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WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER
Questions for Oral Answer Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland *1
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): What assessment he has made of the interim Calman Commission report. | | (240210) | *2
| Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South): What recent discussions his Department has had on Scotland's future energy needs. | | (240211) | *3
| Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian): What discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the use of the Post Office card account in Scotland. | | (240212) | *4
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): Whether he has discussed the findings in the interim report of the Commission for Scottish Devolution with the First Minister. | | (240213) | *5
| Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling): What recent representations he has received on the management of the UK fishing quota in Scotland. | | (240214) | *6
| Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): What recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the creation of a Great Britain football team for the 2012 Olympics. | | (240215) | *7
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): What recent discussions he has had on the operation of the devolution settlement. | | (240216) | *8
| Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What assessment he has made of the effect on the Scottish economy of the measures announced in the Pre-Budget Report. | | (240217) | *9
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): What recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on the future of the banking sector in Scotland. | | (240218) | *10
| Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that businesses in Scotland are complying with the national minimum wage. | | (240219) | *11
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): What recent discussions he has had with representatives of mortgage lenders in Scotland. | | (240220) | *12
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): What recent estimate he has made of levels of unemployment in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (240221) | *13
| Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the status of Scottish Water as a publicly-owned company. | | (240222) | *14
| John Mason (Glasgow East): What assessment he has made of the likely effect of recent changes in entitlement rules for income support on vulnerable people in Scotland. | | (240223) | *15
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): What discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on the provision of debt advice in Scotland. | | (240224) | At 12 noon Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice. *1
| Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 10th December. | | (241360) | *2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): | | (241361) | *3
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): | | (241362) | *4
| Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): | | (241363) | *5
| Emily Thornberry (Islington South & Finsbury): | | (241364) | *6
| Mr Andrew Robathan (Blaby): | | (241365) | *7
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): | | (241366) | *8
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): | | (241367) | *9
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): | | (241368) | *10
| Mr David Heath (Somerton & Frome): | | (241369) | *11
| Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon): | | (241370) | *12
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): | | (241371) | *13
| Mr Andrew Mackay (Bracknell): | | (241372) | *14
| Mary Creagh (Wakefield): | | (241373) | *15
| Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): | | (241374) |
Questions for Written Answer
Notices given on Wednesday 3 December 1
N | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects a decision to be taken on the initial Gate Report on the Trident replacement programme; whether the House will make any such decision; and if he will make a statement. | | (240802) | 2
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department took to assist UK citizens caught up in the blockade of Bangkok's two main airports. | | (240417) | 3
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what information the Commission has on the time and date when the Clerk of the House was informed of the Metropolitan Police's search of the Parliamentary office of the hon. Member for Ashford. | | (240996) | 4
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many Questions for written answer tabled to his Department in Session 2007-08 did not receive a substantive reply; and if he will make a statement. | | (240404) | 5
N | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies are available in (a) Glasgow South West and (b) Glasgow; and if he will make a statement. | | (240801) | 6
N | Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow South West he estimates will be eligible for cold weather payments in 2008-09. | | (240803) |
Notices given on Thursday 4 December 1
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer given on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1918W, on the Scottish Consolidated Fund: fossil fuel levy, whether the funds drawn down from the fossil fuel surplus to the UK Consolidated Fund are ring-fenced for the promotion of renewable energy; and how much has been transferred to the Scottish Executive as Barnett consequentials. | | (241415) | 2
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the names and positions are of the chairs of each Local Safeguarding Board; and which of those chairs hold the positions concurrently with a position of director of children's services or any other local authority appointment relating to child protection. | | (241997) | 3
N | Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1787W, on rendition: Diego Garcia, whether his Department has carried out a records search for the purposes of determining whether UK territory or airspace had actually been used for the purposes of rendition. | | (241659) | 4
N | Mark Simmonds (Boston & Skegness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many bed nights patients who were ready for discharge spent in hospital in the last 12 months; and what the estimated total cost to the NHS of these delayed discharges was. | | (241996) | 5
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he last reviewed the effectiveness of the CRM system for Direct.gov. | | (241575) | 6
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unique user visits to the Direct.gov website there have been in each month of 2008. | | (241578) | 7
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the strategic plan for the Direct.gov website. | | (241579) | 8
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's offices are shared with staff from HM Revenue and Customs. | | (241580) | 10
N | Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce more financial transactional services on the Direct.gov website. | | (241574) | 11
N | Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to integrate the service provided by fixmystreet.com into the service provided by Direct.gov. | | (241576) | 12
N | Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which consultants are employed to work on Direct.gov; and what the purpose is of the work they are undertaking. | | (241577) | 13
N | Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many director level posts have been advertised (a) internally and (b) externally in the last three years. | | (241581) | 14
N | Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to introduce a facility to allow users to rate the content of web pages on the Direct.gov website. | | (241582) | 15
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the headquarters address is of each Jobcentre Plus district. | | (242053) | 16
N | Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the jobcentres located in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last three years. | | (242054) |
Notices given on Friday 5 December 1
N | Mr Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider the merits of bringing forward procedures to allow people to participate in online conversations on Government consultations that are listed on the Direct.gov website. | | [Deferred from 8th December 2008] (241534) | 2
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to individual businesses of being involved in Office of Fair Trading market studies; and if he will make a statement. | | (242090) | 3
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what percentage of the Office of Fair Trading's workload is comprised of market studies; and what proportion of its budget is spent on such studies. | | (242091) | 4
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many market studies of public sector activities have been undertaken by the Office of Fair Trading since 2003. | | (242092) | 5
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many market studies have been undertaken by the Office of Fair Trading since January 2003, broken down by market; what the cost was of each study; and what the outcomes were of each study. | | (242284) | 6
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people were declared bankrupt in each year since 2004-05, broken down by those aged (a) under 20, (b) 21 to 26, (c) 25 to 30, (d) 31 to 35, (e) 36 to 40 and (f) over 41 years; and what estimate he has made of the number in each category which will be declared bankrupt in 2008-09. | | (242288) | 7
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, to which charities his Department has provided funding of £100,000 or more in each of the last three years; and how much was given to each charity. | | (242084) | 8
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals subject to debt management plans in each of the last four years. | | (242286) | 9
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, to which charities his Department has provided funding of £100,000 or more in each of the last three years; and how much was given to each charity. | | (242085) | 10
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have (a) retained direct ownership and management of their social housing stock, (b) transferred to a registered social landlord and (c) use an arms length management organisation. | | (242086) | 11
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what expense claims the right hon. Member for Don Valley made whilst Minister of State for Housing in each month from January to October 2008 in respect of rail journeys; how many rail tickets were claimed for; how many journeys were claimed for; and what sum was claimed. | | (242287) | 12
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to which charities her Department has provided funding of £100,000 or more in each of the last three years; and how much was given to each charity. | | (242083) | 13
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces currently serving with Joint Force Harrier have been in breach of harmony guidelines in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) air crew and (b) ground crew and (i) Royal Air Force and (ii) Royal Navy personnel. | | (242292) | 14
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Long Service Separation Allowance payments for members of the armed forces are calculated. | | (242293) | 15
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Joint Professional Administration System records the number of long service separation allowance days to which members of the armed forces are entitled. | | (242294) | 16
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what circumstances a day's service on operations, which has been recorded for the purposes of calculating a longer service separation allowance payment for an individual member of the armed forces could not be used to calculate whether the same individual was in breach of harmony guidelines. | | (242295) | 17
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces serving with Joint Force Harrier are not being administered by the Joint Personnel Administration System, broken down by trade. | | (242296) | 18
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter to him from General Sir Richard Dannatt on the venue for shooting events at the London 2012 Olympics. | | (242082) | 19
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many working days were lost by his Department due to stress-related illnesses in each of the last 24 months. | | (242087) | 20
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces enrolled in adult education courses in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (242089) | 21
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 476W, on public relations: Forestry Commission, if he will break down the indicative cost for 2007-08 by category of services provided. | | (242088) | 22
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on maintaining its domestic properties in each of the last five years. | | (242290) | 23
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on external (a) public affairs and (b) public relations consultants in each of the last five years. | | (242291) | 24
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her contribution on 4 December 2008, Official Report, column 151, consequent upon the Point of Order raised by the hon. Member for Ashford, if she will place in the Library a copy of the statement made by the Metropolitan Police to which she referred; what discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on the description of the alleged offence for which the hon. Member for Ashford was arrested; what explanation the Metropolitan Police have offered for the discrepancy between her statement at column 135 and the contents of the warrant issued for the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford; what communications she has made to the hon. Member for Ashford since her statement; and if she will make a statement. | | (242300) | 25
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of apprenticeships taken up in (a) Wandsworth and (b) London in each month since January 2006, broken down by apprenticeship type. | | (242289) | 26
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether she has received a response from the Olympic Delivery Authority on the monetary value of contracts it has awarded to business organisations in Wales. | | (242297) | 27
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the quantity of biofuel to be provided in 2008-09 under the original 2.5 per cent. target under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007; and what estimate has been made of the quantity to be provided in 2008-09 following the amendment to the definition of relevant hydrocarbon oil from April 2009. | | (242285) | 28
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1568W, on Departmental Senior Civil Servants, who is responsible for determining the total value of bonuses paid to members of the Senior Civil Service in his Department. | | (242298) | 29
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1567W, on Departmental Senior Civil Servants, how many of the 192 members of the Senior Civil Service in his Department are employed in (a) the central Department and (b) each of his Department's agencies. | | (242299) | 30
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1569W, on the Driving Standards Agency: training, what managerial benefit the five managers in the Driving Standards Agency gained from attending the horse whispering course. | | (242321) |
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