Order Book Part 1

House of Commons

Session 2008 - 09
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The Questions Book

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 26 March 2009

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

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 26 March 2009
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 26 March 2009

This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 26 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 Thursday 26 March of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper.

For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 26 March see Part 2 of this paper.

Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

1
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies since the establishment of his Department; and how much was used by each of the regional development agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267342)

2
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK's regulatory regime for corporate social responsibility for British companies operating in developing countries.

(267353)

3
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what (a) grade II, (b) grade II* and (c) grade I listed buildings have been owned by his Department since its inception.

(266851)

4
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to start his consultation on the findings of the Street Trading and Pedlary in Great Britain report; and if he will make a statement.

(267291)

5
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to answer Question 246108, on payments to small and medium-sized enterprises, tabled on 12 January 2009.

(267457)

6
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to answer Question 246106 on payments to small and medium-sized enterprises tabled on 12 January 2009.

(267472)

7
Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will take steps to ensure that provisions for wider availability of broadband access, referred to in the Digital Britain interim report, include mechanisms for widening public engagement with Parliament.

(267283)

8
N Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the volume of UK (a) imports from and (b) exports to (i) the European Union and (ii) the rest of the world were in (A) the latest year for which figures are available, (B) 2004, (C) 1999, (D) 1994 and (E) 1989.

(266855)

9
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267402)

10
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what resource funds his Department has brought forward from its (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 budgets for use in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support.

(267401)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

11
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to consolidate the expenditure from the public purse on RBS and Lloyds Banking Group on the Government's balance sheet in accordance with international accounting standards.

(266833)

12
N Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 23 March 2009, Official Report, on Spring European Council, what assessment he has made of British (a) crown dependencies' and (b) overseas territories' compliance with OECD standards on financial transparency and money laundering.

(267167)

13
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 6 January 2009, PO Ref: 5/04009/2009, concerning his constituent, Mrs Rosemary Beenham, of Broomfield, Chelmsford.

(266656)

14
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267344)

15
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the cost of cushion gas used in gas storage infrastructure is considered to be capital expenditure for taxation purposes; and if he will make a statement.

(267119)

16
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made for benchmarking purposes of the effectiveness of the tax incentives provided to the video games development industry in the UK compared to those of other countries.

(267566)

17
N Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the effects on savers of low interest rates.

(266526)

18
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which former (a) hon. Members who left Parliament since 1997 and (b) Members of the House of Lords from each party have been appointed to positions on public bodies within his Department's responsibility; and who made each appointment.

(266794)

19
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) grade II, (b) grade II* and (c) grade I listed buildings have been owned by his Department in each of the last three years.

(266860)

20
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Interim Report on Data Handling Procedures in Government, 17 December 2007, if he will issue guidance on the use of removable electronic media by staff in his Department.

(267234)

21
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the Financial Services Compensation Scheme has not allowed (a) the Christie charity's claim for £6.5 million and (b) the Christie Hospital's claim for £1 million after the collapse of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander.

(267437)

22
N Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) gross and (b) net contribution made by the United Kingdom to the EU was in (i) the most recent year for which figures are available, (ii) 2004, (iii) 1999, (iv) 1994 and (v) 1989.

(266856)

23
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267405)

24
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) capital funds and (b) resource funds his Department has brought forward from its (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 budgets for use in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support.

(267396)

25
N Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from representatives of businesses on tax incentives for self-financed credit insurance schemes; and if he will make a statement.

(266647)

26
N Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Financial Services Authority's response to the Twelfth Report from the Treasury Committee, Session 2007-08, HC 1132, on inherited estates, what progress the Financial Services Authority has made in its review of the regulation of the inherited estates regime; and if he will make a statement.

(266711)

27
N David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was allocated to HM Revenue and Custom's work on tobacco smuggling in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

(266854)

28
Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of proposals for EU regulation of private equity and hedge funds; and if he will make a statement.

(267512)

29
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 3 December 2008 on behalf of Mr P Deegan of Bradley Stoke, on annuities.

(267257)

30
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 3 December 2008 on behalf of Mr A Edgington of Coalpit Heath, on membership of HM Treasury working party.

(267258)

31
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 8 December 2008 on behalf of Mrs J Gray of Wick, on winter fuel allowance for disabled children.

(267259)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

32
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) availability of the provision by local authorities of family information services under the Childcare Act 2006.

(267275)

33
Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what plans he has to link the allocation of the Nursery Education Grant to outcomes achieved through the early years foundation scheme; and if he will make a statement.

(267279)

34
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel has been used by his Department since its inception.

(267341)

35
Mr Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many requests for statements of special educational need were received in the last three years for which figures are available; and how many such requests were processed within 18 weeks.

(267256)

36
N Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils, including those in the cohort but not entered for examination, in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) independent schools, (c) pupil referral units, excluding hospital schools, (d) special schools, (e) grammar schools, (f) academies and city technology colleges and (g) any other type of school attained five GCSEs grades A*to C, including English and mathematics and excluding equivalents in the last year for which figures are available.

(266862)

37
Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils who achieved grade five in science at key stage two in 2003 went on to achieve a grade C or higher in (a) physics, (b) biology, (c) chemistry, (d) double award science and (e) single award science at GCSE.

(267477)

38
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of children received free school meals in the last 12 months; and what proportion of children were entitled to free school meals in the last 12 months.

(267214)

39
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of (a) medium-sized and (b) large schools Ofsted judged to be (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) satisfactory and (iv) inadequate in each of the last 10 years.

(267382)

40
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department spent on translation services in each area of allocation in 2008.

(267448)

41
Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will list the (a) members and (b) secretariat of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety.

(267311)

42
N Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether Lord Laming was permitted to read the serious case review into the death of Baby P as part of his investigation into safeguarding.

(266834)

43
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department has provided to non-maintained special schools since 1997.

(267309)

44
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether there are circumstances in which a person's ContactPoint data might be retained on ContactPoint for longer than six years after their 18th birthday.

(267310)

45
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267416)

46
Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in each decile of income deprivaton affecting children indices had statements of special educational needs in (a) Essex, (b) Southend, (c) Thurrock and (d) Castle Point in each of the last five years.

(267442)

47
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex received free school meals in each of the last 10 years.

(267247)

48
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained special schools there were in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year since 1990.

(267248)

49
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary schools in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex closed permanently in each year since 1990.

(267249)

50
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex are heated by oil-powered boilers.

(267267)

51
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many serious case reviews there have been on the death of children in Eastbourne in each of the last 10 years.

(267270)

Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

52
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) the Cabinet Office and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267323)

53
Mr Greg Hands (Hammersmith & Fulham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when Alistair Campbell's security pass for 10 Downing Street was withdrawn.

(267292)

54
Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist members of the public to use interactive digital technology in order to participate in the development of government policy.

(267349)

55
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for how many deaths of people in each age group malnutrition was given as a cause of death in each of the last 10 years.

(267439)

56
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what (a) capital and (b) resource funds the Cabinet Office has brought forward from its (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 budgets for use in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support.

(267400)

57
N Mr Anthony Steen (Totnes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many grants have been made annually by the Active Communities Unit since May 2006; how much that represented; and how many grants were given to anti-trafficking non-governmental organisations.

(266857)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

58
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the review of the brownfield designation of garden land to be completed; and if she will make a statement.

(267227)

59
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1171-72W, on council housing: rents, if she will make it her policy to fund fully the cost of halving the guideline rent increase for local authority tenants for each participating local authority; and if she will make a statement.

(267232)

60
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel has been used by (i) her Department and (ii) each of its agencies since her Department's establishment.

(267340)

61
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has provided for the Government's interfaith strategy.

(267486)

62
Mr Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the budget for Preventing Violent Extremism projects is for 2009-10.

(267487)

63
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which former (a) hon. Members who left Parliament since 1997 and (b) Members of the House of Lords from each party have been appointed to positions on public bodies within her Department's responsibility; and who made each appointment.

(266791)

64
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has allocated for affordable housing by (a) region and (ii) London borough in the next three years.

(266655)

65
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people affected by summer floods in 2007 remain in temporary accommodation.

(267548)

66
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) grade II, (b) grade II* and (c) grade I listed buildings have been owned by her Department in each of the last three years.

(266850)

67
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews of 9 March 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, WA 212-213, on the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund, if her Department will adopt a policy requiring all local authorities that have received additional funding from it to prevent violent extremism through the non-ring-fenced area-based grant to report annually (a) to which community groups and individuals they have allocated funding and (b) on the work they have undertaken and how they plan to monitor its effectiveness.

(266853)

68
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) uniformed and (b) non-uniformed fire service personnel there were in each (i) fire brigade and (ii) region in each year since 2000.

(267513)

69
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost has been including value added tax and expenses, of consultants working on the FireLink Project since the start of the project.

(267514)

70
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetables are for the implementation of the data capture migration toolkit in each fire brigade in each region; and if she will make a statement.

(267515)

71
John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the current planned date is for each fire brigade to cut over to each regional control centre; and if she will make a statement.

(267516)

72
N Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in each constituency will be paying more than (a) 10 per cent., (b) 15 per cent., (c) 20 per cent. and (d) 25 per cent. more in business rates in 2009-10 than in 2008-09 following the end of transitional relief.

(266799)

73
N Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes which did not meet the Decent Homes Standard there were in (a) housing association stock, (b) local authority stock and (c) the private rented sector in each year since 1997.

(266515)

74
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost was of the review of local government boundaries in Devon by the Boundary Committee on the latest date for which figures are available.

(267511)

75
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes constructed met the minimum levels of security set out in the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 since 2004.

(267223)

76
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what account will be taken of making buildings more resistant to crime in the next revision of building regulations.

(267224)

77
Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps have been taken to implement the provisions of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004.

(267225)

78
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people are on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex; and what the equivalent figures were (i) five and (ii) 10 years ago.

(267210)

79
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many major injuries were sustained by firefighters in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year of the last 10 years.

(267211)

80
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many licensed sites for park homes are registered in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex.

(267268)

81
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has for the (a) provision and (b) development of affordable housing in Eastbourne constituency.

(267281)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

82
Mr Richard Caborn (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many scholars there are in the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) in each region; and how many TASS scholars there are in (a) higher and (b) further education.

(267321)

83
Mr Richard Caborn (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, to which sports the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) applies; and how many TASS scholars are involved in each sport.

(267322)

84
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267338)

85
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of his Department's officials work on policy to assist the (a) film and (b) video games development industry.

(267564)

86
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much financial assistance the Government has provided to the video games industry since 1997.

(267567)

87
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which former (a) hon. Members who left Parliament since 1997 and (b) Members of the House of Lords from each party have been appointed to positions on public bodies within his Department's responsibility; and who made each appointment.

(266792)

88
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans there are for legislation to introduce the provisions of the Hague Convention; and if he will make a statement.

(267306)

89
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the British Museum's monitoring of potential treasure finds on eBay; and if he will make a statement.

(267307)

90
Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions the Government has had with representatives of eBay to prevent antiquities being sold unlawfully through eBay; and if he will make a statement.

(267308)

91
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267415)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

92
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British military bases will (a) form part of and (b) provide services in support of the US missile defence system.

(267284)

93
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what agreements the Government has with the US administration governing the use of RAF Menwith Hill by the National Security Agency.

(267285)

94
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) compensation and (b) other remedy is available for a British citizen who is the victim of a serious offence committed by a uniformed and on duty member of a visiting force in cases where a certificate of immunity has been submitted to a court under the Visiting Forces Act 1952.

(267286)

95
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Space-Based Infrared System at RAF Menwith Hill is due to become operational.

(267445)

96
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267337)

97
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what protocols govern the seizure of suspected pirate ships and their equipment by British armed forces.

(267354)

98
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK citizens are (a) seconded to and (b) being trained by the British Army; how many in each case are from each foreign country; how long on average the (i) training programmes and (ii) secondments are; and what the (A) average cost and (B) objectives of each are.

(267355)

99
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Army personnel are (a) being trained by and (b) seconded to military forces outside the UK; where they are located; and what the purpose of these attachments is.

(267356)

100
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) Coalition Task Force (i) 150 and (ii) 151 and (b) UK forces' contribution to those task forces; and what the cost of that contribution has been.

(267357)

101
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce piracy attacks in the Gulf of Guinea; what assessment he has made of the reasons for the attacks taking place; and if he will make a statement.

(267358)

102
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he received from the Interparliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly in 2008; and which of those he has responded to.

(267359)

103
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the EU/Kenya agreement with respect to the prosecution of pirates; and what support the EU has provided to the Kenyan authorities for their activities in relation to the prosecution of pirates.

(267393)

104
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding for research and development his Department has provided to defence companies in each year since 2000; and which 10 companies received the most funding.

(267394)

105
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) grade II, (b) grade II* and (c) grade I listed buildings have been owned by his Department in each of the last three years.

(266858)

106
Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Article 1.16 of the Final Report on Data Handling Procedures in Government of June 2008, whether any personal data from his Department was illegally traded in 2008.

(267233)

107
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267414)

108
N Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure the compatibility of the new generation of Trident submarines with future generations of Trident missiles planned for entry into service in 2042; and if he will make a statement.

(266848)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

109
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many boilers installed under the Warm Front scheme in (a) Sutton and Cheam constituency and (b) England have required repair on (i) one, (ii) two, (iii) three and (iv) four or more occasions; and if he will make a statement.

(267226)

110
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to support Earth Hour on 28 March 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(266651)

111
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel has been used by his Department since its inception.

(267335)

112
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the national policy statement on gas storage infrastructure (a) to be published and (b) to become operational in respect of new projects.

(266863)

113
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of levels of Crown Estate rents on trends in investment in offshore gas storage infrastructure projects.

(266864)

114
N Mr Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received on the potential costs and benefits of a public service obligation on utilities in respect of gas storage.

(266865)

115
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) planned and (b) unplanned power cuts there have been by (i) region and (ii) London borough in each of the last five years.

(266654)

116
N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the findings of the study commissioned by his Department and the Department for International Development on options for financing mechanisms for sustainable forest management will be published.

(266800)

117
N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he plans to take to ensure that an international agreement on reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation does not result in countries which have rainforest receiving funding for the replacement of natural forests with plantations.

(266801)

118
N Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funding his Department has provided to assist developing countries to participate in international negotiations associated with forestry and climate change.

(266802)

119
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to answer Question 245874 on carbon reduction commitments and energy prices, tabled on 18 December 2008.

(267485)

120
Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's staff attended the recent press briefing in New York by Mr Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on the climate change conference in Copenhagen.

(267489)

121
N Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the level of production of the mixed-oxide fuel plant at Sellafield has been in each year of its operation; and what the net return of the plant was in each of those years.

(266653)

122
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267403)

123
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) capital funds and (b) resource funds his Department has brought forward from its (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 budgets for use in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support.

(267399)

124
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what properties his Department has sold in each of the last five years; and how many have been sold for housing developments.

(267558)

125
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of the households supplied with light bulbs under the Warm Front Scheme in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex received bulbs which were classified as energy-efficient in each of the last nine years.

(267509)

126
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 19 December 2008 on behalf of Mr and Mrs Wilson of Old Sodbury.

(267263)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

127
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken in relation to the fuel spillage at RAF Fairford on 25 February 2009; and what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the spillage on (a) water supply and (b) plant and animal life.

(267288)

128
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel has been used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies since its inception.

(267336)

129
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated for (a) animal health and (b) increasing agricultural productivity in the South West in 2009-10.

(267480)

130
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the six areas for the vaccination trial to reduce the transmission of bovine tuberculosis from wildlife will be chosen.

(267481)

131
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training he plans to provide for those undertaking the vaccination of wildlife to reduce levels of bovine tuberculosis.

(267482)

132
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to maximise the catch rate for badgers prior to vaccination to reduce levels of bovine tuberculosis in the proposed trials.

(267483)

133
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Farm Animal Welfare Council on tail-docking and teeth clipping in growing pigs.

(267484)

134
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many sites owned by the Ministry of Defence in England and Wales have been assessed by the Environment Agency as vulnerable to flooding.

(267549)

135
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what types of critical infrastructure were categorised as at risk of flooding by the Environment Agency in each of the last five years; and how many of each type were so categorised in each such year.

(267550)

136
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the Environment Agency to publish its updated flood risk maps.

(267551)

137
Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many households in England are considered to have a greater than 1 in 75 annual probability of flooding.

(267552)

138
Stephen Hesford (Wirral West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses which have begun to use energy-efficient light bulbs in the last four years.

(267478)

139
Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expenditure was of each of the offices and services merged to form the Food and Environment Research Agency in each of the last 10 years; what buildings are occupied by each such constituent office; and what plans he has for the future location of that agency.

(267434)

140
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the proposed designation of Bolton Fell Moss Site of Special Scientific Interest as a Special Area for Conservation under the EU Habitats Directive as a degraded raised bog capable of natural regeneration; and if he will make a statement.

(267345)

141
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267413)

142
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to increase the restrictions on development in flood risk areas; and if he will make a statement.

(266795)

143
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many warnings of floods affecting (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex have been issued by the Environment Agency in each year of the last 10 years.

(267245)

144
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 9 December 2008 sent on behalf of Mr Andrew Mearman of Thornbury, on cross-contamination of GM crops.

(267262)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

145
N Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter of 2 December 2008 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on Ms Margaret Harrison of Chelmsford.

(266652)

146
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267334)

147
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken towards securing peace in Sri Lanka.

(267219)

148
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government has taken towards maintaining peace in Gaza since Christmas 2008.

(267220)

149
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Irish counterpart on UK-Irish relations.

(267221)

150
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2009, Official Report, column 21W, whether the President of Belarus will be invited to attend the Eastern Partnership summit in May.

(267443)

151
N Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's advice on travel to Sudan is; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on travel to the Sudan.

(266174)

152
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much private sector funding for Chevening scholarships there was is 2008.

(266261)

153
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost of the Chevening scholarships scheme was in 2008.

(266262)

154
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening (a) scholarships and (b) fellowships were awarded in 2008.

(266263)

155
N Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Chevening (a) scholarships and (b) fellowships have been awarded since the inception of the programme.

(266264)

156
N Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent EU Heads of Mission Report on East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement.

(267118)

157
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267412)

158
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 15 December 2008 sent on behalf of Mr R Jenkins of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire.

(267260)

159
Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 19 December 2008 sent on behalf of M Taylor of Chipping Sodbury.

(267261)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Health

160
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the Government has spent on alcohol and drug addiction treatment for service veterans in each of the last five years.

(267380)

161
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment has been made of the level of demand for drug and alcohol addiction treatment for service veterans; and if he will make a statement.

(267381)

162
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on vitamin D supplements for (a) children aged between six months and four years and (b) pregnant and breastfeeding women in 2008-09.

(267392)

163
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of providing vitamin D supplements to all (a) pregnant and breastfeeding women and (b) young children between the ages of six months and four years.

(267488)

164
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what longitudinal studies his Department has commissioned on preventative measures in the care of older people; and if he will make a statement.

(267228)

165
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the points-based immigration system on the supply and cost of labour in the (a) care home and (b) home care sectors; and if he will make a statement.

(267229)

166
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the effect of the introduction of the points-based immigration system on the supply and cost of labour in the (a) care home and (b) home care sectors; and if he will make a statement.

(267230)

167
Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to NHS organisations of the change in treatment of value added tax for agency staff; and if he will make a statement.

(267231)

168
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267333)

169
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether rheumatoid arthritis is considered to be a long-term condition for the purposes of the review of prescription charges led by Sir Ian Gilmore; and if he will take steps to exempt patients diagnosed with that condition from prescription charges.

(267570)

170
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were (a) exempt from and (b) unable to pay prescription charges in the last five years.

(267571)

171
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis was in the last 12 months.

(267572)

172
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether systemic lupus erythematosus is considered to be a long-term condition for the purposes of the review of prescription charges led by Sir Ian Gilmore; and if he will take steps to exempt patients diagnosed with that condition from prescription charges.

(267573)

173
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the number of patients diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus who were (a) exempt from and (b) unable to pay prescription charges in the last five years.

(267574)

174
Mrs Janet Dean (Burton): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus was in the last 12 months.

(267575)

175
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of primary mental healthcare services in (a) male local, (b) male training and (c) female prisons.

(267304)

176
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 207-14W, on general practitioners: finance, what the name and postcode is of each listed practice.

(267318)

177
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) specialist areas of work, (b) job description, (c) salary band and (d) grade is of each official in his Department who works in social care.

(267374)

178
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reply to the hon. Member for Eddisbury's letter of 23 April 2008, on Southern Cross.

(267375)

179
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner practices received the initial incentive payment (a) component one and (b) component two in 2006-07.

(267376)

180
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures are in place to ensure the accuracy of weighing scales in the NHS.

(267377)

181
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 239W, on NHS: data protection, which companies have had access to NHS patient information in each of the last 10 years.

(267378)

182
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 199W, on blood: donation, for what reasons the units were not transfused.

(267379)

183
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2008, Official Report, column 237W, on respite care, what percentage of the £150 million each primary care trust will receive, according to the weighted capitation formula.

(267385)

184
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) initial budget and (b) outturn was in respect of (i) revenue and (ii) capital expenditure for (A) the national programme for IT and (B) each element of the national programme for IT in each year since the inception of the programme; and how much (1) capital and (2) revenue funding has been allocated for each remaining year of the programme.

(267386)

185
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many overseas residents who have received transplants since 1997 were NHS entitled patients.

(267433)

186
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals have lost money in the Icelandic banking collapse.

(267435)

187
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for cancer care of the collapse of Kaupthing, Singer and Friedlander.

(267436)

188
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths were caused by malnutrition among those in each age group over 65 years in each region in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

(267440)

189
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of general practitioners' premises were above all minimum standards set by his Department in each primary care trust area at the most recent date for which figures are available; and what percentage in each primary care trust area did not meet minimum standards through not complying with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

(267441)

190
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next expects to report on Part IX of the Drug Tariff.

(267463)

191
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) overseas and (b) domestic (i) travel and (ii) subsistence in respect of its (A) officials and (B) contractors in each year since 1997

(267473)

192
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) NHS hospitals, (b) other NHS organisations, (c) social care organisations, (d) hospices and (e) private hospitals he and his Ministers have visited since their appointments; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) duration of each visit was.

(267474)

193
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths from malnutrition have occurred in (a) private care homes, (b) public care homes and (c) hospitals in each Government Office region since 1997.

(267475)

194
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people with a learning disability are employed by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS.

(267476)

195
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the decision to stop supplying (a) human serum and (b) blood for non-clinical purposes was made by NHS Blood and Transplant; what consultation was undertaken before the decision; how much blood has been used for non-clinical purposes in each of the last 10 years; and what those purposes were.

(267517)

196
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department provided to NHS organisations on investing in Icelandic banks.

(267518)

197
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria he takes into account in determining approval for the registration (a) fees and (b) requirements for dental care professionals proposed by the General Dental Council.

(267244)

198
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2009, Official Report, column 1360W, on departmental publications, how many articles appearing in healthcare publications and journals in the last two years have been funded in whole and in part by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies.

(267503)

199
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2009, Official Report, column 1360W, on departmental publications, how much (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies spent on articles appearing in healthcare publications and journals in the last two years.

(267504)

200
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267411)

201
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding from the NHS has been provided to the Anchor Trust in (a) England, (b) the North of England, (c) Cumbria and (d) Copeland constituency in the last 12 months.

(267312)

202
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has allocated to the Anchor Trust for the provision of elderly care and nursing care services in Copeland constituency; and over what period.

(267313)

203
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that money given by the NHS to the Anchor Trust in Copeland is used in Copeland for the purposes for which it was provided.

(267314)

204
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what statistical tools his Department uses to model (a) the quality of life and (b) life expectancy of elderly nursing home residents in the event of the displacement of these residents.

(267315)

205
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations were made by the Anchor Trust to his Department on the closure of its nursing care homes across the North of England in the last 12 months.

(267316)

206
Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, under what circumstances private nursing and elderly care home providers are able to withdraw services provided under contract by them for elderly people.

(267317)

207
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) capital funds and (b) resource funds his Department has brought forward from its (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 budgets for use in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support.

(267398)

208
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which products based on the generation of peracetic acid are used by NHS organisations; and if he will make a statement.

(266796)

209
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 203-4W, on departmental ICT, on what occasions the exemption referred to has been applied in the NHS IT programme.

(267320)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

210
Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many family visitor visa applications were received from people in each of the six countries from which most applications were received in each of the last seven years; and how many such visas were granted to people from each of those countries.

(267569)

211
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) her Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267343)

212
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the e-Borders system to have captured (a) 100 million and (b) 200 million passenger movements; and when she expects the system will have captured 20 million passenger movements utilising passenger name record data.

(267215)

213
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work permits were issued to employers in the video games department industry in each of the last 10 years.

(267565)

214
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which former (a) hon. Members who left Parliament since 1997 and (b) Members of the House of Lords from each party have been appointed to positions on public bodies within her Department's responsibility; and who made each appointment.

(266790)

215
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on firearms training for (a) the police and (b) the UK Border Agency staff in 2008.

(267446)

216
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on establishing the identity of (a) illegal immigrants and (b) foreign national prisoners in 2008.

(267447)

217
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals under the points-based immigration system have resulted from errors in registering the date on which an application was submitted.

(267450)

218
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues to entry clearance officers on the registration of the application date in respect of the points-based immigration system.

(267451)

219
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the (a) Identity and Passport Service and (b) National Identity Scheme spent on external consultants in 2008.

(267452)

220
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Identity and Passport Service allocated for publicity and promotional purposes in its budget for 2008-09.

(267453)

221
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) emergency travel documents and (b) European Union letters the UK Border Agency (i) applied for and (ii) received in 2008.

(267454)

222
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department allocated for publicity and promotional purposes in its budget for 2008-09.

(267455)

223
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2009, Official Report, column 118W, on illegal immigrants: arrests, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) deportations were made following the 1,685 enforcement visits made to restaurants and takeaway food outlets in 2008.

(267458)

224
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2009, Official Report, column 915W, on asylum: housing, how many properties are covered by the 28 contracts with providers to supply accommodation for asylum seekers.

(267459)

225
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2009, Official Report, columns 915-6W, on biometrics: airports, how much her Department spent on iris technology systems in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 to date.

(267462)

226
N Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews of 9 March 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, WA 212-3, on the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund, if her Department will adopt a policy requiring public bodies that have received funding from it to prevent violent extremism to report annually (a) to which community groups and individuals they have allocated funding and (b) on the work they have undertaken and how they plan to monitor its effectiveness.

(266852)

227
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what buildings are owned or operated by her Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267410)

228
N Mr Edward Vaizey (Wantage): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the decision to close the Council of the Registration of Forensic Practitioners was taken before the conclusion of the Department's consultation on the review of the options for the accreditation of forensic practitioners.

(267112)

229
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of posession of (a) cannabis, (b) cocaine, (c) heroin, (d) ecstasy, (e) ketamine and (f) LSD have been recorded by police in (i) Eastbourne and (ii) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years.

(267272)

230
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications have been made by residents of (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex constituency in each of the last 10 years.

(267273)

Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission

231
Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proposals the House of Commons Commission has considered in respect of in relation to the use of digital technology to encourage wider public involvement in (a) the work of select committees and (b) the legislative process; and if he will make a statement.

(267444)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills

232
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel has been used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies since his Department was established.

(267332)

233
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to encourage universities to increase the volume of scientific research they undertake.

(267243)

234
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267409)

235
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what properties (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies have sold since his Department's inception; and how many have been sold for housing developments.

(267557)

236
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people resident in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex were on (i) apprenticeships and (ii) advanced apprenticeships in each of the last five years.

(267271)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

237
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by his Department in each of the last 10 years.

(267331)

238
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps the Government has taken to assist displaced persons in Sri Lanka.

(267222)

239
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's humanitarian aid to Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

(267384)

240
N Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1162W, on departmental recruitment, how many additional (a) generalist and (b) technical civil servants were recruited between mid-October 2008 and the end of 2008; and how many serving generalist civil servants recruited to the fast stream between 2003 and 2008 were recruited (i) through the in-service stream and (ii) from other Government departments.

(267113)

241
Mr Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's plans are for the future of the Conflict Prevention Pool.

(267305)

242
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267408)

243
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the unclassified version of his Department's strategic communications planning team's DFID News Diary for (a) the week commencing 12 January 2009 and (b) the week commencing 6 April 2009 referred to on page 31 of his Department's communications strategy.

(267346)

244
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will publish a list of the stories proactively placed in national newspapers by his Department's News Department in 2008 referred to on page 31 of his Department's communications strategy.

(267347)

245
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the checklist for preparing announcements, events, publications and speeches prepared by his Department's strategic communications planning department referred to on page 31 of his Department's communications strategy.

(267348)

246
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) speeches and (b) articles were prepared for Ministers in his Department by the Department's News Department in 2008 referred to on page 31 of his Department's communications strategy.

(267350)

247
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people are employed in his Department's (a) News Department and (b) Strategic Communications Department (i) with each job title, (ii) at each civil service grade and (iii) in each pay band; and if he will make a statement.

(267351)

248
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to his Department of its News Department was in the last financial year for which figures are available.

(267352)

249
Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the forward planning grid for 2009 of his Department's (a) News Department and (b) Strategic Communications Department.

(267460)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice

250
N Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what budget savings are planned in each (a) prison and (b) young offender institution over the next 12 months.

(266861)

251
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel has been used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies since its inception.

(267339)

252
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will require the inclusion of positive results for buprenorphine in prisons' mandatory drug testing reports; and if he will make a statement.

(267216)

253
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research he has commissioned on the effects of prisoner numbers per prison on prison performance against the Prison Service's key performance indicators of safety and respect, including suicide levels.

(267217)

254
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to collect and publish information on the number and proportion of adult prisoners in each prison in England and Wales who had served in the armed services at any time prior to conviction.

(267218)

255
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what protocols and procedures are in operation within prisons to prevent persistent bullying.

(267264)

256
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders committed suicide whilst accommodated in approved premises in each of the last 10 years.

(267265)

257
Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on translation services in each area of allocation in 2008.

(267449)

258
N Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) grade II, (b) grade II* and (c) grade I listed buildings have been owned by his Department in each of the last three years.

(266859)

259
Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to change the regulatory system for donating to political parties to encourage smaller donations from a wider range of individuals.

(267287)

260
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267407)

261
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to assist litigants in person who do not have the financial means to attend a hearing at the Administrative Court to present their case (a) in person and (b) by videolink; and what mechanisms HM Courts Service has in place in respect of litigants in person who are unable to attend hearings.

(267490)

262
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will put in place mechanisms to monitor levels of access to legal redress for individuals resident outside the area of the High Court to ensure that such individuals are not disadvantaged.

(267543)

263
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that litigants in person have equality of arms in respect of proceedings involving Government departments.

(267544)

264
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what properties (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies have sold since his Department's inception; and how many have been sold for housing developments.

(267556)

265
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for child abuse there were in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year for the last 10 years.

(267212)

266
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were for parking offences committed in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each of the last five years.

(267266)

Questions to the Leader of the House

267
Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port & Neston): To ask the Leader of the House, what mechanisms are in place to assist hon. Members to engage with their constituents through the use of interactive digital technology.

(267456)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

268
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267328)

269
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what (a) capital funds and (b) resource funds his Department has brought forward from its (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 budgets for use in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support.

(267397)

270
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what properties (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies have sold in each of the last five years; and how many have been sold for housing developments.

(267559)

Questions to the Minister for the Olympics

271
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2008, Official Report, column 3W, on Olympic Games 2012: facilities, if she will place in the Library a copy of the full final KPMG report on Olympic venues.

(266657)

272
N Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2008, Official Report, column 3W, on Olympic Games 2012: facilities, what the (a) initial estimated and (b) outturn cost to the public purse was of the KPMG report on Olympic venues.

(266804)

273
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what (a) capital funds and (b) resource funds her Office has brought forward from its (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11 budgets for use in (A) 2008-09 and (B) 2009-10; and what schemes this funding is being used to support.

(267395)

Questions to the Prime Minister

274
Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2009, Official Report, column 1137W, on Ministers: pay, how many Ministers have received severance pay in accordance with section 4 of the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 and have been re-appointed to a Ministerial position (a) subsequently in the same Parliament and (b) in a subsequent Parliament.

(267255)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland

275
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by his Department in each of the last 10 years.

(267327)

276
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what properties his Department has sold in each of the last five years.

(267554)

Questions to the Solicitor General

277
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Solicitor General, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by the Law Officers' Departments in each of the last 10 years.

(267324)

278
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what mechanisms are in place to provide redress for individuals in circumstances in which the professional service provided by the Treasury Solicitor's Department is found to have been inadequate.

(267479)

279
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what records exist of payments made by the Treasury Solicitor's Department to counsel instructed by it.

(267491)

280
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, who the 10 highest paid Treasury counsel were in each of the last three years; and how much each counsel received in each of those years.

(267492)

281
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what procedures there are within the Government Legal Service for dealing with complaints about non-compliance with the Lexcel standard.

(267493)

282
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) employment status and (b) requirement to pay national insurance contributions is of counsel whom the Government restrict from undertaking work for others.

(267494)

283
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, which lawyers working in the Treasury Solicitor's Department have professional practising certificates.

(267495)

284
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what requirements there are on the Treasury Solicitor's Department in respect of complaints made to it under the Lexcel procedures.

(267496)

285
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, how many complaints have been made to the Treasury Solicitor's Department which have been recorded and processed under the Lexcel procedure in the last 12 months; and how many such complaints have still to be processed.

(267497)

286
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what procedures are adopted by (a) the Treasury Solicitor, including by a delegation to his Deputy, and (b) the Law Officers in response to complaints against the Treasury Solicitor or counsel instructed by the Treasury Solicitor that they are acting for parties who claim to be independent of each other.

(267498)

287
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what procedures exist within the Treasury Solicitor's Department to ensure that (a) the Treasury Solicitor's Department and (b) counsel receiving instructions when acting for more than one legal entity in the same case record any conflict of interest.

(267499)

288
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, how many lawyers working within the Treasury Solicitor's Department are of Senior Civil Service rank; and how many of them are qualified to practise in England and Wales as (a) solicitors and (b) barristers.

(267500)

289
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, how many lawyers below Senior Civil Service rank employed by the Government Legal Service are (a) qualified solicitors in England and Wales, (b) qualified barristers in England and Wales and (c) not qualified solicitors or barristers in England and Wales.

(267501)

290
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what obligations there are on the Treasury Solicitor and those working for him to comply with the professional obligations of lawyers with practising certificates.

(267502)

291
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps the Treasury Solicitor's Department takes on (a) certifying and (b) claiming costs for work undertaken to ensure that the quantum of costs claimed is accurate, taking into account the indemnity principle.

(267505)

292
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance and training materials have been produced by the Treasury Solicitor's Department with regard to costs certifications and claims to ensure compliance with the indemnity principle; and when and how such guidance has been amended in the last five years.

(267506)

293
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what requirements there are on members of the Government Legal Service who are on the roll of solicitors to report to the Solicitors Regulation Authority the conduct of other members of the Government Legal Service who may not have complied with the professional standards of solicitors.

(267507)

294
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what the order of precedence and seniority is of the lawyers within the Government Legal Service; and what procedures are used to reconcile differences of opinion between lawyers of different ranks within the Service.

(267508)

295
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what policies and procedures exist to ensure that the Treasury Solicitor staff do not (a) undertake work for which a solicitor's practising certificate is required and (b) act for those for whom Government lawyers did not act prior to 1974; and what guidance is provided to the Treasury Solicitor's staff about such restrictions on activities.

(267510)

296
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what policies and procedures exist within the (a) Treasury Solicitor's Department and (b) the Government Legal Service to ensure that its lawyers do not act in conflict of interest situations with particular reference to acting for a party to a dispute and the adjudicator to the dispute.

(267545)

297
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what guidance there is to ensure that the Treasury Solicitor's Department advises its clients on obligations concerning (a) disclosure and (b) statements of truth required in litigation; and what records are kept of material by the Treasury Solicitor on provision of such advice.

(267546)

298
Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Solicitor General, what steps have been taken to promote legal professionalism within the Government Legal Service.

(267547)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

299
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2009, Official Report, column 1146W, on airports: security, if he will make it his policy that passengers concerned about the effects on health of body scanners using backscatter x-ray technology have the option of a manual pat search should such technology be introduced.

(267164)

300
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that future Design, Build, Finance and Operate contracts do not include incentives to increase traffic flows as a means of increasing revenue for the successful bidder.

(267168)

301
N Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what threshold of penalty points above which a contract may be cancelled was set for each Design, Build, Finance and Operate contract let by his Department since 1997; how many penalty points have been accrued against each such contract to date; and how many such contracts have been terminated as a result of the threshold having been breached.

(267169)

302
N Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to provide that people with insulin-treated diabetes may drive heavy goods vehicles following the approval of a medical practitioner.

(267163)

303
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.

(267330)

304
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the number of heavy goods vehicles travelling along the A650 and A647 of the closure of the vehicle testing station at Steeton.

(267561)

305
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on expenditure by business on fuel of the closure of the vehicle testing stations (a) at Steeton and (b) across the country as a whole.

(267562)

306
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effects on the expenditure by (a) Bradford City Council and (b) other public bodies on fuel from the closure of the vehicle testing stations (i) at Steeton and (ii) across the whole country.

(267563)

307
Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an environmental impact assessment of the closure of the vehicle testing stations at (a) Steeton and (b) across the country as a whole.

(267568)

308
N Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which former (a) hon. Members who left Parliament since 1997 and (b) Members of the House of Lords from each party have been appointed to positions on public bodies within his Department's responsibility; and who made each appointment.

(266793)

309
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects funding to be made available through the Access for All programme for Chippenham railway station.

(267383)

310
N Justine Greening (Putney): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 987W, on Heathrow Airport, what the position was which was confirmed by advice to Ministers in September 2007 and subsequently agreed to for the purposes of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport public consultation; and if he will make a statement.

(266648)

311
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much salt was (a) ordered and (b) received by the Highways Agency from Salt Union in each week between 1 January and 16 February 2009.

(267114)

312
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) his Department's and (b) the Highways Agency's correspondence on delivery plans and priorities with Salt Union which took place between 26 January and 9 February 2009.

(267115)

313
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide funding for local authorities to develop indoor salt storage facilities.

(267116)

314
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assistance with salt supplies the Highways Agency provided to Gloucestershire County Council between 26 January and 9 February 2009.

(267117)

315
N Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1102W, on roads: snow and ice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued daily to salt suppliers on each day between 26 January and 9 February 2009.

(267165)

316
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267406)

317
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the proposed Kent International Gateway project at Junction 8 of the M20; and if he will make a statement.

(266843)

318
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the positioning of rail freight interchanges on motorways; and if he will make a statement.

(266844)

319
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Highways Agency has given any advice to (a) his Department and (b) other interested parties in respect of the Kent International Gateway project proposal at Junction 8 of the M20.

(266845)

320
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where he has discussed the proposed Kent International Gateway development with Kent Highways; and if he will make a statement.

(266846)

321
N Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the Faber Maunsell Report on logistical aspects of the Kent International Gateway project prepared for his Department; and if he will make a statement.

(266847)

322
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what properties (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies have sold in each of the last five years.

(267553)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales

323
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel was used by his Department in each of the last 10 years.

(267326)

324
Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what properties his Department has sold in each of the last five years.

(267555)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

325
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park & Kensington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value was in (a) real and (b) cash terms of (i) the state pension, (ii) pension credit, (iii) income support and (iv) jobseeker's allowance for each year since 1997.

(267576)

326
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time for calls made to the Crisis Loans Direct helpline to be answered was in each of the last 12 months.

(266649)

327
N Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many telephone calls were (a) made to and (b) answered by the Crisis Loans Direct helpline in each of the last 12 months.

(266650)

328
Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) other fuel has been used by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its agencies since its inception.

(267329)

329
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter of response to the representations made in the report from the Royal British Legion and Age Concern on the situation of ex-service pensioners; and if he will make a statement.

(266797)

330
N Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much he has allocated for expenditure on income-based jobseeker's allowance in the next three years.

(266798)

331
Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what explanatory and administrative provisions are in place to enable prospective eligible claimants to receive the £1,000 employer payment voucher available from Jobcentre Plus with effect from 6 April 2009; and if he will make a statement.

(267461)

332
Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) income support as a result of obesity in each of the last five years.

(267242)

333
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether recipients of incapacity benefit are eligible to make an application for a social fund loan.

(267254)

334
Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what buildings are owned or operated by his Department under a private finance initiative (PFI) arrangement; and which companies are involved with each such PFI arrangement.

(267404)

335
N Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will extend the public information zones for the Canvey Island (a) Calor Gas and (b) OIKOS sites; and if he will make a statement.

(265735)

336
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners resident in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex have not yet received their Christmas bonus from his Department.

(267246)

337
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people resident in Eastbourne constituency received a crisis loan in each month for the last two years.

(267250)

338
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance are above the age of 50.

(267269)

339
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of individuals who will reach state pension age in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2020 with no additional pension provision beyond the state pension.

(267274)

340
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of individuals over the age of (a) 65 and (b) 68 years who will receive housing benefit in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030 and (iii) 2050.

(267276)

341
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of individuals over the age of (a) 65 and (b) 68 years who will receive council tax benefit in (i) 2020, (ii) 2030 and (iii) 2050.

(267277)

342
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of individuals in (a) private rented and (b) social housing over the age of 65 years who received housing benefit in each year since 2000.

(267278)

343
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in the UK received the full pension credit because they had (a) a low contributory state pension and (b) no additional savings in 2007-08.

(267280)

344
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average number of job vacancies in Eastbourne constituency was in each of the last 12 months.

(267282)

345
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overpayments of each type of benefit were made to claimants in each year since 1997.

(267319)

346
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the amount of overpayments of each type of benefit was in each year since 1997.

(267438)

Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer

347
N Alun Michael (Cardiff South & Penarth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on methods of budgeting for services designed to reduce levels of re-offending.

[Question Unstarred] (266531)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families

348
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many individuals resident in Eastbourne constituency aged between 16 and 24 years are not in employment, training or full-time education.

[Transferred] (267251)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence

349
Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguards have been put in place to prevent future fuel spillages by US base authorities at RAF Fairford.

[Transferred] (267289)

Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department

350
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many juveniles were detained in police cells overnight in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year of the last five years.

[Transferred] (267213)

Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

351
Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, from which budget the allocation of £2 million for the prevention of the spread of malaria announced on 12 March 2009 will be drawn; whether the funding is additional to that allocated for the provision of 20 million bed nets; to which programmes that funding will be allocated; and how that funding will be distributed.

[Transferred] (267560)

Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

352
Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many vehicles comprise the Motability fleet.

[Transferred] (267290)

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