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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 19 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 Monday 19 January 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Monday 19 January 2009


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Monday 19 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 Monday 19 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Monday 19 January see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his most recent estimate is of the extent of broadband internet access.
(249001)
2
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households which do not have access to broadband internet because (a) local exchanges have not been enabled and (b) shared line devices prevent a broadband connection.
(249012)
3
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects broadband internet access to be available for everybody who wants it nationwide.
(249017)
4
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on the creation of a universal service obligation in respect of broadband internet provision.
(249018)
5
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department has spent on enabling broadband internet access in each year since 1997.
(249210)
6
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has commissioned to compare the extent of broadband internet provision with that of other EU states.
(249722)
7
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the decision was taken to transfer RWE Aldermaston to Jacobs.
(249572)
8
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.
(249067)
9
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what functions regional development agencies have to promote economic competition between regions; and if he will make a statement.
(248525)
10
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff from his Department have provided support for the Creative Britain Review.
(248894)
11
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what expenditure his Department incurred in relation to the Creative Britain Review.
(248895)
12
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many of his Department's staff provided support to the Caio Review.
(248896)
13
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department is providing to the proposal by the UK company Global Coal Management Resources plc for an opencast mine at Phulbari in Bangladesh.
(248925)
14
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what measures his Department is taking to promote the production and commercial sale of English wines.
(249516)
15
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of households that do not have access to broadband internet in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249637)
16
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what representations he has received on the effect on small businesses of administering the temporary change to the rate of value added tax.
(249649)
17
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses have gone into (a) administration and (b) liquidation in each quarter since the beginning of 2005.
(248991)
18
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and what was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249850)
19
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses have closed in each quarter of the last five years.
(249700)
20
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009 to Question 244582, when he expects the first complete figures on performance in making payments to suppliers within 10 days to be available.
(248687)
21
Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual cost to small and medium-sized enterprises of applying for and proving competence in multiple health and safety pre-qualification questionnaires.
(248900)
22
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on the importation of fur from Canadian black seals for use in making hats; and if he will make a statement.
(248340)
23
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what information he holds on the charge made for posting a standard-size letter of up to 50 grams in (a) the Netherlands and (b) other EU member states.
(249599)
24
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps Royal Mail is taking to (a) reduce its costs and (b) cut its overheads.
(249603)
25
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps Royal Mail is taking to improve its quality of service.
(249604)
26
Geraldine Smith (Morecambe & Lunesdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what information he holds on the number of EU member states where postal deliveries are made six days a week.
(249605)
27
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what information his Department holds on the number of F16 jets used by the Israeli Air Force in the recent military operation over Gaza which contain British-made components; and what steps the Government has taken to ensure that none of the British-made heads up units were incorporated in Israeli F16 jets involved in bombing Gaza recently.
(249635)
28
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate Post Office Ltd has made of the savings from recent post office branch closures.
(249221)
29
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was spent on the consultation on the recent round of Post Office branch closures.
(249313)
30
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249140)
31
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the 10 highest payments made by his Department in settlement of property compensation cases brought against it in respect of which legal proceedings have been concluded were in the last 12 months for which figures are available; which of the cases were (a) contested and (b) uncontested by his Department; and what the nature of each incident was.
(248873)
32
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the 10 highest payments made by his Department in settlement of personal injury claims brought against it were in the last 12 months for which figures are available; which of those cases were (a) contested and (b) uncontested by his Department; and what the nature of the incident was in each case.
(248874)
33
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many working days have been lost due to sickness amongst employees for which his Department is and its predecessor department was responsible for each year since 1997.
(248875)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
34
N
John Barrett (Edinburgh West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the rate for approved mileage allowance payment was last set.
(248685)
35
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 13 October 2008, Treasury Reference: 1/6189/2008, concerning Mr Richard Macaskill of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.
(248583)
36
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 13 October 2008, Treasury Reference: 5/03547/2008, concerning Mr S A Mack of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.
(248584)
37
N
Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions the Financial Services Authority attached to its approval of the sale by the Portman Building Society of its Guernsey subsidiary to Landsbanki.
(248334)
38
N
Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Financial Services Authority (FSA) had with the Derbyshire Building Society on its application to establish a wholly-owned banking subsidiary in the Isle of Man; and what assurances the FSA received in respect of (a) the terms of business of the subsidiary and (b) the protection and indemnification of depositors.
(248335)
39
N
Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Financial Services Authority (FSA) had with the Portman Building Society on its application to establish a wholly-owned banking subsidiary in Guernsey; and what assurances the FSA received in respect of (a) the terms of business of the subsidiary and (b) the protection and indemnification of depositors.
(248336)
40
N
Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions the Financial Services Authority attached to its approval of the sale by the Derbyshire Building Society of its Isle of Man subsidiary to Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander.
(248337)
41
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the levying of value added tax on payments made to projects under the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme.
(249175)
42
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what investigations (a) his Department, (b) the Bank of England and (c) the Financial Services Authority have made into securitisation practices (i) in the UK and (ii) by British companies internationally.
(249657)
43
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HM Revenue and Customs will establish a hotline for hon. Members to contact them on behalf of constituents on matters other than tax credits.
(249660)
44
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue received by the Exchequer in stamp duty land tax since the announcement of the stamp duty holiday in September 2008; what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the stamp duty holiday; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the stamp duty holiday on the housing market.
(249305)
45
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the reduction in value added tax announced in the Pre-Budget Report 2008 in the next 12 months.
(249306)
46
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have paid value added tax (VAT) receipts to the Exchequer since the Pre-Budget Report was published; and what estimate he has made of the effect on consumer spending of the reduction in VAT announced in the Pre-Budget Report 2008.
(249307)
47
Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) sought and (b) been granted a deferral of tax liability by HM Revenue and Customs since the Pre-Budget Report 2008 was published.
(249308)
48
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individual cases of tax credit overpayment reclamation his Department has taken to court in (a) each year from 2006-07 and (b) each month of 2008-09 for which information is available; and what the average overpayment was.
(249233)
49
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times bailiffs have been deployed with respect to the recovery of tax credit overpayments (a) in each year since 2003-04 and (b) in each month in 2008-09 for which information is available; and what the average level of overpayment was.
(249234)
50
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bankruptcy orders have been issued in respect to the recovery of tax credit overpayments (a) in each year since 2003-04 and (b) in each month in 2008-09 for which information is available; and what the average level of overpayment was.
(249235)
51
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his Department has used the services of a private debt collecting company with respect to the recovery of tax credit overpayments (a) in each year since 2003-04 and (b) in each month in 2008-09 for which information is available; and what the average level of overpayment was.
(249236)
52
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what updates to the analysis contained in the 2006 cashflow projections for unfunded public service pension schemes he commissioned from (a) the Government Actuary's Department and (b) other sources to inform the March 2008 Long-term Public Finance Report; and if he will place in the Library a copy of each update.
(248910)
53
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions he has made about the dates of commencement of reforms to the Civil Service, NHS and teachers' pension schemes; when he made his estimate that such reforms would save £13 billion over a 50-year period; and if he will revise his estimate on the basis of the dates on which the reforms took effect.
(248974)
54
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what account his estimate of a £13 billion saving from reforms to the Civil Service, NHS and teachers' pension schemes takes of (a) the net present value of cashflow savings on benefits paid out net of employee contributions paid in during the 50-year period and (b) the net present value of the reduction in the value of benefits accrued relative to employee contributions paid during the 50-year period; what other factors his estimate takes into account; and if he will make a statement.
(248975)
55
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assumptions about the rates of withdrawal from service for members of unfunded public sector pension schemes were made in respect of (a) the 2006 Long-term Public Finance Report and (b) the 2008 Long-term Public Finance Report.
(249065)
56
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provide for staff.
(249084)
57
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letters of 27 October and 9 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Forest of Dean, reference FD4347, regarding Kaupthing Isle of Man customers.
(248524)
58
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the contribution of the fishing industry to the Exchequer.
(249150)
59
Mr Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Questions 245836, 245837, 245838 and 245839, how much was spent on the research study to explore customer experiences of the offshore disclosure facility before work was halted.
(249296)
60
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's staff provided support for the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property.
(248898)
61
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's staff provided support for the Cox Review of creativity in business.
(248923)
62
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the ex-gratia payment scheme for Equitable Life policyholders is in accordance with the recommendation of the Parliamentary Ombudsman that the scheme should be simple and not impose undue burdens on those making claims.
(249652)
63
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the President of the European Commission on Britain's prospective membership of the euro.
(249540)
64
N
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has made on behalf of (a) Guernsey, (b) Jersey and (c) the Isle of Man to the Icelandic government on the consequences of the Icelandic banking collapses in 2008.
(249182)
65
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been frozen in the UK in each of the last five years due to suspected or proven links to terrorist organisations.
(248993)
66
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and what was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249865)
67
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 275W, how much his Department has spent on child tax credit payment to individuals subject to control orders in each year since 2005.
(249499)
68
N
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the monetary value of the loans made available to United Kingdom banks by the European Investment Bank (EIB) under the scheme announced on 30 October 2008 was on 12 January 2008; which United Kingdom banks have applied for funds; when each first applied; how much each received from the EIB; how many businesses have accessed the funds from each; and what the average number of employees of these businesses is.
(248586)
69
Mr Bill Olner (Nuneaton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Office of Government Commerce will publish the review of construction contracts it commissioned in July 2008 from the consultants Arup; and if he will make a statement.
(248899)
70
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings Ministers in his Department have held to review (a) capital ratios and (b) liquidity requirements for banks in the last three months.
(249553)
71
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provisions the Government is making for any future (a) losses and (b) capital requirement of banks in which UK Financial Investments has a stake.
(249556)
72
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department plans to account for any (a) profits earned and (b) losses sustained by (i) the Royal Bank of Scotland and (ii) Northern Rock.
(249559)
73
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what instructions the Government has issued to the Royal Bank of Scotland in the last six months.
(249563)
74
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have held with (a) staff and (b) directors of the Royal Bank of Scotland in the last six months.
(249564)
75
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers in his Department have had with (a) directors and (b) staff of Northern Rock since its entering into temporary public ownership.
(249565)
76
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the policy of Northern Rock is on the payment of bonuses to (a) staff and (b) directors in respect of (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.
(249600)
77
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) employees and (b) directors of Northern Rock were paid more than £100,000 in 2008.
(249601)
78
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Northern Rock's level of mortgage lending is; and what it was in January 2008.
(249602)
79
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how long on average it took the Child Benefit Centre to process a (a) change of circumstances notification, (b) new application for benefit and (c) new application where the reason for the claim was other than a new birth in each of the last 12 months.
(249025)
80
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much landfill tax was paid by each local authority in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 to date.
(249462)
81
N
Mr Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills of (a) 10 October 2008 in respect of Mr David Hill and Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander, (b) 13 October 2008 in respect of Castings PLC and Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander and (c) 16 October 2008 in respect of Mr Peter Sault and the Royal Bank of Scotland and Roywest Holdings.
(249044)
82
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a reply will be sent to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood's letter of 28 November 2008 on behalf of Gordon Ferguson on the Kaupthing Banking Group.
(249550)
83
N
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 13 November 2008, on NDFA investments via Lehman Brothers Treasury Company BV, PO reference 1/63049/2008.
(248396)
84
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people in (a) Castle Point constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England are claiming (i) childcare tax credit and (ii) working tax credit.
(249642)
85
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) redundancy payments to staff who are unable to relocate and (b) daily travel allowance payments to staff relocating to other offices resulting from HM Revenue and Customs' decision to close two offices in Leicester; and what the estimated annual saving in accommodation costs as a result of the closure of these two offices is.
(249414)
86
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249145)
87
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many higher rate income tax payers there are in each parliamentary constituency.
(249694)
88
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families claiming tax credits in 2006-07 experienced an income increase of between (a) £2,500 and £5,000, (b) £5,001 and £7,500, (c) £7,501 and £10,000, (d) £10,001 and £15,000 and (e) £15,001 and £25,000.
(249193)
89
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of the documentation relating to the Tax Credit Transformation Programme.
(249196)
90
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's projection is of the amount of gift aid that will be paid to charities in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
(249222)
91
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 25 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent (ref: PO 5/03827/2008).
(248918)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
92
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils at non-selective schools in selective areas have exceeded the national average of achieving five A* to C GCSEs in the last five years; and how many pupils at each such school achieved at least five GCSEs at A* to C grades in each year.
(249538)
93
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many One School Pathfinder projects have been set up by his Department under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and how many of those (a) have received formal guidance from Partnership for Schools and (b) have had a Partnership for Schools Director appointed to guide the project.
(249639)
94
Colin Burgon (Elmet): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on teachers of the end of management allowance safeguarding on 31 December 2008 and the introduction of teaching and learning responsibility payments; and how many teachers are affected by (a) that change and (b) the change in the amount of pay received by teachers as a result of the new time limit on safegarding.
(249013)
95
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects all Criminal Records Bureau checks on existing (a) head teachers, (b) teachers and (c) non-teaching school staff to have been completed.
(249570)
96
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many contracts with private providers under private finance initiative schemes have been signed for school capital projects in each of the last six months.
(249101)
97
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers took a primary (a) Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Arts and (b) post-graduate certificate in education with a (i) language and (ii) mathematics specialism in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(249102)
98
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of children accessing Sure Start are eligible for free school meals.
(249103)
99
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have entered for (a) the foundation, (b) intermediate and (c) higher diploma in (i) construction and the built environment, (ii) business administration and finance, (iii) creative and media, (iv) engineering and (v) environmental and land-based studies in each local authority area.
(249104)
100
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils in (a) independent and (b) maintained schools received five or more GCSE grades A* to C including English, mathematics, science and a foreign language in each of the last five years.
(249110)
101
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) fixed period and (b) permanent exclusions were of students at schools with (i) less than 10 per cent., (ii) between 10 and 30 per cent., (iii) between 30 and 50 per cent and (iv) more than 50 per cent. of children eligible for free school meals in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(249111)
102
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which local authority areas those school capital projects which will receive brought forward capital expenditure are located.
(249114)
103
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many additional jobs his Department expects to be created by bringing forward its capital expenditure for school building projects in the next 12 months.
(249118)
104
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of the cost projections for the introduction of bonuses for teachers in deprived areas.
(249119)
105
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on bonuses for teachers in deprived schools in each of the next five years.
(249120)
106
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what year the first bonus for teachers in deprived areas will be paid.
(249122)
107
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools with 30 per cent. or more of pupils eligible for free school meals ran a budget surplus in the last year for which data are available; and how much the surplus was in each case.
(249123)
108
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, from which funding stream golden handcuffs for teachers in deprived areas will be drawn.
(249124)
109
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in the National Challenge initiative reported a budget surplus in the last year for which data are available; and how much the surplus was in each case.
(249147)
110
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which maintained secondary schools offer courses for (a) pre-U qualifications and (b) the international baccalaureate.
(249226)
111
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have received notices of entitlement for the education maintenance allowance but have not enrolled on a course in the last 12 months.
(249227)
112
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have yet to receive an education maintenance allowance payment to which they are entitled.
(249228)
113
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its associated public bodies paid to consultants in the last year for which data are available; to which organisations such payments were made; for what purposes; and how much the payment was in each case.
(249229)
114
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary school teachers of (a) Mandarin, (b) Urdu, (c) German, (d) Italian and (e) Japanese (i) there are in maintained secondary schools and (ii) qualified in the last year for which data are available.
(249230)
115
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers with a language specialism in Mandarin Chinese qualified in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.
(249231)
116
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers took (a) a post-graduate certificate of education, (b) a Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Arts, (c) a school-centre initial teacher training course and (d) another teacher training route at primary level with a specialism in (i) Mandarin, (ii) Japanese, (iii) Urdu, (iv) Italian, (v) French, (vi) Spanish and (vii) German in each of the last five years.
(249232)
117
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) England, (b) Kent and (c) Ashford constituency took one or more science GCSE in the last five year period for which figures are available.
(249185)
118
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students have (a) received a notice of entitlement for the education maintenance allowance (EMA), (b) successfully enrolled on a course of study and (c) received at least one (EMA) payment in (i) Kent local authority area and (ii) Ashford constituency since the introduction of the allowance.
(249187)
119
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1638W, on teachers' pensions: resource accounting and budgeting, for what reason the teachers' pension scheme resource accounts were not published between the 2008 summer recess and the end of the 2007-08 session; and when he plans to publish them.
(249008)
120
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department provides for staff.
(249066)
121
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school teachers have been employed in (a) Jarrow consituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 1997.
(249466)
122
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils achieved GCSEs grades A* to C including English and mathematics in (a) Jarrow consituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 1997.
(249468)
123
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils achieved at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) Jarrow consituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 1997.
(249469)
124
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people (a) in Jarrow constituency, (b) in South Tyneside, (c) in the North East and (d) nationwide have received education maintenance allowance in each year since its inception.
(249560)
125
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on college buildings (a) in Jarrow constituency, (b) in South Tyneside, (c) in the North East and (d) nationwide in each year since 1997.
(249561)
126
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary school buildings in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East in 2007-08.
(249661)
127
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure that children who have been identified as being at risk are adequately housed.
(249582)
128
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on co-operation between children's services and housing authorities in relation to accommodation for vulnerable families with children; and if he will make a statement.
(249583)
129
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's policy is on female Muslim teachers and teaching assistants wearing the full burka while interacting with children in schools.
(249515)
130
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government is taking to reduce levels of verbal and physical abuse towards teachers in primary schools.
(249519)
131
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government is taking to improve understanding of financial matters amongst teenage mothers and young people in the (a) North East, (b) Tees Valley district and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
(249651)
132
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what is the cost to the public purse of training for teaching staff at schools in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249818)
133
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to raise the school science examination standards in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249819)
134
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were abused whilst subject to a child protection plan in each of the last five years in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249827)
135
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints were made against children's social services departments in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
(249828)
136
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what initiatives the Government has introduced for children of pre-school age to reduce childhood obesity in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249829)
137
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to discourage young people in deprived areas from becoming associated with criminal activity.
(249847)
138
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people took one or more science A Levels in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years.
(249848)
139
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on golden hellos for graduates entering the teaching profession in shortage subjects in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(249427)
140
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people entering the teaching profession have received golden hellos in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
(249432)
141
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what measures are in place to support academies in the event that their sponsors become bankrupt; and if he will make a statement.
(249434)
142
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the ContactPoint database to become operational; and if he will make a statement.
(249435)
143
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools are in the National Challenge; and if he will make a statement.
(249436)
144
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date he expects primary schools to receive the results of the 2009 national tests; and if he will make a statement.
(249438)
145
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of schools will be taking the Key Stage 3 tests in 2009; and on what date a communication was sent to schools asking them about their participation in the tests; and if he will make a statement.
(249439)
146
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many applications for care proceedings were made by local authorities in November (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.
(248904)
147
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many applications were made by local authorities for care orders during (a) July, (b) August, (c) September, (d) November and (e) December 2008.
(248905)
148
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for what reasons Paul Gray has been appointed as Interim Director of Children's Services in Doncaster; what Mr Gray's job specification is; and if he will make a statement.
(248695)
149
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps Paul Gray has taken to improve Doncaster children's services since his appointment as Interim Director of Children's Services in April 2008.
(248696)
150
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his officials will complete their diagnostic review of Doncaster's children's services; and whether their findings will be made public.
(248697)
151
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what reports have been produced by Paul Gray on the state of children's services in Doncaster; and if he will make them public.
(248698)
152
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the responsibility is of the Mayor of Doncaster for child protection policy and practice in that area.
(248908)
153
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on what date he expects the Child Health Strategy to be published.
(249009)
154
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who is responsible for entering children's data into the ContactPoint database; and whether such individuals are required to have had a Criminal Records Bureau check before their appointment.
(249010)
155
N
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) the Mayor of Doncaster on their responsibilities for child protection issues.
(249161)
156
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the legal minimum age is for a child to act as a babysitter.
(249163)
157
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249853)
158
N
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Sure Start centres were built in each of the last 12 months.
(249302)
159
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2008, Official Report, column 1498W, on pre-school education finance, when the Child Care Strategy will be published.
(249641)
160
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of staff in childcare settings have achieved GCSE English grade C or above.
(249699)
161
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the level of English spoken by staff in childcare settings.
(249730)
162
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of young people in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire have received a weekly (i) £10, (ii) £20 and (iii) £30 education maintenance allowance in each year since the scheme began.
(249038)
163
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire who were entitled to education maintenance allowance (EMA) did not receive any EMA payments in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement.
(249039)
164
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what investigations he has undertaken into the circumstances surrounding the failure of the contract to deliver the education maintenance allowance in 2008; and what conclusions he has drawn from that investigation.
(249611)
165
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure that 16 and 17 year olds have sufficient access to child protection services.
(249167)
166
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249133)
167
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who attended a school in the Reading Local Education Authority area took the Key Stage 3 tests in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science attained the same or a lower level than they attained at Key Stage 2 (i) in total and (ii) for pupils who attained (A) level 3, (B) level 4 and (C) level 5 at Key Stage 2 in each year since 1997.
(248861)
168
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who attended a school in the Reading Local Education Authority area and attained level 5 or below in the Key Stage 3 tests in (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science in 2007 had previously attained level 5 or above at Key Stage 2.
(248862)
169
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the schools budget of each local authority was for each of the last five years; and what proportion of that budget was delegated to schools in each case.
(248863)
170
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the GCSE and equivalent results were for pupils attending (a) maintained and (b) all schools at the end of Key Stage 4 in each local authority in each of the last five years.
(248864)
171
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) teachers, (b) classroom assistants and (c) school volunteers are waiting for Criminal Records Bureau clearance before taking up a position.
(248865)
172
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions his Department has had with Reading Local Education Authority on the level of protection it provides for vulnerable children.
(248866)
173
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average standard assessment test scores achieved by special educational needs pupils taught in mainstream schools were in each of the last 10 years.
(248867)
174
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teaching assistants have reached National Vocational Qualification level (a) 2 and (b) 3 of the Training Development for School programme.
(248868)
175
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teaching assistants became higher level teaching assistants in each year since 1997.
(248869)
176
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what programmes his Department has put in place to provide one-to-one reading tuition for looked-after children.
(248870)
177
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school age pupils in (i) Reading and (ii) Wokingham attended independent schools in each of the last five years.
(248871)
178
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much it cost to establish the Connexions phone service; and what the budget for the service was in 2008.
(248882)
179
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much it cost to establish the Connexions text message service.
(248883)
180
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of interventions by the Connexions service involved face-to-face contact in the latest period for which figures are available.
(249238)
181
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of 16 to 18 year-olds were not in education, employment and training in each year since April 2001.
(249239)
182
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each local education authority area provide wraparound school care.
(249393)
183
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in the Reading Local Education Authority area have class sizes of more than (a) 50 pupils, (b) 40 pupils and (c) 30 pupils.
(249402)
184
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the budget for the Connexions text message service was in 2008.
(249403)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
185
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what contribution to population change in the UK was made by (a) natural growth and (b) net migration in each of the last 20 years.
(249508)
186
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many charities were removed from the Register of Charities, broken down by reason for removal, in the last three years for which figures are available.
(249554)
187
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of (a) the number of Polish persons living in the UK in 2007 and 2008, (b) the number of Polish persons who returned to Poland from the UK in 2008 and (c) how many Polish persons are currently living in the UK.
(249587)
188
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what percentage of children lived in families claiming out-of-work benefits in 2008, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
(249369)
189
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of children lived in workless households in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
(249370)
190
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, (a) how many and (b) what percentage of working age households had no one in work in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
(249371)
191
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with reference to the Answer of 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1431W, on the Civil Service: pensions, for what reason the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme resource accounts were not laid before Parliament after the House returned in the autumn of 2008; and when he plans to publish them.
(249002)
192
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agency provides for staff.
(249068)
193
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 4 February 2008, Official Report, column 894W, on departmental marketing, what expenditure on promotional products by the Insolvency Service has been since February 2008; and what branding appeared on each of the Insolvency Service branded (a) pens, (b) clocks, (c) mugs and (d) USB memory sticks procured in this period.
(248997)
194
N
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with reference to the Answer to Lord Cope of Berkeley of 19 November 2008, Official Report, House of Lords, column 193WA, on the Central Office of Information: expenditure, for what reasons the figure of £265.8 million expenditure on public relations, marketing and advertising given in the Answer differs from the £391 million expenditure figure published in the Central Office of Information's Annual Report and Accounts for 2007-08; and if he will publish an expenditure figure for 1996-97 using the same methodology as used to calculate the figure in the 2007-08 document.
(249011)
195
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 270-1W, on departmental public relations, in which areas of work or projects the external public relations firms were engaged; and for what reasons in-house communications staff were not used in each instance.
(249380)
196
N
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what meetings he has attended with Mr Speaker on the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford and the search of his office; what was discussed; if he will place in the Library a copy of records held by his Department of such meetings; and whether he has received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 from the hon. Member for North Essex for this information.
(248924)
197
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will bring forward proposals for extended periods of work experience, training and mentoring for care leavers as part of development of policy under the New Opportunities: Fair Chances for the Future White Paper.
(249543)
198
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working in the Cabinet Office and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249862)
199
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many recorded deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning have occurred in (a) owner-occupied residences, (b) accommodation let from a private landlord, (c) accommodation let from a letting agent, (d) social housing, (e) care or sheltered housing and (f) independent halls or hostels in each of the last five years.
(248846)
200
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the average age of (a) men and (b) women resident in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire was at the latest date for which information is available.
(249064)
201
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will re-assess the merits of the 100-year rule prohibiting publication of census details in the light of the early release of the 1911 census information.
(249612)
202
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which Ministers from each Department have received severance payments on leaving their Ministerial role in each year since 1997.
(249389)
203
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the average wage of working lone parents (a) in England, (b) in Wales, (c) in Scotland, (d) in Northern Ireland and (e) nationwide in each of the last 10 years.
(249194)
204
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance his Department has provided to other Government departments on procedures to be followed in cases of unauthorised disclosure of information since the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford; and if he will make a statement.
(249463)
205
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many unauthorised disclosures of information for each Government Department have been reported to the Cabinet Office in each of the last 10 years; in each case, (a) what the nature of the information disclosed was, (b) to whom the information was disclosed and (c) what the post was of the person who disclosed the information; and if he will make a statement.
(249762)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
206
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 619W, on council housing: construction, which local authorities have made (a) bids and (b) successful bids for social housing grants to the Homes and Communities Agency.
(249746)
207
Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings & Rye): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her latest estimate is of (a) the number of (i) homeowners, (ii) homeowners with mortgages and (iii) repossessions that have taken place in the last 12 months and (b) the number of repossessions which will take place in the next 12 months (A) in total and (B) as a percentage of the number of mortgaged properties.
(249650)
208
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what response she plans to make to the recommendation that more Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund projects should be targeted at disrupting those who promote violent extremism and those who support the institutions where they are active made on page 62 of the report, Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund: Mapping of Project Activities 2007-08 published on 10 December 2008.
(249584)
209
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the £3 million innovation and challenge fund she announced on 10 December 2008 will be allocated in 2009-10 and 2010-11; what the criteria for awarding grants will be; what the maximum grant size is expected to be; who will administer the fund; what the annual administration costs of the fund are expected to be; how grants from the fund will be evaluated; and if she will make a statement.
(249588)
210
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the additional £5 million in funding for local authorities, Government offices and police in support of work in schools, colleges and universities which she announced on 10 December 2008 will be allocated between the three groups in 2009-10 and 2010-11; on what basis the allocations will be made; how the effectiveness of the funding will be evaluated; and if she will make a statement.
(249589)
211
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Muslims participate in the initiative that brings together UK and US Muslims referred to in her press release of 10 December 2008 entitled Government steps up the fight against extremism; how they were selected; how often they meet; what they discuss; and if she will make a statement.
(249591)
212
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the new Centre of Excellence referred to in her press release of 10 December 2008 entitled Government steps up the fight against extremism, will be set up; how many people it will employ; what support it will provide to whom; what the annual running costs are expected to be; and if she will make a statement.
(249592)
213
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take in response to the recommendation for increased partnership working with educational establishments, arts and sports providers to deliver the PREVENT strategy made on page 7 of the report Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund: Mapping of Project Activities 2007-08 published on 10 December 2008; and if she will make a statement.
(249593)
214
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to undertake research into effective partnership working on the PREVENT strategy as recommended on page 10 of the report Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund: Mapping of Project Activities 2007-08 published on 10 December 2008.
(249594)
215
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to provid further guidance to local authorities on gathering and presenting evaluation evidence on projects funded as part of the PREVENT strategy as recommended on page 10 of the report Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund: Mapping of Project Activities 2007-08 published on 10 December 2008.
(249595)
216
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take in response to the recommendation that local authorities should be encouraged to fund more Preventing Violent Extremism projects using mosque-based delivery and electronic and printed materials made on page 10 of the report Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund: Mapping of Project Activities 2007-08 published on 10 December 2008; and if she will make a statement.
(249596)
217
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take in response to the recommendation that good practice with respect to Preventing Violent Extremism projects should be shared among local authorities and projects made on page 10 of the report Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund: Mapping of Project Activities 2007-08 published on 10 December 2008.
(249597)
218
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take in response to the recommendations that all local authorities and projects should provide a lead name contact responsible for monitoring and evaluation with respect to Preventing Violent Extremism projects made on page 10 of the report Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund: Mapping Project Activities 2007-08, published on 10 December 2008.
(249598)
219
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets her Department and its agencies provide for staff.
(249069)
220
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost of maintaining the regional fire control centre in Taunton was in December 2008.
(248521)
221
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings the Minister for the South West (a) has had and (b) plans to have with Lloyds TSB on protection of jobs for Lloyds TSB workers in that region.
(248888)
222
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting the Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber had on (a) 4 November 2008 with the Chairman of Lloyds TSB and (b) 17 November 2008 with the Yorkshire and Humber Economic Development Group.
(248890)
223
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 304-5W, on departmental public relations, which companies were employed during the period; how much her Department spent on each such contract; and on what project each company worked.
(249379)
224
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to provide more social housing in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249822)
225
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the composition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission will be announced; how it will be determined; and what consultation will take place with representatives of relevant industries.
(249766)
226
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with the Railfreight Interchange Investment Group on the composition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
(249768)
227
Tom Levitt (High Peak): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 1047W, on home information packs, if she will make gas safety certificates a mandatory part of home information packs where a gas supply is present.
(249571)
228
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on the building regulations as they apply to resilience of properties to flooding; and if she will make a statement.
(248996)
229
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at her Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and what was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249855)
230
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of social housing in (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Liverpool, (d) Leeds, (e) Sheffield, (f) Bristol, (g) Manchester, (h) Leicester, (i) Coventry, (j) Kingston upon Hull, (k) Bradford, (l) Stoke-on-Trent, (m) Wolverhampton, (n) Nottingham, (o) Plymouth, (p) Southampton, (q) Reading, (r) Derby, (s) Dudley and (t) Newcastle upon Tyne (i) met the decent home standard (A) in December 2007 and (B) in December 2008 and (ii) is expected to meet the standard by 2010.
(249779)
231
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will revoke the requirement on property vendors to provide home information packs.
(247181)
232
Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Boundary Committee for England to report to her on options for the local government structure of Suffolk.
(249817)
233
N
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information required to be provided in energy performance certificates is not required to be provided under Part L of Building Regulations.
(248397)
234
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for open cast coal mine developments were referred to the Secretary of State in each year since 1990, broken down by constituency of location.
(247448)
235
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications for open cast coal mine developments were successful in each year since 1990; and in which constituency each was located.
(247449)
236
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will use her powers under the Housing Act 2004 to suspend home information packs.
(248877)
237
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding from her Department has been allocated to (a) the Fireguard project and (b) regional fire control rooms.
(248879)
238
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in her Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249135)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
239
Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with United Utilities the effect on (a) Darwen Cricket Club and (b) other sports clubs of recent increases in water charges.
(249164)
240
Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on the increases in water charges being imposed by United Utilities on (a) sports and (b) other clubs in the North West; and if he will make a statement.
(249203)
241
N
Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he will announce decisions following the consultation on the Gambling Act (Variations of Monetary Limits for Gaming Machines) Order 2008.
(248699)
242
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2008, Official Report, column 415W, on betting shops, how many premises licence applications for betting shops have been refused by local authorities on the grounds of proximity in relation to existing betting shops in the locality in the last 12 months.
(248847)
243
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local authorities in Greater London have indicated that they have a short-fall in the funding awarded to them for the provision of free swimming.
(249558)
244
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agency provides for staff.
(249070)
245
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 880W, on Departmental non-departmental public bodies, how many times bodies for which his Department is responsible asked (a) his Department and (b) the Treasury to approve (i) capital projects of £6 million and above, (ii) gifts and non-statutory contingent liabilities of £100,000 and above, (iii) spending which exceeded limits set out in the relevant financial memoranda and (iv) spending which could have potentially set an expensive precedent, caused repercussions for others or which was novel or contentious in each of the last three years.
(248884)
246
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) buildings and (b) land Sport England owns; and what estimate he has made of the value of such assets.
(248891)
247
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's staff have provided support for the Digital Britain Review.
(248892)
248
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates the Digital Britain Steering Board has met; what dates have been set for future meetings; which members of the Board were present at each meeting; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the most recent meeting.
(248893)
249
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure his Department has incurred on hospitality in each year since 1997.
(248897)
250
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the (a) staff costs and (b) total cost of the Byron Review.
(248901)
251
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's staff provided support for the Creative Britain Review.
(248902)
252
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made towards the target of reducing by 20 per cent. the number of unnecessary transactions required to be carried out by his Department's public bodies; if he will make it his policy to eliminate all unnecessary transactions; and if he will make a statement.
(248919)
253
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the number of trainees and (b) training programmes for acquiring skills required for the preservation of the cultural heritage; and if he will make a statement.
(248920)
254
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's staff have provided support to the Convergence Think Tank.
(248921)
255
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's staff have provided support for the Digital Radio Working Group.
(248922)
256
N
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost of the Digital Britain review has been to date; what estimate he has made of the (a) staff costs and (b) total costs of the review; and when he expects the review to make its final report.
(249190)
257
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, by what date he expects the baseline data for the Find Your Talent pilots to be established.
(249225)
258
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of people responding to his Department's Taking Part survey said that they had participated in an active sport during the preceding four weeks in each year since 2005.
(249356)
259
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when UK Sport's annual athlete survey will be carried out; and when it will report.
(249357)
260
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of people responding to his Department's Taking Part survey said that they had (a) visited a museum or gallery, (b) visited a library, (c) attended an arts event and (d) visited an historic environment site event during the preceding 12 months in each year since 2005.
(249358)
261
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects the organisational changes within Sport England to be implemented.
(249408)
262
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England spent on (a) grants for the arts, (b) the Cultural Leadership Programme, (c) managed funds, (d) the Urban Cultural Programme, (e) Own Art and (f) its regularly funded organisations in each of the last five years; and what percentage of expenditure came from (i) the National Lottery and (ii) Exchequer funds in each case.
(249410)
263
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what date the national help scheme for the digital switchover process in the area around Selkirk was initiated; and on what date communications for the help scheme began.
(249411)
264
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England paid to the South Bank Centre for managing its collections in each year since 1997.
(249412)
265
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of each year's dataset from his Department's Taking Part survey.
(249413)
266
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) his Department and (b) Arts Council England provided to the South Bank Centre in each of the last five years; and how much came from (i) Exchequer funding and (ii) the National Lottery in each such year.
(249415)
267
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what sampling method is used for his Department's Taking Part survey.
(249416)
268
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) standard and (b) probable error was in each year in which his Department has carried out its Taking Part survey.
(249417)
269
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) his Department and (b) Arts Council England provided to the British Film Institute in each of the last five years; and how much came from (i) Exchequer funding and (ii) the National Lottery in each such year.
(249418)
270
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding Arts Council England provided to (a) the Hayward Gallery, (b) the London Philharmonic Orchestra and (c) the Saison Poetry Library in each of the last five years; and how much came from (i) Exchequer funding and (ii) the National Lottery in each such year.
(249420)
271
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people have responded to his Department's Taking Part survey in each year since 2005.
(249422)
272
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in appointing a research consortium to review his Department's participation research; when he expects the consortium to be appointed; and what timeframe he plans to set for its deliberation.
(249426)
273
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent by (a) the National Lottery Commission and (b) the Gambling Commission on recruitment consultants in each of the last five years; and which companies provided these services.
(249791)
274
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of people who responded to his Department's Taking Part survey said that they had attended an arts event during the preceding 12 months in each year since 2005 expressed in terms of (a) a mean average and (b) a median average.
(249792)
275
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when UK Sport's annual athlete survey will be carried out; when it will report; and for what reason it has been delayed.
(249795)
276
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in appointing a research consortium to review his Department's participation research; when he expects the consortium to have been appointed; and what time frame will be set for its deliberation.
(249796)
277
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Visit Britain spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last five years; and which companies provided these services.
(249797)
278
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much TV Licensing spent on public relations in each of the last three years.
(249805)
279
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what percentage of (a) all adults and (b) each priority group participated in active sport in the last four weeks.
(249807)
280
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of his Department's progress in meeting the targets set by public service agreement 3 in the 2004 spending round; and if he will make a statement.
(249808)
281
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what non-heritage (a) buildings and (b) land is owned by English Heritage; and what estimate has been made of the value of those assets.
(249809)
282
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the advertising industry; and if he will make a statement.
(249810)
283
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many free educational visits to English Heritage properties there were in each region in each year since 1997.
(249811)
284
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department completed its review into its relationship with its non-departmental public bodies; and if he will publish its findings.
(249812)
285
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) buildings and (b) land is owned by (i) Arts Council England, (ii) the Big Lottery Fund, (iii) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (iv) UK Sport and (v) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council; and what recent estimate has been made of the value of those assets.
(249813)
286
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England has spent on its website in each of the last five years.
(249814)
287
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) hits and (b) unique visitors Arts Council England's website received in each of the last five years.
(249815)
288
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote access to music for young people in the North East.
(249576)
289
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on (a) recent reductions in advertising revenues to (i) television companies, (ii) radio companies and (iii) newspapers and (b) recent job losses in the media industry; and if he will make a statement.
(248976)
290
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249858)
291
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will meet a delegation from local newspapers in Essex to discuss the contribution of local newspapers to local society.
(249645)
292
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249129)
293
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent (ref CMS/108315/asg).
(248916)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
294
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he next plans to meet his US counterpart in Washington DC.
(249205)
295
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the size of the stockpile of white phosphorous shells held by the armed forces is; and what criteria control the use of such shells.
(249206)
296
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilians have been killed in military action in Helmand province since February 2006.
(249207)
297
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of shots fired by the armed forces in Helmand province in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007; and how many shots were fired in the latest period for which figures are available.
(249208)
298
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase British military participation in restoring security within Kabul.
(249209)
299
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 17, what the evidential basis is for his statement that there has been an overall improvement in recent times; and if he will place in the Library all relevant figures on harmony guidelines.
(248398)
300
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to reply to the letter of 9 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Billericay and others on the subject of nuclear test veterans.
(249297)
301
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) the Army and (b) his Department has received (i) complaints from members of the public and (ii) communications from police forces about content posted on internet social networking sites by serving Army personnel.
(248688)
302
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what policies and practices are in place to counter sectarianism and racism in the armed forces.
(248689)
303
N
Mark Durkan (Foyle): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measures (a) the Army and (b) his Department have in place to monitor content posted on internet social networking sites by serving Army personnel; how many instances of sectarian or racist postings by soldiers have been identified; and whether any Army personnel have been disciplined as a consequence of such activities.
(248694)
304
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been to date of procuring the A400 transport aircraft; and when the aircraft are expected to be flying operationally.
(248690)
305
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Predator or Reaper systems have been purchased by the Government; and how many are still flying.
(248691)
306
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what fuel will be used to power the new aircraft carriers; and what their home port will be.
(248692)
307
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the level of uptake was for each scheme to encourage home ownership among service personnel and veterans in each of the last three years.
(249695)
308
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there are in each service of the volunteer reserves; and what the equivalent figures were for 1997.
(249696)
309
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes have been made to the Athena Mechanism in the last six months.
(249697)
310
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) Defence Board (08) Paper 03, Strategic Risk - Making The Defence Case, (b) Defence Board (08), Paper 02, Strategic Review of Remuneration, (c) Defence Board (08), Paper 10, Typhoon Tranche 3 and Future Support, (d) Defence Board (08) Paper 13, Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Legislation, (e) Defence Board (08) Paper 17, Balanced Scorecard and (f) Defence Board (08) Paper 47, Departmental Management of International Acquisition.
(249698)
311
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of each Army corps did not meet (a) harmony guidelines for tour intervals and (b) separated service guidelines in each year since 2001.
(249701)
312
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many helicopters were available for deployment by each service in each year since 2001.
(249702)
313
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many transport and tanker aircraft were available for deployment by the armed forces in each year since 2001.
(249703)
314
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual level of spare part availability is for each aircraft type in the Royal Air Force.
(249704)
315
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on armoured vehicle maintenance in each year since 2001.
(249705)
316
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on helicopter (a) procurement and (b) maintenance in each year since 2001.
(249706)
317
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual level of spare part availability is for each (i) frigate, (ii) destroyer and (iii) submarine type in the Royal Navy.
(249707)
318
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average unit tour interval was for each ship type in the Royal Navy over the last eight years.
(249708)
319
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Directorate of Management and Consultancy Services studies have been issued since 1997-98.
(249709)
320
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) Defence Management Board DMB (07) Paper 24, Defence Attaches Review, (b) DMB (07) 25, The Future of NAAFI, (c) DMB (07) 28, Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide, (d) DMB (07) 28, Maximising Defence Capability Through R and D, (e) DMB (07) 46, Managing Our Military Strategic Balance 2, (f) DMB (07) 57, the Future of NAAFI, (g) DMB (07) 58, Update on Maximising Defence Capability Through R and D, (h) DMB (07) 58, Update on Maximising Defence Capability Through R and D and (i) DMB (07) 60, Pay Strategy 2008.
(249710)
321
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Defence Management Board papers were taken in 2008.
(249711)
322
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) Defence Management Board (07) Paper 11 Crown Immunity, (b) Defence Management Board (07) Paper 12 Maximising Benefit from Defence Research, (c) Defence Management Board (07) Paper 13 Crown Immunity in Defence, (d) Defence Management Board (07) Paper 15 Comprehensive Spending Review 07 - Value for Money Reviews, (e) Defence Management Board (07) Paper 16 Science and Technology Rapid Assistance to Operations (STRATOS), (f) Defence Management Board (07) Paper 33 DMB Involvement with Investment Approval Decisions and (g) Defence Management Board (07) Paper 34 Defence Balanced Scorecard Revision.
(249712)
323
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Royal Navy assets will form the UK contribution to Op Atalanta in the (a) second quarter, (b) third quarter and (c) fourth quarter 2009.
(249713)
324
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Royal Navy assets are (a) currently participating and (b) planned to participate in (i) CTF 151 and (ii) Op Atalanta.
(249714)
325
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's financial contribution will be in support of the EU military mission to Chad and Central African Republic under the 2004 Athena mechanism.
(249715)
326
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF (a) C-17 Globemaster, (b) C-130K Hercules, (c) C-130J Hercules, (d) Tristar, (e) VC-10 and (f) other aircraft of each type have flown to the (i) Democratic Republic of the Congo, (ii) Rwanda and (ii) Burundi since 21 November 2008.
(249716)
327
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British armed forces personnel have served as part of EUFOR TChad/CAR in each of the last 12 months.
(249717)
328
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of armed forces personnel were fit for task in each year since 2001.
(249718)
329
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current in-service date is for the Meteor missile.
(249719)
330
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the McKinsey and Co study Transforming the UK's Defence Procurement System.
(249720)
331
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each management consultancy study commissioned by his Department from (a) McKinsey and Co, (b) PA Consulting, (c) KPMG and (d) PriceWaterhouseCoopers since 2005.
(249721)
332
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each Directorate of Management and Consultancy Services study produced in 2008.
(249723)
333
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's current Investment Approvals Board forward programme.
(249724)
334
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of contracts given by his Department to the RAND Corporation was in each financial year since 1997-98.
(249725)
335
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiment or battalion forms the Spearhead Land Element (SLE); whether it is fully equipped; whether the present SLE is deployed; and when the future SLE will take over from the present SLE.
(249726)
336
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow rates of each army infantry battalion were in each month of 2008.
(249727)
337
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow rates of each army corps were in each month of 2008.
(249728)
338
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was given in grants to the Project on National Security Reform in each financial year since 1997-98.
(249729)
339
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK service personnel are stationed at each location overseas.
(249731)
340
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Russian military aircraft approached British airspace in (a) each month in 2008 and (b) each year since 2006.
(249732)
341
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of each study commissioned by his Department from the RAND Corporation since 1997.
(249733)
342
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units form the British commitment to the NATO Response Force in 2009.
(249734)
343
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) endorsed number, (b) actual number and (c) location was of all UK personnel deployed on operations on 1 January 2009.
(249735)
344
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiment or battalion forms the Small Scale Focused Intervention Force (SSFIF); whether it is fully equipped; whether the present SSFIF is deployed; and when the future SSFIF will take over from the present SSFIF.
(249737)
345
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the provisions of the so-called reciprocity clause contained in the recent EU Directive on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in the fields of defence and security; and if he will make a statement.
(249739)
346
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which brigade forms the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF); whether it is fully equipped; whether the present JRRF is deployed; and when the future JRRF will take over from the present JRRF.
(249740)
347
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Russian (a) military and (b) civilian contracted helicopters are currently used by EUFOR Tchad/CAR; and on how many occasions British personnel have flown in each.
(249741)
348
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department of providing Britain's commitment to the EU Battlegroup was between July and December 2008.
(249742)
349
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on sourcing the requirement for International Security Assistance Force's Operational Reserve Force; and if he will make a statement.
(249743)
350
Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which EU member states are contributing to the EU's Op Atalanta; and what each is contributing.
(249744)
351
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength of reserve units in Her Majesty's Armed Forces based in Ashford constituency is; and how many personnel from such units have been deployed on operations overseas in the last 12 months.
(249189)
352
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.
(249071)
353
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable has been set for the completion of the construction programme for Astute-class submarines and the commencement of the programme to construct Trident II submarines in the same facility.
(249003)
354
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's underspend of £1.75 billion in 2007-08 against its budget is to be carried forward to 2008-09; and what the reasons are for this underspend.
(249004)
355
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what evidence his Department holds on the safety of airborne particulate debris arising from the functioning of the Main Process Facility at AWE Burghfield.
(249007)
356
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many settlements have been made by his Department of claims made by British nuclear test veterans.
(248978)
357
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which medical conditions his Department has accepted liability in relation to British nuclear test veterans.
(248979)
358
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reviews have been undertaken by the Government of the claims for compensation of British nuclear test veterans in the last 30 years.
(248980)
359
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much compensation has been paid to British nuclear test veterans to date.
(248981)
360
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the position of the A400M project; and if he will make a statement.
(249608)
361
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected delivery dates for the A400M aircraft are; whether the aircraft will meet the Royal Air Force's heavy lift requirement needs; what recent discussions his officials have had with Airbus on the project; and if he will make a statement.
(249609)
362
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1001W, on departmental public relations, which areas of work or projects the external public relations firm worked on; and for what reasons in-house communications staff were not used for such work.
(249021)
363
N
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual trained strength of each (i) regular infantry and (ii) Royal Marine battalion is.
(248693)
364
N
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 December 2008, Official Report, columns 65-67WS, on defence equipment, what effect the reduction of the planned production order from 70 airframes to 62 airframes will have on the procurement cost of the Future Lynx programme; and when the decision to reduce the order was taken.
(248849)
365
N
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Statement of 11 December 2008, Official Report, columns 65-67WS, on defence equipment, on what date the decision was taken to reduce the number of airframes to be procured under the Future Lynx programme from 70 to 62.
(248907)
366
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what levels of academic qualification were reached by recruits to the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Air Force in 2008; and how many recruits at each level there were.
(249575)
367
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rate of rejection of Pegasus eco-engines from first line in the United Kingdom was in each week of each of the last five financial years.
(248526)
368
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much aviation fuel was transferred to the Tornado air defence and ground attack fleets during air-to-air refuelling operations in the United Kingdom in each week of each of the last five financial years.
(248527)
369
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much aviation fuel was used by the Tornado air defence and ground attack fleets in the United Kingdom in each week of each of the last five financial years.
(248528)
370
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much aviation fuel was consumed by the Harrier fleet in the United Kingdom in each week of each of the last five financial years.
(248577)
371
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rate of rejection of RB 199 aero engines from first line was in the United Kingdom in each week of each of the last five financial years.
(248585)
372
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 94-6W, on departmental data protection, how many (a) desktop computers, (b) laptop computers, (c) hard drives and (d) memory sticks have gone missing from (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each year since 2003.
(249148)
373
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many mobile telephones (a) were reported as lost or stolen from and (b) have since been recovered by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each year since 2003.
(249501)
374
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield, Official Report, columns 897-8W, on departmental ICT, how many of the principal operators of the (a) 65 memory sticks lost or stolen from his Department in 2008 and (b) 11 memory sticks recovered by his Department in 2008, had security clearance to enable then to access (i) confidential, (ii) secret and (iii) top secret information.
(249502)
375
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield, Official Report, columns 897-8W, on departmental ICT, how many of the principal operators of the (a) 120 laptops lost or stolen from his Department in 2008 and (b) 26 laptop computers recovered by his Department in 2008, had security clearance to enable then to access (i) confidential, (ii) secret and (iii) top secret information.
(249503)
376
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield, Official Report, columns 897-8W, on departmental ICT, how many of the principal operators of the (a) 12 desktop computers lost or stolen from his Department in 2008 and (b) the desktop computer recovered by his Department in 2008, had security clearance to enable then to access (i) confidential, (ii) secret and (iii) top secret information.
(249504)
377
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield, Official Report, columns 897-8W, on departmental ICT, how many of the principal operators of the (a) 74 hard drives lost or stolen from his Department in 2008 and (b) five hard drives recovered by his Department in 2008, had security clearance to enable then to access (i) confidential, (ii) secret and (iii) top secret information.
(249505)
378
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 328W, of the 38 personnel who were very seriously injured in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007 and whose claim for compensation had been registered by 13 November 2008, what the (a) 10th, (b) 25th, (c) 50th, (d) 75th and (e) 90th percentiles were for the amount awarded in respect of the claims that were settled by 13 January 2009; and how many of the claims had been determined by 13 January 2009.
(249580)
379
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, columns 327-8W, of the 42 personnel who were seriously injured in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007 and whose claim for compensation had been registered by 13 November 2008, what the (a) 10th, (b) 25th, (c) 50th, (d) 75th and (e) 90th percentiles were for the amount awarded in respect of the claims that were settled by 13 January 2009; and how many of the claims had been determined by 13 January 2009.
(249581)
380
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have been treated for post-combat stress disorder in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England in each of the last three years.
(249058)
381
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to begin the next phase of the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance capability.
(248581)
382
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many houses owned by his Department are rated as grade (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four.
(248855)
383
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249137)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
384
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letters of 18 and 22 September 2008 transferred from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR Reference: 96790/96957) concerning Mr A Hall and Mrs Patricia Yelf Gustar, both of Chelmsford; and what the reasons are for the time taken to reply.
(248582)
385
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of whether the practice of attributing carbon neutrality to all biomass is compliant with Article 3.3 of the Kyoto Protocol.
(249617)
386
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of imports of biomass necessary to enable the Government's biomass targets as specified in the Renewable Energy Strategy consultation 2008 to be met.
(249618)
387
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the emissions to air of (a) carbon dioxide and (b) nitorgen oxides which would arise if the UK were to achieve its targets for the usage of biomass as fuel as set in the Renewable Energy Strategy consultation 2008.
(249619)
388
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the evidential basis is for the statement in paragraph 7.5.35 of the Renewable Energy Strategy consultation 2008 that one of the principal constraints to achieving the infrastructure for biomass envisaged in that paper is public hostility to combustion plant, particularly those burning waste.
(249620)
389
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average number of days of gas supply in storage in December of each year since 2005.
(249094)
390
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many days of gas supply were added to gas stocks by gas storage projects which became operational in (a) 2008 and (b) 2007; and how many days of gas supply he expects to be added to gas stocks by gas storage projects planned for 2009.
(249309)
391
N
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January, Official Report, column 124W, on nuclear power: insurance, for what reasons the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has located its wholly-owned subsidiary, Rutherford Indemnity Ltd, in Guernsey.
(249359)
392
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department provides for staff.
(249073)
393
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on wave and tidal renewable energy technologies in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) the North East, (c) England and (d) the UK in the last 12 months.
(249517)
394
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effects of Russia's decision to stop European gas supply on such supplies in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(249518)
395
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the number of people (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) the Tees Valley, (c) the North East and (d) the UK who are living in fuel poverty; and what forecast he has made of the number of people in the North East who will be living in fuel poverty in 10 years' time.
(249566)
396
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to improve the system of pricing for pre-payment fuel meter customers.
(249820)
397
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits of increased expenditure on research and development in environmentally friendly technologies for (a) the UK, (b) the North East and (c) Tees Valley.
(249824)
398
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chinese and (b) Indian governments on the reduction of greenhouse emissions; and if he will make a statement.
(249826)
399
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many bonuses have been awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department in each year since its inception; and what was spent on such bonuses.
(249854)
400
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) planned and (b) unplanned power cuts there have been in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years.
(249057)
401
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding is available to people between the ages of 60 and 70 years to help them insulate their homes; for what reasons 70 is the age at which people can claim the maximum level of such funding; and if he will make a statement.
(248484)
402
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the introduction of the PassivHaus standard; and if he will make a statement.
(249736)
403
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage energy suppliers to (a) publicise the availability of and (b) maximise take-up of social tariffs by eligible customers.
(249200)
404
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a mechanism to reduce the cost of work undertaken under the Warm Front scheme.
(249844)
405
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department provides to people who are living in hard-to-heat houses to enable them to insulate their homes.
(249386)
406
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people living in hard-to-heat houses to improve their energy efficiency.
(249387)
407
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to provide energy efficiency tools suitable for hard-to-heat homes.
(249388)
408
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions since the creation of his Department Ministers used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249131)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
409
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account he has taken of (a) the provisions of the Waste Incineration Directive and (b) the decision by Corus to cease accepting oil as a reductant in the provisions he has made for the safe (i) disposal and (ii) recycling of waste lubricating oil.
(249323)
410
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2009, Official Report, columns 612-3W, on water companies: flood control, what powers local authorities will have in circumstances where water companies do not co-operate, share information or take action which an authority considers to be necessary.
(249747)
411
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the levels of emissions of (a) particulates and (b) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which would arise if the UK were to achieve its targets for the usage of biomass as a fuel as set in the UK Renewable Energy Strategy Consultation 2008.
(249621)
412
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme in diverting biodegradeable municipal waste from landfill.
(249176)
413
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste projects contract payments were (a) reduced and (b) delayed under the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme.
(249177)
414
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste projects under the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme had (a) cost overruns and (b) start-up dates later than those originally proposed.
(249178)
415
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste projects under the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme were completed in accordance with their original contract.
(249179)
416
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department paid out under the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme (Waste Implementation Programme) in each year of the programme.
(249180)
417
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had regarding the participation of Scarborough Power Ltd in the New Technologies Demonstator Programme.
(249568)
418
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which cities and towns in England were in breach of air quality laws on PM10 in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008; what estimate he has made of when PM10 levels will fall within the legal limit in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(249756)
419
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of levels of (a) PM10, (b) PM2.5, (c) O3, (d) NO2 and (e) NO in each of the 20 largest cities and towns in England by population size for each year between 2005 and 2012; and if he will make a statement.
(249760)
420
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which cities and towns in England are currently in breach of air quality laws on (a) nitrogen dioxide, (b) ozone and (c) other nitrogen oxides; and if he will make a statement.
(249761)
421
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what notification he has received from the European Commission regarding the Government's legal obligations in respect of the air pollutant PM10; and if he will make a statement.
(249763)
422
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of maps of the following air pollutants for each of the 20 largest cities and towns in England by population site showing the latest estimate he has for levels of (a) PM10, (b) PM2.5, (c) nitrogen dioxide, (d) ozone and (e) nitrogen oxide.
(249782)
423
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with commoners' associations on permitting them to act as the vehicle for the allocation of single farm payments on common land.
(249573)
424
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce a de minimus level for single farm payments; and what the smallest such payment was in 2008.
(249574)
425
N
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to enable local authorities to require local retailers to reduce significantly their use of single-use carrier bags; and whether he plans to enable local authorities to prohibit the use of single-use carrier bags in (a) their areas and (b) specific circumstances.
(248338)
426
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to enforce the regulations of marine conservation zones in respect of the conservation and management of fish stocks targeted by non-UK flagged vessels beyond the six and 12 mile zones.
(249223)
427
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU on the designation of marine conservation zones as envisaged in the Marine Bill.
(249224)
428
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.
(249072)
429
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Minister will be responsible for joint action between the Environment Agency and the Meteorological Office on flood warning and prediction matters; and if he will make a statement.
(248522)
430
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fishing vessels are operating in UK home territorial waters from EU Eastern European Baltic accession countries that prior to accession fished in the Baltic Sea.
(248983)
431
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average weight of discards per year per UK fishing vessel has been over the last 10 years.
(248984)
432
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) monetary value and (b) weight of fish landed in the UK for domestic consumption was in the last 12 months, broken down by country of registration of fishing vessel.
(248985)
433
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the annual amount of fish consumed in the UK.
(248986)
434
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures were proposed at the most recent EU Fisheries Council to reduce mesh size; and which countries (a) proposed and (b) supported each such proposal.
(248987)
435
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the assessed economic value of fisheries catch in each North Sea fisheries box that falls partly or wholly within the UK's 200 mile zone is.
(248988)
436
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which fisheries boxes would fall (a) completely and (b) partially within the UK 200 mile/median maritime control limit in the absence of the Common Fisheries Policy.
(248989)
437
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on invoking the Hague Preferences.
(248990)
438
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what extra total allowable catch accrues to UK fishing vessels through his Department's use of the Hague Preferences in this year.
(249000)
439
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the biomass weight of North Sea stocks of (a) cod, (b) haddock, (c) plaice, (d) hake and (e) sole.
(249045)
440
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) tonnage and (b) monetary value was of landings at UK ports by EU vessels in 2008 of fish caught in (i) the North Sea and (ii) UK home territorial waters.
(249046)
441
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average (a) length and (b) horsepower of a UK fishing vessel is.
(249047)
442
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what tonnage of foreign-registered fishing vessels are operating in UK home fishing waters.
(249048)
443
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average age of the UK (a) under 30 foot and (b) over 30 foot fishing fleet is.
(249049)
444
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average age of the British fishing workforce is.
(249050)
445
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what tonnage of (a) lobster, (b) shellfish and (c) shrimp was landed by the UK fishing fleet in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
(249051)
446
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK fishing vessels were built in 2008; and what their total tonnage is.
(249052)
447
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the weight of discards of fish caught in the North Sea was in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by (a) nationality of fishing vessel and (b) fish type.
(249170)
448
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of current North Sea (a) haddock, (b) cod, (c) herring and (d) plaice total allowable catch comes from boxes which fall (i) completely and (ii) partially within the UK 200 mile limit.
(249184)
449
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed by the UK fishing fleet.
(249289)
450
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which 10 UK fishing ports had the greatest (a) number of home fishing vessels and (b) volume of landings in the latest period for which figures are available.
(249290)
451
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on flood protection policy.
(248590)
452
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to involve voluntary sector organisations in the implementation of the action plan set out in the Government's response to the Pitt Review of the summer 2007 floods.
(249607)
453
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 23 January 2008, Official Report, column 2019W, on departmental marketing, how the (a) long-sleeved T-shirts, (b) travel wallets, (c) pens and (d) travel toothbrush sets were branded; what (i) slogan and (ii) logo was used on each; and what the cost of each such type of promotional material was to his Department.
(249360)
454
Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of data on the availability and use of wood and its contribution to the sustainability of future biomass energy projects.
(249125)
455
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the draft Floods and Water Bill.
(249497)
456
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the draft Floods and Water Bill contains the measures on (a) abstraction and (b) water metering and charging, outlined in Future Water, Cm 7319.
(249498)
457
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress is being made in meeting the UK's recycling targets under the EU Landfill Directive; and if he will make a statement.
(248926)
458
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste disposal plants (a) have been built and (b) will be needed in the future to comply with the proposed recycling targets in the EU Landfill Directive; what the timetable is for building these plants; and how they will be funded.
(248927)
459
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249866)
460
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of doses of bluetongue vaccine available to protect agricultural livestock in Copeland constituency in the event of an outbreak of the disease.
(249464)
461
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of a bluetongue outbreak on agricultural livestock in Copeland constituency.
(249465)
462
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been allocated from the Environmental Action Fund for the construction of zero-carbon housing.
(249738)
463
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will establish the new collaborative centre for the understanding of natural and environmental risks in the near future; and if he will make a statement.
(249748)
464
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249139)
465
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the number of boats in the UK that would require a licence or other form of authorisation to facilitate recreational fisheries under Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.
(249749)
466
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost is of implementing and enforcing Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy in the UK.
(249750)
467
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the provisions of Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy on the marine environment; and if he will make a statement.
(249752)
468
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the number of people who will require a licence under the terms of Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy.
(249753)
469
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what asessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposals under Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy on tourism; and if he will make a statement.
(249754)
470
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when (a) he and (b) his officials were consulted on the terms of Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement.
(249755)
471
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposals in Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy on compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement.
(249757)
472
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy to be (a) (i) discussed in and (ii) approved by the Council of Ministers and (b) implemented and transposed; and if he will make a statement.
(249758)
473
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his assessment is of the likely effects on (a) the economy, (b) jobs and (c) the number of recreational sea anglers of the provisions of Article 47 of the Council Regulation establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement.
(249759)
474
Bill Wiggin (Leominster): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to announce his policy on animal health cost-sharing following his Department's consultation on the matter; and if he will make a statement.
(249804)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
475
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he made to (a) the United Nations and (b) the protagonists in Gaza seeking an immediate ceasefire in the conflict in Gaza between 28 December 2008 and 5 January 2009.
(249165)
476
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government had with the governments of (a) Syria, (b) Lebanon, (c) Turkey, (d) Egypt, (e) Jordan and (f) Saudi Arabia on the situation in the Middle East between 28 December 2008 and 5 January 2009.
(249172)
477
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions there were between the Government and (a) the Israeli government, (b) President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and (c) representatives of Hamas on the situation in Gaza between 28 December 2008 and 5 January 2009.
(249173)
478
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government had with Quartet Middle East Envoy Tony Blair on the situation in the Middle East between 28 December 2008 and 5 January 2009; and on what date the first such discussion took place.
(249174)
479
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what common policy positions were taken by EU members in relation to Israel's military action against Gaza between 28 December 2008 and 5 January 2009.
(249198)
480
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he was first informed of Israel's intention to launch (a) an aerial and (b) a ground attack on Gaza; and whether the government of Israel provided such information.
(249199)
481
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what agreements there are affecting the use of British military airbases for the transfer of weapons from the United States to Israel; and whether the terms of such agreements have been invoked in the last two months.
(249201)
482
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what formal representations he has made to the government of Israel on the proportionality of its use of force in Gaza between 28 December 2008 and 5 January 2009.
(249202)
483
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to Israel on the use of white phosphorous shells in Gaza in the last 12 months.
(249211)
484
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on the future of Serbian citizens whose homes are in Kosovo.
(249212)
485
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to protect the interests of Serbs within Kosovo.
(249213)
486
Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Cuba on the terms of the trade embargo between the UK and Cuba.
(249214)
487
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 30-2WS, on Tibet, what undertakings the Chinese government gave prior to his Department's change of policy on Tibet; and if he will make a statement.
(249325)
488
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the outcome of the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue meeting of 12 to 13 January was, with specific reference to Tibet; and if he will make a statement.
(249326)
489
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Billericay dated 28 October 2008 on the subject of the John Williams draft of the Iraq dossier.
(248487)
490
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions in 2008 the President of the Irish Republic visited Great Britain; and which official UK representative met her on each visit.
(248928)
491
Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the trial of the Saharawi Mustafa Abdel Dayem in Morocco; and if he will make a statement.
(249352)
492
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has assisted in the repatriation of any UK citizens from Gaza during the conflict in the region.
(248107)
493
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve consular services for UK citizens abroad.
(248108)
494
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to monitor the political situation in Zimbabwe.
(248109)
495
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote better links with its EU neighbours.
(248110)
496
N
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to initiate contacts with the incoming US administration.
(248111)
497
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department is providing to the AU missions in Somalia; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of peace in that country.
(249348)
498
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia; and what assessment he has made of the likely effects of such withdrawal on Eritrea and other neighbouring states.
(249349)
499
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the UK's role is in resolving the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute; and what (a) funding and (b) staff resources he has allocated to this function.
(249350)
500
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to resolve the disputes between Eritrea and Djibouti.
(249351)
501
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of progress made by the technical ad hoc border committee in delineating the 1 January 1956 border in Sudan as mandated by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
(249544)
502
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of progress in the work of the National Land Commission and the Southern Sudan Land Commision created by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan.
(249545)
503
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Inter-Government Authority on Development on coordinating international efforts to support the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and wider peace in Sudan and the region.
(249546)
504
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Sudan to encourage it to respect freedom of expression and freedom of the press in line with Sudan's obligations under article 39 of its Interim National Constitution, Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
(249547)
505
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 381W, on the Western Sahara, if he will make representations on Morocco's continued occupation of Western Sahara to the Moroccan Ambassador to the UK.
(249643)
506
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens died whilst on holiday abroad in each of the last five years.
(248391)
507
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens died whilst on holiday in another EU member state in each of the last five years.
(248392)
508
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the provision of healthcare for British citizens who are taken ill whilst on holiday in their countries.
(248393)
509
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides for the families of those whose relatives (a) are taken ill and (b) die whilst on holiday abroad.
(248394)
510
N
Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from UK organisations on the provision of healthcare for British citizens who are taken ill whilst on holiday outside the UK.
(248395)
511
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which places in the UK he visited in 2008 in connection with the Government's Preventing Violent Extremism strategy; on what dates he undertook the visits; what the estimated cost of such visits was for 2008; which towns or cities in the UK he plans to visit in 2009 in connection with Preventing Violent Extremism; what the cost is expected to be; and if he will make a statement.
(249585)
512
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provide for staff.
(249074)
513
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 220W, on departmental public relations, which firm provided the secondment; and to which division in his Department the secondee was assigned.
(249381)
514
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 219-20W, on departmental public relations, in what area of work the external public relations firms were engaged; and for what reasons in-house communications staff were not used in each instance.
(249382)
515
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage the establishment of a Palestinian State.
(249513)
516
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department has provided for the British Council's Reconnect initiative in each year to 2010-11.
(249541)
517
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249867)
518
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has provided assistance to the government of Democratic Republic of Congo on arms stockpile management and weapons import marking.
(248686)
519
N
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the relevance of Article 2 of the EU Israel Trade Association Agreement to actions by Israel in Gaza.
(248407)
520
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of the judgement of the European Court of First Instance annulling the proscription by the EU of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran; if he will make it his policy to vote against the continued inclusion of the group on the EU list of proscribed groups at the next relevant meeting of the Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement.
(248860)
521
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the European Commission on the European Court of Auditors' disclosure of a 12 per cent. error rate in the execution of the Structural Fund; and if he will make a statement.
(249745)
522
Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the human rights sub-committee set up under the EU-Israel Trade Association Agreement is next due to meet; and if he will request a special meeting of the sub-committee to consider Israel's recent human rights record in Gaza.
(249636)
523
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many letters his Department has received from members of the public on the conflict in Gaza.
(249520)
524
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249144)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
525
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information (a) his Department and (b) NHS agencies collect on the number of patients not registered with a GP.
(249507)
526
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made since 21 July 2008 in the disposal of his interest in the former NHS health centre in Saxon Square, Christchurch.
(248853)
527
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he expects each primary care trust to spend per head of population in 2008-09, ranked from highest to lowest.
(249168)
528
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual number of premature deaths caused by air pollution in England; and if he will make a statement.
(249764)
529
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned or assessed on the levels of (a) PM10, (b) PM2.5, (c) ozone, (d) nitrogen dioxide and (e) nitrogen oxide in the atmosphere; and if he will make a statement.
(249765)
530
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the incidence of (a) respiratory diseases and (b) cardiovascular disease; and at what levels of disaggregation these statistics are available.
(249767)
531
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the incidence of (a) asthma and (b) asthma in children; and if he will publish details of the incidence of asthma by parliamentary constituency.
(249780)
532
Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the incidence of asthma at (a) council ward level, (b) polling district and (c) other level of disaggregation; and if he will make a statement.
(249781)
533
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contracts the NHS has awarded to agency staff in each year since 1997; what the cost of these contracts was; and if he will estimate the annual cost of each contract had it been awarded to in-house NHS providers in each year since 1997.
(248333)
534
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2094W, on maternity services, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by his Department to strategic health authority chief executives on 22 August 2008.
(249470)
535
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) care homes and (b) care home places for people suffering from dementia there were in each local authority area in Kent in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(249188)
536
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of tuberculosis have been recorded in Ashford constituency in each quarter of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(249258)
537
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 1 September 2008, Official Report, column 1751W, on the NHS Pensions Agency: resource accounting and benefits, for what reason the NHS pension scheme resource accounts were not published between the 2008 summer recess and the end of the 2007-08 Session; and when he plans to publish them.
(249006)
538
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.
(249075)
539
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that manual therapies recommended in draft guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the treatment of lower back pain are available on the NHS.
(249551)
540
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many osteopaths have been added to the any willing provider lists held by primary care trusts to date.
(249552)
541
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the document, New Horizons for Mental Health Commissioning.
(249653)
542
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve choice and information for people with depression and anxiety.
(249654)
543
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the Healthcare Commission's finding in its report, Count Me In, that people from an ethnic minority are more likely to be misdiagnosed, overmedicated and placed in seclusion.
(249514)
544
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of anti-depressant drugs prescribing in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) the Tees Valley, (c) the North East and (d) England in the last 12 months.
(249542)
545
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a knee operation in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency was in the latest period for which information is available.
(249549)
546
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to publicise availability of influenza vaccination in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
(249577)
547
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a hip operation in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland was in the latest period for which information is available.
(249623)
548
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many elderly people have received services under the quality care and support system in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years.
(249655)
549
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what services are available for adults with autism in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249821)
550
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned into the causes and treatment of aphasia.
(249823)
551
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people with aphasia in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
(249846)
552
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the full set of quality measures for acute patient care as referred to on page 50 of High Quality Care for All, Cm 7432.
(249154)
553
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in piloting integrated care organisations as referred to in his Department's NHS Next Stage Review, High Quality Care for All, published 30 June 2008.
(249155)
554
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what national public health information his Department has provided to patients on the self-management of musculoskeletal conditions since publication of his Department's Musculoskeletal Services Framework on 12 July 2006.
(249156)
555
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways the community pharmacy contractual framework has enabled pharmacists to help people with musculoskeletal conditions since 2006 as referred to on page 22 of his Department's Musculoskeletal Services Framework of July 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(249157)
556
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on the scoping study of the provision of NHS and social care rehabilitation services, as referred to on page 24 of his Department's Musculoskeletal Services Framework of July 2006; and what opportunities have been identified to improve such NHS-funded services.
(249158)
557
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the critical mass of annual (a) shoulder replacement, (b) ankle replacement, (c) elbow replacement and (d) scoliosis correction procedures is, as referred to on page 40 of his Department's Musculoskeletal Services Framework of July 2006.
(249159)
558
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what national data are available to support primary care trusts in benchmarking local intervention rates in trauma and orthopaedics, as referred to on page 46 of his Department's Musculoskeletal Services Framework of July 2006.
(249160)
559
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients with musculoskeletal problems were listed for surgery by a clinical assessment and treatment service in each year since 2005.
(249242)
560
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many outpatient appointments were missed (a) in England and (b) in each NHS trust in each year since 1997-98.
(249243)
561
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of changes in demand for NHS musculoskeletal services over the next 10 years; what proportion of NHS bed days he estimates will be occupied by people with musculoskeletal problems in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
(249244)
562
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) emergency and (b) elective hospital admissions for musculoskeletal conditions were recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database in each year since 1997-98, broken down by age group.
(249245)
563
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the (a) median and (b) mean length of time a patient has waited for (i) an outpatient and (ii) an inpatient appointment in the (A) orthopaedic and (B) rheumatology specialty since 1997, as measured by the (1) Korner and (2) Hospital Episodes Statistics databases, broken down by strategic health authority area.
(249246)
564
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) admitted and (b) non-admitted patients were treated within 18 weeks following GP referral in each month since January 2007 in the (i) orthopaedic and (ii) rheumatology specialty, broken down by strategic health authority area; and what the (A) mean and (B) median length of time from referral to treatment was for a patient in the (1) orthopaedic and (2) rheumatology specialty in each month since January 2007, broken down by strategic health authority area.
(249247)
565
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total number of people who are affected by long-standing musculoskeletal problems, broken down by (a) condition and (b) age group; and what his Department's definition of a long-standing musculoskeletal problem is.
(249248)
566
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which NHS units treating musculoskeletal conditions in England include representatives of the (a) rheumatology and (b) orthopaedics medical specialties; and if he will make a statement.
(249249)
567
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical assessment and treatment services for musculoskeletal conditions there were in the NHS in (a) 2006 and (b) 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(249250)
568
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with joint pain he estimates referred themselves to a (a) physiotherapist, (b) chiropractor and (c) osteopath without first visiting a GP in each year since 2005.
(249251)
569
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of primary care consultations which relate to musculoskeletal complaints, broken down by the proportion relating to (a) rheumatoid arthritis, (b) osteoarthritis, (c) osteoporosis and (d) other complaints; and what assessment he has made of future trends in this proportion.
(249252)
570
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts performed between one and 24 revision hip replacements in the latest year for which figures are available, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database.
(249253)
571
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital for rheumatoid arthritis there were in each year since 1991-92, broken down by (a) sex, (b) age and (c) primary care trust area.
(249254)
572
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts performed between one and 14 revision knee replacements in the latest year for which figures are available, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database.
(249255)
573
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts performed between one and 12 shoulder replacements inclusive in the latest year for which figures are available, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database.
(249256)
574
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) primary total hip replacements, (b) revision total hip replacements, (c) primary total knee replacements and (d) revision total knee replacements there have been in the NHS in each year since 1997-98; and if he will break down by the data primary care trust area for the latest year for which figures are available.
(249257)
575
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many episodes of care entailed (a) a shoulder replacement, (b) an ankle replacement, (c) an elbow replacement and (d) a scoliosis correction procedure there were in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by provider organisation.
(249259)
576
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time has been since 1997-98 for an inpatient appointment with a diagnosis of pain associated with musculoskeletal conditions, as recorded in the Hospital Episodes Statistics database, broken down by area of commissioning responsibility.
(249260)
577
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) anti-TNF medicines and (b) disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs have been (i) prescribed in hospital and (ii) dispensed in the community in each year since 2000-01.
(249261)
578
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage the development of monitoring clinics in community settings for the purpose of reviewing patients with inflammatory arthritis.
(249262)
579
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many rheumatology admissions to hospital there were in each year since 1997, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database, broken down by whether the admissions were (i) ordinary and (ii) day-case.
(249263)
580
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pain management services provided by the NHS which offer individual psychological therapy; and if he will make a statement.
(249264)
581
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of (a) all medicines dispensed in the community and (b) all medicines for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions dispensed in the community have been prescribed by supplementary prescribers in each year since 2004-05.
(249265)
582
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of NHS rehabilitation services which have been provided (a) in the community and (b) in institutional settings in each year since 1997-98.
(249266)
583
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) emergency and (b) elective hospital admissions for pain associated with musculoskeletal conditions there have been in each year since 1997-98, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database, broken down by strategic health authority area.
(249267)
584
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Expert Patients programme course places there have been in each year since the programme was established; and what proportion of these course places were specific to musculoskeletal problems.
(249268)
585
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital admissions for (a) all osteoporosis-related conditions and (b) osteoporotic fractures there have been in each year since 1997-98, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database.
(249269)
586
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS occupational health departments were members of NHS Plus in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
(249271)
587
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of self-referrals of patients to physiotherapists which were found to be inappropriate in the last three years.
(249272)
588
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with musculoskeletal problems have participated in condition management programmes under the Pathways to Work scheme in each year since 2006-07; and what proportion of such participants he estimates returned to work after participation.
(249273)
589
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished episodes of care for elective orthopaedic surgery there were in each year since 1997-98.
(249274)
590
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) magnetic resonance imaging and (b) dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scanners there were in the NHS in each year since 1997.
(249275)
591
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage faster referral from GPs to specialists of patients with serious musculoskeletal problems.
(249276)
592
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to train those carers caring for people with muculoskeletal conditions through (a) the Caring with Confidence programme and (b) other means.
(249277)
593
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of treating musculoskeletal conditions.
(249347)
594
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to announce separate indicative funding allocations for disabled children's services and children's palliative care services in the Child Health Strategy.
(249162)
595
N
Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received NHS continuing health care (a) in total and (b) per 50,000 of population in each primary care trust area in England in each of the first three quarters of 2008-09.
(248339)
596
N
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's review of customer experience information in health and social care.
(246799)
597
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what instructions he has given to trusts to (a) allow families to reclaim the cost of hospital car parking charges incurred when visiting their children and (b) provide free car parking bays in hospitals for parents visiting their children.
(249783)
598
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were (a) treated in accident and emergency departments and (b) admitted to hospital for (i) gunshot and (ii) knife wounds in each of the last five years.
(249784)
599
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the GP patient survey has cost in each year since its inception; how much it is costing this year; how many surveys were sent out in each year and how many responses were received; if he will list the new (a) questions and (b) answer options which were added this year; and who chooses the questions.
(249785)
600
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been claimed from the NHS by each other EU member state through the European Health Insurance Card and its predecessors in each of the last 11 years.
(249786)
601
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many post mortems were held in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those followed deaths (a) in hospital, (b) in care homes and (c) under the care of a surgeon.
(249787)
602
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to healthcare professionals on preventing, prescribing and dispensing errors in relation to immunosuppressant therapies.
(249788)
603
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received publicly-funded home care during the September sample week during each of the last 11 years; and at what cost in each of those years.
(249789)
604
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the most recent HH1 returns.
(249790)
605
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of (a) diphtheria, (b) tetanus and (c) pertussis, (d) Haemophilus influenzae type b, (e) polio, (f) meningitis C, (g) measles, (h) mumps, (i) rubella and (j) acellular pertussis was amongst children in (i) London and (ii) the rest of England in each of the last three years.
(249793)
606
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the gross value of the provisions held by the NHS Litigation Authority was for each category for which provisions were made in each of the last 10 years.
(249799)
607
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what requirements are placed on students in receipt of NHS bursaries to work within the NHS.
(249801)
608
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of care services met each of the Commission for Social Care Inspection's national minimum standards in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in 2007-08.
(249803)
609
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 169W, on NHS: finance, what proportion of undisputed invoices for goods and services (a) were paid and (b) were not paid by NHS trusts within contract terms or within 10 days where no terms had been agreed since 31 October 2008.
(249806)
610
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam of 10 December 2008, Official Report, column 164W, what the (a) actual and (b) risk-adjusted backlog maintenance was for each NHS trust in 2007-08.
(249845)
611
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were employed by the NHS in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(249035)
612
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of regular smokers in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire and (b) number of people who have given up smoking in each of these areas over the last 12 months.
(249056)
613
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults aged 35 years and over were admitted to hospital with diseases caused by smoking in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in (i) 1996-97 and (ii) 2006-07.
(249062)
614
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people aged 11 to 18 years resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were treated for alcohol-related problems in each of the last five years.
(249063)
615
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire provide NHS treatment to (i) children and (ii) adults; and how many and what proportion of (A) children and (B) adults in the area received NHS treatment from such dentists in the last 12 months.
(249087)
616
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to facilitate early diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease and dementia on the part of GPs in the last three years.
(249399)
617
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to provide rapid access to effective drug treatment to those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.
(249401)
618
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and dementia in each year from 2000 to 2008.
(249419)
619
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each local authority spent on (a) community-based care and (b) residential care for people with a learning disability in each of the last five financial years.
(247183)
620
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the national service framework on levels of coronary heart disease; and if he will make a statement.
(247184)
621
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provides to social care establishments on obtaining repeat prescriptions of a controlled drug.
(249030)
622
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions a report has been made to the Commission for Social Care Inspection of an incident involving overdose with a controlled drug of a resident in a care establishment in each of the last three years.
(249031)
623
N
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedure is followed by the Commission for Social Care Inspection when an incident of overdose with a controlled drug of a resident in a care establishment is reported to them.
(249032)
624
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking in response to the European Commission's November 2008 Communication on Rare Diseases, Europe's Challenges, COM (2008) 679.
(249521)
625
N
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of persons in East Sussex have been diagnosed with chlamydia in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by primary care trust.
(249400)
626
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249141)
627
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many chief executives of NHS trusts left their posts in the last 12 months, broken down by reason for departure.
(248913)
628
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many agency staff each NHS trust has used in each of the last 10 years; and at what cost in each such year.
(248914)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
629
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have decided to cease using 0800 non-emergency telephone numbers.
(248915)
630
N
Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 27 October 2008 regarding his constituent Ms Sharon Singizi of Chelmsford.
(248982)
631
N
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been paid into the Consolidated Fund from proceeds of crime in each of the last five years.
(249166)
632
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what language facilities other than English have been required to assist staff in dealing with non-English speaking passport applicants at the passport office in Belfast during 2008.
(248423)
633
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dedicated traffic police are deployed on the motorway and trunk road network in England; and what the equivalent figure was for (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.
(248852)
634
N
Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many skilled non-EU workers were given leave to remain under the work permit system in (a) each year since 2005 and (b) each of the last four quarters for which figures are available, broken down by occupation.
(249169)
635
N
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the use of those aged under 18 in making test purchases of alcohol in public houses on behalf of the police.
(248332)
636
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds (a) her Department, (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers and (c) police authorities contributed to local authority Preventing Violent Extremism projects in 2008, broken down by local authority; and if she will make a statement.
(249586)
637
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets her Department and its agencies provides for staff.
(249076)
638
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to publish the costed security plan for the London 2012 Olympics.
(249800)
639
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2008, Official Report, column 2479W, on the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre: Government Departments, what the purpose was of each of her Department's conferences organised by R Glasgow and Associates Public Relations Ltd and held in the Conference Centre.
(248998)
640
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2008, Official Report, column 2479W, on the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre: Government Departments, how much it cost her Department to hire the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre for its leadership away day; and for what reasons the event was not held in Departmental buildings.
(249149)
641
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals who were last recorded as resident in Peterborough constituency and whose application for indefinite leave to remain had not been allowed have been removed from the UK in each quarter since 1 January 2007; and if she will make a statement.
(249282)
642
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents in Peterborough constituency who are (a) Afghan, (b) Iraqi and (c) other non-EEA nationals are awaiting determination in respect of applications for leave to remain; and if she will make a statement.
(249283)
643
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers resident in Peterborough constituency were in receipt of section 4 support as at 1 November 2008; and if she will make a statement.
(249284)
644
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals seeking indefinite leave to remain who are resident in Peterborough constituency have been waiting for their determination of status for a period of (a) less than 12 months, (b) between 12 and 24 months, (c) between 24 and 36 months and (d) more than 36 months; and if she will make a statement.
(249285)
645
Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals applied for a marriage visa to enter the United Kingdom from (a) Pakistan and (b) other non-EEA countries whose intended spouse was resident in Peterborough constituency in each year since 2001; and if she will make a statement.
(249288)
646
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce levels of car theft in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
(249579)
647
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions have resulted from investigations where police remotely accessed one or more personal computers in each of the last five years.
(248935)
648
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the Security Industry Authority's feasibility study regarding the regulation of vehicle immobilisation companies who operate on private land.
(248936)
649
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded offences of handling stolen goods there were in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.
(249614)
650
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded shoplifting offences there were in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.
(249615)
651
N
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) income and (b) expenditure of the Border and Immigration Agency was in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08.
(245316)
652
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at her Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249864)
653
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 Janaury 2009, Official Report, columns 706-07W, on foreign workers, if she will break down the figures by year, and indicate the percentage of the relevant workforce they constitute.
(249751)
654
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Government-authorised exchange schemes for nationals of non-EEA countries under tier 5 of the points-based immigration system are in operation; and what plans she has for the future of such schemes.
(249802)
655
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines apply to police officers on involvement in business activities outside their employment within the police force; and whether she plans to revise those guidelines.
(249816)
656
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances the police may search home computers without warrants; whether she plans to extend the circumstances in which such searches may take place; what requirements there are on the police to render computers secure following such searches; and if she will make a statement.
(248489)
657
N
Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to award long service medals to police officers after 20 years of service; and if she will make a statement.
(248490)
658
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations in Essex were operational in each of the last 10 years.
(249646)
659
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Eritrean asylum-seekers have returned voluntarily to Eritrea in the last year; how many have been granted asylum in the last five years; what plans she has to enforce the return of those who are not granted asylum; and how many are in receipt of section 4 support.
(248999)
660
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in her Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249142)
661
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it took the UK Border Agency to reply to letters from hon. Members in 2008.
(249404)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
662
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reason backdated details of hon. Members' expenses have not yet been published; what factors account for the delay; and if he will ensure that all relevant information will be placed in the public domain by the end of February 2009.
(249218)
663
N
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, on what date the decision was taken to upload videos of parts of the tour of Parliament to a YouTube channel; on what date the decision was taken to restrict access to that channel to members of a private YouTube group; and if he will make a statement.
(249395)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
664
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many non-EU students are expected to graduate from universities in England this year; and how many have so graduated in the last 10 years.
(249390)
665
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provide for staff.
(249077)
666
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether the Higher Education Minister received briefing from departmental officials before his television appearance on Celebrity Mastermind.
(249569)
667
Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people normally resident (a) in Jarrow consituency, (b) in South Tyneside, (c) in the North East and (d) nationwide have been registered at university in each year since 1997.
(249562)
668
N
Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department has undertaken research into the efficacy of Government funding to businesses to move staff on to part-time working and providing training part-time.
(248848)
669
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249857)
670
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the adult Learning and Skills Council budget for (a) Hertfordshire and (b) England was in the latest year for which figures are available.
(249061)
671
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary Question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249128)
672
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many places he plans to provide under the national internship scheme.
(248876)
673
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which organisations his Department has invited to participate in the national internship scheme; and which have agreed to offer graduates places under the scheme.
(248880)
674
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many places he expects there to be in the national internship scheme in each local authority area.
(248881)
675
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he expects to meet the target of 50 per cent. participation rate in university education for young people aged 18 to 30 years.
(248911)
676
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the cost of writing off unpaid student loans has been in each year since such loans were introduced.
(248912)
677
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what percentage of students entering (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeships were already in employment in each year since 1997.
(249095)
678
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of non-UK EU domiciled students who graduated from an English university in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006 and (d) 2007 have started repaying their student loan.
(249096)
679
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which 10 employment sectors have the greatest acknowledged skills excess; and what the current level of unemployment in each sector is.
(249097)
680
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much it cost to establish his Department.
(249098)
681
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the total amount of compensation claims in respect of which legal proceedings are complete made against (a) his Department and (b) public bodies for which his Department is responsible in the last 12 months was; and what the nature of each of the 10 highest such claims in each case was.
(249099)
682
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of research projects commissioned by the Research Councils in each of the last five years are collaborations between different disciplines.
(249100)
683
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of research commissioned by the Research Councils in each of the last five years is considered multi-disciplinary.
(249105)
684
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people enrolled on a foundation degree course in each year since its inception; and what the drop-out rate has been in each year.
(249106)
685
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people enrolled on a higher national diploma course in each year since 2001; and what the drop-out rate has been in each year since 2001.
(249107)
686
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's annual budget was spent on the provision of foundation degrees in each year since the introduction of that qualification.
(249108)
687
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much and what proportion of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's budget was spent on the employment of management consultants in the last financial year.
(249109)
688
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of those who have received a foundation degree have gone on to enrol on an honours degree course since the inception of such degrees, broken down by (a) year and (b) type of honours institution; and what proportion of such enrolment was into (i) pre-1992 and (ii) post-1992 university.
(249112)
689
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) students and (b) undergraduates were studying (i) medicine, (ii) dentistry and (iii) subjects allied to medicine in each of the last five years, broken down by institution.
(249113)
690
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many foundation degrees were awarded in each employment sector in each of the last five years.
(249115)
691
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) adults and (b) adults over 25 years received Skills for Life funding in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06.
(249116)
692
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of undergraduate students who were in part-time work in the (a) first year, (b) second year, (c) third year and (d) fourth year of their degree courses during the last 12 months, broken down by (i) socio-economic group and (ii) number of hours worked per week.
(249117)
693
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many graduate interns his Department currently employs.
(249121)
694
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether his Department proposes that multi-disciplinary research should be assessed in the Research Excellence Framework using the same procedures as mono-disciplinary research.
(249240)
695
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many and what proportion of A level entrants were (a) 19 and (b) over 21 years of age in each year since 1997.
(249241)
696
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many advertisements to attract students into higher education were placed by his Department and its predecessors in each year since 1997; how many were placed (a) in print newspapers and magazines, (b) on a website and (c) on television and radio; and what the cost was in each case.
(249384)
697
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many advertisements to attract students were placed by each university in each year since 1997; which universities placed such advertisements; how many were placed (a) in print newspapers and magazines, (b) on a website and (c) on television and radio; and at what cost in each case.
(249385)
698
N
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he plans to reply to the letter of 3 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on the Learning and Skills Council.
(248917)
699
N
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of the Gowers Report recommendations have been implemented.
(249461)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
700
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding his Department is providing to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia in 2008-09.
(249659)
701
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department provides for staff.
(249078)
702
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he has made representations to the government of Mozambique in support of police reform in that country; and if he will make a statement.
(249005)
703
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department has allocated to development projects in Bangladesh in each of the last five years.
(248934)
704
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and what was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249856)
705
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249138)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
706
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish sealed Royal wills in cases where such wills were sealed prior to 1990.
(249315)
707
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review his policy on the practice of allowing Royal wills to be sealed.
(249316)
708
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 476W, on the Freedom of Information Act 2000, when the public consultation on section 5 of the Act concluded; and when he plans to publish his response.
(249331)
709
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) minimum and (b) maxium fine may be imposed by a penalty notice for disorder for (i) possession of cannabis, (ii) being drunk or disorderly in a public place and (iii) using fireworks after curfew.
(249534)
710
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the maximum quantity of cannabis of which an individual may be found in possession is before it would be considered appropriate to issue a penalty notice for disorder according to his Department's guidelines.
(249535)
711
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he has issued on the referral of possession of cannabis cases to the magistrates' courts in circumstances where it followed the issuing of (a) one, (b) two and (c) three previous penalty notices for disorder to the same individual for the same offence.
(249536)
712
Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of penalty notices for disorder which remained unpaid (a) six and (b) 12 months after issue in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(249537)
713
N
Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proposed date of publication of the Bribery Bill is.
(249300)
714
N
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which local government wards in Leicester, Leicestershire, Northampton, Northamptonshire and Peterborough there is accomodation provided by the ClearSprings Bail Accommodation and Support Service; and how many such premises there are in each such ward.
(249278)
715
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to Question 245155, how many offences were committed by offenders who had escaped from custody while unlawfully at large in the last 10 years; and what the offence was in each case.
(249303)
716
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female prisoners gave birth whilst in prison and subsequently (a) requested and (b) requested and were refused a place in a mother and baby unit in each of the last five years.
(249509)
717
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female prisoners (a) applied for and (b) were refused a place in a mother and baby unit for a baby born before they were received into prison in each of the last five years.
(249510)
718
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.
(249079)
719
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 17 November 2008, Official Report, House of Lords, column 166WA, on Government departments: public relations, for what reasons his Department's communications staff were not used to mount the campaign to increase public awareness of the Mental Capacity Act.
(248977)
720
Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Devizes of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1670-71W, on departmental public relations, which external public relations consultancies received a portion of the £290,476 referred to; how much each received; and for what purpose the payment was made in each case.
(249204)
721
N
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners ordinarily not resident in Wales are in prisons in Wales.
(249335)
722
N
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many transfers of prisoners (a) from prisons in Wales to prisons in England and (b) from prisons in England to prisons in Wales took place in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
(249336)
723
N
Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners there are in HM Prison Parc.
(249337)
724
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 511W, on freedom of information, for what reasons the time taken by Freedom of Information Operation Team 5 to allocate to a complaints officer following receipt between April and September 2008 was 130 days compared to 64 for all Information Commissioner's Office cases.
(249511)
725
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of Lyndhurst Magistrates' Court.
(249286)
726
N
Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he will take in determining the future of Lyndhurst Magistrates' Court of (a) the assurances given to residents of Totton, the Waterside and the New Forest that the previous closure of the court facilities in Totton was being compensated for by new facilities in Lyndhurst and (b) expenditure on new court facilities in Lyndhurst when the court in Totton was closed; and what effect on the (i) workload of and (ii) waiting times for courts in Southampton would result from the closure of Lyndhurst Magistrates' Court.
(249287)
727
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fee charged to local authorities on receipt of an application for care proceedings to the courts is.
(248903)
728
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for residence orders have been applied for by extended family members since 1 April 2008.
(248906)
729
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average caseload of members of Probation Service staff was in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08.
(249616)
730
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249852)
731
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) custodial sentences, (b) fines, (c) community sentences and (d) cautions there were in respect of (i) drug use and (ii) drug dealing in Essex in each of the last five years.
(249648)
732
N
Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ClearSprings bail hostels have been (a) planned and (b) approved in Crewe and Nantwich constituency.
(249392)
733
Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the de minimis £200 threshold for recording political donations contained in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 would be now if it had been indexed to (a) the gross domestic product deflator and (b) average earnings since its introduction.
(249081)
734
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700 in the last 12 months.
(249143)
735
N
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Libra computer sytem will be able to provide magistrates' court summonses in Welsh; and if he will make a statement.
(249298)
736
N
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) escapes, (b) attempted escapes and (c) assaults on staff there have been at HM Prison Bronzefield in each year since it opened.
(248403)
Questions to the Leader of the House
737
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Leader of the House, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in her Office used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249146)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
738
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people (a) were recruited to and (b) retired from the Probation Board in Northern Ireland in 2008.
(248424)
739
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much the recent maintenance and refurbishment work at Garvagh Police Station, County Londonderry, cost.
(248425)
740
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many incidents of hate crime were recorded in Northern Ireland in 2008.
(248426)
741
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Lock Out Crime Scheme against its objectives.
(248427)
742
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the effect on the Northern Ireland policing budget if devolution of policing and justice takes place during the current Comprehensive Spending Review period.
(248929)
743
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of funding district policing partnerships in Northern Ireland was in the year ended March 2008.
(248930)
744
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the new prison at Magilligan to be completed; and at what cost.
(248931)
745
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether there are any outstanding requests to his Department for CCTV cameras at interface points in Northern Ireland.
(248932)
746
N
Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions in 2008 the President of the Irish Republic visited Northern Ireland; and which official UK representative met her on each visit.
(248933)
747
N
Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Ireland on initiatives for co-operation between the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the Republic of Ireland Human Rights Commission.
(248488)
748
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Wright Inquiry has informed him of the reasons why the inquiry's former Senior Counsel Derek Batchelor QC vacated his post; and what plans he has to review the circumstances surrounding his departure.
(249014)
749
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what level of resource expenditure on the part of the Police Service of Northern Ireland he estimates there will be in the current three year comprehensive spending period.
(249015)
750
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provide for staff.
(249080)
751
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1636W, on Christmas, for what reason his Department spent £33,000 on Christmas receptions in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
(248588)
752
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
(248994)
753
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249859)
754
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249130)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
755
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what use has been made of the advice of the London Fire Brigade in the designing out of fire and other catastrophic risks in the construction and operation of Olympic venues.
(248587)
756
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, on what date the construction of the temporary roads and bridges required for traffic access to the Olympic Park was completed.
(249431)
757
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, on what date the relocation of Thornton Fields railway sidings was completed.
(249794)
758
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, on what date the contract to construct the velodrome for the London 2012 Olympics was awarded.
(249798)
759
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what discussions she has had with the Olympic Delivery Authority on contracts for landscaping relating to the site of the London 2012 Olympics.
(248995)
Questions to the Prime Minister
760
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Prime Minister, what recent representations he has received from Church of England bishops on Government economic and social policy.
(249640)
761
Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Prime Minister, what items in the Donated Asset Reserve 10 Downing Street holds; and what use it is making of (a) jewellery, (b) watches and (c) other items in the holding.
(249181)
762
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to conduct exit interviews with Ministers leaving Government; and if he will conduct an exit interview with Lord Jones of Birmingham to discuss the noble Lord's experiences as a Minister.
(249500)
763
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, how many people whom he has appointed as Government Ministers in the (a) House of Lords and (b) House of Commons accepted their appointment on the basis that their service in Government would be time-limited.
(249610)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
764
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department provides for staff.
(249082)
765
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249861)
766
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249126)
Questions to the Solicitor General
767
N
Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Solicitor General, if she will make a statement on recent trends in rates of prosecution of knife crime in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England.
(248589)
768
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Solicitor General, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in The Law Officers' Departments have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249136)
769
Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Solicitor General, how much and what proportion of waste by volume the Serious Fraud Office has recycled in each of the last five years.
(248872)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
770
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department has decided to run a rail replacement bus service on Tuesday mornings from Ealing Broadway station to Wandsworth Road station; for what reason this service is not advertised; how long he intends that this replacement bus service should operate; what the estimated monthly cost of this service to the public purse is; and how much of this cost has so far been recouped in terms of passenger revenue.
(249217)
771
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage Network Rail to release to the hon. Member for Lewes the information he has requested from the company in respect of trains arriving at their scheduled destination at least one minute after the scheduled arrival time but within the timescale that allows them to be classified as on time.
(249219)
772
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will encourage Network Rail to respond to requests for information held as if they were subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
(249220)
773
N
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the information his Department holds on very seriously delayed and cancelled trains in the last 12 month period for which figures are available, broken down by train operating company.
(249310)
774
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department's assessment of the economic case for expansion at Heathrow takes account of projected income from air passenger duty.
(249317)
775
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations he has met to discuss the Mottram Tintwistle bypass.
(249318)
776
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of leisure journeys in Great Britain were taken by those aged (a) under 16, (b) between 18 and 19, (c) between 20 and 24, (d) between 25 and 34, (e) between 35 and 44, (f) between 45 and 59, (g) 60 and 64, (h) between 65 and 69 and (i) 70 years or over in each year since 1997.
(249319)
777
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to local highway authorities on the use of No Pedestrians signs.
(249320)
778
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licences for dynamic route guidance systems his Department has issued in each year since 1997.
(249321)
779
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conditions his Department has applied to the issue of licences for dynamic route guidance systems.
(249322)
780
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what account his Department has taken of (a) mineral reserves contained within the proposed Heathrow Expansion Area and (b) the possible impact upon the supply of sand and gravel for London's construction industry in its consideration of plans for a possible third runway.
(249324)
781
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1097W, what the reasons are for the differential treatment of light rail and non-light rail local transport schemes; and if he will make a statement.
(249327)
782
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is encouraging Network Rail to take to reduce injuries and fatalities to pedestrians and cyclists at level crossings through the introduction of safer surface material.
(249328)
783
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department takes to ensure a full record is kept of all incidents at level crossings involving injury to pedestrians and cyclists but where trains are not involved.
(249329)
784
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the compulsory purchase of the Prince of Wales public house at Stourbridge Road, Hagley, Worcestershire; how much has been spent on (a) compensation payments, (b) legal costs, (c) provision of a mobile unit in the car park, including associated personnel costs and (d) other costs in connection with the purchase; and if he will make a statement.
(249330)
785
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how British Transport Police apply the provisions of section 44 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000 to railway property; and if he will make a statement.
(249332)
786
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of stops made by British Transport Police on railway property between October 2007 and September 2008 resulted in (a) an arrest and (b) a conviction.
(249333)
787
Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the last passenger train departed Newhaven Harbour Marine station.
(249334)
788
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been raised in fines (a) from each speed camera and (b) in total from speed cameras in (i) Essex and (ii) Basildon district in each of the last 10 years; and what funds relating to speed cameras have been made available by his Department to (A) Essex County Council and (B) Basildon District Council in each of the last 10 years.
(248486)
789
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that complaints about helicopter noise are collated in one place and made available to the public.
(248885)
790
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will impose restrictions on the use of helicopters for advertising; and if he will make a statement.
(248886)
791
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of locations required for multi-purpose testing sites for motorcycles; and whether he has made an assesment of whether a minimum and maximum distance is required between these sites.
(248578)
792
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorcycle testing sites with (a) areas capable of conducting Module 1 tests and (b) areas for whole part tests in England he plans to provide by March 2009; if he will make a statement.
(248579)
793
N
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department (a) has spent since 2000 and (b) proposes to spend in future years in (i) Poole and (ii) England on the implementation of changes to motorcycle testing required by the Second European Directive on Driving Licences.
(248580)
794
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Office of the Rail Regulator on changes to the level crossing in Frinton-on-Sea.
(249606)
795
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents resulting in death or serious injury have occurred on the hard shoulder of motorways in England in each of the last five years.
(248851)
796
Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his duties are in respect of the section of the Trans-European Road Network which lies within the UK.
(248909)
797
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the organisers of the Young Marmalade scheme to encourage additional training for young, newly qualified drivers in return for lower insurance premiums.
(249638)
798
Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many shipping containers have been lost overboard in UK waters in each year since 2006.
(249471)
799
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provide for staff.
(249083)
800
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the track works outside Waterloo Station required to bring the old Eurostar platforms into use for commuter services; and what the annual cost of maintaining these platforms is.
(249043)
801
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many appeals bus operators have made in respect of the rate of reimbursement for concessionary fares since April 2008; how many of these appeals (a) have been successful, (b) have been rejected and (c) are still outstanding; and what estimate he has made of the average cost to his Department of (i) processing and (ii) resolving an appeal of this type.
(249539)
802
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people who used (a) the Severn Bridge and (b) the Second Severn Crossing who qualified for exemptions from tolls in the last 12 months; what estimate he has made of the level of exemptions fraudulently claimed in that period; and if he will make a statement.
(248523)
803
Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 1285W, on aviation: compensation, whether he has concluded his review of protection of air passengers; and if he will make a statement.
(249512)
804
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the protection of pedestrians from cyclists.
(249825)
805
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost is of introducing the new roadside breath screening devices with data capture functions to police forces in England and Wales.
(248992)
806
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage support for projects of strategic national importance, with particular reference to rail freight interchanges.
(249769)
807
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and HM Treasury on financial support for rail freight interchanges.
(249770)
808
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249863)
809
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was raised in fines from speed cameras in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the last year for which records are available; how much of that revenue was spent in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement.
(249036)
810
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives are offered to people travelling to work in Hemel Hempstead to reduce the environmental impact of that travel.
(249472)
811
Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the financial and planning implications of the recently announced improvements to the rail system from London to Scotland.
(249548)
812
Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1189W, on railways: overcrowding, when the refurbishment programme will be completed; and whether the 13 per cent. increase in seating capacity will also apply during rush hour periods.
(249186)
813
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department gives to rail maintenance companies with regard to (a) damage to highways and (b) disturbance to residents during anti-social hours, with particular reference to the West Coast Main Line at Hampton-in-Arden.
(249644)
814
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the boundary for exemption from the Dartford Crossing toll to residents of Billericay, Sevenoaks, Erith and Thamesmead, Gravesham, Bexleyheath and Castle Point.
(248856)
815
N
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) UK public funding and (b) EU funding has been spent on Newquay International Airport to support the development of new routes from that airport; and if he will make a statement.
(249033)
816
N
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent by (a) Cornwall County Council, (b) the South West Regional Development Agency and (c) the EU in the development and operation of Newquay International Airport in Cornwall in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
(249034)
817
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the designation of the air service between London Gatwick and Plymouth as a public service obligation route in accordance with EC Regulation 2408/92 and 95/93; and if he will make a statement.
(249383)
818
N
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what charges are levied on freight companies for use of the high-speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link between London St. Pancras and Ebbsfleet International; and how much freight has been moved on this line since it was commissioned in 2007.
(249304)
819
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249134)
820
Angela Watkinson (Upminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the revenue from the Dartford river crossing was in the last financial year for which figures are available; and what proportion of that figure represented profit.
(249613)
821
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the time frame is for the electrification of the Great Western main line from London, Paddington to Bristol (a) Temple Meads and (b) Parkway stations.
(249691)
822
Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the time frame is for the construction of a connection between the Great Western main line and Heathrow Airport from Bristol and the west country.
(249693)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
823
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department provides for staff.
(249085)
824
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249860)
825
John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is considering to facilitate access to digital technologies for disadvantaged groups and individuals; and if he will make a statement.
(248878)
826
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249127)
Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality
827
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working in the Government Equalities Office in each year since its inception; and what was spent on such bonuses.
(249851)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
828
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls were received by Jobcentre Plus call centres in each of the last 24 months; what the average waiting time was for such calls to be dealt with in each month; and how many dropped calls there were in each month.
(249279)
829
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the processing time for each new benefit claim was, broken down by benefit type in each of the last 24 months.
(249280)
830
N
Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new benefit claims waiting to be processed there were in each of the last 24 months, broken down by benefit type.
(249281)
831
N
Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking (a) to tackle benefit fraud and (b) to ensure that information about benefit fraudsters provided via public helplines is acted upon.
(249301)
832
Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage change in the number of jobseeker's allowance claimants in each local authority area has been over the last 12 months.
(249692)
833
N
Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the former Jobcentre Plus Office at Wick Lane, Christchurch, will be brought back into use; and what the liability of his Department is for empty property rates on the premises.
(248850)
834
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission may take when it has good reason to believe that a parent with liability to pay child maintenance plans to leave the country.
(249622)
835
N
Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the transfer of historical child maintenance cases on to the Child Support Agency's new system for calculating maintenance payments to be complete.
(249016)
836
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were in receipt of housing benefit in each London borough in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(249555)
837
Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were successfully prosecuted for housing benefit fraud in London in the last three years for which figures are available.
(249557)
838
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities have requested median rents for local housing allowance for accommodation with six or more bedrooms; and what the median rent for such accommodation was in each case.
(249338)
839
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were subject to (a) a county court claim by his Department and (b) a county court judgement as a result of such a claim for defaulting on repayments of a (i) crisis loan and (ii) budget loan in each year since 1997.
(249339)
840
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were subject to (a) a county court claim by his Department and (b) a county court judgement as a result of such a claim for repayments of overpayments of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) income support, (iii) incapacity benefit, (iv) carers allowance, (v) attendance allowance, (vi) pension credit and (vii) the state pension in each year since 1997.
(249340)
841
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had items repossessed following default on repayments of (a) a crisis loan and (b) a budgeting loan in each year since 1997.
(249341)
842
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had items repossessed following default on repayments of overpayments of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) carers allowance, (e) attendance allowance, (f) pension credit and (g) the state pension in each year since 1997.
(249342)
843
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many instances bailiffs have been used to recover repayments of (a) a crisis loan and (b) a budgeting loan in each year since 1997.
(249343)
844
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many instances bailiffs have been used to recover repayments of overpayments of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) carers allowance, (e) attendance allowance, (f) pension credit and (g) the state pension in each year since 1997.
(249344)
845
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bankruptcy orders have been issued following default on repayments of a (a) crisis loan and (b) budgeting loan in each year since 1997.
(249345)
846
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value was of repayments of overpayments requested by his Department following the death of a claimant in circumstances where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation and where the family members of the deceased claimants challenged the requests and did not subsequently make the repayments in each of the last five years, broken down by benefit type.
(249353)
847
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the monetary value was of repayments of overpayments of benefits requested by his Department following the death of a claimant, where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation in each of the last five years, broken down by benefit type.
(249354)
848
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases his Department has pursued repayment of overpayments of benefit following the death of a claimant through a county court claim in each of the last five years, broken down by benefit type.
(249355)
849
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of benefit claims maintained by post in each year since 1997.
(249361)
850
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances a benefit claimant may maintain a claim through postal signings.
(249362)
851
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the highest number of repeat claims made for jobseeker's allowance is.
(249363)
852
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed jobseeker's allowance for (a) five, (b) six, (c) seven, (d) eight, (e) nine and (f) 10 or more years.
(249364)
853
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people flowing on to jobseeker's allowance in the last 12 months who have made (a) no, (b) between one and five, (c) between six and 10, (d) between 11 and 20 and (e) over 20 previous claims for jobseeker's allowance.
(249365)
854
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for two years or more.
(249366)
855
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been claiming support for mortgage interest payments for (a) less than six months, (b) between six months and one year, (c) between one and two years and (d) two or more years.
(249367)
856
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the two-year time limit on claims for income support for mortgage interest for jobseeker's allowance claimants will apply to existing claimants.
(249368)
857
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many broad market rental areas median rents for accommodation with (a) six, (b) seven, (c) eight, (d) nine and (e) 10 or more bedrooms have been estimated; what those broad market rental areas were; and at what level the median rents for accommodation with six or more bedrooms were in each instance.
(249372)
858
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bankruptcy orders have been issued against individuals following their default on repayments of overpayments of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) carers allowance, (e) attendance allowance, (f) pension credit and (g) the state pension in each year since 1997 for which information is available.
(249373)
859
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments have been made by his Department with regard to the operation of his Department's (a) debt management organisations and (b) Recovery from Estates Debt Management Unit in each year since 1997 for which information is available.
(249374)
860
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was recovered by his Department's Recovery from Estates Debt Management Unit in each year since 1997 for which information is available; and what the cost of running the Unit was in each such year.
(249375)
861
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases overpayments of benefit have been reclaimed following the death of a claimant where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation in each of the last five years, broken down by benefit type.
(249376)
862
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases his Department has not pursued requests for repayment of overpayments following the death of a claimant in circumstances where the repayment was challenged by family members and where the repayment was not mandatory under social security legislation in each of the last five years.
(249377)
863
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases where his Department requested repayment of overpayments following the death of a claimant where such repayments were not mandatory under social security legislation, such requests were not challenged by family members in each of the last five years.
(249378)
864
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the weekly income, to the nearest whole pound, from the basic state pension and pension credit for a single person who began work in 2012 and who retired at 68 with a full history of national insurance contributions and had (a) no savings and (b) non-pensions savings of (i) £1,000, (ii) £2,000, (iii) £3,000, (iv) £4,000, (v) £5,000 and (vi) £10,000.
(249442)
865
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the income distribution of those who will be automatically enrolled into a personal account under the Pensions Bill 2007 is.
(249449)
866
Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate to the nearest whole pound the weekly pension income from a personal accounts pension for a single person auto-enrolling into a personal account in 2012 at the age of (a) 22, (b) 32, (c) 42 and (d) 52, earning a salary of (i) £11,500, (ii) £12,500, (iii) £13,500, (iv) £14,500, (v) £15,500, (vi) £16,500, (vii) £17,500, (viii) £18,500, (ix) £19,500, (x) £20,500, (xi) £21,500 and (xii) £22,500 which rises annually during their career each year in line with earnings, where that person stopped working at 68, annuitised at 68, and had no savings other than a personal account pension pot.
(249450)
867
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Ashford constituency (a) were entitled to and (b) claimed pension credit in each year since 2005.
(249195)
868
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to how many (a) UK citizens, (b) non-UK EU citizens and (c) others his Department and Jobcentre Plus offered an English for Speakers of Other Languages course in order to help them secure employment in the last 12 months; and at what cost to the public purse such offers were taken up.
(249197)
869
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.
(249086)
870
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of winter fuel payment applications which have been delayed owing to incomplete application forms in the latest period for which figures are available.
(248887)
871
N
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on finalising the terms and conditions of the Post Office Card Account contract; in what respect the contract will differ from the existing contract; and when he expects negotiations to conclude.
(248889)
872
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether EDS will achieve capability maturity model integration levels 4 and 5 in the IT services they provide to his Department.
(248937)
873
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for his Department to achieve capability maturity model integration level 3 and beyond.
(248938)
874
Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department's customer information system does not meet Cabinet Office rules for personal data.
(249656)
875
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged (a) under 60 and (b) 60 and over who are out of work and seeking work and who have not signed on because they are not entitled to receive contribution- or income-based jobseeker's allowance owing to their receipt of an occupational pension or other income.
(249391)
876
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received pension overpayments in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the last 12 months.
(249578)
877
N
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 615W, on employment services: general practitioners, what the location is of each GP surgery in which an employment adviser is placed.
(248399)
878
N
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 615W, on employment services: general practitioners, how many Jobcentre advisers have been placed in GP surgeries in each financial year since the programme started.
(248400)
879
N
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 615W, on employment services: general practitioners, what future projections his Department has made for (a) expenditure on and (b) the number of Jobcentre employment advisers in GP surgeries.
(248401)
880
N
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 615W, on employment services: general practitioners, how much has been spent on placing Jobcentre advisers in GP surgeries in each financial year since the programme started.
(248402)
881
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate has been made of the number of working days lost due to musculoskeletal conditions in the last three years.
(249270)
882
N
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2008 to Question 245661, how many days staff took as sick leave from (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the 12 months from 1 December 2007 to 30 November 2008; what the average number of working days lost per staff year in his Department and in each agency was during that 12 month period; and if he will make a statement.
(249183)
883
Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years.
(249849)
884
N
Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available through the benefits system to parents with disabled children between the ages of 16 and 18 to help them with childcare costs.
(249346)
885
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in which more than one individual receives the winter fuel allowance.
(249037)
886
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were considered to be in severe poverty in (i) 1999 and (ii) 2007.
(249059)
887
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to reduce levels of relative child poverty in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.
(249060)
888
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of non-resident parents in receipt of benefit are subject to deductions from earnings orders which specify the payment of £5 per week.
(249023)
889
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of new claims for (a) income support and (b) jobseeker's allowance by parents with care the applicant opted to apply to the Child Support Agency for child maintenance in each of the last three years.
(249026)
890
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has issued in fulfilment of its obligations under section 5 of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008.
(249027)
891
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care and (b) non-resident parents have been referred by the Child Maintenance Options Service to the face-to-face service in each month since July 2008.
(249028)
892
Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants have returned to claiming JSA within 12 months of gaining employment in the latest year for which figures are available.
(249029)
893
N
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to issue guidelines to employers on reducing exposure of employees to high temperatures in the workplace.
(249053)
894
N
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents at work have occurred involving individuals who have been exposed to high temperatures at work in each of the last five years.
(249054)
895
N
Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with the Health and Safety Executive on the introduction of a legal maximum workplace temperature.
(249055)
896
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which households are deemed vulnerable under the Government's 2010 fuel poverty target; and how many such households are entitled to winter fuel payments.
(249024)
897
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Targeting Benefit Thieves section of his Department's website costs to run each year; and what the initial implementation cost of this section of the website was.
(249019)
898
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much it cost to establish the telephone hotline for reporting suspected cases of housing benefit fraud; and what annual expenditure his Department incurs in operating the service.
(249020)
899
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the cases of suspected housing benefit fraud reported via the online form or telephone hotline have led to a conviction in each month of the last two years.
(249022)
900
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of reports submitted by telephone and online have correctly identified individuals committing housing benefit fraud in each month of the last two years.
(249040)
901
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have used the telephone hotline for reporting housing benefit fraud in each month of the last two years.
(249041)
902
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have used the online form for reporting individuals committing housing benefit fraud in each month of the last two years.
(249042)
903
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on supporting people with a learning disability through the New Deal for Disabled People Programme in each year since its establishment.
(247182)
904
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to collect information on expenditure on payment of benefits to people who are (a) not UK nationals and (b) not resident in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(246068)
905
Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.
(249132)
906
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been placed in work through local employment partnerships in each year since such partnerships were established, broken down by Jobcentre Plus area.
(249394)
907
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum amount of funding that businesses are eligible to receive when working with Jobcentre Plus in local employment partnerships is (a) per person placed in work and (b) in total.
(249396)
908
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department determines the (a) amount and (b) timing of funding to businesses within a local employment partnership.
(249397)
909
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid by his Department to businesses in local employment partnerships in each year since such partnerships were established, broken down by (a) Jobcentre Plus district and (b) reason for payment.
(249406)
910
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1980W, on Jobcentre Plus: manpower, if he will provide a description of each job in Jobcentre Plus in each pay grade.
(249409)
911
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times criminal damage has taken place in Jobcentre Plus premises in each Jobcentre Plus district in each month since the creation of Jobcentre Plus; and what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from such criminal damage.
(249421)
912
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times legal action has been taken against (a) Jobcentre Plus and (b) individual jobcentre staff in each Jobcentre Plus district in each month since the creation of Jobcentre Plus in 2002; and what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of such actions.
(249423)
913
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people in each (a) constituency and (b) weather station area who would be eligible for cold weather payments should temperatures fall below the trigger point.
(249424)
914
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) received cold weather payments in the week commencing 5 January 2009.
(249425)
915
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding unprocessed council tax benefit claims there were in each local authority area in each (a) quarter of each year from 1999 to 2008 and (b) of the last 12 months.
(249428)
916
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of days taken to process council tax benefit applications was in (a) each quarter of each year from 1999 to 2008 and (b) each of the last 12 months.
(249429)
917
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of days taken to process housing benefit applications was in (a) each quarter of each year from 1999 to 2008 and (b) each of the last 12 months.
(249430)
918
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding unprocessed housing benefit claims there were in each local authority area in (a) each quarter of each year from 1999 to 2008 and (b) each of the last 12 months.
(249433)
919
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of the weather stations used for determining the payment of cold weather payments have recorded temperatures of zero degrees celsius or less on seven consecutive days since 25 December 2008; and how many days each such weather station recorded below freezing temperatures in each interval of cold weather in that period.
(249437)
920
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average, (b) lowest and (c) highest number of days was between the conditions for a cold weather payment being met and the payment being made to eligible recipients in the last 12 months, broken down by weather station area.
(249440)
921
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on cold weather payments in respect of the period of cold weather since 25 December 2008, broken down by weather station area.
(249441)
922
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on cold weather payments in 2008-09.
(249443)
923
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families had cold weather payments paid manually during the most recent period of cold weather.
(249444)
924
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which weather stations used to determine cold weather payments have recorded temperatures below freezing on (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five, (e) six and (f) seven or more consecutive days since 25 December 2008.
(249445)
925
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time between the cold weather payments being triggered and payments being made was in respect of the most recent period of below-freezing temperatures when the payment has been made (a) manually and (b) automatically.
(249446)
926
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason families in receipt of both child tax credit and disability living allowance for their children experienced difficulties in receiving cold weather payments after the recent period of below-freezing temperatures; and how many families were so affected.
(249447)
927
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of cold weather payments have been paid in error in each year since the introduction of cold weather payments, broken down by reasons for error; and at what cost to the public purse the payments were made.
(249448)
928
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy on recovering cold weather payments made in error is; and if he will make a statement.
(249451)
929
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff make up the Take-up Task Force.
(249452)
930
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Department's press release of 5 January 2009 on the Take-up Taskforce, what steps he expects the Taskforce to take consequent upon the responses it received from local authorities.
(249506)
931
N
Hywel Williams (Caernarfon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether, following the European Court of Justice rulings in the case of Coleman v. Attridge Law, he plans to make it an offence to harass or discriminate against anyone who is associated with someone with long-term medical conditions such as HIV.
(248854)
932
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of recipients of the Christmas bonus will receive their payment (a) together with their basic state pension and (b) as a separate payment, broken down by date of receipt of bonus; and if he will make a statement.
(249151)
933
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the administration of incapacity benefit in each of the last 10 years.
(249152)
934
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's estimate is of the cost to the public purse of introducing a withdrawal rate for carer's allowance of (a) 10 per cent., (b) 20 per cent., (c) 30 per cent., (d) 40 per cent., (e) 50 per cent., (f) 60 per cent., (g) 70 per cent., (h) 80 per cent. and (i) 90 per cent. that would take effect at the current earnings limit in each of the next six years.
(249153)
935
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessments of the use of voice risk analysis technology by benefit authorities have been published by his Department.
(249191)
936
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people participating in each (a) pilot programme run by his Department and (b) pathfinder area programme in (i) each of the last two years and (ii) each of the next five years.
(249192)
937
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what value of child support arrears has been categorised as (a) collectable, (b) possibly uncollectable and (c) probably uncollectable by the Child Support Agency, broken down by the smallest possible geographic area for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
(249314)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
938
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had with the Performing Right Society (PRS) on (i) the way in which they contact organisations who may need a PRS licence and (ii) the effect on very small businesses of having to pay for PRS licences; and if he will bring forward proposals to establish an independent complaints procedure to govern the PRS's activities.
[Transferred] (249658)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
939
Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the £5.8 million fund to disrupt violent extremism will be distributed in 2009-10 and 2010-11; what the breakdown between local and regional projects will be; what type of projects the fund will be used for; what the criteria for making grants will be; how the grants will be evaluated; who will administer the fund; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (249590)
940
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many penalty notices were issued to persons who were drunk and disorderly in Essex in each of the last five years.
[Transferred] (249647)
941
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hertsmere of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1976W, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the hon. Member.
[Transferred] (249467)

 
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