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WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales *1
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues and Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on the seaside economy in Wales. | | (237997) | *2
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): What recent discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on measures to assist the Welsh economy in the current economic situation. | | (237998) | *3
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on renewable energy projects in Wales. | | (237999) | *4
| Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): What recent assessment he has made of the state of the Welsh economy. | | (238000) | *5
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister and Ministerial colleagues on the economic effect of proposed public sector job reductions in (a) the European Convergence area of West Wales and the Valleys and (b) Wales generally; and if he will make a statement. | | (238001) | *6
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on proposals to electrify the Bidston to Wrexham railway line. | | (238002) | *7
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues and Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on health provision for English patients in Wales. | | (238003) | *8
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What recent assessment he has made of the state of the Welsh economy. | | (238004) | *9
| Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley): If he will hold discussions with Ministerial colleagues and Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on the economic effects on South Wales of potential job losses in the Media Wales Newspaper Group. | | (238005) | *10
| Mr Martin Caton (Gower): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on policy to mitigate the effects of the economic downturn on Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (238006) | *11
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues and Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on cross-border patients treated by Welsh GPs. | | (238007) | *12
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): What steps he is taking to extend digital inclusion to elderly people. | | (238008) | *13
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): What recent discussions he has had on rural broadcasting provision in Wales. | | (238009) | *14
| Albert Owen (Ynys Môn): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on defence expenditure in Wales. | | (238010) | *15
| John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan): When he last met the First Minister to discuss the Defence Technical Academy, St Athan. | | (238011) | At 12 noon Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice. *1
| Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 26th November. | | (239195) | *2
| Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): | | (239196) | *3
| Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): | | (239197) | *4
| Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham & Morden): | | (239198) | *5
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): | | (239199) | *6
| Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): | | (239200) | *7
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): | | (239201) | *8
| Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): | | (239202) | *9
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): | | (239203) | *10
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): | | (239204) | *11
| Christine Russell (City of Chester): | | (239205) | *12
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): | | (239206) | *13
| Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): | | (239207) | *14
| Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): | | (239208) | *15
| Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): | | (239209) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 12 November 1
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained schools (a) closed, (b) merged with another school and (c) closed and reopened as an independent school on the same site in each of the last 10 years. | | (236525) | 3
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much quality-related research funding was allocated to each university in the most recent research assessment exercise, broken down by region. | | (236593) | 4
N | Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of quality-related research funding for universities in the most recent research assessment exercise was allocated to university departments in each star rating category. | | (236594) |
Notices given on Thursday 13 November 1
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of passport fraud in each of the last five years. | | (237216) | 2
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of unrecovered fraudulent passports in circulation. | | (237217) | 3
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged in relation to passport fraud in each of the last five years. | | (237218) |
Notices given on Monday 17 November 1
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests booked at Basildon test centre which will be taken by learner drivers who had booked a driving test at the Southend centre. | | (237733) | 2
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of learner drivers from Southend who travelled to (a) Chelmsford and (b) Gillingham to take their driving tests in 2008. | | (237734) | 3
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests per month which the Southend test centre was able to accommodate in 2008. | | (237735) | 4
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests per month which the new Basildon test centre is able to accommodate. | | (237736) | 5
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of driving tests per month which the Basildon test centre was able to accommodate before the establishment of the new test centre. | | (237737) |
Notices given on Wednesday 19 November 1
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many first time entrants aged between 10 and 17 years to the criminal justice system there were in (a) Chelmsford local authority area and (b) Essex County Council area in each of the last five years. | | (238563) | 2
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the FiRe Control project to be implemented in full (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region. | | (238683) | 3
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's original estimated date for the full implementation of the FiRe Control project was (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region. | | (238684) | 4
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on the FiRe Control project (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region to date. | | (238685) | 5
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's original budget was for the implementation of the FiRe Control project (a) nationally and (b) in the East of England region. | | (238686) | 6
N | Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent to date on external consultants working on the FiRe Control project. | | (238687) | 7
N | Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net present value was of a pension for a sergeant retiring after (a) 18 years' service on 30th April 1997 as a (i) Gurkha and (ii) regular army non-commissioned officer and (b) 22 years' service on 30th April 2008 under (A) AFPS 75 and (B) AFPS 05. | | (238627) | 8
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the health effects of incinerators on people in the locality. | | (238581) | 9
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on research into the health effects on workers who were employed in the manufacture of mustard gas during the Second World War. | | (238626) | 10
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to promote the use of the Health and Safety Executive toolkit to help employers reduce the risk of violence against shopworkers. | | (238770) |
Notices given on Thursday 20 November 1
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many electronic and computer files her Department and its agencies lost in transit in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (239336) | 2
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department and its agencies are authorised to access electronic files and databases relating to an individual's (a) immigration status, (b) asylum application and (c) passport application; and if she will make a statement. | | (239337) | 3
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) her Department and (b) the Border and Immigration Agency lost or misplaced databases containing data on (i) British citizens and (ii) foreign nationals in each of the last five years; what information relating to how many people was held on each lost or misplaced database; and if she will make a statement. | | (239338) | 4
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks her Department and its agencies make on the immigration status of couriers working within her Department and its agencies; whether her Department requires courier companies to notify the Department if they discover among their employees an illegal worker who has worked handling documents on behalf of the Home Office and its agencies; and how many illegal workers have been discovered working for such couriers in each of the last three years. | | (239339) | 5
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on furniture and fittings for his Department's new headquarters at 102 Petty France. | | (239471) | 6
N | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Woking of 10th November 2008, Official Report, columns 781-2W, whether KPMG have been asked to examine the respective value for money of holding the 2012 Olympic shooting events at (a) Woolwich and (b) Bisley. | | (239470) | 7
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of multi-purpose practical driving test centres on levels of (a) car and motorcycle mileage and (b) carbon dioxide emissions. | | (239472) |
Notices given on Friday 21 November 1
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance he intends to offer to British citizens threatened by the possible liquidation of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement. | | (239736) | 2
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of British citizens who are depositors in Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man; what estimate he has made of the average size of deposits in such cases; and if he will make a statement. | | (239737) | 3
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the liquidation of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement. | | (239738) | 4
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the situation of British depositors in Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander, Isle of Man. | | (239739) | 5
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 18th November 2008, Official Report, column 408W, on immigration, what the level is of net immigration at which the population of the UK would remain below 70 million on unchanged assumptions about birth rates, mortality and emigration levels on the basis of the most recent population projections. | | (239721) | 6
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which keywords or terms her Department has monitored in the media in each of the last three years. | | (239733) | 7
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Harrier squadrons have served as part of Operation Telic; and on what dates. | | (239716) | 8
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior Royal Air Force officers of 2 star rank and above are former Tornado pilots, broken down by (a) rank and (b) appointment. | | (239717) | 9
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of allowing the tornado GR4 to carry (a) 540lb freefall airburst/impact bombs, (b) Maverick Missiles and (c) Paveway 4 (500lb class GPS/LGB). | | (239740) | 10
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) aircrew and (b) ground crew members of the RAF currently serving with a tornado GR4 front line squadron have broken harmony guidelines in the last three years. | | (239741) | 11
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces serving with Joint Force Harrier have broken harmony guidelines in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) air crew and (b) ground crew and (i) Royal Air Force and (ii) Royal Navy personnel. | | (239742) | 12
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239723) | 13
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239727) | 14
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many legal proceedings naming his Department as a defending party are ongoing or unresolved; and if he will make a statement. | | (239728) | 15
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many legal proceedings naming his Department as a defending party are under appeal. | | (239729) | 16
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provision his Department has made in its budget for potential civil liabilities stemming from legal proceedings. | | (239730) | 17
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much expenditure from the public purse was paid to legal professionals outside his Department for the purpose of acting on its behalf in legal proceedings in which his Department was named as a defending party in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2008 to date. | | (239731) | 18
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many requests have been made to the Environment Agency for temporary increases in storage capacity for recyclable waste in each of the last 12 months. | | (239732) | 19
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons his Department has delayed publication of water companies formal responses to consultation around the new draft Water Resource Management Plans. | | (239735) | 20
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239726) | 21
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239725) | 22
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which keywords or terms his Department has monitored in the media in each of the last three years. | | (239722) | 23
N | Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers. | | (239724) | 24
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which keywords or terms her Department has monitored in the media in each of the last three years. | | (239734) | 25
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18th November 2008, Official Report, column 271W, on the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, if he will list the legislation for the purposes of which (a) the Department and (b) a departmental agency may be the employer in accordance with its delegated powers. | | (239718) | 26
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed in the Senior Civil Service within his Department on (a) 1st April 2007, (b) 1st April 2008 and (c) 20th November 2008; and what the total basic wage bill was for such staff, excluding bonuses. | | (239719) | 27
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost of bonuses paid to members of the Senior Civil Service in his Department was in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) the current financial year to date. | | (239720) |
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