcome of the 2007 talks between the Junajati Federation and the Nepal Government on increasing the political representation of excluded people in Nepal.
(233783)
378
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to develop roads, agriculture and community forestry for poor excluded people in Nepal.
(233784)
379
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to (a) health and (b) education programmes in Nepal in each of the last 10 years.
(233785)
380
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in implementing the UK's National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution No. 1325.
(233786)
381
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided for the delivery of water and other urban services in Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bhopal in 2008-09; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of that expenditure.
(233788)
382
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's expenditure on elementary education in India in increasing access to such education.
(233789)
383
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's expenditure on reproductive and child health in India.
(233790)
384
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department is providing to the Jordan Family Protection Project in 2008-09.
(233791)
385
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department has taken to improve the competitiveness of businesses in Bangladesh.
(233792)
386
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department has provided to UNIFEM's Regional Programme on Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia in each of the last five years.
(233793)
387
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many out-of-school children there were in India in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.
(233794)
388
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when the study by the School of Oriental and African Studies of the governance capabilities and reforms that facilitate high growth over a long period will be published.
(233795)
389
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Africa Investment Climate Facility.
(233796)
390
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to enable poor people to maximise their revenues from agricultural exports in Vietnam.
(233797)
391
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to entrepreneurs in Lesotho in 2008-09.
(233798)
392
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the results of the £25 million joint venture between his Department and the Indonesian government.
(233799)
393
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department has provided to (a) the United Nations Children's Fund, (b) the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and (c) the United Nations Development Fund for Women in 2008-09.
(233801)
394
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the public financial management reform programme in Cambodia.
(233802)
395
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effects of African revenue authorities' administration on business and economic growth.
(233803)
396
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made in reducing the incidence of HIV and AIDS in India amongst (a) women, (b) men who have sex with men, (c) injecting drug users, (d) sex workers and (e) prisoners.
(233814)
397
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has provided to the BBC World Service for campaigns to counter HIV and AIDS in India in each of the last five years.
(233815)
398
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in each year since 2002.
(233819)
399
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has provided to the Rights, Democracy and Inclusion Fund.
(233866)
400
Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) objective and (b) monetary value was of each (i) contract and (ii) order placed with (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG, (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (E) PA Consulting by (1) his Department and (2) its agencies in each year since 2004-05.
(233666)
401
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 101-102W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
(233419)
402
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Devizes of 23rd October 2008, Official Report, column 569W, on departmental public relations, what the purpose was of the communications division contract in 2007-08; and to which organisation the contract was given.
(233643)
403
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233827)
404
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what response his Department has made to the humanitarian crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.
(233948)
405
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures are in place to ensure that his Department's aid to the Republic of Rwanda is spent on those purposes for which it was intended.
(233622)
406
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what occasions courts have departed from the sentencing guidelines in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) court and (b) reason for departure.
(233960)
407
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) representations he has received and (b) discussions he has had with the police on sentencing policy since May 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(233961)
408
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on point 8 of the then Prime Minister's security measures announced on 5th August 2005, on the expansion of court capacity to deal with control orders.
(233535)
409
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to reply to Question 219327, tabled by the hon. Member for Beaconsfield on 14th July 2008 on guidance to courts when a knife is discovered on a person attending a court hearing.
(233958)
410
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of operating electronic counting at elections for (a) Bedford Borough Council in 2007, (b) Breckland District Council in 2007 and (c) the London Mayor and the London Assembly in 2008.
(233950)
411
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid to Indra in respect of work on the operation of e-counting pilots.
(233951)
412
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what lessons his Department has learned from pilots of e-counting; and what steps he has taken to ensure that such lessons are taken into account in any future pilots.
(233952)
413
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to produce a comprehensive plan for the general operation of e-voting.
(233953)
414
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to commission further pilots of electronic voting kiosks at polling stations.
(233954)
415
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to commission further pilots of advance voting.
(233955)
416
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to commission further pilots of electronic counting of ballot papers in future elections.
(233956)
417
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the costs and benefits of electronic counting of ballot papers taking into account the pilots carried out during the 2007 local government elections and the 2008 London Mayoral and London Assembly elections.
(233957)
418
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision for restructuring has been made in his Department's financial plan for the 2008-11 Comprehensive Spending Review.
(233750)
419
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts HM Courts Service administers at present; and what projection he has made of the number of courts in operation in 2011.
(233751)
420
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many posts in HM Courts Service there are; and what projection he has made of the number of jobs in the service in 2011.
(233752)
421
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provision will be made for IT expenditure in his Department's financial plan for the 2008-11 comprehensive spending review; and what steps he will take to ensure that such expenditure (a) is necessary and (b) offers good value for money.
(233765)
422
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the recent presentation by Mr Suma Chakrabarti to senior officials in his Department on cost savings across his Department.
(233374)
423
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the commencement of section 59 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 on ending dual reporting.
(233375)
424
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether under the proposed new election trigger rules, the local candidate spending limit will be reset if a candidate withdraws their candidature after they have triggered.
(233376)
425
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Electoral Commission will be required to give prior notice in order to use the proposed new powers of entry contained in the Political Parties and Elections Bill.
(233377)
426
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether, under the proposed new election trigger rules, the local candidate spending limit will be reset if a candidate resigns after they have triggered.
(233384)
427
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to change the regulated limit for local candidate spending during election periods for (a) local elections, (b) devolved institution elections and (c) European Parliamentary elections; and if he will make a statement.
(233385)
428
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 167-168W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
(233415)
429
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of employees in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours per week.
(233833)
430
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Suffolk have been given (a) immediate fines, (b) compensation orders and (c) cautions for acts of vandalism in each of the last five years.
(233494)
431
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Suffolk have been given (a) immediate fines, (b) compensation orders and (c) cautions for acts of violent crime in each of the last five years.
(233495)
432
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, whether she plans to provide Government time on the Floor of the House to debate abortion during (a) Session 2008-09 and (b) Session 2009-10; what representations she has received on the matter since July 2008; and if she will make a statement.
(233913)
433
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw, of 13th October 2008, Official Report, columns 846-47W, on the Parliamentary Resources Unit, how much has been paid to (a) the Parliamentary Labour Party and (b) Computing for Labour, through the Department of Resources and its predecessors in each year since 2003-04.
(233882)
434
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many times suspects have been wrongfully arrested in Northern Ireland on the basis of mistaken belief by police officers of identity that was later found to be incorrect after fingerprinting in the last 12 months.
(233611)
435
Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to introduce MIDAS handheld fingerprint scanners for use by police officers in Northern Ireland.
(233738)
436
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent steps have been taken to improve conviction rates in domestic violence cases in Northern Ireland.
(233490)
437
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures to combat drug-related crime in Northern Ireland.
(233492)
438
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 85-86W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
(233392)
439
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has Ministerial responsibility for the Northern Ireland Certification Officer.
(233539)
440
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233857)
441
Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with Northern Ireland Executive members on the input of Northern Ireland to the 2012 Olympic Games; and what the outcome of those discussions was.
(233491)
442
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what reports she has received on discussions between Sport England and the National Rifle Association on hosting shooting events during the London 2012 Olympics at Bisley.
(233742)
443
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what estimate she has made of the (a) costs and (b) safety issues arising from hosting (i) shotgun, (ii) pistol and (iii) rifle events at Woolwich Army Base during the London 2012 Olympics.
(233744)
444
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has had discussions with the (a) National Rifle Association and (b) other shooting bodies on the issue of the location of shooting events during the London 2012 Olympics in the last two months.
(233746)
445
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will publish the terms of reference given to KPMG in relation to its report on Olympic venues.
(233748)
446
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 635W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of this refurbishment was.
(233880)
447
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what measures in the bid presented to the International Olympic Committee for the London 2012 Games were related to a legacy of health improvement for (a) children and (b) adults following the Games.
(233429)
448
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on schemes to ensure a legacy of health improvement from the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(233435)
449
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, how much was paid as a ministerial severance payment to Baroness Ashton on her appointment as a European Commissioner.
(233379)
450
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, whether Alan Greenspan is an adviser to him.
(233380)
451
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, when the hon. Member for Brent North was appointed his Special Representative for Forestry Matters.
(233386)
452
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the (a) name, (b) titles, (c) responsibilities and (d) dates of appointment are for each of his envoys.
(233391)
453
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8th October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, how many Downing Street Political Office staff have telephones provided at the public expense.
(233396)
454
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 13th October 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on 10 Downing Street: shops, if he will place in the Library a copy of the merchandise and price list of the gift shop.
(233445)
455
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 13th October 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on 10 Downing Street: shops, if he will list the suppliers of the gifts sold in the gift shop.
(233446)
456
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22nd July 2008, Official Report, columns 99-102WS, on special advisers, which Downing Street special advisers (a) he has appointed and (b) have resigned since the date of the Answer.
(233647)
457
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Prime Minister, what requests for (a) assistance and (b) support for Iceland, its banks and its currency were made to him by Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde during their meeting on 24th April; and what action he took as a result.
(233588)
458
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, whether the National Audit Office has provided guidance to Government departments on their Euro Changeover preparations and planning.
(233542)
459
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 11W, on departmental procurement, what the monetary value of the expenditure undertaken in 2007-08 for goods or supplies was from (a) Bell Decorating Group, (b) ASM Locksmiths Ltd, (c) Celtic Manor Resort Limited, (d) Dentons Catering Equipment Limited, (e) John Lewis plc and (f) the Scottish Storytelling Centre; and what the purpose of the expenditure was in each case.
(233389)
460
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what percentage of those working in his Department (a) are on a flexible working contract, (b) are on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233853)
461
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, when the Electoral Commission is expected to announce its decision on whether to re-open its investigation into the permissibility of donations to the Liberal Democrats by Mr Michael Brown.
(233614)
462
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 4th March 2008, Official Report, column 2242W, on Liberal Democrats: finance: what developments there have been in relation to the investigation since that Answer.
(233634)
463
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to promote use of the River Thames for (a) passenger and (b) freight traffic; what recent representations he has received about this issue; and if he will make a statement.
(233849)
464
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to work with the Mayor of London on use of the River Thames for (a) passenger and (b) freight traffic; what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on the subject since June 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(233850)
465
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of hovercraft travel; if he will provide assistance to transport companies and allocate funds for the development of hovercraft transport routes; and if he will make a statement.
(233851)
466
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what legislation governs hovercraft travel; what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued in the last 12 months and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential to the provision of such legislation; and if he will make a statement.
(233852)
467
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department has on the number and location of monorails in use in England; and if he will make a statement.
(233964)
468
Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the (a) number of roads which will have to be closed and (b) period for which such a closure would take place during shooting events held at Woolwich Army base during the London 2012 Olympics.
(233747)
469
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, columns 198-199W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
(233418)
470
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233820)
471
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being made to make London transport more accessible to disabled people before 2012.
(233838)
472
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorists in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire have been prosecuted in each of the last three years for using mobile telephones whilst driving.
(233740)
473
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many security passes of staff in his Department were stolen in each year since 2001.
(233504)
474
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 6W, on departmental official residences, what the cost of refurbishment of his London office was; and what the nature of the work undertaken was.
(233390)
475
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of those working in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233854)
476
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what work YouGov has undertaken on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission; and how much this has cost.
(233545)
477
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what percentage of employees in the Government Equalities Office are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233823)
478
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to employment advisers to enable them to (a) recognise and (b) meet the needs of people with mental health problems.
(233447)
479
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures his Department has to ensure that its employment advisers do not require women living in refuges to disclose their address as part of a work search.
(233655)
480
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training his Department's employment advisers receive in the requirements of data protection legislation.
(233656)
481
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance registration numbers have been issued to (a) non-UK nationals of each nationality and (b) UK citizens in (i) each year and (ii) each quarter since 1st January 2004.
(233537)
482
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints were made to the Child Support Agency by its customers in each of the last five years.
(233861)
483
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of cases calculated by the Child Support Agency the maintenance payments was initially calculated incorrectly in the latest period for which information is available.
(233862)
484
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of Child Support Agency (CSA) cases the non-resident parent was not compliant with the maintenance award calculated by the CSA at the latest date for which information is available.
(233863)
485
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new cases were brought to the Child Support Agency (CSA) in the last 12 months; and in how many of these cases the CSA has started maintenance payments.
(233864)
486
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances someone with a mental health problem might receive the mobility component of disability living allowance.
(233813)
487
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6th October 2008, Official Report, column 59W, on departmental buildings, what the cost of each refurbishment was.
(233387)
488
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) on a flexible working contract, (b) on a job share employment contract and (c) work from home for more than four hours a week.
(233817)
489
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were prosecuted for benefit fraud in each of the last five years.
(233844)
490
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many residents of Enfield North constituency have applied for pension credits since the establishment of the pension credit scheme.
(233893)
 
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