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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 10 March 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 10 March 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 10 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 Tuesday 10 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 10 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 2288-9W, how many hits each of the websites maintained by his Department received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262835) | 2
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will bring into force the principal provision of the Easter Act 1928 fixing the date of Easter. | | (261801) | 3
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what advice his Department issues to companies on undertaking business with concerns based in Western Sahara. | | (262830) | 4
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of each contract his Department has commissioned with external companies to deliver public services provided by his Department over high speed broadband internet connections. | | (262769) | 5
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262814) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 6
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposals in the European Commission's Communication for the Spring European Council, COM(09)114, providing for EU-wide supervision over banks and financial services will be brought forward as legislative proposals to which qualified majority voting will apply; and what the legal basis for each proposal will be. | | (262186) | 7
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter of 3 March 2009 to other EU Finance Ministers and the Commission on EU-wide supervision of financial services and banking. | | (262187) | 8
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Strategy and Growth Pact came into force; and what information his Department holds on which other EU member states (a) have and (b) have not achieved compliance with the Pact rules to date. | | (262188) | 9
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which (a) executive and (b) non-executive board members at each bank which has received support from the public purse in the last two years were in post prior to the provision of that support; and what remuneration each received in the last year for which information is available. | | (262736) | 10
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Services Secretary declared an interest in respect of his Gartmore and Nat West pensions to the Permanent Secretary at the time of his negotiations with Royal Bank of Scotland. | | (262191) | 11
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what conditions of eligibility for the child trust fund apply to migrant workers from EU accession states. | | (262723) | 12
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings which accrued to his Department as a result of the withdrawal of pre-paid envelopes for value added tax returns in the last 12 months. | | (262724) | 13
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pre-paid business reply envelopes for value added tax returns were issued in each of the last three years. | | (262725) | 14
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the number of businesses that used pre-paid business reply envelopes for value added tax returns in each of the last three years. | | (262726) | 15
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure his Department incurred in paying interest on tax refunds in each of the last five years. | | (262727) | 16
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received tax refunds from HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor in each of the last five years. | | (262728) | 17
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was charged in interest on unpaid tax by HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor in each of the last five years. | | (262729) | 18
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on his Department's revenue of reducing the amount of interest paid on tax refunds to zero in 2008-09. | | (262730) | 19
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what the planned source will be of the professional lending skills to be used by the Treasury in lending to private finance initiative projects. | | (262777) | 20
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what estimate he has made of the average return on capital committed to private finance initiative projects which have been completed and refinanced to date. | | (262778) | 21
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what his latest estimate is of the number of private finance initiative projects for which the Government will provide the full amount of senior debt. | | (262781) | 22
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what steps his Department is taking on management of credit risk in circumstances where the Government is providing the full amount of senior debt required by a private finance initiative infrastructure project. | | (262782) | 23
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what steps his Department is taking to ensure value for money from Government lending to private finance initiative infrastructure projects. | | (262783) | 24
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, whether underspent and unallocated funds from one department may be used to fund another department's private finance initiative infrastructure projects. | | (262784) | 25
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what his most recent estimate is of the amount of underspent and unallocated funds for each department available to provide additional finance for public infrastructure projects. | | (262785) | 26
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, when he expects his Department's lending to private finance initiative projects to have been repaid. | | (262786) | 27
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, whether his Department's value for money assessment guidance will apply in determining the projects for which the Government will provide the full amount of senior debt for a private finance initiative infrastructure project. | | (262787) | 28
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what pricing structure the Government will use when providing the full amount of senior debt required by a private finance initiative infrastructure project. | | (262788) | 29
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what criteria the Government will use to determine appropriate means of funding provision for a private finance initiative infrastructure project. | | (262789) | 30
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, how the private finance initiative infrastructure projects receiving additional Government funding will be selected. | | (262790) | 31
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, column 47WS, on Government infrastructure investment, whether the proposals will require state aid clearance at EU level. | | (262793) | 32
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that returns to private investors on private finance initiative projects supported by his Department's lending reflect the transfer of risk back to the public purse implicit in such support. | | (262794) | 33
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-8WS, on Government infrastructure investment, if he will place in the Library a copy of any comparative cost-benefit analysis of switching to alternative procurement methods in private finance initiative infrastructure projects undertaken by or on behalf of his Department. | | (262795) | 34
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with which banks his Department (a) holds and (b) has held contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262748) | 35
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 28 January 2009, Official Report, columns 584-5W, on the departmental internet, how many hits each of the websites maintained by his Department received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262833) | 36
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guarantees he had received from the Icelandic authorities on the security of deposits held in Icelandic banks by UK citizens and corporations at the time that the UK agreed to support an International Monetary Fund loan to Iceland. | | (262716) | 37
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many X-ray scanners HM Revenue and Customs used to detect instances of tobacco smuggling in each of the last five years. | | (261753) | 38
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) front line, (b) investigative and (c) overseas-based staff of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) were working to prevent tobacco smuggling in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what estimate he has made of the proportion of time staff in each category spent on tackling tobacco smuggling in each of those years; and how much was allocated to HMRC's work on tobacco smuggling in each of those years. | | (261754) | 39
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 40
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262765) | 41
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the average (a) infant, (b) primary and (c) secondary class sizes in the 20 local authority areas of (i) highest and (ii) lowest deprivation in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (262821) | 42
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment his Department has made of the merits to adding the 2GCSE qualification to its list of approved qualifications which it will fund maintained schools to deliver under section 96 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (262828) | 43
N | Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Totnes of 21 January 2009 on funding for a new school building at Dartmouth Community College. | | (262574) | 44
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there are in each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall with no other school serving the same age range within a (i) one and (ii) two mile radius. | | (262772) | 45
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262799) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 46
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with which banks the Cabinet Office has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262767) | 47
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any former Minister occupies a Ministerial residence. | | (262770) | 48
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether it is the Cabinet Office's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262802) | 49
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether it is the policy of the Prime Minister's Office to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262819) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 50
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to help local authorities prepare for local elections in areas where European elections will be held alongside those for local authorities. | | (261749) | 51
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Government has taken to improve local e-government. | | (261750) | 52
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote local government services through the direct.gov portal. | | (261751) | 53
N | James Duddridge (Rochford & Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the new fire control centre for the east of England to be (a) completed and (b) fully operational. | | (262719) | 54
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish the Government's formal response to the consultation in respect of the enforcement of local government bylaws. | | (262734) | 55
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with which banks her Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262764) | 56
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to enact the provisions included in the Law Commission's Rented Homes Bill. | | (262721) | 57
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the alignment of tenancy terms proposed by the Law Commission. | | (262722) | 58
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2008, Official Report, columns 1425-6W, on community relations: Islam, whether the Young Muslim Advisory Group has been established for a fixed time period; and for how long she expects her Department to monitor the group's progress. | | (262820) | 59
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties were registered as second homes for council tax purposes in each county in each year since the introduction of council tax; and what the year-on-year percentage change was in each case. | | (262771) | 60
| Matthew Taylor (Truro & St Austell): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of domestic properties had their tax registration changed to business property in each county in each of the last 12 months. | | (262827) | 61
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is her Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262808) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 62
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department takes steps to estimate the proportion of users of (a) Richmond Park and (b) Bushy Park in each (i) ethnic group and (ii) income group. | | (262251) | 63
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the proposed car park charging regime in (a) Richmond Park and (b) Bushy Park on levels of usage of each park by people from low income households; and if he will make a statement. | | (262252) | 64
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262762) | 65
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262807) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 66
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the need to provide for hearing specialists at Camp Bastion Hospital to treat servicemen and women whose hearing has been affected by explosions or the use of munitions. | | (262185) | 67
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan on the Royal Navy's budget for procurement of (a) aircraft carriers and (b) destroyers. | | (262797) | 68
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of funding for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan on the Royal Air Force's budget for procurement of (a) Eurofighter Typhoons and (b) replacement Harriers. | | (262823) | 69
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262761) | 70
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262818) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 71
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262749) | 72
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of delivering a reduction of one tonne of carbon dioxide under the Carbon Reduction Commitment. | | (262717) | 73
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262811) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 74
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of farm animals in the last 12 months. | | (261469) | 75
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of sea creatures in the last 12 months. | | (261470) | 76
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of circus animals in the last 12 months. | | (261471) | 77
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of animals held in quarantine facilities in the last 12 months. | | (261472) | 78
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of domestic pets in the last 12 months. | | (261473) | 79
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262760) | 80
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department issues to the fishing fleet on fishing in waters off (a) Western Sahara and (b) Morocco. | | (262831) | 81
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262810) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 82
N | Mr William Cash (Stone): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on implementation of the EU enlargement strategy in respect of (a) Albania, (b) Macedonia, (c) Turkey, (d) Bosnia-Herzegovina, (e) Kosovo, (f) Croatia, (g) Serbia and (h) Montenegro; and which countries included in the enlargement strategy he expects to receive pre-accession funding. | | (262189) | 83
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he is making to the government of Sudan consequent on the indictment of President Omar al-Bashir; and if he will make a statement. | | (262839) | 84
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan of the recent indictment of President Omar al-Bashir; and if he will make a statement. | | (262840) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262759) | 86
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 369-73W, on the departmental internet, how many hits each of the websites maintained by his Department received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262836) | 87
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2009W, on Western Sahara, if he will make representations to the Moroccan Ambassador to the UK on Morocco's continued occupation of Western Sahara when she takes up her post in London. | | (262792) | 88
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests the United Nations has made to the power which has responsibility for the administration of the Western Sahara under Article 73 of the UN Charter for the transmission of information under the provisions of that article. | | (262829) | 89
| Mark Williams (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1598W, on Western Sahara: politics and government, what the Government's policy is on the inclusion of independence as a referendum option under any agreement. | | (262832) | 90
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received any recent reports of the effect on oil prices of the recent attacks in southern Sudan by the Lord's Resistance Army. | | (262796) | 91
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262801) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 92
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, from which advisory committees he obtains scientific advice on the use of tranquillisers. | | (261389) | 93
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) prescriptions and (b) in-patient prescriptions were issued for (i) each benzodiazepine and (ii) each zed drug tranquilliser in 2008. | | (261390) | 94
N | Jim Dobbin (Heywood & Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regulatory changes he has made to prevent a recurrence of the time taken by manufacturers to inform the regulator of the harmful effects of prescribed selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors on patients. | | (261391) | 95
| Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Eastern Region Strategic Health Authority on Suffolk Primary Care Trust's understatement of spending on management consultants. | | (262737) | 96
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262758) | 97
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1353-6W, on the departmental internet, how many hits each of his Department's websites received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262837) | 98
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct NHS trusts to ensure that alcohol-based hand cleaning solutions remain available at NHS hospitals. | | (261902) | 99
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the recommendations of the report on Cord blood banking in the UK - an international comparison of policy and practice. | | (262773) | 100
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the involvement of (a) Government bodies, (b) the third sector and (c) the private sector in his Department's consideration of the collection and use of cord blood. | | (262776) | 101
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of giving all surgical patients the opportunity to donate for research purposes tissue which would otherwise be incinerated. | | (262715) | 102
N | Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to increase donations by surgical patients of human tissue for research purposes. | | (262718) | 103
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262812) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 104
| Dr Liam Fox (Woodspring): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Gurkhas have (a) applied for, (b) been granted and (c) been refused British citizenship in each of the last 15 years. | | (262733) | 105
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 10 December 2007, Official Report, column 91W, on police: bureaucracy, how much time (a) police officers and (b) patrol officers spent on (i) incident-related paperwork, (ii) non-incident-related paperwork, (iii) all paperwork and (iv) patrol in 2007-08. | | (262365) | 106
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 818W, on illegal immigrants, what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) carried out by her Department on the likely number of illegal immigrants in the UK since the publication in 2001 of Home Office Online Report 29/05, Sizing the unauthorised (illegal) migrant population in the United Kingdom. | | (262366) | 107
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, column 673W, on cannabis, where illegal drugs used for police training purposes are (a) obtained and (b) stored; and what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on such matters. | | (262367) | 108
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) shoplifting, (b) robbery of business property and (c) theft by an employee were recorded by police in the quarter (i) July to September 2003, (ii) July to September 2004 and (iii) July to September 2005. | | (262527) | 109
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals with records on the Police National Computer have been (a) arrested and (b) cautioned more than once. | | (262528) | 110
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the minimum required level of (a) professional and clinical qualification and (b) practical training is for (i) nurses, (ii) doctors and (iii) other healthcare professionals employed by police forces to provide forensic medical services; what duties are performed by staff at each level in each professional role; what steps are taken to ensure that staff recruited to provide these services are available to give evidence in court when required; and what powers police forces have to (A) make and (B) vary requirements for forensic medical staff. | | (262774) | 111
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on required levels of qualifications and training for healthcare staff employed in the delivery of forensic medical services to police forces and HM Courts Service. | | (262775) | 112
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which banks her Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262766) | 113
N | Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been issued with penalty notices for disorder in each of the last three years, broken down by type of offence; and how many remain unpaid. | | (262525) | 114
N | Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanism she uses to evaluate the efficacy of her policy of removing individuals who have no legal right to remain in the United Kingdom after their applications for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom have been disallowed; and if she will make a statement. | | (261901) | 115
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262816) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 116
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262757) | 117
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262809) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 118
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effect on the humanitarian situation in Sudan of the recent revocation of the operating licences of international non-governmental organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (262841) | 119
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262756) | 120
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 10 February 2009, Official Report, column 1879W, on the departmental internet, how many hits each of the websites maintained by his Department received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262838) | 121
N | Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent representations he has received on the proposed construction of an airport on St Helena; and if he will make a statement. | | (262300) | 122
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262813) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 123
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to introduce regulations permitting bailiffs to use force against the person. | | (259136) | 124
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost of an application to the Court of Protection was in the latest period for which information is available. | | (261954) | 125
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money is being held under the Court of Protection. | | (261955) | 126
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how long the average application to the Court of Protection took to be processed in the latest period for which information is available. | | (261956) | 127
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences related to bringing prohibited (a) List A, (b) List B and (c) List C articles into (i) prisons and (ii) young offender institutions in each of the last 12 months. | | (262824) | 128
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262763) | 129
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of (i) Criminal Defence Service Direct and (ii) the Defence Solicitor Call Centre on the numbers and proportion of suspects who received legal advice from a legal adviser in person; and if he will place in the Library a copy of that research. | | (262822) | 130
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were charged with each category of violent offence whilst being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England and Wales in the last (i) six months, (ii) year and (iii) five years. | | (262297) | 131
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders were charged with offences whilst being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England and Wales in the last (i) six months, (ii) year and (iii) five years. | | (262298) | 132
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which probation boards are operating in a budget deficit; and what each deficit is. | | (262523) | 133
N | Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many job losses there have been in the Probation Service in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England and Wales in the last 12 months. | | (262524) | 134
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262817) | Questions to the Leader of the House 135
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Answer of 25 July 2007 to the hon. Member for Stroud, Official Report, column 1124W, on the UK Youth Parliament, what plans she has to discuss the possible use of the Chamber of the House by the UK Youth Parliament with (a) the Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee, (b) other committees of the House and (c) the House authorities. | | (261369) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 136
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262753) | 137
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 3 February 2009, Official Report, columns 988-90W, on the departmental internet, how many hits each of the websites maintained by his Department received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262780) | 138
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262803) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 139
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262751) | 140
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262805) | Questions to the Solicitor General 141
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, with which banks the Law Officers' Departments have or have had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262798) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 142
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid in compensation by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local highways authorities for claims relating to vehicles damaged as a result of poor road maintenance in each of the last three years. | | (262190) | 143
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many highways authorities have introduced a street works licence scheme under the new Roads and Street Works Act 1991, as amended by the Traffic Management Act 2004. | | (262364) | 144
N | Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in relation to the Ministerial reporting contained in the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport responses to public consultation, on what basis the 161 key stakeholders were determined; which organisations and individuals the key stakeholders were; and if he will make a statement. | | (262250) | 145
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 496W, on railway stations: opening hours, what criteria the ticketing and settlement agreements with (a) South West Trains and (b) First Capital Connect contain in respect of the minimum hourly number of (i) visits and (ii) ticket purchases required for a ticket office to remain open. | | (262265) | 146
N | Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employees of his Department have worked at First Class Partnership in each of the last 24 months; and what the Civil Service pay band of each is. | | (262299) | 147
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262755) | 148
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 1124W, how many hits each of the websites maintained by the Department received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262791) | 149
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the last death occurred in a road traffic accident on the A15 between Lincoln and the M180; and how many deaths have occurred on this road in each of the last five years. | | (261799) | 150
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received any proposals to dual the A15 in the last 12 months. | | (261800) | 151
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of cycle lanes have been introduced in each county in the East Midlands since 2001. | | (261752) | 152
N | Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure any disruption to travellers at Heathrow resulting from the visit to London by those attending the G20 summit is minimised. | | (262526) | 153
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262815) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 154
| David T. C. Davies (Monmouth): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average cost per word of outsourced translations of his Department's documents has been in the last 12 months. | | (262731) | 155
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with which banks his Department has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262750) | 156
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262804) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 157
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, with which banks the Government Equalities Office has or has had contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262752) | 158
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 581W, on the departmental internet, how many hits each of the websites maintained by the Government Equalities Office received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262834) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 159
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which banks his Department has or has held contracts for the provision of financial advice, for the financial year 2008-09. | | (262754) | 160
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn, Hatfield of 9 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1636-8W, on the departmental internet, how many hits each of the websites maintained by his Department received in each of the last 12 months. | | (262779) | 161
N | Mr Adam Ingram (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date the postcodes G74, G75 and ML10 were allocated to the Bishopton weather station for determining the payment of cold weather payments; which weather station was used for households in those postcode areas prior to that date; and how the mean average temperature for the East Kilbride and Strathaven area is calculated. | | (261388) | 162
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to Question (a) 257376, on research into pensioner savings, (b) 257377, on pension credit calculation, (c) 257378, on pension credit income attribution, (d) 257379, on pension credit income attribution and (e) 257380, on pensioner income from savings, tabled on 11 February 2009. | | (261854) | 163
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been disqualified from benefits for 13 weeks under the two strikes policy in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (262825) | 164
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the budget for the Flexible New Deal is in each of the next three years. | | (262826) | 165
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's policy to offer staff (a) additional leave entitlement for Christmas shopping and (b) Christmas bonus payments. | | (262806) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 166
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Buckingham of 20 October 2008, on grants for home insulation. | | [Transferred] (262732) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 167
| Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former Ministers receive police protection. | | [Transferred] (262768) |
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