|
Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 1 April 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 1 April 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 1 April of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 1 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 1 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to increase trade between the UK and India; how much his Department and its predecessor spent on the promotion of trade between the UK and India in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (268503) | 2
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps (a) he has taken since September 2008 and (b) plans to take during the next 12 months to increase trade between the UK and Israel; how much his Department (i) has spent since September 2008 and (ii) plans to spend during the next 12 months on the promotion of trade between the UK and Israel; what recent representations he has received on increasing trade between the UK and Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (268504) | 3
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much trade with Israel contributed to the UK's gross domestic product in each of the last two years; what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on increasing trade between the UK and Israel; and if he will make a statement. | | (268505) | 4
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what initiatives announced by his Department since November 2008 to assist (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) individuals (i) have been implementend and (ii) remain to be implemented; on what date each was implemented; and if he will make a statement. | | (268508) | 5
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much trade with India contributed to the UK's gross domestic product in each of the last five years. | | (268509) | 6
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many officials in his Department at each grade work on the promotion of trade between the UK and India; and what the equivalent numbers were for the Department of Trade and Industry in (a) 1983, (b) 1987 and (c) each year between 1998 and 2007. | | (268510) | 7
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was allocated by his Department to the Israel Britain Business Council in each of the last two years; for what purposes; and if he will make a statement. | | (268513) | 8
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assistance his Department provides to Israeli businesses wishing to (a) invest in the UK and (b) take part in joint ventures with UK companies; how much was made available for these purposes in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (268514) | 9
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials last met the Chairman of the Israel Britain Chamber of Commerce to discuss trade between the UK and Israel; on what dates the next such meetings are planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (268515) | 10
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much was allocated by his Department to the UK-India Business Council in each of the last two years; for what purposes; and if he will make a statement. | | (268516) | 11
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assistance his Department provides to Indian businesses wishing to (a) invest in the UK and (b) take part in joint ventures with UK companies; how much was made available for these purposes in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (268517) | 12
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his officials last met the Chairman of the UK-India Business Council to discuss trade between the UK and India; on what dates the next such meetings are planned; and if he will make a statement. | | (268518) | 13
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many officials of each grade in his Department visited Israel (a) in 2008 and (b) in 2009 to date. | | (268519) | 14
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many officials of each grade in his Department visited India on official business (a) in 2008 and (b) in 2009 to date. | | (268520) | 15
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which countries were visited by Lord Digby-Jones in a Ministerial capacity during his time as a Minister in his Department; and what the cost of each visit was. | | (268521) | 16
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support his Department has offered to small businesses in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) nationwide during the economic downturn. | | (268377) | 17
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses operate in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England. | | (268470) | 18
N | Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to answer Question (a) (i) 252245, (ii) 252243 and (iii) 252242 on the Working Capital and Enterprise Finance Guarantee schemes and (iv) 252241, on the Capital for Enterprise Fund tabled on 23 January 2009 and (b) (A) 261653, on the Working Capital Scheme, (B) 261624, on loans from the European Investment Bank, (C) 261512, on regional development agencies and (D) 261487, on contracts with banks, tabled on 3 March 2009. | | (268313) | 19
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Tamworth constituency whose income rose following the introduction of the national minimum wage. | | (268387) | 20
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent assessment he has made of the steps necessary to implement the Mutual Recognition Regulation (EC) 764/2008; and what timetable he has set for taking such steps. | | (268449) | 21
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many cases the Action Single Market/UK SOLVIT centre had handled on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (268450) | 22
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether his Department has designated a product contact point in respect of the Mutual Recognition Regulation (EC) 764/2008. | | (268451) | 23
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he is taking to encourage banks to participate in the Export Credits Guarantee's Department guaranteed finance packages. | | (268609) | 24
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268552) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 25
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the quantity of (a) index-linked and (b) conventional gilts planned to be auctioned by the Debt Management Office (DMO) in each of the next 12 months; what discussions he has had with the DMO on such auctions; and if he will make a statement. | | (268506) | 26
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's officials of each grade attended a training course overseas paid for by his Department in each month since 2007; what his policy is on officials attending overseas training courses; and if he will make a statement. | | (268507) | 27
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to adjust the level of the supply of money he plans for the next 12 months; what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on this since January 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (268511) | 28
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was received from auction of (a) index-linked and (b) conventional gilts by the Debt Management Office in each of the last 12 months. | | (268512) | 29
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the proportion of (a) mortgage and (b) credit card lending carried out by non-bank lending that was institutions in each of the last three financial years. | | (268378) | 30
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with (i) non-bank lending institutions and (ii) organisations representative of non-bank lending organisations in the last 12 months; and on what date each such meeting took place. | | (268379) | 31
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Salisbury of 16 January 2009 on Northern Rock mortgage interest rate changes. | | (268592) | 32
N | John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2009, Official Report, column 1193W, on Members: correspondence, what the cost to his Department was of engaging actors to contribute to training programmes organised by his Department in each year since 1997. | | (267471) | 33
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and who provided such training. | | (268312) | 34
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Castle Point of 23 October 2008 sent on behalf of Mr Malcolm Phillips, a constituent, on private medical insurance. | | (268388) | 35
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Eastbourne of 10 October, 25 November and 14 December 2008 and 4 February 2009 sent on behalf of his constituent, Mr M Wilberforce; and when he expects the matter raised in the correspondence to be resolved. | | (268372) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 36
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 358W, on Israel: anniversaries, if he will place in the Library a copy of the speech he made at the Salute to Israel celebration; who drafted the speech; and if he will make a statement. | | (268562) | 37
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the (a) pregnancy and (b) abortion rate for under-16 year old girls was in (i) 1999 and (ii) at the latest available date. | | (268563) | 38
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of the most recent penetration test of the ContactPoint database; and if he will make a statement. | | (268422) | 39
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many parents have refused to allow the details of their children to be kept on the ContactPoint database. | | (268423) | 40
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether practitioners will be able to access the ContactPoint database remotely; and if he will make a statement. | | (268455) | 41
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the data fields on the ContactPoint database are; and if he will make a statement. | | (268459) | 42
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people aged between 14 and 16 years are undertaking young apprenticeships. | | (268363) | 43
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many hours a week on average pupils on young apprenticeships in each industrial sector spent in a work setting in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (268364) | 44
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent through the Basic Needs Safety Valve Targeted Capital Fund in 2007-08 and what his most recent estimate is of expenditure through the Fund in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (268365) | 45
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated by his Department to each of its capital funding programmes, excluding the Building Schools for the Future programme, for 2010-11. | | (268366) | 46
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been allocated to each school under the Building Schools for the Future programme to date. | | (268367) | 47
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of expenditure on the Primary Capital programme for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (268368) | 48
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his latest estimate is of expenditure on the Building Schools for the Future programme in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. | | (268369) | 49
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants and programme allocations have been aggregated as (a) ICT, (b) Academies and Specialist Schools, (c) Capital Grants within Standard Funds, (d) Voluntary Aided Schools and (e) Modernising the Teaching Profession for (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09, (iii) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11 in the Schools section of Table 8.3 of his Department's 2008 annual report. | | (268370) | 50
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils of each age group received (a) up to one hour, (b) between one and two hours, (c) between two and three hours and (d) three hours or more one-to-one tuition in (i) all subjects and (ii) mathematics each week in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (268371) | 51
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils in each age group have a personal learning guide or coach. | | (268446) | 52
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained secondary schools provide after-school, small group tuition in specific subject areas. | | (268447) | 53
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much has been spent on the Young, Gifted and Talented programme in each local authority area in each year since its introduction; and for what purposes such expenditure has been incurred. | | (268448) | 54
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent establishing local education partnerships to date. | | (268476) | 55
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which banks are involved in the Building Schools for the Future programme. | | (268477) | 56
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been (a) spent on and (b) allocated to (i) the Building Schools for the Future programme, (ii) the primary capital programme, (iii) the academy capital programme and (iv) other national capital programmes in each local authority area; and on what date each such allocation was made. | | (268478) | 57
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils of each age have been assigned a mentor in the last 12 months; and what percentage of mentors are from local businesses. | | (268479) | 58
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many teachers left the profession before retirement age in each year since 1997. | | (268480) | 59
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers did not move up the pay spine in each of the last three years for which data are available. | | (268481) | 60
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, where each Sure Start Centre opened in the last 12 months is located. | | (268482) | 61
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils have no schools where more than 30 per cent. of pupils achieved five GCSEs at A*-C including English and mathematics in 2008 within (a) two and (b) three miles of their homes. | | (268483) | 62
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils enrolled at National Challenge schools were persistent absentees in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (268484) | 63
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of gifted and talented pupils were persistent absentees in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (268485) | 64
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils have been given a fixed period exclusion for attacks on (a) pupils and (b) teachers in (i) National Challenge schools and (ii) schools in each decile of area deprivation in each of the last three years. | | (268486) | 65
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils with special educational needs are home schooled in each local authority area, broken down by the type of special educational need. | | (268487) | 66
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of (a) girls and (b) boys are receiving home schooling in each local authority area, broken down by ethnic group. | | (268488) | 67
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils (a) eligible and (b) ineligible for free school meals achieved level 8 at Key Stage 3 in each of the last three years. | | (268489) | 68
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils eligible for free school meals sat (a) mathematics and (b) further mathematics A level in each of the last five years. | | (268490) | 69
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals were not entered for Key Stage 1 tests in each of the last three years, broken down by reason for non-entry. | | (268491) | 70
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many entries there were for GCSE examinations for pupils from each type of school in each of the last three years. | | (268492) | 71
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what percentage of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals have been entered for (i) higher and (ii) foundation tier GCSEs in (A) mathematics, (B) English, (C) science, (D) additional science and (E) history in each of the last five years. | | (268493) | 72
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of gifted and talented pupils stayed in full-time education beyond the age of 16 years in each of the last three years. | | (268494) | 73
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many GCSE short courses are accounted for in his Department's league tables. | | (268495) | 74
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils of each age are entered for the 14 to 19 diploma examinations. | | (268496) | 75
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils (a) eligible for and (b) not eligible for free school meals achieved eight or more GCSEs at A or A* grade in each of the last three years. | | (268497) | 76
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many days work-based training pupils have completed on average in each level of each of the 14 to 19 diplomas. | | (268498) | 77
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were excluded from school before they were due to sit GCSE examinations in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 2005. | | (268361) | 78
| Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many childcare settings located in Sure Start children's centres have closed in each quarter of the last 12 months. | | (268630) | 79
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many special needs children have not been accepted into mainstream education because of the lack of resourced staff in (a) Eastbourne constituency, (b) East Sussex and (c) England in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (268374) | 80
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funds his Department has allocated to (a) further education and (b) sixth form colleges to support capital building projects in (i) 2008-09, (ii) 2009-10 and (iii) 2010-11; and when such funds will become available. | | (268454) | 81
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 636W, on the Building Schools for the Future programme: sixth form colleges, what assessment he has made of the adequacy and condition of the sixth form college estate. | | (268525) | 82
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 636W, on Building Schools for the Future programme: sixth form colleges, what funding has been allocated to sixth form colleges under the Building Schools for the Future programme for the period after 2010. | | (268526) | 83
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 636W, on Building Schools for the Future programme: sixth form colleges, whether a sixth form college located in a local authority area which has already received Building Schools for the Future funding will be able to receive such funding from 2010 onwards. | | (268528) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 84
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many single parents were in full-time employment in (a) Ribble Valley constituency and (b) the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (267794) | 85
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people have been employed in the medium-sized business sector in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997. | | (268376) | 86
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people have been employed in the small business sector in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. | | (268415) | 87
| Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many medium-sized businesses there are in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK. | | (268416) | 88
N | Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the UK's trade balance in (a) goods, (b) services, (c) total excluding oil and (d) total was with (i) other EU member states, (ii) Germany, (iii) USA and (iv) Japan in each year since 1997. | | (268049) | 89
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what consideration is being given to new subjects for an official history; and if he will make a statement. | | (268612) | 90
| Martin Salter (Reading West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what information his Department holds on the number of Government departments and agencies which require people to dial a premium rate number to contact them; what plans the Government has to replace such use of 0845 numbers with numbers that charge a local or national rate; and if he will make a statement. | | (268458) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 91
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of affordable homes in Redbridge. | | (264793) | 92
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to end the suspension of the disabled facilities grants in Waltham Forest. | | (264794) | 93
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in her Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268553) | 94
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social homes there are expected to be in (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Liverpool, (d) Leeds, (e) Sheffield, (f) Bristol, (g) Manchester, (h) Leicester, (i) Coventry, (j) Kingston upon Hull, (k) Bradford, (l) Stoke-on-Trent, (m) Wolverhampton, (n) Nottingham, (o) Plymouth, (p) Southampton, (q) Reading, (r) Derby, (s) Dudley and (t) Newcastle upon Tyne in 2010. | | (268570) | 95
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social homes there were in (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Liverpool, (d) Leeds, (e) Sheffield, (f) Bristol, (g) Manchester, (h) Leicester, (i) Coventry, (j) Kingston upon Hull, (k) Bradford, (l) Stoke-on-Trent, (m) Wolverhampton, (n) Nottingham, (o) Plymouth, (p) Southampton, (q) Reading, (r) Derby, (s) Dudley and (t) Newcastle upon Tyne in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008; and how many there were on 1 March 2009. | | (268572) | 96
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much she expects her Department to spend on the MyChoiceHomeBuy scheme in 2009-10. | | (268575) | 97
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much she expects her Department to spend on the OwnHome scheme in 2009-10. | | (268576) | 98
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average price of a property purchased with assistance from the First Time Buyers Initiative has been; and if she will make a statement. | | (268577) | 99
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when her Department expects to publish figures on the net supply of housing for 2008-09. | | (268578) | 100
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in each (a) region and (b) local authority area (i) live in and (ii) are on a waiting list for sheltered accommodation. | | (268472) | 101
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many sheltered accommodation (a) units and (b) schemes there are in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area. | | (268473) | 102
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues to local authorities on the employment of wardens and care workers in sheltered accommodation schemes. | | (268474) | 103
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many sheltered housing schemes have employed a (a) full-time and (b) part-time warden in each of the last five years. | | (268475) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 104
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking in respect of the provision of sports facilities for disabled children. | | (264792) | 105
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received from the tourism industry on daylight saving. | | (268212) | 106
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to regulate the use of betting exchanges as a means of avoiding requirements on bookmakers in relation to licensing and levy contributions. | | (268213) | 107
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued to its staff on claims for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268444) | 108
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises. | | (268466) | 109
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners over the age of 75 years resident in Houghton and Washington East constituency received a free television licence in 2008. | | (268383) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 110
| Colin Challen (Morley & Rothwell): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 21 June 2004, Official Report, column 1078, on RAF Menwith Hill, for which military bases on British soil hon. Members seeking to visit would require the permission of the US administration; and if he will issue guidance to hon. Members on procedures for gaining approval for such visits. | | (268456) | 111
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel at each grouping of rank served in Operation (a) Herrick 4, (b) Herrick 5, (c) Herrick 6 and (d) Herrick 7; how many who served in each have been treated for (i) psychological disorders, (ii) post-traumatic stress disorder and (iii) physical injuries; and how many have been discharged as a consequence of (A) a psychological disorder and (B) a physical injury. | | (268208) | 112
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel at each grouping of rank who served in Operation (a) Herrick 4, (b) Herrick 5, (c) Herrick 6 and (d) Herrick 7 have left the armed forces. | | (268209) | 113
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rounds of (a) 51 mm and (b) 81 mm mortar ammunition of all natures were used in Operation (i) Herrick 4, (ii) Herrick 5, (iii) Herrick 6 and (iv) Herrick 7. | | (268210) | 114
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents designated as troops in contact were recorded in each month of Operation (a) Herrick 4, (b) Herrick 5, (c) Herrick 6 and (d) Herrick 7. | | (268211) | 115
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department has issued to its staff on claims for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268442) | 116
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises. | | (268465) | 117
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268555) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 118
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 150W, on the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, what the (a) prefix and (b) title is of each file held by his Department on (i) the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and (ii) Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill of Session 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (268500) | 119
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what guidance his Department has issued to staff on claiming for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats available in standard class. | | (268468) | 120
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his Department's policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises. | | (268469) | 121
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken together with local authorities to reduce levels of fuel poverty in the last 12 months. | | (268380) | 122
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department since its inception; how many sessions have been provided; and who provided such training. | | (268560) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 123
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stroud of 19 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1015-6W, on water charges, what conclusions he has drawn from his most recent assessment of the effect on youth and community groups of changes to surface water charges; and what steps he plans to take in respect of the affordability of surface water charges by such groups. | | (268613) | 124
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has made available for the promotion of farmers' markets in 2008-09. | | (268353) | 125
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of farms have been recorded as being smaller than 27 acres in each of the last 10 years. | | (268574) | 126
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued to its staff on claims for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268443) | 127
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises. | | (268464) | 128
N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to take to increase awareness of (a) bluetongue and (b) the bluetongue vaccination in the farming community. | | (264049) | 129
N | Mr Martyn Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to encourage the use of the surplus stock of short-dated bluetongue vaccine in the next 12 months. | | (265845) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 130
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 603W, on France: anti-Semitism, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the incidence of anti-Semitism in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. | | (268580) | 131
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who he expects to participate in the G20 summit in London in March 2009; what gifts each participant will receive; what the cost of each such gift is; how much is being spent on (a) catering and (b) catering facilities; if he will place in the Library a copy of the menu for each official dinner during the summit; how much is being spent per person at each dinner; and if he will make a statement. | | (268581) | 132
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what arrangements are being made by his Department to accommodate those persons attending the G20 summit; and if he will make a statement. | | (268582) | 133
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 606W, on Ratko Mladic, what his policy is on Serbian accession to the EU in the event that Ratko Mladic is not arrested; and if he will make a statement. | | (268393) | 134
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the political situation in Madagascar. | | (264790) | 135
N | Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford & Woodford Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the government of Pakistan on the political situation in Pakistan following the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team. | | (264791) | 136
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268532) | 137
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268546) | 138
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268554) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 139
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated to determine whether there is a relationship between access to emergency contraception and teenage sexually-transmitted infection rates; and if he will make a statement. | | (268436) | 140
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what aftercare is provided to women having an abortion at a Marie Stopes International clinic; how many women in each age group died following an abortion at a Marie Stopes International clinic in each of the last 10 years; what the cause of death was in each case; what guidance his Department has issued to Marie Stopes International about aftercare provided at its clinics; and if he will make a statement. | | (268499) | 141
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to prevent patients being discharged from an abortion clinic without their prescribed medication; what discussions he has had with abortion clinics on this issue since January 2009; what recent representations he has received on the issue; and if he will make a statement. | | (268501) | 142
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent reports he has received of allegations of patients having been given drugs by doctors to accelerate their death; and if he will make a statement. | | (268502) | 143
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schools are taking part in the project to allow girls to ask for emergency contraception by text message; on which basis each school was selected; and if he will make a statement. | | (268522) | 144
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of abortions which will take place in each year to 2015; and if he will make a statement. | | (268524) | 145
| Ben Chapman (Wirral South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average staff-to-patient ratio in primary care trusts is; and what the ratio is for Wirral Primary Care Trust. | | (268352) | 146
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements have been made for the employment, pay and conditions of community health workers employed by Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust following its conversion to a purely commissioning organisation. | | (268394) | 147
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268539) | 148
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268547) | 149
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many second opinions for treatment under supervised community treatment have been (a) requested and (b) carried out under the Mental Health Act 1983. | | (268627) | 150
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community treatment orders have been (a) issued and (b) revoked under the Mental Health Act 1993; and how many patients have been (i) recalled to hospital while on a community treatment order and (ii) discharged from a community treatment order. | | (268628) | 151
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many girls, of each age, have been vaccinated against human papilloma virus in (a) Sunderland and (b) England. | | (268381) | 152
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure his Department incurred in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in respect of services for disabled people in each year since 2005. | | (268354) | 153
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to inform people of the effects on health of excessive alcohol consumption in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. | | (268356) | 154
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with meningitis in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion resulted in death. | | (268358) | 155
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with (a) osteoporosis and (b) dementia in (i) England, (ii) the North East, (iii) Tees Valley and (iv) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (268359) | 156
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department has allocated for the treatment and care of people diagnosed with (a) meningitis, (b) dementia and (c) osteoporosis in each of the last 10 years. | | (268360) | 157
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the causes of death at accident and emergency departments in (a) England and (b) the North East in each of the last 10 years. | | (268362) | 158
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the (a) England, (b) North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last five years. | | (268431) | 159
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated for the treatment and care of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in each of the last 10 years. | | (268432) | 160
N | John Mason (Glasgow East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he has given to the merits of introducing a minimum wage of £7 per hour in the NHS in England and Wales in 2009-10. | | (268050) | 161
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the General Medical Council, (b) the Royal College of Nursing, (c) the British Medical Association and (d) other organisations representing the allied medical professions on the implementation and practice of whistleblowing policies. | | (268611) | 162
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the incidence of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after vaccination. | | (268385) | 163
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many teenage pregnancies there were in the London Borough of Hillingdon in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (268586) | 164
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with each category of sexually-transmitted infection in the London Borough of Hillingdon in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (268587) | 165
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS was of providing abortions up to nine weeks of pregnancy in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (268588) | 166
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS was of providing morning-after pills in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (268589) | 167
| Mr John Randall (Uxbridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the NHS was of providing services to expectant mothers aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 years or over throughout their pregnancies in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (268590) | 168
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268551) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 169
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions of (a) men and (b) women in each age group have taken place under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 in each police force area in each year since the Act came into force; and how many of those prosecutions related to anti-Semitic material. | | (268583) | 170
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 303W, on Departmental written questions, which are the nine Questions referred to in the table as over 15 days late; what the reasons are for the time taken to respond in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (268584) | 171
| Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to determine the application for indefinite leave to remain of Zakia Ahmed, reference A1387430, case ID10352843. | | (268392) | 172
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) firearms officers and (b) non-firearms officers she expects to have received training to use Taser guns in 2009. | | (268390) | 173
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for each police force to release (a) a standard disclosure and (b) an enhanced disclosure as part of Criminal Records Bureau checks in the latest period for which information is available. | | (268421) | 174
| Mr Fraser Kemp (Houghton & Washington East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many citizenship ceremonies have been conducted in each region in England in the last five years. | | (268382) | 175
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to ensure the security of personal data held by her Department. | | (268357) | 176
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 311W, on vetting: finance, under what budgetary headings the £88.2 million was spent; and what office accommodation is used by the Criminal Records Bureau for the processing of checks. | | (268214) | 177
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in her Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268550) | 178
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight, reference CTS: M1893818, sent on behalf of a constituent; and when she plans to reply to that constituent. | | (268391) | 179
| Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight of 24 July 2008, reference M14 547/8, on Gurkhas retired from the armed forces, in respect of which the hon. Member has written to her on 10 September, 1 October, 30 October and 17 December 2008 and 22 January 2009. | | (268453) | 180
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas for entry into the UK were (a) accepted and (b) refused in each year since 2003. | | (268375) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 181
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, at what times on each sitting day (a) the Official report, (b) the Summary Agenda and Order of Business, (c) Future Business, (d) Votes and Proceedings, (e) Early Day Motions and (f) Questions for Oral or Written Answer (The Questions Book) are planned to be placed on the Parliamentary (i) intranet and (ii) website; on what occasions in the last three months each has been late; for what reasons in each case; what steps the Commission is taking to ensure these items are available electronically in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement. | | (268438) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 182
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what plans his Department has to encourage higher education institutions to admit students from non-traditional backgrounds; and what consideration he has given to the merits of changing the funding system so that universities do not perceive a financial risk by recruiting such students. | | (268614) | 183
| Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent assessment he has given to the merits of the provision of further and higher education institutions in all areas as a means of widening participation amongst non-traditional groups. | | (268615) | 184
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268533) | 185
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what guidance his Department issues on staff claims for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268545) | 186
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of research funding for science subjects in (a) Russell Group universities and (b) other universities in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (268355) | 187
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many students have had their university tuition fees met from public funds in each of the last five years. | | (268433) | 188
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and who provided such training. | | (268310) | 189
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 697W, on departmental training, which Minister took part in (a) training on the European Union, (b) training on Cabinet Committees, (c) foreign language lessons and (d) media training; what each course involved; when each course took place; and what the total cost of each session was. | | (268566) | 190
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what contribution the Government has made to the Access to Learning Fund in each of the last three years. | | (267122) | 191
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what terms of reference Sir Andrew Foster has been given for his review of the Learning and Skills Council's capital budget. | | (268629) | 192
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many publicly-funded places for first-time undergraduates there were in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09; and how many there are expected to be in 2009-10. | | (268642) | 193
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Learning and Skills Council on the allocation of funding to training providers offering apprenticeships and Train to Gain places for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10. | | (268644) | 194
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people have made use of Skills Accounts since the launch of the pilots in September 2008. | | (268645) | 195
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what factors have been taken into account in determining the renumeration for Learning and Skills Council staff responsible for processing applications for capital funding in the last three years. | | (268646) | 196
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of the costs of each Building Colleges for the Future project has been met by a grant from the Learning and Skills Council since the programme's inception. | | (268648) | 197
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent on each project under the Building Colleges for the Future programme in each year since its inception. | | (268649) | 198
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much has been spent on the Building Colleges for the Future programme in each region in each year since the programme's inception. | | (268650) | 199
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many Building Colleges for the Future projects which have cleared the application in detail stage (a) have been completed and (b) are under way. | | (268651) | 200
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 4 March 2009, Official Report, column 55W, on capital investment (further education colleges), whether colleges which have not yet received approval will be required to redesign capital funding projects in order to receive funding. | | (268527) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 201
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his Department's policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises. | | (268534) | 202
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268544) | 203
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which CDC investee companies have been sampled for the purposes of estimating their tax payments in each of the last five years. | | (268414) | 204
| Ann Winterton (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has incurred expenditure on legal advice in preparation for a possible judicial review of the decision to pause negotiations on a proposed St Helena airport. | | (268424) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 205
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve support for families of murder victims. | | (268417) | 206
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve support for those injured in road traffic accidents where another person or persons has been found criminally liable for their injuries. | | (268419) | 207
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he and officials of his Department have had with representatives of (a) the Home Office and (b) the Lord Chief Justice on the closure of the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners; and if he will make a statement. | | (268593) | 208
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to its staff on claims for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268445) | 209
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises. | | (268467) | 210
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268549) | 211
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, colum 453W, on legal aid: housing, when the information sought will be collated. | | (268573) | 212
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repossession orders there were in each of the last 12 quarters for which figures are available. | | (268579) | 213
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Land Registry expects to publish figures for the numbers of properties which were sold in (a) February and (b) March 2009. | | (268585) | Questions to the Leader of the House 214
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Leader of the House, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in her Office in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268561) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 215
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will delete paragraph 4.2 from his Department's publication Guidance on the Termination of Pregnancy: The Law and Clinical Practice in Northern Ireland; what recent representations he has received on the paragraph; and if he will make a statement. | | (268435) | 216
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268537) | 217
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268541) | 218
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisation provided such training. | | (268548) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 219
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what guidance her Office issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268567) | 220
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much she has spent on media training in each year since since her post was created; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisation provided such training. | | (268559) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 221
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268538) | 222
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268540) | 223
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisation provided such training. | | (268556) | Questions to the Solicitor General 224
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Solicitor General, how many prosecutions there have been of children at or above the age of criminal responsibility in each of the last three years. | | (268420) | 225
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Solicitor General, whether it is her policy to request an update of legal advice to Government in circumstances where the evidence was not made available to the Law Officer giving the advice at the time. | | (268626) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 226
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse funds on average was of each road fatality in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (268437) | 227
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Northern Rail on levels of service on the Manchester-Southport line; and if he will make a statement. | | (266712) | 228
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will include the level of disruption to Manchester-Southport rail services on the morning of Thursday 19 March on the agenda of his next franchise review meeting with Northern Rail. | | (266803) | 229
| Michael Fabricant (Lichfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which roads for which the Highways Agency is responsible have distance marker posts marking kilometres; what the cost of installing such posts has been to date; and for what reasons such posts have been installed. | | (268386) | 230
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268535) | 231
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268543) | 232
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission an independent review of the Air Transport White Paper. | | (268625) | 233
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and who provided such training. | | (268311) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 234
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268568) | 235
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268569) | 236
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and who provided such training. | | (268557) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 237
| Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the (a) pay band and (b) cash equivalent transfer value is of each member of the senior management board at the Commission for Equality and Human Rights; and if she will make a statement. | | (268591) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 238
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres were (a) opened, (b) relocated and (c) closed in each of the last 12 months; under what circumstances jobcentres are (i) opened, (ii) relocated and (iii) closed; and if he will make a statement. | | (268439) | 239
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) address is and (b) date of opening was of each jobcentre in England and Wales. | | (268440) | 240
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on the practice of holding departmental away days outside the Department's buildings. | | (268536) | 241
| Mr Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department issues on whether members of staff may claim for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats in standard class. | | (268542) | 242
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in child support payments remained uncollected by the Child Support Agency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (268410) | 243
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account the business plan of Jobcentre Plus for 2009-10 has taken of the measures proposed in the Welfare Reform Bill. | | (268411) | 244
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the voluntary drug rehabilitation scheme for benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement. | | (268412) | 245
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prosecutions the Health and Safety Executive has brought against local authorities in respect of incidents involving asbestos in each of the last three years. | | (268413) | 246
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in his Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. | | (268558) | 247
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications from (a) British citizens, (b) EU citizens and (c) citizens from countries outside the EU for a national insurance number were received by each office issuing national insurance numbers in London in each of the last five years; how many staff were employed at each such office in each such year; and what the cost was of operating each office in each such year. | | (268389) | 248
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) non-UK and (b) non-EU citizens applied for a national insurance number in each region in each of the last five years. | | (268452) | 249
| Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Independent Case Examiner plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Eastbourne of 6 August, 29 September, 21 October and 20 November 2008 and 16 February 2009 sent on behalf of his constituent, Mr A Siegel; and when the Secretary of State expects the matter raised in the correspondence to be resolved. | | (268373) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 250
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many households in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency had access to broadband services (a) in 2004 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (268434) | 251
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will have discussions with Ministerial colleagues on the resilience of the IT and telecommunications components of critical national infrastructure. | | [Transferred] (268384) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 252
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) private and (b) public sector employees there were in each month since September 2008. | | [Transferred] (268441) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 253
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many maternal deaths have resulted from legal abortions in each year since 1979; and what the maternal mortality rate was (a) for all causes and (b) for women undergoing legal abortions; and what estimate he has made of the material mortality rate among women undergoing illegal abortions since 1979. | | [Transferred] (268523) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 254
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those who have served at least part of a life sentence for homicide in the last 10 years were the partner or ex-partner of the victim at the time of the homicide. | | [Transferred] (268457) | 255
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what means and on what dates the recent changes affecting the length of student visas issued under the points-based immigration system were communicated to (a) universities, (b) media organisations and (c) others. | | [Transferred] (268647) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 256
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what changes have been made to the rules in respect of financial support for British students travelling to the US since the Prime Minister's article in the Wall Street Journal on 16 April 2008. | | [Transferred] (268643) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 257
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made in preparations for legislative proposals to underpin the role, governance and values of the Civil Service. | | [Question Unstarred][Transferred] (267967) | 258
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been held in solitary confinement for over one year; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (268610) | 259
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' reports of 2005 and 2007 on the visits booking system at HM Prison Nottingham; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (268529) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 260
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve support for victims of workplace accidents following convictions under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. | | [Transferred] (268418) |
|
