Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2008 - 09
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 January 2009

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 13 January 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 13 January 2009

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 13 January 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 13 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 13 January see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions his Department has had with organisations representing business on (a) business crime and (b) recording business crimes separately.

(247125)

2
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many calls were (a) received and (b) answered by Business Link in each region in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.

(247532)

3
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff were employed by Business Link in each region in each year since Business Link was established.

(247533)

4
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assistance his Department is providing to UK truck manufacturers.

(247027)

5
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department plans to take to protect jobs in the vehicle manufacturing and component supply chain.

(247028)

6
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps are taken to test and improve the fire resistance to EU standards of electrical cable that is (a) manufactured in the UK, (b) imported from another EU member state and (c) imported from outside the EU (i) at point of import or manufacture and (ii) at other times before installation of the cable.

(247114)

7
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the (a) volume and (b) monetary value was of imports to the UK of fire-resistant electric cable from (i) the EU, (ii) non EU countries and (iii) China and India in each of the last five years.

(247117)

8
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps are being taken to ensure that fire-resistant electric cable imported for use by the UK construction industry meets EU standards.

(247118)

9
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on what date the Caio Review was commissioned; and on what date it reported.

(247420)

10
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) administrative and (b) financial support his Department has provided for the Broadband Stakeholders Group since it was established.

(247422)

11
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many individuals were declared bankrupt in each year between 2000 and 2007.

(247597)

12
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with trade unions in Wales about the economic difficulties facing the car industry.

(247557)

13
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many official journeys (a) the Secretary of State and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane in each of the last five years.

(247508)

14
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247366)

15
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247335)

16
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value of British (a) exports to and (b) imports from Libya was in each of the last five years.

(247221)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

17
N Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Authority insisted that the Portman Building Society consult its depositors in respect of the sale of its Guernsey subsidiary to Landsbanki.

(246796)

18
N Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Authority insisted that existing depositors should have the right to withdraw their deposits as a condition of the sale of the Portman Building Society's Guernsey subsidiary to Landsbanki.

(246797)

19
N Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures the Financial Services Authority took to safeguard depositors in the Portman Building Society's Guernsey subsidiary.

(246798)

20
N Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Authority insisted that the Derbyshire Building Society consult its depositors in respect of the sale of its Isle of Man subsidiary to Landsbanki.

(246800)

21
N Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Authority insisted that existing depositors should have the right to withdraw their deposits as a condition of the sale of the Derbyshire Building Society's Isle of Man subsidiary to Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander.

(246801)

22
N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost has been of the British operations in Afghanistan in each year since 2001; and what the anticipated costs are for each of the next five years.

(245484)

23
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed child benefit in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) Great Britain in each year since 1999.

(247497)

24
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed working tax credits in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since their inception.

(247498)

25
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed child tax credits in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since their inception.

(247499)

26
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public procurement contracts are planned involving the purchase of cars, vans and trucks over the next 12 months; and whether the vehicles purchased will be British-built in each case.

(247026)

27
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of each Public Expenditure Survey paper issued in 2008.

(247225)

28
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the Clear Line of Sight project; and if he will make a statement.

(247226)

29
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much each central Government department spent on contract and agency staff, standard chart of account code 51404000 in 2007-08.

(247567)

30
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much each central Government department spent on the purchase of consultancy services, standard chart of account code 51401400, in 2007-08.

(247568)

31
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons he did not ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to make full repayment of depositors' monies in Landsbanki a condition of the IMF loan to Iceland.

(247569)

32
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress the Government has made in negotiations with the Icelandic government on the return of funds lost by the depositors in Landsbanki Guernsey.

(247570)

33
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's public sector capital expenditure was in each year since 1997-98; and what the planned public sector capital expenditure is for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.

(247603)

34
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's public sector current expenditure was in each year since 1997-98; and what the planned public sector current expenditure is for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.

(247604)

35
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total capital value of all (a) operational and (b) non-operational signed private finance initiative projects is for (i) Government departments, (ii) local authorities, (iii) the NHS, (iv) police authorities and (v) Government agencies.

(247606)

36
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many signed private finance initiative projects have become operational since 1997.

(247607)

37
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effects on local authorities' expenditure on landfill waste of reductions in recycling levels in the current economic situation.

(247617)

38
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 22 October 2008 on behalf of a constituent regarding economic difficulties.

(247208)

39
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many official journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane in each of the last five years.

(247502)

40
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the EU Economic Recovery Plan agreed on 12 December 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(245915)

41
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reduce value added tax on suncare products which give children protection against the effects of the sun.

(247086)

42
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on proposals to reduce the rate of value added tax for suncare products; and if he will make a statement.

(247087)

43
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will adopt a public procurement policy to assist British companies during the current financial situation.

(247090)

44
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247370)

45
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average period between approval of an application for child benefit and the first benefit payment was in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(247321)

46
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings from the reorganisation of HM Revenue and Customs office space in Yorkshire and the Humber; and if he will make a statement.

(247322)

47
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices in Yorkshire and the Humber are to close as a result of HMRC's reorganisation programme.

(247323)

48
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from local authorities on proposed tax office closures in Yorkshire and the Humber; and if he will make a statement.

(247324)

49
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the HM Revenue and Customs reorganisation programme on levels of employment in Yorkshire and the Humber; and if he will make a statement.

(247325)

50
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247350)

51
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how surplus funds from the National Insurance Fund have been allocated over the last five years.

(247559)

52
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse was of tax relief for training by the self-employed allowable under PAYE in 2007-08.

(247546)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

53
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress the Obesity Observatory has made towards meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(246994)

54
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the updated regulations on food-based standards for school lunches have been implemented.

(246995)

55
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made towards meeting the targets to provide every child with the opportunity to participate in five hours of sport every week; and if he will make a statement.

(246996)

56
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the (a) play strategy and (b) outcomes of the consultation on the strategy was published.

(246997)

57
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the final report on the review of child and adolescent mental health services to be published.

(246998)

58
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in the pilot projects designed to test new and innovative approaches to tackling child poverty; and if he will make a statement.

(246999)

59
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has provided to the Children's Society to support professionals working with young carers in the last 12 months.

(247000)

60
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress has been made in the Family Pathfinder pilots; and if he will make a statement.

(247001)

61
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress the Families Group has made towards meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(247002)

62
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children received support from children's social care in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.

(247003)

63
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were the subject of a child protection plan at 31st March 2008.

(247004)

64
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children of school age experienced bullying in 2007-08.

(247005)

65
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children referred to children's social care received an initial assessment within seven working days in 2007.

(247006)

66
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many preventable child deaths there were in 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(247008)

67
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date the UK Council for Child Internet Safety came into operation; and what funding his Department has allocated to the Council for each of the next three years.

(247009)

68
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made in its communications campaign on children's safety; and if he will make a statement.

(247010)

69
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the Child Safety Education Coalition has been established.

(247011)

70
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what ways his Department is working with national third sector youth organisations to support the training needs of those working in the third sector to achieve the ambitions set out in Aiming High and the Children's Plan.

(247185)

71
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what ways his Department is working with external partners to introduce a common platform of skills and training for those across all sectors who work with young people; and in what ways it is working with such partners to develop new qualifications for support staff.

(247186)

72
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the findings of his Department's staff survey which commenced in April 2008 were.

(247187)

73
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the progress made against his Department's Equality and Diversity Delivery Plan.

(247188)

74
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much sickness absence there was among staff in his Department in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

(247189)

75
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department's three year skills strategy has been finalised.

(247190)

76
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the likely change in expenditure by his Department on administration costs between now and 2011.

(247191)

77
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of 17 year-olds who will be in education in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.

(247192)

78
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department issued on the co-location of services for children and young people in 2008.

(247193)

79
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many of the proposed new adventure playgrounds referred to on page 101 of his Department's Annual Report have been built.

(247194)

80
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local authorities have obtained capital funding to support the delivery of stimulating local places to play since the publication of the children's plan.

(247195)

81
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the management of waves 7 to 15 of the Building Schools for the Future Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(247196)

82
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of progress to date in regional pathfinders established under the Primary Capital programme.

(247197)

83
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities not included in waves 1 to 6 of Building Schools for the Future have been allocated a flat rate of £8 million each for 14 to 19 and special educational needs spending.

(247198)

84
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department provide for the Next Generation Learning campaign in the last 12 months; and what funding it has allocated to the campaign for the next three years.

(247199)

85
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the progress of the Home Access Taskforce in devising sustainable approaches towards ensuring that all pupils enjoy home access to personal technology by 2011; and if he will make a statement.

(247200)

86
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the target for annual efficiency gains by 2007-08, referred to on pages 107-108 of his Department's Annual Report, was achieved.

(247201)

87
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the 2006-07 Consistent Financial Reporting Framework to support improved financial reporting and benchmarking by schools.

(247202)

88
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the progress made under the school efficiency measurement pilots; and if he will make a statement.

(247203)

89
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has established the support team for the online procurement tool for schools to date.

(247204)

90
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the specification for the Home to School Transport ICT solution has been developed alongside the process to appoint a solution supplier.

(247205)

91
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in the pilots in schools trialling new ways to assess, report and stimulate progress throughout the key stages; and if he will make a statement.

(247232)

92
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children's centres there are in England.

(247233)

93
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made under the London Challenge initiative in addressing the needs of pupils who receive free school meals; and if he will make a statement.

(247234)

94
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children received statements of special educational needs in January 2008.

(247235)

95
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils had special educational needs without statements in January 2008.

(247236)

96
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the September Guarantee in meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(247237)

97
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 14 to 19 diplomas in widening access to higher education.

(247238)

98
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the consultation on Promoting achievement, valuing success: a stategy for 14 to 19 qualifications; and if he will make a statement.

(247239)

99
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the first 1,000 pilots of the Functional Skills qualifications.

(247240)

100
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects diploma courses in (a) business, administration and finance, (b) hair and beauty, (c) hospitality, (d) environmental and land-based studies, (e) manufacturing and produce design, (f) public services, (g) retail, (h) sport and leisure and (i) travel and tourism to become available.

(247241)

101
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the National Apprenticeship Service to be established.

(247242)

102
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Project Enthuse in meeting its objectives.

(247243)

103
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Connexions services in targeting young people not in education, employment or training to ensure that they have the information, advice and guidance required to understand their options.

(247244)

104
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the progress of the 14 to 19 Partnerships in planning for the delivery of the entitlement to 17 diploma lines across the country by 2013.

(247245)

105
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many responses were received to the consultation on Confidence in Standards: Regulating and developing qualifications and assessment.

(247246)

106
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress the Youth Taskforce has made towards meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(247248)

107
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the launch of the Parent Know How suite of services; and if he will make a statement.

(247249)

108
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Parenting Early Intervention pathfinders in meeting their objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(247250)

109
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Parent Support Advisers there are in England.

(247251)

110
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the planned extension of the education maintenance allowance to include young people taking entry to employment courses have commenced.

(247252)

111
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the planned pilot of the variant of the Activity Agreement to offer personalised learning to young people as soon as they become not in education, employment or training has commenced.

(247253)

112
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress has been made in the Entry to Learning Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(247254)

113
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the implementation of his Department's Care Matters proposals; and if he will make a statement.

(247255)

114
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy in meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(247256)

115
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the review of sex and relationship education in schools; and if he will make a statement.

(247257)

116
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Alcohol Action Plan in meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

(247258)

117
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made to date under his Department's Drugs: protecting families and communities strategy; and if he will make a statement.

(247259)

118
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were permanently excluded from schools in England in (a) 2007 and (b) 2007-08.

(247260)

119
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will introduce legislative proposals to require local authorities to replace failing pupil referral units with a specified alternative.

(247261)

120
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has provided for the Youth Justice Unit in the last 12 months; and what funding it plans to provide for the Unit in the next three years.

(247262)

121
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the implementation of the Youth Conditional Caution; and if he will make a statement.

(247263)

122
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Youth Taskforce has taken to improve responses to (a) anti-social behaviour and other serious problems and (b) work with Government Offices and other bodies to improve local authority performance.

(247264)

123
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Audit and Risk Assurance Committee; and if he will make a statement.

(247265)

124
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made against its Action Plan; and if he will make a statement.

(247266)

125
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Improving Information Sharing and Management Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(247267)

126
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of ContactPoint; and if he will make a statement.

(247268)

127
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of (a) the Integrated Children's and (b) the Client Caseload Information system; and if he will make a statement.

(247269)

128
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects of giving International School Awards for those schools which have begun to integrate global issues and international awareness into the curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

(247270)

129
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Global Fellowships programme's initiative to provide young people with work and cultural experiences in (a) China, (b) India and (c) Brazil; and if he will make a statement.

(247271)

130
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the performance of his Department's Commercial Group in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(247272)

131
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Star Chamber Board to date; what achievements the Board has made since its establishment; and if he will make a statement.

(247273)

132
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the revised rules on skills tests under the Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 have been implemented.

(247274)

133
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions his Department's (a) External Scrutiny Group, (b) Implementation Review Unit, (c) Primary Heads Reference Group and (d) Secondary Heads Reference Group met in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008.

(247275)

134
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will publish his Department's (a) draft contract for independent fostering and (b) standard contract for residential care.

(247276)

135
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the progress of the Children's Workforce Development Council in setting the baseline for developing a newly qualified status for children's social workers from September 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(247277)

136
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the review of training and continuing professional development of the social care workforce under the National Minimum Standards review to be completed.

(247278)

137
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pilots regarding a newly qualified status for social workers have been established.

(247279)

138
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the planned (a) fast track entry and (b) progression route for social workers has been established.

(247280)

139
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the planned graduate recruitment scheme for social workers has been established.

(247281)

140
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether his Department has developed the proposed campaign to attract people into social work.

(247282)

141
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the planned remodelling pilots in regions with the most acute social work vacancy and turnover rates have been established.

(247283)

142
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the likely level of take-up of the National Professional Qualification for Headship.

(247284)

143
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many places are available in the Graduate Teacher programme in this year; how many places he expects to be available under the programme in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(247285)

144
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the progress made under Teach First initiative; and if he will make a statement.

(247286)

145
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many candidates have achieved the Early Years Professional Status to date; and if he will make a statement.

(247287)

146
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he expects to be available from Graduate Leader Fund in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(247288)

147
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he expects all Sure Start children's centres with early years provision to be led by someone with Early Years Professional Status.

(247289)

148
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many candidates have been awarded Early Years sector-endorsed foundation degrees to date.

(247290)

149
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have been awarded the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership to date.

(247291)

150
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in implementing the child road safety strategy produced in 2007.

(247381)

151
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the National Safeguarding Unit for the Third Sector has been established; and if he will make a statement.

(247383)

152
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent steps he has taken to improve the protection of children who may have been trafficked.

(247384)

153
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made towards meeting its 2004 public service agreement target to narrow the gap in educational achievement between looked-after children and their peers.

(247385)

154
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of (a) child protection and (b) looked-after children reviews were held within the required timescales in the last 12 months.

(247386)

155
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of child protection plans last for two or more years.

(247387)

156
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of children became the subject of a child protection plan for a second or subsequent time in 2007.

(247388)

157
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of core assessments for children's social care were carried out within 35 working days of their commencement in the last three years.

(247389)

158
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy and practice of the Joint Chief Inspectors' report on safeguarding children.

(247390)

159
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many home safety equipment schemes have been established in each region to date.

(247391)

160
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress the Youth Justice Board has made on a new safeguarding strategy for children and young people in the secure estate.

(247393)

161
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has implemented a national policy for safeguarding children at risk of forced marriage.

(247394)

162
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made under the Every Child a Writer programme; and if he will make a statement.

(247395)

163
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress has been made under the (a) Every Child a Reader and (b) Every Child Counts programmes; and if he will make a statement.

(247396)

164
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to publish an evaluation of the National Year of Reading.

(247397)

165
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much the teacher training bursary for mathematics teachers was in academic year 2008-09.

(247398)

166
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has provided for the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(247400)

167
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the innovative Key Stage 3 mathematics lesson materials funded by his Department and the Bowland Trust have been made available to schools.

(247401)

168
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many new Academy Schools were opened in 2008.

(247402)

169
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has provided for the Young, Gifted and Talented programme in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(247403)

170
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the steps taken under the Young, Gifted and Talented programme to target those schools which in 2007 did not identify any gifted or talented pupils.

(247404)

171
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether Teach First advocates are being used to mentor disadvantaged gifted and talented students from state schools in (a) London, (b) the Black Country and (c) Greater Manchester.

(247405)

172
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent progress has been made on the Transition to Teaching programme; and if he will make a statement.

(247406)

173
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he expects the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Centre to open in 2009.

(247407)

174
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the (a) capital and (b) annual running cost of the National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Centre.

(247408)

175
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) mainstream and (b) special schools joined the Specialist Schools programme in 2007-08.

(247409)

176
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has allocated to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(247410)

177
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has allocated to the Youth Support Trust over the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(247411)

178
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made against the target to ensure that no local authority has more than five per cent. of its secondary school pupils as persistent absentees by 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

(247412)

179
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of schools has implemented a Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning programme.

(247413)

180
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the next report arising from the Steer Review to be published.

(247414)

181
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how long on average a school placed in special measures spent under those measures in the latest period for which information is available.

(247415)

182
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many interim executive boards were established in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

(247416)

183
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has allocated to the Graduate Leader Fund over the next three years.

(247417)

184
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the functionality to allow schools to be identified by name on the school financial benchmarking website has been implemented.

(247452)

185
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made on plans to ensure that the target for full-time equivalent headcount reductions, referred to on page 109 of the Department's 2008 Annual Report, will be met.

(247453)

186
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were in special measures on 1 December 2008.

(247454)

187
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools were classed as requiring significant improvement on 1 December 2008.

(247455)

188
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the evaluation of reduced-tariff inspections of schools; and if he will make a statement.

(247456)

189
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions Ofsted has had with the Training and Development Agency on the relationship between teacher recruitment and systemic school failure in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

(247457)

190
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the findings contained in Ofsted's report on schools that have successfully emerged from special measures.

(247458)

191
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the local area pilots to improve headteacher succession planning within and across schools; and if he will make a statement.

(247459)

192
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the Future Leaders pilot; and if he will make a statement.

(247460)

193
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the report by Pricewaterhouse Coopers commissioned by his Department on school leaders.

(247461)

194
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what Supporting Schools Financial Management and Value for Money support seminars were held in 2008.

(247462)

195
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date the evaluation of the Financial Management standard in secondary schools was published.

(247463)

196
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in the project to look at benchmarking systems already in use in local authorities and children's centres and to judge the feasibility of a system for Sure Start Children's Centres along the lines of the system used in schools; and if he will make a statement.

(247464)

197
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding the Office of the Children's Commissioner received from his Department for financial years (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

(247465)

198
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance against its Objective 1 to safeguard children and young people, to improve their outcomes and general well-being, and break cycles of deprivation in 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(247466)

199
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of his Department's performance against its target to increase the number of children in lower-income working families using formal childcare by 120,000 in 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(247467)

200
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made against its target to reduce the under 18 conception rate by 50 per cent. by 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(247468)

201
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made towards its target to halt the year-on-year rise in obesity among children under 11 by 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(247469)

202
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to improve the educational support and stability of life of looked-after children.

(247470)

203
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 11 year olds achieved level 4 or above in (a) English and (b) mathematics in 2008.

(247471)

204
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 14 year olds achieved level 5 or above in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) ICT in 2008.

(247472)

205
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many schools less than 50 per cent. of pupils achieved level 5 or above in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science in 2008.

(247473)

206
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the rate of (a) male and (b) female pupil absenteeism in (i) primary schools and (ii) secondary schools was in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.

(247474)

207
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of 5 to 16 year olds in each School Sport Partnership participated in a minimum of two hours of high quality physical education and sport each week in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.

(247475)

208
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in how many schools less than 25 per cent. of pupils aged 16 achieved the equivalent of five GCSEs at grades A* to C in 2008.

(247476)

209
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the launch of the New National Challenge Programme; and if he will make a statement.

(247477)

210
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many 17 year olds participated in education and training in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

(247478)

211
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many apprenticeships there were in each of the last five years.

(247479)

212
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of young people was not in education, employment or training in 2007.

(247480)

213
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of people under the age of 25 years who used Class A drugs in 2007-08.

(247481)

214
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) males and (b) females under the age of 25 years who used Class A drugs in 2006-07.

(247482)

215
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) males and (b) females under the age of 25 years who smoked tobacco in each of the last five years.

(247483)

216
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers left the profession after less than 10 years service in each of the last 20 years.

(247484)

217
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many mathematics teachers were employed in maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England in each of the last 10 years.

(247485)

218
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers of foreign languages were employed in maintained secondary schools in England in each of the last 10 years.

(247486)

219
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils achieved an A level in a foreign language in each of the last 10 years.

(247487)

220
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will ensure that appointments to Ofqual will be subject to select committee scrutiny in line with the proposals on page 29 of the Governance of Britain Green Paper of July 2007.

(247064)

221
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reason the words in paragraph 1.65(d) of the School Admissions Code requiring parents' preferences for the school of their choice to be met to the maximum extent possible have been removed from the revised Code.

(247030)

222
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of mainstream maintained secondary schools inspected by Ofsted in (a) 2008 and (b) 2007 held end of year examinations at the end of Year 7 in (i) English, (ii) mathematics, (iii) history, (iv) geography, (v) science and (vi) French.

(247031)

223
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when the 2008 GCSE results for secondary schools will be published.

(247035)

224
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people have had their education maintenance allowance withdrawn as a result of (a) disruptive behaviour in school or college and (b) poor attendance in each year since the scheme began.

(247223)

225
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of young people in (a) North Wiltshire constituency, (b) Wiltshire, (c) Swindon and (d) England have received (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30 education maintenance allowance in each year since the scheme began.

(247224)

226
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England who were entitled to education maintenance allowance did not receive any payments in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.

(247137)

227
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of young people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England received education maintenance allowance in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09 to date.

(247138)

228
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England have received (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30 in education maintenance allowance in (A) 2006-07, (B) 2007-08 and (C) 2008-09 to date.

(247139)

229
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans his Department has for the future of the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.

(247025)

230
Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assistance his Department provides to grandparents who act in loco parentis for their grandchildren; and if he will make a statement.

(247047)

231
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many official journeys (a) he and (b) his officials have made by plane since his Department was established.

(247506)

232
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health on the flexible education provision for childhood cancer survivors.

(247217)

233
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) private sector bodies and (b) university (i) education and (ii) mathematics faculties are taking part in the design of the courses that make up the continuing professional development contract put out by the National Centre of Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics and National Strategies.

(247330)

234
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many mathematics national strategy consultants (NSCs) are employed by local authorities on (a) permanent, (b) annual and (c) termly contracts; and what conditions there are in contracts of each type on publication and retention by NSCs of intellectual property rights to their work.

(247331)

235
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress is being made in the implementation of recommendation 3 of the Williams Review of Mathematics Teaching in Early Years Settings and Primary Schools.

(247332)

236
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247365)

237
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on pensions for former employees in each of the last 10 years.

(247304)

238
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on (a) salaries and (b) bonuses for staff in each year since 1997.

(247305)

239
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on press officers in each of the last 10 years.

(247308)

240
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on entertainment and hospitality in each year since 1997.

(247309)

241
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils on free school meals have been taught in schools with (a) 1,500 or more and (b) 2,000 or more pupils in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority.

(247310)

242
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools had (a) 1,500 or more and (b) 2,000 or more pupils in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority.

(247311)

243
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average funding per pupil was in each local education authority in England in the latest period for which figures are available.

(247312)

244
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many days of sick leave head teachers took in each of the last five years in each local authority area, broken down by type of illness.

(247313)

245
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to encourage increased awareness of diabetes among teachers and head teachers; and if he will make a statement.

(247315)

246
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support is made available for children (a) up to the age of 11 and (b) aged between 11 and 16 years who have been diagnosed with diabetes; and if he will make a statement.

(247316)

247
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247336)

248
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pork served in schools in (a) East Devon constituency, (b) the South West and (c) England was locally sourced in the last five years.

(247561)

249
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his policy is on the integration of school and onsite catering into the Building Schools for the Future programme.

(247514)

250
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of children have school meals in each local authority area.

(247515)

251
Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to tackle obesity among children under the age of six years.

(247516)

252
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of secondary schools offer wrap-around care (a) before school, (b) after school and (c) before and after school in each local authority area.

(247055)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

253
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what funding his Department has allocated to support the Office of the Third Sector in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

(247247)

254
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were registered as resident in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England in each year since 1993.

(247592)

255
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by the Government on public relations, advertising and marketing in each year from 1995 to 2005 according to figures held by the Central Office of Information.

(247596)

256
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate the Office of National Statistics has made of the number of people over (a) 60 and (b) 80 years old there will be in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England in each year to 2015.

(247598)

257
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people over (a) 60 and (b) 80 years of age there were in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England in each year since 2005.

(247599)

258
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average age of (a) men and (b) women resident in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England was at the latest date for which information is available.

(247600)

259
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the life expectancy of (a) men and (b) women in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England was (A) in 1987, (B) in 1992, (C) in 1997, (D) in 2001, (E) in 2005 and (F) at the latest date for which information is available.

(247601)

260
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the change in UK gross domestic product was in each year since 1997-98.

(247605)

261
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many children in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England were of (i) white, (ii) Pakistani or Bangladeshi and (iii) black non-Caribbean ethnicity in the latest period for which figures are available.

(247610)

262
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people (a) contracted skin cancer and (b) died from melanoma in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(247085)

263
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people died from factors attributable to cold weather in (a) each London borough and (b) each English region in each of the last 10 years.

(247032)

264
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) male and (b) female 18 year olds there were in each year since 2005; and how many of each there are expected to be in each year to 2015.

(247129)

265
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of families in England have a gross income of less than £58,000 per year.

(247547)

Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners

266
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2008, Official Report, column 201W, on paid posts, for what reason the posts of Secretary to the Church Commissioners and Chief Financial Officer are reserved for practising Christians.

(247500)

267
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2008, Official Report, column 201W, on paid posts, whether the post of (a) Secretary to the Church Commissioners and (b) Chief Financial Officer could be filled by a practising Roman Catholic.

(247501)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

268
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Fire Kills campaign.

(247392)

269
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of interest local authorities have foregone on money frozen in Icelandic banks.

(247022)

270
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much money local authorities have deposited in Icelandic banks.

(247023)

271
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have funds frozen in Icelandic banks.

(247024)

272
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many electrical fires have occurred in newly rewired or newly built properties in England in each of the last five years.

(247115)

273
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many fires in England were due to (a) electrical faults and (b) faulty electric cables in each of the last five years.

(247116)

274
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many hectares of greenbelt land there were in North Yorkshire in each year since 1997.

(247614)

275
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the interim operating budget for the Homes and Communities Agency is in the four month period ending at the end of March 2009.

(247489)

276
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations her Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247364)

277
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use (a) her Department and (b) service providers under contract to her Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration her Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if she will make a statement.

(247337)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

278
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of funding dispersed by the Legacy Trust to date has been spent on (a) cultural and (b) sporting projects.

(247573)

279
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what projects have received funding from the Legacy Trust of more than £100,000 to date.

(247574)

280
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people (a) under and (b) over 16 years who participated in at least one active sport in the last four weeks in each year for which figures are available.

(247575)

281
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in each local authority area lived within (a) one mile and (b) two miles of a static library in each of the last three years.

(247576)

282
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the aggregate scheduled duration of opening for all libraries per 1,000 population in each local authority was in each of the last three years.

(247577)

283
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of static libraries provided access to (a) internet services, (b) broadband internet services and (c) wi-fi internet services in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

(247578)

284
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many electronic workstations with access to the internet there were in library service outlets per 100,000 population in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

(247579)

285
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of requests for books from library service points were met within (a) seven, (b) 15 and (c) 30 days in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

(247580)

286
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many library visits were made per 100,000 population in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

(247581)

287
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of library users aged 16 years and over viewed their library service as very good or good in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

(247582)

288
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of library users aged under 16 years viewed their library service as good in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

(247583)

289
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many items were added through purchase to library service outlets per 1,000 population in each local authority area in each of the last three years.

(247584)

290
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on taxis in each of the last three years.

(247585)

291
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Active Places website has cost his Department in each year since the site's creation.

(247586)

292
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of progress made towards reaching his Department's target to improve productivity in the tourism, creative and leisure industries.

(247587)

293
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his final assessment of progress made towards meeting his Department's public service agreement performance targets since the Spending Review in 2004.

(247588)

294
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what will happen to the transmitter at Winter Hill when the digital switchover is complete.

(247019)

295
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households are still operating on analogue television in the North West.

(247020)

296
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the estimated cost of digital switchover will be in the North West.

(247021)

297
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the datasets from his Department's Taking Part survey in each year since 2005.

(247333)

298
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average standard deviation was of the datasets of his Department's Taking Part survey in each year since 2005.

(247334)

299
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the statistically significant differences between the results of his Department's most recent Taking Part survey and the previous such survey.

(247352)

300
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects to begin the process of appointing a new chairman of the Horseracing Betting Levy Board; and if he will make a statement.

(247353)

301
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications were received by his Department for posts of (a) members of the Independent Strategy Board of the Gambling Commission and (b) non-executive directors of the Tote; how many positions are available for each; and when he expects to make the appointments.

(247354)

302
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the first meeting of the Sports Legacy Board will take place.

(247355)

303
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 549W, on the Departmental internet, what the initial costing of including return path functionality in digital set-top boxes made by the technical experts on his Department's Emerging Technology Group was; and if he will make a statement.

(247357)

304
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1226W, on Sport England: public appointments, on what date the previous chairman left the employment of Sport England; and by what date he expects to appoint a new chairman and deputy chairman.

(247358)

305
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2008, Official Report, column 138W, on Departmental plants, how much his Department has spent on (a) pot plants since March 2008 and (b) flowers in each of the last five years.

(247359)

306
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid to ML-N for its work in creating the brand for the Creativity and Business International Network.

(247418)

307
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's staff provided support for the Byron Review.

(247419)

308
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) administrative and (b) financial support his Department has provided for the Broadband Stakeholders Group since it was established.

(247421)

309
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) total and (b) staffing cost to his Department has been of the Digital Radio Working Group since its establishment.

(247423)

310
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the Digital Radio Working Group was set up; on what date it published its interim report; and when he expects it to publish its final report.

(247424)

311
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the Convergence Think Tank was (a) set up by his Department and (b) wound down.

(247425)

312
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have enrolled on Creative Britain apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.

(247495)

313
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 880W, on departmental non-departmental public bodies, on how many occasions bodies for which his Department is responsible requested authority to incur expenditure above the delegated limits set out in their financial memoranda in the last 12 months.

(247496)

314
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a sufficient supply of swimming teachers to staff its free access to swimming initiative.

(247450)

315
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure swimming access for people on low incomes.

(247451)

316
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of representations received by his Department from the Amateur Swimming Association on making two million more people active by 2012.

(247572)

317
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Government has provided directly to Visit Britain in each of the last three years.

(247206)

318
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to encourage foreign visitors to the United Kingdom over the next 18 months; and if he will make a statement.

(247213)

319
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to promote London as a tourist destination over the next 18 months; and if he will make a statement.

(247214)

320
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on the implications of the value of sterling for the British tourist industry; and if he will make a statement.

(247215)

321
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247362)

322
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247338)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

323
N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's estimate was in 2006 of the duration of the incursion of British troops into Helmand province; and what his current estimate is.

(245485)

324
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel at each grade or rank are working within his Department and the armed services on the delivery of the defence training contract awarded to Metrix.

(247065)

325
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what revisions have been made to the timetable and the budget for the delivery of package 1 of the defence training contract awarded to Metrix; and if he will make a statement.

(247066)

326
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the requirements are that form the basis of the request his Department has made to Metrix to submit a revised plan for package 1 of the defence training contract.

(247067)

327
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Trident II systems his Department is planning to build; and what estimate he has made of the likely length of time between the delivery of each Trident II.

(247539)

328
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) surface ships and (b) submarines are on order; and when each is due to be (i) completed and (ii) entered into service.

(247016)

329
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on developing high performance steel armour; and what plans the Government has to purchase such steel for the armed forces.

(247017)

330
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will make it its policy to obtain new steel armour from UK manufacturers.

(247018)

331
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent in providing counter-narcotics assistance to members of the Colombian armed forces in each year since 2000.

(247146)

332
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on counselling services for new recruits to the army over the last 10 years.

(247558)

333
Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Taleban and (b) non-Afghan fighters have been killed by (i) UK and (ii) other NATO forces in Afghanistan since 2003.

(247147)

334
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many official journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane in each of the last five years.

(247505)

335
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247363)

336
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247339)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

337
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of the fuel used at Drax power station was (a) tar sands, (b) shale and (c) other oils in the last period for which figures are available.

(247043)

338
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned on the volume of carbon dioxide emitted from processes involving the use of indigenous deep-mined coal compared to similar processes involving the use of tar sands, shale and other unconventional oils.

(247399)

339
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department plans to provide to the Falkland Islands government to extract oil and gas.

(247428)

340
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of management at the Sellafield nuclear facility before the transfer of responsibility for the site to Nuclear Management Partners.

(247140)

341
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value is of contracts relating to the handover of responsibility for the Sellafield site to a new private body organisation.

(247141)

342
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what procedures his Department has in place to ensure that undertakings to place documents in the Library are fulfilled.

(247142)

343
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding since it was established; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247361)

344
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247340)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

345
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Lancashire County Council has bid for funding to protect against future flooding.

(247015)

346
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce an independently verified kitemark for the flood resilience of properties.

(247488)

347
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received on his Draft River Basin Management Plans consultation.

(247490)

348
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the financial impact on each (a) individual water company, (b) farmer and landowner, (c) local authority, (d) highway authority and (e) other interested party affected by the proposals in the Draft River Basin Management Plans consultation if brought into effect; and if he will make a statement.

(247491)

349
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what economic impact assessment he has made of each individual river management system set out in the Draft River Basin Management Plans consultation if brought into effect; and if he will make a statement.

(247492)

350
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on advertising in (a) the last 12 months and (b) 1997.

(247595)

351
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247360)

352
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247341)

353
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing to pig farmers and the pig industry in 2008-09; and what account he took of minimum UK welfare standards in determining that support.

(247560)

354
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the long-term economic sustainability of the pig industry; and if he will make a statement.

(247563)

355
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation governing fly-posting.

(247550)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

356
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many official journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane in each of the last five years.

(247503)

357
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247379)

358
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department made of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247342)

359
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the Libyan government on compensation for victims of IRA terrorism involving arms originating in Libya.

(247222)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

360
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to publish guidance for cancer commissioners.

(247099)

361
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards establishing a National Cancer Intelligence Network; and what priorities for (a) routine analyses at a national level and (b) research have been determined.

(247100)

362
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has validated a modular assessment tool for the purpose of collecting information on cancer awareness; and when he expects to undertake a national survey.

(247101)

363
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) cancer networks and (b) primary care trusts have completed local reviews of in-patient bed usage.

(247102)

364
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress National Health Service cancer screening programmes have made towards encouraging the sharing of best practice in improving accessibility for all groups.

(247103)

365
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to move to an activity-based system for funding cervical cancer screening services.

(247104)

366
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards completing a dataset for all chemotherapy service providers in respect of patients receiving chemotherapy.

(247105)

367
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Cancer Director to publish his evaluation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence approved cancer drug usage.

(247106)

368
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of commissioners of cancer services in relation to NHS waiting time standards through the assurance system developed under the world class commissioning programme.

(247107)

369
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on (a) developing and (b) testing a primary care audit tool for newly-diagnosed cancers; and when he expects to begin the national audit.

(247108)

370
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on each component of the national awareness and early diagnosis initiative; and when he expects to be able to evaluate the initiative as a whole.

(247109)

371
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in developing further indicators of success in achieving the new ambition on healthy weight.

(247110)

372
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made under the world class commissioning programme of cancer commissioners' compliance with advice contained in guidance issued by his Department subsequent to the publication of the Cancer Reform Strategy.

(247121)

373
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department uses to decide whether a product is sporicidal; whether his Department has assessed (a) peracetic acid-based formulas and (b) quaternary ammonium-based formulas to be sporicidal; and if he will make a statement.

(247553)

374
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether disinfectant wipes using peracetic acid-based formulas have been proven to be effective against Clostridium difficile; if his Department will encourage NHS trusts to use such wipes as disinfectants in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(247554)

375
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards meeting the target to reduce health inequalities by 10 per cent. by 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(246993)

376
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions resulting from (a) unintentional and (b) deliberate injuries to children there were in 2007; and if he will make a statement.

(247007)

377
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals aged 11 to 18 years resident in each (a) London borough and (b) Government Office region were treated for alcohol-related health problems in each of the last five years.

(247122)

378
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what percentage of people in each age group (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital were malnourished in the last year in which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(247152)

379
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what average percentage of the occupied floor area of (a) each NHS trust's buildings and (b) all NHS trusts' buildings in England were in physical condition (i) C and (ii) D in each year since 1996-97.

(247153)

380
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate the Government has made of the cost to small businesses of proposals to remove cigarette displays in shops.

(247326)

381
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent to date on advertising campaigns relating to (a) smoking, (b) binge drinking and (c) drug awareness in financial year 2008-09.

(247589)

382
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on mental health services for prisoners in each (a) prison and (b) health authority area in each of the last five financial years; and how many prisoners received such treatment in each of these years.

(247068)

383
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will discourage NHS trusts from procuring quaternary ammonium based products for use as disinfectants in NHS hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

(247541)

384
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposals for modernising scientific careers proposals on (a) the funding of BSc level qualifications and (b) the number of students opting for a BSc level qualification in healthcare science.

(247029)

385
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which healthcare science disciplines his Department classifies as falling within the field of physiological science; and which of these require statutory registration of practitioners.

(247036)

386
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the effectiveness of the MMR vaccination catch-up programme.

(247013)

387
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults aged 35 and over were admitted to hospital with diseases caused by smoking in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2006-07.

(247615)

388
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts use (a) 084 telephone numbers and (b) other telephone numbers that charge more than the local rate for calls from the public.

(247616)

389
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people over 50 years of age were diagnosed with shingles in each of the last five years.

(247534)

390
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the cost to the NHS of treating shingles and post herpetic neuralgia in people over 50 years of age in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(247535)

391
Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent meetings he and his officials have had to discuss prevention of shingles and post herpetic neuralgia in older people through immunisation.

(247536)

392
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department's consultation on the use of 084 numbers within the NHS is expected to cost.

(247143)

393
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of implementing the national Scores on the Doors scheme over the next three years.

(247540)

394
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to take account of the effects on society and on public expenditure when evaluating treatments of rheumatoid arthritis which enable patients to continue to work or to return to work.

(247296)

395
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of rheumatoid arthritis patients who fulfil the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence requirements for anti-TNF treatment but who do not receive anti-TNF treatment.

(247297)

396
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of statutory rights for carers.

(247218)

397
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Treasury on the effects on the level of use of sun protection products for (a) children and (b) adults of the rate of value added tax charged on such products.

(247083)

398
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to (a) parents in respect of their children and (b) adults on the use of sun protection lotions; and if he will make a statement.

(247084)

399
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247378)

400
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances a dentist may charge a patient for (a) descaling and (b) cleaning and polishing after the first-tier check up.

(247537)

401
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will initiate an investigation into the practice of dentists charging patients for descaling, cleaning and polishing following the first-tier check up; and if he will make a statement.

(247538)

402
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS Direct uses 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; and if he will make a statement.

(247306)

403
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries use 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; and if he will make a statement.

(247307)

404
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 have been diagnosed with diabetes; and if he will make a statement.

(247317)

405
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust has spent on finding a new location for Beverley Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement.

(247318)

406
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247343)

407
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of pork served in hospitals in (a) East Devon constituency, (b) the South West and (c) England was locally sourced in the last five years.

(247562)

408
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) named and (b) designated doctor posts in charge of child safety in primary care trusts are vacant.

(247034)

409
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many haemophiliacs known to have been infected with HIV through contaminated blood products administered to them under NHS treatment are still alive; and if he will make a statement.

(247048)

410
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account his Department is taking in its policy on testing for vCJD infection amongst at-risk groups of the recent completion of the trial of the EP-vCJD(TM) test by Amorfix Life Sciences in collaboration with the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control; and if he will make a statement.

(247049)

411
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of testing for vCJD all those considered potentially at risk of having contracted vCJD after using infected blood products under the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(247050)

412
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of those considered to be potentially at risk of having contracted vCJD after using infected blood products under the NHS have been informed of their at risk status; and if he will make a statement.

(247051)

413
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many haemophiliacs are estimated to be potentially at risk of having contracted vCJD after using infected blood products under the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(247052)

414
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are estimated to be potentially at risk of having contracted vCJD after using infected blood products under the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

(247053)

415
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department is planning to respond to the forthcoming report by Lord Archer on contaminated blood and blood products and to its specific recommendations; and if he will make a statement.

(247054)

416
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 675-6W, on the contaminated blood and blood products inquiry, if he will publish the (a) date and (b) title of each document wholly or partly withheld under the Freedom of Information Act specifying in each case (i) the section of the Act under which the document has been withheld and (ii) whether it has been partly or wholly withheld; and if he will make a statement.

(247228)

417
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 675-6W, on contaminated blood and blood products inquiry, how many of the documents discovered in unregistered files and subsequently withheld from release under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act were also withheld from release from the documents returned to his Department's solicitors in May 2006 by Blackett, Hart and Pratt.

(247231)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

418
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police stations in London are earmarked for closure as part of the draft Metropolitan Police Estates Strategy; in which year it is proposed that they be closed; what estimate has been made of the capital receipts that will be obtained from their closure; what new police stations are proposed as part of the draft strategy; and in which year it is proposed that they be opened.

(247123)

419
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Metropolitan Police Estates Strategy will be published.

(247124)

420
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with organisations representing business on the subject of (a) business crime and (b) recording business crimes separately.

(247126)

421
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to UK businesses of (a) shoplifting, (b) fraud, (c) forgery, (d) e-crime, (e) theft from vehicles, (f) theft of vehicles, (g) theft of plant, (h) graffiti and vandalism and (i) other crime in each year since 1997.

(247127)

422
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police firearms from each police force have been lost or stolen in each year since 1997.

(247493)

423
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many traffic police officers are assigned to duties in each London borough.

(247037)

424
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences of assault on a police constable per 100,000 population there were in each police force area in each year from 2005 to 2007.

(247151)

425
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings (a) she and (b) her officials have had with (a) the Association of Chief Police Officers, (b) the Association of Police Authorities, (c) the Local Government Association and (d) Connect Public Affairs or consultants engaged by them or clients represented by them at which proposals for directly elected police authority representation to be contained in the Policing and Crime Bill were discussed.

(247063)

426
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have registered under the workers registration scheme in each local authority area in the North East.

(246365)

427
N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research has been (a) evaluated and (b) commissioned by her Department on the likely effects of the change in classification of cannabis on (i) the numbers in prison and (ii) the cost of arrest, prosecution and imprisonment in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.

(245482)

428
N Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the reclassification of cannabis on (a) the numbers using cannabis and (b) the numbers using other illegal drugs.

(245483)

429
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police have closed disorderly and noisy premises with an on-licence to sell alcohol in each of the last five years.

(247590)

430
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether identity cards will be produced (a) in English and Welsh, (b) in English only and (c) in Welsh only when asked for by an individual.

(247079)

431
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the extra costs of producing identity cards in Welsh and English instead of in English.

(247080)

432
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces provide crime maps on their websites which plot individual crimes at street level.

(247091)

433
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism is for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.

(247092)

434
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure that police officers receive sufficient information from regulatory authorities to allow officers to judge whether an arrest is necessary for an alleged regulatory offence.

(247093)

435
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure full disclosure of information by regulatory authorities to the police when they ask the police to arrest an individual.

(247094)

436
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested by police for regulatory offences in each of the last five years.

(247095)

437
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the mechanism is for ensuring that neighbourhood policing teams spend at least 80 per cent. of their time visibly working on their patch.

(247096)

438
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on (a) departmental Christmas parties and (b) staff entertainment in the last three years.

(247097)

439
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the next progress report on the implementation of the Bichard Inquiry recommendations will be published.

(247212)

440
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1538W, on crime: statistics, how many (a) offences of soliciting for the purposes of prostitution, (b) incidents of prostitution-related activity and (c) incidents of youth-related anti-social behaviour were recorded by each police force in each of the last five years.

(247294)

441
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the level of acquisitive crime associated with drug addiction in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

(247098)

442
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many heads of police forces have been requested to resign by (a) her and her predecessors and (b) the relevant police authority in each year since 1997.

(247111)

443
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the police remotely accessed personal computers (a) in the UK and (b) outside the UK without the owner's consent in each of the last five years; under what powers this remote searching took place in each case; and if she will make a statement.

(247112)

444
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) expenditure on policing and (b) her Department's resource budget allocation for police spending was in each year since 1997-98.

(247113)

445
Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain in the UK remained to be processed seven years or more after the date of application at the end of 2008.

(247227)

446
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many exemptions from the requirement for applicants for British citizenship to attend a citizenship ceremony have been granted on the grounds of ill health.

(247154)

447
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what protocols her Department operates when managing people deemed to have been trafficked.

(247520)

448
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department has (a) undertaken, (b) commissioned and (c) evaluated on the average age at which people first enter prostitution; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each such piece of research.

(247521)

449
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for her Department's position that 80 per cent. of women working as prostitutes have been trafficked into the UK; and if she will place in the Library a copy of such evidence.

(247522)

450
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for rape in cases where the victim worked as a prostitute in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.

(247524)

451
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions there were for violent offences in cases where the victim worked as a prostitute in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.

(247525)

452
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had on the proposals contained in her Department's review Tackling The Demand For Prostitution 08 with (a) the English Collective of Prostitutes, (b) the International Sex Workers' Union, (c) the National Association of Probation Officers, (d) the Police Federation, (e) the Prison Officers' Association, (f) local authorities, (g) organisations from the voluntary sector and (h) the Law Society; and if she will publish written submissions on the subject her Department has received from each such organisation.

(247526)

453
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will visit New Zealand to assess the effects of the legislation which decriminalised prostitution in that country.

(247527)

454
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what services and schemes are available to people working as prostitutes to assist them with (a) housing, (b) poverty, (c) childcare, (d) drug addiction and (e) health care; how much is planned to be spent on each such service or scheme in 2008-09; and if she will make a statement.

(247528)

455
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what schemes and services are available to people working as prostitutes to assist them in reporting incidents of violence and abuse.

(247529)

456
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what schemes and services there are with the objective of increasing the number of convictions of those who have committed violence towards a person working as a prostitute.

(247530)

457
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many official journeys (a) she and her predecessors and (b) her officials made by plane in each of the last five years.

(247504)

458
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the monthly cost, including opportunity cost, of suspending a Metropolitan Police commander on full pay and expenses is.

(247303)

459
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Sir Ian Blair was involved in the decision to suspend Commander Ali Dizaei.

(247328)

460
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Association of Chief Police Officers members at the rank of commander and above in the Metropolitan Police have been the subject of criminal or disciplinary investigations since January 2005; and which such officers have been suspended from duty following such investigation.

(247329)

461
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations her Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247377)

462
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use (a) her Department and (b) service providers under contract to her Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration her Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if she will make a statement.

(247344)

463
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what quantity of (a) weapons and (b) explosives is estimated to have been supplied to IRA terrorists by Libya between 1980 and 2000.

(247220)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

464
Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what measures have been undertaken to address the moth infestation in T block; and when the operation is expected to be completed.

(247327)

465
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, which office is responsible for the security of materials kept in the places of work assigned to hon. Members on the Parliamentary Estate.

(247040)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

466
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many official journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane since his Department was established.

(247507)

467
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding since it was established; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247376)

468
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247345)

469
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people were entered for each publicly-recognised vocational qualification in the last year for which figures are available.

(247128)

470
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the average maintenance grant payment to eligible undergraduate students was in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.

(247130)

471
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what procedures are in place for informing (a) students and (b) recent graduates about the change to student loan interest rates implemented on 5 December 2008.

(247131)

472
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of people applying to university who were from an unskilled background went on to attend (a) their nearest university and (b) a university in the latest period for which information is available.

(247132)

473
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many universities on average each (a) prospective student from an unskilled background and (b) other prospective student applied to enter in the latest period for which figures are available.

(247133)

474
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students in each subject area received funding from the Learning and Skills Council in each year since 2003-04.

(247134)

475
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which AimHigher projects are focused primarily on primary school pupils; and what the cost of each was in the last 12 months.

(247136)

476
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what advice he has received from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on the funding and management of the cross-sector standard setting bodies.

(247542)

477
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent discussions have taken place between his Department and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on the future of cross-sector standard setting bodies.

(247543)

478
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the projected expenditure on the further education improvement body is in each of the next five years.

(247544)

479
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of Universities and Colleges Admissions Services university applications were made online in each year since it has been possible to apply online.

(247545)

480
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the adult Learning and Skills Council budget for (a) the North West, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) the West Midlands and Birmingham and (d) London was in the latest year for whch figures are available.

(247548)

481
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the current economic climate on the number of employers taking on new apprentices.

(247551)

482
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprentices have had their apprenticeships terminated by their employer in each (a) year from 1997 to 2002 and (b) month since January 2003.

(247552)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

483
Mr Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) plans and (b) funding allocations have been made for the long-term provision of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.

(247038)

484
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help alleviate the effects of the ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(247219)

485
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department is providing to India Aid in 2008-09.

(247014)

486
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance his Department has provided to Gaza since the recent outbreak of conflict there.

(247429)

487
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247375)

488
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247346)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

489
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a custodial sentence for carrying a weapon or a blade in each year from 2004 to 2007.

(247150)

490
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new bail hostels are planned to be built in Harwich constituency.

(247062)

491
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to announce the site of a new prison in Wales.

(247069)

492
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what staff at each grade are responsible for the design and delivery of future probation training; and what the length and nature of their direct experience of probation services is in each case.

(247070)

493
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to consult the relevant trades unions on (a) his Department's budget and (b) planned reductions in that budget for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.

(247071)

494
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings staff of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) have held with (a) the National Association of Probation Officers and (b) the Prison Officers' Association to discuss NOMS resources for (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.

(247072)

495
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the budget is for the training of probation staff in each month of (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

(247073)

496
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation staff who have been fully qualified outside the Probation Service are planned to be recruited in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

(247074)

497
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future training of probation staff; and if he will make a statement.

(247075)

498
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers are planned to be recruited in each month of (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.

(247076)

499
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the projected prison population is for each month of (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

(247077)

500
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the projected Probation Service caseload is for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

(247078)

501
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of reductions in re-offending that have been achieved by offender behaviour programmes among those in (a) the community and (b) custody.

(247517)

502
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of reductions in re-offending that have been achieved by the drug programme among those in (a) the community and (b) custody.

(247518)

503
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many forms are required to be completed by a practitioner supervising an individual on a drug rehabilitation requirement.

(247564)

504
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the pilot on the use of FP10 prescriptions for those leaving prison will be assessed; and when the Prison Service plans to introduce the use of FP10 prescriptions for those leaving prison on a prescription.

(247565)

505
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms the Prison Service has in place to ensure continuity of care for people on a methadone or other opiate substitution prescription leaving prison.

(247566)

506
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were in prison in England and Wales for non-payment of fixed penalty notices on (a) 1 April 2006, (b) 1 April 2007 and (c) 1 April 2008.

(247602)

507
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on provision of mental health in-reach services at Parc Young Offender Institution.

(247144)

508
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247374)

509
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247347)

510
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 1023W, on prisoners: compensation, how many prisoners have instigated legal proceedings against his Department or its agencies under the Human Rights Act 1998 since the Act came into force.

(247509)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

511
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247373)

512
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department made of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247348)

513
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average daily cost of keeping a person in prison in Northern Ireland was in the last period for which figures are available.

(247044)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

514
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with (a) the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and (b) other partners on coverage of the London 2012 Olympics on digital radio.

(247046)

515
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, when she expects the costed security plan for the London 2012 Olympics to be published.

(247591)

516
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, on what dates since January 2008 the Olympic Delivery Authority contacted the Treasury Funders Group on access to the Olympic contingency fund.

(247356)

517
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of progress in construction of the Olympic Park and other Olympic venues; and what RAG system key has been assigned to the targets for performance on (a) budget and (b) timescale.

(247380)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

518
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247372)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

519
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many registered road vehicles of each (a) engine size and (b) level of carbon dioxide emissions there were in each (i) region and (ii) constituency in each year from 2004 to 2008.

(247494)

520
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many crimes were reported to British Transport Police in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each London borough and (d) each London (i) underground, (ii) mainline and (iii) interchange station of (A) violence against the person, (B) sexual offences, (C) theft of passenger property and (D) robbery in each of the last five years, broken down by sex of the victim; and whether the crime was reported by a member of (1) the public and (2) rail staff in each case.

(247148)

521
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the maximum charge is per day for a foreign haulage vehicle to enter the UK.

(247431)

522
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign vehicles arrived in the UK each (a) day, (b) week and (c) month of the last two years.

(247432)

523
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake an assessment of means of improving public transport serving Manchester and surrounding areas in light of the recent decision on the proposed congestion zone.

(247433)

524
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much transport fuel used by businesses in the UK was purchased in each other EU member state in the most recent period for which figures are available.

(247119)

525
Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of French-licensed road vehicles with long-range fuel tanks being used to undertake business solely within the UK.

(247120)

526
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) purpose and (b) content of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the 2001 Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment; and if he will make a statement.

(247041)

527
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of misuse of government procurement cards within the Government Car and Despatch Agency have been recorded since 1 January 2006; what the amount involved in each such instance was; and which disciplinary measures have been applied as a result of such instances.

(247513)

528
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent to assist road haulage companies to reduce (a) greenhouse gas emissions, (b) other emissions and (c) fuel costs in the last five years.

(247555)

529
Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his estimate is of the contribution to gross domestic product the road haulage industry has made in the last 10 years.

(247556)

530
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the findings of the pilot study on freight options of British Waterways in respect of the Birmingham area; and if he will make a statement.

(247519)

531
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent increase in rail fares has been announced by each train operating company.

(247081)

532
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with train operating companies on recent increases in rail fares; and if he will make a statement.

(247082)

533
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) serious and (b) fatal road accidents involved (i) foreign and (ii) UK road hauliers in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

(247088)

534
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his assessment is of the merits of the Fresnel lens to improve vision for drivers of (a) UK and (b) foreign heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement.

(247089)

535
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247371)

536
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been of so-called ghost buses for replacement rail transport in each of the last five years.

(247426)

537
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail replacement bus services have operated in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(247427)

538
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the financial effect on the economy of delays to rail services in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in 2008-09.

(247314)

539
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent assessment of the level of noise on the A1079 is; what assessment he has made of trends in noise levels over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(247319)

540
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect the reduction in the rate of value added tax will have on the level of the Humber Bridge toll in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(247320)

541
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247349)

542
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on subsidising rail replacement bus services between Ealing Broadway station and Wandsworth Road station in the last five years.

(247298)

543
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers have travelled on rail replacement bus services funded by his Department over the last 10 years.

(247299)

544
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the rail replacement bus services funded by his Department are not advertised to the public.

(247300)

545
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on rail replacement bus services in each of the last 10 years.

(247301)

546
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on subsidising parliamentary trains within the meaning of the Railways Act 1844 in each of the last 10 years.

(247302)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

547
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247369)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

548
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations the Government's Equalities Office has provided funding since it was established; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247368)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

549
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the maximum period of time within which (a) benefit claimants are able to make backdated claims for benefit entitlement and (b) for which his Department may seek repayments of overpayments made in error.

(247042)

550
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on pensioners of the Government Actuary's decision to reduce drawdown rates from pension funds; and if he will make a statement.

(247211)

551
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will undertake to ratify the UN Convention on Disability Rights by spring 2009.

(247012)

552
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for decisions to be taken on crisis loan applications in Lancashire in each month of 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(247430)

553
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England claimed jobseeker's allowance in each year since it was introduced.

(247593)

554
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to reduce levels of relative child poverty in (a) the Vale of York and (b) England.

(247608)

555
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in (a) the Vale of York and (b) England were considered to be in severe poverty in (i) 1999 and (ii) 2007.

(247609)

556
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children classified as being in relative child poverty were of (a) white, (b) Pakistani or Bangladeshi and (c) black non-Caribbean ethnicity in (i) the Vale of York and (ii) England in the latest period for which information is available.

(247611)

557
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of children in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England were born into families in relative poverty in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007.

(247612)

558
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were estimated to be in relative poverty in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England in each of the last three years.

(247613)

559
Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions have taken place with the Welsh Assembly Government on work under its national action plan to reduce suicide and self harm in Wales 2008-2013 with his Department to encourage employers to be alert to the risk of suicide amongst staff and to encourage and facilitate uptake of help and support; and if he will make a statement.

(247145)

560
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to (a) improve employers' understanding of deafness and (b) ensure employers do not discriminate on grounds of health and safety against (i) deaf British Sign Language users and (ii) employees who become deafened during the course of their employment.

(247571)

561
Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission research into the effects on expenditure on benefits of patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving treatment that enables them to continue to work or return to work.

(247295)

562
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to (a) assist cancer survivors to return to work and (b) raise awareness that cancer is covered by disability discrimination legislation.

(247216)

563
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was provided to each.

(247367)

564
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii) revenue-sharing telephone numbers for calls from members of the public; for which services such numbers are used; what prefixes are used for revenue-sharing numbers; how much revenue has accrued from revenue-sharing numbers in each of the last five years; what consideration his Department has given to introducing 03-prefixed telephone numbers for calls to all such services; and if he will make a statement.

(247351)

565
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each London borough received a crisis loan in each of the last five years.

(247033)

566
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of 19 September 2008 from the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight on unemployment and the Isle of Wight economy.

(247039)

567
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on benefits for New Deal participants in the latest year for which figures are available.

(247549)

568
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vacancies for positions within the Jobcentre Plus network have been advertised in each of the last 12 months.

(247056)

569
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisation led each Invest To Save project which has been sponsored by his Department since 1998; and if he will make a statement.

(247057)

570
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the Invest To Save projects sponsored by his Department in each year since 1998 (a) have completed their initial stage and have been continued, (b) have completed their initial stage and been discontinued and (c) are in progress; and if he will make a statement.

(247058)

571
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Invest To Save projects have been sponsored by his Department in each region in each year since 1998; what the cost of each such project was; and if he will make a statement.

(247059)

572
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in expenditure on (a) disability living allowance (care component), (b) attendance allowance and (c) carer's allowance payments after they became exportable within the European Economic Area.

(247060)

573
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of claimants of (a) disability living allowance (care component), (b) attendance allowance and (c) carer's allowance payments after they became exportable within the European Economic Area.

(247061)

574
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of recipients of the Christmas bonus will get the additional £60 between (a) 1 and 15 January, (b) 16 and 31 January, (c) 1 and 15 February, (d) 16 and 28 February, (e) 1 and 15 March and (f) 16 and 31 March 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(247209)

575
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of public regulation of private sector contracted welfare services in each of the next five years.

(247210)

576
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 December 2007, Official Report, column 68WS, on disability benefits (European Court of Justice), what progress has been made in discussions with the European Commission to clarify the extent of the Government's responsibilities following the judgment in the European Court of Justice of 18 October 2007.

(247229)

577
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 December 2007, Official Report, column 68WS, on disability benefits (European Court of Justice), what legal advice his Department sought ahead of the European Court of Justice's judgment; and at what cost.

(247230)

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

578
Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, for what reason the Government decided to sell the remaining portion of its stake in AWE Aldermaston; and what sum it received from the sale.

[Transferred] (247045)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

579
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people in (a) North Yorkshire and (b) England were unemployed in each year since 1993.

[Transferred] (247594)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

580
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to reply to the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead's letter of 10 October 2008, that was transferred to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on cavity wall insulation.

[Transferred] (247207)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

581
John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the family nurse partnership programme.

[Transferred] (247382)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

582
Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people aged 16 to 24 years were not in education, employment or training in each local education authority area in each year from 1997 to 2002.

[Transferred] (247135)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

583
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people under the age of 18 were being held in Prison Service establishments in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

[Transferred] (247149)

584
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 844W, on anti-social behaviour: fixed penalties, how many penalty notices for disorder have been (a) issued and (b) not paid for each type of offence in each of the last four years.

[Transferred] (247293)

585
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what public services are available to people deemed to have been trafficked.

[Transferred] (247523)

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