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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 10 February 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 10 February 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 10 February of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 10 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 10 February see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for North East Hampshire of 10 June 2008 on a constituent, Mr Richard Stevens. | | (255999) | 2
N | Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the value was of his Department's contracts held with SERCO in each year since his Department was established. | | (253252) | 3
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what statutory requirements there are on credit reference agencies to provide information to his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement. | | (255346) | 4
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that credit card companies do not charge exorbitant interest rates. | | (256259) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 5
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on the needs of older people in the development of new payment methods and banking technology by banks; and if he will make a statement. | | (256268) | 6
| Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for North East Bedfordshire of 24 November 2008 and 8 January 2009 on the Tax Credit Office. | | (256266) | 7
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of raising the income tax personal allowance to (a) £8,000, (b) £9,000 and (c) £10,000 and lowering the higher rate of income tax by (i) one per cent., (ii) two per cent., (iii) three per cent., (iv) four per cent. and (v) five per cent. in 2009-10. | | (256223) | 8
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Valuation Office Agency in relation to the issuing of backdated business tax bills for businesses in statutory ports in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement. | | (255841) | 9
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department carried out of the effect on businesses of the planned increase in national non-domestic rates in April 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (256252) | 10
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the nature was of the fines levied on the United Kingdom recorded under Article 7 1 0 of the European Communities budget for (a) 2006 and (b) 2007. | | (256231) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 11
| Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing a dedicated telephone line for hon. Members to call regarding the education maintenance allowance. | | (256260) | 12
| Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much each eligible school in Gloucestershire received from the National Challenge Fund allocation to the county. | | (256264) | 13
N | Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the value was of his Department's contracts held with SERCO in each year since his Department was established. | | (253253) | 14
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the annual budget of the proposed Skills Funding Agency will be. | | (256228) | 15
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many applications for funding were received from the fund established for the professional development of music teachers in each year since 2006; how many have completed programmes funded as a result of such applications; and how many participants completed their portfolios in each year. | | (256016) | 16
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils sat GCSE examinations in music in each year since 1997; and what proportion received A* to C grades. | | (256017) | 17
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of primary schools have a teacher with a formal music qualification. | | (256018) | 18
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of students in schools with (a) mathematics, (b) arts, (c) sport, (d) science, (e) music, (f) technology, (g) business, (h) engineering and (i) humanities as a specialism achieved at least five GCSE A* to C grades in each of the last three years. | | (256019) | 19
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local education authorities supplemented their music standards fund grants with additional spending in the last 12 months; and what the total monetary value of such supplements was. | | (256109) | 20
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much (a) Exchequer and (b) lottery funding will be spent on the Physical Education and Sport Strategy for Young People in each of the next four years; and how much will be allocated to the Youth Sport Trust. | | (255727) | 21
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many local education authorities' schools were closed (a) on each day of the week and (b) in total during the week beginning 2 February 2009. | | (255027) | 22
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 4 June 2008, Official Report, column 947W, on apprentices, what progress his Department has made towards meeting its share of the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central Government departments and agencies in 2008-09. | | (256253) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 23
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people and what proportion of the workforce in employment in (a) the UK and (b) each Government Office region (i) aged 16 and over and (ii) of working age, who are (A) UK-born, (B) non-UK born, (C) EU-born, (D) non-EU born and (E) EU A8-born. | | (256024) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 24
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to withdraw the requirement on businesses in statutory ports in England and Wales to pay backdated business rates bills. | | (255846) | 25
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1293W, on Minister for Yorkshire and the Humber: Lloyds TSB and (b) 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 779W, on Lloyds TSB, for what reasons a copy of the minutes of the 14 January meeting was deposited in the Library contrary to normal practice; and if she will make a statement. | | (256108) | 26
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the moratorium on house building was lifted in the Chorley Borough Council area. | | (256026) | 27
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the analysis of responses to the South East plan consultation submitted to the Government Office for the South East. | | (255844) | 28
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects analysis of responses to the South East plan consultation to be available; and whether she has any plans for its publication. | | (255845) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 29
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had discussions with (i) the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and (ii) Visit Britain on CABE's Sea Change programme. | | (255775) | 30
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, column 60W, on tourism: Olympic Games 2012, on what date VisitBritain was informed that he had no plans to provide additional funding for tourism in respect of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games in the present comprehensive spending round. | | (256161) | 31
N | Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value was of his Department's contracts held with SERCO in each of the last five financial years. | | (253254) | 32
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken or will be taking to ensure that hon. and right hon. Members will not be delayed in travelling to the House during the period of the London 2012 Olympic Games; and if he will make a statement. | | (255394) | 33
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much revenue has been raised from (a) all National Lottery games and (b) the Olympic scratch card game in each year since the launch of the latter. | | (256159) | 34
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Olympic scratch card game on Lottery contributions to the National Lottery good causes since its launch; and if he will make a statement. | | (256160) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 35
N | Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of his Department's contracts held with SERCO in each of the last five financial years. | | (253255) | 36
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units form part of each UK-based regional brigade; and at which location each such unit is based. | | (254726) | 37
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 308W, on apprentices, what progress his Department has made towards the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central Government departments and agencies in 2008-09. | | (256254) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 38
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which sites under consideration for development for a new generation of nuclear power stations are (a) at or (b) near the present sea level. | | (256148) | 39
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has plans to apply for a derogation from the EU Large Combustion Plant Directive. | | (256157) | 40
N | Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with (a) EU institutions and (b) energy companies on applications for derogations from the EU Large Combustion Plant Directive. | | (256158) | 41
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell of 16 June 2008, Official Report, columns 641-2W, on renewable energy: international co-operation, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the establishment of an international renewable energy agency in the light of other existing organisations and initiatives in the field of renewable energy. | | (253724) | 42
N | Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value was of his Department's contracts held with SERCO since his Department was established. | | (253256) | 43
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to announce the public consultation on the roll-out of smart meters. | | (255842) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 44
N | Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received from churches on new charging systems for surface water drainage; and what his response to those representations has been. | | (255245) | 45
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations (a) he and (b) Natural England have had with Visit Britain on Natural England's review of national trails and routes. | | (255777) | 46
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will change the Single Area Licence requirement on Brixham fishermen to enable Brixham boats to be inspected at sea or at their nearest port of call before moving from one fishing area to another. | | (254977) | 47
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will carry out a mid-year review of the reduction in quota levels for VIIE sole in the light of new scientific advice; and what recent assessment he has made of the effect of quota levels on the livelihoods of fishermen in the South West. | | (254978) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 48
N | Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the references to Jewish people in the Hamas Charter in relation to the political situation in Gaza. | | (256156) | 49
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to seek to ensure the recognition of international humanitarian requirements in respect of the inhabitants of Ashraf city. | | (256110) | 50
N | Mr Roger Gale (North Thanet): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to seek to prevent the enforced and unlawful resettlement of residents of Ashraf city. | | (256111) | 51
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government plans to provide the US administration in closing the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. | | (255561) | 52
N | Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute of 21 November 2008 and 22 December 2008 on correspondence from a constituent about Israel and Palestine. | | (256106) | 53
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Israel to lift its restrictions on the activities of journalists from the al-Jazeera network. | | (256246) | 54
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Iran on the resumption of the activities of the British Council in that country. | | (256247) | 55
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what account UK forces in Afghanistan have taken of the concerns about Afghan civilian casualties expressed by the Secretary General of the United Nations; and what steps are being taken to minimise such casualties. | | (256248) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 56
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) hospital beds and (b) hospitals required in England in (i) 2010, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2025; what account this estimate takes of population forecasts; what estimate he has made of the additional costs of such provision; and if he will make a statement. | | (255728) | 57
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the projected rise in population on the (a) number of and (b) cost of provision of maternity ward places in England in (i) 2010, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2025; and if he will make a statement. | | (255890) | 58
N | Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that the arrangements for patients to pay privately for treatments that the NHS will not pay for do not act as a disincentive for pharmaceutical companies to develop cheaper treatments. | | (256025) | 59
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients prescribed Sativex since it became available on a named patient basis, broken down by the type of illness for which it was prescribed. | | (253095) | 60
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children between the age of 10 and 18 years were treated for (a) bulimia and (b) anorexia in each year since 1997. | | (255779) | 61
N | Mark Hunter (Cheadle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) boys and (b) girls aged (i) under 10, (ii) 10, (iii) 11, (iv) 12, (v) 13, (vi) 14, (vii) 15, (viii) 16, (ix) 17 and (x) 18 years old were admitted to hospital for illnesses or conditions relating to eating disorders in each year since 1997. | | (255780) | 62
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on energy efficiency and energy conservation measures in each of the last five years; and how much it is spending on such measures in 2008-09. | | (256022) | 63
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the risks of caesarean section delivery for (a) all women and (b) obese women. | | (256243) | 64
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women with a body mass index greater than 30 have received (a) elective and (b) emergency caesarean section operations in each of the last five years. | | (256244) | 65
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to the NHS on protected meal times for patients. | | (256261) | 66
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the incidence of malnutrition among (a) all hospital patients and (b) hospital patients aged 65 years and over. | | (256262) | 67
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid to the Chair of the Better Hospital Food Panel in each year since 2001. | | (256263) | 68
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whose responsibility it is to inform a patient in cases where a primary care trust Exceptional Circumstances Panel refuses an application for funding for a procedure. | | (256027) | 69
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 364W, on apprentices, what progress his Department has made towards meeting its share of the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central Government departments and agencies in 2008-09. | | (256255) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 70
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the use of catapults as offensive weapons; and if she will make a statement. | | (255843) | 71
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when =he-she expects a decision to be made on the application for a family reunion visa in Pretoria, South Africa by the relatives of the hon. Member for West Lancashire's constituent Mr Katona: Loyce Gaka, visa reference number VFS-ZA-01-011915-X and Amanda Katona, visa reference number VFS-ZA-01-011916-X. | | (254577) | 72
| Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department collects to monitor the UK Border Agency's performance. | | (256227) | 73
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to changing the criteria applied to Zimbabwian nations seeking asylum in the UK. | | (255560) | 74
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times a Taser gun has been used (a) on a child and (b) within 10 metres of a child in each police authority area in England in each of the last two years. | | (256267) | 75
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she issues to police forces on the grounds on which they may seek cancellation of public events where a threat to public safety is thought to exist; whether such guidance includes provisions on the furnishing to events organisers of the evidence underlying the assessment of any threat to public safety; and if she will make a statement. | | (256224) | 76
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many trafficked persons identified as such by (a) police forces and (b) other authorities in each of the last three years are subsequently known to have been trafficked further. | | (256250) | 77
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many trafficked (a) women and (b) children discovered through police operations against human trafficking in each of the last three years have subsequently been registered missing and are thought still to be in the UK. | | (256251) | 78
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 11 June 2008, Official Report, column 332W, on apprentices, what progress her Department has made towards meeting its share of the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central government departments and agencies in 2008-09. | | (256281) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 79
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people the House of Commons employs who are registered disabled; what proportion of all staff in the House of Commons Service they represent; and if he will make a statement. | | (256230) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 80
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken to repay student loans by university graduates has been. | | (255022) | 81
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) highest and (b) average monthly repayment to the Student Loans Company has been for students graduating in (i) 2002 and (ii) 2008. | | (255023) | 82
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people defaulted on student loan repayments in each of the last five years; and what action was taken in relation to such people. | | (255024) | 83
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the (a) highest and (b) average amount owed to the Student Loans Company was by students graduating from UK universities in 2008. | | (255025) | 84
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many student loans have been made by the Student Loans Company in each of the last five years. | | (255026) | 85
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the annual budgets for the proposed (a) Adult Advice and Careers Service, (b) National Employer Service and (c) National Apprenticeship Service will be. | | (256229) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 86
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the redacted paragraphs of the Magistrates' Court Guidance - Search and Entry Powers (Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004). | | (255246) | 87
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims for compensation under the Human Rights Act 1998 have been brought against his Department (a) in total and (b) by prisoners since 2000. | | (255247) | 88
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has paid out in compensation in respect of claims made under the Human Rights Act 1998 since 2000. | | (255393) | 89
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what companies have been contracted to provide education services to each prison in Wales in each of the last five years; what the value of each contract was; and what courses were provided under each contract. | | (256023) | 90
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 519W, on prison sentences, how many and what proportion of prisoners serving a prison sentence beyond their original or adjusted tariff were prisoners serving indeterminate imprisonment for public protection who had (a) not yet completed their mandatory courses and (b) are awaiting a Parole Board hearing at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by region. | | (256225) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 91
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost to his Department was of the Report of the Consultative Group on the Past. | | (255285) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 92
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he plans to meet (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) business leaders to discuss the risks to commercial activity in Scotland arising from the financial position of the Baugur Group. | | (256249) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 93
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) security of the supply of salt and other road gritting agents. | | (255840) | 94
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he had with Visit Britain on his Department's review of the Stonehenge improvement scheme. | | (255776) | 95
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has agreed Transport for London's Metro Standards for the Southern Franchise; and whether he has had (a) representations from and (b) discussions with bidders for the Southern franchise on deferral of the bidding deadline. | | (256020) | 96
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any rail franchises have been (a) red lighted and (b) put on a watch list by his Department; and what criteria his Department applies in deciding whether to red light a franchise. | | (256107) | 97
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of salt provided by the Highways Agency to Gloucestershire County Council during the recent snowfall; and if he will make a statement. | | (255778) | 98
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of dredging proposals in the Thames Estuary by Peel Ports Medway (Port of Sheerness Ltd) on commercial fishing operations. | | (255781) | 99
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Highways Agency has spent on grit in each of the last 10 years. | | (256226) | 100
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 4 June 2008, Official Report, column 930W, on apprentices, what progress his Department has made towards meeting its share of the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central Government departments and agencies in 2008-09; and how many apprentices his Department now employs. | | (256258) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 101
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Answer of 9 July 2008, Official Report, column 1581W, on apprentices, what progress his Department has made towards meeting its share of the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central Government departments and agencies in 2008-09; and how many apprentices his Department now employs. | | (256280) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 102
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell of 2 February 2009, Official Report, column 849W, on jobseeker's allowance, if he will estimate the (a) number and (b) proportion of households who have someone in work but where the household was in poverty in each of the last five years. | | (256113) | 103
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff Central of 20 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1406-7W, on poverty, if he will provide the same information for 1998-99. | | (256155) | 104
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of drug users who would be liable to be required to (a) answer questions, (b) undertake substance-related assessment, (c) undertake relevant tasks and (d) undertake rehabilitation plans under the provisions of Schedule 1(a) of the Welfare Reform Bill during the first full year following its entry into force. | | (256245) | 105
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps have been taken to enforce liability orders issued by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and the Child Support Agency in each region in each of the last three years. | | (256240) | 106
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders were issued by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and the Child Support Agency in each region in each of the last three years. | | (256241) | 107
| Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders were issued in each region in each of the last three years by (a) his Department and (b) the (i) agencies and (ii) commissions for which he is accountable. | | (256242) | 108
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were in receipt of pension credit in each parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire in (a) November 2003 and (b) May 2008. | | (254883) | 109
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 13 June 2008, Official Report, column 616W, on apprentices, what progress his Department has made towards meeting its share of the Government's commitment to employ over 1,000 apprentices in central Government departments and agencies in 2008-09; and how many apprentices his Department now employs. | | (256256) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 110
| Jessica Morden (Newport East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision the EU Payment Services Directive makes for persons who have been the subject of internet fraud to have access to the (a) time, (b) date and (c) location of money transfer agency money collections. | | [Transferred] (256265) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 111
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the rise in sea level around the UK between 2009 and 2020. | | [Transferred] (256154) |
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