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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 10 December 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 10 December 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 December of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 10 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 10 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what date the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242622) | 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 current workload is comprised of market studies; and what proportion of its budget was spent on such studies in the last 12 months. | | (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
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether an assessment has been made of the value for money offered by the market studies conducted by the Office of Fair Trading. | | (242540) | 7
| Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of market studies undertaken by the Office of Fair Trading since 2003 related to public sector operations. | | (242594) | 8
| 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 average cost to business of compliance with investigations into super complaints. | | (242595) | 9
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 old; and what estimate he has made of the number in each category which will be declared bankrupt in 2008-09. | | (242288) | 10
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since its inception. | | (242914) | 11
| Eric Joyce (Falkirk): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Secretary of State next plans to meet representatives of the security industry to discuss levels of competition in the sector. | | (242681) | 12
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of access to credit for small businesses; and if he will make a statement. | | (242742) | 13
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Waste Directive; with what outcomes; and if he will make a statement. | | (242801) | 14
| Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on levels of competition in the security industry of the merger of Group 4 and Securicor. | | (242682) | 15
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) | 16
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses were registered for VAT in North West Cambridgeshire in each year since 1997. | | (242877) | 17
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people are employed in the (a) weaving, (b) spinning, (c) dying, (d) finishing and making-up and (e) silk industry sectors of the clothing and textiles industry. | | (242414) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 18
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from US authorities on the proposed changes to air passenger duty; what the content of each such representation was; what response his Department made in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (242596) | 19
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242611) | 20
| Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allow Northern Rock shareholders to retain their shares when the bank is returned to the private sector. | | (242865) | 21
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) | 22
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242912) | 23
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the consultation on the proposed closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland cost. | | (242746) | 24
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates he has made of the potential for savings arising from the proposed closure of HM Revenue in each of the next five years. | | (242747) | 25
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of his Department's liability for redundancy payments consequent upon the planned closures of HM Revenue and Customs offices, broken down by location of office. | | (242748) | 26
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the year on year change in the rate of VAT registrations (a) in 2008-09 and (b) in each of the previous five years has been; and what estimate he has made of the revenue lost to his Department as a result. | | (242749) | 27
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where HM Revenue and Customs offices identified for vacation following the announcement of the rationalisation programme, which are (a) owned or (b) leased by HM Revenue and Customs are leased; what estimate his Department has made of the costs of relinquishing those leases; and what estimate it has made of the cost of vacating these offices. | | (242766) | 28
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on refitting, repairs and general maintenance of those HM Revenue and Customs offices now earmarked for vacation or closure in each of the last five years, broken down by location. | | (242767) | 29
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representations he received on the proposed closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland; and, where such representations related to specific offices, which those offices are. | | (242768) | 30
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the cost to the Exchequer of the industrial buildings allowance in each of the last five years; what percentage of such expenditure was accounted for by the construction of new hotels; and if he will make a statement. | | (242889) | 31
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) | 32
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that interest rates charged by high street credit schemes are reasonable. | | (242380) | 33
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the market value of the (a) Royal Mint and (b) Land Registry. | | (242785) | 34
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the income to his Department from value added tax from (a) self-installed energy efficiency improvements and (b) housing renovation and repair was in each year since 1997. | | (242744) | 35
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much duty on (a) beer, (b) wine and (c) spirits changed in percentage terms in each year since 1997. | | (242874) | 36
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into the prudential regulation of the Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1988 to the end of November 2001; and if he will establish a Commission as recommended by the Ombudsman in her report. | | (242413) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 37
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242624) | 38
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) | 39
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his Department plans to issue its disability audit tool to local authorities. | | (242937) | 40
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which primary schools have been visited by members of the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum as part of their research for the report. | | (242461) | 41
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months. | | (242454) | 42
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessor have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (242455) | 43
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether there has been any nugatory expenditure by his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract since the inception of his Department. | | (242457) | 44
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since its inception. | | (242921) | 45
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to implement changes to the presumption in favour of school sixth forms, as set out in paragraph 4.21 of the Raising Expectations White Paper; and if he will make a statement. | | (242942) | 46
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government has taken to improve children's pre-school cognitive development in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency since 1997. | | (242368) | 47
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department plans to take to improve teaching provision for science in schools. | | (242373) | 48
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on upgrading or rebuilding school buildings in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley district, (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency and (d) England since 1997. | | (242415) | 49
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children are living in poverty and not entitled to a free school meal, broken down by local authority area; and if he will make a statement. | | (242470) | 50
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) | 51
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on salaries for (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in 1997; and how much he expects will be spent on such salaries in 2008. | | (242676) | 52
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools constructed under the Building Schools for the Future programme have been the subject of a post-occupancy evaluation. | | (242684) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 53
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242605) | 54
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed with bowel cancer in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (242581) | 55
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242910) | 56
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what assessment has been made of the level of threat to national security from (a) an influenza pandemic and (b) a bioterror attack. | | (242466) | 57
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the change in number of people in employment in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Peterborough and (e) North West Cambridgeshire in the last 12 months. | | (242875) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 58
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what matters the Church Commissioners expect to be raised at the forthcoming summit on church closures; and if he will make a statement. | | (242471) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 59
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date she last used a train in the course of her official duties. | | (242597) | 60
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many energy efficiency measures have been installed under the Decent Homes programme in each (a) Government office region, (b) local authority area and (c) constituency in England in each year since the programme's inception. | | (242513) | 61
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities (a) have retained direct ownership and management of their social housing stock, (b) have transferred housing to a registered social landlord and (c) use an arm's-length management organisation to manage their social housing stock. | | (242086) | 62
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 the sum claimed was. | | (242287) | 63
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in her Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since its inception. | | (242924) | 64
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties have been repossessed in each of housing renewal area in each month since 1 April 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (242385) | 65
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the boards of housing review areas on new house building projects in their areas since 1 April 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (242386) | 66
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to continue the revenue funding of FireBuy's strategic procurement role; and if she will make a statement. | | (242388) | 67
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with fire and rescue authorities on their contingency plans in the event of a national firefighters' strike; and if she will make a statement. | | (242389) | 68
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent estimate is of the level of new house building in 2009-10 in housing renewal areas; and if she will make a statement. | | (242723) | 69
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will review the governance arrangement in FireBuy as part of her response to the outcomes of the consultation on the National Procurement Strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (242755) | 70
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that disabled people are given support to help them integrate into the communities in which they live, with particular reference to those who live (a) in a residential home and (b) with their families. | | (242577) | 71
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is, with reference to its policies on community cohesion, on encouraging those who have settled in the UK in the last 30 years to learn English. | | (242579) | 72
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her most recent assessment is of the state of readiness of the fire and rescue services to respond to incidents of flooding. | | (242781) | 73
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the market value of the Ordnance Survey. | | (242783) | 74
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) | 75
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless (a) children and (b) adults are in temporary accommodation in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire. | | (242675) | 76
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) house completions and (b) house starts there have been in each local authority area in the Thames Gateway growth area in (i) each of the last four quarters and (ii) each of the last four years. | | (242573) | 77
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) social housing new build completions and (b) private enterprise new build house completions there have been in each local authority area in the Thames Gateway growth area in each of the last eight years. | | (242574) | 78
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the progress that is being made towards achieving the target of creating 20,000 new jobs in the Ebbsfleet Valley. | | (242575) | 79
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help achieve the target of creating 20,000 new jobs in the Ebbsfleet Valley; and if she will make a statement. | | (242576) | 80
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty properties there were in each local authority area in each of the last 10 years. | | (242872) | 81
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new houses have been built in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Cambridgeshire and (d) Peterborough in each of the last 10 years. | | (242876) | 82
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirement there is for a local authority to consult (a) town and parish councils, (b) the Lord Lieutenant, (c) hon. Members and (d) neighbouring local authorities when applying for borough status; what guidance she has issued to local authorities on the matter; and if she will make a statement. | | (242621) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 83
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242606) | 84
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will extend the deadline for applications for Big Lottery play strategy projects beyond March 2009. | | (242939) | 85
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242923) | 86
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many buildings or monuments were (a) added to and (b) removed from the At Risk Register in each year since 1997, broken down by region. | | (242394) | 87
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many historic buildings and monuments are on the At Risk Register, broken down by region. | | (242395) | 88
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Big Lottery Fund has spent on recruitment agency services in each year since its inception; and which companies provided these services. | | (242396) | 89
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of the Arts Council's funding for regularly funded organisations was provided in grants of more than (a) £10 million, (b) £15 million and (c) £20 million in each year since 1997. | | (242397) | 90
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many English Heritage properties there were in each region in each of the last five years. | | (242411) | 91
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of including return path functionality in his Department's core receiver requirements, with particular reference to the cost of including a return path with a provision for broadband capability. | | (242418) | 92
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the research on digitial set-top boxes commissioned by his Department during the last three years. | | (242419) | 93
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Big Lottery Fund has paid to Cake for public relations services in 2008-09; and how much has been paid for services relating to the Big Thinking consultation. | | (242420) | 94
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1027-28W, on intellectual property, when he expects to publish updated figures for the value of the creative industries to the UK economy. | | (242451) | 95
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when representatives of the Welcome to Britain Group last met (a) the Public Diplomacy Partners Group and (b) the Public Diplomacy Board. | | (242567) | 96
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on creating the cabinetforum.org website; what the expected annual running cost of the website is; and how many staff have responsibility for the site. | | (242586) | 97
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on hiring the venue for the Creativity and Business International Network event held in Liverpool on 20 November 2008. | | (242587) | 98
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many VisitBritain staff work on the Welcome to Britain Group. | | (242589) | 99
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the expenditure his Department will incur in supporting the Creativity and Business International Network in Hertfordshire in 2009; how much of that expenditure he expects to be incurred in relation to venue hire; and how the rest of the expenditure breaks down among budget headings. | | (242734) | 100
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what agenda has been set for the Creativity and Business International Network event to be held in Hertfordshire in 2009. | | (242736) | 101
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what conclusions were reached at the inaugural meeting of the Creativity and Business International Network; and if he will publish the minutes of the meeting. | | (242737) | 102
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department have duties relating to the Creativity and Business International Network. | | (242738) | 103
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings he and Ministerial colleagues have had with Treasury Ministers and officials on the Tote since April 2008. | | (242890) | 104
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what factors underlay the decisions on the treatment of (a) bingo halls and (b) seaside arcades in respect of entitlement to Category B3 machines. | | (242400) | 105
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the evidential basis was for the decisions regarding the gaming relief provided for (a) the bingo sector and (b) seaside arcades; and if he will make a statement. | | (242401) | 106
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps Ofcom is taking to remove radio interference affecting short wave users, with particular reference to that caused by (a) general powerline adaptors and (b) powerline adaptors provided by BT as part of their Vision system; and if he will make a statement. | | (242363) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 107
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242600) | 108
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) | 109
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people in the armed forces, (b) new recruits to the armed forces and (c) people who have left the armed forces in each of the last five years. | | (242863) | 110
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on equipment in each year since 1997. | | (242878) | 111
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of increases in equipment costs on the defence budget. | | (242879) | 112
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the defence budget was spent on responding to (a) natural disasters, (b) network failures or disruption and (c) criminal activity in each year since 1997. | | (242880) | 113
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training his Department provides to military personnel on responding to emergencies and natural disasters. | | (242881) | 114
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of UK's overseas military commitments on the ability of the armed forces to respond to a domestic emergency. | | (242882) | 115
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242928) | 116
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to minimise the impact of military bases have on their surrounding environment, with particular reference to naval ports. | | (242376) | 117
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) | 118
N | Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how Longer Service Separation Allowance payments for members of the armed forces are calculated. | | (242293) | 119
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) | 120
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, 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) | 121
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) | 122
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the market value of the Met Office. | | (242782) | 123
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) | 124
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure his Department has incurred in providing training to members of the Colombian armed forces in each year since 2000. | | (242764) | 125
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) | 126
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) | 127
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had on de-mining operations in the Falkland Islands; when he expects the Falkland Islands to be cleared of mines; what the reasons are for the length of time taken to complete the de-mining operations; and how many people have been injured by landmines in the Falkland Islands in the last 10 years. | | (242815) | 128
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of the Falkland Islands and (b) others on the withdrawal of HMS Northumberland from the Falkland Islands; what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the Falkland Islands; how many troops are stationed in the Falkland Islands; and what plans he has for the redeployment of HMS Northumberland. | | (242816) | 129
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he made of the security situation in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (242817) | 130
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in the last year he has visited (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan. | | (242818) | 131
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many servicemen have lost limbs while serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in the last 12 months. | | (242819) | 132
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent guidance has been issued to the Royal Navy on engaging pirates. | | (242820) | 133
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships are undertaking anti-piracy patrols; and on how many occasions in the last 10 years the Royal Navy has engaged suspected pirates. | | (242821) | 134
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weapons system the Joint Strike Fighter will carry. | | (242822) | 135
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier aircraft were operating in Iraq at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (242823) | 136
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1171W, on ex-servicemen, for what reasons the actual number given is lower than the required number in each case; and what steps he is taking to increase the actual numbers where these do not meet requirements. | | (242841) | 137
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer given to the hon. Member for Congleton of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1170W, on armoured vehicles, for how long it has been his Department's policy to refit unarmoured Jackals with armour. | | (242842) | 138
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Congleton of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1170W, on armoured fighting vehicles, whether his Department plans to buy more unarmoured Jackals; what the cost of the improvement programme is; and where the vehicles have been operating. | | (242843) | 139
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the mine-clearing operation in the Falkland Islands to be completed. | | (242873) | 140
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured and protected Land Rovers were deployed to Iraq prior to October 2003; what the vehicle classification was in each case; how many of each were deployed; and when each was deployed. | | (242620) | 141
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the risks involved in stripping down military aircraft as part of his Department's procurement projects. | | (242412) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 142
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242623) | 143
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of progress towards the elimination of fuel poverty in vulnerable households in Tendring by 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (242614) | 144
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to ensure timely replacement of ageing (a) electricity and (b) gas transmission and distribution infrastructure; and if he will make a statement. | | (242478) | 145
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of UK electricity supply came from renewable sources in each year since 1990. | | (242479) | 146
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on UK carbon dioxide emissions of replacing all UK household lightbulbs with compact fluorescent lamps. | | (242481) | 147
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on UK carbon emissions of replacing all UK household boilers with combined heat and power boilers. | | (242482) | 148
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of re-opening Harworth Colliery. | | (242483) | 149
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications have been (a) received and (b) granted under (i) section 36 and (ii) section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 in each of the last 10 years. | | (242484) | 150
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of written advice he received from officials on competition issues prior to the meeting he held with main energy supply companies on 17 November 2008. | | (242485) | 151
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the agenda and (b) the minutes of the meeting he held with the main energy supply companies on 17 November 2008. | | (242486) | 152
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the budget for the National Nuclear Laboratory is in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the next five financial years. | | (242487) | 153
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date the Geological Disposal Implementation Board was set up. | | (242488) | 154
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the budget for the Geological Disposal Implementation Board is in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the next five financial years. | | (242489) | 155
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of progress towards the implementation of the recommendations of the June 2006 report of the Competition Commission on the market for domestic bulk liquid petroleum gas. | | (242490) | 156
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on rates of fuel poverty in other EU member states. | | (242491) | 157
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the projected reduction in carbon dioxide emissions relative to 1990 levels that will be achieved by 2010 by (a) the UK and (b) the EU, excluding the impact of the EU emissions trading scheme. | | (242492) | 158
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK energy demand that was met from fossil fuel sources in each year since 1990. | | (242493) | 159
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value of the administration fee paid to Eaga in regard of the Warm Front scheme was in each of the last 10 years. | | (242494) | 160
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many grants have been made by the Marine Renewables Deployment Fund in each year since the fund was created; and how much was paid in such grants in each of those years. | | (242495) | 161
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for grants have been received by the Marine Renewables Deployment Fund in each year since the fund was created. | | (242496) | 162
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people benefiting from and (b) the average benefit received from each social tariff scheme operated by energy supply companies in the UK. | | (242497) | 163
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many individuals have accessed Government funded training through the energy efficiency employment initiative in each month since the inception of the initiative. | | (242498) | 164
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the Warm Front budget for 2008-09 he expects to have been spent by the end of the fiscal year; and what plans he has for making use of any underspend. | | (242499) | 165
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what date he expects legislation to be passed to implement the 20 per cent. increase in the carbon emissions reduction target announced by the Prime Minister on 11 September 2008. | | (242500) | 166
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions the system frequency of the UK electricity system has been outside the limits specified in the Electricity Supply Regulations in each of the last 10 years. | | (242501) | 167
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions a demand-side response has been required by the system operator to achieve balance in gas supply in each of the last 10 years. | | (242502) | 168
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions a demand-side response has been required by the system operator to achieve balance in electricity supply in each of the last 10 years. | | (242503) | 169
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of the Nuclear Liabilities Fund. | | (242504) | 170
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects discussions on machinery of government changes with the Departments for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to be completed. | | (242505) | 171
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which external consultants have been engaged by (a) the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and (b) the Nuclear Directorate in connection with the generic design assessment. | | (242506) | 172
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what fuels have been used to power the Whitehall District Heating System in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (242507) | 173
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the levels of carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the operation of the Whitehall District Heating System has been in each of the last five years. | | (242508) | 174
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) departments and (b) Government buildings are served by the Whitehall District Heating System. | | (242509) | 175
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the output of the Whitehall District Heating System was in each of the last five years. | | (242510) | 176
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contracts the Government has entered into relating to the Whitehall District Heating System. | | (242511) | 177
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost of the Whitehall District Heating System has been in each of the last five years. | | (242512) | 178
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the number of additional households that could be raised out of fuel poverty for each £1 million increase in the planned budget of the Warm Front scheme in the financial years (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (242514) | 179
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to publish a third sector strategy. | | (242515) | 180
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2133W, on British Energy: EDF, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) agenda and (b) minutes of the meeting held with Invesco. | | (242553) | 181
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2133W, on British Energy: EDF, if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreements made with EDF requiring it to release any British Energy sites. | | (242554) | 182
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1142W, on carbon emissions: local authorities, at what fixed price allowances under the Carbon Reduction Commitment will be sold in each year of the first phase. | | (242555) | 183
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1149W, on the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme, if he will place in the Library a copy of the pricing framework agreed with Eaga. | | (242564) | 184
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 109W, on departmental buildings, what costs have been incurred in moving staff into 3 Whitehall Place. | | (242565) | 185
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 109W, on departmental buildings, by what date he expects all London staff to be moved into 3 Whitehall Place. | | (242566) | 186
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1144W, on energy supply: fuel poverty, when he expects Ofgem to publish its report on the social programmes undertaken by energy supply companies. | | (242585) | 187
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1465W, on electricity: per capita costs, what method for calculating the annual cost of the Renewables Obligation per customer was used. | | (242618) | 188
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1474-5W, on renewable energy: finance, what the anticipated end date of the Environment Transformation Fund is. | | (242619) | 189
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1464W, on energy and climate change, for what reason the budget for his Department will not be published before February 2009. | | (242740) | 190
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what dates he has met representatives of National Grid to discuss (a) electricity and (b) gas transmission and distribution infrastructure since his appointment. | | (242850) | 191
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of replacing ageing (a) electricity and (b) gas transmission and distribution infrastructure in each of the next 10 years. | | (242851) | 192
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to prioritise help for pre-payment customers for the installation of smart meters; and what discussions he has had with energy providers on this matter. | | (242802) | 193
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications for Warm Front grants are under consideration. | | (242472) | 194
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people with Warm Front grant applications under consideration are without heating. | | (242473) | 195
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance is available to individuals who apply for a Warm Front grant where the cost of the work exceeds the original quotation. | | (242474) | 196
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many individuals have made an additional contribution to the cost of installing heating under the Warm Front scheme; and what the average amount of such a contribution has been. | | (242475) | 197
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average waiting period for emergency work to be conducted by Warm Front was on the latest date for which information is available. | | (242476) | 198
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that Warm Front contractors are providing value for money. | | (242477) | 199
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of (a) UK and (b) global carbon dioxide emissions in each of the next three years; what plans he has to encourage other governments to achieve emissions reductions in the short-term; and if he will make a statement. | | (242421) | 200
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department plans to take to promote renewable energy in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (242370) | 201
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) energy savings and (b) emissions reductions which would arise if (i) 60 per cent., (ii) 80 per cent. and (iii) 100 per cent. of UK households were thermally insulated. | | (242464) | 202
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many projects have received funding from the Marine Renewable Deployment Fund, broken down by (a) nation and (b) region. | | (242550) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 203
| Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1594W, on civil proceedings, how many of the proceedings naming his Department as a defending party which are currently (a) under appeal and (b) ongoing or unresolved relate to the review of a Ministerial decision; and what the (i) title of claim, (ii) grounds for claim and (iii) value of claim is in each such case. | | (242364) | 204
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242602) | 205
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Environment Agency, (b) Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee and (c) Local Government Association on market conditions in the recycling sector. | | (242702) | 206
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of (a) production and (b) distribution of the latest edition of Farming Links was; and how many copies were produced. | | (242705) | 207
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what responsibility for policy on fuel poverty is retained by his Department following the establishment of the Department for Energy and Climate Change. | | (242883) | 208
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the terms of reference of the Bovine TB Eradication Group are. | | (242884) | 209
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) the Irish government on the source of dioxins in pork. | | (242885) | 210
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) funded into the effect of animal disease on food security in the last 12 months. | | (242886) | 211
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has evaluated on the transmission of bluetongue disease during animal transit; and what measures he has put in place to inhibit the transmission of the disease. | | (242908) | 212
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on alternatives to incineration; and what potential exists within private finance initiatives for localised waste solutions. | | (242909) | 213
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 public relations: Forestry Commission, if he will break down the indicative cost for 2007-08 by category of services provided. | | (242088) | 214
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) | 215
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) | 216
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there has been nugatory cost to his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last three years. | | (242459) | 217
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the operational effectiveness of the proposed Marine Management Organisation in carrying out its functions as a non-departmental public body and (b) the operational effectiveness of the Marine and Fisheries Agency in performing those functions. | | (242391) | 218
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that veterinary surgeons who are required to destroy injured thoroughbreds on racecourses as part of their duties (a) have sufficient training and (b) are periodically assessed to ensure that their standard of competence is maintained. | | (242392) | 219
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to require at least two means of humane despatch for an injured racehorse to be available immediately to the veterinary surgeon on duty at a racecourse. | | (242393) | 220
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to re-allocate funds from existing budgets to fund the location outside London of the proposed Marine Management Organisation. | | (242404) | 221
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 40 new posts to be created at the proposed Marine Management Organisation will be in (a) marine planning, (b) corporate services and (c) other areas. | | (242405) | 222
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marine plans are to be drafted for the proposed Marine Management Organisation; and what deadline has been set for such plans to be produced. | | (242406) | 223
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff he estimates will be working on marine planning in the proposed Marine Management Organisation's first year of operation. | | (242407) | 224
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many CITES import permits his Department has issued for long-tailed macaques originating from Cambodia in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (242943) | 225
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will suspend the issue of import permits for long-tailed macaques originating from Cambodia under Article 4(2) of EC Regulation 338/97. | | (242944) | 226
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242925) | 227
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse of kennelling stray dogs has been in each year since the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 was implemented; and what estimate he has made of those costs in the next three years. | | (242551) | 228
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will allow insurance companies and other interested parties access to the national coastal defence database. | | (242591) | 229
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether flood risk address information will be made available (a) publicly and (b) to interested parties. | | (242592) | 230
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will review building regulations to ensure flood resilient repair following a flood; and if he will make a statement. | | (242593) | 231
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 614W, on flood control, what the (a) original and (b) most recently projected completion date of each flood protection scheme in each of the last five years is; and what the reasons are for the differences in each case. | | (242712) | 232
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the original completion date was for each of the Environment Agency's flood defence projects undertaken in the last five years; and what the latest expected completion date is in each case. | | (242713) | 233
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his plans for the proposed Floods and Water Bill is to be published. | | (242716) | 234
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the market value of the Forestry Commission. | | (242784) | 235
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood defence projects have been postponed in each of the last three years; and what the reasons were in each case. | | (242794) | 236
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to increase the level of preparedness of the public to manage incidents of flooding in the course of implementation of the recommendations made in the Pitt Report on flooding. | | (242795) | 237
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assist local authorities in the disposal of waste stored in warehouses and other storage facilities. | | (242796) | 238
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase the penalties imposed for littering and fly-tipping on industrial and retail parks. | | (242797) | 239
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the cost of introducing a deposit return scheme for glass bottles. | | (242798) | 240
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring producers of (a) packaging, (b) chewing gum and (c) cigarettes within the remit of regulations on producer responsibility. | | (242799) | 241
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to announce a programme for the implementation of the recommendations contained in Sir Michael Pitt's final report on the 2007 floods. | | (242800) | 242
| Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many individual test sites were involved in the Part B consents for experimental releases of genetically modified organisms under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 and the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) (England) Regulations 2002; how many consents were granted and still valid in England between January 2000 and the present; and if he will place in the Library a list of all such sites. | | (242465) | 243
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to extend the Thames Path National Trail from Woolwich up to the Thames Estuary. | | (242570) | 244
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to fund new mixed plastics recycling plants; and if he will make a statement. | | (242549) | 245
| Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, column 312W, on tuna: conservation, what progress was made on agreeing enhanced control measures at the meeting; what assessment he has made of their effectiveness; and if he will make a statement. | | (242840) | 246
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 98W, on the Environment Agency, what the expected (a) turnover and (b) profit of the Geomatics Group in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11 is; and if he will make a statement. | | (242786) | 247
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 98W, on the Environment Agency, what proportion of the profit made by the Geomatics Group was transferred to the Environment Agency in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (242787) | 248
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 98W, on the Environment Agency, with whom the Geomatics Group held contracts from which it derived income in 2007-08, broken down by contract value; and if he will make a statement. | | (242788) | 249
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 98W, on the Environment Agency, what the (a) turnover and (b) profit of the Geomatics Group was in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (242789) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 250
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with the government of Israel on suicide bombings in Israel; what recent representations he has received on the subject; and if he will make a statement. | | (242689) | 251
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242610) | 252
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his US counterpart on the future prospects for a no-fly zone over Sudan; and if he will make a statement. | | (242557) | 253
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which members of staff of the devolved administrations' EU offices have been in the UK delegation to (a) Council of Ministers meetings and (b) meetings with Commissioners; what the dates of those meetings were; and which UK Government Ministers were present at each of the Ministerial meetings. | | (242444) | 254
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which personnel of the devolved administrations EU office personnel have been on training or educational programmes run by his Department in each year since the establishment of each office; what the name of each programme was; and what the cost of each was. | | (242447) | 255
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK-based staff of the EU offices of the devolved administrations are registered with a Belgian mutual health insurance provider. | | (242448) | 256
| Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UK-based staff of the EU offices of the devolved administrations are responsible to the UK Permanent Representative to the EU for their personal conduct, listed by (a) grade and (b) administration represented. | | (242449) | 257
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will support Azerbaijan's application for admission to the World Trade Organisation. | | (242866) | 258
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of estimates by the Russian Service of the BBC World Service of the number of Russian internet users able to listen to broadcasts via a broadband internet connection to its website. | | (242829) | 259
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many hours per week on average there were of (a) news-related and (b) other programming broadcast on the Russian Service of the BBC World Service in (i) the last month, (ii) 1998 and (iii) 1988. | | (242830) | 260
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the steps the Russian Service of the BBC World Service has taken to determine the level of support among Russian listeners for an increase in news-related programming on BBC Russia. | | (242831) | 261
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242926) | 262
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on a common EU energy policy; and what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the German undersea pipeline from Russia to Germany with that policy. | | (242469) | 263
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the treatment of disabled people in (a) Romania and (b) the Philippines. | | (242578) | 264
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of restrictions placed on the movements of seminarians in Jerusalem by the Israeli authorities in the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement. | | (242811) | 265
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the rights of Christians in the Palestinian territories with regard to (a) housing, (b) employment, (c) travel and (d) access to their property and lands. | | (242933) | 266
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the incident on 23 November 2008 during which the Papal Nuncio in Israel, Archbishop Antonio Franco, was banned by Israeli authorities from entering Gaza; and if he will make a statement. | | (242935) | 267
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what factors have influenced the formulation of the Government's policy on the status of Tibet in the last two years. | | (242714) | 268
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1196W, on Colombia: armed forces, whether the figure quoted for the number of Colombian armed forces personnel who received training from the British Army in 2007-08 includes those who received training in the field of counter-narcotics. | | (242760) | 269
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what expenditure his Department has incurred on providing training to members of the Colombian armed forces in each year since 2000. | | (242765) | 270
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what projects the Government is undertaking with the provincial government of Katanga in Democratic Republic of Congo and with mining companies to improve transparency in the award of contracts for resource extraction. | | (242371) | 271
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has put in place evacuation plans for the inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands in the event of a natural disaster. | | (242824) | 272
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the last occasion was on which a representative of his Department met an (a) inhabitant and (b) official of the Pitcairn Islands. | | (242825) | 273
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have migrated to and from the Pitcairn Islands in each of the last five years. | | (242827) | 274
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote conservation schemes and preserve biodiversity in the Pitcairn Islands; and which endangered bird species inhabit the Islands. | | (242828) | 275
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 July 2008, how many of his Department's staff received language training in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07, broken down by language. | | (242669) | 276
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1048-9W, on exchange rates, which 10 overseas posts have had the greatest reduction in the purchasing power of their local budgets; and what the reduction has been in each case. | | (242706) | 277
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1056-7W, on oil: armed conflict, how much his Department's Strategic Programme has budgeted for support for the project by the University of Plymouth. | | (242707) | 278
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1056-7W, on oil: armed conflict, which international oil companies have contributed technical expertise to the University of Plymouth project. | | (242708) | 279
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of members and supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change in Zimbabwe who have disappeared since September 2008; and what reports his Department has received on the likely whereabouts of those who have disappeared. | | (242807) | 280
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the security situation in the Nigerian city of Jos following the clashes between Muslims and Christians between 29 and 30 November 2008; and what discussions he has had with the government of Nigeria on this matter. | | (242808) | 281
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Sudan consequent upon the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court on 20 November 2008 for the three rebel leaders alleged to be responsible for attacks on international peacekeepers in Darfur; and if he will make a statement. | | (242809) | 282
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional support the European Union has given to the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in respect of (a) equipment, (b) intelligence and (c) logistics since renewed fighting began in October 2008. | | (242810) | 283
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the government of Sudan to facilitate clearance of UN-AM Mission in Darfur equipment through a single point of entry at Port Sudan following its agreement earlier this year; and what discussions the Special Envoy to Sudan has had with the government of Sudan on this matter. | | (242832) | 284
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the government of Sudan to provide clearance for UN-AM Mission in Darfur airlift operations following its agreement on 26 September 2008; and what discussions the Special Envoy to Sudan has had with the government of Sudan on this matter. | | (242833) | 285
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) | 286
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Polish and Czech counterparts on carbon dioxide emission reductions. | | (242468) | 287
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff are employed at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi to work on correspondence; and what the average response time to written correspondence to each embassy was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (242541) | 288
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi on stationery in each of the last five years. | | (242542) | 289
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each of the last five years. | | (242543) | 290
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many receptions held at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi in each of the last five years were organised and funded by (i) trades unions, (ii) charities, (iii) businesses and (iv) other types of organisation; and what income each Embassy received from charges for the use of facilities for receptions in each of the last five years. | | (242544) | 291
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the value is of the (a) wine and (b) other alcoholic drinks held in storage by the British Embassy in (i) Ottawa, (ii) Washington, (iii) Beijing, (iv) Tokyo, (v) Sydney, and (vi) Delhi. | | (242545) | 292
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on alcoholic drinks for receptions at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi in each of the last five years. | | (242546) | 293
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many receptions were held at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi in each of the last five years. | | (242547) | 294
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total running cost of the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi was in each of the last five years. | | (242548) | 295
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what self-assessment is carried out by the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f) Johannesburg and (g) Delhi to avoid waste and promote efficient use of resources. | | (242559) | 296
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Zimbabwe regarding the seizure of Jestina Mukoko, executive director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project; what steps he is taking to secure her release; and if he will make a statement. | | (242745) | 297
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) | 298
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Thailand. | | (242869) | 299
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Indian government on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. | | (242870) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 300
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on the (i) earliest stage in its development at which an unborn child can experience pain, (ii) the earliest gestational age at which an unborn child may be born alive, (iii) the number of occasions on which an unborn baby has been diagnosed as being disabled and has subsequently been born without disability and (iv) the suicide rate among women who have had an abortion in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (242685) | 301
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on (a) abortion, (b) assisted suicide and (c) embryonic stem cell research; which organisations and individuals he has consulted on each policy during the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (242686) | 302
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received since July 2008 from (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other health care professionals in (i) support of and (ii) opposition to (A) assisted suicide and (B) voluntary euthanasia; and if he will make a statement. | | (242687) | 303
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times his Department has consulted (a) formally and (b) informally on end-of-life decision-making since June 2008; which stakeholders have made representations to his Department on such matters during this period; if he will place in the Library a copy of each such representation; and if he will make a statement. | | (242688) | 304
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to oppose (a) assisted suicide and (b) voluntary euthanasia; and if he will make a statement. | | (242697) | 305
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential on the provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (242698) | 306
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) amendments have been made to and (b) recent representations he has received on the Mental Capacity Act 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (242699) | 307
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential on the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; and if he will make a statement. | | (242700) | 308
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242607) | 309
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the draft Regulations on the extension of direct payments provide protection for those who lack capacity as a result of mental illness. | | (242558) | 310
| Mike Gapes (Ilford South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to publish its child health strategy. | | (242938) | 311
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the age-standardised mortality rate for bowel cancer was in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (242580) | 312
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to facilitate access to information on treatment choices for those with cancer. | | (242860) | 313
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) older people, (b) people with a learning disability, (c) people with a sensory impairment and (d) people with a physical impairment partially purchase their own care packages. | | (242864) | 314
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve post-treatment support for cancer patients. | | (242940) | 315
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242922) | 316
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Healthcare Commission's report on the 2006 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services, Count Me In, with respect to the diagnosis, medication and accommodation of patients from ethnic minorities. | | (242374) | 317
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health provision in the Asian community; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of those steps. | | (242377) | 318
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has commissioned research into mental health problems amongst Asian women in England. | | (242378) | 319
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to address the stigma attached to mental health problems in the Asian community. | | (242379) | 320
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have ceased smoking as a result of NHS smoking cessation measures in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last three years. | | (242381) | 321
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of waiting lists in each category for NHS patients in the North East was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2005; and what the length of each list was at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (242387) | 322
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prisoners have been transferred from prison to hospital for psychiatric care since 1997. | | (242408) | 323
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions on mental health grounds resulting from the use of cannabis there were in each year since 1997, broken down by strategic health authority area. | | (242409) | 324
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2008, Official Report, column 64W, on health centres, what assessment he has made of the effect of a minimum income guarantee for a new health centre on existing patient lists at general practices. | | (242453) | 325
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of the level of readiness of the ambulance service to respond to incident of flooding; and if he will make a statement. | | (242715) | 326
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps is his Department is taking to increase (a) awareness and (b) the rate of diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among people who are unaware they have the disease. | | (242703) | 327
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of palliative care and (b) access to pulmonary rehabilitation for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | | (242762) | 328
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of diagnosing sufferers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at (a) stage one and (b) stage two. | | (242763) | 329
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to what account was taken of experience in other countries using (a) Cervarix and (b) Gardisil in the appraisals undertaken to inform the decision to select Cervarix as the national Human Papiloma Virus vaccine. | | (242402) | 330
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of administering a single dose of (a) Cervarix and (b) Gardisil. | | (242403) | 331
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): 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) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire. | | (242679) | 332
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of prescribing anti-depressant drugs in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire was in the last year for which figures are available. | | (242680) | 333
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) modelling of and (b) pilots for integrated out-of-hours care his Department has recently studied to inform the development of guidance to be issued to primary care trusts. | | (242724) | 334
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on the use of workforce modelling as a means of reviewing and improving their approach to population models. | | (242725) | 335
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on the integration of out-of-hours care and wider primary care. | | (242726) | 336
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged under 18 years who smoked in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (242727) | 337
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) | 338
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the effective ban on desensitisation as a treatment for allergy; and if he will make a statement. | | (242399) | 339
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the labelling of food in restaurants and fast food outlets in relation to potential allergens; whether he plans to take steps to raise awareness of the risk of nut derivatives and other allergens in food served by such outlets; and if he will make a statement. | | (242628) | 340
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children have been diagnosed with diabetes in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) primary care trust area and (b) strategic health authority area. | | (242871) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 341
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 2254-5W, on Essex Police Authority, when she plans to write to the hon. Member for Southend West; and if she will make a statement. | | (242693) | 342
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2214W, on anti-semitism, when she plans to write to the hon. Member for Southend West; and if she will make a statement. | | (242694) | 343
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents she plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential on the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (242695) | 344
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she last used a train in the course of her official duties. | | (242608) | 345
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status of the asylum seeker with the Home Office reference M1225028 was on 2 April 2007. | | (242366) | 346
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status of the asylum seeker with Home Office reference Y1062497 was on 2 April 2007. | | (242367) | 347
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer from Lord West of Spithead of 29 October 2008, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA165, on asylum seekers, how her Department ensures that asylum seekers with grounds to make an appeal or fresh claim are given the opportunity to do so before attending a re-documentation interview. | | (242460) | 348
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the majority of police forces in England and Wales will be equipped with Taser stun guns. | | (242560) | 349
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what officers are (a) currently and (b) proposed to be permitted to use Taser stun guns in police forces in England and Wales. | | (242561) | 350
| Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is expected to be of supplying Taser stun guns to police forces in England and Wales. | | (242562) | 351
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the research her Department used to inform its calculation that 80 per cent. of women working in prostitution have been trafficked into the UK. | | (242701) | 352
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there has been any nugatory cost to her Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last three years. | | (242462) | 353
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding cases the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate had at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (242834) | 354
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate has resolved in each month since it was established, broken down by (a) applicants granted leave, (b) applicants refused leave, (c) cases withdrawn by the applicant and (d) cases closed on administrative grounds. | | (242835) | 355
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of applicants granted leave by the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate were granted (a) temporary and (b) permanent leave to remain. | | (242836) | 356
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate planned to resolve in each quarter of 2008. | | (242837) | 357
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate plans to resolve in each quarter of (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011. | | (242838) | 358
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unresolved cases the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate has identified that were not taken into account in setting its initial target for resolution in each quarter since it was established. | | (242839) | 359
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants in her Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242930) | 360
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were removed through (a) assisted voluntary returns and (b) enforced returns in each of the last five years. | | (242733) | 361
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to facilitate for visa applications online. | | (242887) | 362
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she next expects to announce revised visa charges for entry into the UK. | | (242888) | 363
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals who have taken part in the prolific and other priority offenders programme in the Peterborough City Council area since 2004 re-offended within 12 months of completing the programme; and if she will make a statement. | | (242753) | 364
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have taken part in the prolific and other priority offenders programme in the Peterborough City Council area since 2004; and if she will make a statement. | | (242754) | 365
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) prolific and (b) other priority offenders there were in each basic command unit in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary area at (a) 30 June 2008 and (b) 30 September 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (242759) | 366
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 years have been caught carrying a knife in each year in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesborough and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997. | | (242383) | 367
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) theft and (b) burglary have been reported in (i) the UK, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees Valley district and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997. | | (242655) | 368
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been trafficked who are (a) in the UK and (b) working as prostitutes; on what research her estimate is based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the research. | | (242656) | 369
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements are in place to deal with people who are identified as having been trafficked. | | (242657) | 370
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the application of the definition of a prostitute controlled for another person's gain to male and female prostitutes in circumstances where the other person is (a) a receptionist, (b) also working as a prostitute, (c) working as a prostitute on the same premises, (d) a partner or a flatmate who shares premises with the prostitute, (e) a landlord letting the premises where the prostitute is working and (f) a dependant. | | (242658) | 371
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the application of the definition of a prostitute controlled for another person's gain to male and female prosititutes in circumstances where the prostitute has voluntarily entered into a working relationship with another person. | | (242659) | 372
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average age of a person working as a prostitute in the UK; on what research her estimate is based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the research. | | (242660) | 373
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of prostitutes working in the UK who are (a) women, (b) men, (c) under the age of 16 years, (d) addicted to drugs, (e) homeless, (f) supporting dependants and (g) working for another person's gain; on what research her estimates are based; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the research. | | (242661) | 374
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish the responses received to the consultation letter of 26 September 2008 on proposals for prostitution legislation. | | (242662) | 375
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she gave to conducting a public consultation as part of her review of the demand for prostitution; and whether she plans to conduct a public consultation on the recommendations of the review. | | (242663) | 376
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent assessment is of the level of readiness of police forces to respond to incidents of flooding. | | (242711) | 377
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) | 378
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take in response to the recommendation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child that the UK should provide disaggregated statistical data on the number of children seeking asylum; and when she plans to take those steps. | | (242365) | 379
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Brent East, dated 10 June 2008, regarding the Umbanda Temple. | | (242743) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 380
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) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 381
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242625) | 382
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) | 383
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff has been since his Department was established. | | (242452) | 384
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since its inception. | | (242920) | 385
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in England participated in the Train to Gain programme in 2006-07. | | (242852) | 386
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people in (a) England and (b) the Vale of York completed a Train to Gain programme in 2006-07. | | (242853) | 387
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): 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) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each month since January 2006, broken down by apprenticeship type. | | (242677) | 388
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of creating a higher education facility in the Kent Thameside growth area; and if he will make a statement. | | (242568) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 389
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242603) | 390
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what measures he has put in place for the provision of humanitarian aid to the population of North Korea; what discussions he has had with the North Korean government on the implementation of that strategy; and what representations he has made to the United Nations on this matter. | | (242803) | 391
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242915) | 392
| Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the British Red Cross on the provision of humanitarian aid to Indian-administered Kashmir. | | (242450) | 393
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the issues of concern regarding access to St Helena on which his Department is in discussions with the Treasury are; when negotiations are expected to resume; and if he will make a statement. | | (242390) | 394
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library an electronic copy of his Department's Performance Reporting Information System for management databases. | | (242757) | 395
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has plans to improve (a) transport links between the United Kingdom and the Pitcairn Islands and (b) facilities for (i) tourism and (ii) healthcare on the Islands; and whether his Department plans to promote investment by businesses on the Islands. | | (242826) | 396
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 105-8W, on departmental public expenditure, what the reasons were for overspends against the country budgets for (a) Sudan, (b) Rwanda, (c) Ghana, (d) Sierra Leone, (e) Bangladesh, (f) Nepal and (g) the Palestinian Authority in 2007-08. | | (242709) | 397
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what external language training providers his Department has used in the last 12 months. | | (242719) | 398
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of his Department's staff are undergoing of language training, broken down by the language in which training is being provided. | | (242720) | 399
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator on a new humanitarian action plan for Afghanistan. | | (242721) | 400
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has given to the Nuba region of Sudan in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (242722) | 401
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of humanitarian organisations operating in Zimbabwe on the cholera outbreak in that country; and if he will make a statement. | | (242792) | 402
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes he plans to make to his Department's development assistance to Zimbabwe in response to the cholera outbreak; and if he will make a statement. | | (242793) | 403
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of the spread to (a) Botswana and (b) South Africa of the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe; and how many people are estimated to be affected by the disease in each of these countries. | | (242804) | 404
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have died in Zimbabwe as a result of the cholera outbreak; and if he will make a statement. | | (242805) | 405
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to provide targeted assistance in support of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees work with Somali refugees in Kenya; and if he will make a statement. | | (242806) | 406
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the merits of nominating a British candidate for the position of President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. | | (242362) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 407
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) discussions he has had since October 2008 with hon. and right hon. Members wishing to amend the Coroners and Justice Bill to (i) repeal and (ii) clarify the provisions of the existing tow on the prohibition of assisted suicide; what response he gave; and if he will make a statement. | | (242670) | 408
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 10 most common (a) offences and (b) motoring offences were for which (i) men and (ii) women of each age group were (A) prosecuted, (B) convicted, (C) fined and (D) sent to prison in (1) Essex and (2) England and Wales in the most recent 12 month period. | | (242752) | 409
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242598) | 410
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what change to manager posts is proposed under the Prison Service's Workforce Modernisation proposals; and how many (a) governor grade and (b) operational manager posts are to be affected. | | (242442) | 411
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has undertaken of the potential effect on the safety and stability of prisons of proposed changes in governor grade and operational manager posts in the Prison Service under the workforce modernisation proposals. | | (242443) | 412
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessor have spent on (a) flat screen televisions, (b) DVD players and (c) stereo equipment in each of the last three years. | | (242456) | 413
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there has been any nugatory cost to his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract since the inception of his Department. | | (242458) | 414
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since its inception. | | (242929) | 415
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places are expected to be available in each year between 2007-08 and 2014-15. | | (242732) | 416
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals who have received a non-custodial sentence for burglary at Peterborough Crown Court since May 2005 had (a) up to five, (b) between six and nine, (c) between 10 and 15 and (d) more than 16 previous convictions; and if he will make a statement. | | (242758) | 417
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders in the North East his Department has assisted into employment upon release from prison in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (242382) | 418
| Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements are in place for those without internet facilities to gain access to records held in the Public Record Office. | | (242761) | 419
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the rate of throughput of civil cases at county courts in Kent. | | (242569) | 420
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding has been provided for legal aid in each of the last five years; and how many individuals received legal aid in each such year. | | (242416) | 421
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of providing legal aid was in relation to a (a) civil and (b) housing repossession case in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (242417) | 422
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of individuals who have accessed housing possession court duty schemes who had received no prior legal advice in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (242446) | 423
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals have gained access to housing possession court duty schemes in each month since they were introduced. | | (242613) | Questions to the Leader of the House 424
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Leader of the House, on what date she last used a train in the course of her official duties. | | (242609) | 425
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Leader of the House, how many civil servants in her Office have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on her Office's equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 426
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242604) | 427
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether there has been any nugatory cost to his Department and its agencies relating to tendered procurement where the tender process has been cancelled prior to the award of the contract in the last three years. | | (242463) | 428
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242917) | 429
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what funding guidelines there are for community safety partnerships in Northern Ireland. | | (242931) | 430
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what projects have been undertaken by each of the community safety partnerships in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (242932) | 431
| Mr Eddie McGrady (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which 15 community-based restorative justice schemes have been given accreditation under the Protocol for Community-based Restorative Justice Schemes. | | (242934) | 432
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) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 433
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) | 434
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent assessment has been made of the legacy of the forthcoming London Olympics for the North East. | | (242375) | Questions to the Prime Minister 435
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242612) | 436
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Prime Minister, how many civil servants in his Office have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242913) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 437
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242626) | 438
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242916) | 439
| Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) Treasury officials on the announced closure of tax offices in Scotland. | | (242739) | 440
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent meetings he has had with BBC Scotland; what topics were discussed; and with what outcomes. | | (242398) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 441
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) minor and (b) serious road traffic accidents occurred on the A13 between the A405 and the M25 in each of the last 10 years. | | (242691) | 442
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been (a) killed and (b) seriously injured on (i) the A127 and (ii) A13 between the M25 and Southend in (A) each of the last five years and (B) 2008 to date. | | (242692) | 443
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242599) | 444
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what percentage of scheduled trains based on the (a) published timetable and (b) plan of the day arrived late in each month of (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008, broken down by train operating company. | | (242891) | 445
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what percentage of scheduled trains based on the (a) published timetable and (b) plan of the day were cancelled in each month of (i) 2005, (ii) 2006, (iii) 2007 and (iv) 2008, broken down by train operating company. | | (242892) | 446
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the regulations governing dynamic in-vehicle information systems. | | (242893) | 447
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have involved heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) (a) with mechanical defects, (b) that are overweight and (c) where drivers' hours have been exceeded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) region where the accident took place, (ii) the HGV's country of origin and (iii) whether the HGV was left or right hand drive. | | (242894) | 448
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prohibitions have been issued to heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) (a) with mechanical defects, (b) that are overweight and (c) where drivers' hours have been exceeded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) region where the accident took place, (ii) the HGV's country of origin and (iii) whether the HGV was left or right hand drive. | | (242895) | 449
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of correspondence his Department has had with (a) UK Members of the European Parliament and (b) the European Commissioner on the proposal to limit emissions from new cars to 120g of carbon dioxide for every kilometer travelled by 2012. | | (242896) | 450
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the additional carbon dioxide emissions which would result from implementation of the European Parliament's proposal to limit emissions from new cars to 120g of carbon dioxide for every kilometer travelled by 2012 if it were to be phased in over three years; and whether eco-innovations are to be included in calculations of progress towards achieving the target limit. | | (242897) | 451
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) the model and (b) level was of tailpipe emissions of cars owned by the Government Car and Despatch Agency used by (i) members of the Cabinet and (ii) the Leader of the Opposition in the last year for which figures are available. | | (242898) | 452
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what model of Government Car and Despatch Agency car is used by each member of the Cabinet. | | (242899) | 453
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on employing press officers in each year since the Department's inception. | | (242900) | 454
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 67WS, on the Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK biofuel producers of correcting the discrepancy in the 2007 Order (a) for the current obligation period and (b) for the 2009-10 obligation period. | | (242582) | 455
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 67WS, on the Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009, whether Ministers or officials from the Department met representatives of biofuel producers to discuss the Government's response to the discrepancy in the 2007 Order. | | (242583) | 456
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 67WS, on the Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009, whether Ministers or officials from the Department met representatives of obligated suppliers to discuss the Government's response to the discrepancy in the 2007 Order. | | (242584) | 457
| Mr Jeremy Browne (Taunton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the written Ministerial statement of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 67WS, on the Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009, what communications he has had with the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments on correcting the discrepancy in the 2007 Order. | | (242741) | 458
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) | 459
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242927) | 460
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic movements there were on the A47 between the Nene Parkway and Paston Parkway in Peterborough in each month since May 2005. | | (242756) | 461
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional railway carriages he expects to be provided on (a) First Trans-Pennine Services and (b) Northern Rail as a result of his Department's high level output specification initiative. | | (242369) | 462
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has spent on capital transport infrastructure projects in the North East in each year since 1997. | | (242384) | 463
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1568W, on departmental senior civil servants, who is responsible for determining the overall monetary value of bonuses paid to members of the Senior Civil Service in his Department. | | (242298) | 464
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference 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) | 465
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference 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) | 466
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles which have been stopped for inspection in each of the last three years. | | (242812) | 467
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles which have operated in the UK in each of the last three years. | | (242813) | 468
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many registered heavy goods vehicles there were in the UK in each of the last three years. | | (242814) | 469
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) other outcomes there were in road traffic accidents in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire reported to his Department in each month in each of the last five years. | | (242673) | 470
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average rise in regulated rail fares from Hemel Hempstead to London was in each year since 1997. | | (242674) | 471
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 248-50W, on vehicle number plates, what the timescale is for fulfilling the intention to legalise the display of national flags of UK countries on number plates; and if he will make a statement. | | (242563) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 472
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242627) | 473
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since 1997. | | (242918) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 474
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties. | | (242601) | 475
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to assist pensioners in Tendring with meeting increases in the cost of living. | | (242615) | 476
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that pensioners in Tendring are able to pay their winter heating bills. | | (242616) | 477
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to assist pensioners in Tendring in meeting the cost of their fuel needs. | | (242617) | 478
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on local communities of the long-term unemployed engaging in voluntary work. | | (242359) | 479
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the long-term unemployed to engage in voluntary work. | | (242360) | 480
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what activities qualify as work-type activity for the purposes of receiving jobseeker's allowance. | | (242361) | 481
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of long-term unemployed persons who engage in voluntary work returning to paid work thereafter. | | (242556) | 482
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the long-term unemployed who have been engaged in voluntary work (a) since February 2008 and (b) during the last two years. | | (242936) | 483
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claim forms were received for winter fuel payments in 2007-08. | | (242516) | 484
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department has received regarding incorrect winter fuel payments being made to persons living in buildings which contain multiple self-contained flats in the last 12 months. | | (242844) | 485
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were made to the winter fuel payment helpline in each of the last 10 financial years. | | (242845) | 486
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many winter fuel payment cheques were issued in the last financial year; and how many of these were not cashed. | | (242846) | 487
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of winter fuel payments in the last financial year. | | (242847) | 488
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many winter fuel payments were made to persons living outside the UK in the financial year 1996-97. | | (242848) | 489
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of winter fuel payments made to persons living in (a) Spain, (b) Italy, (c) Greece, (d) Portugal and (e) other countries outside the UK in the last financial year. | | (242849) | 490
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) | 491
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) | 492
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the qualifying periods for the disability living allowance and attendance allowance for cancer patients. | | (242861) | 493
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department and its agencies provides on returning to work to those who have had cancer. | | (242862) | 494
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend eligibility for the winter fuel allowance to all cancer patients. | | (242941) | 495
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on departmental equipment and (B) confidential information in each year since its inception. | | (242919) | 496
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) | 497
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) | 498
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) | 499
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) | 500
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Pensions Regulator on companies with final salary pension schemes making up shortfalls in assets following the credit crunch. | | (242854) | 501
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. | | (241534) | 502
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) | 503
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) | 504
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) | 505
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) | 506
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) | 507
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled children living below the poverty line in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the last 10 years. | | (242671) | 508
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of children in each age group in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were living in absolute poverty in each year since 1997. | | (242672) | 509
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job vacancies there were in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (242678) | 510
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from responses to the recent consultation on the industrial injuries disablement benefit scheme on an extension of the period within which claims must be made after injury occurs in regard to work-related illness with long gestation periods. | | (242855) | 511
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what conclusions he has drawn from the responses to the recent consultation on the industrial injuries disablement benefit scheme in relation to those suffering from mesothelioma as a result of exposure to asbestos at work. | | (242856) | 512
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to make the public aware of changes to the regulation of safeguarded rights. | | (242410) | 513
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to maintain levels of employment in Yorkshire and Humberside. | | (242683) | 514
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what practical support and advice is provided by his Department and its executive agencies to workers in Dartford who are facing redundancy. | | (242572) | 515
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people currently unemployed who were previously employed in the construction industry. | | (242467) | 516
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) | 517
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) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 518
| Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations on the market for compact fluorescent lamps; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (242480) | 519
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who are paid at a rate below the national minimum wage in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | [Transferred] (242372) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 520
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what projects of work are being undertaken in each of the Business Improvement Districts that have been established to date in (a) the South East and (b) London. | | [Transferred] (242571) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 521
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research his Department has commissioned on the impressions made by UK ports of entry on foreign visitors. | | [Transferred] (242588) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 522
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of prevailing market conditions within the recycling industry on (a) levels of waste treatment and (b) waste storage capacity. | | [Transferred] (242704) | 523
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities provide kennelling facilities for the use of stray dogs only. | | [Transferred] (242552) | 524
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities offer a 24 hour, seven day per week service for catching and kennelling stray dogs; what provision local authorities make for the management of stray dogs where no such continuous service is provided; and what recent guidance his Department has issued on the provision of such services. | | [Transferred] (242590) | 525
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dog wardens are employed by local authorities. | | [Transferred] (242717) | 526
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many stray dogs have been kennelled by local authorities in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (242718) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 527
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions he has condemned (a) suicide and (b) other terrorist attacks in Israel; if he will place in the Library a copy of each such statement; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (242696) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 528
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what penalties may be imposed upon those convicted for purchasing tobacco on behalf of those aged under 18 years. | | [Transferred] (242728) | 529
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget has been allocated by his Department for the prevention of the purchase of tobacco on behalf of those under 18 years of age for the next 12 months. | | [Transferred] (242729) | 530
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to trading standards officers on preventing of tobacco being purchased on behalf of those under 18 years of age. | | [Transferred] (242730) | 531
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers trading standards officers have as means to prevent the purchase of tobacco on behalf of those under 18 years of age. | | [Transferred] (242731) | 532
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been convicted for purchasing tobacco on behalf of another person under the age of 18 since October 2007. | | [Transferred] (242790) | 533
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have (a) been cautioned and (b) received a fixed penalty notice for purchasing tobacco on behalf of another person under the age of 18 since October 2007. | | [Transferred] (242791) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 534
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many breathalyser tests were carried out in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) month, (b) region, (c) age of the driver and (d) result. | | [Transferred] (242901) | 535
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mosques in Keighley constituency are registered to conduct civil marriage ceremonies. | | [Transferred] (242867) | 536
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of weddings which took place in unregistered mosques in Keighley constituency which were not subsequently followed up by a civil ceremony in the last 12 months; and how many such weddings took place which were followed by a civil ceremony. | | [Transferred] (242868) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 537
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions convicted murderers detained in (a) secure mental health accommodation and (b) prisons have committed murders after their release in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (242690) | 538
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females were convicted of offences in England and Wales under sections (i) 14(3), (ii) 15(2) and (iii) 15(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1998 in 2007. | | [Transferred] (242750) | 539
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 17 to 24, (ii) 25 to 30, (iii) 31 to 35, (iv) 36 to 40 and (v) over 40 years old were (A) prosecuted and (B) convicted for (1) failing to comply with a road sign, (2) offences under sections (x) 14(3), (y) 15(2) and (z) 15(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1998, (3) failing to provide a breath specimen for analysis, (4) failing to stop for a police constable and (5) disobeying a police constable stopping traffic in (aa) the Essex Police area, (bb) the Metropolitan Police area and (cc) England and Wales in 2007. | | [Transferred] (242751) |
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