TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice *1
| James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the common law offence of misconduct in a public office. | | (240225) | *2
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What recent representations he has received on the sentencing guidelines for shoplifting offences. | | (240226) | *3
| Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the common law offence of misconduct in a public office. | | (240227) | *4
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): If he will bring forward proposals to place on a statutory basis the common law offence of misconduct in a public office. | | (240228) | *5
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the interaction between the judicial system and parliamentary privilege. | | (240229) | *6
| Martin Linton (Battersea): Whether he plans to introduce legislation on Civil Service impartiality. | | (240230) | *7
| Sandra Gidley (Romsey): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of custodial sentences of three months or less. | | (240231) | *8
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): What assessment he has made of the effect of indeterminate sentences for public protection on prison overcrowding; and if he will make a statement. | | (240232) | *9
| Lorely Burt (Solihull): What recent assessment he has made of the operation of secure training centres. | | (240233) | *10
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the common law offence of misconduct in a public office. | | (240234) | *11
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): What plans he has for future levels of funding for front-line services in the criminal justice system. | | (240235) | *12
| Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's policy on freedom of information. | | (240236) | *13
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): What steps he is taking to promote the more effective use of community sentences by judges and magistrates. | | (240237) | *14
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the common law offence of misconduct in a public office. | | (240238) | *15
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): What recent assessment he has made of the effects of the increase in child protection court fees paid by local authorities. | | (240239) | *16
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): When he expects the custody licence scheme to end. | | (240240) | *17
| Richard Ottaway (Croydon South): When he next plans to review the guidance issued by his Department to public authorities on their duties under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (240241) | *18
| Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West): If he will bring forward proposals to give greater publicity to deterrent sentences handed down by the courts. | | (240242) | *19
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the common law offence of misconduct in a public office. | | (240243) | *20
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): What plans his Department has to increase transparency and accountability in the family courts. | | (240244) | *21
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): If he will bring forward proposals further to define in statute the law relating to parliamentary privilege. | | (240245) | *22
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What recent discussions he has had with HM Prison Service on increasing the amout of purposeful activity for prisoners. | | (240246) | *23
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): What recent discussions he has had with HM Prison Service on increasing the amount of purposeful activity for prisoners. | | (240247) | *24
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): If he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the common law offence of misconduct in a public office. | | (240248) | *25
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): What recent discussions he has had on the Government's policy on provision of prison places. | | (240249) | At 3.15 pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. *1
| Mr John Baron (Billericay): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. | | (240250) | *2
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): | | (240251) | *3
| Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West): | | (240252) | *4
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): | | (240253) | *5
| James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): | | (240254) | *6
| Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): | | (240255) | *7
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): | | (240256) | *8
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): | | (240257) | *9
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): | | (240258) | *10
| Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): | | (240259) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 3 December 1
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research her Department has carried out on the effect of home information packs on the housing market; and if she will make a statement. | | (241212) | 2
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average mortality rate is of chickens bred and reared in captivity for meat. | | (241214) | 3
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what studies his Department has carried out into the causes of road deaths on motorways; and if he will make a statement. | | (241211) | 4
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people his Department employs who have an annual salary of over (a) £150,000 and (b) £200,000. | | (241213) |
Notices given on Thursday 4 December 1
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much and what proportion of the Office of Fair Trading's budget was spent on the investigation of super complaints in each of the last three years. | | (241650) | 2
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which super complaints have been made to the Office of Fair Trading under section 11 of the Enterprise Act 2002 in each calendar year since June 2003; what estimate he has made of the cost of investigating each complaint in each such year; how long each investigation took; what the outcome of each investigation was; and what subsequent action was taken. | | (241651) | 3
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which bodies are designated as bodies able to make super complaints to the Office of Fair Trading pursuant to the provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002. | | (241652) | 4
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consumer benefit studies have been conducted into the use of super complaints. | | (242034) | 5
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people have been removed from company boards on mental health grounds in each of the last five years. | | (241990) | 6
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 30 October 2008 and transferred to his Department on 4 November, on the Employment Bill. | | (241385) | 7
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 951W, on excise duties: motor vehicles, for what reason comprehensive data on the carbon dioxide emissions of light goods vehicles is not available to his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (241571) | 8
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes he forecasts in levels of gross domestic product in the South West Region for each of the next three years; and if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the effect of such levels on the South West Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (241378) | 9
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the concerns of the Financial Services Authority about the position of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander Bank which had been communicated to the Tripartite were first drawn to his attention. | | (241437) | 11
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish his estimate of the cost to businesses of his announced change in the rate of value added tax. | | (241381) | 12
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 31 October 2008, on savings (PO reference: 1/62564/2008). | | (241383) | 13
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 3 December 2008, Official Report, columns 34-5, how many mortgage-holders have outstanding mortgage balances of (a) less than £200,000, (b) between £200,000 and £299,000, (c) between £300,000 and £399,000 and (d) £400,000 or above in (i) the UK, (ii) each English region and (iii) each of the smallest sub-regions for which figures are available. | | (241559) | 14
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of administering (a) the PAYE system, (b) the child tax credit system and (c) the working tax credit system was in each of the last three years. | | (241562) | 15
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance has been issued by his Department to (a) schools and (b) OFSTED on training of school staff relating to children with diabetes; and if he will place copies of such guidance in the Library. | | (241492) | 16
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. | | (241493) | 17
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and which of Lord Laming's 108 recommendations made in the Victoria Climbié inquiry are yet to be implemented; and how many of them were implemented within the advised timescales. | | (241558) | 18
N | Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) name, (b) cost and (c) purpose of each television programme his Department has provided funding for in each of the last five years. | | (241767) | 19
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for breaches of the Civil Service Code in each of the last three years. | | (241407) | 20
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants have contacted the Civil Service Commission in the last 12 months to draw attention to alleged impropriety in their department. | | (241411) | 21
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will visit Wellingborough to discuss future housing development in the area. | | (241414) | 22
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assumptions were made about levels of (a) activity in the housing market and (b) employment when drawing up the South West Spatial Strategy; and if she will assess the effects of the (i) economic downturn and (ii) turbulence in the banking sector on the strategy. | | (241379) | 23
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses she has received to the latest consultation on the South West Regional Spatial Strategy in respect of (a) the whole document, (b) HMA 7, area of search 7D/E/F and (c) HMA 7, area of search 7B. | | (241380) | 24
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her reasons were for recovering the planning appeals relating to the wind farms at (a) Crook Hill, (b) Todmorden Moor and (c) Reaps Moss. | | (241412) | 25
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance Royal Navy personnel (a) have been and (b) will be given in (i) the impact of human rights legislation on the ability to transfer captured pirates to other countries, including their own, (ii) the prospect of such captives claiming rights and benefits in the United Kingdom and (iii) whether to take pirates into captivity on Royal Navy vessels. | | (241991) | 26
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's housing sites have reported infestations from (a) vermin, (b) insects and (c) any other pests in the last 24 months. | | (241979) | 27
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) equipment and (b) data was lost by his Department in the last 12 months. | | (241980) | 28
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have joined his Department in a (a) civilian and (b) military capacity in each of the last three years, broken down by service. | | (241981) | 29
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces will be on active duty abroad on 25 December 2008, broken down by location. | | (241982) | 30
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for North East Milton Keynes of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1554W, on the Joint Force Harrier, where the harmony records for the Joint Force Harrier are kept. | | (242052) | 31
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made of the effect of rising energy prices on people who rely on coal as their main energy source. | | (241573) | 32
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many claims of under (a) £300 and (b) £500 were made under the single farm payments scheme in England in 2007. | | (241646) | 33
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on administering non-compliance penalties made under the Single Farm Payment Scheme since its inception. | | (241992) | 34
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) administrative and (b) legal costs have been incurred by his Department in relation to outstanding claims made under the Single Farm Payment Scheme in each year since its inception. | | (241993) | 35
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 476W, on inspections, if he will break down the cost of training programmes for 2007-08 by category of programme. | | (241994) | 36
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 21 October 2008, on value added tax on flood defences. | | (241382) | 37
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Minister of State plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 14 October 2008, on climate change. | | (241384) | 38
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist allergy doctors have been employed by the NHS in each of the last five years; and how many are expected to be employed in each of the next five years. | | (241764) | 39
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the effectiveness of allergy vaccines in treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (241765) | 40
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding was made available by his Department for allergy research in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (241766) | 41
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ask the Acting Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service to explain the reasons which underlay the decision to search the Parliamentary office of the hon. Member for Ashford on a day on which the House was prorogued. | | (241563) | 42
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances identity cards will be issued to people resident outside the UK at their time of application. | | (241655) | 43
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether foreign nationals applying overseas for visas to remain in the UK for a period greater than three months will also be required to apply for an identity card prior to their arrival in the UK. | | (241656) | 44
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the electronic systems that will be used to store the (a) biometric, (b) biographical and (c) administrative information of British citizens applying for identity cards in 2009. | | (241657) | 45
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the first identification cards will be issued to EEA citizens in the UK. | | (241658) | 46
N | Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a list of the systematic leaks from her Department referred to in her statement of 4 December 2008, Official Report, columns 134-36, as having led to her to approve referring the matter to the police; and whether any of the leaks listed concerned issues of national security. | | (241406) | 47
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who may give consent to the search of premises consequent to the arrest of the person who is in occupation or control of those premises under the provisions of the Code of Practice B issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; and if she will make a statement. | | (241439) | 48
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in her Department have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for breaches of the Civil Service Code in each of the last three years. | | (241408) | 49
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Statement of 4 December 2008, if she will place in the Library a list of relevant leaks, by broad category of highly classified material which was passed to the police. | | (241409) | 50
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many internal Home Office leak inquiries there have been in each of the last three years; and how many leakers were identified. | | (241410) | 51
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claimants did not have the services of an interpreter offered to them in proceedings relating to their claim in the last five years. | | (241413) | 52
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans there are to introduce a content filtering scheme for the internet. | | (241568) | 53
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, which House officials are authorised to grant a request from the police for access to (a) the Parliamentary Data and Video Network (PDVN), (b) PDVN email accounts and (c) PDVN shared drives containing data belonging to hon. Members. | | (241987) | 54
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the House authorities require a search warrant to be issued in support of a police request for access to (a) the Parliamentary Data and Video Network (PDVN), (b) PDVN email accounts and (c) PDVN shared drives containing data belonging to hon. Members; and what factors the House authorities take into account in reaching a decision on granting access. | | (241988) | 55
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether access to (a) the Parliamentary Data and Video Network (PDVN), (b) PDVN email facilities and (c) PDVN shared drives containing data belonging to hon., Members, was granted to the Metropolitan Police as part of their search of the premises and property of the hon. Member for Ashford to the extent of (i) data belonging to the hon. Member for Ashford and (ii) data belonging to other hon. Members; in each case whether such access was supported by a search warrant; and what factors House authorities took into account in reaching a decision on such access. | | (241989) | 56
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, on what terms an hon. Member occupies office accommodation granted by the House; which officers of the House are authorised to grant access to the offices of hon. Members under the terms of Code of Practice B issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; and if he will make a statement. | | (241440) | 57
N | Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Penalty Notice for Disorder for cannabis possession will come into force. | | (241647) | 58
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1301-2W, on the Security Industry Act 2001: Prosecutions, if he will break down the figures for Wales on a sub-regional basis. | | (241569) | 59
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if it is his policy that no (a) telephone tapping, (b) other interception of communications and (c) electronic surveillance shall be authorised in respect of hon. Members; and on how many occasions since 1975, where the interception of communications instigated by hon. Members has been allowed, the interception has not yet been reported to the House. | | (241438) | 60
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department implemented EU Directive 2000/56/EC to provide that the emergency stop manoeuvre in motor cycle tests must be taken at 31.7mph instead of 30mph; and if he will make a statement. | | (241570) | 61
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of procurement and installation of (a) one reactive speed warning sign, (b) one fixed safety camera and (c) a system of time over distance speed cameras. | | (241572) | 62
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of radioactive multiplier was incorporated in the calculations of the carbon emissions data shown in the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation document; and if he will make a statement. | | (241995) | 63
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Continuous Insurance Enforcement scheme will come into force. | | (241648) | 64
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests were taken, and how many new drivers passed their driving test, in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council area and (d) Cheadle constituency in each year since 1997. | | (241649) | 65
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of motorcycles which were being driven on the road without insurance in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008. | | (241653) | 66
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that cars are driven only by drivers whose names are inclued on the vehicle's insurance certificate. | | (241654) | 67
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Professional Skills for Government Competency Framework will be rolled out to all grades below the Senior Civil Service across the whole of his Department. | | (241984) | 68
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 482W, if he will list the reasons why the Maritime and Coastguard Agency was given a Spring Supplementary Estimate of £13,310,000 for financial year 2007-08. | | (241985) | 69
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 32W, by what means consultants and contractors in the Department for Transport Human Resources are hired other than through competitive tender using pre-negotiated frameworks. | | (241986) | 70
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Government has concluded that the cancellation of the Post Office Card Account contract tender process does not require the agreement of the European Commission. | | (241405) | 71
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance has been issued to Jobcentre Plus staff in relation to the time allowed to interview claimants by Jobcentre Plus. | | (241644) | 72
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants waited longer than the target average actual clearance time for Jobseeker's Allowance in the most recent available period; and what has been the average actual clearance time for Jobseeker's Allowance for the most recent available period. | | (241645) | 73
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of employees in his Department have been diagnosed with autism-specific disorders. | | (241983) | 74
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place in each Jobcentre Plus district to arrange for liaison with voluntary agencies for the provision of (a) weekend food and (b) other emergency support for Jobcentre Plus customers who are not in receipt of benefit or assistance from the Social Fund. | | (241441) | 75
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the two major projects on child maintenance debt referred to by the Comptroller and Auditor General in July 2008 have now been completed; what their main findings were; and if he will place in the Library copies of each project. | | (241560) | 76
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many British citizens did not pass the habitual residency test in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (241561) | 77
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Newcastle National Insurance Centre cost to run in each of the last three years. | | (241565) | 78
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration he has given to a contemporaneous assessment of the effects on genuine claimants of lie detector tests for applicants for housing and council tax benefit. | | (241566) | 79
N | Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Benefits Agency has issued to its staff on the practice of cold-calling pensioners to encourage them to receive their pensions directly into their bank accounts. | | (241567) |
Notices given on Friday 5 December 1
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what has been the (a) inflow and (b) outflow of foreign capital into the UK in each month since January 2004. | | [Transferred] (241564) | 2
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the purpose is of the use of market studies by the Office of Fair Trading. | | (242057) | 3
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since 2005-06 received a severance package of (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (242257) | 4
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 on such schemes by (y) his Department and its predecessor and (z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (242258) | 5
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many complaints were made to the Advertising Standards Authority regarding adverts sponsored or funded by his Department and its predecessor in each year since 1997; and how many were upheld. | | (242077) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, columns 906-7W, on departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242104) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each year since its establishment; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242125) | 8
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242130) | 9
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will list the individuals and organisations met by Ministers during the recent visit to Moscow between Monday 27 October and Wednesday 29 October 2008. | | (242146) | 10
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who the members were of the business delegation supported by his Department that visited Moscow between Monday 27 October and Wednesday 29 October 2008. | | (242147) | 11
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will list the contracts to which his Department is a party which continue beyond 1 July 2010. | | (242149) | 12
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to publish his Department's autumn performance report. | | (242164) | 13
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much sick pay to staff in his Department cost in the last five years for which figures are available. | | (242224) | 14
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what contracts his Department awarded to (a) KPMG, (b) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) McKinsey, (e) Deloitte and (f) other consultancy firms in each of the last 12 months; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) value of each of those contracts was. | | (242225) | 15
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what IT projects (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies is undertaking; and what the most recent estimate of (i) the cost and (ii) the completion date of each is. | | (242267) | 16
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he is taking to ensure high speed broadband provision in rural areas, with specific reference to East Devon; and if he will make a statement. | | (242160) | 17
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of households that do not have access to broadband in (a) Devon, (b) East Devon constituency and (c) Exmouth. | | (242161) | 18
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he is considering measures to regulate the administration of UK internet domain names; and if he will make a statement. | | (242276) | 19
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his estimate is of total Departmental spending on CSR 2007 Public Service Agreement 1, Raising the Productivity of the UK Economy, in (a) the core department and (b) those non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible. | | (242281) | 20
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many coin-operated telephone boxes have been converted to card operation in each of the last 10 years, broken down by constituency of location. | | (242170) | 21
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) coin-operated and (b) card-operated public telephone boxes have been removed from operation in each of the last 10 years, broken down by constituency of location. | | (242171) | 22
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) coin operated and (b) card operated public telephone boxes there were in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (242206) | 23
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who the Possessor of the Duchy of Cornwall is, with particular reference to its tax affairs. | | (242079) | 24
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax status of the Duchy of Cornwall, with particular reference to (a) any commercial benefit derived from the marketing of Duchy of Cornwall produce, (b) the use of the Prince of Wales's feathers device on such produce and (c) the involvement of Choughs Nominees Ltd. | | (242320) | 25
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (y) his Department and (z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (242248) | 26
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since 2005-06 received a severance package of (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (242249) | 27
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1907W, on Office of Government Commerce: Zanzibar, which of the organisations that signed memoranda of understanding to implement the Zanzibar eProcurement Service have since implemented it. | | (242277) | 28
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1907W, on Office of Government Commerce: Zanzibar, what assessment his Department has made of the potential annual savings achievable from the implementation of the Zanzibar eProcurement Service by each of the organisations that signed memoranda of understanding. | | (242278) | 29
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1907-8W, on Office of Government Commerce: Zanzibar, what assessment his Department has made of the annual cost to OGC Buying Solutions of (a) running the Zanzibar User Group and (b) the eCommerce team's work in support of the Zanzibar Service. | | (242279) | 30
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has paid to ProcServe for services relating to the Zanzibar eProcurement Service in each of the last four years. | | (242280) | 31
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 541W, on Departmental ICT, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are or have been working on each of the IT projects listed. | | (242096) | 32
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 541W, on Departmental ICT, if he will list the companies with which his Department or its agencies have contracts relating to each of the IT projects. | | (242097) | 33
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 541W, on Departmental ICT, whether any of the IT projects were discontinued as a result of the Gateway review process. | | (242098) | 34
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 541W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) total budget and (b) total cost to date has been of each of the IT projects. | | (242099) | 35
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 541W, on Departmental ICT, what the purpose is of each of the IT projects. | | (242100) | 36
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, column 541W, on Departmental ICT, how many contractors in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are or have been working on each of the IT projects. | | (242101) | 37
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242123) | 38
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget of the Financial Inclusion Fund is in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the next three financial years. | | (242126) | 39
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242128) | 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 780W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242157) | 41
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 778-80W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) estimated cost of each of the project was at their outset. | | (242169) | 42
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs offers to UK companies which had wholesale deposits with (i) Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander, (ii) Heritable and (iii) the UK branch of Landsbanki. | | (242229) | 43
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have received regarding wholesale deposits in (i) Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander, (ii) Heritable and (iii) the UK branch of Landsbanki since 1 September 2008. | | (242230) | 44
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many enquiries the Financial Services Authority has received regarding wholesale deposits in (a) Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander, (b) Heritable and (c) the UK branch of Landsbanki since 1 September 2008. | | (242231) | 45
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice the Financial Services Authority has offered to UK companies which had wholesale deposits with (a) Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander, (b) Heritable and (c) the UK branch of Landsbanki. | | (242232) | 46
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what advice (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has issued to UK companies which had wholesale deposits with (i) Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander, (ii) Heritable and (iii) the UK branch of Landsbanki. | | (242233) | 47
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the governments of (a) Iceland and (b) Guernsey on Landsbanki Guernsey. | | (242234) | 48
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money held by UK residents in Landsbanki Guernsey. | | (242235) | 49
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he or his officials (a) have had and (b) plan to have with representatives of the depositors of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Isle of Man. | | (242236) | 50
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he or his officials (a) have had and (b) plan to have with representatives of the depositors of Landbanski Guernsey. | | (242237) | 51
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what responsibilities he has to represent the Isle of Man government in its discussions with the Icelandic government on Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Isle of Man; what his remit for such discussions is; and if he will make a statement. | | (242242) | 52
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what responsibilities he has to represent the Guernsey government in its discussions with the Icelandic government on Landsbanki; what his remit for such discussions is in respect of Landsbanki Guernsey; and if he will make a statement. | | (242243) | 53
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the governments of (a) Iceland and (b) the Isle of Man on Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Isle of Man. | | (242244) | 54
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimatehe has made of the amount of money held by UK residents in Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Isle of Man. | | (242245) | 55
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1096W, on banks: pay, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the letters sent by the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority to the chief executives of major banks and building societies on 13 October 2008. | | (242318) | 56
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 885W, on Government securities, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Government's revised future issuance plans. | | (242319) | 57
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Paymaster-General will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 24 September 2008 on behalf of Asghar Khan, a constituent. | | (242262) | 58
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans there are to pay bonuses to staff at the Tax Credit Office in 2008-09. | | (242189) | 59
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary staff exit scheme in each year since it was established received a severance package of (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (242250) | 60
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by his Department. | | (242251) | 61
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each year since its establishment; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242122) | 62
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242127) | 63
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 705W, on departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242159) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1001-2W, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) estimated cost of each project was at its outset. | | (242317) | 65
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities are scheduled to be included in waves 7 to 15 of the Building Schools for the Future Programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (242143) | 66
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions he has rejected the advice of the expert panel created in 2006 as to whether a person on the sex offenders' register should be employed to work with children; and if he will make a statement. | | (242144) | 67
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242120) | 68
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242141) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the budget for (a) the Government Communication Network and (b) the Government Communication Group is for (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2010-11 and (iv) 2011-12. | | (242218) | 70
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. | | (242219) | 71
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost to the public purse of (a) the Government Communication Network and (b) the Government Communication Group was in each year for which figures are available. | | (242220) | 72
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements are in place for the procurement of services for official Ministerial residences in Downing Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (242263) | 73
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what IT projects (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies is undertaking; and what the most recent estimate of (i) the cost and (ii) the completion date of each is. | | (242266) | 74
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2008, Official Report, column 237W, on trade unions, to which trade union the civil servant was seconded; and when the civil servant was seconded. | | (242102) | 75
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individuals have worked in her Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242121) | 76
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242142) | 77
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 5 November 2008, Official Report, columns 545-6W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) expected cost was at the outset of each project. | | (242151) | 78
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 947W, on Departmental recruitment agencies, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242311) | 79
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1110W, on departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242106) | 80
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242117) | 81
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242139) | 82
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Castle Point of 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1096W, on television: licensing, how many people were convicted in each of the last five years for failing to purchase a television licence; and of these how many were fined the maximum sum prescribed. | | (242165) | 83
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 726-7W, on departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) estimated cost of each of the projects was at their outset. | | (242179) | 84
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to respond to the Review of Barriers to Investment in Next Generation Broadband. | | (242071) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242116) | 86
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242138) | 87
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what major IT programmes (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies is undertaking; and what the most recent estimate of (i) the cost and (ii) the completion date of each is. | | (242180) | 88
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which projects his Department has commissioned from (a) think tanks and (b) charities in each of the last two years for which figures are available; what the aim of each project was; which think tank or charity was commissioned; and how much was paid. | | (242215) | 89
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) listening exercises and (b) public forums his Department has held in each of the last two years; what the (i) purpose and (ii) cost was in each case; which private contractors were contracted in respect of such exercises; and how much each was paid. | | (242269) | 90
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 631-32W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242315) | 91
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will list the contracts to which his Department is a party which continue beyond 1 July 2010. | | (242148) | 92
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the special representatives on (a) international energy issues and (b) carbon trading receive remuneration in respect of those roles. | | (242260) | 93
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the Government's insulation scheme for disabled householders to cover households with disabled children. | | (242074) | 94
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of barriers to gas provision in rural areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (242072) | 95
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the resource budget costs of nuclear decomissioning provisions by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement. | | (242145) | 96
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures he is taking to support energy efficiency measures for mobile homes. | | (242221) | 97
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the annual carbon dioxide emissions of dedicated air freight traffic within the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (242222) | 98
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since 2005-06 received a severance package of (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (242247) | 99
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242115) | 100
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the contracts to which his Department is a party which continue beyond 1 July 2010. | | (242150) | 101
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1226-7W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) expected cost was at the outset of each project. | | (242152) | 102
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what quantities of vaccine for the (a) BTV1 and (b) BTV6 strains of bluetongue disease are (i) available and (ii) on order. | | (242075) | 103
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on meeting the costs of the respondent in the case of R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on which judgment was given in the House of Lords on 22 October 2008. | | (242307) | 104
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff served in the UK Representation to the EU in each year since 1997, broken down by payband. | | (242055 ) | 105
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which officer in the UK Representation to the EU (UK Rep) determines which (a) reports and (b) e-grams (i) originating in and (ii) received by UK Rep are circulated on capital to the EU Offices of the devolved administration; and if he will publish the protocols which apply to decisions on such matters. | | (242056) | 106
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial facilities his Department has made available to the EU offices of the devolved administrations; what sums were provided; and what period elapsed between payment and cost recovery in each case in each of the last five years. | | (242065) | 107
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Zimbabwe, with reference to the recent riots and protests by the Zimbabwean Army; and if he will make a statement. | | (242181) | 108
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress by the Afghan government in meeting its commitments to provide land for Afghan refugees under the Land Allocation Scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (242182) | 109
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) underspend and (b) overspend on country budgets in his Department was in the last financial year for which figures are available, broken down by country. | | (242183) | 110
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the proposed meeting of Israeli and Palestinian leaders in London in December 2008 is scheduled to take place; whether representatives of any other countries will be invited to attend; what the objectives of the meeting are; and if he will make a statement. | | (242184) | 111
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment of (a) UK-Russian relations and (b) EU-Russian relations the Government has carried out since the war in Georgia; and if he will make a statement. | | (242198) | 112
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implementation of the conditions set out in the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (242199) | 113
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his assessment is of the level of compliance by Russia with the terms of the 12 August and 8 September 2008 agreements on Georgia; and if he will make a statement. | | (242200) | 114
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the running costs of each British diplomatic mission overseas were in the last financial year for which information is available. | | (242201) | 115
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional (a) personnel and (b) financial resources his Department has allocated to addressing climate change in accordance with the undertaking given in the Written Ministerial Statement of 23 January 2008, Official Report, column 52WS, on New Strategic Framework. | | (242202) | 116
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has (a) received from and (b) made to the government of Serbia on the deployment of the EULEX mission in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (242203) | 117
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the legal basis is of the European Union's EULEX mission in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (242204) | 118
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the conditions under which the two British members of the crew of the MV Sirius Star are being held; and what assessment he has made of their safety and well-being. | | (242205) | 119
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, on climate change, whether there will be any change to (a) resources and (b) personnel devoted to the Climate Change and Energy programme in his Department in light of the creation of a Department for Energy and Climate Change. | | (242238) | 120
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, on climate change, where each of the 73 locally-engaged members of staff are based; with which UK mission they work; and what their responsibilities are. | | (242239) | 121
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, on climate change, which countries are priorities for his Department's Climate Change and Energy programme; what the (a) grade and (b) responsibilities are of the 32.5 new positions for British diplomats; and in which countries they are based. | | (242240) | 122
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, on climate change, what mechanisms exist for the co-ordination of his Department's Climate Change and Energy programme with the Department for Energy and Climate Change; and if he will make a statement. | | (242241) | 123
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Daventry of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1048-49W, on exchange rates, whether the British Council plans to reduce any programmes in consequence of the reduction in purchasing power of its core grant. | | (242283) | 124
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242103) | 125
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242114) | 126
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242137) | 127
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that they engage with (a) stakeholders who have experience of mental health problems and (b) organisations that represent people who have experienced mental health problems in their consultation on the Social Care Green Paper. | | (242209) | 128
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he will publish responses to his Department's consultation on the Social Care Green Paper. | | (242210) | 129
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many responses his Department received to its recent consultation on the Social Care Green Paper. | | (242211) | 130
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since 2005-06 received a severance package of (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (242254) | 131
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (y) his Department and (z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (242255) | 132
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242113) | 133
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242136) | 134
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 78W, on departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) estimated cost of each of the projects listed was at their outset. | | (242166) | 135
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding was provided for dental services in the Enfield Primary Care Trust area in each year between 1997 and 2008. | | (242272) | 136
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the NHS dentist to patient ratio was in the (a) London Strategic Health Authority and (b) Enfield Primary Care Trust area in each year between 1997 and 2008. | | (242273) | 137
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists there were per 100,00 people in the (a) London Strategic Health Authority and (b) Enfield Primary Care Trust area in each year between 1997 and 2008. | | (242274) | 138
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists were registered in the Enfield Primary Care Trust area in each year between 1997 and 2008. | | (242275) | 139
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's definition of (a) Lyme disease, (b) chronic Lyme disease and (c) post-Lyme syndrome is. | | (242070) | 140
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that primary care trusts in the South West adhere to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendations on computerised cognitive behavioural therapy for mild and moderate depression; what estimate his Department has made of levels of compliance in the South West; and if he will make a statement. | | (242073) | 141
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of prescribing anti-depressant drugs in (a) East Devon constituency, (b) the South West region and (c) England was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (242076) | 142
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with mild or moderate depression in (a) East Devon, (b) the South West region and (c) England. | | (242256) | 143
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to make Lyme disease a notifiable disease. | | (242261) | 144
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with an offence of violence against the person in each of the last two years for which figures are available; and how many received a police caution and were not prosecuted. | | (242063) | 145
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have worked in her Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242124) | 146
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242129) | 147
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings her Department and members of the Alcohol Education and Research Council have held to discuss her Department's 2008 advertising campaign to combat binge drinking. | | (242216) | 148
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on subscriptions for magazines, newspapers and other publications in each of the last 24 months. | | (242217) | 149
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in her Department were recruited through the fast stream; and what the average salary of those officials is. | | (242264) | 150
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what IT projects (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies is undertaking; and what the most recent estimate of (i) the cost and (ii) the completion date of each is. | | (242265) | 151
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, columns 819-20W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242313) | 152
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) individual records on the National Identity Register which will require amendment in and (b) amendments to the National Identity Register which will be submitted in each year. | | (242223) | 153
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) methodologies and (b) technology she plans to specify to secure the accuracy of amendments to the National Identity Register; and what accuracy rate is to be specified. | | (242246) | 154
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department left under (a) involuntary and (b) voluntary staff exit schemes in each year since 2005-06; how many of them in each case were paid (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000 in the year before they left; and how much (A) was spent in each of those years and (B) is planned to be spent on such schemes in (1) 2008-09 and (2) 2009-10 by (y) his Department and its predecessor and (z) each of his Department's agencies. | | (242252) | 155
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since it was established received a severance package of (i) up to £25,000, (ii) £25,001 to £50,000, (iii) £50,001 to £75,000, (iv) £75,001 to £100,000 and (v) over £100,000; and if he will make a statement. | | (242253) | 156
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each year since its establishment; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242112) | 157
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242135) | 158
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1126-7W, on departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) estimated cost of each of the projects was at their outset. | | (242167) | 159
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1129W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242308) | 160
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of shortages of housing and housing materials for refugees in Afghanistan who have been repatriated from Iran and Pakistan; and if he will make a statement. | | (242197) | 161
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242111) | 162
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242134) | 163
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1323-4W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) expected cost was at the outset of each project. | | (242154) | 164
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 935W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242312) | 165
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department and its predecessors have had with (a) Buckingham Palace and (b) lawyers acting for the Royal Family on the publication practice on Royal wills in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (242080) | 166
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research he has commissioned on rape conviction rates in other European and common law jurisdictions for benchmarking purposes. | | (242058) | 167
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the existence and effect of prejudice in (a) the police, (b) the Crown Prosecution Service, (c) criminal lawyers, (d) the judiciary and (e) juries towards rape and sexual assault victims. | | (242059) | 168
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what protocols he has announced for use by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority with regard to compensation payments to rape victims in cases where alcohol was involved. | | (242060) | 169
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research he has commissioned into the potential benefits of creating separate tiers of rape offences. | | (242061) | 170
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many absconds there were from open prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 24 months; and how many reoffences were committed by such offenders while unlawfully at large. | | (242062) | 171
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) adult and (b) young offender prisoners whose nationality is unknown are being held in prison beyond the expiration of their sentence. | | (242064) | 172
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many working days were lost due to staff sickness in the Prison Service in the last five years for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the consequential cost to the Prison Service in each of those years. | | (242066) | 173
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish (a) the Bradley Review and (b) his response to it. | | (242067) | 174
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on reoffending rates of the change in the core day introduced in 2008. | | (242068) | 175
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were born in prisons in each prison in England and Wales in each year since 1997. | | (242069) | 176
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each year since its inception; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242118) | 177
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242140) | 178
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 744-5W, on departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242158) | 179
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which agencies and programmes in his Department are to have a real terms reduction in their budget for 2008-09. | | (242163) | 180
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the fourth report of the evaluation of restorative justice; and if he will make a statement. | | (242271) | 181
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242108) | 182
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1169W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) expected cost was at the outset of each project. | | (242153) | 183
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 796W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242309) | 184
| Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on representations received on the venue for shooting sports at the London 2012 Olympics. | | (242081) | 185
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of the documents establishing the Department for Energy and Climate Change. | | (242078) | 186
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22 July 2008, Official Report, columns 99-102WS, on what date Mr Ravi Gurumurthy was appointed. | | (242156) | 187
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many individuals have worked in her Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242107) | 188
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242131) | 189
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, what salary was paid to the (a) director and (b) chief operating officer of the HM Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office in 2006-07. | | (242162) | 190
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee civil servants in the Attorney General's Office worked in the last year for which records are available. | | (242226) | 191
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, what databases the Law Officers' Departments (a) own and (b) maintain. | | (242227) | 192
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Law Officers have been asked for advice on the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 in the last two months. | | (242228) | 193
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, what contracts (a) the Attorney General's Office and (b) its agency has with EDF; and how much (i) the Office and (ii) its agency paid to EDF in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the purpose of each payment. | | (242268) | 194
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, columns 984-86W, on Law Officers' Department: temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242310) | 195
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242110) | 196
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242133) | 197
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 831-33W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) estimated cost was of each of the projects at their outset. | | (242168) | 198
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 604W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242314) | 199
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) other outcomes there were in road accidents in each county in England in each month of the past five years. | | (242270) | 200
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, column 269W, on speed limits: motorcycles, whether the ability to read rear licence plates on motorcycles is a requirement of the type approval process for average speed cameras. | | (242282) | 201
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 804W, on Departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b) expected cost was at the outset of the project. | | (242155) | 202
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 688-89W, on Departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242316) | 203
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 254-6W, on departmental temporary employment, how many staff were recruited through each company in each year; and for how long on average staff recruited through these companies worked for the Department in each year. | | (242105) | 204
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid work experience or internship placements and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the past three years; on average how many hours a week were worked by such people in each year; what types of work each was involved in; what proportion were in full-time education; what proportion did not complete their set period of work experience; and how much those who received remuneration were paid on average per week in each year. | | (242109) | 205
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate degrees or diplomas, (c) masters degrees, (d) MBA degrees and (e) PhD degrees in the last 12 months, broken down by pay band. | | (242132) | 206
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support the Government is providing to those on fixed low incomes in rural areas who are reliant on domestic heating oil. | | (242259) | 207
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents with care were owed Child Support Agency maintenance arrears in each month since May 1997. | | (242094) | 208
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of Child Support Agency maintenance arrears owed to parents with care was per case in each month since May 1997. | | (242095) | 209
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of National Insurance numbers which were used for fraudulent purposes in each of the last five years. | | (242172) | 210
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans there are to pay bonuses to staff at the Child Support Agency in respect of the present year. | | (242173) | 211
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of jobseeker's allowance as a percentage of average earnings was in each year since 1980; and what he estimates the level will be in each of the next 10 years. | | (242174) | 212
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much uncollectable Child Support Agency arrears has been categorised as (a) probably and (b) possibly uncollectable, broken down by debt analysis type. | | (242175) | 213
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal advisers have been working in each Jobcentre Plus district in each month of the last two years. | | (242176) | 214
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in (a) Great Britain, (b) each region and (c) each London borough did not receive the full child support payment in each of the last 12 months. | | (242177) | 215
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of outstanding child maintenance arrears were recovered in each month since May 1997. | | (242178) | 216
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Department's estimate is of the number and proportion of children who were (a) in poverty and whose parents were out of work and (b) who had moved out of poverty as a result of their parents moving into work in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (242185) | 217
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Department's estimate is of the number and proportion of adults (a) who were out of work and in poverty and (b) who had moved out of poverty as a result of moving into work in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (242186) | 218
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what propotrion of Jobseeker's Allowance claimants who had Better Off In-Work Calculations carried out by Jobcentre Plus in the last year were found to be (a) worse off, (b) between £0 and £9 a week better off, (c) between £10 and £19 a week better off, (d) between £20 and £29 a week better off, (e) between £30 and £49 a week better off, (f) between £50 and £74 a week better off, (g) between £75 and £99 a week better off and (h) more than £100 a week better off; and if he will make a statement. | | (242187) | 219
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on (a) free school meals and (b) free prescriptions for benefit claimants (i) in total and (ii) on average per benefit claimant in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (242188) | 220
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many uncleared Child Support Agency applications there have been in each month since May 1997. | | (242190) | 221
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters requesting payment of child maintenance arrears have been sent to non-resident parents by the Child Support Agency in each month in the last three years. | | (242191) | 222
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of child maintenance arrears outstanding was on all Child Support Agency cases with maintenance outstanding in each month since May 1997. | | (242192) | 223
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of maintenance recovered by the Child Support Agency was from all cases (a) with maintenance outstanding and (b) in which maintenance has been recovered in each month since May 1997. | | (242193) | 224
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many requests for full settlement of outstanding arrears of child maintenance have been sent to non-resident parents by the Child Support Agency in each month in the last three years. | | (242194) | 225
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the largest amount of maintenance arrears outstanding on a single case with the Child Support Agency in each month in each year since May 1997. | | (242195) | 226
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the largest amount of maintenance arrears which the Child Support Agency has requested be settled in full in each of the last 24 months. | | (242196) | 227
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between application and payment of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support was in each month of the last two years. | | (242207) | 228
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of income support claims have taken more than the target processing time in each month of the last two years, broken down by benefit delivery centre. | | (242208) | 229
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claims have taken more than 12 days to process from when the application was first received in each month of the last two years, broken down by (a) benefit delivery centre and (b) number of days to process. | | (242212) | 230
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to complete the processing of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support claims from when the initial application was received in each month of the last two years, broken down by benefit delivery centre. | | (242213) | 231
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of the operational improvement plan in place at the Child Support Agency. | | (242214) |
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