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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 11 March 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 11 March 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 11 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 11 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 11 March see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in commodity prices on waste electrical and electronic equipment treatment facilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (262885) | 2
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers from the effects of rises in the price of consumer commodities during the current economic situation. | | (262923) | 3
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263111) | 4
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the recommendations in the English Tourism Council's report Sea Change on seaside towns in England. | | (262993) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects to answer Question 247992 tabled on 12 January 2009, on small businesses; what the reason is for the time taken to reply; and if he will make a statement. | | (263294) | 6
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the planned timetable is for establishing the ex-gratia payment scheme for older people who have lost money with Equitable Life. | | (263139) | 7
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to reduce the burden of tax on small and medium-sized enterprises which work with young people most at risk of committing anti-social behaviour. | | (263018) | 8
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of raising the personal tax allowance to (a) £7,000 and (b) £9,000. | | (262989) | 9
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which would accrue from the introduction of a 30 per cent. rate of income tax for a (a) £3,000 and (b) £5,000 income band lower than the threshold for the 40 per cent. rate. | | (263007) | 10
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263106) | 11
| Mr Greg Pope (Hyndburn): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of closing (a) Chorley, (b) Burnley and (c) Accrington HM Revenue and Customs office. | | (262906) | 12
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether deposits by registered charities, churches and local authorities, whose funds are managed by CCLA Investment Management Ltd, are (a) guaranteed and (b) underwritten by the Government. | | (263128) | 13
| Mr Neil Turner (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to prevent further off-shoring of financial services by those banks in which the Government has a large stake. | | (263270) | 14
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on its expenditure of the closure of Lancaster Tax Office in the first 12 months following closure, broken down by budget heading. | | (263045) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 15
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the review group on sex and relationship education (SRE) consulted parents about what should be taught as part of SRE and at what ages; and if he will make a statement. | | (263293) | 16
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what sanctions or penalties a family may be subject to if it refuses to engage in a Family Intervention Project. | | (263183) | 17
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has (a) spent and (b) allocated to spend on youth centres during the financial years (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (263184) | 18
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of activities at youth centres at times of the day when young people are most likely to commit criminal offences. | | (263185) | 19
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to assist small and medium-sized enterprises which work to improve the life prospects of disadvantaged young people over the age of 18. | | (263017) | 20
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will take steps to raise awareness of domestic violence and abuse issues among children through the national curriculum. | | (263019) | 21
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1298-1300W, how many grants his Department has administered in Sefton in each year since 1995. | | [R] (262948) | 22
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much religious bodies have spent in capital expenditure on voluntary aided schools of a religious character in each of the last five financial years; and how much such bodies have received from public funds as a contribution to such expenditure (a) up to and (b) over 90 per cent. of the total expenditure. | | (263010) | 23
| Paul Holmes (Chesterfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who the sponsor is of each academy which has opened in England; how much each sponsor was scheduled to contribute; how much has been received from each (a) in cash and (b) in kind; how much is still expected from each and over what period; whether his Department has written off any expected financial contribution from a sponsor; and if he will make a statement. | | (263138) | 24
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on steps they should take when pupils are found carrying a knife within school premises. | | (262911) | 25
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made in the consultation on organ donation and presumed consent. | | (262917) | 26
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils with statemented special educational needs resident in each local authority area attended special schools in (a) 2003 and (b) the last 12 months for which figures are available, broken down by type of special educational need. | | (262903) | 27
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1823-4W, on children: databases, what the cost was of each contract with Capgemini. | | (263141) | 28
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263117) | 29
N | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has for the funding of (a) Wave 5 and (b) subsequent waves of the Building Schools for the Future programme; and what asssessment he has made of the likely effects of the economic downturn on the budgets for those waves of the programme. | | (262742) | 30
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will commission research into allegations of physical violence against pupils attending madrasas in the UK. | | (262890) | 31
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many Muslim schools in England receive direct or indirect funding from foreign countries; and from which countries such funding is provided. | | (263090) | 32
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints his Department has received on the use of physical punishment in Muslim schools in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (263091) | 33
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils in England are being educated in Muslim schools. | | (263092) | 34
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will bring forward measures to assist local authorities in reducing the number of placements for looked-after children. | | (262992) | 35
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2004, what percentage of children were entitled to free school meals in each school in each principal seaside town on the latest date for which figures are available, listed in descending order; and if he will make a statement. | | (263126) | 36
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to bring forward capital spending under the Building Schools for the Future programme in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point for economic reasons; and if he will make a statement. | | (263281) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 37
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements the Cabinet Office has put in place for people in Oxfordshire to access the National Enterprise Academy. | | (262950) | 38
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the procedures are for charities and other voluntary organisations operating in Oxfordshire to access the Community Resilience Fund. | | (262951) | 39
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the procedures are for people in Oxfordshire to access the volunteer brokerage scheme for unemployed people. | | (262952) | 40
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, in what ways the charity v promotes new volunteering opportunities for young people in Oxfordshire; and what arrangements are in place for young people in Oxfordshire to access such volunteering opportunities. | | (262953) | 41
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements the Cabinet Office has made for charities and other voluntary organisations in Oxfordshire to access the Future Builders Fund in order to enhance their capacity. | | (262954) | 42
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements the Cabinet Office has put in place for charities and other voluntary organisations in Oxfordshire to access grants and endowments through its grants programme. | | (262955) | 43
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the Cabinet Office's definition of a social (a) enterprise and (b) entrepreneur is. | | (262958) | 44
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements the Cabinet Office has put in place for people in Oxfordshire to access the School for Social Entrepreneurs. | | (262959) | 45
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent estimate he has made of the number of external access points that exist between Government departments and agencies and external IT networks. | | (263180) | 46
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what property has been lost or stolen from the Cabinet Office in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263125) | 47
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many civil servants there were in each Government department on (a) 1 November 2008 and (b) the latest date for which information is available. | | (263146) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 48
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1298-1300W, how much funding Sefton Council has received for (a) capital investment in housing, (b) major repairs allowance and (c) disabled facilities grants in each year since 1995. | | [R] (262947) | 49
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1284-5W, on homelessness, what definition of housing-related support the Supporting People programme has; who the Supporting People programme aims to help; whether further expenditure is planned; and how many of the 40 court desks providing free legal representation at repossession hearings are available in courts serving Sefton and Liverpool. | | [R] (262999) | 50
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1284-5W, on homelessness, how many rough sleepers there were in Sefton in each year since 2001. | | [R] (263000) | 51
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1284-5W, on homelessness, how much of the proposed £200 million spending to prevent homelessness is to be allocated to Sefton; and on what projects the funding will be used. | | (263002) | 52
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1284-5W, on homelessness, what definition of the term vulnerable households she uses; and what estimate she has made of the number of vulnerable households in Crosby constituency which will receive assistance under the Mortgage Reserve Scheme. | | (263003) | 53
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to provide funding for the establishment of a new convention centre in Blackpool. | | (262974) | 54
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1072W, on councillors: Arun, what the Audit Commission's basis was for the use of its statutory powers to obtain the personal bank account details of councillors. | | (263050) | 55
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase the retirement pension age for local government pension schemes in line with the planned changes to the state retirement age. | | (263068) | 56
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will take steps to provide local authorities with greater powers to set business rates. | | (262925) | 57
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263115) | 58
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many individuals the Channel Project has identified as being vulnerable to becoming involved in violent extremism. | | (262907) | 59
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are used by the Channel Project to determine whether an individual is vulnerable to becoming involved in violent extremism. | | (262908) | 60
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at what point an individual is notified that they are the subject of a risk assessment as part of the Channel Project on determining whether or not they are vulnerable to becoming involved in violent extremism. | | (262909) | 61
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place for an individual to appeal if he or she is determined as part of the Channel Project as vulnerable to becoming involved in violent extremism. | | (262910) | 62
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Leicester East of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 947W, on community relations: extremism, what projects (a) were implemented in 2007-08 and (b) will have been implemented in 2008-09 to support institutions or individuals vulnerable to radicalisation under the Prevent strand of Project Contest. | | (263168) | 63
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prevent strand of Project Contest, in which boroughs the Pan-London Somali Youth Forum is operating; how much each borough implementing the forum project was allocated in 2007-08; what the budget is for the project for 2008-09; and what mechanisms are in place to assess whether the Pan-London Somali Youth Forum is effective in preventing radicalisation amongst Somali youths. | | (263170) | 64
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has allocated for affordable housing in Hemel Hempstead in the next three years. | | (262976) | 65
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will commission research into allegations of physical violence against people attending mosques in England and Wales. | | (262889) | 66
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake in respect of (i) economic competitiveness and (ii) quality of life for residents in seaside towns in England. | | (262991) | 67
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residents of non-coastal towns have been placed in seaside towns under the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme since the scheme's inception. | | (262994) | 68
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of former seaside guest houses and hotels which are now operated as houses of multiple occupation on the prospects for businesses in those towns. | | (262998) | 69
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of enforcement of fire regulations in former guest houses and hotels in seaside towns which are now used as houses of multiple occupation. | | (263004) | 70
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on (a) the Homes and Communities Agency's £93 million affordable housing programme for London and (b) the London and Quadrant Up2You portfolio. | | (263031) | 71
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2009, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on local authority rents, for what reasons the announcement was not made as part of the local government finance settlement. | | (263032) | 72
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2009, Official Report, columns 71-2WS on local authority rents, what the timetable is for (a) additional subsidy to be granted and (b) rents to be reduced. | | (263033) | 73
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to issue a new methodology for retail price inflation to be used for calculation of rent restructuring from 2009-10. | | (263034) | 74
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2009, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on local authority rents, what the estimated administrative costs are of rebilling of rents for 2009-10 by participating local authorities. | | (263035) | 75
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2009, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on local authority rents, what estimate she has made of the proportion of local authorities which will bid for additional subsidy. | | (263036) | 76
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2009, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on local authority rents, whether an impact assessment has been prepared in relation to the proposals. | | (263037) | 77
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department authorised representatives of the Homes and Communities Agency to attend the launch of the affordable housing funding package by the Mayor of London on 3 March 2009. | | (263038) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 6 March 2009, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on local authority rents, what requirements local authorities must meet to be eligible for additional funding from central government. | | (263039) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many additional affordable homes will be provided under the Homes and Communities Agency's £135 million funding package for London. | | (263040) | 80
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she received an invitation to attend the launch of the £135 million funding package for affordable housing in London on 3 March 2009. | | (263041) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for her Department to agree the bids submitted by the Mayor of London on 1 December 2008 under the Targeted Funding Stream. | | (263148) | 82
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects to make a decision on recommendations made by the Mayor of London on 1 December 2008 to allocate (a) £90.7 million to bring empty homes back into use, reduce overcrowding and retrofit affordable housing stock, (b) £290 million to meet the Decent Homes standard, (c) £7.6 million to estate regeneration, (d) £35 million for improvements to the environmental standard of existing housing stock, (e) £9.2 million for improvements to the environmental standard of new affordable housing delivery and (f) £5.5 million to expedite affordable housing delivery in London. | | (263149) | 83
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) maintain the quality of energy performance certificates for (i) domestic and (ii) non-domestic properties; and if she will make a statement. | | (263237) | 84
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the role of data collectors is in the production of energy performance certificates for (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic properties. | | (263238) | 85
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were sold under the provisions of right to buy in England in 2008; and what amount of capital receipts was received from such sales. | | (263024) | 86
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the expected amount of capital receipts from sales of homes under right to buy provisions in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010. | | (263025) | 87
N | Paddy Tipping (Sherwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of all governance compliance statements and general governance statements requested from Local Government Pension Scheme administration authorities and held by the Workforce Pay and Pensions Division of her Department. | | (261755) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 88
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued since 2001 to (a) Sport England and (b) national governing bodies on consulting other external organisations; and if he will make a statement. | | (263248) | 89
N | Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with groups representing (a) the elderly and (b) the disabled on assisting older people with digital switchover. | | (261855) | 90
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many educational visits have been made to publicly funded museums in each region in each year since 1997. | | (263144) | 91
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the Government plans to further support the British film industry. | | (262915) | 92
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263122) | 93
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake in respect of its policy on (i) economic competitiveness and (ii) quality of life for residents of seaside towns in England with specific reference to sporting and cultural activities and amenities. | | (262990) | 94
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Heritage Lottery funding was provided to each of the principal seaside towns in England and Wales from the inception of the Heritage Lottery to date, listed in descending order of amount of funding. | | (262995) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 95
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the UK has in (a) supporting and (b) participating in the work of the NATO Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence; and if he will make a statement. | | (263181) | 96
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the national interest of the disposal by QinetiQ of their underwater systems business at Winfrith to a non-UK company. | | (263221) | 97
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263114) | 98
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 21 October 2008, Official Report, column 192W, on the Northern Ireland Security Guard Service, what progress has been made on the review of the Northern Ireland Security Guard Service; and when he expects the review to be completed. | | (263042) | 99
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of translation services under his Department's Welsh language scheme was in 2008. | | (263029) | 100
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations were received from the Welsh Language Board during his Department's consultation on its Welsh language scheme. | | (263030) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 101
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what data his Department collects on fuel poverty; how frequently such data are collected; and if he will make a statement. | | (263140) | 102
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to announce his decision on the construction of the proposed Kingsnorth power station. | | (262138) | 103
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what public consultations his Department (a) is planning to undertake and (b) is undertaking; and when each such consultation is expected to end. | | (262139) | 104
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has a timetable for planning purposes under which the UK will reduce its dependence on oil. | | (262924) | 105
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of economic recovery stimulus packages are being utilised for environmentally-friendly technologies in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (262988) | 106
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department since its creation; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263118) | 107
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to provide further clarification as referred to in his reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 4 February 2009 on Warm Front schemes. | | (263136) | 108
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was distributed through the national grid in each of the last 10 years. | | (263020) | 109
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his most recent estimate is of the average cost per unit of electricity generated from each type of renewable source. | | (263021) | 110
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was generated from each type of renewable source in each of the last 10 years. | | (263022) | 111
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Nordic Council on energy supply. | | (263023) | 112
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of renewable energy generated in the UK was generated in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in the last 12 months. | | (263054) | 113
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions his Department has had with EU partners on developing an EU supergrid to enhance the development of renewable energy in the last 12 months. | | (263055) | 114
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which 10 renewable energy projects have received the greatest amount of funding from Government sources in each of the last 30 years; and what the location of each such project is. | | (263056) | 115
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) mileage and (b) percentage of new power lines was laid (i) underground and (ii) overground in each of the last 30 years. | | (263057) | 116
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many combined heat and power stations there are in the UK. | | (263097) | 117
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what percentage of UK energy demand was met by energy generated within the UK in each year for which figures are available. | | (263098) | 118
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity the UK exported through the UK grid in each year for which figures are available. | | (263099) | 119
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what records he holds on the cost of energy to (a) industry and (b) domestic users in the UK compared to such costs in each other EU member state. | | (263100) | 120
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution made by renewable energy to UK energy security; and if he will make a statement. | | (263101) | 121
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what amount of energy from each type of renewable source was generated (a) in North Wales, including offshore and (b) in each English region, in each year for which figures are available. | | (263102) | 122
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many reported breakdowns there were in the national grid network in each year for which figures are available. | | (263103) | 123
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much and what proportion of electricity imported through the international grid originated in each country of origin in the last 12 months. | | (263104) | 124
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many UK manufacturing jobs were created in the renewable energy industry in each year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the number of such jobs to be created in the next 12 months. | | (263165) | 125
N | Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral Answer of 5 March 2009, Official Report, columns 980-81, what discussions he has had with industry representatives on the effect of phase 3 of the European Emission Trading Scheme on the attractiveness of the UK continental shelf to global oil and gas investors. | | [R] (262301) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 126
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on the revision of EC Regulation 1/2005 on animal welfare in transport. | | (263233) | 127
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the proposed revision of EC Regulation 1/2005 on animal welfare in transport on livestock transportation in the Highlands and Islands. | | (263234) | 128
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the early planting of MON-810 maize. | | (262985) | 129
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on set-aside; and what timetable he has set to introduce changes to the existing arrangements. | | (262986) | 130
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure early take-up by farmers of tests for bovine tuberculosis | | (262987) | 131
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many landfill sites in each local authority area are designated as green energy plants supplying energy from waste. | | (263086) | 132
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of energy generated by energy from waste plants. | | (263087) | 133
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many in-vessel composting facilities are operating in each local authority area. | | (263088) | 134
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the entry into administration of Bioganix on (a) present and (b) planned in-vessel composting facilities. | | (263089) | 135
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to expedite the collection of cattle infected with tuberculosis. | | (263120) | 136
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department makes available to assist tourism in rural areas; and on what criteria such funds are allocated. | | (262973) | 137
| Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to discuss policy on tourism in rural areas. | | (263127) | 138
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff from his Department missed at least (a) 30, (b) 50 and (c) 99 days of work through illness in each of the last five years. | | (262847) | 139
N | David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many postcards supporting the designation of the South Downs as a National Park have been received by his Department since December 2008. | | (261957) | 140
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263112) | 141
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects legislation amending the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to allow the fitting of patagial tags by non-veterinarians to come into force. | | (262901) | 142
| Mr Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to conduct a consultation on the list of ingredients of pesticides to be proscribed under section 43 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. | | (262902) | 143
| Mr Ian Taylor (Esher & Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the anticipated effective life expectancy of the Thames Barrier is; and if he will commission plans to upgrade or replace the existing Thames Barrier. | | (263129) | 144
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what datasets on (a) noise and (b) air pollution which contain data by (i) constituency, (ii) local authority area, (iii) county and (iv) region his Department maintains. | | (262936) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 145
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations in respect of the reported rocket and mortar attack on the western Negev by Islamic Jihad on 26 February 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (263243) | 146
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the number of (a) rockets and (b) mortar shells fired at Israel since 3 February 2009 from (i) Gaza and (ii) Lebanon; and if he will make a statement. | | (263244) | 147
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1210W, on Venezuela: anti-Semitism, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letters written by HM Ambassador in Caracas to (a) the synagogue's rabbi and (b) to the leader of the Jewish community in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement. | | (263260) | 148
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of the attack on the Sinaan Mordejay Community Centre in Caracas on 26 February 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (263261) | 149
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to withdraw from the UN Durban 2 anti-racism conference; what recent discussions he has had with (a) EU member states, (b) the US administration and (c) the government of Israel on this issue; what recent representations he has received (i) supporting and (ii) opposing a withdrawal from the conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (263262) | 150
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on levels of anti-Semitism in France; and if he will make a statement. | | (263265) | 151
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many breaches of (a) physical and (b) data security occurred at each of his Department's (i) domestic and (ii) overseas premises in each year for which figures are available. | | (262893) | 152
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the National Audit Office on the date of publication of its report on the financial management of his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (262894) | 153
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse of the protection of Tony Blair when outside the British Isles has been since June 2007, broken down by category of expenditure. | | (262895) | 154
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance he has received from the Government Hospitality Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine on the wines to be served in (a) overseas embassies and high commissions and (b) in his Department's premises in London; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance. | | (262896) | 155
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which works of art the Government Art Collection has loaned for display in the (a) private offices and (b) official residences of Ministers in his Department. | | (262897) | 156
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to his Department was of entertaining at each residence used by Ministers in his Department in each year since 1997. | | (262898) | 157
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1198W, on diplomatic services, from what budget the funding for special representatives and special envoys to particular countries and regions is drawn. | | (263048) | 158
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1198W, on diplomatic services, what the annual cost to the public purse of each special representative and special envoy is; and if he will make a statement. | | (263049) | 159
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Colombian military personnel who have received UK training are subsequently monitored for any human rights abuses they commit. | | (263145) | 160
| Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the UK plans to (a) sign and (b) ratify the UN Convention on Enforced Disappearances; and if he will make a statement. | | (263171) | 161
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263107) | 162
N | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of allegations of the activities of Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda rebels in villages in the Democratic Republic of Congo. | | (262743) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 163
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which retailers have (a) adopted and (b) not adopted the Food Standards Agency's recommended traffic light colour-coded system of nutrition labelling; and if he will make a statement. | | (263241) | 164
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tertiary allergy services are being provided in each strategic health authority in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (263253) | 165
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the level of provision of immunotherapy services through specialist allergy centres for people with severe uncontrolled allergic rhinitis; and if he will make a statement. | | (263254) | 166
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he is making in increasing the number of regional specialist allergy centres in England; and if he will make a statement. | | (263255) | 167
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will require food manufacturers to label their foods more precisely in order to avoid serious allergic reactions; what legislation currently regulates this issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (263277) | 168
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital as a consequence of an allergic reaction to food in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (263278) | 169
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosecutions for procuring an illegal abortion have taken place in each year since 2003. | | (263282) | 170
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what restrictions are in place on the advertising on television of less healthy foods aimed at children; and if he will make a statement. | | (263285) | 171
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) males and (b) females in each age group who have (i) food and (ii) inhalant allergies; and if he will make a statement. | | (263287) | 172
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS of treating an individual for food allergies was in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (263288) | 173
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department (a) has taken in the last 12 months and (b) plans to take in the next 12 months to improve the labelling of food; what recent representations he has received on this issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (263291) | 174
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations and individuals the Food Standards Agency (a) consulted in each of the last six months and (b) plans to consult in the next six months on food labelling; and if he will make a statement. | | (263292) | 175
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical negligence cases were open on the NHS Litigation Authority database at the most recent date for which figures are available; and how many of them are being funded by (a) legal aid, (b) conditional fee agreements, (c) before the event insurance, (d) private means and (e) other means. | | (262745) | 176
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical negligence cases were brought in the last year for which figures are available; and how many of them were funded by (a) legal aid, (b) conditional fee agreements, (c) before the event insurance, (d) private means and (e) other means. | | (262746) | 177
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical negligence cases were closed by the NHS Litigation Authority in the last year for which figures are available; how many of them were funded by (a) legal aid, (b) conditional fee agreements, (c) before the event insurance, (d) private means and (e) other means; and how many cases in each category of funding resulted in an award of damages or a settlement involving an agreement to pay damages. | | (262747) | 178
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2009, Official Report, column 1512W, on NHS: drugs, which NHS bodies his Department has assessed as having failed to comply with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence statutory funding directions. | | (262949) | 179
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) males and (b) females in the age groups (i) 10 to 15, (ii) 16 to 24, (iii) 25 to 49, (iv) 50 to 64, (v) 65 to 79 and (vi) 80 years and over (A) started and (B) ceased smoking in each of the last five years. | | (262984) | 180
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes his Department is funding to ensure that people with HIV have the social support they need, with particular reference to access to peer support groups. | | (263052) | 181
| Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what programmes his Department is funding to encourage people with HIV to be advocates for HIV prevention. | | (263053) | 182
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community treatment orders have been issued for patients suffering from paranoid schizophrenia since 3 November 2008. | | (263236) | 183
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 184W, on schizophrenia, which severe and enduring conditions are sufficient to make it inappropriate to allow a mental health patient a choice over his treatment. | | (263258) | 184
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on publicly funded clinical research into (a) a cure for spinal cord injury and (b) the prevention of secondary complications associated with spinal cord injury between 2003 and 2008. | | (263005) | 185
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are waiting for bone marrow transplants in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (262912) | 186
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are not infected by blood transfusions. | | (262918) | 187
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of nurses which will be required in the NHS over the next three years. | | (262921) | 188
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government plans to increase the number of consultants specialising in the treatment of eating disorders. | | (262922) | 189
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263110) | 190
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who attended a genito-urinary medicine clinic received an HIV test when they attended the clinic in each of the last five years. | | (263130) | 191
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding has been provided for the measurement of health outcomes in the NHS since the National Programme for IT was first proposed; and what percentage of the NHS IT budget for 2008-09 has been allocated for this purpose. | | (263133) | 192
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure has been incurred on the implementation of picture archiving and communication systems in England since the National Programme for IT was first proposed. | | (263134) | 193
| Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to require NHS trusts to use patient-recorded user outcome measures. | | (263135) | 194
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the future financial position of independent sector treatment centres. | | (262977) | 195
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the (a) renegotiation and (b) renewal of independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) contracts issued in the (i) first and (ii) second wave of the ISTC programme; and what involvement he expects (A) primary care trusts, (B) strategic health authorities and (C) other bodies to have in discussions on such contracts. | | (262978) | 196
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of residual value payments which may be made to providers of independent sector treatment centres (ISTC) projects contracted under the (a) first and (b) second wave of the ISTC programme. | | (262979) | 197
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue on the renegotiation of independent treatment sector contracts. | | (262980) | 198
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost liabilities expected to arise from the independent sector treatment programme in the next five years. | | (262981) | 199
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to bring into the NHS independent sector treatment centre (ISTC) facilities contracted in the (a) first and (b) second wave of the ISTC programme. | | (262982) | 200
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many assertive outreach teams there were in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the last 10 years. | | (263064) | 201
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many girls aged 12 and 13 have been vaccinated against the human papilloma virus in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire. | | (263065) | 202
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many licensed pharmacies there were in Hemel Hempstead in each of the last five years. | | (263066) | 203
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many men under the age of 35 years resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire had heart attacks in each of the last five years. | | (263067) | 204
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of refinancing independent sector treatment centre premises and leasing them back to independent providers. | | (263137) | 205
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) primary care trusts and (b) NHS hospital trusts contract with bus operators to run dedicated bus services to hospitals within their areas. | | (263044) | 206
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the merits of making provision for parents to have a choice over the means of vaccination of their children against measles, mumps and rubella under the NHS. | | (263220) | 207
N | Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential drug treatment places his Department funds; and what the average waiting time for a place in such a setting is. | | (262735) | 208
N | Mike Wood (Batley & Spen): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many residential drug treatment places his Department plans to fund in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011. | | (262738) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 209
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow the separate identification of offences committed against the Jewish community under (a) the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 and (b) section 18 of the Public Order Act 1986; what recent representations she has received supporting separate identification; and if she will make a statement. | | (263256) | 210
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to combat anti-Semitism since January 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (263257) | 211
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time her Department has taken to answer (a) named day and (b) ordinary written questions in Session 2008-09; how many named day questions received a reply on the day named; and how many named day questions receiving a holding reply received a substantive reply after a further (i) one day, (ii) two days, (iii) three days, (iv) four days, (v) five days, (vi) one week, (vii) two weeks and (viii) three weeks or more. | | (263289) | 212
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place a copy of her speech to the annual dinner of the Community Security Trust on 2 March 2009 in the Library; and if she will make a statement. | | (263290) | 213
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual support orders were issued in 2007; and what proportion of all anti-social behaviour orders issued to 10 to 17 year olds individual support orders represented in that year. | | (263186) | 214
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intervention orders were issued in 2007; and what proportion this represented of all anti-social behaviour orders issued in that year. | | (263187) | 215
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of criminal activity attributable to persons under the age of 16 years as (a) victim and (b) perpetrator. | | (263188) | 216
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to promote closer working and engagement between safer neighbourhood and community police teams with young people. | | (263189) | 217
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent to date on the Tackling Gangs Action Programme in each of the four cities targeted under the plan, broken down by main category of expenditure. | | (263191) | 218
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many woundings were reported in each of the four cities targeted by the Tackling Gangs Action Programme where the weapon used was (a) a gun and (b) a sharp or pointed instrument in each of the last three years. | | (263192) | 219
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the joint review with the Department of Transport announced on 8 May 2008 on combating anti-social behaviour on public transport will be published. | | (263193) | 220
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of victims of on-line crime in the last 12 months. | | (263194) | 221
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were arrested in UK Border Agency operations conducted in (a) care homes, (b) hospitals, (c) higher education institutions, (d) schools and (e) childcare facilities in 2008. | | (263131) | 222
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on private contractors for escorted deportations in 2008. | | (263195) | 223
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on deportations in 2008. | | (263196) | 224
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many IRIS pilot schemes were operational on 28 February 2009. | | (263197) | 225
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many airports were using iris-recognition technology systems on 28 February 2009. | | (263198) | 226
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme in 2008. | | (263199) | 227
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the numbers of people in the UK illegally; and if she will make a statement. | | (263200) | 228
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scheduled deportations were cancelled within (a) one month and (b) one week, of the deportation date in 2008. | | (263201) | 229
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers were detained in the immigration detention estate on 28 February 2009. | | (263202) | 230
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained in the immigration detention estate on 28 February 2009, broken down by nationality. | | (263203) | 231
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints regarding staff the UK Border Agency received in 2008. | | (263204) | 232
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the national identity scheme 2008-09 budget is allocated for publicity and promotional purposes. | | (263205) | 233
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of the UK Border Agency's 2008-09 budget is allocated for publicity and promotional purposes. | | (263206) | 234
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK Border Agency spent on external consultants in 2008. | | (263207) | 235
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) UK and (b) overseas-based lorry drivers were issued with fines for smuggling illegal immigrants into the UK in 2008. | | (263208) | 236
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many houses rented under the National Asylum Support Service scheme did not have anyone living in them on 1 January 2009. | | (263209) | 237
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were living in National Asylum Support Service-funded dispersal accommodation on 1 January 2009. | | (263210) | 238
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many houses were rented by her Department under the National Asylum Support Service scheme on 1 January 2009. | | (263211) | 239
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on housing under the National Asylum Support Service scheme in 2008. | | (263212) | 240
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on translation services in 2008, broken down by area of allocation. | | (263213) | 241
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were on bail on 28 February 2009. | | (263214) | 242
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were being held in police detention on 28 February 2009. | | (263215) | 243
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national prisoners were being held in police detention on 28 February 2009. | | (263216) | 244
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on reimbursing police forces for translation services in 2008. | | (263217) | 245
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on reimbursing police forces for the detention of illegal immigrants in 2008. | | (263218) | 246
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants were arrested in UK Border Agency operations on restaurants in 2008. | | (263219) | 247
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, purauant to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1638W, on immigration: manpower, how much her Department spent on (a) salaries and (b) operational costs for frontline immigration staff based in France in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (263263) | 248
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1638W, on immigration: manpower, how much her Department paid to (a) the French authorities and (b) private companies in 2008. | | (263264) | 249
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people aged between 13 and 19 years have served a community service order in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. | | (262913) | 250
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many young people aged between 13 and 19 years have been charged with a non-violent offence in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. | | (262914) | 251
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reported incidents of racism there have been in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. | | (262919) | 252
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what property has been lost or stolen from her Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263109) | 253
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies providing internet filtering products her Department has worked with to strengthen protection against online material which promotes violent extremism; and what the outcome has been of such work. | | (263166) | 254
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in implementing counter-terrorism local profiles to enable the sharing of information between local authority chief executives and police borough commanders. | | (263167) | 255
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 10 December 2008 on computer server security. | | (262975) | 256
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were found to be carrying illegal (a) weapons and (b) drugs during stop and search procedures by the police in Hemel Hempstead in each of the last 10 years. | | (263063) | 257
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Records Bureau checks there were of teachers recruited to work in Muslim schools in 2008. | | (262887) | 258
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Criminal Records Bureau checks there were on (a) paid and (b) volunteer staff recruited to work in mosques in England and Wales in 2008. | | (262888) | 259
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were received by the police alleging corporal punishment in mosques in England and Wales in 2008. | | (262892) | 260
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) special constables there were in each year since 1997-98 and (b) community support officers there were in each year since the establishment of the post (i) in England and Wales and (ii) in each police force. | | (262900) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 261
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, in which incidents (a) police officers, (b) armed police officers and (c) security officers have been injured in the course of their work in (i) the Palace of Westminster and (ii) the parliamentary estate in each of the last five years for which figures are available; at which location each injury occurred; whether any person was subsequently (A) arrested and (B) convicted of causing injury; and if he will make a statement. | | (263242) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 262
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 775W, on research: small businesses, which other Government departments are participating in the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI); and whether the revised SBRI format will have been extended to each participating department by April 2009. | | (260654) | 263
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funding his Department has provided for the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) in each year since its creation; what funding he has allocated to the NC3Rs for each of the next two years; what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the NC3Rs on funding levels; and if he will make a statement. | | (263283) | 264
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what funds his Department has allocated to research on and development of alternatives to animal testing since 1997. | | (263284) | 265
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of anti-Semitism in universities; and if he will make a statement. | | (263286) | 266
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will take steps to assist those small and medium-sized enterprises which work with disadvantaged young people over the age of 18 years to improve their life prospects. | | (263016) | 267
| Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the distribution of research funding maximises the potential to assist small and medium-sized, science-based and manufacturing enterprises located close to research universities. | | (263058) | 268
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much research funding his Department will provide to university science and technology departments in the next four years. | | (262916) | 269
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263124) | 270
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what projects have been implemented as part of the Prevent strand of Project Contest to combat radicalisation in universities in England and Wales. | | (263169) | 271
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many businesses in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire have signed the skills pledge. | | (263061) | 272
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what percentage of school leavers resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire went on to higher education in each of the last 10 years. | | (263062) | 273
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, whether he has made an assessment of the skills base in seaside towns in England compared to the national average. | | (262996) | 274
| Dr Howard Stoate (Dartford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve access to IT training in Kent Thameside. | | (263239) | 275
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1337-8W, on students: loans, how many career development loans have been awarded in each of the last five years; and how many have been awarded in 2008-09 to date. | | (263295) | 276
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many learner places were funded by the Offender Learning and Skills Service in (a) basic literacy, (b) basic numeracy and (c) other courses in each of the last five years. | | (262899) | 277
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding the Offender Learning and Skills Service has provided for (a) basic literacy, (b) basic numeracy and (c) other courses for offenders in each year for which figures are available; and how much it expects to spend in each of the next three years. | | (262983) | 278
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much money was spent by the Offender Learning and Skills Service on training for offenders in each year for which figures are available, broken down by type of course funded. | | (263093) | 279
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many learner places were funded by the Offender Learning and Skills Service in each year for which figures are available, broken down by category of learner. | | (263094) | 280
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much the Offender Learning and Skills Service has spent on training opportunities available in (a) probation centres and (b) other institutions in each year for which figures are available; and how much it plans to spend in each of the next two years. | | (263095) | 281
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many learner places were funded by the Offender Learning and Skills Service in (a) probation centres and (b) other institutions in each year for which figures are available. | | (263096) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 282
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the EU Water Initiative Africa Working Group towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals on water and sanitation. | | (262904) | 283
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage the establishment of political initiatives for the purpose of meeting the Millennium Development Goals on maternal health. | | (262905) | 284
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263113) | 285
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from his Department in each year since 1997; which organisations staff were seconded (i) to and (ii) from; how many staff were seconded in each year; for how long each secondment lasted; and what the cost was of each secondment in each year. | | (263269) | 286
N | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the delivery of humanitarian assistance in the DRC. | | (262739) | 287
N | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what programmes his Department (a) has established and (b) funds to assist Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. | | (262740) | 288
N | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the recession on his Department's budgets for (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral assistance. | | (262741) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 289
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legally-aided clinical negligence cases were closed in the last year for which figures are available; and how many resulted in (a) an award of damages and (b) a settlement involving an agreement to pay (i) damages and (ii) compensation. | | (262744) | 290
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) under the age of 17 and (b) aged 17 to 21 years have received a custodial sentence in each of the last five years. | | (263172) | 291
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parenting orders have been issued in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of the provision of relevant parenting classes and other supportive activities during each year. | | (263173) | 292
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase the involvement of parents of young people in the youth justice system; and if he will make a statement. | | (263174) | 293
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects the Youth Rehabilitation Order to be implemented. | | (263175) | 294
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the pilot projects for the youth conditional caution; and if he will make a statement. | | (263176) | 295
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have entered the criminal justice system for the first time in each of the last 10 years. | | (263177) | 296
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for an offence under sections 139 and 139A of the Criminal Justice Act 1996 in 2007; and on how many occasions the maximum sentence of imprisonment was imposed. | | (263178) | 297
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of credit fraud in each of the last five years. | | (263179) | 298
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1216W, on prisoners: racial harassment, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of the incidents of alleged racism; and how many such incidents took place in each year from 1995 to 2007. | | (262944) | 299
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1219W, what the average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders in Merseyside was in the latest period for which information is available. | | [R] (262945) | 300
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1193W, on young offenders, how many young offenders have been placed on the intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP) in Merseyside since 2001; and what assessment his Department has made of the comparative (a) costs and (b) re-offending rates arising from (i) ISSP sentences and (ii) custodial sentences. | | [R] (262946) | 301
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the refurbishment of court buildings in each of the last three years. | | (263051) | 302
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for rules relating to evidence and witnesses of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Al-Khawaja and Tahery v the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. | | (263147) | 303
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reports he has received of the roof top protest at HM Prison Wymott on 25 February; how many such protests have taken place at HM Prison Wymott in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. | | (263026) | 304
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to provide for the representation of (a) the Church of England and (b) other faith organisations within the House of Lords when it is reformed. | | (262920) | 305
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263108) | 306
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were charged with offences whilst under the supervision of the probation services in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the last (i) six months, (ii) year and (iii) five years. | | (262883) | 307
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders re-offended while on probation in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the last five years. | | (263060) | 308
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): 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) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the last (i) six months, (ii) 12 months and (iii) five years. | | (263084) | Questions to the Leader of the House 309
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, what Bills the Government offered to private Members to introduce in Session (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; how many were subsequently introduced by hon. Members successful in the Private Members' ballot; and if she will make a statement. | | (263251) | 310
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will place in the Library a copy of the parliamentary handling strategy for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill of Session 2007-08; and if she will make a statement. | | (263252) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 311
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what reports he has received on levels of anti-Semitism in Northern Ireland since December 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (263240) | 312
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263121) | Questions to the Prime Minister 313
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, how many gifts given to him by the President of the United States during his recent visit will be (a) purchased by him and (b) held by 10 Downing Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (263245) | 314
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of his speech to the Knesset on 21 July 2008; who drafted the speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (263246) | 315
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, whom he met during his visit to the State of Israel in July 2008; if he will place in the Library a copy of his itinerary for the visit; and if he will make a statement. | | (263247) | 316
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the first and (b) the final draft of his speech to the United States Congress on 4 March 2009; who drafted the speech; what input Ministers in his Government had to the speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (263266) | 317
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, how many persons accompanied him on his visit to the United States; where he stayed on the visit; which (a) Senators and (b) members of Congress he met during his stay; if he will place in the Library a copy of the itinerary for the visit; and if he will make a statement. | | (263267) | 318
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Prime Minister, what gifts he gave to and (b) received from President Obama during his visit to the United States; what the estimated value is of each; and if he will make a statement. | | (263268) | 319
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1198W, on the Diplomatic Service, how many (a) special representatives and (b) special envoys he and his predecessor have appointed to a country or region since 1997; and how many of those appointees are still in post. | | (263046) | 320
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1198W, on the Diplomatic Service, from which budget the funding for special representatives and special envoys appointed by him to particular countries and regions is drawn. | | (263047) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 321
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263123) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 322
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent consideration his Department has given to the safe storage and transportation of fuels around the Scottish Highlands and Islands, under the renewable transport fuel obligation (RTFO); whether his Department has received any representations expressing concerns about the applicability of the RTFO to the Highlands and Islands; and if he will make a statement. | | (263142) | 323
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects on other aspects of the transport system of the provision of accessible taxis. | | (263006) | 324
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) railway stations and (b) transport interchanges have local taxi facilities which are accessible to disabled people. | | (263008) | 325
| Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on (a) guidance on and (b) regulations for local authority licensing of accessible taxis. | | (263009) | 326
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to increase the accountability to the public of the performance of train operating companies. | | (262926) | 327
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to minimise the cost of rail travel for regular passengers. | | (262927) | 328
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263116) | 329
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people (a) took and (b) passed their driving test in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each of the last five years. | | (263059) | 330
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to bring forward capital spending in road infrastructure in Essex; and if he will make a statement. | | (263279) | 331
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to support provision of an additional access road for Canvey Island for economic reasons. | | (263280) | 332
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the evidential basis is for his Statement of 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3W, on new trains (investment) that the award of the contract to Agility Trains and Hitachi and granting preferred bidder status to Bombardier in relation to extra carriages on the Stansted Express will safeguard or create 12,500 jobs. | | (262929) | 333
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his statement on 12 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1531-3 on new trains (investment), whether his assessment that the successful bid was substantially compliant with specifications included an assessment of compliance with specifications on train weight. | | (262930) | 334
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria relating to weight specifications were applied in the assessment of bids under the procurement process for the Intercity Express programme from (a) Bombardier and (b) Agility Trains and Hitachi. | | (262931) | 335
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on consultants during the procurement process for the Intercity Express Programme since 2007. | | (262932) | 336
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what methods his Department is considering to improve the accuracy of measurement of overcrowding on trains outside of London and the South East. | | (262933) | 337
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on shared space initiatives in the last five years. | | (262934) | 338
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what datasets on (a) noise and (b) air pollution his Department has drawn upon to support its work on the Adding Capacity at Heathrow consultation. | | (262935) | 339
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency initiative Tracking the Vehicles Through the Trade has been implemented. | | (262937) | 340
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's criteria for approving overseas business travel for senior civil servants. | | (262938) | 341
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct High Speed Trains Ltd to include in the proposals for high speed rail links being developed for his Department the provision of a high speed link from the West Midlands to Manchester. | | (262939) | 342
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which new policy areas for which his Department has acquired responsibility have resulted in headcount additions in his Department agreed with the Treasury and the Office of Government Commerce in the last two years. | | (262940) | 343
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effects on (a) national gross domestic product and (b) the West Midlands economy of a high speed line from London to (i) Rugby and (ii) the centre of Birmingham. | | (262941) | 344
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent guidance issued by his Department to local authorities on the use of safety cameras. | | (262942) | 345
| Mrs Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons he plans to withdraw from public scrutiny responses to the Adding Capacity at Heathrow consultation on 10 April 2009. | | (262943) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 346
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263164) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 347
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements his Department has put in place for jobseekers in Oxfordshire to access work-focused volunteering opportunities as part of their job search. | | (262956) | 348
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what restrictions to entitlement to jobseeker's allowance are applied to individuals who are volunteers. | | (262957) | 349
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure equal treatment for the most vulnerable disabled jobseekers within the prime contractor models for Workstep. | | (263027) | 350
| Derek Conway (Old Bexley & Sidcup): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the comparative effectiveness of prime contractors on the Pathways to Work programme and Workstep. | | (263028) | 351
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to include targets on reductions in child poverty for local authorities in local area agreements. | | (263069) | 352
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in 2009-10. | | (262928) | 353
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the service fee element of the Flexible New Deal contracts will be (a) for the first 18 months and (b) over the full term of the contract. | | (262842) | 354
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the 6,000 additional Jobcentre Plus staff announced on 25 November 2008 had been recruited by the latest date for which figures are available; and by what date he expects all of those staff to have been recruited. | | (262843) | 355
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed in Jobcentre Plus in each year since its establishment. | | (262844) | 356
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of jobseeker's allowance claimants had been claiming the benefit for over 12 months in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. | | (262845) | 357
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training for employment officers his Department plans to provide to external providers of the Flexible New Deal; and what budget has been allocated for this training. | | (262846) | 358
| John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what property has been lost or stolen from his Department in the last 12 months; and what the estimated cost was of replacement of such property. | | (263119) | 359
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 1613W, on departmental telephone services, how much revenue was generated by the 0845 numbers used by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies for public access services in each of the last three years. | | (262884) | 360
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nationals of each non-UK EU member state were in receipt of disability living allowance at each rate in Hemel Hempstead in the most recent period in which figures are available. | | (263235) | 361
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to address seasonal unemployment fluctuation in seaside towns; and if he will make a statement. | | (262997) | 362
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the cost of extending eligibility to buy back six additional years of national insurance contributions to (a) men and (b) women reaching state pension age in (i) 1978, (ii) 1988 and (iii) 1998; and if he will estimate the cost of such extension to all those reaching pension age within these time periods, regardless of qualifying years. | | (263150) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 363
| Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the rate of teenage pregnancy in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (263043) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 364
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the public's attitudes towards the Government's policy on nuclear power. | | [Transferred] (263085) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 365
| Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received raising concerns on the implementation of the Energy Using Products Directive; whether his Department is planning for the Directive to be implemented by 2013; and if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Directive. | | [Transferred] (263143) | 366
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 March 2009, Official Report, columns 47-48WS, on Government infrastructure investment, whether any private finance initiative schemes relating to waste management are subject to (a) cancellation, (b) postponement or (c) renegotiation. | | [Transferred] (262886) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 367
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what swimming organisations will be invited to be members of the Physical Activity Alliance as part of the Change for Life initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (263249) | 368
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultations he has undertaken on the Swim4Life programme as part of the Change for Life initiative; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (263250) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 369
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1253W, on anti-Semitism: children, if she will make it her policy to record the circumstances behind each such case; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (263259) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 370
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what responsibilities local authorities have to support the training and education of young offenders in custody. | | [Transferred] (263182) | 371
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what pilot projects are being undertaken by his Department to deter young people from entering the criminal justice system; and what (a) the cost to date and (b) current status is of each project. | | [Transferred] (263190) | 372
| Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of knife crimes have been admitted to a mental health institution in each of the last five years. | | [Transferred] (263132) | Questions to the Solicitor General 373
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Solicitor General, how many complaints were received by the Crown Prosecution Service alleging corporal punishment in mosques in England and Wales in 2008. | | [Transferred] (262891) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 374
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1284-5W, on homelessness, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Crosby constituency who will receive support from the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme in each year following its entry into force. | | [R] [Transferred] (263001) |
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