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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 4 March 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 4 March 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 4 March 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 4 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 4 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what information his Department holds on the number of former Woolworths shop premises which have been occupied by other businesses. | | (260896) | 2
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261134) | 3
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many consumer products were withdrawn from sale for health and safety reasons in 2008. | | (261198) | 4
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261238) | 5
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies paid Opinion Leader Research in financial year 2007-08. | | (260972) | 6
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who the trustees of the Royal Mail Pension Fund are; what recent discussions he has had with those trustees on the status of the pension fund; and when he was first informed of the recent report issued by the trustees on the fund deficit. | | (259844) | 7
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261062) | 8
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were declared bankrupt in each of the last 24 months. | | (260800) | 9
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure age restrictions on purchasing video games are adhered to for online purchases. | | (260805) | 10
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the Government plans to establish any additional public holidays. | | (260940) | 11
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many businesses have entered into administration in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the last 12 months. | | (260784) | 12
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which ICT projects are being funded by his Department; and how much the (a) original estimate and (b) current expected outturn cost of each is. | | (261135) | 13
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to assist the retail industry in the London Borough of Havering; and if he will make a statement. | | (261136) | 14
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what programmes his Department funds to provide assistance to the UK fishing industry. | | (261137) | 15
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department has spent on the Agency Workers' Know Your Rights campaign. | | (261138) | 16
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many visits his main departmental website received in each of the last 12 months. | | (261139) | 17
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had on trade between the UK and the Channel Islands. | | (261140) | 18
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to assist owners of small retail outlets. | | (261141) | 19
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many bank branches the Secretary of State has visited on official business in the last 12 months. | | (261143) | 20
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many automobile factories the Secretary of State has visited on official business in the last 12 months. | | (261144) | 21
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many post offices the Secretary of State has visited on official business in the last 12 months. | | (261145) | 22
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether any data losses from his Department have occurred in the last six months; and if he will make a statement. | | (261146) | 23
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many representations he has received on the partial privatisation of the Post Office in each of the last three months; and how many of these have been (a) in favour and (b) against the Government's proposed policy. | | (261147) | 24
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has to assist automobile companies owned or part-owned by foreign investors with manufacturing plants in the UK. | | (261148) | 25
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many videos are uploaded to his Department's YouTube channel; how many views each video has received; and how many further videos his Department plans to upload to youtube. | | (261149) | 26
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many hours a week were spent by Departmental officials in maintaining his Department's YouTube channel in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many officials are involved in such work. | | (261150) | 27
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department has spent on maintaining its YouTube channel since its inception. | | (261151) | 28
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260774) | 29
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of progress towards meeting his Department's target for broadband to be installed in every home by 2010; and if he will make a statement. | | (261005) | 30
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department has spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food since its inception. | | (261171) | 31
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each year since its inception. | | (261272) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 32
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department has obtained on the pension arrangements of all current directors of banks which are now supported by public funding or guarantees. | | (260664) | 33
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 895W, on stamp duty and tax, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of the stamp duty land tax holiday for first-time housebuyers in the next 12 months. | | (260882) | 34
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used by the Financial Services Authority to determine whether market activity on the part of any individual or organisation designed to undermine a specific financial institution constitutes economic subversion. | | (261093) | 35
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261222) | 36
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the statement of the Financial Action Task Force of 25 February 2009, what counter-measures he plans to take to protect the UK financial sector from money laundering and financing of terrorism risks emanating from Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (260998) | 37
N | Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates (a) he, the Chairman of the Financial Services Authority and the Governor of the Bank of England and (b) their deputies met in their capacity as principals of the tripartite regulatory system between 1997 and 2007. | | (260583) | 38
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (260992) | 39
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people employed by UK Financial Investments Ltd are former employees of his Department. | | (260375) | 40
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed by UK Financial Investments Ltd. | | (260456) | 41
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the UK economy of measures introduced by the US administration to assist the US economy. | | (260795) | 42
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role the directors of the Royal Bank of Scotland who are appointed by UK Financial Investments Ltd have had in determining the bank's budget for sport sponsorship in 2009. | | (260461) | 43
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter dated 1 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on tax codes. | | (260812) | 44
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many visits there have been to his Department's euro website in each year since 1997. | | (261257) | 45
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of travel by train by staff in his Department was in each year since 1997. | | (261258) | 46
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261259) | 47
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters he has received from residents in the Hemel Hempstead constituency regarding annuities in each year since 1997. | | (261260) | 48
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent by his Department on staff surveys in 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (260917) | 49
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261112) | 50
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261167) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 51
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 1275W, on children: employment, what plans he has to amend regulations relating to the employment of children; and if he will make a statement. | | (261084) | 52
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261133) | 53
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261244) | 54
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many responses there were to the recent consultation on the General Teaching Council draft code on diversity rules; and how many of them expressed concern about principle 4, bullet point 3. | | (260193) | 55
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) target number of places and (b) number of places filled for (i) mathematics, (ii) physics and (iii) chemistry teacher trainees for each type of teacher training was in each of the last 10 years. | | (260809) | 56
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) target number of places and (b) number of places filled for (i) mathematics, (ii) physics and (iii) chemistry teacher trainees at each teacher training institution was in each of the last three years. | | (260810) | 57
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261063) | 58
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people have yet to receive an education maintenance allowance payment to which they are entitled in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (260802) | 59
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children have had at least one unauthorised absence from school in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in the last five years. | | (260803) | 60
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students studied courses leading to (a) a Bachelor of Education degree and (b) a postgraduate certificate in education in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement. | | (260945) | 61
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of carrying out a review of the future of the Bachelor of Education course; and if he will make a statement. | | (260946) | 62
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average A-level grades required for admission to a Bachelor of Education course were in the latest year for which information is available; what the lowest A-level grades required for admission to such a course are; and if he will make a statement. | | (260997) | 63
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils with special educational needs were given a fixed-period exclusion from a secondary school in each local authority area in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by reason for exclusion. | | (260807) | 64
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in (a) special schools and (b) independent schools in each decile of income deprivation affecting children indices had statements of special educational needs in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2008. | | (260808) | 65
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, columns 2116-7W, on special educational needs: private sector, how many of the schools referred to in each year were located in each local authority area. | | (260823) | 66
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 470-4W, on special educational needs: private sector, in which local authority area each of the schools listed is located. | | (260824) | 67
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, column 758W, on special educational needs, how many of the children placed in schools outside their area in (a) 2003 and (b) 2008 were resident in each local authority area. | | (260825) | 68
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained and non-maintained special schools there were in each local authority in (a) 1997, (b) 2003 and (c) 2008, broken down by special educational needs priority. | | (260935) | 69
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who were eligible for free school meals and had non-statemented special educational needs were given (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent exclusions in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2008. | | (260936) | 70
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who were eligible for free school meals, had statemented special educational needs and were children in care were given (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent exclusions in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2008. | | (260937) | 71
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the expenditure on the Improving Information Sharing and Management programme (a) has been since its inception and (b) is projected to be over the next five years. | | (260938) | 72
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which pilot schemes related to special educational needs his Department will run in 2009. | | (260939) | 73
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2009, Official Report, columns 753-4W, on schools: children in care, in which local authority each school is located. | | (260996) | 74
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many myplace projects his Department has funded in (a) cities and (b) coalfield communities. | | (260669) | 75
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many myplace projects have been initiated by (a) local authorities and (b) young people. | | (260670) | 76
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many proposals for myplace projects have been rejected by local authorities. | | (260671) | 77
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of young people who live more than one hours' travel time by public transport from at least one of a bowling alley, an ice rink, a theatre, a cinema or a recording studio. | | (260672) | 78
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for changes to the cost of childcare. | | (260632) | 79
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since its inception. | | (261265) | 80
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since its inception; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261266) | 81
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on ICT (a) in total and (b) per pupil in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in England in each year since 1997. | | (261267) | 82
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (261268) | 83
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parenting orders have been (a) sought by and (b) granted to schools in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since their inception. | | (261269) | 84
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260773) | 85
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect on school pupils' educational attainment of lack of access to the internet at home. | | (260836) | 86
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what campaigns his Department has supported in the last 12 months. | | (261040) | 87
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) hits and (b) unique users the Teachers TV website has received in each year since its inception. | | (261041) | 88
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children under 16 have been recorded as living in bed and breakfast accommodation in each of the last five years; and what steps are being taken to reduce the number of children in such accommodation. | | (261042) | 89
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants of more than £1,000 his Department has made to an outside body in the last 12 months. | | (261053) | 90
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261113) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 91
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many excess winter deaths occurred in (a) Sutton and Cheam, (b) Carshalton and Wallington and (c) Greater London in each of the last 10 years. | | (260817) | 92
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261229) | 93
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what information the Cabinet Office holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in the Prime Minister's Office in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261239) | 94
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether there have been any changes to the Futurebuilders operational budget since the publication of the Government's Recession Action Plan for the Third Sector. | | (261184) | 95
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether there have been any changes to the contractual operating terms under which Futurebuilders operate in the last 12 months. | | (261216) | 96
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what changes have been made to the allocation of funding to Futurebuilders since the start of the current comprehensive spending review. | | (261217) | 97
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Recession Action Plan for the Third Sector on the funding of Futurebuilders. | | (261220) | 98
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services the Cabinet Office made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261064) | 99
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people have been employed by Government departments or agencies on (a) a permanent basis and (b) a temporary basis in each year since 1997, broken down by Department or agency; and in each case how many of those employees were (i) born in the UK and (ii) not born in the UK. | | (261035) | 100
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what percentage of individuals on the electoral register are listed anonymously. | | (260601) | 101
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people (a) were in full-time education and (b) retired from employment in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | (260775) | 102
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (261202) | 103
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261203) | 104
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department and its agencies spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261204) | 105
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many staff were employed by the Prime Minister's Office in each year since 1997. | | (261270) | 106
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in the Prime Minister's Office in each year since 1997. | | (261271) | 107
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261111) | 108
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the Prime Minister's Office entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261116) | 109
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261163) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 110
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many micro-generation installations on non-domestic buildings required full planning permission in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008. | | (260602) | 111
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 118W, on microgeneration, when she first advised the micro-power industry of plans to consult on the introduction of permitted development rights on the installation of micro-generation units on non-domestic buildings; and if she will make a statement. | | (260667) | 112
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by her Department have been tested on animals. | | (261132) | 113
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an equality impact assessment has been undertaken on the Housing Revenue Account subsidy. | | (261197) | 114
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons Helen Zammett has not received a response to her request for information regarding the reasons for the decision in 2008 to lift the Article 4 direction in relation to Chepstow, 49 Leicester Road, Wanstead. | | (261213) | 115
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which her Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261230) | 116
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to the letter of 15 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Wycombe on details of the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder fund. | | (260597) | 117
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1041-2W, on community relations: religion, what guidance her Department issued in 2008 on the amount available in round one of the Faiths in Action programme administered by the Community Development Fund; what mechanisms her Department used to make funding allocations in accordance with guidance; how the funding originally announced has been allocated; and if she will make a statement. | | (260947) | 118
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services her Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (261061) | 119
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's target is for the number of housing units for social tenants to be built over the next five years. | | (260806) | 120
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency were repossessed in each year since 2004. | | (260961) | 121
| Mr John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to reply to Question 257080, on the proposed Middle Quinton eco-town, tabled on 10 February 2009. | | (261215) | 122
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds were allocated from the Migration Trust Fund to police forces in England and Wales in 2008. | | (260813) | 123
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated from the Migration Trust Fund in 2008; and to which projects. | | (260814) | 124
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to the zero-carbon hub since its inception. | | (260668) | 125
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the recommended amount of public open space is in each of the principal seaside towns in England by (a) ward and (b) lower layer super output area. | | (261185) | 126
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the effects on (a) socio-economic development, (b) regeneration and (c) traffic flow of the Roscommon Way Extension, Canvey Island Phase I; and what assessment she has made of progress on Phase II. | | (259640) | 127
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in her Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260772) | 128
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the change in the number of dedicated fire safety officers has been since the coming into effect of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. | | (260839) | 129
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to local fire authorities on standards for implementing the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. | | (260840) | 130
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate was made of the cost of implementation of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 before it was introduced; and what the cost of implementation has been. | | (260841) | 131
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of empty homes which have been brought back into use in each of the last five years. | | (260821) | 132
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the likely effects of Transformational Services and Delivery Support, the procurement exercise being proposed by Essex County Council, on service delivery; and if she will make a statement. | | (259956) | 133
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of Essex County Council on its proposed Transformational Services and Delivery Support procurement exercise. | | (259957) | 134
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the extent to which Essex County Council's proposed procurement exercise, Transformational Services and Delivery Support, complies with her Department's guidance on involving the workforce in transfer issues in Best Value contained in Annex C of ODPM circular 2003/03. | | (259958) | 135
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what restrictions are placed on the owners of park home sites on their exclusive supply of bottled gas to site occupants; and if she will make a statement. | | (261095) | 136
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions park homes site licences have been revoked as a result of breaches of the provisions of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 on the part of the site owner in the last 10 years. | | (261050) | 137
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken to increase the supply of affordable accommodation. | | (261043) | 138
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261164) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 139
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261131) | 140
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 892W, on National Lottery: complaints, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the National Lottery Commission and Camelot implement lessons learned from complaints handled on a case-by-case basis; and if he will make a statement. | | (260881) | 141
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261231) | 142
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in his Department working on tourism issues have qualifications in economics; and how many staff in his Department work as economists. | | (260617) | 143
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for a temporary tourism facility at Stonehenge during the London 2012 Olympics. | | (260619) | 144
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in reducing the carbon footprint of (a) his Department, (b) its agency and (c) its non-departmental public bodies in the last 12 months. | | (260777) | 145
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his Department's progress review on work with its public bodies on ensuring that diversity is built into governance regimes; and if he will make a statement. | | (260778) | 146
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on the Connections through Culture programme in each of the last three years; and how much is planned to be spent on the programme in each of the next two years. | | (260781) | 147
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the Connections through Culture programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (260782) | 148
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his Department's next annual corporate plan. | | (260783) | 149
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what financial contributions have been received from other organisations for the Connections through Culture programme. | | (260785) | 150
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261060) | 151
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on management consultants in 2007-08. | | (260884) | 152
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260771) | 153
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which campaigns his Department has officially supported in the last 12 months. | | (261006) | 154
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which grants of more than £1,000 his Department has made to outside bodies in the last 12 months. | | (261052) | 155
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261165) | 156
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261273) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 157
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the potential effects on the safety of Rachel Reid of its decision to recall Colonel Owen McNally. | | (260894) | 158
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261130) | 159
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's plans to build a successor to the Vanguard class submarine on the number of civilians employed at the Naval Reactor Test Establishment, Dounreay. | | (260951) | 160
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks are employed at HM Naval Base Clyde as crews on Vanguard class submarines. | | (260952) | 161
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 848W, on Trident: Scotland, how many of the 589 civilians at HM Naval Base Clyde whose jobs directly rely upon the Trident programme are employed in (a) engineering and science, (b) logistics, (c) security, (d) health and safety, (e) outfitting and steel work and (f) other areas. | | (260953) | 162
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 848W, on Trident: Scotland, how many of the 589 civilians at HM Naval Base Clyde whose jobs directly rely upon the Trident programme are resident in (a) Argyll and Bute constituency, (b) West Dunbartonshire constituency, (c) elsewhere in Scotland and (d) outside Scotland. | | (260954) | 163
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 848W, on Trident: Scotland, what the (a) skills requirements and (b) geographic distribution of the 250 indirect civilian jobs relating to support activities for the Trident programme in Scotland are. | | (260955) | 164
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role of the Royal Navy is in monitoring (a) Israeli activists at sea and (b) Palestinian seafarers. | | (261094) | 165
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261232) | 166
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the rules are governing attendance at court martial proceedings for (a) relatives of the accused, (b) victims or relatives of victims, (c) properly interested parties, (d) legal representatives of interested parties, (e) representatives of Ministry of Defence, (f) members of the press and (g) members of the public. | | (261246) | 167
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms are in place (a) for listing court martial proceedings and (b) to make court martial listings available to (i) interested parties, (ii) the press and (iii) on-line search engines. | | (261247) | 168
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261059) | 169
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for the numbers of people to be recruited into the armed forces over the next three years. | | (260788) | 170
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of former military personnel who were serving a community service order in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (261044) | 171
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has commissioned research on the latency of post-traumatic stress disorder since 2003. | | (261046) | 172
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide psychological screening for those who have served in the armed forces (a) one year and (b) five years after discharge; and if he will make a statement. | | (261047) | 173
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans have had war pensions withdrawn in each year since 1997; and on what grounds such pensions were withdrawn. | | [R] (261284) | 174
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to the European Defence Agency in each year since it was established; and what estimate he has made of the sum of such payments to the agency in each of the next three years. | | [R] (261285) | 175
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's (a) civilian and (b) uniformed personnel are seconded to the Galileo project. | | [R] (261286) | 176
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units are assigned to (a) NATO and (b) the EU under the Headline Goals. | | [R] (261287) | 177
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (261261) | 178
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what such surveys have been commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261262) | 179
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260765) | 180
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261105) | 181
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261156) | 182
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is of the upgrade of the MAN support trucks used for operations in Afghanistan; and where the principal place of manufacture is for his Department's order of MAN support trucks. | | (261026) | 183
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the time taken for a fully kitted-out soldier to exit the Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle. | | (261027) | 184
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Panther Command and Liaison vehicle will be fitted with a rear exit. | | (261028) | 185
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much weight has been added to the Panther Command and Liaison vehicle since the original specification. | | (261029) | 186
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who took the decision to use the manoeuvrable WMIK vehicle as a convoy patrol vehicle; and when that decision was taken. | | (261030) | 187
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs are recorded of the track mile performance of the Army's wheeled vehicle fleet. | | (261031) | 188
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the European Union's Council of Ministers agreed Operation Atalanta; and on what date the UK Parliamentary Security Group granted its authority. | | (261032) | 189
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom the European Union's Operation Atalanta Commander Rear Admiral Philip Jones is accountable; and if he will make a statement. | | (261033) | 190
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under whose direct authority ships deployed in EU operations fall once unanimous agreement is established in the EU Council of Ministers. | | (261034) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 191
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261129) | 192
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261243) | 193
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding his Department and its predecessor have allocated to research and development of photovoltaic processes as an alternative energy source in each year since 1995; and what use his Department makes of photovoltaic technology. | | (260886) | 194
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much energy used by the Government estate is produced onsite by (a) micro-renewables and (b) combined heat and power generation. | | (260457) | 195
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) other staff are employed by the Office for Renewable Energy Deployment. | | (260587) | 196
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the budget of the Office for the Renewable Energy Deployment is in 2008-09, broken down by budget heading. | | (260588) | 197
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since its creation; and if he will make a statement. | | (261058) | 198
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether priority in the introduction of smart meters will be given to communities where there is high use of pre-payment meters combined with a large number of people in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (260913) | 199
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the introduction of smart meters will begin; and in which areas. | | (260914) | 200
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research since its inception; what such surveys have been commissioned; and what the purpose is of each. | | (261276) | 201
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) England and (b) Hemel Hempstead constituency have (i) electric and (ii) gas pre-payment meters. | | (261277) | 202
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households in the Hemel Hempstead constituency that are in fuel poverty. | | (261278) | 203
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been allocated to the Carbon Challenge Programme in each year since its inception. | | (260590) | 204
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on press monitoring services since its inception. | | (260874) | 205
| Mr Mike Weir (Angus): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether he plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Clean Air Act 1993 to take account of recent changes in solid fuel combustion in Scotland. | | (260973) | 206
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) Christmas cards, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) Christmas parties since its inception. | | (261051) | 207
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's entertainment budget has been since its inception. | | (261115) | 208
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food since its inception. | | (261170) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 209
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to increase levels of self-sufficiency in British food production. | | (260899) | 210
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes he has made to future expenditure plans to meet the threat to the UK of flooding from global warming. | | (260900) | 211
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261128) | 212
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261233) | 213
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect on UK-registered vessels fishing in waters off Western Saharan waters of the declaration of an exclusive economic zone covering such waters. | | (260843) | 214
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much plastic foam insulation containing ozone depleting substances has been treated with approved methods of gas recovery in the last 12 months. | | (260964) | 215
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Environment Agency issues to landfill operators on the acceptance at landfill sites of construction waste containing (a) plastic foam with ozone depleting substances and (b) other hazardous waste. | | (260965) | 216
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) enforcement notices have been issued and (b) prosecutions have been brought in respect of improper disposal of plastic foam insulation containing ozone depleting substances in each of the last three years. | | (260966) | 217
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261057) | 218
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes have been made to (a) regulations and (b) guidelines on the operation of animal snares over the last five years. | | (260374) | 219
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what reports his Department has received of allegations that Hampshire County Council is sending electronic waste for recycling to African countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (260600) | 220
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in Hemel Hempstead constituency have received funding from the (a) Rural Enterprise Scheme, (b) Processing and Marketing Grants Scheme and (c) Vocational Training Scheme in each year since their introduction; and what the duration was of the funding received from each scheme. | | (261188) | 221
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been paid in agri-monetary compensation in the county of Hertfordshire since 9 January 2002. | | (261189) | 222
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997. | | (261190) | 223
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his estimate is of the expenditure of his Department on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261191) | 224
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many successful prosecutions have been undertaken by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in each year since 6 February 2002. | | (261192) | 225
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many organic farmers are registered in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum. | | (261193) | 226
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints have been received by the Environment Agency concerning pollution in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum in each year since 6 February 2002. | | (261194) | 227
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many water meters were installed in houses (a) in England and (b) in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 1997. | | (261263) | 228
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261264) | 229
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to implement EU proposals for free fruit provision in schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (261195) | 230
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261104) | 231
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261166) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 232
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has received from the Kurdistan Workers Party on the situation in Turkey. | | (260895) | 233
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261127) | 234
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement with international law in respect of its application to waters off Western Sahara. | | (260956) | 235
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 240W, on Western Sahara: politics and government, whether the discussions between EU member states, the European Commission and Morocco have included a request to Morocco to comply with UN resolutions calling for a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara. | | (260957) | 236
| Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which state the Government recognises as the administering power in Western Sahara. | | (260958) | 237
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261228) | 238
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the Financial Action Task Force's statement of 25 February 2009 on Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (260999) | 239
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 169W, on Yemen: piracy, how many incidents of piracy were recorded in the Gulf of Aden in (a) November and December 2008 and (b) 2009 to date. | | (261000) | 240
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of breaches of the prohibition in UN Security Council Resolution 1747 against the sale, transfer or supply of arms or related material from Iran; and if he will make a statement. | | (261001) | 241
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the application of financial sanctions against (a) individuals, (b) entities and (c) organisations involved in Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programme; and if he will make a statement. | | (261002) | 242
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many locally-engaged staff his Department employs at each of its overseas posts; and if he will detail how many such staff at each post have been made redundant in the last 12 months. | | (261003) | 243
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek the exclusion of Western Saharan waters from any new agreement to replace the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement when it expires. | | (260835) | 244
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the labelling of produce originating from territories occupied by (a) Morocco and (b) Israel. | | (260842) | 245
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261056) | 246
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how he plans to report to hon. Members the outcomes of (a) the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and (b) the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development. | | (260458) | 247
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what objectives his Department has set for outcomes from (a) the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and (b) the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development. | | (260459) | 248
N | Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who the Government representatives at (a) the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and (b) the 42nd Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development will be. | | (260460) | 249
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Turkey on Turkish compliance with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Varnava and others on persons who disappeared following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974; and if he will make a statement. | | (261009) | 250
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (261173) | 251
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261174) | 252
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of allegations that Ethiopian troops have returned to Kalabeyrka in Somalia since the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from the country in January 2009. | | (260779) | 253
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) technical assistance the Government plans to provide to the International Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. | | (260780) | 254
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the government of Thailand on the safety and whereabouts of the 126 people from the Rohingya ethnic group recently reported as missing by the United Nations. | | (260798) | 255
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the deployment of Justice and Equality Movement forces in Southern Kordofan; and what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the UN mission in Sudan to monitor such deployments. | | (260804) | 256
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of levels of (a) government troops and (b) rebel movement forces in southern Darfur; what assessment he has made of the potential effects of changes in such levels on the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement; and if he will make a statement. | | (260820) | 257
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 85-8WS, on departmental expenditure limits, under what circumstances UK visas are offered gratis to fans planning to visit the UK to attend sporting events; on how many occasions such visas were provided in 2007-08; and what the cost to his Department of such visas was, broken down by category of expenditure. | | (260887) | 258
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects the African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur to reach its full mandated strength; and if he will make a statement. | | (260891) | 259
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261110) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 260
| Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will consider the merits of exempting patients with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia from prescription charges from April 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (260855) | 261
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues to primary care trusts on their expenditure on legal proceedings. | | (260892) | 262
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many legal proceedings have been brought against NHS organisations by private individuals on the basis that public consultations have been improperly conducted in the last five years. | | (260898) | 263
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261126) | 264
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 241W, on NHS: equality, when he expects the advisory group on the implications of age discrimination legislation for the NHS to publish its future programme of work; on what date the advisory group first met; for what reasons he expects that the advisory group's work will take 18 months to complete; and if he will make a statement. | | (260879) | 265
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which capital investment programmes in NHS hospitals announced by the Government since 1997 have not been fulfilled; what the reason was in each case; and how much the capital investment was originally estimated to be in each case. | | (261092) | 266
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261234) | 267
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of black and minority ethnic people in Bradford and Airedale Primary Care Trust area who have been diagnosed with diabetes. | | (260850) | 268
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate has been made of the percentage of black and minority ethnic people in Bradford and Airedale Primary Care Trust who (a) were offered and (b) attended annual retinal screening appointments in the 12 months up to 30 September 2008. | | (260851) | 269
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that primary care trusts provide people with diabetes from black and minority ethnic communities annual retinal screening. | | (260852) | 270
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase accessibility to the vascular risk assessment and management programme for those from South Asian communities. | | (260853) | 271
| Mrs Ann Cryer (Keighley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the eligibility age range for the vascular risk assessment and management programme for those of South Asian origin at risk of type 2 diabetes; and if he will make a statement. | | (260854) | 272
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of patients diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma who are expected to be suitable for sunitinib as a first-line therapy in the next 12 months, under the terms of the final approval determination issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (260885) | 273
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1196W on mental health services, how many primary care trusts provide computerised cognitive behavioural therapy approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of depression; and what steps he has taken to ensure that NICE Technology Appraisal 97 is implemented in all primary care trusts at the required level to meet known need. | | (260948) | 274
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that people suffering from depression are able to access therapy treatments to which they are entitled. | | (260949) | 275
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1196W on mental health services, what assessment he has made of the levels of availability of psychological therapies approved by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for (a) guided self-help, (b) counselling, (c) computerised cognitive behavioural therapy and (d) behavioural activation and exercise. | | (260950) | 276
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has made of the compatability of the Medicines (Human and Veterinary) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2008 with the requirements of the European Medicines Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (261011) | 277
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1360W, on dietary supplements: EU law, what the outcome of the meeting between officials from Jersey and officials from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on 11 February 2009 to discuss implementation of the Medicines Directive in Jersey was; and if he will make a statement. | | (261012) | 278
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions officials from the Food Standards Agency have had with officials in Jersey on the implications of the review of the Jersey food hygiene law for foodstuffs exported from Jersey to the UK; and when they expect the review to be completed. | | (261013) | 279
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (261055) | 280
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of programmes intended to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies. | | (260790) | 281
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government has taken to publicise the availability of influenza vaccinations in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (260797) | 282
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date the UK authorities were informed by Novartis that a staphylococcus aureas bacterial contamination had been found in a sample of the solvent used in meningitis C vaccine outside the UK. | | (260594) | 283
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many samples of meningitis C vaccine have been additionally tested for sterility in the UK following notification by Novartis of contamination of a sample elsewhere than in the UK; and when such tests were (a) begun and (b) completed. | | (260595) | 284
N | Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency issued a cascade alert concerning the meningitis C vaccine. | | (260596) | 285
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, column 661W, on NHS negligence, if he will publish the breakdown of the global contribution in each year since 1997 on the same basis as the estimated figures for 2009-10 given in the Answer. | | (260826) | 286
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take to increase the (a) number and (b) skills level of public health workers as proposed in A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next Stage Review. | | (260827) | 287
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, columns 874-5W, on hospital wards: gender, from which budget funding for the improvement teams will come. | | (260828) | 288
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, columns 874-5W, on hospital wards: gender, what milestones he has set between now and June for the project; and how he will assess the effects of the changes following their implementation. | | (260829) | 289
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 216-7W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, which aspects of the claims process prevent determining whether previous payments the Government has made to the Republic of Ireland were overpayments. | | (260830) | 290
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 216-7W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, when bilateral discussions started; and when they will be completed. | | (260831) | 291
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 216-7W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, how much the Government has paid to the Republic of Ireland under the bilateral agreement in each year since the agreement came into force. | | (260832) | 292
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 216-7W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, what the new evidence which has come to light on payments to be made under the agreement is. | | (260833) | 293
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, column 640W, on dementia, where the pilot will take place; how much his Department will spend on the pilot; how many advisers will be employed to work on the pilot; by what process such advisers will be recruited; what qualifications he expects such advisers to hold; and how the outcomes of the pilot will be evaluated. | | (260834) | 294
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the budget for NHS apprenticeships was in each year for which figures are available. | | (260844) | 295
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses were enrolled in a foundation period of preceptorship in each year for which the figures are available; and what the budget was for such preceptorships in each year. | | (260845) | 296
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the multi-professional education and training budget for each strategic health authority was in each year since 1997. | | (260846) | 297
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many occupational therapists worked in the NHS in each year since 1997; and how many worked in each NHS organisation in each of the last three years. | | (260847) | 298
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of meals were recorded as untouched in Estates Return Information Collection data for each NHS organisation in England in each year since 2002-03. | | (260848) | 299
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) under 10 years and (b) 10 years and over were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of (i) non-alcoholic fatty liver and (ii) diabetes in each year since 1997-98. | | (260849) | 300
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost is of establishing the Centre of Excellence referred to in paragraph 117 of A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next Stage Review. | | (260889) | 301
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) schoolchildren and (b) adults have autism in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement. | | (260941) | 302
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of people who required access to child and adolescent mental health services in each year since 1997. | | (261177) | 303
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to his Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997. | | (261210) | 304
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the provision of NHS dentistry in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum. | | (261211) | 305
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what commercial revenues have been earned by the NHS outside England in each of the last three years; and how they were earned. | | (261086) | 306
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) medical research and (b) research on the development of medical treatment is being funded by the Department of Health. | | (261087) | 307
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the over-prescription of medicines within the NHS. | | (261088) | 308
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of over-prescription of medicines in (a) England and (b) within the geographical area now covered by NHS Cumbria since 1997. | | (261089) | 309
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent on drugs of all types in each year since 1997 in (a) England and (b) the geographical area now covered by NHS Cumbria. | | (261090) | 310
| Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the time it will take for stem cell derived disease treatments to become available on the NHS and (b) the likely effect this will have on future health spending. | | (261091) | 311
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS funding was provided for (a) research into and (b) treatment of premature ovarian failure in (i) Gloucestershire and (ii) England in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (260994) | 312
| Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase (a) medical practitioners' and (b) public awareness of premature ovarian failure; and if he will make a statement. | | (260995) | 313
| Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the likely care needs for thalidomiders; and how those needs are planned to be met. | | (261214) | 314
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260766) | 315
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 18 to 21 year-olds were admitted to each (a) hospital and (b) university hospital following drug-related incidents in each of the last 10 years. | | (260919) | 316
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 18 to 21 year-olds were admitted to each (a) hospital and (b) university hospital following alcohol-related incidents in each of the last 10 years. | | (260920) | 317
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 18 to 21 year-olds were admitted to (a) all hospitals and (b) university hospitals for mental health conditions in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (i) hospital and (ii) type of condition. | | (260921) | 318
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 18 to 21 year-olds were admitted to each (a) hospital and (b) university hospital for bulimia in each of the last 10 years. | | (260922) | 319
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many 18 to 21 year olds were admitted to each (a) hospital and (b) university hospital for anorexia in each of the last 10 years. | | (260923) | 320
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261106) | 321
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261157) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 322
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the Muslim community on the threat of terrorism committed by Somalis in the UK. | | (260893) | 323
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by her Department have been tested on animals. | | (261125) | 324
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2009, Official Report, column 2210W, on police custody: young people, what mechanisms her Department has in place for the review of the way in which the use of an appropriate adult to attend police questioning of minors operates; and if she will make a statement. | | (260759) | 325
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 152W, on entry clearances, what the (a) maximum, (b) minimum and (c) average processing time was for those applications not processed within the public service agreement target times; and if she will make a statement. | | (260760) | 326
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of the audit memorandum drafted by the UK Border Agency Complaints Audit Committee. | | (260818) | 327
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Chief Inspector of the UK Border Agency has taken to monitor the way in which complaints of racism against the UK Border Agency are handled; and if she will make a statement. | | (260819) | 328
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which her Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261235) | 329
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Acts for which her Department has policy responsibility received Royal Assent between 1 May 1997 and 1 January 2009; which provisions of those Acts (a) have not yet come into force, (b) have been repealed prior to coming into force and (c) have been repealed after coming into force; and how many prosecutions have taken place for each offence created under each of those Acts. | | (260665) | 330
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the work of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. | | (261218) | 331
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department will allocate to the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner in each of the next three years; and how much will be allocated specifically for the regulation of those who provide immigration advice and services. | | (261219) | 332
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2008, Official Report, column 405, on the de Menezes inquest, what discussions she has had with the London boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich on sharing the cost of the inquest; and if she will make a statement. | | (260584) | 333
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded cases of domestic violence there were in each police force area in which (a) no action was taken, (b) a warning was issued, (c) a possible offender was arrested and (d) a possible offender was charged in each of the last five years. | | (260926) | 334
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided by central government for (a) sexual assault referral centres and (b) rape crisis centres in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency; and how much funding was provided for such centres located in (i) rural and (ii) urban areas. | | (260927) | 335
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual assault referral centres were operating in each police force area in each of the last five years; how many were in (a) rural and (b) urban areas; and how many employed a forensic nurse. | | (260928) | 336
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of rape complainants were offered a forensic examination in the last five years, broken down by (a) police force area and (b) rural/urban areas. | | (260929) | 337
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many female forensic nurses have been trained in each of the last five years. | | (260930) | 338
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded rapes against women in rural areas there were in each of the last 10 years; and what the sanction detection rates were in each case. | | (260931) | 339
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the extent of under-recording of rape against women over the last 10 years. | | (260933) | 340
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of rape against women were recorded by each police force in each of the last 10 years; and what the sanction detection rate was in each case. | | (260934) | 341
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services her Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (260991) | 342
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued to men aged between 18 to 25 years old in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. | | (260799) | 343
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals are believed by the Security Service to pose a direct threat to national security and public safety because of their support for terrorism. | | (260918) | 344
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that the Veterans in Custody Support programme's Have you served? leaflet is made available to those detained in police custody suites who have previously served in the armed forces; and if she will make a statement. | | (261048) | 345
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the safety of former Rwandan rebels after repatriation to Rwanda. | | (260599) | 346
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided for home security improvements for low income pensioners in each year since 1997 in Dacorum. | | (261179) | 347
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which schemes have received funding under the Communities Against Drugs Initiative in the Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 1997; how much was received under each scheme; and what targets were set relating to crime reduction under each scheme. | | (261180) | 348
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261181) | 349
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many special constables there were in Dacorum in each year since 1997. | | (261182) | 350
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997. | | (261183) | 351
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were refused for non-UK born applicants in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008. | | (260815) | 352
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits have been approved for non-UK job applicants for jobs in which no suitably qualified UK-born applicant could be found in 2007-08. | | (260816) | 353
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Immigration plans to reply to the enquiry from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 23 October 2008 on behalf of Momodou Saidyjah, reference J1146013. | | (261010) | 354
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was made available to the Metropolitan Police for its Human Trafficking Unit in 2008-09; how much she plans to allocate in 2009-10; what assessment she has made of the unit's work; and if she will make a statement. | | (260377) | 355
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Totnes of 24 November 2008 and 22 January 2009 on advice to the Government on the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. | | (260378) | 356
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in her Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260764) | 357
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261103) | 358
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261159) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 359
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2009, Official Report, column 1391W, on snow and ice, if he will assess the merits of issuing all hon. Members with snow shovels. | | (260618) | 360
| Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of meat produce served in the House of Commons was Freedom Food-approved in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (260977) | 361
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2009, Official Report, column 935W, what assessment the House of Commons Commission has made of the merits of the (a) accounting and administration systems for and (b) systems for provision of information to the public on hon. Members' expenses in place in the (i) Scottish Parliament and (ii) National Assembly for Wales; and whether the Commission has considered adopting elements of those systems for use by the House authorities. | | (260603) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 362
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261124) | 363
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261236) | 364
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies have paid Opinion Leader Research in each financial year since 2003-04. | | (260888) | 365
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many full level 2 qualifications completed by adult learners have included (a) mathematics GCSE and (b) English GCSE in each of the last 10 years. | | (260811) | 366
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (260987) | 367
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he plans to take in response to the decline in the number of graduates being recruited by businesses. | | (260787) | 368
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which (a) companies and (b) industrial trades have provided the largest number of apprenticeships in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008 in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (260792) | 369
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps are being taken to reduce levels of political and religious extremism in universities. | | (260794) | 370
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to make students aware of Government initiatives to help them into employment. | | (260796) | 371
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of graduates were in employment three months after leaving university in each of the last five years. | | (261142) | 372
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been allocated to the Low Impact Building Innovation Platform in each year since it was established. | | (260589) | 373
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260770) | 374
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many learner places funded by the Learning and Skills Council there were in each (a) local authority area and (b) subject area in each year since 2003-04. | | (258578) | 375
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many learner places funded by the Learning and Skills Council have been taken up by people with (a) learning difficulties, (b) disabilities and (c) mental ill-health in each year since 2003-04. | | (258579) | 376
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many young people from each parliamentary constituency began an undergraduate course at a UK higher education institution in (a) 1997-98 and (b) 2007-08. | | (258773) | 377
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of hon. Members' questions to his Department for written answer on a named day in the 2008-09 Session of Parliament to date have received (a) a holding response on the day named, (b) a substantive response on the day named, (c) a substantive response after the day named and (d) no response. | | (258774) | 378
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students domiciled in the EU but not in the UK have loans with the Student Loans Company. | | (260876) | 379
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bristol West of 9 May 2008, Official Report, column 1266W, on higher education: EU nationals, how many times the Student Loans Company has successfully enforced repayment of loans from students domiciled in the EU but not in the UK using (a) external trace agents, (b) international debt collection companies and (c) EC regulation 44/2001. | | (260877) | 380
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bristol West of 9 May 2008, Official Report, column 1266W, on higher education: EU nationals, how many times the Student Loans Company has attempted to enforce repayment of student loans from students domiciled in the EU but not in the UK using (a) external trace agents, (b) international debt collection companies and (c) EC regulation 44/2001. | | (260878) | 381
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much owed by students domiciled in the EU but not in the UK is (a) due to have been repaid to the Student Loans Company and (b) due to have been repaid but not been received by the Student Loans Company. | | (260880) | 382
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students domiciled in the EU but not in the UK are (a) due to have begun loan repayments to the Student Loans Company and (b) due to have begun loan repayments to the Student Loans Company but have not done so. | | (260883) | 383
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food since its inception. | | (261169) | 384
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his Department's entertainment budget has been since its inception. | | (261282) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 385
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261123) | 386
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261237) | 387
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to support humanitarian relief in Africa. | | (260313) | 388
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to support developing countries in Asia in the last 12 months. | | (260314) | 389
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to prevent the spread of AIDS-related illnesses in third world countries in the last 12 months. | | (260315) | 390
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many countries have outstanding land mine clearance projects; and how much the Government has allocated to assist such projects (a) directly and (b) indirectly in 2009-10. | | (261007) | 391
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (260989) | 392
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what expenditure has been incurred by the (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in each year since 1997 on (i) opinion polling, (ii) focus groups and (iii) other forms of market research; if he will list the surveys commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261175) | 393
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261176) | 394
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to his Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997. | | (261178) | 395
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports he has received of the human rights situation of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo displaced by the Lord's Resistance Army to Western Equatoria near Yambio in Sudan in September and October 2008. | | (260762) | 396
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent reports he has received on the number of people displaced from Abyei in Sudan in May and December 2008 who have returned to their homes. | | (260763) | 397
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260769) | 398
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261102) | 399
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261168) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 400
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to other Government departments on the legal requirements which they must meet when undertaking public consultations. | | (260901) | 401
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261122) | 402
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261245) | 403
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance he issues to the courts on the grant of an absolute discharge to a defendant convicted of benefit fraud offences. | | (260968) | 404
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of a drug rehabilitation requirement was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (260969) | 405
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug rehabilitation requirements are in force. | | (260970) | 406
| Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drug rehabilitation requirements were (a) made, (b) successfully completed and (c) breached by non-compliance in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (260971) | 407
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what Acts for which his Department has policy responsibility received Royal Assent between 1 May 1997 and 1 January 2009; which provisions of those Acts (a) have not yet come into force, (b) have been repealed prior to coming into force and (c) have been repealed after coming into force; and how many prosecutions have taken place for each offence created under each of those Acts. | | (260666) | 408
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the de Menezes inquest; and if he will make a statement. | | (260586) | 409
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of those convicted of murder of a woman in each of the last five years had a previous conviction for domestic violence or had previously been reported to the police for domestic violence. | | (260924) | 410
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic violence courts there are in each constituency; and how many are located in (a) urban and (b) rural areas. | | (260925) | 411
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought for rape against women in each of the last 10 years, broken down by police force area; and what the rate of conviction was in each case. | | (260932) | 412
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions officials and Ministers of his Department have had with officials in Guernsey on the secondary legislation necessary to make the Medicines (Human and Veterinary) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2008, consistent with the European Medicines Directive; and when he expects such legislation to be introduced. | | (260959) | 413
| Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when Ministers in his Department last visited (a) Jersey and (b) Guernsey; and whether the importation of health foods and food supplements from the Channel Islands to the UK was discussed on such visits. | | (260960) | 414
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (260993) | 415
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timetable is for bringing forward new proposals on the future composition of the House of Lords. | | (260789) | 416
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2095W, on special educational needs: tribunals, how many of the appeals (a) received, (b) registered and (c) which were successful occurred in each local authority area in each year. | | (260822) | 417
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) account is taken by and (b) information is made available to offender managers of the services provided by the Service Personnel and Veteran's Agency in the drafting of supervision plans for offenders who have served in the armed forces; if he will ensure that such offenders are informed of the services for which they are eligible which are provided by (i) the Royal British Legion, (ii) Combat Stress and (iii) Soldiers, Sailors and Airforce Association; and if he will make a statement. | | (261045) | 418
| Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department collects on offenders' (a) employment history, (b) educational history and (c) health requirements for an offender's (i) pre-sentence report, (ii) supervision plan and (iii) induction in prison; and if he will make a statement. | | (261049) | 419
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 835W, on convictions, how the Government determines what methodology is used to estimate the number of people with unspent convictions. | | (260604) | 420
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the guidance issued by his Department to electoral registration officers on visits to the houses of people who have failed to register. | | (260974) | 421
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that all electoral registration forms are identically-worded. | | (260975) | 422
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department reimburses local authority chief executives for their work on electoral administration; and if he will make a statement. | | (260976) | 423
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261108) | 424
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261160) | Questions to the Leader of the House 425
| Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Leader of the House, what proposals she has for further modernisation of the working practices of the House. | | (260761) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 426
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261121) | 427
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261223) | 428
N | Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will bring forward proposals formally to recognise the work of part-time reserve officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. | | (259270) | 429
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost of travel by train by staff in his Department was in each year since 1997. | | (261205) | 430
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261206) | 431
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; if he will list the surveys commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261207) | 432
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261109) | 433
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261161) | 434
N | Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment he has had made of levels of paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland. | | (259267) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 435
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what information her Office holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which her Office has responsibility who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261242) | 436
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how many staff of her Office were recorded absent due to non-medical reasons on (a) 2 February 2009 and (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate she has made of the (i) cost to her Office and (ii) number of working hours lost due to such absence; and what guidance her Office issued to staff in respect of absence on those days. | | (260897) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 437
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261120) | 438
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261224) | 439
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the cost of travel by train by staff in his Department was in each year since 1997. | | (261212) | 440
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) newspapers, (b) magazines and (c) periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261279) | 441
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent by his Department on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; if he will list the surveys commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261280) | 442
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much was spent by his Department on staff surveys in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (260942) | 443
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261114) | 444
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261158) | Questions to the Solicitor General 445
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Solicitor General, what information her Office holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which the Law Officers' Departments have responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261240) | 446
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Solicitor General, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in the Law Officers' Departments in each year since 1997. | | (261208) | 447
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent by the Law Officers' Departments on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261209) | 448
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Solicitor General, how much was spent by the Law Officers' Departments and their agency on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what such surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261221) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 449
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the required average annual reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per passenger relating to aircraft departing from UK airports between 2005 and 2050 in order to achieve the Government's target of keeping aviation-derived carbon dioxide emissions in 2050 below the 2005 level. | | (260131) | 450
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average annual change in carbon dioxide emissions has been per passenger in relation to aircraft departing from UK airports in each year since 1990. | | (260132) | 451
N | Mr Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his forecast is for the constrained air passenger demand in 2030, taking into account (a) the implementation of the increases in Air Passenger Duty announced in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report, (b) expectations of future levels of gross domestic product as set out in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report and (c) the effect of aviation being included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme on the basis of current proposals; and what adjustment would be made to this forecast if it is also assumed that a barrel of oil will cost $150 in 2030. | | (260133) | 452
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of extending the national free concessionary bus pass scheme as it applies to disabled people to peak operating hours; and if he will make a statement. | | (261085) | 453
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to give legal force to the target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from UK aviation to below 2005 levels by 2050. | | (261186) | 454
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether aircraft emissions will apply (a) in total and (b) net of trading and offsetting for the target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from UK aviation to below 2005 levels by 2050. | | (261187) | 455
| Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from motoring organisations on procedures for informing motorists of the requirement to renew photo-card driving licences every 10 years. | | (260890) | 456
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261119) | 457
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261225) | 458
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (260988) | 459
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to give police forces the powers to issue fixed penalty tickets for careless driving; and if he will make a statement. | | (260376) | 460
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been seized from (a) disqualified and (b) uninsured drivers in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last two years. | | (260791) | 461
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of train services have been (a) delayed and (b) cancelled in (i) England, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees Valley district and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (260967) | 462
| Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the results of his recent consultation on proposed regulations under section 130 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 to control ship-to-ship oil transfers within UK territorial waters; and when he expects to lay regulations before Parliament. | | (260915) | 463
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) meetings, (b) correspondence and (c) telephone contacts officials in his Department have had with Iplas plc of Halifax on the procurement of rail sleepers, in the last 12 months. | | (260944) | 464
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specification his Department has established for the use on the rail network of sleepers made from 100 per cent. recycled plastic. | | (260962) | 465
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procurement process (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail followed for the purchase of 100 per cent. recycled plastic sleepers for use on the rail network. | | (260963) | 466
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of road safety partnership grants in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire. | | (260776) | 467
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure has been incurred by his Department and its agencies on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since its inception; what such surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261251) | 468
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (261252) | 469
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the construction of the M1 widening between junctions 6 and 10. | | (261253) | 470
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261254) | 471
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent by his Department on staff surveys in 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (260943) | 472
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260768) | 473
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timetable is for implementation of its Comprehensive Blue Badge Reform Strategy. | | (260838) | 474
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated average time was for planning clearance of major infrastructure projects commissioned by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (261008) | 475
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261107) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 476
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261118) | 477
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261226) | 478
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what expenditure has been incurred by his Department on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since 1997; what such surveys were commissioned; and what the purpose was of each. | | (261248) | 479
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261249) | 480
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost to his Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997. | | (261250) | 481
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much was spent by his Department on staff surveys in 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (260916) | 482
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261162) | 483
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261283) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 484
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what information her Office holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which her Office has responsibility who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261241) | 485
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much funding the Government has provided to rape crisis centres (a) in 2008-09 and (b) in each year since 1997. | | (261036) | 486
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, which rape crisis centres receive Government funding; how much funding each (a) has received in 2008-09 and (b) will receive in 2009-10. | | (261037) | 487
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, whether the £1 million emergency fund for rape crisis centres will be continued in 2009-10. | | (261038) | 488
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, which rape crisis centres that previously received funding from the Government have not received any such funding in 2008-09. | | (261039) | 489
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how much has been spent by her Office on staff surveys in each year since their inception; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (260875) | 490
| Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what discussions she has had with insurance companies on age discrimination in relation to the Equality Bill. | | (260837) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 491
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to ensure that no cleaning products or ingredients of cleaning products used by his Department have been tested on animals. | | (261117) | 492
N | Mr David Chaytor (Bury North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for mortgage relief schemes have been (a) received, (b) successfully processed to the point of completion and (c) granted in the last 12 months. | | (258772) | 493
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in the last five years who previously had careers in the banking industry. | | (261227) | 494
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since 31 December 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (260990) | 495
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent research his Department has conducted into the living standards of children below the poverty line. | | (260793) | 496
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to inform pensioners about the Government support to which they are entitled. | | (260801) | 497
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals there have been against sanctions issued for non-compliance with the jobseeker's allowance regime in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (261065) | 498
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payment awards his Department has made (a) in each region and (b) at each payment level in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (261066) | 499
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payment awards his Department has made in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (261067) | 500
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the likely annual costs to (a) his Department and (b) other Government departments and agencies of the information sharing provisions in Schedule 3 of the Welfare Reform Bill. | | (261068) | 501
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of claimants of jobseeker's allowance have been excused from meeting jobseeker's allowance rules in each month of the last two years for which information is available. | | (261014) | 502
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what budget has been allocated for the organisation of the Local Employment Partnership Awards 2009; and how much (a) each of the 11 local award ceremonies and (b) the grand final are expected to cost. | | (261015) | 503
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-servicemen are claiming (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, or employment and support allowance and (c) income support, broken down by duration of claim. | | (261016) | 504
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-servicemen have claimed (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, or employment and support allowance and (c) income support in each month of the last two years for which information is available. | | (261017) | 505
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of claimants of jobseeker's allowance have been excused from meeting jobseeker's allowance rules in each month of the last two years for which information is available. | | (261018) | 506
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of claimants of jobseeker's allowance have been excused from meeting jobseeker's allowance rules in each year since 1997 for which information is available. | | (261019) | 507
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many JobPoints have been set up outside Jobcentre Plus since their inception; and in what locations they have been set up. | | (261021) | 508
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what outreach services are offered by Jobcentre Plus staff outside of Jobcentre Plus; and in what types of locations. | | (261022) | 509
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Jobcentre Plus National Workload Projection updates covering the period up to 2020-21 from each quarter of the last three years. | | (261023) | 510
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the most recent Jobcentre Plus workload forecasts updated on 31 January are for the volume of claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support, (c) incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance and (d) Social Fund loans for each quarter up to 2015, broken down by (i) region, (ii) local authority, (iii) constituency and (iv) Jobcentre Plus district; what the total costs are expected to be; and if he will make a statement. | | (261024) | 511
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-servicemen have claimed (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance or employment and support allowance and (c) income support in each year since 1997 for which information is available. | | (261025) | 512
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what costs relating to the introduction of the employment and support allowance were incurred by the Ministry of Justice with reference to the budget transfer of £1.45 million from the Department for Work and Pensions as announced in the Written Ministerial statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 116-9WS, on department expenditure limits. | | (261083) | 513
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the percentage of pensioners living in poverty resident in (a) Winchester constituency and (b) Hampshire. | | (260598) | 514
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997. | | (261255) | 515
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have taken out a stakeholder pension. | | (261256) | 516
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent by his Department on staff surveys in each of the last five years; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys. | | (260873) | 517
| Ian Stewart (Eccles): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many people employed in his Department have a science or engineering degree. | | (260767) | 518
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years. | | (261155) | 519
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years. | | (261281) | 520
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many drug users have been placed on a training course through progress2work; and how many have completed such a course. | | (261075) | 521
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many drug users have secured paid employment through progress2work; how many have maintained this employment for six months or more; and how many have claimed benefits again within (a) six months and (b) 12 months. | | (261076) | 522
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many drug users have secured unpaid employment through progress2work; and how many have maintained this employment for six months or more. | | (261077) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 523
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the minimum cost for access to broadband communication under the Digital Britain plan will be. | | [Transferred] (261196) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 524
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) skilled and (b) unskilled job vacancies there were in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) the North East and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency at the latest date for which information is available. | | [Transferred] (260786) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 525
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households there are in the UK; and how many are classified as (a) retired, (b) non-retired and (c) non-retired with children. | | [Transferred] (261020) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 526
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were for fly-tipping in each local authority in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (261004) | 527
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in each local authority in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the estimated cost was of dealing with such incidents. | | [Transferred] (261054) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 528
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent reports he has received on the safety and welfare of women prisoners at HMP Styal. | | [Transferred] (261152) | 529
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2008, Official Report, column 405, on the de Menezes inquest, what discussions he has had with the London boroughs of Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham and Greenwich on sharing the cost of the inquest; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (260585) | 530
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeal cases have been brought before (a) social security appeal tribunals and (b) disability appeal tribunals in each of the last eight years. | | [Transferred] (261073) | 531
| Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) social security appeal tribunals and (b) disability appeal tribunals cost in each of the last eight years. | | [Transferred] (261074) |
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