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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 28 January 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 28 January 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 28 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 Wednesday 28 January of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 28 January see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent representations he has received on the extension of provision of high-speed broadband access to rural areas. | | (251206) | 2
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and (b) Ofcom on NESTA's proposal to extend the geographical scope of provision of high-speed broadband. | | (251207) | 3
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the economy of nationwide access to high-speed broadband. | | (251210) | 4
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many people have had their benefits uprated as a result of the national minimum wage in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (252561) | 5
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of providing financial support to companies with an established record of operating in the UK; and if he will make a statement. | | (252567) | 6
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) paper, (b) plastic and (c) other waste was produced by his Department in each year since its establishment; and what proportion of such waste was recycled. | | (252871) | 7
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of people made redundant, (b) number of statutory redundancy payments made and (c) average value of statutory redundancy payments in each (i) month of the last five years for which figures are available and (ii) year since 1997. | | (252919) | 8
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many notifications his Department and its predecessor received of businesses making redundancies of 20 employees or more in each (a) year since 1997 and (b) month of the last two years for which figures are available, broken down by (i) region, (ii) local authority and (iii) parliamentary constituency. | | (252920) | 9
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many redundancies were notified to his Department and its predecessor in each (a) month of the last five years for which information is available and (b) year since 1997. | | (252925) | 10
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many notifications his Department and its predecessor received of businesses making 20 or more employees redundant in each month of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many have been received in each year since 1997. | | (252926) | 11
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the (a) budget and (b) administrative cost of each regional development agency (RDA) has been in each year since its creation; and what the estimated administrative cost of each RDA is for 2008-09. | | (252571) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 12
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) special advisers and (d) officials in his Department have had with each UK bank since September 2008; what was discussed; who was present at each meeting; what agreements have been reached between his Department and each bank at each such meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (252995) | 13
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of Government policy and banking practices on lending standards; and if he will make a statement. | | (252996) | 14
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy where an Answer refers to material published on his Department's website to ensure that (a) a copy will be made available to the hon. Member who tabled the question and (b) place a copy of the material will be placed in the Library; and if he will make a statement. | | (253019) | 15
| Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what basis it was determined that child tax credit is not a family allowance for the purpose of Article 77 of EU Regulations 1408/71. | | (252781) | 16
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence (i) he, (ii) other Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with representatives of BAA since 3 October 2008; when each meeting took place; who attended each meeting; and what the subject of each meeting was. | | (252707) | 17
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how foreign currency swaps undertaken by the Bank of England are reported in official figures, with particular reference to reporting on foreign exchange reserves. | | (252756) | 18
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK authorities activated their swap arrangements with (a) the US Federal Reserve and (b) the European Central Bank on Friday 10 October 2008. | | (252757) | 19
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what statutory powers there are to disbar an individual from practising as a banker; and in what circumstances they may be used. | | (252758) | 20
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) contractual and (b) informal swap arrangements there are between the Bank of England and (i) the European Central Bank and (ii) the US Federal Reserve; what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK financial system's short-term liabilities which could be covered by such arrangements; and if he will make a statement. | | (252759) | 21
| Mr Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department declined to accept an extension on spending deadlines for England for European structural funding in England; what estimate he has made of the amount of money under such structural funding provisions for England which was unspent at 31 December 2008; whether the extension will be accepted in relation to spending in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (252941) | 22
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) paper, (b) plastic and (c) other waste was produced by his Department in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such waste was recycled. | | (252869) | 23
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average saving made by households in each income decile with people of working age as a result of the reduction in the rate of value added tax to 15 per cent. over the course of a year. | | (252977) | 24
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average saving which will be made by households in each income decile with people of working age with dependent children as a result of the reduction in the rate of value added tax to 15 per cent. over the course of a year. | | (252978) | 25
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the average saving for pension age households in each income decile (a) mainly dependent on state benefits and (b) mainly dependent on other forms of income from the reduction in the standard rate of value added tax to 15 per cent. over the course of a year. | | (252979) | 26
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken in respect of the officials in (a) his Department, (b) the Financial Services Authority and (c) the Government Actuary's Department criticised by the Parliamentary Ombudsman for maladministration over Equitable Life. | | (252139) | 27
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2009, Official Report, column 1636, on Landsbanki Guernsey, what estimate he has made of the cost incurred by depositors in the UK as a consequence of the collapse of Landsbanki Guernsey. | | (252508) | 28
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letters of 20 October and 18 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare sent on behalf of a constituent, Mr Mark Templeman. | | (252711) | 29
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations provided goods and services to the Valuation Office Agency in 2007-08; and what the address of each such organisation was. | | (252559) | 30
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when (a) Section 720 (night clubs and discotheques), (b) Section 210 (casinos and gambling clubs) and (c) Section 825 (public houses, licensed restaurants and wine bars), including their appendices and associated documents, of the Valuation Office Agency's Rating Manual, were last updated. | | (252731) | 31
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse if the pension addition at age 80 were increased to (a) £2.50 and (b) £5.00 in each of the next five years. | | (252780) | 32
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on HM Revenue and Customs expenditure of closing its office in Aberystwyth, identifying (a) costs and (b) savings separately; and if he will make a statement. | | (252862) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 33
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that Building Schools for the Future schools which are required to display a Display Energy Certificate do so; and if he will make a statement. | | (252587) | 34
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans his Department has to increase the energy efficiency of the schools estate, with particular reference to schools constructed under the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (252588) | 35
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of the Building Schools for the Future programme to educational transformation and learning attainment; and if will make a statement. | | (252589) | 36
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what data his Department is gathering on the effect on carbon dioxide emissions of use of renewables technologies in Building Schools for the Future schools. | | (252655) | 37
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent by his Department on the Building Schools for the Future programme since its launch; and how much funding is allocated to the programme over the next five years. | | (252661) | 38
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress his Department has made toward its targets of (a) the provision of funding for every local authority to renew at least the school in greatest need by 2011 and (b) major rebuilding and remodelling projects in at least three schools to be started in every local authority by 2016; and if he will make a statement. | | (252662) | 39
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many biomass boilers (a) have been and (b) are planned to be installed in new schools following calculation of such schools' carbon dioxide emissions using the Government's carbon calculator. | | (252663) | 40
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans his Department has to ensure that the operational performance of Building Schools for the Future schools meets the standards projected by the design team in each case. | | (252664) | 41
| Gregory Barker (Bexhill & Battle): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department collects on the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method ratings of schools completed under the Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (252665) | 42
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have received a grade one for safeguarding in their joint area reviews by Ofsted in the last 18 months. | | (252275) | 43
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of children with profound and multiple learning difficulties remaining at a specialist school until the age of 18 years. | | (252754) | 44
N | Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were (a) on an at-risk register and (b) taken into care in each local authority area in the Government Office for the North East region in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. | | (251856) | 45
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the timetable is for the introduction of single level tests after the conclusion of the pilots in July 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (252777) | 46
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the levels of spending on (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) colleges in (i) England, (ii) the North East and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the next five years. | | (252551) | 47
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many applications for care proceedings have been made since 1 November 2008; and how many were made in the equivalent period 12 months earlier. | | (252643) | 48
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in care from families in Wales have been fostered through English local authorities in each year since 1999. | | (252667) | 49
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in care from families resident in Scotland have been fostered through English local authorities in each year since 1999. | | (252668) | 50
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which independent special schools have opened in each of the last 10 years. | | (252669) | 51
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of teachers have received teacher training in special educational needs beyond their initial teacher training in each local authority in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (252670) | 52
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average administrative cost was of issuing a statement of special educational needs in each local authority in the last year for which figures are available. | | (252671) | 53
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils (a) were eligible for free school meals and had statemented or non-statemented special educational needs, (b) were eligible for free school meals and were children in care, (c) had statemented or non-statemented special educational needs and were children in care and (d) were eligible for free school meals, had statemented or non-statemented special educational needs, and were children in care in each of the last five years. | | (252672) | 54
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which special schools more than 50 per cent. of pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008. | | (252673) | 55
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many educational psychologists there were in each local authority in 2008; how many children aged 18 years or under there were per educational psychologist; and how many children and young people aged 18 years or under with (i) statemented and (ii) non-statemented special educational needs there were per educational psychologist. | | (252674) | 56
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary mainstream schools were assessed as having inadequate provision for special educational needs in their most recent inspections. | | (252675) | 57
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what contingency arrangements his Department has made to be invoked in circumstances where a child's ContactPoint data have been (a) compromised and (b) made public. | | (252943) | 58
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many serious case reviews initiated in 2008 were not published within four months of their being requested by the local safeguarding board. | | (252944) | 59
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the minimum qualifications required for professionals to sit on a Serious Case Review Panel are. | | (252945) | 60
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 January 2009, Official Report, columns 2-3WS, on ContactPoint, on what date he next intends to provide an update on progress on ContactPoint. | | (252954) | 61
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools in (a) North East Lincolnshire and (b) North Lincolnshire have class sizes of over 30 pupils. | | (252782) | 62
| Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of eligible pupils passed five or more GCSEs at grade A* to C in Cleethorpes constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (252784) | 63
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local authorities have (a) completed their childcare efficiency assessment and (b) identified gaps in their provision of affordable childcare. | | (252981) | 64
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants his Department and its predecessors have made in respect of the Luton Borough Council area in each year since 1997. | | (252646) | 65
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto Partnership on the (a) number and (b) quality of school activities outside the classroom. | | (252916) | 66
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has provided to the Association for Citizenship Teaching in each year since 2003. | | (252917) | 67
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what uptake his Department has estimated for the full GCSE in citizenship course starting in September 2009. | | (252918) | 68
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been (a) allocated and (b) spent on musical instrument tuition for young people in schools since December 2007. | | (252924) | 69
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he last met the Examination Officers Association to discuss the effect on the conduct of examinations of recent problems with the marking and return of examinations and test scripts. | | (252578) | 70
| Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent communication he has had with Almondbury High School in Huddersfield; and when he expects the school to receive its students' full key stage test results. | | (252579) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 71
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average pro-rata compensation of board members of non-departmental public bodies associated with the Cabinet Office was in each of the last five years. | | (251208) | 72
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the (a) highest, (b) lowest and (c) average salary of board members of non-departmental public bodies associated with the Cabinet Office was in each of the last five years. | | (251209) | 73
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people aged 16 years or under have committed suicide in each of the last 10 years. | | (252666) | 74
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people in employment aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 are employed by (i) small and medium-sized employers, (ii) large private employers and (iii) the public sector. | | (251125) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 75
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of her Department's contracts with suppliers are handled through the Zanzibar eProcurement Service; and what estimate she has made of the resultant savings achieved in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09. | | (252704) | 76
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the potential annual saving which would result from the full-scale implementation of the Zanzibar eProcurement Service. | | (252705) | 77
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms her Department has to ensure the take-up of the Zanzibar eProcurement Service by (a) agencies and non-departmental public bodies within her Department and (b) local authorities. | | (252706) | 78
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) paper, (b) plastic and (c) other waste was produced by her Department in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such waste was recycled. | | (252697) | 79
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what grants, other than local government finance settlements, her Department and its predecessors have made in respect of the Luton Borough Council area in each year since 1997. | | (252648) | 80
| Mr Eric Pickles (Brentwood & Ongar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average percentage change in the level of council housing rents her Department is (a) expecting and (b) recommending for 2009-10 over the previous year. | | (252549) | 81
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the reduction in levels of sub-prime lending upon social mobility. | | (252695) | 82
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to amend building regulations to reduce (a) the risk of fires in buildings spreading and (b) the speed at which such fires spread. | | (252696) | 83
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of day visitors on levels of expenditure by local authorities containing coastal towns. | | (252930) | 84
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of levels of migration of young people out of coastal towns; and what steps her Department has taken to mitigate the effects of this migration. | | (252931) | 85
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to improve accessibility to plots of land for use by self-builders. | | (252933) | 86
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) budget and (b) administrative costs were of each regional government office in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the administrative cost of each in 2008-09. | | (252570) | 87
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements there are upon local authorities to provide allotments for the use of local residents. | | (252560) | 88
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's timetable is for the implementation of conclusions arising from the consultation on the Sub-National Review. | | (252624) | 89
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-domestic dwellings are (a) eligible for and (b) claiming small businesses rate relief. | | (252625) | 90
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-domestic dwellings are liable for empty property business rates. | | (252626) | 91
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing association tenants have (a) the right to buy and (b) a preserved right to buy. | | (252627) | 92
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect of the new empty property business rates regime on rates of conversion of empty agricultural properties into business use. | | (252628) | 93
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the proposed percentage change in guidelines rents in housing revenue account subsidy is for next year; and what the percentage change has been in each year since 1997. | | (252629) | 94
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) statutory and (b) other changes have been made to the rules relating to allowances and pensions for councillors since May 1997; and what the date of each change was. | | (252633) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments English Partnerships (a) has made and (b) is contracted to make to Fleishman-Hillard; and for what purposes. | | (252642) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments the Tenants Service Authority (a) has made and (b) is contracted to make to APCO Worldwide; and for what purposes. | | (252654) | 97
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 949W, on empty property, which local authorities have sent back completed forms on empty property business rates. | | (252714) | 98
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire, of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 948W, on eco-towns, which Minister took the decision to make the payment to Shelter to fund the document on eco-towns. | | (252715) | 99
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire, of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 948W, on eco-towns, what other information on eco-towns published by external bodies (a) has been and (b) is planned to be funded by her Department. | | (252716) | 100
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the list of names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods or services to the Audit Commission in 2007-08 from purchase order data held by the Commission. | | (252721) | 101
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what grounds she called in the planning application for the G Gate Hotel in Olympia in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. | | (252723) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated compliance cost is for an average home to meet the lifetime homes standard. | | (252724) | 103
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what requirements there are on local authorities to give time for local authority staff to undertake work for their trade union which is (a) unpaid and (b) paid for by the local authority. | | (252725) | 104
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of each response to Modernising Empty Property Relief - A Consultation Paper. | | (252726) | 105
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the compatibility of the introduction of unitary local government without local referendums with Article 5 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. | | (252728) | 106
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether staff employed in regional fire control rooms will be eligible for the Fire Brigade's Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. | | (252730) | 107
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether transitional relief will apply in cases of non-domestic dwellings for which empty property business rates are paid following the 2010 revaluation. | | (252733) | 108
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether supplementary business rates will apply to dwellings for which empty property business rates are paid. | | (252734) | 109
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1271W, on housing: low incomes, when and how the Government announced in September 2008 that £300 million would be redirected from her Department's contribution to the Regional Development Agency funds. | | (252735) | 110
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1284W, on non-domestic rates: valuations, what the (a) description and (b) unique identifier given to each sub-location is in each billing authority area. | | (252736) | 111
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1149W, on non-domestic rates, whether the domestic or composite hereditament premises of diplomatic missions will have liability for charges for the collection of household waste under proposed pilot schemes. | | (252737) | 112
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 October 2008, Official Report, column 489W, on Government Office for the Regions: finance, for what reason the Government Office Network has stopped retaining records of the total programme expenditure of the Government Offices for the Regions; and which bodies audit the overall expenditure of the individual Government Offices. | | (252738) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1271W, on housing: low incomes, how much of the funding for the Homebuy Direct programme will be allocated to each region of England. | | (252739) | 114
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1287-8W, on planning permission, what guidance has been given to the Planning Inspectorate on how a planning appeal should be considered if a materially relevant Planning Policy Statement or Planning Policy Guidance note has changed in the period after the original planning application was considered by the local planning authority, with particular reference to whether the previous Planning Policy Statement or Guidance or the new version should be applied when assessing the merits of the appeal; and whether the same principles will apply to national policy statements which are revised. | | (252740) | 115
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 603W, on geographical information systems, what the timetable is for a decision on implementation of a national geo-portal; and whether cadastral information will be included on it. | | (252742) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 316W, on the European Regional Development Fund, for what reason each financial correction has been imposed; and what each of the programme irregularities was, further to the contingent liabilities referred to in her Department's accounts. | | (252743) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for a partial review of the South East Regional Spatial Strategy. | | (252744) | 118
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what restrictions there are on the sharing of (a) electoral roll and (b) council tax data between departments within a local authority. | | (252745) | 119
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were constructed for approximately £60,000 under the Design for Manufacture programme. | | (252746) | 120
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the representation to her Department made by the hon. Member for Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush in relation to the planning application for the G Gate Hotel, Olympia. | | (252747) | 121
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her latest estimate is of the length of time which will elapse before local authorities with deposits in Icelandic banks will receive compensation; and what assessment has been made of the financial effects on those authorities of the lack of interest being received on those deposits. | | (252748) | 122
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the effect on local authority budgets of lower rates of return as a result of local authorities placing money in very low-risk deposits following the Icelandic banking crisis. | | (252749) | 123
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding (a) her Department, (b) the Government Office for the North East and (c) the North East Assembly has provided to the North East Economic Forum in each year since 2005. | | (252750) | 124
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on the compulsory purchase of land to provide for Traveller encampments; and what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the matter. | | (252751) | 125
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the responsibilities of local authorities are in respect of meeting the costs of hardship rate relief under section 49 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. | | (252752) | 126
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19 May 2008, Official Report, column 41W, on energy performance certificates, how many of the home condition reports were produced with the assistance of funding provided by her Department. | | (252753) | 127
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether staff in her Department's division handling eco-towns have received bonus payments in the last 24 months. | | (252785) | 128
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether additional funding will be provided to local authorities under the new burdens principle to meet the new statutory requirements to provide (a) energy performance certificates and (b) display energy certificates. | | (252786) | 129
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1147W, on the Interreg Programme, what projects are being considered under the Interreg (a) IVA and (b) IVB programmes which relate to the United Kingdom. | | (252787) | 130
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1152W, on planning permission, what changes to her Department's policy on call-ins are under consideration for inclusion in the new Direction. | | (252788) | 131
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1150-1W, on Ordnance Survey: visits abroad, what the purpose was of each visit. | | (252789) | 132
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 302-3W, on departmental procurement, what the breakdown is of the associated costs of Euro RSCG London Ltd in relation to the fire campaign. | | (252791) | 133
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 1392W, on departmental overseas visits, how many of the overseas visits were made in order to attend foreign conferences; and what conferences were attended. | | (252792) | 134
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons local elections in Cornwall will take place in October 2009; what the estimated additional cost is of not holding them at the same time as the June 2009 elections; and who will pay that cost. | | (252793) | 135
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1147W, on the Interreg Programme, what the (a) purpose and (b) remit is of each of the five Interreg IVC programmes. | | (252794) | 136
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1144W, on green belt: planning permission, what the (a) location, (b) local authority and (c) type of development was of each of the 15 planning applications that have been called in and then approved since 2002 which involve green belt development. | | (252795) | 137
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1142-3W, on empty property, if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the responses to the requests for information made in June and September. | | (252796) | 138
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1142W, on eco-towns: finance, how much expenditure has been incurred on each (a) exhibition and (b) road show on eco-towns. | | (252797) | 139
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1137-40W, on departmental contracts, what the (a) purpose and (b) project topic is of each consultancy contract in the table provided in the Answer. | | (252798) | 140
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1139-40W, on departmental information officers, if she will place in the Library a copy of each of the media summaries produced by her Department from the last week for which copies are available. | | (252799) | 141
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1136W, on council tax: standards, what data collections outside the national indicator set have been discontinued by her Department. | | (252800) | 142
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1139-40W, on departmental information officers, which external newspaper cutting and broadcast monitoring services her Department subscribes to; and at what cost in the last 12 months. | | (252801) | 143
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1136W, on council tax: standards, what data collections outside the national indicator set are still being collected by her Department. | | (252802) | 144
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1133W, on caravans, which Minister in her Department is responsible for (a) mobile caravans and (b) Travellers. | | (252803) | 145
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1146W, on housing: sustainable development, if she will place in the Library a copy of BS 5906:2005. | | (252861) | 146
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether English Partnerships has been involved in the proposed eco-town bid near Leicester. | | (252950) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 147
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many inspections have been carried out by the Gambling Commission in each year since the development of the annual visit programme. | | (252804) | 148
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many follow-up visits have been made by the Gambling Commission in each year since the development of the annual visit programme. | | (252805) | 149
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) warnings have been issued and (b) licences revoked under the Gambling Commission's compliance process in each year; and what the (i) reason for the action taken and (ii) type of operation was in each case. | | (252806) | 150
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many compliance officers the Gambling Commission employs. | | (252807) | 151
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visits made by Gambling Commission compliance officers under the compliance process to each type of operator were (a) programmed, (b) advisory, (c) complaint, (d) revisit, (e) survey and (f) other in each year since the process began. | | (252808) | 152
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, during how many visits by Gambling Commission compliance officers to each type of operator evidence was found of (a) operational risk, (b) crime and disorder risk, (c) fair and open risk, (d) risk to children, (e) risk to other vulnerable people and (f) external risk in each year since the compliance process began. | | (252809) | 153
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women over the age of 18 years who have participated in at least 30 minutes a day of moderate intensity physical activity on five or more days of the week in each of the last three years. | | (252810) | 154
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of children aged (a) five to 11, (b) 12 to 16 and (c) 17 to 18 years who have undertaken 60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity each day in each of the last three years. | | (252811) | 155
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his Answer of 21 January, Official Report, column 1456W, what statistical information his Department gathers relating to library services. | | (252956) | 156
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on increasing levels of digital literacy. | | (250640) | 157
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1085W, on digital switchover: South Wales, whether the Core Receiver Requirements set in November 2008 in respect of audio description will apply to all equipment supplied through the Helpscheme for digital changeover in South Wales. | | (252947) | 158
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1085W, on digital switchover: South Wales, whether the Core Receiver Requirements set in November 2008 in respect of audio description will apply to all equipment supplied through the Helpscheme for digital changeover in Mid and West Wales. | | (252948) | 159
| Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1085W, on digital switchover: South Wales, whether the Core Receiver Requirements set in November 2008 in respect of audio description will apply to all equipment supplied through the Helpscheme for digital changeover in North Wales. | | (252951) | 160
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions Ministers from his Department have had with Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills on funding for media and cultural studies research in the last 12 months; and what the outcome of those meetings was. | | (252932) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 161
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on research to combat the use of improvised explosive devices in each year of the last five years. | | (252873) | 162
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department receives information on the work and research of the US Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organisation; and if he will make a statement. | | (252874) | 163
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what research his Department undertook on protecting troops against use of improvised explosive devices by opposing forces before deploying troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. | | (252876) | 164
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, since the creation of the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, how many Cypriot civilians have been forcibly resettled in the region. | | (252904) | 165
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken to protect the infrastructure in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia against risks of (a) earthquakes and (b) adverse weather conditions. | | (252905) | 166
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy maintains a permanent presence in the Mediterranean. | | (252906) | 167
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his plans are for the future of the medical facilities of Princess Mary's RAF Hospital at Akrotiri. | | (252907) | 168
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Cypriot civilians inhabiting the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. | | (252910) | 169
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British troops have been stationed in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in each year since 2002. | | (252911) | 170
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of land in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is given over the private ownership for the purposes of agriculture. | | (252912) | 171
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how often he has met the Foreign Secretary in the last 12 months to discuss events in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. | | (252913) | 172
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 82-3W, how many journalists have been embedded in the armed forces since 1997; and for how long in each case. | | (252651) | 173
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost per track/road mile, excluding crew costs, of operating the (a) Warrior, (b) Bulldog and (c) Mastiff armoured vehicles. | | (252863) | 174
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the in-service date for the A400M airlift aircraft. | | (252864) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 175
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many unresolved surface worker coal health claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease there are relating to men who are (a) still alive and (b) dead. | | (252140) | 176
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will estimate the number of miners who developed beat knee while working in the mining industry. | | (252141) | 177
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made in settling claims for equal pay from cleaners and canteen workers in the mining industry. | | (252142) | 178
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department and its predecessors have paid Nabarro Nathanson in fees for cases relating to industrial disease claims in the mining industry since 1995. | | (252143) | 179
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what venues were used as health testing centres by his Department for the administration of medical tests under the coal health compensation scheme; and at what cost to his Department such venues were used. | | (252775) | 180
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on medical testing of miners under the coal health compensation scheme since the introduction of the scheme; and how much has been paid to each provider of such tests in that period. | | (252776) | 181
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been paid by his Department to Nabarro Nathanson for handling issues related to miners' industrial diseases since 1995. | | (252867) | 182
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on behalf of how many individual miners Beresfords Solicitors have submitted claims under the coal health compensation scheme. | | (252883) | 183
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the power generation companies on carbon capture and storage in the last six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (252564) | 184
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many grant applications the Low Carbon Buildings programme has received from households in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the county of Northumberland. | | (252565) | 185
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many successful grant applications have been received by the Low Carbon Buildings programme for the installation of solar photovoltaic systems from households in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the county of Northumberland. | | (252566) | 186
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many respiratory disease claims received under the coal health compensation scheme from residents of Wansbeck constituency were awaiting settlement at the latest date for which figures are available. | | (252568) | 187
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to reply to the letters of 5 November and 9 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare sent on behalf of a constituent, Mr Richard Cains. | | (252712) | 188
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much spent nuclear fuel was transported through Shropshire (a) to and (b) from the installations at (i) Sellafield and (ii) Wylfa in the last 12 months. | | (252760) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 189
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government funding was allocated to the Rural Enterprise scheme in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008. | | (252710) | 190
| Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) calves and (b) horses were exported from the UK for further fattening and slaughter to each destination country in the latest period for which information is available; and what the average journey times were to each such country. | | (252865) | 191
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) paper, (b) plastic and (c) other waste was produced by his Department in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such waste was recycled. | | (252868) | 192
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of strengthening controls on the sale of those non-CITES species of birds removed from Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. | | (252762) | 193
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take during the 2009 breeding season to monitor the effects on wild birds of the recent changes to Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. | | (252763) | 194
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will request that the North West Development Agency include in its plans for bringing forward major public works flood protection projects in Copeland constituency. | | (252556) | 195
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of trained local authority recycling officers. | | (252921) | 196
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce statutory targets for levels of recycling by local authorities. | | (252922) | 197
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has held with retailers and manufacturers in the last 12 months on reducing excess packaging. | | (252923) | 198
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to undertake separate food waste collections. | | (252927) | 199
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities offer a separate food waste collection service. | | (252928) | 200
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 October 2008, Official Report, column 1052W, on incinerators: hazardous substances, which regional offices of the Environment Agency hold reports on the composition of the bottom ash of incinerators; and to which operating incinerators such reports relate. | | (250766) | 201
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the permitted level of harmful substances in incinerator bottom ash has been exceeded in the last five years. | | (250767) | 202
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what process of consultation he plans to undertake to inform the implementation of the Waste Framework Directive. | | (250768) | 203
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effect of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme on local authority provision of trade waste collections. | | (252620) | 204
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an impact assessment of new site area-based charges for surface drainage on (a) sports clubs, (b) churches and (c) other voluntary groups. | | (252621) | 205
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation on waste incentive pilot schemes given by Ms Sarah Fisher from his Department's waste strategy division to the Thames Valley Waste Forum on 4 April 2008. | | (252622) | 206
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was paid to Environmental Resources Management Limited for its research on the environmental impact of nappies; and if he will place a copy of the final research report in the Library. | | (252623) | 207
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a Display Energy Certificate has been produced for each of his Department's buildings. | | (252630) | 208
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on how local authorities should deal with noise complaints. | | (252631) | 209
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund provides support for schemes which protect forests or peat lands from deforestation or destruction. | | (252632) | 210
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities have received advice through the Local Authority Support Direct Consultancy Service about the operation of alternate weekly collections of household waste in the last 24 months. | | (252634) | 211
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) Travellers and (b) people in domestic dwellings not rated by the Valuation Office Agency due to their transitory nature will be liable to pay charges for the collection of household waste under the forthcoming pilot schemes. | | (252635) | 212
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has provided to local authorities on the use of large communal bins for household waste. | | (252636) | 213
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has provided to local authorities on the number of household waste bins to be provided to households. | | (252637) | 214
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's consultation on revised waste exemptions from environmental permitting, whether municipal allotments will be charged to have permit or exemption in order to have a compost heap. | | (252638) | 215
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many accidents involving members of the public foraging for wood from forests under the regulation of the Forestry Commission have been recorded in the last 36 months. | | (252639) | 216
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the size of the rat population in the country. | | (252640) | 217
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities have expressed an interest in levying charges for the collection of household waste; and how many such expressions were made by (a) elected councillors and (b) council staff. | | (252641) | 218
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an organisation has been appointed to carry out the evaluation of pilot schemes for charges for collection of household waste. | | (252713) | 219
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 14 October 2008, Official Report, column 1049W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on (a) Project REDUCE, (b) Understanding Household Waste Prevention Behaviour and (c) Establishing the Behaviour Change Evidence Base. | | (252717) | 220
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 14 October 2008, Official Report, column 1049W, on domestic waste: waste disposal, what the terms of reference are of the research on waste prevention scheduled to report in spring 2009; and which external organisation is conducting the research. | | (252718) | 221
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 846W, on carbon emissions, what the timetable is for the completion of the navigator waste infrastructure research study. | | (252719) | 222
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the final report of the research project (a) WR0103 - Household Waste Prevention Policy Side Research Programme, (b) WR0104 - Lifestyle Scenarios: Futures for Waste Composition, (c) WR0106 - Achieving Household Waste Prevention and Promoting Sustainable Resource Use Through Product Service Systems and (d) WR0506 - Benefits of Third Sector Involvement in Waste Management. | | (252720) | 223
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes the Environment Agency has made to rules on the storage of recyclable wastes as a consequence of the reduction in market demand for recycled products. | | (252722) | 224
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what factors were considered before deciding not to include waste reduction through home composting in the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme targets. | | (252727) | 225
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have undertaken into means of waste (i) collection and (ii) disposal of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lights for domestic use. | | (252729) | 226
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what circumstances waste collection authorities may refuse to collect domestic waste from households. | | (252732) | 227
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Waste and Resources Action Programme spent on promoting the sale of compost bins under the Recycle Now campaign, in each year of that campaign. | | (252882) | 228
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which body is responsible for (a) monitoring the environmental impact of demolition sites and (b) ensuring that correct procedures are followed in the disposal of hazardous waste from building material at such sites. | | (252652) | 229
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which body is responsible for monitoring the (a) environmental impact of (b) adherence to gate keeping procedures at landfill sites. | | (252653) | 230
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on encouraging applications by growers to be recognised as producer organisations for the purposes of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme. | | (252580) | 231
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Rural Payments Agency on the processing of applications by growers to be recognised as producer organisations for the purposes of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme. | | (252581) | 232
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the operation of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme by the Rural Payments Agency, with particular reference to the administration of its operational programmes. | | (252582) | 233
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for recognition under the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme since 2004 were received from producer organisations; and how many of these were (a) approved, (b) rejected and (c) withdrawn. | | (252583) | 234
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many organisations in England were recognised as producer organisations for the purposes of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme in 2004; how many have been de-recognised since 2004; and how many are currently recognised. | | (252584) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 235
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on allegations of Hamas fighters (a) shedding uniforms, (b) donning civilian clothing and (c) hiding within the civilian population in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead; and if he will make a statement. | | (252968) | 236
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) officials in his Department, (d) the British Ambassador to Egypt and (e) officials in the British Embassy in Egypt have had with the government of Egypt since December 2008 on the smuggling of (i) weapons and (ii) people into Gaza from Egypt via under-border tunnels; what reports he has received on the number of tunnels between Gaza and Egypt that have been (A) discovered and (B) closed; and if he will make a statement. | | (252969) | 237
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the use of tunnels under the border of Egypt and Gaza by Bedouin smugglers to transfer arms to Hamas; what recent representations he has made to the government of Egypt about this issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (252970) | 238
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has evidence that the government of Israel has used white phosphorus weapons in a way inconsistent with international law; and if he will make a statement. | | (253010) | 239
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of (a) rockets and (b) mortar shells fired at Israel by Hamas in each year since 2001. | | (253015) | 240
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 365W, on Cyprus: community relations, when he last made representations to Turkey over meeting the award of the European Court of Human Rights in the Arestes case; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (252877) | 241
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 378-80W, on UN Cyprus Committee on Missing Persons, when he expects to make a final decision as to whether to make further donations to the UN Cyprus Committee on Missing Persons; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (252878) | 242
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 363W, on Cyprus: community relations; if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) Turkish nationals (excluding the armed forces) and (b) Turkish militia living in northern Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (252879) | 243
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 362W, on Cyprus: community relations, if he will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) ages of the enclaved Greek Cypriots living in Karpai; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (252880) | 244
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 361-2W, on Cyprus: community relations, if he will make representations to the Turkish Army in North Cyprus to permit Maronites to visit Agia Marina; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (252881) | 245
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 362W, on Cyprus: community relations, when he last discussed the issue of the enclaved Greek Cypriots in the Karpas in the Committee of Ministers in the Council of Europe; what representations he made; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (252884) | 246
| Mr Andrew Dismore (Hendon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 369W, on Cyprus: press, how much the High Commission has spent on advertising in newspapers owned by Asil Nadir in northern Cyprus in each of the last three years. | | (252915) | 247
| Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government plans to restart its contingency preparatory work for implementation of the Lisbon Treaty should it come into force. | | (253023) | 248
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 381W, on Western Sahara, if he will make representations to the new Moroccan Ambassador to the UK urging an end to Morocco's continued occupation of Western Sahara. | | (252860) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 249
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women aged (a) 18, (b) 17, (c) 16, (d) 15, (e) 14, (f) 13 and (g) 12 years who had had an abortion in (i) 2006 and (ii) 2007 had had (A) one, (B) two, (C) three, (D) four and (E) five or more previous abortions. | | (252976) | 250
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy where an Answer refers to material published on his Department's website to (a) make a copy available to the hon. Member who tabled the question and (b) place a copy of the material in the Library; and if he will make a statement. | | (253018) | 251
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial assistance his Department has provided to the Thalidomide Trust since May 1997. | | (252872) | 252
| Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities on incentives to care homes to achieve three stars under the Commission for Social Care Inspection's rating scheme. | | (252701) | 253
| Mr David Cameron (Witney): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities provide special payments to care homes which achieve three stars under the Commission for Social Care Inspection's rating scheme. | | (252702) | 254
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to recoup the value of Department property lost by officials from those officials. | | (252572) | 255
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether civil servants in his Department who have lost laptops that were the property of his Department have been charged the full value of the item in the last 12 months. | | (252649) | 256
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions the Food Standards Agency and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency have had with the authorities in Jersey on implementation of the (a) Food Supplements Directive, (b) Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation and (c) Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive. | | (252576) | 257
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to replace the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease; and if he will make a statement. | | (252577) | 258
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of (a) Jersey and (b) Guernsey in ensuring their compliance with the (i) Foods Supplements Directive, (ii) Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation and (iii) Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive. | | (252886) | 259
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department has on progress made recently in implementing the Medicines Directive in (a) Jersey and (b) Guernsey. | | (252887) | 260
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Medicines (Human and Veterinary) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2008 to come into force in Guernsey. | | (252888) | 261
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on the sale of donated organs to non-UK citizens who have transplant operations in NHS hospitals. | | (252554) | 262
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to assist those with childhood diabetes in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (252555) | 263
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which of the targets set under the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease have not yet been met. | | (252586) | 264
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) paper, (b) plastic and (c) other waste was produced by his Department in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such waste was recycled. | | (252870) | 265
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) qualified nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) health visiting staff were (i) male and (ii) female in each year from 2006. | | (252703) | 266
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long on average wheelchair users wait to obtain a chair with different specifications in (a) West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust, (b) Hemel Hempstead and (c) Hertfordshire in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (252935) | 267
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) males and (b) females aged under 18 in each strategic health authority area who have not been immunised against measles, mumps and rubella. | | (252936) | 268
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each strategic health authority area had not received measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in each of the last five years. | | (252937) | 269
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of confirmed cases of measles in children aged under 18 years in (a) London and (b) England since 1997. | | (252938) | 270
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce differences between the regions in the number of confirmed cases of measles recorded each year. | | (252939) | 271
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cases of measles in those under 18. | | (252940) | 272
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information campaigns have been undertaken by his Department to encourage uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in each of the last five years; what expenditure his Department has incurred on such campaigns in each year; and what targets he has set for the uptake of the vaccine in the next 12 months. | | (252949) | 273
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to issue guidance on the availability on the NHS of (a) Sutent, (b) Nexavar, (c) Avastin and (d) Torisel. | | (252278) | 274
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will issue guidance to primary care trusts to the effect that they should make (a) Sutent, (b) Nexavar, (c) Avastin and (d) Torisel available on the NHS where clinicians advise they should be used. | | (252279) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 275
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the salary range is of the chief constable of each constabulary for each year since 1997. | | (252942) | 276
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided by her Department to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each year since it was established. | | (252952) | 277
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid to police officers of each rank in each police force under the Chief Officers' Bonus Scheme in each year since its creation; for what reason each bonus was paid; how many officers refused to accept a bonus; what criteria are used in awarding such bonuses; what discussions she has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers about the bonus scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (252953) | 278
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a report from the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis on the number and location of anti-Semitic incidents in London since December 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (252975) | 279
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what devices are used by police forces to measure the speed of motor vehicles. | | (253003) | 280
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and which police forces use hidden speed enforcement cameras; and how many are planning to use such cameras in the next two years. | | (253008) | 281
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Independent Police Complaints Commission's (IPCC) target is for the time to conclude investigation of a complaint against the police from the date of registration of the complaint; what the average time taken per case has been since the IPCC was established; and if she will make a statement. | | (253013) | 282
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days the Independent Police Complaints Commission met in each of the last three years. | | (253014) | 283
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost to the Independent Police Complaints Commission was of dealing with a complaint in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement. | | (253016) | 284
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of a criminal offence in each month since June 2006, broken down by (i) sex, (ii) age and (iii) police force; and how many were (A) suspended from duty, (B) demoted, (C) dismissed and (D) cautioned. | | (253017) | 285
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a report from the Commissioner of Essex Police on the amount spent by (a) Essex and (b) Southend police on (i) own force investigations, (ii) supervised investigations, (iii) managed investigations and (iv) independent investigations in each of the last three years for which information is available. | | (253020) | 286
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent assessment is of the contribution made by the national DNA database to the detection of crime; and if she will make a statement. | | (252550) | 287
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce legislation to require the police and security forces to obtain a warrant before remotely accessing web users' hard drives. | | (252558) | 288
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account she has taken of the effect of the economic downturn on levels of crime in planning resource allocations to police forces; and if she will make a statement. | | (252779) | 289
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1628-629W, on stop and search, how many of those searched in each year were subsequently arrested. | | (252585) | 290
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what grants her Department has made in respect of the Luton Borough Council area in each year since 1997. | | (252647) | 291
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken by the Criminal Records Bureau to process an application for clearance is; and if she will make a statement. | | (252689) | 292
| Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the target animal batch safety testing of veterinary vaccines (a) is not taking place under any existing licence and (b) will not be permitted under any future licence unless an application for a waiver has been rejected by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate or the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate has identified a specific reason why an application cannot be made. | | (252992) | 293
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet a delegation of residents from Castle Point to discuss community policing and the return to use of Hadleigh Police Station. | | (249687) | 294
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made by the Security Industry Authority on its feasibility study of options for the regulation of vehicle immobilisation companies operating on private property. | | (252982) | 295
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sworn police officers there are in England and Wales; and how many (a) occupy non-front line posts and (b) are on permanent restricted duties. | | (252276) | 296
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have been closed to the public since 2001. | | (252277) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 297
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made since December 2008 of incidents of intimidation of Jewish and Israeli students on university campuses; and if he will make a statement. | | (252967) | 298
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his most recent estimate of the amount of overpayments made in repayments of student loans is. | | (252591) | 299
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many new (a) apprenticeships and (b) training places will be made available for the people in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the next 12 months. | | (252552) | 300
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will assess what effect the introduction of a graduate tax would have on university students. | | (252553) | 301
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprentices there were in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (251126) | 302
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what progress has been made on the first annual review of the list of subjects exempt from the restrictions on funding for students taking an equivalent or lower qualification. | | (251127) | 303
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many Perfect Gift vouchers to help with the costs of further education have been sold (a) in each region and (b) by each college. | | (251128) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 304
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff have been employed in each of his Department's country offices in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009. | | (252755) | 305
| Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department will attend the forthcoming Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Global Conference on establishing resource transparency; what his Department's objectives for the conference are; and if he will make a statement. | | (252866) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 306
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coroners' courts his Department plans to relocate in the next 12 months; for what reason in each case; and if he will make a statement. | | (252971) | 307
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coroners' courts have been closed since January 2008; and what the reason for closure was in each case. | | (252972) | 308
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coroners' courts have been relocated since January 2008; and what the reason for relocation was in each case. | | (252973) | 309
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persons have been acquitted of speeding offences as a consequence of speed measure devices (a) not having been properly calibrated and (b) used by officers who have not received specialist training, in each of the last three years. | | (253004) | 310
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many charges for speeding offences were discontinued because the location of the speed camera failed to comply with the guidance in each of the last five years. | | (253021) | 311
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many charges for speeding offences were discontinued because of a breach of the guidance on co-located signs in each of the last five years. | | (253022) | 312
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in (a) his Department and (b) its shadow agencies which will be lost through natural wastage under his Department's financial plan for the Comprehensive Spending Review for 2008 to 2011. | | (252690) | 313
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average annual overall resource cost per prisoner was in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (252691) | 314
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (a) aged 18 years or over and (b) aged 21 years or over received a caution for sexual activity with a child under 13 in the last year for which data are available. | | (252812) | 315
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders (a) aged 18 years or over and (b) aged 21 years or over convicted of sexual activity with a child under 13 received (i) immediate custody, (ii) a suspended sentence, (iii) a community sentence, (iv) a fine, (v) a conditional or absolute discharge and (vi) other treatment in the last year for which data are available. | | (252813) | 316
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether victims of crime (a) are informed and (b) have their consent requested before their details are passed to private sector firms undertaking research for his Department on levels of confidence in the criminal justice system. | | (252814) | 317
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of victims of crime reported satisfaction with the criminal justice system in each of the last 10 years. | | (252815) | 318
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to undertake the second stage of consultation on prisoners' voting rights. | | (252816) | 319
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prisoners on (a) end of custody licence, (b) release on temporary licence and (c) home detention curfew are eligible to vote if registered. | | (252817) | 320
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of the public took part in his Department's online discussion on greater citizen engagement. | | (252818) | 321
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of the public responded to his Department's consultation on a framework for greater citizen engagement. | | (252819) | 322
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of the consultation on a framework for greater citizen engagement. | | (252820) | 323
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 2008-09 near cash allocation to each of his Department's business groups was. | | (252822) | 324
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) certified normal accommodation and (b) operational capacity of prisons in England and Wales was in each year since 1997. | | (252823) | 325
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions court cells were (a) made available for and (b) used for housing prisoners overnight in the last 12 months; and how many prisoners were accommodated on each occasion they were used. | | (252824) | 326
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost of Operation Safeguard was in each of the last three years. | | (252825) | 327
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions Operation Safeguard cells were used in each of the last three years. | | (252826) | 328
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons were exceeding their (a) certified normal accommodation and (b) operational capacity at the latest date for which information is available. | | (252827) | 329
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence for those convicted of (a) rape of a female aged under 16 years, (b) rape of a male aged under 16 years, (c) rape of a female aged under 13 years and (d) rape of a male aged under 13 years was in the last 12 months. | | (252828) | 330
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring into force section 74 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. | | (252829) | 331
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on bail and murder. | | (252830) | 332
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all magistrates' courts have access to full Libra functionality. | | (252831) | 333
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) offenders on home detention curfew and (b) defendants on bail have used the Bail Accommodation and Support Service since June 2007. | | (252832) | 334
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which local authority ward each Bail Accommodation and Support Service property is located. | | (252833) | 335
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many items of furniture (a) were purchased and (b) remained in use following the refurbishment of 102 Petty France. | | (252834) | 336
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders receiving a community sentence in 2007 had (a) more than five, (b) more than 10, (c) more than 15, (d) more than 25 and (e) more than 100 previous convictions. | | (252835) | 337
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences of (a) murder, (b) attempted murder, (c) rape, (d) attempted rape and (e) homicide have been committed by offenders on release on temporary licence in each of the last five years. | | (252836) | 338
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has paid any (a) compensation and (b) ex gratia payments to victims of crimes committed by offenders on (i) end of custody licence, (ii) home detention curfew and (iii) release on temporary licence. | | (252837) | 339
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in subsistence payments has been made by (a) prison governors and (b) his Department to offenders on end of custody licence in each of the last 12 months. | | (252838) | 340
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the prisoner transfer agreement signed with the Government of Jamaica in June 2007. | | (252839) | 341
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals are being held on indeterminate sentences for public protection. | | (252840) | 342
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals being held on indeterminate sentences for public protection have completed their minimum tariff. | | (252841) | 343
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the full schedule of questions and (b) a breakdown of results from the research on community punishments undertaken by ICM and announced by his Department on 16 November 2007. | | (252842) | 344
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether wounding with intent contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 is classified as a serious offence. | | (252843) | 345
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences of wounding with intent contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 were committed by offenders under probation supervision in each of the last five years. | | (252844) | 346
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offences were committed by offenders under probation supervision in each (a) probation area and (b) parliamentary constituency in the last year for which data is available. | | (252845) | 347
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Ministers, (b) officials, (c) representatives of local government, (d) invited members of the public and (e) other members of the public attended each Governance of Britain event. | | (252846) | 348
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish the results of his Department's consultation on designation of additional public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. | | (252847) | 349
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish the results of his Department's consultation on weekend voting. | | (252848) | 350
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on Titan prisons. | | (252946) | 351
| John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures govern the selection and termination of appointments of witness intermediaries. | | (253006) | 352
| John Howell (Henley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what methods are used by witness intermediaries to interpret statements by those diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder. | | (253007) | 353
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) sentenced to prison, (ii) given community sentences and (iii) detained in appropriate hospital accommodation prior to sentencing in each of the last five years. | | (252574) | 354
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women were transferred from prison to appropriate hospital accommodation under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 in each of the last five years; and what proportion waited over (i) six and (ii) 12 weeks for transfer. | | (252575) | 355
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) male and (b) female prisoners who have (i) one and (ii) two or more mental health conditions together with an alcohol or substance abuse problem. | | (252681) | 356
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on (a) mental health in-reach services for prisons and (b) other mental health services in prisons in each of the last three years. | | (252682) | 357
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average size of a mental health prisoner in-reach team is; and what the average number of prisoners in the prisons they serve is. | | (252683) | 358
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken to undertake routine screening of prisoners for health problems was (a) on initial entry to a prison establishment and (b) subsequently in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (252684) | 359
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he has taken of the effect of the current economic downturn on levels of crime in planning resource allocation to (a) the Probation Service and (b) HM Courts Service; and if he will make a statement. | | (252778) | 360
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to increase or abolish the maximum age at which a person can serve as a magistrate. | | (252983) | 361
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what percentage of convicted murderers had served less than half of their custodial sentence at the point of release in the last five years; how many of them committed a serious crime in the six months after their release; and if he will make a statement. | | (252557) | 362
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in each parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (252569) | 363
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average length of time in days taken by coroners in (i) Leicestershire and (ii) the rest of England to hold treasure inquests was in each of the last two years. | | (251129) | Questions to the Prime Minister 364
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Prime Minister, what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence he and officials in No. 10 Downing Street have had with representatives from BAA since 3 October 2008; when each meeting took place; who attended each meeting; and what the subject of each meeting was. | | (252708) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 365
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) journals his Department has subscriptions to. | | (252986) | 366
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what (a) training, (b) coaching and (c) personal development courses each Minister in his Department has received since 2005; and what the cost of providing this training was. | | (252987) | 367
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many overseas visits Ministers in his Department have undertaken in the last 12 months; to which destinations; and how many departmental staff accompanied the Minister on each occasion. | | (253002) | Questions to the Solicitor General 368
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Solicitor General, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the use of expert witnesses in criminal trials. | | (252890) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 369
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to require the Association of Train Operating Companies to introduce railcards for persons over 25 years of age for train journeys (a) commencing and (b) ending outside South East England; and if he will make a statement. | | (252988) | 370
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) locations and (b) roads in (i) the Metropolitan Police area of London, (ii) Essex and (iii) Hertfordshire are where enforcement cameras to police no overtaking zones (A) are in place and (B) will be in place within the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (252989) | 371
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much revenue enforcement cameras for the policing of no overtaking zones have generated in Essex in each year since 1997; and how much of that revenue has been spent in Essex. | | (252990) | 372
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department (a) has undertaken, (b) plans to undertake and (c) has evaluated on the number of (i) minor, (ii) serious and (iii) fatal road accidents where speed was a contributory factor which drew on (A) UK and (B) international research; and if he will make a statement. | | (253011) | 373
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what alternatives to enforcement cameras are available to reduce the speed of motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement. | | (253012) | 374
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the accessibility of national and international coach travel to people with a disability. | | (252761) | 375
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will reimburse local authorities for the full cost to them of implementing the national concessionary bus fares scheme. | | (252280) | 376
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that people are aware that photocard driving licences need to be renewed every 10 years. | | (252875) | 377
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on (a) transport and (b) transport infrastructure in the Luton Borough Council area in each year since 1997. | | (252645) | 378
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on the future expansion of Heathrow airport. | | (252889) | 379
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what restrictions exist on how local authorities may spend money raised from (a) on-street parking charges and (b) parking fines. | | (252955) | 380
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to provide guarantees in relation to the financing of construction of a third runway at Heathrow. | | (252158) | 381
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of construction of a third runway at Heathrow. | | (252159) | 382
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a planning application for a third runway at Heathrow would fall to be decided by the Infrastructure Planning Commission. | | (252656) | 383
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish a national policy statement on expansion of Heathrow Airport. | | (252657) | 384
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which models of plane will qualify to use the green landing slots at Heathrow Airport. | | (252658) | 385
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of additional passengers using Heathrow Airport each year which would result from an increase of 125,000 in the number of flight movements from the airport each year. | | (252659) | 386
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional road vehicle movements which would result from (a) an increase from 67 to 122 million passengers a year and (b) an increase of 125,000 flight movements a year at Heathrow Airport. | | (252660) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 387
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 303W, on departmental procurement, what the purpose was of each of the three payments to political parties by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. | | (252790) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 388
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget his Department allocated for community care grants in 2007-08. | | (252698) | 389
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the maximum sum awarded to (a) an individual and (b) a family was under the community care grant in 2007-08. | | (252699) | 390
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals received community care grants (a) once and (b) more than once in 2007-08. | | (252700) | 391
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many asylum seekers have received community care grants in each of the last five years. | | (252934) | 392
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parents are claiming income support; and how many of those have a youngest child under (a) 12, (b) 10 and (c) seven years of age. | | (252984) | 393
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees were promoted from Band B (Administrative Officer) to Band C (Executive Officer) in his Department in 2008; how many of these were under 21 years at the time of taking up the Band C post; and how many Band C employees in his Department are under the age of 22 years. | | (252985) | 394
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is conducting a review into how cold weather payments are calculated. | | (252974) | 395
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how Jobcentre Plus performed against its (a) job outcome target, (b) monetary value of fraud and error target, (c) employer outcome target, (d) customer service target, (e) business delivery target and (f) average actual clearance time target in each month since each target was introduced. | | (252980) | 396
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff Central of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 41W, on pension credit: overpayments, how much was repaid through (a) voluntary repayment, (b) automatic deduction from benefit, (c) county court judgement, (d) the use of bailiffs, (e) bankruptcy orders, (f) repossession orders, (g) private debt collection companies and (h) another method of repayment in each month. | | (252993) | 397
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff Central of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 41W, on pension credit: overpayments, how much of the money recovered had originally been overpaid due to (a) fraud, (b) official error and (c) customer error in each month. | | (252994) | 398
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workshops had been held as part of his Department's Employ ability programme at the latest date for figures are available; how many people attended each such workshop; and how many employers in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow and (c) Scotland attended an Employ ability workshop in 2008. | | (252562) | 399
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much had been spent on his Department's Employ ability programme at the latest date for which figures are available; and how much of the expenditure had been used for the purposes of advertising the programme. | | (252563) | 400
| John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2009, Official Report, column 1685W, on poverty: children, how many children were living in poverty in Scotland in January (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009. | | (252650) | 401
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the ending of emergency payments of income support for mortgage interest on vulnerable mortgage holders; and what steps he plans to take through the benefits system to reduce the risk of repossessions among such mortgage holders. | | (252694) | 402
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of under-employment in English coastal towns. | | (252929) | 403
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department has the capacity to provide effective and timely assistance and support to those made redundant. | | (252692) | 404
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's effectiveness in contributing towards the achievement of the Government's target to abolish child poverty. | | (252693) | 405
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a crisis loan in each (a) region and (b) JobCentre Plus district in each of the last five years. | | (252590) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 406
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1271W, on housing: low incomes, which programmes (a) will not be proceeded with and (b) will receive reduced funding following the redirection of £300 million from the Regional Development Agency budgets. | | [Transferred] (252741) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 407
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what proportion of 16 to 24 year olds resident in each (a) region, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) local authority area were (i) unemployed and not in full-time education and (ii) economically inactive and not in full-time education in each (A) year since 1997 and (B) each month of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (252908) | 408
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of working age households in each parliamentary constituency in which no-one was in work in each month of the last two years. | | [Transferred] (252909) | 409
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many and what percentage of children in each parliamentary constituency lived in (a) households claiming out-of-work benefits and (b) workless households in each month of the last two years. | | [Transferred] (252914) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 410
| Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marketing authorisations are extant for veterinary vaccines in the UK; and how many authorisations have been granted variations by the Veterinary Medicines Agency allowing holders of authorisations to waive the use of animals for target animal batch safety testing under European Medicines Agency guidance in the last five years. | | [Transferred] (252991) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 411
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many beds are available for (a) men and (b) women in (i) maximum security health services and (ii) medium secure mental health facilities; what proportion are occupied; and what the average occupancy in each category was in each of the last three years. | | [Transferred] (252573) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 412
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners are subject to deportation notices. | | [Transferred] (252821) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 413
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent guidance his Department has issued on the visibility of speed enforcement cameras; what legislation currently regulates the visibility of speed enforcement cameras; and if will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (253005) | 414
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what legislation speed camera zones must be clearly signposted; what changes have been made to this legislation since its enactment; and if will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (253009) |
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