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MONDAY 24 NOVEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions *1
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): How many households in Milton Keynes he estimates will be eligible for cold weather payments if the temperature falls below the level which triggers payment of the allowance in 2008-09. | | (237962) | *2
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps the Health and Safety Executive takes to ensure that workers in the installation and maintenance of domestic heating systems are fully qualified. | | (237963) | *3
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): How many jobseeker's allowance claimants there were in (a) the UK and (b) Ludlow constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (237964) | *4
| Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): What steps his Department has taken to protect employee occupational pensions. | | (237965) | *5
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): What support his Department offers in respect of mortgage repayments to people who have lost their jobs. | | (237966) | *6
| Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): What assessment he has made of recent trends in expenditure on housing benefit for those in the private rented sector. | | (237967) | *7
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): What assistance his Department gives to lone parents to enable them to (a) return to and (b) remain in work. | | (237968) | *8
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): How many jobseeker's allowance claimants there were in (a) the UK and (b) Hammersmith and Fulham constituency at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (237969) | *9
| Angela Watkinson (Upminster): What recent discussions he has had with Treasury Ministers on the effect on pension schemes of Government tax policy since 1997. | | (237970) | *10
| Mr Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth): What progress has been made in the Child Support Agency's transition to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. | | (237971) | *11
| David Wright (Telford): What steps he has taken to ensure that Jobcentre Plus is able to react rapidly to announcements of clusters of redundancies in a particular area. | | (237972) | *12
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): What recent assessment he has made of poverty levels amongst married pensioners. | | (237973) | *13
| Philip Davies (Shipley): When he expects Personal Accounts to commence. | | (237974) | *14
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): If he will assess the effect on benefit claimants of private companies operating premium rate telephone lines claiming to offer benefits advice. | | (237975) | *15
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): What estimate he has made of the monetary value of benefits paid by his Department to citizens of other EU countries not resident in the UK in the last 12 months. | | (237976) | *16
| Anne Moffat (East Lothian): What steps his Department is taking to assist people with a mental illness or recovering from a mental illness to enter employment. | | (237977) | *17
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What recent discussions he has had on policy to enable people to move from incapacity benefit to employment. | | (237978) | *18
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): What support his Department provides in respect of mortgage repayments to people who lose their jobs. | | (237979) | *19
| Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): What plans he has to increase staffing levels at Jobcentres in response to recent projections of rising unemployment. | | (237980) | *20
| Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): What his estimate is of the monetary value of benefits paid by his Department to citizens of other EU countries not resident in the UK in the last 12 months. | | (237981) | *21
| John Barrett (Edinburgh West): What plans his Department has to extend the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance to people with severe sight loss. | | (237982) | *22
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): How many people are claiming jobseeker's allowance. | | (237983) | *23
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): How many jobseeker's allowance claimants there were in (a) the UK and (b) Clwyd West constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (237984) | *24
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): What assistance his Department provides in respect of mortgage repayments to people who become unemployed. | | (237985) | *25
| Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): What support his Department offers in respect of mortgage repayments to people who have lost their jobs. | | (237986) | At 3.15 p.m. Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (237987) | *2
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): | | (237988) | *3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): | | (237989) | *4
| Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire): | | (237990) | *5
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): | | (237991) | *6
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): | | (237992) | *7
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): | | (237993) | *8
| Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): | | (237994) | *9
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): | | (237995) | *10
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): | | (237996) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Monday 10 November 1
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been made available to local authorities to implement the Government's free swimming initiative over the next 12 months. | | (235636) | 2
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of local authorities have implemented the Government's free swimming initiative to date. | | (235637) | 3
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which local authorities have not implemented the Government's free swimming initiative to date; and if he will make a statement. | | (235638) |
Notices given on Thursday 13 November 1
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings he and Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of UK grocery retailers since 1st May 2008. | | (237211) | 2
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings at which the Competition Commission market investigation into the supply of groceries in the UK was discussed he has had since 1st May 2008. | | (237212) | 3
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he and Ministers within his Department have had with representatives of UK grocery retailers since 1st May 2008. | | (237213) | 4
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the costs of alcohol-related crime in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK since the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003. | | (237210) | 5
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd July 2008, Official Report, column 1240W, on police custody, how many prisoners have been held in police cells overnight in each month since the reactivation of Operation Safeguard in January 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (236872) | 6
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans there are to review the operation of Operation Safeguard. | | (237007) | 7
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how inappropriate prisoners as identified by Prison Service Instruction (PSI 30/2006) and Integrated Drug Treatment Systems Continuity of Care guidance have been identified so as to ensure that they are not in police cells overnight since the reactivation of Operation Safeguard in January 2007. | | (237008) | 8
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many inappropriate prisoners as identified by Prison Service Instruction (PSI 30/2006) and the Integrated Drug Treatment Systems Continuity of Care guidance have been held in police cells overnight since the reactivation of Operation Safeguard in January 2007. | | (237009) | 9
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to reduce prison overcrowding; and if he will make a statement. | | (237010) | 10
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings at which the Competition Commission market investigation into the supply of groceries in the UK was discussed he has had since 1st May 2008. | | (237214) | 11
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Prime Minister, what meetings he has had with representatives of UK grocery retailers since 1st May 2008. | | (237215) |
Notices given on Friday 14 November 1
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what evaluation has been carried out of the Small Firms Loan Guarantee against the seven success criteria introduced following the Graham Review; and when the results of that evaluation will be published. | | (237408) | 2
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the economic impact evaluation of the Small Firms Loan Guarantee referred to in his Department's Annual Report 2008 has been completed; and when it will be published. | | (237409) |
Notices given on Monday 17 November 1
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many authorised sites for gypsies and travellers are provided by local authorities in (a) Essex, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Kent, (e) Hertfordshire, (f) Berkshire, (g) Cambridgeshire and (h) Greater London. | | (237785) | 2
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases of compulsory purchase of land there have been in England in order to build publicly-owned gypsy and traveller sites in the last 10 years. | | (237786) | 3
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many authorised private gypsy and traveller sites there are in England. | | (237787) | 4
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many gypsies and travellers there were in England in (a) 1988, (b) 1998 and (c) 2008. | | (237788) | 5
N | Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the occupancy rate was for publicly-owned authorised sites for gypsies and travellers in (a) Essex, (b) Suffolk, (c) Norfolk, (d) Kent, (e) Hertfordshire, (f) Berkshire, (g) Cambridgeshire and (h) Greater London in each of the last three years. | | (237789) | 6
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13th November 2008, Official Report, column 1293W, on horses: conservation, for what reason the Dartmoor Pony Society has temporarily suspended the issuing of Heritage Trust passports; and what advice the Society has sought from his Department. | | (237790) | 7
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote peace in the Middle East. | | (237678) | 8
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to discuss the prospects for peace in the Middle East with other governments. | | (237679) | 9
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the standard of healthcare for prisoners in England and Wales in comparison to that received outside prisons through the National Health Service. | | (237615) | 10
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of whether there are enough prospective psychiatrists in training to meet future recruitment needs; and if he will make a statement. | | (237732) | 11
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the withdrawal of funding for the Metropolitan Police human trafficking unit; and if she will make a statement. | | (237851) | 12
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department notified the Metropolitan Police that her Department's funding of the Metropolitan Police human trafficking unit would be withdrawn; what representations she has received from the Metropolitan Police on this matter; and if she will place in the Library recent relevant written correspondence she has set and received on this matter. | | (237852) | 13
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people-trafficking-related (a) investigations, (b) trials and (c) convictions have arisen through the activity of the Metropolitan Police human trafficking unit in each year since its inception. | | (237853) | 14
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the percentage of people trafficked into the United Kingdom who entered via or who pass through London. | | (237854) | 15
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to protect aid workers in Palestine. | | (237613) | 16
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote economic development in Palestine. | | (237614) | 17
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the prescribing of methadone in prisons in England and Wales. | | (237680) | 18
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners were held at (a) HMP Peterborough, (b) HMP Whitemoor and (c) HMP Littlehey on 31st October (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (237855) | 19
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child sex offenders are currently managed in one of the 101 probation approved premises. | | (237728) | 20
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many classified dangerous or very dangerous offenders are currently managed in one of the 101 probation approved premises. | | (237729) | 21
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child sex offenders have been managed in one of the 101 probation-approved premises in each of the last three years. | | (237730) | 22
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child sex offenders living in approved premises committed further sex offences whilst a resident in each of the last three years. | | (237731) |
Notices given on Tuesday 18 November 1
N | Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings he has had since 1st May 2008 at which the Competition Commission market investigation into the supply of groceries in the UK was discussed. | | (238156) | 2
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 14th May 2008, Official Report, columns 1590-1W, on Grayling Political Strategy, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the letters from UKAEA and Postcomm. | | (238464) | 3
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many secondments from the private sector to the Defence and Security Organisation of UK Trade and Investment there have been since its creation. | | (238398) | 4
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs received the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 31st October 2008 on his constituent, Natasha Brown; and when he expects the matter raised in the letter to be resolved. | | (238155) | 5
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how fines incurred by businesses for minor driving offences are treated for tax purposes. | | (238056) | 6
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he had with the Financial Services Authority between March 2008 and October 2008 on its supervisory responsibilities in respect of (a) Landsbanki and (b) Heritable, with particular reference to the liquidity of both banks. | | (238062) | 7
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what responsibilities the Financial Services Authority had for monitoring the global liquidity position of (a) Landsbanki and (b) Kaupthing. | | (238063) | 8
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget for (a) the Office of Government Commerce and (b) OGC Buying Solutions is for each of the next three financial years. | | (238395) | 9
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were seconded from the private sector to (a) HM Revenue and Customs, (b) the Office of Government Commerce and (c) OGC Buying Solutions in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008. | | (238397) | 10
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings officials of OGC Buying Solutions have had with representatives of (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts in (i) the East Midlands and (ii) England in the last two years. | | (238399) | 11
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average cost was of suspending (a) a headteacher, (b) a deputy headteacher and (c) a mainstream teacher for each month of suspension in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average length of time of such suspensions was in each category in the last 12 months. | | (238400) | 12
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he plans to take to ensure that suspensions of headteachers, deputy headteachers and teachers are for as short a time as possible. | | (238401) | 13
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on (a) dealing with the media and (b) communication with parents in cases of suspension of teaching staff. | | (238402) | 14
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many notifications his Department and its predecessor sent to each of the schools inspectorates under the automatic transfer arrangements in relation to (a) independent and (b) maintained schools in each year since April 2005; and how many notifications his Department and its predecessor received from independent and grant maintained schools in each such year. | | (238396) | 15
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department has on the number of books per pupil there were in New Manton Primary School in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. | | (238194) | 16
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what productivity level per worker was in each each region in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (238462) | 17
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of all deaths in each region were from circulation diseases in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (238463) | 18
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made on the relationship between opportunities for regeneration and redevelopment in seaside towns and levels of public housing below the Decent Homes standard. | | (238461) | 19
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many incidences there have been where the Valuation Office has increased the business rates in UK ports by (a) 50 per cent., (b) 75 per cent. and (c) 100 per cent. over the last three years; and if she will make a statement. | | (238153) | 20
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there has been in levels of business rates in the last 12 months; and what assessment she has made of the effect of that change on small and medium sized businesses based on posts. | | (238279) | 21
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations provided the Big Lottery Fund with public relations services in each of the last five years; and how much the Big Lottery Fund spent on public relations in each year. | | (238032) | 22
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much he expects his Department to spend on the Creative and Business International Network in each of the next three years; and how much he expects the Network's inaugural meeting to cost. | | (238033) | 23
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department received media training during the last 12 months. | | (238034) | 24
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations provided Ministers in his Department with media training in each of the last three years; and how much was spent on media training in each year. | | (238035) | 25
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) buildings and (b) other monuments were on the At Risk register in each year since 1997. | | (238152) | 26
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are based in Pakistan. | | (238273) | 27
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are based in Sudan; and how many work with (a) NATO forces, (b) EU forces and (c) other forces. | | (238274) | 28
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans there are to change overall UK troop numbers in Afghanistan in the next 12 months. | | (238457) | 29
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what countries have contributed to the UN force in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and how many troops each has provided. | | (238458) | 30
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and (b) another organisation maintains a list of the names of fallen service personnel recorded on major war memorials; whether the names of those on the plaques removed by thieves from the Plymouth Royal Naval Memorial in 2008 were independently recorded; whether the stolen plaques have been (i) recovered and (ii) replaced; and if he will make a statement. | | (238290) | 31
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for the implementation of Mr Justice Blake's judgment on 30th September 2008, on Gurkhas. | | (238327) | 32
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many responses he has received to his consultation on carbon capture readiness; if he will list those responses and summarise their contents; what steps he now intends to take on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (238061) | 33
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments British Waterways (a) has made in the last 12 months and (b) is contracted to make, to Cavendish Public Affairs; and for what purposes. | | (238467) | 34
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what rules his Department applies to the labelling of food and food products imported from (a) Israel, (b) Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, (c) Israeli-controlled areas of the Palestinian territories and (d) areas of the Palestinian territories under the control of the Palestinian Authority; whether he plans to make any changes to those rules; and if he will make a statement. | | (238064) | 35
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had during his recent visit to Syria about Syrian support for (a) Hamas and (b) Hezbollah; and if he will make a statement. | | (238065) | 36
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the labelling of produce from Israel and the Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (238066) | 37
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had during his recent visit to Israel on the labelling of produce from Israel and the Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (238067) | 38
N | Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the labelling of food and food products originating in (a) Israel, (b) Israeli settlements on the West Bank and East Jerusalem, (c) Israeli-controlled territory on the West Bank and (d) areas of the West Bank under the control of the Palestinian authority in the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (238068) | 39
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the German government on the enforcement of a European arrest warrant in respect of Søren Kam. | | (238157) | 40
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years have type 1 diabetes in (a) Winchester and the Meon Valley, (b) Hampshire and (c) England. | | (238275) | 41
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of training given to teachers on the needs of children with type 1 diabetes. | | (238276) | 42
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has issued guidance on the administering of injections and other treatments to children with type 1 diabetes by school teachers. | | (238277) | 43
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to local education authorities on informing teachers about children with type 1 diabetes. | | (238278) | 44
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the housing stock in each of the principal seaside towns has been assessed as (a) meeting and (b) not meeting the Decent Homes standard. | | (238460) | 45
N | Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of administering the concessionary scheme for patients when the Greater Manchester congestion charge scheme is implemented. | | (238055) | 46
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the costs are expected to be for adults applying for a passport for the first time to provide the necessary biometric information in each year between 2008-09 and 2017-18. | | (238193) | 47
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to give powers to the police to confiscate amplification equipment when it is being used in (a) Parliament Square and (b) other public places without permission to (i) abuse and (ii) otherwise harass people going about their lawful occasions; and if she will make a statement. | | (238198) | 48
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to give local authorities the power to prevent (a) unauthorised and (b) harassing or abusive broadcasting of protest messages in public places; and what assessment she has made of the potential for use of injunctions in such circumstances. | | (238199) | 49
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation she has undertaken with (a) Mr Speaker and (b) the House authorities on use of loudhailers in Parliament Square, pursuant to Mr Speaker's Statement of 28th October 2008, Official Report, column 729. | | (238291) | 50
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what effect the proposed repeal of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 will have on the law relating to (a) unregulated and (b) unlimited use of (i) loudhailers and (ii) other amplification equipment by protestors in Parliament Square. | | (238292) | 51
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the implementation of the Artists Re-sale Rights Regulations 2006 on the UK art industry since 2006; and what assessment he has made of the performance of the art markets in (a) the United States and (b) Switzerland since 2006 for benchmarking purposes. | | (238154) | 52
N | Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy on the Artist's Resale Right is; what account he has taken of the evidence received on the subject during the UK-IPO consultation; and what his policy is on the future of the right after 2010. | | (238280) | 53
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated share of savings to be achieved by the Probation Service is for the Wales probation area in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (238459) | 54
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Probation Service staff expected to leave the Wales Probation areas as a result of (a) retirement, (b) redundancy and (c) natural wastage in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (238469) | 55
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the flat cash allocation is for the Wales Probation Area in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (238470) | 56
N | Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the reconviction rates of prisoners released from each prison in England and Wales in the last 10 years. | | (238281) | 57
N | Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Probation Service staff expected to leave the North Wales Probation Area as a result of (a) natural wastage, (b) retirement and (c) redundancy in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (238468) | 58
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether education or training are compulsory for young offenders aged (a) between 15 and 17 and (b) between 18 and 21 years in young offender institutions. | | (238289) | 59
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the minimum level of training is that a probation area requires of staff working in approved premises. | | (238057) | 60
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths of residents in approved premises have been recorded in each of the last five years. | | (238058) | 61
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many approved premises have not introduced double working night levels. | | (238059) | 62
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a national record is kept of violent incidents against staff working in approved premises. | | (238060) | 63
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many firefighters in Northern Ireland have lost their lives in the course of their duties in each of the last five years. | | (238394) | 64
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been of (a) each public inquiry underway and (b) each historic enquiries team investigation underway in Northern Ireland. | | (238403) | 65
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of each (a) public inquiry, apart from the Saville Inquiry, and (b) historic enquires team investigation underway in Northern Ireland has been in each of the last six months. | | (238404) | 66
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date it was decided that the Southend-on-Sea driving test centre would close; and who took that decision. | | (238284) | 67
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the current complement of (a) managerial staff, (b) examiners and (c) other staff at the Driving Standards Agency is. | | (238285) | 68
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of receipts from the driving test fee, after it has been increased, will be used to fund the change to the organisation of driving test centres. | | (238286) | 69
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the basic salary is of the Chief Executive of the Driving Standards Agency; what incentive factors apply which allow bonuses or other increments to be paid; and if he will make a statement. | | (238287) | 70
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to promote (a) cycling and (b) walking in 2008-09; and what percentage of his Department's total budget for that year that figure represents. | | (238288) | 71
N | Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments Cycling England has (a) made in the last 12 months and (b) is contracted to make, to public affairs consultants; and for what purposes. | | (238466) | 72
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (238282) | 73
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of UK legislation with the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (238283) |
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