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MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport *1
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of horse racing on modernising the levy system; and if he will make a statement. | | (233988) | *2
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What assessment he has made of levels of access to digital television services in the North of England; and if he will make a statement. | | (233989) | *3
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): What recent discussions he has had on the BBC's performance of its public service broadcasting responsibilities. | | (233990) | *4
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the public service obligations of the broadcast media. | | (233991) | *5
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): What recent representations he has received on the potential transfer to the Scottish Executive of his powers in respect of broadcasting in Scotland. | | (233992) | *6
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): What recent discussions he has had with the BBC Trust on the licence fee. | | (233993) | *7
| Norman Baker (Lewes): What recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the provision of regional news on ITV. | | (233994) | *8
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport): What recent representations he has received on the draft Heritage Bill; and if he will make a statement. | | (233995) | *9
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): What the most recent visitor figures are for national museums. | | (233996) | *10
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What discussions he has had with Sport England on its contribution to the development of community sporting facilities as part of regeneration initiatives; and if he will make a statement. | | (233997) | *11
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): What his Department is doing to support free swimming in Bassetlaw. | | (233998) | *12
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): What progress has been made in his discussions with the Football Association on its bid for the 2018 Football World Cup; and if he will make a statement. | | (233999) | *13
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): What progress is being made to ensure that audio description is built into the core receiver requirements for the digital switchover help scheme. | | (234000) | *14
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): What progress has been made in implementing the free swimming initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | (234001) | *15
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): What the cost of maintaining the Government Art Collection was in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (234002) | *16
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): What assessment he has made of the effects of the Licensing Act 2003 on sports clubs. | | (234003) | *17
| Stephen Pound (Ealing North): What recent representations he has received on the work of the British Film Institute; and if he will make a statement. | | (234004) | *18
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): With reference to the 2006 Agreement between the then Secretary of State and the BBC, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on broadcasting standards. | | (234005) | *19
| Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): If he will bring forward proposals to amend the licensing regime to enable alcoholic refreshments to be sold to the audience at amateur dramatic performances for more than three consecutive days. | | (234006) | *20
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding arrangements for elite athletes; and if he will make a statement. | | (234007) | At 3.08 p.m. Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (234008) | *2
| Hugh Bayley (City of York): | | (234009) | *3
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): | | (234010) | *4
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): | | (234011) | *5
| Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): | | (234012) | *6
| Nia Griffith (Llanelli): | | (234013) | *7
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): | | (234014) | *8
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): | | (234015) | *9
| Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): | | (234016) | *10
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): | | (234017) | At 3.20 p.m. Oral Questions to the Minister for the Olympics *1
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): What her most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of hosting the London 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will make a statement. | | (233980) | *2
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): What her most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of hosting the London 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will make a statement. | | (233981) | *3
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): If she will ensure that the preparations for the London 2012 Olympics complement preparations for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. | | (233982) | *4
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): What her most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the Olympic budget; and if she will make a statement. | | (233983) | *5
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): What recent estimate she has made of the projected total cost of staging the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (233984) | *6
| Bob Russell (Colchester): What discussions she has had with local authorities on the branding of local events in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (233985) | *7
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): What plans she has to use past British Olympic medal winners as ambassadors in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games. | | (233986) | *8
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): What assessment she has made of the benefits which the 2012 Olympic Games will bring to (a) Cardiff and (b) Wales. | | (233987) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 3 November 1
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders have been re-issued incorrectly by the Child Support Agency in Birkenhead in the last 12 months. | | (233943) | 2
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes are in place at the Child Support Agency in Birkenhead to prevent the incorrect issuing of liability orders. | | (233944) |
Notices given on Tuesday 4 November 1
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what restrictions there are on the ability of individual Post Office branches to market to the public the services they provide. | | (234061) | 2
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Secretary of State has declared all relevant interests to the Permanent Secretary in his Department. | | (234352) | 3
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated expenditure on the Child Trust Fund is in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (234127) | 4
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of raising the individual inheritance tax threshold to £1 million and maintaining the transferability of the allowance between spouses; and if he will make a statement. | | (234128) | 5
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Woking of 28th June, 28th July and 19th September 2008 on Nina Hassall. | | (234143) | 6
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a date has been set for publication of the Government's factual paper on the Barnett Formula. | | (234353) | 7
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of trends in headteacher recruitment amongst deputy headteachers. | | (234123) | 8
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what educational provision is in force for young people under 18 years remanded in custody at young offender institutions prior to court disposal. | | (234142) | 9
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) maintained and (b) private, voluntary and independent full day childcare settings were deemed (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) satisfactory and (iv) inadequate by Ofsted in each of the last five years. | | (234129) | 10
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) maintained and (b) private, voluntary and independent full day childcare settings have had to close following inadequate Ofsted inspections in each of the last five years. | | (234130) | 11
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has allocated for designing and promoting the new logo for the Early Years Foundation Stage. | | (234131) | 12
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on training childcare staff to deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage. | | (234132) | 13
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average occupancy rate of (a) Sure Start children's centre nurseries, (b) maintained nurseries and (c) private, voluntary and independent nurseries was in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each local authority area in each of the last five years. | | (234133) | 14
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the most recent forecast is from the Office for National Statistics of the proportion of population growth (a) directly attributable and (ii) indirectly attributable to migration in each of its projections of population size. | | (234137) | 15
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has made of the proportion of foreign nationals aged over 16 years in the UK workforce in each year since 1987; what breakdown the ONS has made of the employment of foreign nationals by sector; and what estimate the ONS made of the proportion of foreign nationals in the workforce by sector in the last quarter for which figures are available. | | (234273) | 16
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects are being carried out by the Government Office Transformation Board, as referred to on page 16 of the Department's Annual Report 2008; and what the budget is of each project. | | (234308) | 17
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects her Department is delivering through the regional development agencies; and what budgets have been set for these projects in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13. | | (234309) | 18
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the national average number of days taken by local authorities to process new housing benefit claims was on the latest date for which figures are available; and which 10 local authorities took the (a) most and (b) least time to process such claims. | | (234349) | 19
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was received by the horse racing industry from the statutory levy payment by bookmakers in the last 12 months; how much is expected to be received in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (234058) | 20
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current budget allocation for the erection of a perimeter fence at Kenley Aerodrome is; and what the budget allocation for the provisions design of this undertaking was. | | (234208) | 21
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated capitation cost for a (a) regular infantry battalion and (b) regular infantry brigade was in the latest period for which information is available. | | (234052) | 22
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the Minister for Defence Procurement has visited Afghanistan. | | (234053) | 23
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Snatch Land Rovers are in use in Helmand province; and how many have been written off in Afghanistan in the last three years. | | (234054) | 24
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 4th November on the Democratic Republic of Cpono (DRC) crisis, what military contingencies are being considered for the deployment of UK armed forces personnel to DRC. | | (234138) | 25
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral Answer to the hon. Member for Newport West of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, column 9, on Afghanistan, which eight districts in Helmand province under the control of Nato and the Afghanistan forces are referred to; and if he will make a statement. | | (234124) | 26
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of his Department's housing sites with no medium-term requirement have been made available to the public on short term leases. | | (234136) | 27
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration his Department has made of allowing additional departmental housing sites with no medium-term requirements to be made available to the public on short-term leases. | | (234206) | 28
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent to raise awareness of fuel poverty in (a) Lancashire and (b) the UK in each of the last three years. | | (234272) | 29
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of nionicotinoid pesticides on the honeybee population; and if he will make a statement. | | (234135) | 30
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) lowest, (b) highest, (c) median and (d) mean time taken to process claims made under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme was. | | (234101) | 31
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what inspection costs were incurred by abattoirs in each of the last 10 years, broken down by region. | | (234207) | 32
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to apply for a derogation from the EU Air Quality directive. | | (234345) | 33
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will encourage the Nepalese authorities to give the right to settle in Nepal to those Tibetans presently resident in Nepal but without a registration card. | | (234209) | 34
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with the Nepalese authorities the treatment of ethnic Tibetans involved in recent demonstrations. | | (234210) | 35
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will list the UK embassies and overseas offices which have personnel with specific responsibilities for the promotion of business investment in Wales. | | (234354) | 36
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants work in offices representing the United Kingdom at the European Union; and what the total costs were of each office in which such staff were employed in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by (a) staff, (b) office rental and (c) other costs. | | (234379) | 37
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the progress of the EU monitoring mission in Georgia, with particular regard to EU monitors' access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia; and if he will make a statement. | | (234050) | 38
N | Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on its audit of EU-Russian relations; what contribution the Government has made to that audit; and if he will make a statement. | | (234051) | 39
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of recent activity by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) in north eastern Congo; what assessment he has made of such report; and what his policy is on the indictment by the International Criminal Court of four LRA members. | | (234122) | 40
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed with his Russian and Georgian counterparts allegations of war crimes committed by both sides during the recent Russia-Georgia conflict. | | (234063) | 41
N | Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether (a) Russia and (b) Georgia has complied with the cease-fire conditions agreed with the President of France at the end of the recent Russia-Georgia conflict. | | (234067) | 42
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what capacity increases have been made at Scarborough Hospital as a consequence of closures of services at Bridlington Hospital; and if he will make a statement. | | (234346) | 43
N | Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he plans to spend on implementation of the national dementia strategy over the next five years. | | (234064) | 44
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require all residential and private nursing homes to have an impaired swallowing policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (234068) | 45
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the Commission for Social Care Inspection to require residential and private nursing homes to demonstrate an ability to meet the needs of residents with impaired swallowing; and if he will make a statement. | | (234069) | 46
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that those with impaired swallowing living in residential care and private nursing receive appropriate care and assistance; and if he will make a statement. | | (234070) | 47
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the number of people who have suffered fatal and near fatal choking through impaired swallowing in residential care and private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement. | | (234071) | 48
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have had their entitlement to NHS treatment withdrawn, as the result of their choosing non-NHS drugs in each (a) strategic health authority and (b) primary care trust in the last 12 months; and what proportion of patients treated this figure represents in each case. | | (234355) | 49
N | Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those (a) arrested and (b) convicted in respect of (i) offences under the Terrorism Acts 2000 and 2006 and (ii) offences otherwise involving terrorism in each year since 2000 were foreign nationals; how many of them were (A) EU and (B) non-EU nationals; and what proportion of all terrorist offenders each category represents. | | (234350) | 50
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) between 13 and 18, (b) between 18 and 25 and (c) 25 years and over were arrested for offences related to the misuse of fireworks in each of the last 10 years. | | (234280) | 51
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Statement of 21st October 2008, Official Report, column 175, on immigration controls, what the evidential basis is for the statement that 12 per cent. fewer migrants would have to come to the UK to work last year had tier 2 of the points-based migration system been in place. | | (234134) | 52
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport of 4th March 2008, Official Report, columns 102-5WS, on tackling alcohol-related problems, when the summit of police and local authorities to discuss proposals to tackle alcohol-related problems was convened; and what the outcome of the discussion was. | | (234277) | 53
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the maximum fine for anyone not obeying an instruction to stop drinking, or to give up their drink in a designated public place will increase from £500 to £2,500. | | (234306) | 54
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when statistics on football-related arrests and banning orders for 2007-08 will be published. | | (234307) | 55
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he believes creators' beneficiaries from all sectors of the creative industries should be subject to the same copyright and related rights regulations. | | (234125) | 56
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on the application of copyright and related rights regulations to the beneficiaries of creators in all sectors of the creative industries; and if he will make a statement. | | (234126) | 57
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the safeguards in place to ensure that the Government's contribution to the Global Fund's recent donation to Zimbabwe will be used for the purposes for which it was intended. | | (234055) | 58
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the level of corruption affecting the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank. | | (234056) | 59
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers from countries contributing to the Global Fund on the transparency and effectiveness of the Global Fund's accounting and financial monitoring systems. | | (234057) | 60
N | Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the level of fiduciary risk carried by the Global Fund in relation to its recent donation to Zimbabwe. | | (234121) | 61
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of the offence of grievous bodily harm where an injury was caused by a firework in each of the last 10 years. | | (234271) | 62
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many retailers have been convicted for offences of selling fireworks to minors in each of the last 10 years. | | (234274) | 63
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders aged under 21 years reoffended within six months of release from custody within each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (234139) | 64
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons (a) between 16 and 18 and (b) between 18 and 21 years are serving custodial sentences of (i) 12 weeks or less and (ii) 24 weeks or less. | | (234140) | 65
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether every young offender institution provides drug treatment for those who are sentenced and who seek such treatment. | | (234141) | 66
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, column 229W, on young offender institutions, how much of the £32,799 figure was spent on (a) educational opportunities, (b) sport opportunities and (c) drug programmes on average. | | (234144) | 67
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of young offenders left young offender institutions drug free in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (234145) | 68
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27th October 2008, Official Report, column 750W, on religion: discrimination, whether the Government plans to produce a consultation document on the law of succession. | | (234377) | 69
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will facilitiate a meeting between President Gadaffi of Libya on his forthcoming visit to the UK and representatives of the families of victims of IRA terrorist activity in incidents where (a) explosives, (b) weapons and (c) preparation of terrorist acts had their provenance in Libya; and if he will make a statement. | | (234205) | 70
N | Adam Price (Carmarthen East & Dinefwr): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 3rd November 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on Ministers' interests, whether all Ministers have provided the relevant information to their Permanent Secretaries. | | (234378) | 71
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what work has been undertaken to repair the damage to the flyover at Gallows Corner on the A12 at Gidea Park following its partial closure; and what plans there are for a permanent replacement for the present flyover. | | (234211) | 72
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regard the Office of Rail Regulation is required to have for the consultation responses it receives before concluding its periodic review; and if he will make a statement. | | (234276) | 73
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of deaths from traffic accidents occurred on motorways in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. | | (234347) | 74
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue from charging motorists for using hard shoulders as emergency lanes; and if he will make a statement. | | (234348) | 75
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many managers in the Driving Standards Agency have attended horse whispering courses; and at what cost. | | (234065) | 76
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the content is of the horse whispering courses that managers in the Driving Standards Agency have attended; and what the training objectives are for those managers to attend such courses. | | (234066) | 77
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish a National Policy Statement within the framework envisaged by the Planning Bill on airports. | | (234351) | 78
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much debt over six years old is owed to the Child Support Agency; whether the collection of such debt may be made through enforcement; and if he will make a statement. | | (234275) | 79
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases being handled by the Child Support Agency are logged under the (a) CSCS and (b) CS2 computer systems. | | (234278) | 80
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the monetary value of benefits that have not been claimed by pensioners as a result of the introduction of the three month backdating limit on 6th October 2008. | | (234072) | 81
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the Pathways to Work programme in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06, (d) 2006-07 and (e) 2007-08, broken down by district; how many customers on the programme in each district were in employment for 13 consecutive weeks or more in each year from 2003-04 to 2007-08; and how much he plans to spend on the programme in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11. | | (234059) | 82
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell of 20th October 2008, Official Report, column 4, on labour statistics, how many (a) British born and (b) emigrant workers were in employment (i) in October 2006 and (ii) on the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (234060) | 83
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to publish its response to Dame Carol Black's review of the health of the working population; and if he will make a statement. | | (234062) | 84
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to Named Day Written Question 228031 tabled by the hon. Member for Aylesbury on the re-organisation of Jobcentre Plus in the South East of England to which a holding answer was given on 20th October. | | (234305) |
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