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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 16 December 2008
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 16 December 2008
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 16 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 Tuesday 16 December of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 16 December see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244604) | 2
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized businesses were paid within 10 days of receipt by (a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which his Department is responsible in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (243492) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 3
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244603) | 4
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on other countries which have an aviation duty based on (a) distance-banding and (b) distance-banding where distance is calculated for capital cities. | | (244328) | 5
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what criteria he has assessed the required level of modernisation funding for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11, referred to in table B18, page 214 of the Pre-Budget Report 2008; and what the level of modernisation funding was in each of the last four years. | | (244467) | 6
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling he undertook for the purposes of the Pre-Budget Report 2008 on predicted levels of (a) job seeker's allowance claims and (b) incapacity benefit claims in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11; and whether the Government's proposals on welfare reform announced on 10 December 2008 were taken into account in that modelling. | | (244468) | 7
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling he has undertaken on predicted levels of unemployment in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11 for formulation of his Department's policy. | | (244469) | 8
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what money was spent in each Department from the Modernisation Fund in (a) each of the last four years and (b) 2008-09 to date. | | (244470) | 9
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's policy on bank recapitalisation on the availability of credit to the small and medium-sized enterprise sector in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement. | | (244232) | 10
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Landsbanki Resolution Committee on the collapse of Landsbanki Guernsey. | | (244324) | 11
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Icelandic government on the collapse of Landsbanki Guernsey. | | (244325) | 12
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps have been taken to ensure that loans to Iceland from the European Union and International Monetary Fund are used to compensate UK depositors in Icelandic banks; and if he will make a statement. | | (244133) | 13
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date the Government plans to publish its response to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life. | | (244483) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 14
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244605) | 15
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints were made against children's social services departments in West Chelmsford constituency in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (244182) | 16
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized businesses were paid within 10 days of receipt by his Department in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (243493) | 17
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were subject to abuse whilst subject to a child protection plan in each of the last five years. | | (244554) | 18
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average cost of obtaining a care order. | | (244555) | 19
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2008, Official Report, columns 187-188W, on teachers: pay, how many staff in local authority maintained schools were employed as (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2007-08 in (A) Vale of York constituency and (B) England. | | (244588) | 20
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) South Bedfordshire and (c) South West Bedfordshire constituency took one or more science GCSE in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (244067) | 21
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what commitments he has received from the Learning and Skills Council on the provision of a further education college for Sittingbourne. | | (244236) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 22
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what definition of long-term unemployed is used to produce statistics on long-term unemployed people; and how those statistics are calculated. | | (244068) | 23
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on how many occasions in each of the last four years the Government has sought the assistance of the police to investigate unauthorised disclosures of information under (a) the Official Secrets Act and (b) the offence of misconduct in a public office; and how many of those investigations resulted in (i) dismissals, (ii) other disciplinary measures, (iii) prosecutions and (iv) convictions. | | (244237) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 24
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244606) | 25
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized businesses were paid within 10 days of receipt by (a) her Department and (b) the agencies for which her Department is responsible in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (243494) | 26
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent meetings she has had with representatives of fire and rescue services affected by the current floors and ceilings revenue finding formula; and if she will make a statement. | | (242779) | 27
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to respond to the outcomes of the consultation on the fire and rescue services' National Procurement Strategy; and if she will make a statement. | | (242780) | 28
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets the Government has set for voter turnout at local elections; and if she will make a statement. | | (243220) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 29
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244607) | 30
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote sport in schools. | | (243081) | 31
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to promote sport for families in Coventry. | | (243082) | 32
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to promote music for young people. | | (243083) | 33
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized businesses were paid within 10 days of receipt by (a) his Department and (b) the agency for which his Department is responsible in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (243495) | 34
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has given on cross-party working to the 2018 World Cup Bid Board; what commitments he has received from attendees at board meetings on abiding by such guidance; and if he will make a statement. | | (244321) | 35
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what 2018 World Cup Bid Board meetings (a) have been held and (b) are scheduled; and what plans he has to publish the minutes of each meeting. | | (244322) | 36
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he plans to have with the Football Association on the implementation of the remaining conclusions of the Burns Review; and if he will make a statement. | | (244323) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 37
N | Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armoured vehicles on average were used in each training session at Castlemartin Range in the last 12 months. | | (242643) | 38
N | Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was to his Department of private haulage of armoured vehicles to and from Castlemartin Range in each of the last five years. | | (242644) | 39
N | Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of transporting armoured vehicles to and from Castlemartin Range in each of the last five years. | | (242645) | 40
N | Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many large goods vehicle movements transporting armoured vehicles to and from Castlemartin Range there were in each of the last five years; and how many of those were undertaken by (a) private sector vehicles and (b) army transporters. | | (242646) | 41
N | Nick Ainger (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training sessions using armoured vehicles took place at Castlemartin Range in each of the last five years; and what the average length of each such training session was. | | (242647) | 42
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244608) | 43
N | Mr Alan Duncan (Rutland & Melton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized businesses were paid within 10 days of receipt by (a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which his Department is responsible in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. | | (243496) | 44
| Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many newly-commissioned officers joined (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force in each year since 1987. | | (244592) | 45
| Christopher Fraser (South West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers left the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each year between 1987 and 1997. | | (244593) | 46
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 754W, on nuclear submarines, on what date the number of operative submarine berths at Southampton was increased from one to two; and when such berths were redesignated from Z to operational submarine berths. | | (244580) | 47
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the procurement of a new fleet of reconnaissance vehicles for the Army. | | (244621) | 48
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment he plans to gift to Iraq once Operation Archive is underway. | | (244622) | 49
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel in each service he expects to remain in Iraq following the completion of Operation Archive. | | (244623) | 50
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned in-service dates of (a) HMS Queen Elizabeth and (b) HMS Prince of Wales are. | | (244566) | 51
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned in-service dates for the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Army Future Lynx helicopters are. | | (244567) | 52
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Future Lynx helicopters he plans to procure for the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Army. | | (244568) | 53
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what platform will be introduced to provide an interim armoured scout capability between the end of the Scimitar service life and the introduction of the Future Rapid Effects System Scout variant. | | (244569) | 54
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Future Rapid Effects System Scout variant to enter service. | | (244570) | 55
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on the procurement of the Future Rapid Effects System Utility Vehicle variant to date. | | (244571) | 56
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the effects on the project cost of later than originally planned in-service dates for HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. | | (244572) | 57
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the effect on the project cost of a later than originally planned in-service date of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programme. | | (244573) | 58
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the main decisions on funding for the (a) Fleet Tanker, (b) Fleet Solid Support and (c) Joint Sea-Based Logistic elements of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability programme to be made. | | (244574) | 59
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fleets of helicopters are available to UK armed forces in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and what future (i) enhancements to the helicopters and (ii) changes to the number of helicopters are planned by his Department. | | (244575) | 60
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department's 2007-08 outturn main estimate breaks down between (a) near cash and (b) non-cash on the same basis as set out in his Answer of 4 March 2008, Official Report, column 2346W. | | (244576) | 61
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 775W, on armed forces: weapons, when he expects upgrading and modification of the warrior chain gun for (a) Warrior and (b) Challenger 2 MBT fleets to take place. | | (244615) | 62
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 775W, on armed forces: weapons, whether the instances of undemanded firing of the Warrior chain gun referred to resulted in (a) injuries and (b) deaths. | | (244616) | 63
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex, of 6 November 2008, Official Report, column 676W, on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, whether a deadline for disclosing the target offtake has been set. | | (244617) | 64
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex, of 6 November 2008, Official Report, column 676W, on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, when he expects a decision on the integration of future weapons capability to be made. | | (244618) | 65
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex, of 6 November 2008, Official Report, column 676W, on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, when he expects the through life cost of the Joint Strike Fighter programme to be established. | | (244619) | 66
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had on the possibility of academy schools being sponsored by (a) the Armed Forces and (b) his Department; and what consideration he is giving to the establishment of a military academy school in Colchester. | | (244476) | 67
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much per meal his Department spent on individuals serving in the armed forces in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (244135) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 68
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the remarks by the Minister of State for Energy on 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 123WH, on nuclear industry finance, for what reasons a copy of the departmental minute on Sellafield indemnification was not placed in the Library following the letter of 14 July; and for what reasons the placement of the letter was checked in October 2008. | | (244565) | 69
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which insurance companies insure nuclear installations owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority; in what country or countries they are based; and what criteria were applied in their selection. | | (244589) | 70
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his statement of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 125WH, on nuclear industry finance, what consultations his Department conducted on the insurance arrangements for the management of Sellafield. | | (244590) | 71
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to his statement of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 126WH, on nuclear industry finance, what additional assessment the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority made of the availability of private sector insurance for the public body to manage Sellafield. | | (244591) | 72
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce fuel poverty in Peterborough by 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (244137) | 73
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his estimate is of the number of individuals in fuel poverty in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (244138) | 74
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of reduced domestic energy bills as a result of the measures announced as part of the Home Energy Saving programme. | | (243265) | 75
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of publicity highlighting reduced domestic energy tariffs under the Government's agreements with the energy utilities. | | (243266) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 76
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the effect of the sale of British Waterways' property portfolio on the finances of British Waterways. | | (243141) | 77
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what income British Waterways generated from its property portfolio in each of the last three years. | | (243142) | 78
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans are in place for selling the property portfolio of British Waterways; and if he will make a statement. | | (243146) | 79
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for the sale of British Waterways' property portfolio. | | (243222) | 80
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to compensate British Waterways for the reduction in annual income from its property portfolio if its property is sold. | | (243267) | 81
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244609) | 82
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of progress towards meeting the Rural Payments Agency's target of administering 75 per cent. of single farm payments to farmers in England by the end of January. | | (244179) | 83
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of farmers in England have received their single farm payments for 2008. | | (244180) | 84
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of the 2007-08 budget for the Common Agricultural Policy was allocated to the 10 recipients who received the most in payments under the policy. | | (244231) | 85
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cost to businesses of the introduction of the new charging systems for licences under the International Convention on Trade in Endangered Species. | | (244557) | 86
| Mr John Grogan (Selby): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much land has been designated under section 16 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000; how much of this has been designated for the use of (a) walkers, (b) cyclists, (c) horse riders and (d) other equestrians; and at what locations land has been so designated. | | (244577) | 87
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 2187-8W, on horse racing, if he will make it his policy to gather statistics on thoroughbred fatalities on British racecourses. | | (244578) | 88
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2188W, on horse racing, if he will make an annual assessment of the welfare issues arising from surplus breeding of race horses. | | (244579) | 89
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the Genetically-Modified Organisms Panel of the European Food Safety Agency to advise on the potential risks to health and the environment of genetically-modified organisms; if he will support proposals for reform of the panel; and if he will make a statement. | | (242648) | 90
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support at EU level proposals for competent authorities to create GM-free zones. | | (242650) | 91
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that all future field trials of genetically-modified crops in the UK shall be carried out at Porton Down or another high security establishment suitable for testing potentially harmful organisms. | | (243549) | 92
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration he has given to the provisions of the relevant concordat between the competent authorities in Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland when (a) negotiating and (b) voting in the Council of Ministers on matters of assessments and authorisations for genetically-modified organisms in Europe; and if he will make a statement. | | (243550) | 93
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports he has received of cases (a) in the UK and (b) elsewhere of animal deaths in connection with the consumption of the foliage of genetically-modified Bt cotton plants. | | (243551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 94
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244610) | 95
N | Malcolm Bruce (Gordon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the next proposed World Trade Organisation Ministerial meeting on the Doha Development Agenda to take place; and if he will make a statement. | | (244134) | 96
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when it was decided to close the Library of the British Council in Lahore, Pakistan; what assessment was made of the contribution it made to understanding of the UK and the West in Pakistan; and if he will bring forward plans to reopen the Library. | | (244465) | 97
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the working papers drafted to frame discussion of EU-US affairs for the informal meetings of EU foreign ministers in September and November 2008. | | (244466) | 98
N | Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what level of voter turnout is required for elections overseas to be deemed as legitimate by his Department. | | (243221) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 99
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244611) | 100
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to promote availability of the influenza vaccination. | | (243079) | 101
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to assist those with childhood diabetes to cope with the condition. | | (243080) | 102
N | Mr Jim McGovern (Dundee West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will initiate an investigation into Surrey and Borders NHS Foundation Trust's sale of public land and property in Epsom. | | (244558) | 103
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reports he has received of research into the potential harmful effects associated with genetically modified maize and soya varieties approved for food and feeds use in the EU; and if he will support a tightening of the regulatory and approvals regime for such varieties. | | (242649) | 104
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide resources for reporting bodies and advising committees on genetically-modified organisms to sponsor independent feeding trials to establish the safety or otherwise of genetically modified (GM) food and feed varieties prior to the authorisation process; and if he will support measures to oblige GM seed growers to provide reference materials for such trials. | | (242651) | 105
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish the Government's response to the latest consultation on Part IX of the Drug Tariff. | | (244326) | 106
N | Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the individual market forces factors for each hospital trust in England are. | | (243264) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 107
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244612) | 108
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police constables, (c) police sergeants and (d) police community support offices were working in West Chelmsford constituency in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008 to date. | | (244181) | 109
N | Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will cease proceedings to remove Abdulmajid Hassan Ismail (ref J1104674) to Sudan. | | (244327) | 110
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in each of the last three years she or her predecessor was informed that an individual was about to be arrested. | | (244233) | 111
N | David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested on suspicion of the offence of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office in each of the last three years. | | (244234) | 112
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Central Authority passes on information it holds to the relevant authorities when individuals apply for jobs working in (a) the Passport Service, (b) the UK Border Agency, (c) her Department, (d) the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, (e) the Police Service as (i) civilian support and (ii) warranted constables, (f) the Criminal Records Bureau, (g) the Greater London Authority, (h) local authorities children's departments, (i) local authority finance departments, (j) local authority electoral administration offices, (k) local authority social services departments, (l) the Pension Service, (m) the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (n) the Prison Service, (o) the Court Service and (p) the Crown Prosecution Service are vetted for crimes committed outside the United Kingdom. | | (243143) | 113
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) British and (b) foreign nationals working (i) as security guards in government buildings and departments, (ii) as police community support officers, (iii) in the Passport Service, (iv) in the UK Border Agency, (v) in her Department, (vi) in the Serious Oganised Crime Agency, (vii) in the Police Service as (A) civilian support and (B) warranted constables, (viii) in the Criminal Records Bureau, (ix) for the Greater London Authority, (x) in local authorities children's departments, (xi) in local authority finance departments, (xii) in local authority electoral administration offices, (xiii) local authority social services departments, (xiv) in the Pension Service, (xv) in the Criminal Cases Review Commission, (xvi) in the Prison Service, (xvii) in the Court Service and (xviii) in the Crown Prosecution Service are vetted for crimes committed outside the United Kingdom. | | (243144) | 114
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of people-trafficking related (a) investigations, (b) resultant trials and (c) subsequent convictions have arisen through the activity of the Metropolitan Police Human Trafficking Unit in each year since its inception. | | (243145) | 115
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department and its agencies are authorised to access electronic files and databases relating to an individual's (a) immigration status, (b) asylum application and (c) passport application; and if she will make a statement. | | (243147) | 116
N | Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, columns 318-19W, on deportation, how her Department establishes that a person has left the UK without informing the immigration authorities; and how many people so recorded subsequently have been found to have been in the United Kingdom illegally in each of the last five years. | | (243491) | 117
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of how long it will take to (a) clear the backlog of outstanding asylum cases and (b) deport all those unsuccessful in these cases. | | (242735) | 118
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much expenditure her Department has incurred in removing unsuccessful asylum seekers from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years. | | (242775) | 119
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on the (a) assisted voluntary returns and (b) enforced returns of unsuccessful asylum seekers in each of the last five years; and how many were returned under each system. | | (242776) | 120
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum cases were brought to a conclusion, including appeals, (a) within two months, (b) between two and six months, (c) between six and 12 months and (d) over 12 months in each of the last five years. | | (242777) | 121
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the asylum support budget was in each of the last five years; and what it is projected to be in each of the next five years. | | (242778) | 122
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people eligible to remain in the UK under the DP5/96 concession have been deported since 2001. | | (244584) | 123
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees (a) with and (b) without a criminal condition there are in Immigration Removal Centre Oakington. | | (244585) | 124
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the male detainees in Immigration Removal Centre Oakington have family members being held in another immigration removal centre. | | (244586) | 125
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detainees in the Immigration Removal Centre at (a) Oakington, (b) Yarl's Wood and (c) Dungavel have accessed legal advice since 2003. | | (244587) | 126
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reductions in the full price of an identity card she plans to offer (a) pensioners, (b) students and (c) those on income support. | | (244620) | 127
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to cease retaining DNA information from people not convicted of a crime. | | (244039) | 128
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will establish a visa regime applicable to categories of persons wishing to visit the UK from Moldova at the same time as the analogous EU arrangements are put in place. | | (243703) | 129
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will establish an exchange programme between the UK and Moldova police to improve co-operation to reduce serious organised crime. | | (243704) | 130
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to improve co-operation between the UK and Moldova to prevent trafficking of human beings. | | (243705) | 131
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make arrangements with her Moldovan counterpart for regular bilateral consultations to implement the provisions of the 2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Moldova. | | (243706) | 132
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to commence section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. | | (244477) | 133
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 has not been implemented. | | (244478) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 134
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244613) | 135
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding the Government has provided for research into nuclear fusion in each of the last five years. | | (244552) | 136
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprenticeships were (a) started and (b) completed in (i) London and (ii) the London Borough of Wandsworth in the academic year (A) 2003-04, (B) 2004-05, (C) 2005-06 and (D) 2006-07; and in what trades such apprenticeships were undertaken in each such year. | | (244624) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 137
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244614) | 138
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement. | | (244235) | 139
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid the Government (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide to those displaced by violence and conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (244594) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 140
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244600) | 141
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners at Chelmsford Prison share a room with (a) one and (b) two other prisoners. | | (244183) | 142
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the designated maximum number of prisoners is who can be housed in Chelmsford Prison. | | (244184) | 143
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) adults and (b) young offenders there are in Chelmsford Prison. | | (244185) | 144
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were returned to Ukraine under prisoner transfer agreements in the last year for which figures are available. | | (244460) | 145
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were removed from England and Wales under prisoner transfer agreements in the last year for which figures are available. | | (244463) | 146
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were returned to (a) the Netherlands and (b) the Netherlands Antilles under prisoner transfer agreements in the last year for which figures are available. | | (244464) | 147
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentenced foreign prisoners were released from prisons in England and Wales in the last 12 months. | | (244479) | 148
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was paid as unemployment pay to prisoners in each prison in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (244040) | 149
N | Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the National Offender Management Service spent per meal on inmates in HM Prisons in the latest year for which figures are available. | | (244136) | 150
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what response his Department has made to those recommendations of the Foresight report into Mental Capital and Wellbeing which relate to his Department's responsibilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (244132) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 151
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners were removed from Northern Ireland under prisoner transfer agreements in the last year for which figures are available. | | (244461) | 152
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many prisoners in Northern Ireland were released into the custody of the UK Border Agency and its predecessors in each of the last 12 months. | | (244480) | 153
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many sentenced foreign prisoners were released from prisons in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months for which data is available. | | (244482) | Questions to the Prime Minister 154
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his statement on 3 December 2008, Official Report, column 38, for what reason the expected date of the Government's response to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life is not until January 2009. | | (244473) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 155
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244601) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 156
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes. | | (244602) | 157
N | Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the Bexhill link road development. | | (244556) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 158
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have flowed on to jobseeker's allowance (JSA) who (a) had previously claimed JSA within the last (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) one year and (iv) two years and (b) had not previously claimed JSA in each of the last 12 months. | | (244471) | 159
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have flowed on to jobseeker's allowance who (a) had previously claimed it within the last (i) three months, (ii) six months, (iii) one year and (iv) two years and (b) had not previously claimed it in each of the last 10 months. | | (244472) | 160
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people flowed on to (a) contributions-based and (b) income-based jobseeker's allowance in each of the last 12 months. | | (244474) | 161
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what benefits were paid to nationals of (a) other EU and (b) non-EU countries and their families in each of the last 12 quarters, broken down by (i) county and (ii) category of benefit. | | (244475) | 162
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people flowed on to (a) contribution-based and (b) income-based jobseeker's allowance in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (244553) | 163
| Mr David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what compensation he has agreed to pay to the unsuccessful bidders for the Post Office Card Account tendering process. | | (244564) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 164
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to reduce energy waste on the part of Government Departments. | | [Transferred] (244625) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 165
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to involve Afghan nationals not resident in Afghanistan in his Department's efforts to stabilize Afghanistan. | | [Transferred] (244581) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 166
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign prisoners were removed under the Early Removal Scheme in the last year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (244462) | 167
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners in England and Wales were released into the custody of the UK Border Agency and its predecessors in each of the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (244481) |
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