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Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 February 2009

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 11 February 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 February 2009


This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 11 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 Wednesday 11 February of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 11 February see Part 2 of this paper.


Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
1
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) advice and (b) financial assistance his Department provides to (i) small, (ii) medium-sized and (iii) large companies; how many companies in each category in each region sought (A) advice and (B) assistance from his Department in the last 12 months; how many officials in each pay band in his Department are engaged in the provision of advice to businesses; how much his Department spent on providing (1) advice and (2) financial assistance to companies during the last year; and if he will make a statement.
(256577)
2
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what meetings to discuss the economy (a) the Secretary of State, (b) he, (c) other Ministers in his Department and (d) officials in his Department have had with the British Bankers' Association in each week since June 2007; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost of each meeting was, broken down by (A) administative and (B) other costs; and if he will make a statement.
(256578)
3
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses which have closed as a result of competition from businesses on the Channel Islands which operate under value added tax exemption rules; and if he will take steps to compensate those businesses which have closed.
(256806)
4
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how often the panel established to monitor lending to small businesses has met since it was convened.
(256165)
5
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Working Capital Scheme has been approved by the European Commission.
(256166)
6
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses have sought access to funds under the Working Capital Scheme.
(256167)
7
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses are currently in receipt of assistance under the Working Capital Scheme.
(256168)
8
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department and its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256317)
9
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256636)
10
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his most recent estimate is of the number of households which have access to broadband internet in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England.
(256488)
11
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of households which own a computer.
(256542)
12
John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Chief Executive of Ofcom will reply to the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare's letters of 15 October 2008, 28 November 2008 and 5 January 2009 on behalf of his constituent, Mr Nicholas Carey-Harris.
(256339)
13
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the monetary value of trade between the UK and (a) Queensland, (b) New South Wales and (c) Western Australia was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(256590)
14
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the monetary value of (a) exports from the UK to Australia and (b) imports from Australia to the UK was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(256591)
15
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment his Department has made of the proposal from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts for a fund to support early stage companies.
(255645)
16
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has had with representatives of the biopharmaceutical industry on the effects of the economic downturn on levels of innovation in their industry.
(255646)
17
N
Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department provides for small and medium-sized companies in the biopharmaceutical industry.
(255647)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
18
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department (a) has taken since June 2007 and (b) plans to take in the next 12 months to improve the flow of credit to (i) small and (ii) medium-sized businesses; what discussions (A) he, (B) other Ministers in his Department and (C) departmental officials have had with the Confederation of British Industry about the issue; and if he will make a statement.
(256722)
19
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, who he has appointed as members to the independent review of the corporate performance of the UK banking industry; on what basis he appointed Sir David Walker as Chair of the review; when he expects the review to report; and if he will make a statement.
(256723)
20
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for (a) underpayments and (b) overpayments of working tax credit from residents of the Portsmouth travel-to-work area remain unresolved.
(256546)
21
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area were underpaid working tax credit in the last two years; how many of these have had their payments corrected to date; and how much his Department has spent on making correction payments to date.
(256547)
22
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been recovered from overpayments of working tax credit from residents in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area to date.
(256548)
23
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area have been (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid working tax credit in the last two years.
(256549)
24
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 588W, on public expenditure, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the 100,000 jobs which will go to British workers; and how many of these jobs he expects to arise in relation to eco-friendly projects.
(256550)
25
N
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expected timescale for Northern Rock's repayment of its loans now is.
(256220)
26
N
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are being taken to encourage co-operation between the Financial Services Authority and the Crown Dependencies' financial regulators.
(255486)
27
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256336)
28
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department was in each of the last five years.
(256390)
29
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256637)
30
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 financial providers made the highest number of repossessions of homes for reasons of mortgage arrears in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(256350)
31
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants resident in Hemel Hempstead were overpaid tax credits in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(256486)
32
N
Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households with shared appreciation mortgage products in negative equity; and if he will make a statement.
(256272)
33
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made in the Government's discussions with the Icelandic government on the status of British depositors with Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander (Isle of Man).
(256649)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
34
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the policy of Connexions is on the provision to students under the age of 16 years attending Catholic schools of access to (a) abortion and (b) abortifacient birth control drugs and devices without parental (i) knowledge and (ii) permission; and if he will make a statement.
(256727)
35
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which Catholic schools host the Connexions service; and if he will make a statement.
(256728)
36
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what advice his Department provides to schools on the recruitment of supply teachers; and if he will make a statement.
(256732)
37
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what discussions his Department has had with the Office of Government Commerce on the provision of supply teachers since September 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(256733)
38
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the incidence of (a) bullying and (b) intimidation of Jewish students in schools since December 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(256819)
39
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps the Government is taking to protect Jewish schoolchildren from anti-Semitic attacks by other schoolchildren; and if he will make a statement.
(256820)
40
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what process is employed in issuing a youth conditional caution.
(256500)
41
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will change the formula for calculating attendance statistics for schools to prevent schools being penalised in the event of pupils not attending as a result of adverse weather conditions.
(256501)
42
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many secondary schools in (a) rural and (b) urban areas closed in each of the last 10 years.
(256451)
43
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools in (a) rural and (b) urban areas closed in each of the last 10 years.
(256452)
44
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were in nursery education in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
(256461)
45
Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent estimate he has made of the number of children who will be in nursery care for the period 2010 to 2015.
(256462)
46
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether he has plans to control the overall levels of school balances.
(256359)
47
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local education authorities in preventing the accumulation of excessive school balances.
(256360)
48
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the level of school balances.
(256361)
49
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256319)
50
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256634)
51
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1322W, on departmental public expenditure, how much of the £800 million capital spending to be brought forward will be spent in each local authority area; what projects the money will be spent on; and if he will make a statement.
(256433)
52
Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many zero-carbon schools have been built since 1 May 2005; and if he will make a statement.
(256459)
53
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in each local authority were eligible for free transport to school in each year since 1997.
(256341)
54
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on free transport to school for pupils in each local authority area in each year since 1997.
(256342)
55
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on issuing statements of special educational needs in each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
(256343)
56
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which pupil referral units in each local authority area were assessed as outstanding by Ofsted in the last five years.
(256344)
57
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which maintained special schools in each local authority area were assessed as outstanding by Ofsted in the last five years.
(256345)
58
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which maintained special schools opened in 2008; and what the cost of establishing each was.
(256346)
59
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools had (a) between 30 and 50 per cent. and (b) more than 50 per cent. of pupils in receipt of free school meals in 2008.
(256347)
60
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained mainstream schools had (a) between 20 and 30 per cent., (b) between 30 and 40 per cent., (c) between 40 and 50 per cent., and (d) more than 50 per cent. of pupils with statements of special educational needs in 2008.
(256348)
61
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and in what proportion of pupils with statements of special educational needs (a) lived and (b) attended school in the most deprived decile of lower layer super output areas in 2008, as determined by the income deprivation affecting children index.
(256349)
62
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children from England were fostered in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.
(256418)
63
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children from Northern Ireland were fostered in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each year since 1997.
(256419)
64
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children from Wales were fostered in Scotland in each year since 1997.
(256420)
65
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children from Scotland were fostered in Wales in each year since 1997.
(256421)
66
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which pupil referral units were placed in special measures in each year since 1997.
(256422)
67
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which pupil referral units were assessed as inadequate by Ofsted in each year since 1997.
(256423)
68
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) maintained and (b) non-maintained pupil referral units there were in each local authority in 2008.
(256424)
69
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils attended pupil referral units in each year since 1997 in each local authority area.
(256425)
70
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils who were children in care (a) lived and (b) attended school in the most deprived decile of lower layer super output areas as determined by the income deprivation affecting children indices in 2008.
(256431)
71
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 717W, on crime prevention: young people, on which 110 estates the Youth Inclusion Programme operates; and on what criteria those estates were selected.
(256435)
72
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which maintained special schools had boarders in 2008.
(256441)
73
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained special schools had (a) between 100 and 200 pupils, (b) betwen 201 and 300 pupils, (c) between 301 and 400 pupils and (d) over 400 pupils in 2008.
(256442)
74
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained special schools there were in each local authority in each year since 1997, broken down by special educational needs priority 1.
(256443)
75
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children from Wales were fostered in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.
(256444)
76
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children from Scotland were fostered in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997.
(256445)
77
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1344W, on special educational needs, what the equivalent figures were for special educational needs pupils taught in special schools.
(256446)
78
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which pupil referral units (a) opened and (b) closed in 2008.
(256825)
79
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what systems he has put in place to ensure that protection for vulnerable children is maintained during the transfer of functions to unitary authorities in (a) Cheshire and (b) elsewhere in England.
(256788)
80
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children resident in Hemel Hempstead received free school meals in (a) 1997 and (b) each of the last five years.
(256487)
81
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which maintained schools in Hemel Hempstead have broadband internet access.
(256489)
82
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will publish his response to the Ofsted report on Making More of Music.
(256699)
83
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools there are in each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall where no other school for the same age range is within a four mile radius.
(256453)
84
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools defined as rural there were in each county in each year since 1997.
(256454)
85
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many rural schools with unfilled teaching vacancies there are in each county.
(256455)
Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
86
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent representations he has received on levels of advertising of public sector jobs and statutory notices in local newspapers.
(256398)
87
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in the Cabinet Office were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256318)
88
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff in the Cabinet Office were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256639)
Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners
89
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 983W, on redundant churches, what assessment the Church Commissioners have made of the reasons for churches being closed for regular public worship.
(256413)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
90
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to protect the Jewish community from anti-Semitic attacks; and if she will make a statement.
(256730)
91
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government took to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2009; and if she will make a statement.
(256731)
92
Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons she decided to apply the recovery procedure to the three wind farm applications in the borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed on 26 August 2008.
(256513)
93
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the outcomes from the next English House Condition Survey to be published.
(256661)
94
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1278W, on council housing: Greater London, what data her Department routinely collects on the number of people (a) on housing waiting lists and (b) in housing need; and if she will make a statement.
(256663)
95
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to the London Fire Brigade in 2008-09 to meet the costs of (a) resilience and (b) the threat of a terrorist attack on London; and if she will make a statement.
(256697)
96
N
Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department expects to spend on consultancy services for FiReControl in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
(256271)
97
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256320)
98
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff in her Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256635)
99
N
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the previous rating system for port businesses ended; and how much was paid under this system by Associated British Ports in (a) Hull, (b) Grimsby, (c) Immingham and (d) Goole for (i) 2000 to 2005 and (ii) 2005 to 2008.
(256274)
100
N
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) (a) assessed port businesses for non-business rates and (b) notified the businesses concerned; and what consultations the VOA had with port businesses in 2005.
(256275)
101
N
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date individual rating valuations of port businesses began to apply.
(256276)
102
N
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment was made by her Department and its predecessor of the individual rating valuations of port businesses in 2005; and how these valuations were issued.
(256277)
103
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has refused to implement fast track arrangements for port businesses which are unable to provide the VOA with previous rating assessments in relation to the review of their new rating assessments; and if she will make it her policy to allow such businesses to gain access to fast track arrangements by submitting notional figures for previous assessments.
(256720)
104
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people are on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire; and what the equivalent figures were (i) five and (ii) 10 years ago.
(256490)
105
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwelling management orders have been issued since the Housing Act 2004 came into force.
(256651)
106
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of houses in each county were registered for business rates in each year since 1997.
(256457)
107
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what percentage of houses were registered as second homes for council tax purposes in each county in each year since 1997.
(256458)
108
N
Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations she has received on Veolia's planning application for an energy from waste plant at the site of the former Rufford Colliery, Rainworth, Nottinghamshire; and if she will make a statement.
(254885)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
109
Mr Colin Breed (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much National Lottery funding has been allocated to sporting projects in Cornwall in the last five years, broken down by lottery distributor.
(256508)
110
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pusuant to the Answer of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 984W, on National Lottery: complaints, what information is routinely collected by Camelot and the National Lottery Commission on disputes between retailers and players.
(256417)
111
N
Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the future of the Portable Antiquities Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
(253447)
112
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, (b) women and (c) those over the age of 16 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 (i) in total and (ii) broken down by region.
(256362)
113
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256321)
114
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256633)
115
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the promotion of (a) handball and (b) boccia to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
(256575)
116
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had on the promotion of shooting as a sport to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(256576)
117
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, columns 255-6W, on public libraries, to what factors he attributes the difference between the number of libraries open for more than 10 hours in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2006-07.
(256645)
118
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, columns 255-6W, on public libraries, what consideration his Department has given to the central collection of information on the number of public library openings.
(256647)
119
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Surrey of 16 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1390-91W, on regional cultural consortia: finance, what assessment has been made of the extent to which regional cultural consortia have provided value for money since their establishment.
(256468)
120
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for South West Surrey of 16 October 2008, Official Report, column 1391W, on regional cultural consortiums: finance, what the administrative cost of each consortium was in each year from its establishment to its dissolution.
(256497)
121
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the recommendations made by the Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel relating to local authority revenue and costs have been implemented to date.
(256715)
122
Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon & East Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to undertake a public consultation on exemptions from licensing requirements for low-risk live music performances.
(256545)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence
123
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms his Department uses to monitor levels of compliance across military bases with the Government's commitments on cluster munitions under the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions.
(256495)
124
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects a full assessment of the damage to HMS Endurance on 16 December 2008 to be completed; and if he will make a statement.
(256718)
125
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256322)
126
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256632)
127
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the period in which suppliers to his Department are paid; and whether his Department issues guidance on the prompt payment of invoices.
(256700)
128
Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions an IT system administered by his Department has failed in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(256701)
129
Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to which (a) museums and (b) other cultural institutions his Department regularly gives a grant; and what the amount of each grant was in the latest year for which figures are available.
(256512)
130
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what legislative or other authority Royal Navy ships may come under European Union command during Operation Atlanta.
(256426)
131
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of management of each category of vehicle within the Army's wheeled vehicle fleet.
(256427)
132
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed services personnel will be required to undertake a lengthened tour in Iraq so that their departure coincides with the date of UK armed forces withdrawal.
(256428)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
133
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on the use of blinds and awnings as energy efficient products in domestic and commercial property; and whether officials of his Department have met representatives of the blind and awning industry.
(256376)
134
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has undertaken on the effect on energy efficiency of the use of blinds and awnings in domestic and commercial buildings.
(256378)
135
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the future skills needs of low-carbon, resource-efficient industrial sectors.
(256464)
136
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department and its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256323)
137
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average number of days of sick leave per staff member in his Department has been since it was established.
(256381)
138
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December 2008.
(256640)
139
N
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to allocate funds to the development of clean coal technology in order to reduce levels of coal imports; and if he will make a statement.
(254398)
140
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many electricity supply companies are regulated by Ofgem.
(256678)
141
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of properties which experienced a loss of power supply (a) in England and (b) in Leicester in the last (i) week, (ii) month and (iii) 12 months.
(256679)
142
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average amount a small business spent on its electricity supply in the last 12 months.
(256680)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
143
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation regulates the activities of practising veterinary surgeons; and if he will make a statement.
(256768)
144
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the percentage of sewer blockages caused by cooking oils, fats and greases in each water company area in each of the last five years.
(256660)
145
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency in each county of England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
(256351)
146
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in the development of catchment flood management plans.
(256352)
147
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made in implementing the flood defence schemes brought forward under spending announced in the Pre-Budget Report.
(256353)
148
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department calculated that 27,000 homes will receive protection from bringing forward spending on flood defences as part of the measures announced in the Pre-Budget Report.
(256354)
149
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many properties in England and Wales are classified as at risk of flooding.
(256355)
150
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be created by bringing forward funding for flood defence schemes.
(256356)
151
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the number of posts in flood risk management in local authorities which are (a) filled and (b) vacant.
(256357)
152
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the volume of water lost through leaks from water pipes of each individual water company in each of the last five years.
(256365)
153
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in the value of recyclable materials on the recycling rates of local authorities.
(256366)
154
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate has been made of the percentage of municipal waste consisting of recyclable material landfilled by local authorities in England in the last 12 months which could have been recycled.
(256375)
155
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received on the use of blinds and awnings as energy efficient products in domestic and commercial property; and whether officials of his Department have met representatives of the blind and awning industry.
(256377)
156
Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the effect on energy efficiency of the use of blinds and awnings in domestic and commercial buildings.
(256379)
157
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the future skills needs of low carbon, resource-efficient environmental sectors.
(256463)
158
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256324)
159
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256631)
160
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which charities have been prosecuted under the waste management duty of care provisions of the Environmental Protection Act 1990; and how much revenue has been collected from fines resulting from such prosecutions.
(256403)
161
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the Cabinet sub-committee on floods to meet.
(256543)
162
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the national hazards team to be established.
(256544)
163
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to identify and restore lost rights of way.
(256496)
164
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff in his Department (a) are employed to deal with matters relating to animal welfare and (b) deal with animal-related matters as part of their remit.
(256589)
165
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 326W, on floods: Canvey Island, what representations the Environment Agency has received from (a) local authorities and (b) others on controls on development in flood risk areas of Canvey Island in the last three years; what discussions it has had on the matter in that period.
(256402)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
166
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received allegations of the unauthorised use of ambulances for non-medical purposes by members of Hamas during Operation Cast Lead; and if he will make a statement.
(256729)
167
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the number of suicide bomb attacks in Israel for which Hamas claimed responsibility between 1994 and 2006; and if he will make a statement.
(256735)
168
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the briefing note on Operation Cast Lead produced jointly by his Department and the Home Office Research and Information Unit; which (a) organisations and (b) individuals were consulted prior to drafting the briefing note; who drafted the briefing note; for what purpose it was produced; how many copies were circulated; to whom; at what cost to his Department; what contributions Ministers in his Department made to the briefing note; and if he will make a statement.
(256736)
169
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the government of Israel's estimate of the number of civilian Palestinian casualties during Operation Cast Lead; and if he will make a statement.
(256737)
170
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations in response to the Iraqi National Security Adviser, Muwafaq al- Rubaie's statement on 24 January 2009 that the government of Iraq intends to hand over to the Iranian government members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran; and if he will make a statement.
(256769)
171
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Iraq to withdraw its reported plans to hand over to the Iranian government members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran; and if he will make a statement.
(256770)
172
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reprsentations he has made to the government of Iraq on the rights of members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran resident in Ashraf City, Iraq; and if he will make a statement.
(256771)
173
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the attack on the Tiferet Israel Synagogue in Caracas on 30 January 2009; and if he will make a statement.
(256821)
174
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on levels of anti-Semitism in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement.
(256822)
175
Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2009, Official Report, column 893W, on Tony Blair, how much has been paid from the public purse towards the running of the office of Tony Blair as Quartet Representative; what arrangements there are for accounting to Parliament for such expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
(256782)
176
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what dates the US authorities acceded to his request to return Guantánamo Bay detainee Mr Binyam Mohamed to the UK; and what form the communication of this decision took.
(256380)
177
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether US officials have acceded to the request to return Mr Shaker Aamer to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
(256382)
178
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations have been made to the Pakistani authorities on the decision to release A Q Khan from house arrest; and if he will make a statement.
(256383)
179
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks of 15 December 2008, on Somalia.
(256384)
180
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2009, Official Report, column 1527W, on international relations, for what reasons he did not provide the information requested in the Question; and if he will now do so.
(256447)
181
Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date Mr Binyam Mohamed is expected to return to the UK.
(256448)
182
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests to his Department have been refused on the ground of cost; and how many such refusals have subsequently been reversed following agreement that the person making the request meet those costs in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) up to July 2008.
(256526)
183
Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the implementation of UN General Assembly Resolution 63/110 on Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
(256527)
184
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256325)
185
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many days sick leave on average each member of staff in his Department took in 2008.
(256494)
186
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256630)
187
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Kenyan authorities on the Serious Fraud Office inquiry into the Anglo Leasing affair; and whether any future discussions are planned.
(256221)
188
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle drug trafficking in the British Overseas Territories of (a) Anguilla, (b) Montserrat and (c) the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(256524)
189
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to minimise the potential for money laundering to occur in the British Overseas Territories of (a) Anguilla, (b) Montserrat and (c) the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(256525)
190
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Somaliland on that area's future status.
(256580)
191
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the activities of pirates operating from Kenya.
(256588)
192
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff within his Department deal with animal-related matters as part of their overall remit.
(256644)
193
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the activities of pirates operating from Somalia.
(256646)
194
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle illegal immigration in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
(256757)
195
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Turks and Caicos Islands government on the conditions in (a) police lock-ups in Providenciales and (b) the prison on Grand Turk.
(256758)
196
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what acreage of land in the Turks and Caicos Islands was designated an environmentally protected area in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
(256759)
197
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money his Department gave to Hazard Management Cayman Islands in 2008; and what sum has been budgeted for 2009.
(256760)
198
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many incidents of violent crime there were in the Turks and Caicos Islands in each of the last five years.
(256761)
199
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the per capita gross domestic product of the Turks and Caicos Islands was in each of the last five years.
(256762)
200
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) the resignation from the Iraqi government of its Minister for Women and (b) budgetary reductions of the Iraqi Ministry for Women on Iraq's ability to fulfil its responsibilities under UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
(256652)
201
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the reasons for the recent resignation from the Iraqi government of its Minister of Women; and if he will make a statement.
(256653)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Health
202
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had since June 2008 with the US administration on the drug Vioxx; and if he will make a statement.
(256528)
203
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department (a) has undertaken, (b) plans to undertake and (c) has evaluated on (i) the side-effects of (A) Vioxx, (B) SSRI antidepressants and (C) Salmeterol and (ii) the use of complementary and alternative medicines to treat the conditions such drugs were developed to address; and if he will make a statement.
(256529)
204
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS of prescribing the drug Vioxx has been in each year since the drug became available on the NHS.
(256530)
205
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of treating those with health impairments resulting from the use of Vioxx in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
(256531)
206
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have experienced strokes related to their use of the drug Vioxx.
(256532)
207
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the guidance on smoking and pregnancy provided to pregnant women by his Department, if he will make it his Department's policy to use the phrase `there's two of you now' in all advice it provides to pregnant women; and if he will make a statement.
(256533)
208
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females in each (i) age group and (ii) health authority have been prescribed Vioxx in each year since 1999; and how many in each category have suffered (A) heart attacks and (B) fatal heart attacks while prescribed Vioxx in each such year.
(256539)
209
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what rules his Department has established to govern the advertising of allied health professional services following his announcement that patients may self-refer to those services; and if he will make a statement.
(256766)
210
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what ways his Department monitors the quality of service of speech and language therapy; and how he plans to inform patients of the findings of such monitoring.
(256767)
211
Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to primary care trusts on advertising allied health professional services to patients choosing to self-refer.
(256772)
212
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that primary care trusts fund specialised voluntary sector support for women who experience violence.
(256371)
213
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the additional cost the Yorkshire Ambulance Service of the transfer of acute medical services and the cardiac monitoring unit from Bridlington to Scarborough Hospital is estimated to be in the first year of operation at Scarborough.
(256028)
214
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the deep clean of Driffield Hospital took place; and at what cost.
(256029)
215
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the deep clean of Bridlington Hospital took place; and at what cost.
(256030)
216
N
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of deep cleaning of NHS hospitals in reducing the incidence of MRSA infections.
(256031)
217
N
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 16 July 2007, Official Report, column 172W, on hospitals: finance, which of the schemes listed in the table (a) are no longer being proceeded with and (b) have had their capital value (i) reduced and (ii) increased.
(255891)
218
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256326)
219
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) adults and (b) children were admitted to accident and emergency departments as a result of attacks by dogs in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital trust.
(256358)
220
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of sick days taken per member of staff was in each NHS trust in each of the last five years.
(256367)
221
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of sick leave in the NHS.
(256449)
222
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimates his Department has made of the cost of sick leave to the NHS in the latest period for which figures are available.
(256450)
223
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of (a) training and (b) employing a health visitor in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
(256493)
224
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual cost of (a) training and (b) employing a (i) nurse, (ii) midwife, (iii) school nurse and (iv) health visitor.
(256506)
225
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256628)
226
Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the incidence of cases of nits in primary school children in the last five years.
(256763)
227
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether special advisers in his Department count time taken in answering calls from hon. Members as part of their contracted hours of work.
(256552)
228
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on international travel in each of the last 11 years; and how much of that was spent on travel by (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants.
(256553)
229
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Lord Crisp has claimed in travel expenses in the course of producing his report on global health.
(256554)
230
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Programme for IT contracts is covered by the 50 per cent. growth limit set in public procurement legislation; and what price each contract would have to reach to exceed that limit.
(256555)
231
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency's 24-hour anti-counterfeiting hotline was established; how much it cost to run in the last 12 months; how many calls it has received since its inception; and how many of these have led to the discovery each year of counterfeit drugs.
(256556)
232
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment of the risk from counterfeit medicines and devices the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency has made in each of the last 12 months.
(256557)
233
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what briefings special advisers in his Department have prepared using IT systems provided by his Department in the last six months; and to whom the briefings were distributed.
(256558)
234
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which private sector companies have access to (a) NHS databases and (b) patient information.
(256702)
235
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what academic studies he has commissioned as part of the drafting of the Green Paper on Social Care.
(256703)
236
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Green Paper on Social Care.
(256704)
237
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the evidence of his Department's chief scientific adviser to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on 21 January 2009, what assessment has been made of the merits of withholding DNA information held on a care record from (a) the police and (b) the security services.
(256705)
238
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the evidence of his Department's chief scientific adviser to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on 21 January 2009, what assessment has been made of arrangements for the use of DNA information held on care records in (a) anonymised and (b) pseudonymised research.
(256706)
239
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many instances of counterfeit medicines or devices in the supply chain have been discovered in each of the last four years.
(256707)
240
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's anti-counterfeiting strategy.
(256708)
241
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of donated blood was used in each year since 1999.
(256709)
242
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many disabled facilities grants have been made in each year since their inception; how much has been spent through the grant in each such year; what the budget for the grant was in each such year; what the banding for the means test is; and what the (a) maximum, (b) minimum and (c) mean contribution made by people in reception of the grant has been in each year.
(256710)
243
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Department has spent on legal fees relating to the NHS IT programme in the last 12 months.
(256711)
244
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Department has spent on legal fees in completed actions against individual NHS staff in each of the last five years, broken down by case.
(256712)
245
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patient records contain DNA information.
(256713)
246
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the evidence of his Department's chief scientific adviser to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on 21 January 2009, when his Department first considered the inclusion of DNA information on the NHS care record; what consideration has been given to the use of DNA information on the care record for patient identification; what discussions there have been in his Department on the form in which the care record service could hold such information; and what estimate he has made of the date by which the DNA of the majority of individuals will be held on the care record.
(256714)
247
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he plans to provide for (a) commissioning of specialist in-reach services from older people's community mental health teams to work in care homes and (b) specification and commissioning of other in-reach services.
(256783)
248
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish guidance for care home staff on best practice in dementia care.
(256784)
249
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what dates (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials met HM Treasury Ministers and officials to discuss his Department's national dementia strategy.
(256785)
250
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to revise his Department's 2001 guidance on intermediate care.
(256786)
251
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS staff have accessed the NHS Spine without appropriate authorisation in each of the last three years.
(256787)
252
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he gave to announcing to Parliament the funding settlement for the national dementia strategy.
(256789)
253
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he has set for establishing memory clinics; how many he plans to establish; in which towns; how much each will cost; how many staff each will need; when the rollout will start; and when it will be complete.
(256790)
254
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who sits on his Department's programme board for older people and dementia.
(256791)
255
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information he holds on disbursements of the social care reform grant by each local authority.
(256792)
256
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to monitor the development of models of housing to meet the needs of people with dementia and their carers.
(256793)
257
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what timetable he has set for care homes to identify a senior staff member within the home to take the lead for quality improvement in its care of people with dementia; and what funding he has allocated for the purpose.
(256794)
258
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the use of anti-psychotic medication for people with dementia.
(256795)
259
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has budgeted for legal fees in respect of actions against NHS staff in 2008-09.
(256796)
260
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's funding proposal for the national dementia strategy.
(256797)
261
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much money has been set aside for the public information campaign on the national dementia strategy; and when this will be rolled out.
(256798)
262
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what changes he plans to make to the next operating framework for dementia.
(256799)
263
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been allocated to the review of existing relevant information sets as part of his Department's work on dementia; and when he expects this work to be completed.
(256800)
264
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects hospitals to identify a senior clinician to take the lead for quality improvement in dementia; and what funding he is making available for that post.
(256801)
265
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects hospitals to develop an explicit care pathway for the management and care of people with dementia.
(256802)
266
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he has allocated for the (a) gathering and (b) analysis of data on the (i) nature and (ii) effect of specialist older people's mental health liaison teams' work in general hospitals.
(256831)
267
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP-led health centres have been procured in Enfield to date.
(256778)
268
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many regional alcohol managers and associated staff there are in each Government Office Region.
(256416)
269
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients were seen by dentists in Cornwall in each of the last 10 years.
(256456)
270
Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many treatments have been carried out by dentists in Cornwall in each year since 1998.
(256460)
271
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on steps to be taken on the identification of an abnormal result in a test carried out under the national screening programme for diabetic retinopathy.
(256776)
272
Dr Richard Taylor (Wyre Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the national screening programme for diabetic retinopathy in reducing the risk of sight loss amongst people with diabetes.
(256781)
273
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) correspondence and (b) meetings his Department has with the inquiry team of the independent public inquiry into contaminated blood products (i) prior to and (ii) subsequent to the beginning of the inquiry; on which dates such meetings occurred; and if he will make a statement.
(256698)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
274
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will request the Chief Constable of the West Midlands to compile a report on the (a) number and (b) location of reported anti-Semitic incidents in the West Midlands since December 2008; and if she will make a statement.
(256535)
275
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times police cars exceeding relevant speed limits have been detected by speed cameras in each police force area in each of the last five years; and how many and what proportion of such detections resulted in (a) a prosecution, (b) a caution, (c) no further action and (d) words of advice from a senior officer.
(256536)
276
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers (a) in each police force area and (b) at each rank have been employed in jobs other than the police force in each of the last three years for which information is available.
(256537)
277
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department made to the briefing note on Operation Cast Lead produced jointly by her Department's Research and Information Unit and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; and if she will make a statement.
(256538)
278
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female police officers of each rank in each police force were (i) arrested, (ii) prosecuted and (iii) convicted for drink-driving in each of the last three years for which information is available.
(256721)
279
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken in preparation for the UN General Assembly Special Session on Narcotic Drugs; and what objectives she has set for the session.
(256803)
280
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to (a) monitor compliance with those United Nations conventions on drug control which have been ratified by the UK and (b) assist the work of the International Narcotics Control Board.
(256804)
281
James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received representations seeking a review of the United Nations conventions on drug control which have been ratified by the UK; and what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of those conventions in meeting her Department's objectives on drug control.
(256805)
282
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of anti-Semitic attacks in London in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to combat anti-Semitic attacks.
(256397)
283
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what qualifications the initial assessors referred to in Part 3 of the Drugs Act 2005 are required to have for the role of establishing drug misuse; whether all police stations have at least one qualified initial assessor; and what estimate she has made of the cost of maintaining and training an initial assessor in the last 12 months for which information is available.
(256541)
284
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the 3,300 illegal immigrants identified by the UK Border Agency between April and November 2008 have been removed from the UK.
(256430)
285
Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurances her Department has sought from the Sri Lankan government regarding the safety and well being of Tamils deported from the UK to that country; and if she will make a statement.
(256509)
286
Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that mechanisms for returning failed asylum seekers to their countries, with particular reference to the facilities in immigration removal centres, take account of the needs of HIV-positive people.
(256340)
287
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256327)
288
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256629)
289
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of people aged 18 years or under who lived in the most deprived decile of lower layer super output areas in 2008, as determined by the income deprivation affecting children index, were arrested in 2008.
(256432)
290
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1252W, on stop and search, how many of the resultant arrests were (a) made under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000, (b) of people aged 18 years or under and (c) of people aged 18 years or under and made under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2000.
(256434)
291
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers serving in Hertfordshire constabulary have unspent criminal convictions.
(256491)
292
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff within her Department deal with animal-related matters as part of their remit.
(256643)
293
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in England and Wales are receiving funding (a) above, (b) at and (c) below the formula funding level in 2008-09; and if she will make a statement.
(256510)
294
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded instances of (a) rape and (b) domestic violence there were in each police force area in 2007-08; and what the clean-up rate for each crime was in each force in that year.
(256681)
295
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces (a) have adopted fully and (b) are piloting ExISS release 1; how much was spent on the programme in 2007-08; and if she will make a statement.
(256683)
296
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the crime detection rate in each police force in England was in 2007-08.
(256685)
297
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) stop and account forms and (b) stop and search forms were issued in each police force area in 2007-08.
(256687)
298
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 were recorded in 2007-08, broken down by offence; what percentage of such offences was proceeded against at court; and what percentage resulted in (a) a conviction and (b) a sanction detection.
(256689)
299
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average total (a) direct staff cost, (b) operational support cost, (c) business support cost and (d) cost excluding sustaining overhead for providing police asssistance was for (i) a road traffic accident, (ii) public disorder, (iii) a missing person incident, (iv) a sudden or suspicious death and (v) other activities not related to crime was under the activity-based costs model in 2007-08.
(256690)
300
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of those brought into a police station tested positive for Class A drugs in 2007-08; and what the level of voluntary treatment take-up was.
(256692)
301
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of (i) failure to accord precedence at pedestrian crossings, (ii) failure to comply with traffic signs, (iii) speeding offences, (iv) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, (v) reckless driving and (vi) driving while disqualified in each police force area in 2007-08.
(256693)
302
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of employing police officers was in each police force in England as a percentage of the total force budget in 2007-08.
(256694)
303
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officer vacancies at all ranks there were in (a) the Metropolitan Police Force and (b) all other forces in 2007-08.
(256695)
304
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) applicants and (b) recruits there were to each police force in 2007-08.
(256696)
305
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were fined for speeding in each police force area in 2008; and how much was paid in fines for such offences.
(256741)
306
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police vehicles were involved in road accidents which resulted in (a) slight injuries, (b) serious injuries and (c) fatalities in 2007-08.
(256742)
307
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sickness days were taken due to assault in each police force in 2007-08; how many days were lost per police officer on average due to assault in that year; and what the cost to each police force was.
(256743)
308
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were (a) shot at, (b) injured in shootings and (c) killed in shootings in each police force area in 2007-08.
(256744)
309
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average number of hours per day a police officer spent on patrol in 2007-08.
(256745)
310
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the pay costs of (a) Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, (b) the National Police Improvement Agency, (c) the Police Standards Unit and (d) the Independent Police Complaints Commission were in 2007-08; and how many staff worked in each organisation in that year.
(256747)
311
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police recruits left each police force within two years of joining in 2007-08; and what percentage of all leavers that figure represents.
(256748)
312
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of incidents of violence against the person in each police force area in 2007-08 involved a (a) knife, (b) hitting implement, (c) glass or bottle, (d) stabbing implement, (e) firearm, (f) stone or stones, (g) syringe and (h) other implement.
(256750)
313
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) total and (b) average overtime bill for police officers in each police force area was in 2007-08.
(256751)
314
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences by (a) confectioners and tobacconists and (b) other retailers selling tobacco products to those aged under 16 were recorded in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; how many police cautions were issued in each case; how many fines were imposed in each case; and what the average fine imposed in each year was.
(256752)
315
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) gun crimes and (b) arrests relating to gun crime there were in England in 2007-08.
(256753)
316
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers carried firearms as a regular part of their duties in each police force area in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.
(256754)
317
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in Enfield North constituency.
(256779)
318
Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made towards delivering the policing pledge in Enfield.
(256780)
319
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 719W, on official residences, for what reason a home condition report was not purchased.
(256498)
320
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to Lord Stoddart of Swindon of 15 October 2008, Official Report, House of Lords, column 56WA, on surveillance, what the terms of reference are of the review of public authorities' use of powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; who is conducting the review; and what evidence is being taken to inform the review.
(256499)
321
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to public authorities with powers of entry on the manner in which those powers should be exercised in respect of forced entry.
(256717)
322
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 20 November 2008, Official Report, column 729W, on police: surveillance, if she will place in the Library a redacted copy of the Guidance on the Lawful and Effective Use of Covert Techniques, removing restricted text.
(256773)
323
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 728W, on surveillance: local authorities, in respect of which public authorities the Investigatory Powers Tribunal made a determination in favour of the complainants; and whether copies of those determinations are held by her Department.
(256774)
324
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 719W, on official residences: whether the property at 62 South Eaton Place was placed on the market before the home information pack was completed and finalised.
(256775)
325
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families have members currently held in different immigration removal centres.
(256436)
326
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many families have one or more of their members currently held in an immigration removal centre.
(256437)
327
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people died while being held in an immigration removal centre in each of the last five years, broken down by cause of death.
(256438)
328
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitors each immigration removal centre has received in each of the previous 12 months.
(256439)
329
Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) children are held in each immigration removal centre.
(256440)
Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission
330
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 6 November 2006, Official Report, column 671W, on pedestrian access, what progress has been made in ensuring that pedestrian access to the Palace of Westminster is not impeded by inadequate rainwater drainage on St. Margaret's Street; when the House of Commons Commission last discussed this issue with Westminster City Council; what response was received; on how many occasions since December 2008 pedestrian access to the Palace of Westminster has been impeded by rainwater; and if he will make a statement.
(256726)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
331
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funding his Department has allocated for the provision of (a) staff training and (b) apprenticeship places in local news organisations in the last 12 months.
(256400)
332
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256328)
333
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each year since his Department was established.
(256641)
334
Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester South): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent progress has been made on his Department's plans to assist the modernisation of the buildings of Regent College, Leicester.
(256593)
335
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which ICT projects initiated by his Department since its inception have been abandoned before completion; what costs were incurred on each project; who the contractors were; what the date of (a) commencement and (b) abandonment was in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(256657)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
336
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what publications his Department has produced for hon. Members to send to their constituents in the last two years; at what cost; and for what purpose.
(256551)
337
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256329)
338
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department was in each of the last five years.
(256385)
339
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256627)
340
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to which (a) World Bank and (b) United Nations Development Programme trust funds his Department has contributed in each of the last three years; and how much it has provided in each case in each such year.
(256603)
341
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many full-time equivalent staff, including staff appointed in country, have been employed by his Department in Uganda in each financial year since 1997-98.
(256777)
342
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has provided to Gaza in the last 12 months.
(256579)
343
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has provided to Somaliland in the last 12 months.
(256581)
344
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has provided to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 12 months.
(256582)
345
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has provided to (a) Bangladesh, (b) Sri Lanka, (c) Lebanon and (d) Somalia in the last 12 months.
(256587)
346
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's budget for 2008-09 has been spent on providing emergency (a) food and (b) shelter.
(256594)
347
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's budget for 2008-09 has been spent on providing access to clean water in developing countries.
(256595)
348
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's budget for 2008-09 has been spent on education in developing countries.
(256596)
349
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent in producing its developments magazine in the last 12 months.
(256597)
350
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Islamic Development Bank on development finance; and if he will make a statement.
(256598)
351
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) television and (b) radio programmes his Department has funded over the last 12 months; and at what cost.
(256599)
352
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's budget for 2008-09 has been spent on combating (a) AIDS, (b) malaria, (c) cholera and (d) polio.
(256600)
353
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on projects associated with land tenure reform in Rwanda.
(256601)
354
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much of his Department's budget for 2008-09 has been spent on addressing the effects of climate change in developing countries.
(256602)
355
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid his Department has provided to Zimbabwe in the last 12 months.
(256648)
356
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which ICT projects initiated by his Department were abandoned before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred on each project; who the contractors were; what the date of (a) commencement and (b) abandonment was in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(256656)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
357
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in the provision of drug treatment in prisons following the establishment of the Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group in 2008.
(256393)
358
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for child abuse were made in the years ended March (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006, (d) 2007 and (e) 2008.
(256394)
359
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of drivers with foreign-registered cars did not pay fines for motoring offences in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) the last 12 months.
(256395)
360
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using dogs in the detection of drugs in prisons.
(256396)
361
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) males and (b) females in each age group were convicted for driving under the influence of alcohol in each police authority area in each of the last five years.
(256658)
362
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many non-emergency calls were made to (a) the English language telephone number and (b) the Welsh language telephone number in each police force in Wales in the last year for which figures are available.
(256429)
363
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost was of detaining juveniles (a) under court-ordered secure remand and (b) remanded in custody in the last year for which figures are available.
(256363)
364
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many juveniles were detained in police cells overnight in the last year for which figures are available.
(256364)
365
N
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department takes to facilitate co-operation between Crown Dependencies and HM Treasury on financial regulation matters.
(255487)
366
N
Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the Court of Appeal ruling on 5 December 2008 in the case of R (Barclay and others) v Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and others.
(255488)
367
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256331)
368
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department and its predecessors was in each of the last five years.
(256386)
369
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each year since his Department was established.
(256642)
370
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners there were in (a) England and Wales and (b) Winchester Prison on the latest date for which figures are available; what the maximum prison capacity in England and Wales is; and what the maximum capacity of Winchester Prison is.
(256278)
371
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) equipment and (b) data his Department has lost in the last 12 months.
(256279)
372
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to establish bail hostels in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.
(256492)
373
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 there were in respect of (a) noise, (b) graffiti and fly-posting and (c) waste and litter in (i) each local authority and (ii) each police basic command unit in 2007-08.
(256684)
374
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions of uninsured drivers there were in each police force area in 2007-08; and what the average penalty imposed was.
(256686)
375
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for (a) possessing and (b) distributing prohibited (i) weapons and (ii) ammunition in each police force area in 2007-08.
(256691)
376
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sentences were given to young offenders in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008, broken down by type of offence.
(256738)
377
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were held in police cells in each police force area in 2008; and at what estimated cost.
(256740)
378
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last met Baroness Prashar to discuss judicial appointments.
(256676)
379
Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) black persons, (b) Asian persons, (c) women and (d) men were appointed as judges in 2008.
(256677)
380
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how much his Department was invoiced by each police force in respect of costs incurred under Operation Safeguard (a) in total and (b) in each month in 2008; and if he will make a statement.
(256659)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
381
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256330)
382
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department was in each of the last five years.
(256392)
383
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256625)
Questions to the Minister for the Olympics
384
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the reasons are for the potential increase in (a) taxation and interest and (b) programme delivery costs referred to in Table 2 in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Annual Report, January 2009.
(256369)
385
Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what costs had been incurred on (a) the 2012 Media Centre and (b) the 2012 Olympic Village as at 1 February 2009; and if she will make a statement.
(256370)
386
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many staff in her Office were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each year since its inception.
(256332)
387
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what the average number of days sick leave per member of staff per year in her Office has been since the Office was established.
(256387)
388
Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what cancelled expenditure items are contained under the headings (a) other transport capital projects and (b) other transport operating expenditure, in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Annual Report 2009, Table 2, page 49; and if she will make a statement.
(256412)
389
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, when she last visited the London Borough of Havering.
(256568)
390
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans there are for the use of the (a) handball venue, (b) sailing facilities and (c) aquatics venue after the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(256569)
391
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans there are for the use of the (a) basketball arena, (b) white water course centre and (c) hockey centre after the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(256570)
392
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans there are for the use of the (a) international broadcast centre and (b) main press centre after the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(256571)
393
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans there are for the use of the North Greenwich Arena (a) 1 and (b) 2 after the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(256572)
394
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans there are for the use of the Olympic Stadium after the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(256573)
395
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what plans there are for the use of the velopark after the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
(256574)
396
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much had been spent on the aquatics venue at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the estimated final cost of the venue is.
(256583)
397
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much had been spent on the velopark at the latest date for which figures are available; and what its estimated final cost is.
(256584)
398
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much had been spent on the Olympic stadium at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the estimated final cost of the stadium is.
(256585)
399
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much had been spent on the handball venue at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the estimated final cost of the venue is.
(256586)
400
Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much had been spent on the Broxbourne white water canoe centre at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the estimated final cost of the centre is.
(256592)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland
401
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256333)
402
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256626)
403
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, which ICT projects initiated by his Department were abandoned before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred on each project; who the contractors were; what the date of (a) commencement and (b) abandonment was in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(256655)
Questions to the Solicitor General
404
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256334)
405
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, what the average number of days sick leave per member of staff in the Law Officers' Departments was in each of the last five years.
(256388)
406
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Solicitor General, how many staff in the Law Officers' Departments were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256638)
407
N
Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Solicitor General, how much the Serious Fraud Office has spent to date on its investigation into Anglo Leasing.
(256273)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport
408
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has of the current number of unlicensed (a) cars, (b) vans, (c) lorries and (d) motorcycles, broken down by make; and if he will make a statement.
(256724)
409
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many unlicensed (a) cars, (b) vans, (c) lorries and (d) motorcycles were (i) clamped and (ii) crushed in each of the last three years for which information is available, broken down by make; what legislation authorises the (A) clamping and (B) crushing of unlicensed vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
(256725)
410
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 1137W, on railways: fares, what reasons underlie the Government's policy on the provision of additional railcard schemes; and if he will make a statement.
(256823)
411
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities and (b) injuries there have been on the railways in (i) Greater London, (ii) Sutton and Cheam constituency and (iii) nationwide in each year since 1998.
(256662)
412
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has for the electrification of the Bidston to Wrexham railway line.
(256269)
413
N
Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Network Rail has submitted to his Department an estimate for the (a) electrification and (b) upgrade of the Bidston to Wrexham line.
(256270)
414
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 Febraury 2009, Official Report, column 50WS, on rail services, whether the fund for the provision of rail services promoted by local authorities or passenger transport authorities will come from the rail budget; how many projects he estimates will meet his Department's criteria for funding in this manner; what representations he has received from local authorities on the number of projects that are likely to meet his Department's criteria; whether capital projects designed to enhance capacity on the rail network will be applicable for such funding; and whether he plans to allow private sector organisations to bid for capital projects on the railways under the fund.
(256765)
415
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department or its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256335)
416
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department was in each of the last five years.
(256389)
417
Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what monitoring processes his Department and its agencies use to ensure equality of opportunity for members of ethnic minority groups (a) applying for provisional driving licences and (b) applying to take the driving test.
(256534)
418
N
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data are (a) tranferred to ANPR International and (b) sold by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency; and whether individuals may prevent the (i) transfer and (ii) sale of data relating to them.
(255648)
419
N
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) senior managers in his Department (i) gave permission to the Highways Agency to offer and (ii) were informed by the Highways Agency of its intention to offer more favourable terms to its staff at grades 6 and 7 if they opted out of collective bargaining arrangements.
(256232)
420
N
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus drivers were examined under the driver quality monitoring scheme in each year since 2005; and how many were found to be (a) unacceptable with serious faults and (b) unacceptable with dangerous faults in each such year.
(256233)
421
N
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many delegated examiners there are in the Greater London area.
(256234)
422
Mr Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to foster the development of second generation biofuels.
(256650)
423
Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation would be required before a third runway at Heathrow could come into operation.
(256764)
424
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what forms the Maritime and Coastguard Agency require to be completed by lifeboat rescue teams before lifeboats can be launched; and if he will make a statement.
(254979)
425
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of operating the Hope Cove lifeboat service was in the latest year for which figures are available.
(254980)
426
N
Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the letter of 30 January 2009 from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the hon. Member for Totnes, when he plans to complete his evaluation of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's review in relation to the southern part of the south west peninsula.
(254981)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales
427
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256337)
428
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average number of days sick leave per staff member in his Department was in each of the last five years.
(256391)
429
Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which ICT projects initiated by his Department were abandoned before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred on each project; who the contractors were; what the date of (a) commencement and (b) abandonment was in each case; and if he will make a statement.
(256664)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
430
N
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations received by the Child Support Agency were not opened as cases owing to the residence of the non-resident parent being outside the UK in each year since 1999.
(254141)
431
N
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases involving child maintenance payments were not pursued by the Child Support Agency owing to the departure from the UK of the non-resident parent in each year since 1999.
(254142)
432
N
Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to enforce payments under child maintenance agreements by non-resident parents living outside the United Kingdom.
(254143)
433
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what resources will be made available during the first full year of the implementation of the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill for the requirement of drug users to (a) attend interview to answer questions, (b) undertake substance-related assessment, (c) undertake relevant tests and (d) undertake rehabilitation plans, as set out in Schedule 1(a) to the Bill.
(256399)
434
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of pensioners who fall below (a) 60 per cent. of contemporary median household income, (b) 50 per cent. of contemporary median household income and (c) 60 per cent. of the 1998-99 contemporary median household income top rated in line with (i) prices and (ii) earnings in (A) each constituency in Greater London and (B) England.
(256756)
435
N
Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the professional advice received from the Met Office on the basis of which it was decided that Bishopton weather station was the most appropriate station for the determination of cold weather payments for East Kilbride.
(254884)
436
Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reduce levels of child poverty in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency since 1997.
(256401)
437
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years.
(256338)
438
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the percentage of telephone calls to his Department's helplines which were answered at the latest period for which information is available.
(256368)
439
Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department were recorded as having been on sick leave for over 12 months on 31 December in each of the last five years.
(256624)
440
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) consolatory payments and (b) other compensatory payments the Child Support Agency made to residents of (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each of the last 10 years; and what the monetary value of such payments was in each such year.
(256507)
441
Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account his Department took of the situation of UK citizens with dual nationality when it decided to require a passport as proof of identity for the purpose of access to services it provides.
(256654)
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
442
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many households are expected to obtain access to 2MB/s broadband between now and 2012.
[Transferred] (256372)
443
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the costs of ensuring that all households have access to 2MB/s broadband.
[Transferred] (256373)
444
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what proportion of households in rural areas (a) are connected to and (b) have the capacity to be connected to (i) 256 kb/s, (ii) 512 kb/s, (iii) 1MB/s and (iv) 2 MB/s broadband.
[Transferred] (256374)
445
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what studies his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the job creation potential of the UK's environmental industries.
[Transferred] (256465)
446
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the comparative strengths of different subsectors of the UK's environmental industries.
[Transferred] (256466)
447
Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the international competitiveness of the UK's environmental industries.
[Transferred] (256467)
Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
448
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Tendring in receipt of child tax credit have been asked to repay overpayments.
[Transferred] (256414)
449
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of families in Tendring in receipt of child tax credits currently receiving the incorrect amount.
[Transferred] (256415)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
450
Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for the administration of the scheme to enable businesses to pay backdated rates bills over eight years in relation to (a) port and (b) other businesses; whether her Department has issued instructions to local authorities on the claiming of arrears; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the payment scheme.
[Transferred] (256719)
Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department
451
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal record checks were carried out in relation to supply teachers in the last 12 months; what the annual cost of carrying out those checks was; and if she will make a statement.
[Transferred] (256734)
452
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions of defendants aged between 10 and 17 years there were for being drunk and disorderly in each police force area in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.
[Transferred] (256739)
Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development
453
N
Mr Andrew Love (Edmonton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka.
[Question Unstarred] (255792)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice
454
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) 15, (b) 16 and (c) 17 year olds were on remand in each police force area in 2007-08; and how many subsequently served a prison sentence.
[Transferred] (256511)
455
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days on average elapsed between arrest and sentence in cases involving persistent young offenders in each police force area in the most recent period for which figures are available.
[Transferred] (256682)
456
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent and prolific offenders were identified in each police force area in 2007-08.
[Transferred] (256688)
457
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visitors to prisons were found to be in possession of illegal drugs in 2007-08; how many such visitors were referred to the police; and what steps were taken in respect of those not referred to the police.
[Transferred] (256749)
458
Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many persistent young offenders were registered in each police force area in 2008; how many offences were recorded where the offender was a persistent young offender in each area in that year; and what percentage of offences in each police force area this represents.
[Transferred] (256755)
Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
459
Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 24 October 2007, Official Report, columns 283-4W, how many of the 300,000 new jobs expected under company agreements had been created at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
[Transferred] (256824)

 
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