Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2008 - 09
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 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 Thursday 15 January 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 15 January 2009

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 15 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 Thursday 15 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 15 January see Part 2 of this paper.

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

1
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) civilian and (b) military staff there were at the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation on 3 January 2009.

(247799)

2
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) civilian and (b) military staff have left the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation since 2 April 2008.

(247800)

3
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) civilian and (b) military staff have joined the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation since 2 April 2008.

(247801)

4
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation civilian posts were made redundant in the move to Kingsgate House.

(247802)

5
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) civilian and (b) military staff there were at the Defence Export Services Organisation in July 2007.

(247803)

6
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much each UK Trade and Investment management board member received in bonuses in 2008.

(247873)

7
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects negotiations on harmonising pay and conditions between former Ministry of Defence staff transferred to his Department and other UK Trade and Investment staff to begin.

(247874)

8
N Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what remuneration package the Chairman of Royal Mail received in respect of the financial year 2007-08; and how many days he worked as Chairman of the Board in 2007-08.

(247870)

9
N Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he last met representatives of (a) Waterford Wedgwood and (b) JCB; and what steps (i) he and (ii) Advantage West Midlands have taken to provide advice and assistance to each company.

(247889)

10
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist small businesses to obtain lending from high street banks.

(248318)

11
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of EU institutions on the introduction of targets relating to the provisions of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive; and if he will make a statement.

(248843)

12
N Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied his Department in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each of those suppliers in each year.

(248090)

13
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many trade-union members there are in the UK; and in which 10 industries the proportion of employees who are union members is lowest.

(248483)

14
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will establish a mechanism to ensure that the private sector partner for Royal Mail may never take a majority stake; what new technology will be put in place across Royal Mail; what the timetable for the tender process will be; and if he will make a statement.

(248366)

15
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the implications of the European Parliament's vote on the Working Time Directive on 17 December 2008 for his Department's policy on the Directive.

(248367)

16
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will increase the number of Employment Agency Standards inspectors and helpline staff; and if he will make a statement.

(248372)

17
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his latest assessment is of the implementation of the Government's commitment to pay suppliers within 10 days.

(247881)

18
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent estimate he has made of (a) the average internet speed available to business users in the UK and (b) the effect of available internet speed on the competitiveness of UK businesses.

(248742)

19
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in each year since the Department's inception; how much has been spent on wallpaper in that time; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248801)

20
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes since its inception.

(248717)

21
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248405)

22
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will review the Government's manufacturing strategy to increase support to manufacturing industry in light of the current financial situation; and if he will make a statement.

(248844)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

23
N Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) building societies and (b) banks of the management expenses bill levied by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme in order to service its borrowings in respect of Bradford and Bingley and the Icelandic banks (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of (A) the pre-tax profits for the last three financial years, (B) the retail deposit balance sheet and (C) the total balance sheet of each type of organisation.

(247179)

24
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letters of 27 October 2008 and 5 December 2008 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford regarding Mr M Whitwell of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.

(247891)

25
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 21 October 2008 (reference: 2/01979/2008) from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on Mrs G Fisher of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.

(247892)

26
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 20 October 2008 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on Mr Peter Vickers of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.

(247894)

27
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 10 October 2008 (reference: 3/07508/2008) from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on Mr Mark Osborne of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.

(247895)

28
N Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken in the last three months to require banks to provide (a) financial resources and (b) credit lines to companies and businesses which wish to purchase construction and agricultural vehicles and equipment from UK companies.

(247883)

29
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 25 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Christchurch on behalf of Mr Richard Bell.

(248813)

30
N Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of (a) the average full time equivalent pay and (b) the staff turnover rate of HM Revenue and Customs employees in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) each region of England in the latest period for which figures are available.

(246366)

31
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to encourage banks to assist mortgage payers made unemployed.

(248319)

32
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248377)

33
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase public access to credit unions through post offices as part of the new Saving Gateway.

(248612)

34
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fathers are in receipt of child benefit; and what proportion of the total number of recipients this represents.

(248106)

35
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many homes have attracted the zero rate of stamp duty on zero carbon homes in each month since October 2007, broken down by stamp duty band.

(248101)

36
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much stamp duty relief has been claimed since October 2007 in relation to zero carbon home purchases.

(248102)

37
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what IT systems used by his Department access data from the central Frameworks Database; and what the stated purpose of each system is.

(248103)

38
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what calculations of (a) tax, (b) tax allowances and (c) tax credits undertaken by his Department access data from the central Frameworks Database.

(248104)

39
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Government Departments other than his own have access to data from the central Frameworks Database.

(248105)

40
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many audits of businesses were undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last three years; and what proportion were of businesses classified as (a) low risk and (b) not low risk.

(248554)

41
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid to HM Revenue and Customs in Class 3 National Insurance contributions in respect of the financial year 2006-07; and what his latest estimate is of the proportion of those payments that were above the level needed for the individuals in question to have a full national insurance contribution record for that year.

(248555)

42
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters have been sent in error by HM Revenue and Customs wrongly advising individuals that they have made insufficient national insurance contributions in respect of the financial year 2006-07.

(248574)

43
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average time taken to process applications for child benefit in the most recent period for which information is available; and what steps he plans to take to reduce that time.

(248670)

44
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's total expenditure on (a) services to the public and (b) services purchased by the Government has been in each year since 1997-98.

(248520)

45
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has been spent on wallpaper since 2001; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248799)

46
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248420)

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

47
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 1123W, on social services: Haringey, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the inspections of Haringey undertaken by Ofsted.

(248573)

48
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department since it was established; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier.

(248378)

49
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish official guidance for the implementation of the provisions of the 2008 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions document in relation to the pay and working time of part-time teachers.

(248549)

50
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers in the maintained sector have received an (a) conviction and (b) police caution.

(248326)

51
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which subjects are available to be studied at (a) GCSE and (b) A level; and what proportion of students studying each such subject at each level is from the (i) maintained and (ii) independent school sector.

(248327)

52
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 9-10W, on departmental publications, what estimate he has made of the cost of answering the Question, broken down by sub-category of expenditure.

(248473)

53
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 9-10W, on departmental publications, which documents were circulated to schools by his Department in exceptional circumstances in 2008.

(248474)

54
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 1126W, on Young, Gifted and Talented Programme, what percentage of pupils aged between (a) four and 10 and (b) 11 and 18 are participating in the Young, Gifted and Talented Programme in each local authority.

(248475)

55
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of schools did not enter any pupils for an A-level in biology in 2006-07.

(248476)

56
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of schools did not enter any pupils for an A-level in mathematics in 2006-07.

(248477)

57
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of schools did not enter any pupils for an A-level in chemistry in 2006-07.

(248478)

58
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of schools did not enter any pupils for an A-level in physics in 2006-07.

(248479)

59
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 17 April 2007, Official Report, columns 1854-55W, on educational attainment, how many and what proportion of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 attending (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools achieved each grade in GCSE for (i) geography, (ii) history, (iii) a modern foreign language, (iv) English and (v) mathematics in each year since 1998.

(248480)

60
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of students who gained an A-level in (a) sociology, (b) media studies and (c) communication and culture at each grade were educated in (i) the independent sector and (ii) the state sector in each year since 2005.

(248481)

61
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 6 June 2007, Official Report, column 496W, on educational attainment, how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved seven or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2008.

(248565)

62
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 6 June 2007, Official Report, column 496W, on educational attainment, how many (a) maintained secondary schools and (b) independent secondary schools fell within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils at the end of key stage 4 who achieved nine or more GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics in 2008.

(248566)

63
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1502-3W, on schools: assessments, which of the schools that entered no pupils for a GCSE in history or geography also entered no pupils for a GCSE in humanities.

(248567)

64
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 30 April 2007, Official Report, columns 1468-9W, on GCSE, if he will list the bottom 200 schools in terms of proportions achieving five or more GCSEs at A* to C including English, mathematics, science and a modern foreign language.

(248568)

65
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what private finance initiative contracts have been entered into relating to school building and refurbishment projects since 2001.

(248569)

66
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2008, Official Report, column 10W, on education maintenance allowance, what meetings he has had with the Learning and Skills Council to monitor the administration of education maintenance allowance payments.

(248570)

67
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils eligible to receive free school meals attained an A level in (a) physics, (b) mathematics, (c) chemistry and (d) biology in 2008.

(248593)

68
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools are taking part in the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority pilot studies on the implementation of the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum.

(248594)

69
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the draft programmes of learning being consulted on by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority as part of the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum.

(248595)

70
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Qualifications and Curriculum Authority staff are undertaking support work for the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum.

(248596)

71
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) dates and (b) locations are of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority regional conferences on the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum being held between January and April 2009.

(248597)

72
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils temporarily excluded from school in the last 12 months were placed on a part-time curriculum; and how long on average the period of part-time attendance was.

(248599)

73
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils excluded temporarily from school received assessment and support from their local authority's educational psychology service in the last 12 months.

(248600)

74
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils temporarily excluded from school were subsequently assessed by an educational psychiatrist who advised the school on how to support their needs in the last 12 months.

(248601)

75
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many applications for the education maintenance allowance for 2008-09 are being processed.

(248602)

76
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of students who gained an A-Level in (a) history and (b) geography at each grade was educated in (i) the independent sector and (ii) the state sector in each year since 2005.

(248604)

77
N Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) nursery nurses and (b) teaching assistants employed in Slough have not been receiving equal pay compared to Slough Borough Council employees undertaking work of equivalent value in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of (i) the number of women affected and (ii) the potential financial liability of Slough Borough Council; and when he expects the local authority to pay back-dated compensation to the women affected.

(247795)

78
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding streams he plans to include in the individual budgets for disabled children in the forthcoming pilots; and if he will make a statement.

(247736)

79
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he will next visit educational establishments in Chorley constituency.

(248346)

80
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been paid to each national challenge school since June 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(248633)

81
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on a school's staffing levels of designating it as a national challenge school; and if he will make a statement.

(248634)

82
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which academies are categorised in the national challenge; and if he will make a statement.

(248635)

83
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the impact on school performance of being placed in the national challenge; and if he will make a statement.

(248636)

84
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2008 to Question 244554, what the definition is of emotional abuse.

(248677)

85
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, within how long after their completion local authorities are expected to supply his Department with copies of serious case reviews.

(248680)

86
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what procedures his Department follows when it receives a full serious case review.

(248681)

87
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children have been made subject to child protection plans in Doncaster in each of the last five years.

(248762)

88
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many representations his Department has received from social workers on child protection issues in Doncaster since its was established.

(248764)

89
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many representations concerning child protection in Doncaster his Department has referred to (a) the Commission for Social Care Inspection and (b) Ofsted since it was established.

(248765)

90
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on ContactPoint in the last two years.

(248766)

91
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the implementation timetable for ContactPoint is.

(248767)

92
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which local authorities ContactPoint will be first implemented; and what assessments his Department has carried out of their capability to use ContactPoint.

(248768)

93
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many serious case reviews there have been of children's deaths in Doncaster in each of the last 10 years.

(248774)

94
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Part 8 reviews there have been into children's deaths in Doncaster in each of the last 10 years.

(248777)

95
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when Paul Gray's term as Interim Director of Children's Services in Doncaster is due to expire.

(248778)

96
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether funding for the increased number of school repairs to help create jobs under the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works will come from the budget of the Building Schools for the Future programme.

(248735)

97
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by increased funding for school repairs in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 under the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works; and what proportion of those jobs he estimates will go to British workers.

(248748)

98
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to increase capital expenditure on a school repairs programme as part of the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works.

(248751)

99
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made towards the targets for e-inclusion set by the Riga Ministerial Declaration in June 2006.

(248740)

100
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Enfield North constituency participated in the Bookstart programme in each year from 2002 to 2008.

(248727)

101
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in each year since the Department's inception; how much has been spent on wallpaper in that time; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248802)

102
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes since its inception.

(248718)

103
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248404)

104
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the budgeted net expenditure on youth services was in the south east (a) by each local authority and (b) per young person aged between 13 and 19 years in each of the last eight years.

(248839)

105
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of eligible pupils passed five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C in Eastbourne constituency in each of the last 10 years.

(248827)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

106
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248390)

107
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the Government of (a) recruitment and (b) job advertising in the last year for which figures are available.

(248494)

108
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many children have died in Doncaster in each of the last five years.

(248779)

109
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has been spent on wallpaper since 2001; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248800)

110
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248716)

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

111
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much has been spent by the Church Commissioners on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248725)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

112
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by her Department in each of the last three years; and how much her Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248379)

113
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on the local government finance settlement for the London Borough of Bexley in 2009-10.

(248492)

114
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the official engagements of (a) the Minister for London, (b) the Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the Minister for the South East in their role as regional ministers were from 1 December to 31 December 2008.

(247732)

115
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the South East (a) has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of Lloyds TSB on security of employment of Lloyds TSB employees in that region.

(248754)

116
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the East Midlands (a) has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of Lloyds TSB regarding security of employment of Lloyds TSB employees in that region.

(248755)

117
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the East of England (a) has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of Lloyds TSB regarding security of employment of Lloyds TSB employees in that region.

(248756)

118
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for London (a) has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of Lloyds TSB on security of employment of Lloyds TSB employees in that region.

(248757)

119
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the West Midlands (a) has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of Lloyds TSB on security of employment of Lloyds TSB employees in that region.

(248758)

120
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the North West (a) has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of Lloyds TSB on security of employment of Lloyds TSB employees in that region.

(248759)

121
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the North East (a) has had and (b) plans to have with representatives of Lloyds TSB on security of employment of Lloyds TSB employees in that region.

(248760)

122
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reasons were for her decision to issue additional guidance to the Boundary Committee on 8 December 2008 to the effect that they should assess the affordability of and support for new unitary local authorities in (a) Devon, (b) Norfolk and (c) Suffolk in aggregate rather than by individual proposed authority.

(248661)

123
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to support the creation of new unitary local authorities in (a) Devon, (b) Norfolk and (c) Suffolk.

(248662)

124
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) affordability and (b) level of support for new unitary local authorities in (i) Devon, (ii) Norfolk and (iii) Suffolk.

(248663)

125
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is her Department's objective in creating new unitary local authorities that all authorities so created are financially viable.

(248664)

126
N Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers the Secretary of State has in respect of the Liverpool Corporation Act 1902; and what responsibilities she has in respect of breaches of the Act.

(248091)

127
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of fire and rescue services' retained duty system; and if she will make a statement.

(248671)

128
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national implementation of the FireLink project; and if she will make a statement.

(248672)

129
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the provisions of the EU Working Time Directive on the retained duty system in fire and rescue services in England; and if she will make a statement.

(248673)

130
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information the recruitment consultants for the post of chairman of the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) provided to candidates for the post on the conditions governing early termination of the employment contract, including compensation payable, in the event of abolition of the IPC.

(248459)

131
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) failed asylum seekers are registered as homeless in (i) Leeds and (ii) the UK.

(247884)

132
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the effects on levels of homelessness of the economic downturn; and if she will make a statement.

(247886)

133
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were recorded as homeless in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.

(247887)

134
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in each year since the Department's inception; how much has been spent on wallpaper in that time; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248804)

135
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent by her Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248715)

136
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what role she has in monitoring increases in salaries of staff of the Homes and Communities Agency.

(248753)

137
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effects of the cost of home information packs on people seeking to sell houses.

(247180)

138
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy that temporary and permanent employees of her Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248408)

139
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in the Eastbourne Borough Council area were recorded as (a) homeless and (b) rough sleepers in the months of (i) December and (ii) January in each year since 1997.

(248829)

140
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless (a) children and (b) adults in the Eastbourne Borough Council area were placed in temporary accommodation in each of the last five years.

(248830)

141
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many summonses to court for council tax arrears were issued in Eastbourne constituency in each of the last five years.

(248831)

142
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many bailiff visits there were for the collection of council tax arrears in Eastbourne constituency in each of the last five years.

(248832)

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

143
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps the Government has taken to support businesses within the gambling industry.

(248316)

144
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248388)

145
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) public money and (b) lottery money has been spent per capita on arts services in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area in each of the last five years.

(248320)

146
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many gambling operators have been (a) investigated and (b) penalised for irresponsible advertising under the gambling advertising codes introduced in September 2007.

(248321)

147
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many community sports coaches there were in each year since 2002.

(248322)

148
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many university museums and galleries reclaim value added tax under his Department's free access policy.

(248323)

149
Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, what the status is of the funding announced by his Department's press release of 1 April 2005 and referred to in his Department's Five Year Plan as a £6 million Quality and Innovation Fund.

(248603)

150
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what grants his Department and English Heritage have awarded for the maintenance of grade I listed buildings in Liverpool in the last two years; how much was awarded in each case; and if he will make a statement.

(248325)

151
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assistance his Department plans to provide to local authorities to improve public access to library services.

(248482)

152
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department is providing for support and advice under the digital switchover help scheme in 2008-09.

(248347)

153
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations transmit from the Winter Hill transmitter.

(248348)

154
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by increased funding for new broadband networks in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 under the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works; and what proportion of these jobs he estimates will go to British workers.

(248745)

155
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to increase capital expenditure on a new broadband network as part of the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works.

(248752)

156
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with (a) the Royal Society of St. George and (b) Celebrate England on marking St. George's Day.

(248358)

157
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department plans to spend to promote St. George's Day 2009.

(248359)

158
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has had discussions with tourism agencies about marking St. George's Day in 2009.

(248360)

159
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248714)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

160
N Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has been spent on wallpaper since 2001; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decorations.

(248092)

161
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of relocating the Royal School of Military Survey.

(247871)

162
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of moving the 42nd Engineer Regiment, including the cost of the movement of the Regiment's headquarters.

(247872)

163
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the (a) 42nd Engineer Regiment and (b) Royal School of Military Survey are to be relocated.

(247877)

164
N Mr Richard Benyon (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date he expects decisions on the movement of (a) 42nd Engineer Regiment, (b) its headquarters and (c) the Royal School of Military Survey to be announced.

(247878)

165
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations his Department has received from the British Nuclear Test Veterans' Association (BNTVA) over claims for compensation from such veterans; and what the outcome was of his most recent meeting with the BNTVA to discuss compensation.

(248784)

166
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248387)

167
Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of UK military intervention in Afghanistan in each year since it began.

(248734)

168
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent assessment is of the extent of damage to HMS Endurance; and what his most recent estimate is of the cost of repair.

(248805)

169
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's plans are for the future of HMS Endurance.

(248806)

170
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how and when HMS Endurance will be returned to the UK.

(248807)

171
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the operational duties of HMS Endurance will be carried out when she is out of commission.

(248808)

172
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Estonian government paid for the three British Sandown-class minehunters; and what Treasury guidelines were followed in this case.

(248809)

173
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the three Sandown-class minehunters in the year prior to their sale to Estonia; and whether their sale was conditional on this work being carried out on them.

(248810)

174
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the risk from activity in the gravel gerties to (a) building workers, (b) other on-site workers and (c) the general public is below the basic safety objectives in the Burghfield assembly facility.

(248811)

175
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the public purse has received for the sale of the three Type-42 destroyers Glasgow, Cardiff and Newcastle to a Turkish ship breaker.

(248812)

176
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the most recent estimate is of the number of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service families accommodation units containing asbestos.

(248657)

177
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent removing asbestos from (a) single living accommodation and (b) service families accommodation since 1997.

(248658)

178
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports have been made by residents of services accommodation to (a) Modern Housing Solutions and (b) Defence Estates on the presence of asbestos in their accommodation.

(248659)

179
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints were made to Modern Housing Solutions on the quality of repairs undertaken on service families accommodation in the last 12 months.

(248660)

180
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on recruitment advertising for each of the armed forces in each month in each year since 1998.

(248668)

181
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruitment advertisements have been commissioned by his Department for each service in each month since 1998.

(248669)

182
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the reasons were for the decision to restructure the Future Rapid Effects System programme.

(248363)

183
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the decision to delay the in-service date of the new aircraft carriers by up to two years will have on the procurement of aircraft to operate from the carriers.

(248364)

184
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on commercial conditions affecting General Dynamics UK's ability to procure the Piranha V contract; and if he will support General Dynamics UK in bidding for the contract.

(248365)

185
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter.

(248373)

186
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that a certain proportion of all expenditure on defence procurement is spent on products produced by UK-based companies.

(248676)

187
N Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral evidence to the Defence Select Committee on Tuesday 16 December 2008, what the out of service dates assumed in his Department's memorandum to the Committee for the (a) Agusta 109, (b) Apache AH Mk1, (c) Gazelle AH1, (d) Lynx Mk 7/9, (e) Lynx Mk 3/8, (f) Merlin Mk1, (g) Sea King Mk 4/6c, (h) Sea King Mk 5, (i) Sea King ASaC 7, (j) Chinook Mk2/2a, (k) Merlin Mk3.3a, (l) Puma HC1 and (m) Sea King Mk3/3a were, set out in tabulated format; what his most recent estimate of out-of-service dates is for each model; for what reasons the out-of-service dates have changed in each case; and on what date the decisions to change date were taken.

(245850)

188
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by the Royal Air Force are fitted with precision munitions.

(248631)

189
Mr Paul Keetch (Hereford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when firm orders will be placed for Tranche 2 and Tranche 3 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft; in what respects their capabilities will differ from Tranche 1 aircraft; and if he will make a statement.

(248632)

190
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many air-to-air refuelling sorties were flown by the (a) Tornado and (b) Harrier fleets in the United Kingdom in each month of each of the last five financial years.

(248571)

191
N Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former service personnel have become homeless in (a) Leeds and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.

(247885)

192
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will introduce plans to trial further technology demonstrator unmanned aerial vehicles.

(247761)

193
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248713)

194
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248409)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

195
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to reply to the letter of 24 October 2008 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on Ms S Harman of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.

(247893)

196
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has commissioned on the use of small-scale hydro-power generation; and what his most recent assessment is of its potential contribution to power generation by 2020.

(248770)

197
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of the rebate for contractors participating in the Warm Front Scheme is withheld for administration costs.

(248314)

198
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what alternative gas supplies to those previously obtained from Russia are being considered by the Government.

(248374)

199
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many wind turbines are operational in the UK.

(247879)

200
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of electricity generated in the UK was produced by (a) renewables, (b) coal, (c) gas and (d) nuclear energy in 2008.

(248540)

201
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the French government on nuclear fuel recycling following the agreement between the UK and France to co-operate on nuclear energy.

(248541)

202
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions have taken place with the government of France on UK-French co-operation on nuclear power following the President of France's visit to the UK in 2008.

(248542)

203
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity has been generated from renewable sources in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(248437)

204
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was generated from each primary source in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

(248438)

205
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied his Department since its inception; and how much was paid to each of those suppliers.

(248796)

206
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes since its inception.

(248719)

207
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248410)

208
N Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the percentage of fuel above that required to heat a house in Bristol which is required to heat identical houses in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Glasgow, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Dundee, (e) Lerwick, (f) Braemar and (g) Stornoway; and if he will make a statement.

(247875)

209
N Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much fuel above that required to heat a typical semi-detached house in Bristol with (a) gas central heating and (b) non-white meter electronic heating it takes to heat a similar house in (i) Braemar, (ii) Lerwick, (iii) Aberdeen, (iv) Edinburgh, (v) Dundee, (vi) Glasgow and (vii) Stornoway, using the data contained in the climatic severity index.

(247876)

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

210
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the re-stocking with fish of lakes located within sites of special scientific interest.

(247797)

211
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248386)

212
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Kennel Club on plans to improve dog breed health.

(248786)

213
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Keep Britain Tidy on fast food outlets causing litter on streets.

(248787)

214
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence there is of any link between the incidence of bovine tuberculosis herd breakdowns and the intensification of dairy farming.

(248788)

215
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of dairy herds in each local authority area are under restrictions following a bovine tuberculosis breakdown.

(248789)

216
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to launch the new collaborative centre for the understanding of natural and environmental risks.

(248790)

217
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average annual water bill in each region in each of the last five years.

(248493)

218
Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Executive on (a) the (i) statutory duties and (ii) functions of the Forestry Commission and (b) proposals in the draft Climate Change (Scotland) Bill which relate to the Forestry Commission.

(248741)

219
Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what facilities are available for the safe disposal of light bulbs; and if he will make a statement.

(248324)

220
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248712)

221
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248411)

222
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what restrictions apply to owners of (a) horses and (b) foals who have land within nitrate vulnerable zones.

(248674)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

223
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in Gaza.

(248315)

224
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct the United Kingdom ambassador to the United Nations to make representations against the reported use by Israel of depleted uranium shells and projectiles in the invasion of Gaza.

(248769)

225
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Israeli government on the reported use of depleted uranium shells and projectiles in the invasion of Gaza.

(248771)

226
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received reports of the use of British-supplied military vehicles by Israel in its invasion of Palestinian territories in Gaza.

(248785)

227
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248385)

228
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of (a) the activities of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) and (b) the prospects that the LRA leader Joseph Kony will rejoin peace talks.

(248729)

229
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the French government on the case of Rose Kabuye, charged with crimes associated with the Rwandan genocide.

(248730)

230
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much the Government has contributed towards the salary of Tony Blair for his work for the Quartet in the Middle East.

(248083)

231
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department provides funding to India Aid.

(248349)

232
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance his Department plans to provide to the Falkland Islands government to extract oil and gas.

(248351)

233
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help bring an end to the conflict in Gaza.

(248352)

234
Mrs Jacqui Lait (Beckenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at which of his Department's buildings abroad visitors are not permitted to take mobile telephones inside; what the reasons are for that practice; and whether his Department's officials may use mobile telephones in such buildings.

(248458)

235
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the grade and salary range was of each member of his Department's staff seconded to support the Quartet Middle East Envoy in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; how many such staff at each grade and salary range will be so seconded in 2009; how much his Department spent on such staff in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(248749)

236
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation in the Niger Delta; and what discussions he has had with the Nigerian government on this matter.

(248543)

237
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Nigerian government about tackling corruption in that country.

(248544)

238
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the sources of funding are for the UK's research stations in the British Antarctic Territory.

(248361)

239
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral Statement of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 21-38, on Gaza, what consideration he has given to referring the allegations made on the conduct of both sides to the International Criminal Court.

(247882)

240
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248711)

241
N Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek a review at EU level of Israel's trade status with the EU.

(247794)

242
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248412)

243
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what facilities in Gaza have been funded by the European Union; at what cost; and which of them have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli military action since the current offensive against Gaza began.

(248495)

244
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has been made by the European Union of the financial cost of damage or destruction of EU-funded facilities in the Palestinian Territories by Israeli military action since 1998; and whether compensation has been paid by Israel to the EU.

(248496)

245
N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department has taken to encourage agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in their negotiations on the name of FYROM.

(247729)

246
N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on the name of FYROM being reached in the near future; and if he will make a statement.

(247730)

247
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) reports and (b) representations he has received on the purchase of goods from occupied Western Sahara by UK companies, with particular reference to the legality of such purchases.

(248471)

248
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the inclusion in a UN plan for Western Sahara of a referendum with independence as an option.

(248472)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

249
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which local NHS organisations are following advice contained in the cancer reform strategy.

(248445)

250
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which (a) primary care trusts and (b) cancer networks are giving high priority to raising public awareness of cancer risk factors.

(248446)

251
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards increasing the participation of women aged 25 to 35 years in the cervical cancer screening programme.

(248447)

252
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evaluation he has made of the pilot programme for information prescriptions in relation to cancer.

(248448)

253
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress his Department has made towards reducing the variation in cervical cancer screening coverage between primary care trusts; and what progress has been made towards increasing the uptake of screening of (a) poor communities and (b) black and ethnic minority communities.

(248449)

254
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which commissioners have put in place systems to ensure that patients experience good continuity of care in relation to cancer services.

(248450)

255
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of commissioners of cancer services have established service level agreements with local mental health services for advanced psychological support services.

(248451)

256
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which good psychological support services are available throughout the cancer journey.

(248452)

257
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made towards introducing a national cancer survivorship initiative.

(248453)

258
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the representative advisory group on cancer inequalities has made towards (a) researching proposals, (b) testing inequalities and (c) advising on the development of a wider policy; and when and how he plans to evaluate the National Cancer Equality Initiative.

(248454)

259
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which primary care professionals have fast access to relevant diagnostic tests for cancer; and what sanctions there are for primary care trusts which do not implement this policy.

(248455)

260
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the national communication campaign to improve the public's understanding of units of alcohol in relation to cancer risk factors; and how much longer he expects the campaign to continue.

(248456)

261
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to implement a system nationwide to enable health professionals to generate tailored information prescriptions at any point in the cancer pathway.

(248457)

262
Mr David S. Borrow (South Ribble): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he intends to respond to the resolution of the European Parliament of 20 November 2008, addressed to all member states, on HIV/AIDS: early diagnosis and early care.

(248328)

263
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 144W, on elderly: abuse, which local authority reported in each of the 15 serious case reviews; and for each such authority how many serious case reviews there have been in each of the last four years.

(248506)

264
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248384)

265
N Mr David Davis (Haltemprice & Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake an investigation of the public interest implications of local authorities withholding money for administrative purposes from LINKs budgets.

(247680)

266
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which health authorities in Greater London provide free BCG vaccinations to all children.

(248491)

267
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding streams he plans to include in the personal health budgets due to be piloted from 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(247735)

268
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the impact of economic recessions on levels of mental health.

(248375)

269
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much hospital trusts in England have spent on cleaning in each financial year since 1997-98.

(248442)

270
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 16 of the NHS Operating Framework for 2009-10, what mechanisms there are to ensure that primary care trusts spend an additional £330 million on maternity services over the specified period.

(248443)

271
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 3 on page 33 of the NHS Operating Framework for 2009-10, whether all surpluses will be spent by the organisations that generated them.

(248444)

272
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, According to the most recent ERIC returns made to his Department, how much each NHS trust spent on cleaning services; what their audit score against national specifications for cleanliness for the NHS was; and how many whole time equivalent cleaning staff they employed.

(248460)

273
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase capital expenditure on hospitals as part of the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works.

(248744)

274
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by increased funding for hospital projects in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 under the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works; and what proportion of these jobs he estimates will go to British workers.

(248746)

275
Mr Francis Maude (Horsham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to (a) promote the use of cognitive stimulation therapy and (b) provide assistance to the cognitive help and therapy community-based initiative.

(248467)

276
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes he plans to the weight limits applying to the classification of wheelchairs in (a) class one and (b) class two.

[R] (247796)

277
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of suppliers his Department has paid within 10 days of invoice in the last three months.

(247880)

278
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 946, what the evidential basis is for the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health's statement that access to NHS dentistry has improved since the new contract was introduced.

(248330)

279
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what provision has been made for the inclusion of patients' views in the consultation being carried out by the Care Quality Commission on proposals for reviews in 2009-10.

(248556)

280
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Care Quality Commission's next annual budget will be.

(248557)

281
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff are to be employed by the Care Quality Commission once it becomes fully operational in April 2009.

(248558)

282
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans are in place to ensure all health and social care providers meet the requirement of registration with the Care Quality Commission.

(248559)

283
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much will be paid by the Care Quality Commission for the rent of its premises in 2009-10; and whether it shares its premises with any other publicly-funded body.

(248560)

284
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many organisations were contacted by the Care Quality Commission to inform them of its consultation on proposals for reviews in 2009-10.

(248561)

285
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of the consultation on proposals for reviews in 2009-10 being carried out by the Care Quality Commission.

(248562)

286
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many copies of the consultation document have been downloaded from the website of the Care Quality Commission since its consultation on proposals for reviews in 2009-10 was launched.

(248563)

287
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of 0844 numbers by GPs' surgeries; and if he will make a statement.

(248435)

288
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed by the NHS in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in the most recent year for which figures are available.

(248436)

289
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has been spent on wallpaper since 2001; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248797)

290
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248710)

291
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248413)

292
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent by the NHS on the treatment of (a) breast cancer and (b) prostate cancer in each of the last five years.

(248836)

293
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) oncologists and (b) trainee oncologists specialising in urology there are in each region.

(248837)

294
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) oncologists and (b) trainee oncologists specialising in breast cancer there are in each region.

(248838)

295
Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what means the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence assesses the implementation of its guidelines; and whether there are any plans to change those procedures.

(248840)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

296
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of young people who took (a) cocaine and (b) ecstasy in each of the last 10 years.

(248611)

297
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legal protections there are for individuals against remote surveillance of their personal computers by third parties.

(248637)

298
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what rights the police and security services have to conduct remote surveillance of an individual's computer use outside the United Kingdom.

(248638)

299
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new offences were created by Home Office-sponsored legislation between (a) 1979 and 1996 and (b) 1997 and 2008.

(248639)

300
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) prosecuted for attempting to purchase a knife under age in each of the last 10 years.

(248640)

301
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) prosecuted for selling a knife to a young person under age in each of the last 10 years.

(248641)

302
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people received the maximum punishment on conviction for selling a knife to a young person under age in each of the last 10 years.

(248642)

303
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) were prosecuted, (b) were cautioned and (c) received a penalty notice for disorder for selling cigarettes to an under age person in the last 12 months.

(248643)

304
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) were prosecuted, (b) were cautioned and (c) received a penalty notice for disorder for (i) purchasing and (ii) selling alcohol under age in 2007.

(248644)

305
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted for (a) possession of and (b) dealing in ecstasy in each of the last 10 years.

(248646)

306
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have received the maximum sentence on conviction for dealing in (a) Class A drugs, (b) Class B drugs and (c) Class C drugs in each year since 1997.

(248647)

307
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of levels of identity fraud; and what recent assessment she has made of public awareness of measures to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of identity fraud.

(248648)

308
N Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a decision will be made on the application by relatives of the constituents of the hon. Member for West Lancashire, Mr Katona, visa reference number VFS-ZA-01-011915-X and Amanda Katona, visa reference number VFS-ZA-01-011916-X, for a family reunion visa, made in Pretoria, South Africa.

(247869)

309
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by her Department in each of the last three years; and how much her Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248376)

310
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many extra police will be allocated to the Dorset Constabulary to provide security for the aquatic events for the duration of the 2012 Olympics.

(248067)

311
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much local authorities in the area will contribute to the overall cost of providing security for the Dorset events of the 2012 Olympics.

(248068)

312
N Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has been made of the policing costs to provide security for the Olympic 2012 events taking place in Dorset.

(248082)

313
Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each of the demonstrations about Gaza and Israel held since 1 January 2009, how many police were injured; what damage to police vehicles took place; and what the cost of policing was; and if she will make a statement.

(248609)

314
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to monitor the welfare of asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK using Malawian passports but who claim to be Zimbabweans after they have been returned to Malawi.

(248731)

315
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what co-operation her Department receives from the Malawian High Commission and the Malawian Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with establishing the entitlement to Malawian citizenship of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK using Malawian passports but claiming to be Zimbabweans.

(248732)

316
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what co-operation her Department receives from the Malawian High Commission and the Malawian Ministry of Home Affairs in confirming as genuine the Malawian passports of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK using Malawian passports but who claim asylum as Zimbabweans.

(248733)

317
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from the UK to (a) Zimbabwe, (b) Colombia, (c) Cuba, (d) Iraq, (e) Israel and (f) the Russian Federation in each year since 1997.

(248615)

318
Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often the Government reviews its bilateral extradition treaties to take into account changing human rights situations inn the countries with which the treaties have been agreed.

(248616)

319
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the current official threat level.

(248350)

320
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in Glasgow North West constituency in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

(248539)

321
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of failed asylum seekers living in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

(248431)

322
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of failed asylum seekers were returned to their homeland in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

(248432)

323
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals against decisions not to grant asylum have been upheld in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

(248433)

324
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what access asylum seekers who are appealing against the decision not to grant them asylum have to (a) legal, (b) medical and (c) housing services; and if she will make a statement.

(248434)

325
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there have been for soliciting for prostitution in each year since 1997.

(248354)

326
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to increase the number of mounted police in police forces in England and Wales.

(248355)

327
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration removal centres she has visited in the last 12 months.

(248356)

328
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Home Office plans to consult on the no recourse to public funds rule.

(247664)

329
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has been spent on wallpaper since 2001; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248798)

330
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that temporary and permanent employees of her Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248414)

331
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications were rejected in each of the last five years because of reflection or glare in glasses worn by the applicant in the accompanying photograph.

(248572)

332
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the possible effects of the Israeli military attack on Gaza on future levels of terrorism in the UK.

(248497)

333
N Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications the UK has (a) received and (b) granted from Macedonian nationals in each of the last five years.

(247731)

334
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the UK Border Agency to reply to the letter of 9 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North, reference P1120638 and CTS of M 20970/8.

(248178)

335
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the UK Border Agency to reply to the letter of 9 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North, reference 1032165 and CTS 822098/8.

(248179)

336
N Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 8 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent, reference M4848/7.

(248180)

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

337
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been spent by the House of Commons Commission on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248726)

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

338
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department since it was established; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier.

(248383)

339
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248709)

340
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248415)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

341
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information he has on the impact of the Israeli military attack on the Palestinian territories in Gaza in December 2008 on British-supported aid projects in Gaza; what the cost of damage to such projects is; and what representations he has made to the Israeli government on the matter.

(248614)

342
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248382)

343
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid his Department is providing to build capacity in Burundi, with particular reference to assistance to the parliamentary authorities in that country.

(248613)

344
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made to date towards meeting the G8 Gleneagles pledge to (a) increase official development assistance (ODA) by $50 billion, (b) increase ODA to Africa by $25 billion and (c) cancel 100 per cent. of heavily indebted poor countries' debt by 2010; what steps are being taken to ensure that the G8 meets these targets by 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(248507)

345
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK's agreed contribution was towards the G8 Gleneagles pledge to (a) increase official development assistance (ODA) by $50 billion and (b) increase ODA to Africa by $25 billion by 2010 (i) as a percentage of each total and (ii) in monetary terms expressed in (A) US dollars and (B) pounds; and if he will make a statement.

(248508)

346
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of global economic conditions on the level of remittances from the United Kingdom to developing countries in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(248780)

347
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the global economic situation on the level of foreign direct investment from the United Kingdom to developing countries in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(248781)

348
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department has given to the UN Development Programme Trust Fund to support the role of the Quartet Middle East Envoy since June 2007; what such funding is planned for 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(248782)

349
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the grade and salary range was of each member of his Department's staff seconded to support the Quartet Middle East Envoy in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; how many such staff at each grade and salary range will be so seconded in 2009; how much his Department spent on such staff in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008; and if he will make a statement.

(248783)

350
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248708)

351
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248416)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

352
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the remaining provisions of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 will be brought into effect.

(248652)

353
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) community sentences, including drug treatment and testing orders and drug rehabilitation referrals, (b) fines, (c) custodial sentences and (d) cautions were issued for drug dealing offences relating to each type of drug in each of the last five years.

(248653)

354
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the potential use of penalty notices for disorder for cannabis possession offences.

(248654)

355
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many charges have been brought under provisions of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

(248656)

356
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government plans to take to improve regulation of bailiffs in the next 12 months.

(248317)

357
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248389)

358
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) residential approved premises exclusively for (i) male and (ii) female offenders and bailees and (b) mixed-sex residential approved premises there are in (A) each of the English criminal justice regions and (B) Wales; in which town or locality each is sited; and how many residents there were in each on the last Friday of each of the last 24 months for which figures are available.

(248519)

359
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to Question 245155 on 12 January 2009, for what offences each of the prisoners listed as having escaped from escort since 1998 had originally been convicted; and how many of them remain unlawfully at large.

(248575)

360
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) former Probation Service and (b) former Prison Service staff by grade are working in the Financial Management Unit under the auspices of the Chief Operating Officer at the National Offender Management Service.

(248461)

361
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former (a) Probation Service and (b) Prison Service staff of each grade are working in the (i) Office of Information and Technology, (ii) Office of Financial Control and Accountancy, (iii) Office of Shared Services, (iv) Commercial and Competitions Unit, (v) Audit and Corporate Assurance Office, (vi) Strategy and Effectiveness Group, (vii) Programme and Project Services Group and (viii) Procurement Group under the auspices of the Director of Finance and Performance at the National Offender Management Service.

(248462)

362
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former (a) Probation Service and (b) Prison Service staff of each grade are working in the (i) Estates Planning and Development Group under the auspices of the Director of Capacity Programme and (ii) Safer Custody and Offender Policy Group under the auspices of the Director of Commissioning and Operational Policy at the National Offender Management Service.

(248463)

363
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff of each grade working in National Offender Management Service headquarters previously worked for the (a) Probation Service and (b) Prison Service.

(248464)

364
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former (a) Probation Service staff and (b) Prison Service staff of each grade are working in the office of the (i) Chief Operating Officer, (ii) Finance and Performance, (iii) Human Resources, (iv) the Capacity Programme, (v) Commissioning and Operating Policy, (vi) the office of the Director of Offender Health, (vii) the office of National Commissioning under the auspices of the Chief Operating Officer and (viii) the office of Performance Delivery under the auspices of the Chief Operating Officer at the National Offender Management Service.

(248465)

365
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow second opinions in the Family Division without the permission of a judge.

(248564)

366
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the address of each property used for the Bail Accommodation and Support Service.

(248084)

367
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid to ClearSprings for the provision of bail and home detention accommodation since June 2007.

(248085)

368
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the outward part of the postcode of each property used for the Bail Accommodation and Support Service.

(248086)

369
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Bail Accommodation and Support Service properties there are in each Parliamentary constituency in England and Wales.

(248087)

370
N Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offenders on home detention curfew and (b) defendants on bail have used the Bail Accommodation and Support Service since June 2007.

(248088)

371
David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to the merits of recording prison psychological interviews using the same procedures which are in place for police interviews under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

(248329)

372
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children were born to mothers in custody in each of the last 10 years.

(248679)

373
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of (a) child abuse and (b) murdering a child in each of the last five years.

(248763)

374
Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the merits of reducing the interest rate applied to statutory charges for legal-aided clients.

(248682)

375
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) former Probation Service and (b) former Prison Service staff by grade are working in the (i) Reducing Re-offending Operational Policy and Third Sector Partnership Group and (ii) Stakeholder Relations Group under the auspices of the Director of Commissioning and Operational Policy at the National Offender Management Service.

(248619)

376
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) former Probation Service and (b) former Prison Service staff by grade are working in the (i) Mental Health Unit and (ii) Public Health Group under the auspices of the Director of Offender Health at the National Offender Management Service.

(248620)

377
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to increase awareness of the public and the judiciary of offender programmes in the community and prison which have the effect of reducing re-offending.

(248667)

378
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) former Probation Service and (b) former Prison Service staff by grade are working in the (i) Offender Assessment and Management Group, (ii) Interventions and Substance Misuse Group, (iii) Commissioning Women's and Young People's Group, (iv) Offender Employment, Skills and Services Group and (v) Operational Policy Unit under the auspices of the Director of Commissioning and Operational Policy at the National Offender Management Service.

(248772)

379
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) former Probation Service staff and (b) former Prison Service staff by grade are working in the (i) Public Protection Unit, (ii) Race Equality Advice and Action Group, (iii) Briefing and Casework Unit, (iv) NOMS Management Board, (v) Parliamentary and Correspondents Briefing Unit and (vi) Internal Communications Unit at the National Offender Management Service.

(248773)

380
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) former Probation Service staff and (b) former Prison Service staff by grade are working in the (i) Children and Young Persons Group, (ii) Women's Health Programme Unit, (iii) Social Care Unit and (iv) Parliamentary Business and Communication Group at the National Offender Management Service.

(248775)

381
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former (a) Probation Service staff and (b) Prison Service staff of each grade are working in the Budget Support Unit at the National Offender Management Service.

(248776)

382
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful prosecutions for rape were made in each police authority area in each year since 1997.

(248509)

383
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of crimes involving cruelty to animals in each year since 1997.

(248357)

384
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in each year since the Department's inception; how much has been spent on wallpaper in that time; and what plans there are for further spending on departmental decoration.

(248803)

385
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248707)

386
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248429)

387
N Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation orders have been issued to offenders in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(248096)

388
N Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average value of a compensation order was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(248097)

389
N Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of compensation orders issued by the courts have (a) not been paid at all, (b) not been paid in full and (c) been paid in full in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(248098)

390
N Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total monetary value of compensation orders issued by the courts was in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what percentage of this was collected by the courts and awarded to victims in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(248099)

391
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bail hostels were opened in Eastbourne in each of the last five years; what the location is of each; and if he will make a statement.

(248821)

392
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are employed in selecting which offenders to place in a bail hostel; what account is taken of potential risk to the public in those criteria; and if he will make a statement.

(248822)

393
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to consult local authorities on the location of bail hostels; and if he will make a statement.

(248823)

394
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place for his Department to oversee the operation of Clearsprings; and if he will make a statement.

(248824)

395
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that members of the public are made aware of the identity and location of bail hostels in their area; and if he will make a statement.

(248825)

396
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bail hostels are planned to be opened in each constituency in the next five years.

(248826)

Questions to the Leader of the House

397
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Leader of the House, how much has been spent by her Office on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248723)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

398
Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his most recent estimate is of the final cost of the Saville Inquiry.

(248841)

399
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of staff are employed in his Department's media and communications team; when each member of staff was recruited; what the responsibilities of each member of staff are; and what the salary of each member of staff is.

(248517)

400
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the Government has extended the deadline for loyalist paramilitary decommissioning.

(248362)

401
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied his Department in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each of those suppliers in each of those years.

(248794)

402
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248706)

403
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248417)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

404
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, whether there are targets to encourage people living in the most disadvantaged areas to volunteer to work on preparation for and during the London 2012 Olympics.

(248368)

405
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what mechanisms are in place to ecnourage existing volunteer organisations to take part in work in preparation for and during the London 2012 Olympics.

(248371)

406
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much has been spent by her Office on staff reward and recognition schemes in each year since its inception.

(248721)

407
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will make it her policy that temporary and permanent employees of her Office employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248406)

Questions to the Prime Minister

408
Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Prime Minister, what the additional security cost has been for each Cabinet meeting held outside 10 Downing Street since January 2008.

(248550)

409
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make publicly available a full transcript of his speech to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust on 24 June 2008.

(248512)

410
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Prime Minister, how much has been spent by his Office on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248720)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

411
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many members of staff were (a) employed by and (b) seconded to the Scotland Office in (i) Scotland and (ii) London in each quarter since 1999.

(248510)

412
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the salary bill for the Scotland Office was for its staff in all locations in each quarter since 1999.

(248511)

413
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the responsibilities of each member of his media and communications team are; when each member of staff was recruited; and what the salary of each member of staff is.

(248514)

414
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many hits his Department's blog has received in each month since its launch.

(248515)

415
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department has taken to publicise its blog; and what the cost of such activity was.

(248516)

416
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied his Department in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each of those suppliers in each of those years.

(248792)

417
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248705)

418
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248418)

Questions to the Solicitor General

419
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service for offences relating to the trafficking of people into the UK for sexual exploitation since 2003.

(247798)

420
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Solicitor General, how many cases the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales (a) advised the police on, (b) discontinued after charge but before trial and (c) proceeded to trial in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007.

(243064)

421
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Solicitor General, what the average time taken by Crown Prosecution Service lawyers in England and Wales (a) preparing a case for trial and (b) attending at trial was in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007.

(243065)

422
N Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Solicitor General, what progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in prosecuting those engaged in human trafficking.

(247660)

423
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Solicitor General, how much has been spent by the Law Officers' Departments on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248722)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

424
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in the London Borough of Havering who would be subject to additional aircraft noise should dual mode use of the runways at London Heathrow Airport be adopted.

(248650)

425
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what effect the adoption of dual mode use of the runways at London Heathrow Airport would have on the Terminal Control North flight routing redesign proposals made by National Air Traffic Services.

(248651)

426
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received about proposed changes to the level crossing in Frinton-on-Sea from people resident in the area.

(248576)

427
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Welsh Assembly Government Ministers and (b) his Irish counterparts on the quality of trunk road connections in Wales serving UK-Irish ferry ports.

(248621)

428
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the quality of the single carriageway section of the A40 in Pembrokeshire.

(248624)

429
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the quality of those sections of the Trans-European Road network which lie within the UK.

(248625)

430
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the merits of dualling the A40 in Pembrokeshire.

(248737)

431
Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was raised in fines from speed cameras in (a) Bolton and (b) Greater Manchester in the last year for which records are available; how much of that income was spent in (i) Bolton and (ii) Greater Manchester; and if he will make a statement.

(248684)

432
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248381)

433
N Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of overall airline activity in a region would have to be provided by one operator for the position to be considered a regional monopoly; and if he will make a statement.

(248093)

434
N Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what circumstances he would consider designating the air link between London Gatwick and Plymouth as a Public Service Obligation (PSO) route as defined in European Regulation 2408/92 and 95/93; and if he will make a statement.

(248094)

435
N Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of UK regional air services are operated by each airline in each region.

(248095)

436
N Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the EU Commission's proposal for bus passenger rights on bus passengers; and what response the Government has made to the damage liability for operators contained in the proposal.

(248089)

437
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with representatives of local authorities facing funding shortfalls for the national concessionary bus fares scheme; what such meetings are planned; and if he will make a statement.

(247444)

438
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which local authorities have not received sufficient funding to meet their expenditure on the national concessionary bus fares scheme in 2008-09; and how much the shortfall is in each such case.

(247445)

439
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the difference between funding and expenditure on the national concessionary bus fares scheme in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in 2008-09.

(247446)

440
N Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Local Government Association about the adequacy of funding for the national concessionary bus fares scheme.

(247447)

441
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation with passengers took place before the change to the timetable was made by Northern Rail to reduce services between Adlington and (a) Manchester and (b) Preston.

(248369)

442
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reasons Network Rail have provided to his Department for re-routing more trains from Adlington to Manchester Victoria as opposed to Manchester Piccadilly under the new timetable introduced on 13 December 2008.

(248370)

443
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent changes to the timetable for rail services from Adlington to (a) Manchester and (b) Preston on commuters using the services.

(248466)

444
Susan Kramer (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects platform 20 at Waterloo Station to re-open for train services; and what services will be provided from that platform.

(248331)

445
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase capital expenditure on rail links as part of the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works.

(248743)

446
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by increased funding for new rail links in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 under the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public works; and what proportion of those jobs he estimates will go to British workers.

(248747)

447
N Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has conducted any customer service surveys relating to the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency following its reform.

(247890)

448
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248704)

449
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the regulations and guidance on the quality contracts provisions of the Local Transport Act 2008 will come into force; and how many officials in his Department are exclusively or primarily working on preparation of guidance and regulations under the Act.

(248623)

450
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the average level of peak hour overcrowding on trains into the cities of (a) London, (b) Manchester, (c) Leeds, (d) Sheffield, (e) Liverpool, (f) Birmingham, (g) Glasgow, (h) Bristol, (i) Cardiff and (j) Nottingham in each of the last five years.

(248626)

451
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent to date on preparation for (a) Crossrail and (b) the Manchester Hub.

(248627)

452
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the rate of change in passenger numbers for (a) Northern Rail, (b) Transpennine Express and (c) the franchises that provide commuter services in London and the South East has been in each of the last five years.

(248628)

453
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new carriages have been procured for (a) Northern Rail, (b) London Midland and the preceding franchise covering the West Midlands and (c) the franchises that provide commuter services in London and the South East in each of the last five years.

(248629)

454
Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of the cost of the tram-train trial on the Sheffield to Huddersfield line.

(248678)

455
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248419)

456
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on rail replacement bus services between (a) Manchester and Leeds, (b) York and Leeds, (c) Hull and Leeds and (d) Sheffield and Leeds in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(248607)

457
Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on rail replacement bus services in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(248608)

458
Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on restrictions imposed by other countries on passengers carrying liquids on aeroplanes.

(248505)

459
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reported deaths as a result of road traffic accidents there were in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1997.

(248828)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

460
Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of staff are employed in his Department's media and communications team; when each member of staff was recruited; what the responsibilities of each member of staff are; and what the salary of each member of staff is.

(248513)

461
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied his Department in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each of those suppliers in each of those years.

(248793)

462
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248703)

463
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248421)

Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality

464
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied the Government Equalities Office since its inception; and how much has been paid to each of those suppliers.

(248795)

465
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much has been spent by the Government Equalities Office on staff reward and recognition schemes since its inception.

(248724)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

466
N John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will consider the merits of allowing national insurance contributions of one half of a married couple over and above what is required to trigger entitlement to a full state pension to be transferred to a spouse if they have a shortfall in their own contributions.

(247888)

467
N Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many external consultants Remploy engaged between April 2005 and April 2008; and at what total cost.

(247868)

468
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average public expenditure per job provided under the local employment partnerships programme has been since the programme's inception.

(248430)

469
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many national insurance number registrations have been granted to (a) non-UK EU and (b) non-EU citizens in each quarter since 1 April 2005.

(248439)

470
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseekers in each region have found (a) employment and (b) sustained employment with employers who have signed-up to local employment partnerships in each quarter since local employment partnerships were established.

(248440)

471
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers in each region have signed-up to local employment partnerships in each quarter since local employment partnerships were established.

(248441)

472
David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department in each of the last three years; and how much his Department paid to each such supplier in each of those years.

(248380)

473
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information pensioners are required to provide to his Department to receive winter fuel payments.

(248738)

474
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the official engagements of each Minister in his Department were between 1 December and 31 December 2008.

(247733)

475
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which funding streams he plans to include in the individual budget pilots due to be tested in trailblazer public authorities from 2010; and if he will make a statement.

(247734)

476
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the level of accessibility of Jobcentre Plus offices for disabled people; and if he will make a statement.

(248498)

477
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's revised deadline is to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement.

(248504)

478
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 42W, on the Post Office Card Account, if he will place in the Library a copy of the script of the message that staff use when speaking to customers.

(248739)

479
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental data protection, what the names of the (a) Senior Information Risk Owner and (b) Information Asset Owners are.

(248750)

480
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants received awards of disability living allowance on the basis of drug or alcohol dependency in each of the last 11 years.

(248761)

481
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance are members of the Territorial Army.

(248665)

482
Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of the Territorial Army have been made redundant from their civilian posts in each year since 2001.

(248666)

483
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims have been (a) received and (b) approved for disability living allowance for children below the age of (i) 18, (ii) 16 and (iii) 10 years in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.

(248617)

484
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on disability living allowance for children in each year from 1990 to 2008; how much he estimates will be spent in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(248618)

485
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely rate of unemployment in each month of 2009.

(248683)

486
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) took action (a) against insurance companies who failed to report settlement of personal injury claims to the CRU and (b) to recover benefits from insurance companies in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007.

[R] (243062)

487
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many personal injury cases the Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) identified that insurance companies had failed to report settlement of a claim to the CRU in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.

[R] (243063)

488
N Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Compensation Recovery Unit has taken to ensure that insurance companies report promptly all personal injury claims which are settled (a) out of court, (b) in court by negotiation and (c) by judgment.

[R] (243066)

489
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 275W, on control orders, how many individuals subject to control orders are in receipt of benefits administered by his Department.

(248842)

490
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 275W, on control orders, how much his Department has spent on (a) incapacity benefit, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) disability living allowance and (d) income support in order to assist individuals who are subject to control orders in each year since 2005.

(248845)

491
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of calls to the Crisis Loan Helpline have been dropped or cut off before being answered in each of the last 12 months.

(248605)

492
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long it has taken to answer calls to the Crisis Loan Helpline on average in each of the last 12 months.

(248606)

493
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of pensioners in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow and (c) the UK who are living in poverty.

(248536)

494
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of pensioners in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow and (c) the UK who are in fuel poverty.

(248537)

495
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children were living in poverty in Glasgow in (a) January 2007, (b) January 2008 and (c) January 2009.

(248538)

496
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on providing a rapid response service for employees in Scotland threatened with redundancy.

(248545)

497
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to undertake an assessment of employment retention assessments as referred to in his Department's White Paper, Raising expectations and increasing support: reforming welfare for the future.

(248546)

498
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments were made to people living in Glasgow North West constituency in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

(248547)

499
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cold weather payments were made in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.

(248548)

500
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the Health and Safety Executive's equality impact assessment carried out for its move to a single headquarters in Bootle.

(248499)

501
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the planned size and structure is of the new Health and Safety Executive Policy Group in Bootle.

(248500)

502
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 326 Health and Safety Executive staff in London, identified in How and Where We Work, were still working in Rose Court at the end of November 2008; and how many of them are expected to be doing so by the end of March 2009.

(248501)

503
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) replacement and (b) temporary staff have been recruited in Bootle to fill the positions vacated in Rose Court by the Health and Safety Executive.

(248502)

504
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have left the Health and Safety Executive at Rose Court premises since July 2007 (a) on permanent transfers to other departments, (b) as leavers to private sector, (c) on retirement, (d) as leavers under early release schemes and (e) on loans/secondments.

(248503)

505
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.

(248702)

506
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.

(248422)

507
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bonuses to staff were paid by his Department in each year since 1998; how much was so paid in each year; and for what purposes these bonuses were awarded.

(248728)

508
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension schemes have applied for protection under the Pension Protection Fund in the last two years.

(248814)

509
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the increase in the size of the Pension Protection Fund's deficit was in (a) each year since 2004 and (b) 2009 to date.

(248815)

510
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions he has made in respect of the future of the Pension Protection Fund; and if he will make a statement.

(248816)

511
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in (a) Eastbourne, (b) East Sussex and (c) the UK in which more than one individual receives the winter fuel allowance.

(248817)

512
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of overpayments made by the Winter Fuel Payment Centre in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

(248818)

513
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that payments made by his Department in sterling to UK pensioners resident abroad can be made by direct deposits into overseas sterling accounts; and if he will make a statement.

(248819)

514
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent exchange rate fluctuations on UK pensioners resident abroad.

(248820)

515
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioner households were (a) owner-occupiers, (b) social renters and (c) private renters in 2007-08.

(248833)

516
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long the average assessment period for defined benefit schemes was for those who applied to the Pension Protection Fund in the 2007-08 levy year; and how many assessments exceeded the average period.

(248834)

517
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to his Department of fraud and error in the pension credit system in each of the last three years.

(248835)

518
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people expected to gain access to the scheme announced for people unemployed for six months or more in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

(248468)

519
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what terms and conditions will be set for employers in relation to (a) applying for and (b) using an Employers' Golden Hello.

(248469)

520
Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to set a limit on the number of Employers' Golden Hello incentives available to each employer.

(248470)

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

521
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many jobs have been created by the Building Schools for the Future programme in each year since its establishment; and in which sectors those jobs were created.

[Transferred] (248736)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

522
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in other European Union countries on proposals for a EU-wide civil protection rapid reaction force; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (248675)

523
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last three years; and how much was paid to each of those suppliers in each of those three years.

[Transferred] (248791)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

524
John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government has spent on legal fees relating to claims made by miners with osteoarthritis of the knee caused by their work in mines in each of the last five years.

[Transferred] (248518)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

525
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a presentation to the Britain-Australia Society on his policy for UK-Australian relations.

[Transferred] (248353)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

526
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on making the purchase of cigarettes under age a criminal offence; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (248645)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

527
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged (a) under 16 and (b) between 16 and 19 years old received penalty notices for disorder for being drunk and disorderly in 2007.

[Transferred] (248655)

528
N Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which criminal offences (a) a fixed penalty notice and (b) a penalty notice for disorder can be given; and in respect of which offences such notices were not available before 1997.

[Transferred] (248100)

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

529
Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many capital projects were approved under the Learning and Skills Council capital project funding in (a) February, (b) March, (c) April, (d) May, (e) June, (f) July, (g) August, (h) September, (i) October, (j) November and (k) December 2008.

[Transferred] (248610)

530
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the amount overpaid in student loan repayments due to late notification of the Student Loans Company by HM Revenue and Customs of the full repayment of a loan in the last 12 month period for which data are available.

[Transferred] (248551)

531
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the average time taken for HM Revenue and Customs to notify the Student Loans Company that a student loan has been repaid in full.

[Transferred] (248552)

532
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his latest estimate is of the amount overpaid in student loan repayments in the last 12 month period for which data are available.

[Transferred] (248553)

533
N Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether a portion of the additional funding for Train to Gain announced in the Pre-Budget Report will be used to fund university student grants.

[Transferred] (247679)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

534
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on encouraging local authorities to apply 20 mph zones around schools; and if he will make a statement.

[Transferred] (248622)

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