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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 24 April 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 24 April 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 24 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 Friday 24 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 24 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the (a) job title, (b) main responsibilities, (c) Civil Service pay band and (d) annual salary of (i) Jez Sagar, (ii) Will Parkes, (iii) Peter Power, (iv) Stephen Adams and (v) Fiona Cookson are; whether each receives any payments from other sources; and whether the post filled by each was advertised externally. | | (270996) | 2
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made in securing an EU-ASEAN free-trade agreement; and whether Burma will be party to this agreement. | | (271109) | 3
N | Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what powers Ofcom has to (a) investigate and (b) take action in respect of inaccurate claims made by telephone service provider sales staff in relation to the transfer of existing numbers associated with the BT Call Sign service. | | (271032) | 4
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment has been made of the level of risk of anthrax infection to workers in Royal Mail postal sorting offices arising from terrorist action; and if he will make a statement. | | (271428) | 5
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2009, Official Report, column 1279W, on post offices: closures, when he expects the managing director of Post Office Ltd to write to the hon. Member for Huntingdon. | | (270958) | 6
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to businesses of the increase in the annual statutory holiday entitlement from 24 to 28 days. | | (271005) | 7
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps his Department is taking to support research and development of environmentally-friendly car technologies within the automotive sector. | | (271352) | 8
| Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much the Companies Act investigation into MG Rover had cost on the latest date for which figures are available; when he expects the investigation to be completed; what estimate he has made of the total cost of the investigation; and if he will make a statement. | | (271417) | 9
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will use his powers under the memorandum of understanding with the Office of Fair Trading to request it to re-examine competition issues in the newspaper distribution industry. | | (271448) | 10
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what support (a) his Department and (b) UK Trade and Investment are providing (i) to support UK business activities in Israel and (ii) support the attendance of UK businesses at business fairs and conferences in that country. | | (271412) | 11
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of support provided to social enterprise by regional development agencies. | | (271425) | 12
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he has any plans to introduce an additional bank holiday; and if he will make a statement. | | (271056) | 13
N | Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire of 13 February 2009 and 3 March 2009 on his constituent Mr Simon Cavendish. | | (271001) | 14
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the regional development agencies in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (271275) | 15
| Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the UK trade deficit in each category, not including invisible earnings, was in each year since 1997. | | (271196) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 16
N | Janet Anderson (Rossendale & Darwen): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will direct HM Revenue and Customs urgently to refund the sum of £67,000 due to William Dyer Electrical Ltd of Haslingden, Rossendale. | | (270953) | 17
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total revenue from transport-related taxes, including from value added tax in respect of a transport-related commodity or action, was in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (271051) | 18
| Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2009, Official Report, column 90W, on banks: finance, by what date he expects the principles set out in the Answer to be put into effect by state-supported banks. | | (271277) | 19
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many holders of offshore bank accounts have declared unpaid tax under the Government's partial amnesty. | | (271111) | 20
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his estimate is of the outstanding cost to the Exchequer of unpaid tax over each of the last five years. | | (271112) | 21
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of the government of the Republic of Ireland on arrangements to protect deposits made by UK citizens with banks in the Republic of Ireland; and if he will make a statement. | | (271418) | 22
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff days were lost as a result of sick leave from his Department in each of the last five financial years; and if he will make a statement. | | (270019) | 23
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether UK Financial Investments will publish an annual report and accounts for 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (270020) | 24
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff from his Department and its agencies were seconded to (a) other Government departments and (b) external organisations in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement. | | (270021) | 25
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many consultants were employed by his Department and its agencies in 2008-09; how much was spent on them; and if he will make a statement. | | (270022) | 26
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department and its agencies received bonus payments in 2008-09; how much expenditure his Department incurred in respect of staff bonuses in 2008-09; what the largest single staff bonus payment was in that year; and if he will make a statement. | | (270023) | 27
N | Mr David Gauke (South West Hertfordshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the financial implications for car dealerships in 2009-10 of changes to the taxation treatment of demonstrator motor vehicles introduced with effect from 6 April 2009. | | (270828) | 28
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what media appearances (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department has made since 1 January 2009. | | (271170) | 29
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the service cost of all unfunded public sector pension schemes for (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (271171) | 30
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of progress on the Operational Efficiency programme. | | (271172) | 31
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget his Department allocated to hospitality offered by the Financial Services Secretary in 2008-09. | | (271173) | 32
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what annual cost to the public purse. | | (271174) | 33
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue which has accrued to the Exchequer directly attributable to the introduction of IR35 measures. | | (271195) | 34
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2009, Official Report, column 919W, on departmental art works, which Minister in his Department selected each item. | | (271199) | 35
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what awaydays have been attended by staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) HM Revenue and Customs in the last six months; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) cost of each was. | | (271201) | 36
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many children of migrant workers hold a Child Trust Fund account; and what proportion of those children are normally resident in the UK. | | (271236) | 37
| Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure transparency and increase investor confidence in the credit default swaps market. | | (271415) | 38
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals for a general anti-tax evasion provision. | | (270773) | 39
N | Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West & Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) make the design and promotion of schemes intended primarily as a vehicle for tax avoidance illegal and (b) establish penalties for those involved in the design and promotion of such schemes. | | (270774) | 40
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on IBC Vehicles (General Motors) Luton of the proposed car scrappage scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (271422) | 41
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that workers on short-time working are advised of their potential eligibility for tax credits. | | (271423) | 42
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what public sector land will be made available for development, as referred to in paragraph 5.78 of the Budget 2009 Red Book. | | (271373) | 43
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 321-2W, on Members: correspondence, when he plans to reply to the letter of 29 December 2008 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on licensing of banks for Financial Services Authority compensation scheme regulations (PO reference: 1/65525/2009). | | (270852) | 44
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1625W, on Members: correspondence, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 6 November 2008 on charities, (PO reference: 1/62894/2008). | | (270908) | 45
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the funding allocated to the Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy of 2000 was spent in each of the three years for which funds were allocated. | | (270014) | 46
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) staff, (b) X-ray scanners, (c) publicity campaigns and (d) miscellaneous costs were funded from the £209 million allocated to the Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy of 2000 (i) in total and (ii) in each year of the initiative. | | (270015) | 47
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on the Tackling Tobacco Smuggling strategy in each year of the programme; how many of his Department's staff worked on implementing the strategy in each year; and how many of these were engaged in (a) detection, (b) intelligence-gathering and analysis, (c) investigations and (d) the provision of legal advice in each such year. | | (270016) | 48
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, columns 721-2W, on smuggling: tobacco, what estimate he has made of the expenditure incurred by his Department on salaries for the full-time equivalent staff allocated to tackling tobacco smuggling (a) in total, (b) engaged in detection, (c) engaged in investigations and (d) working on intelligence matters in 2007-08. | | (270017) | 49
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, columns 261W, on smuggling: tobacco, what expenditure his Department has incurred in running the X-ray scanners in each year since 2003. | | (270018) | 50
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of increasing the first income threshold for tax credits to £10,000, removing the second income threshold and applying a constant taper rate of 44 per cent. | | (270853) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 51
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in council care homes subsequently moved into private housing in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) the Leeds metropolitan area and (c) England in the last five years. | | (271113) | 52
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in the family legal aid budget on the Government's ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. | | (271458) | 53
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department plans to provide for child protection as a result of the Laming inquiry and the Baby P case. | | (271465) | 54
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he plans to take to encourage teachers to (a) increase their awareness of the value of classroom resources and (b) undertake training on the matter available from educational suppliers. | | (271079) | 55
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when his Department was first informed by the Learning and Skills Council of the projected reduction in funding for 16 to 19 year old education for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (271205) | 56
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of schools expected to receive a reduction in their per pupil funding for 16 to 19 year olds in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (271206) | 57
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many representations he has received on the funding allocations made by the Learning and Skills Council to schools for post-16 education in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (271053) | 58
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding allocations have been made to schools in each London borough in respect of post-16 education in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (271054) | 59
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools and sixth form colleges in Torridge and West Devon constituency will be able to accept the number of pupils foreseen under the original budget allocation for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (271123) | 60
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanism exists for the reappraisal of eligibility for education maintenance allowance as a result of changes in household income. | | (271203) | 61
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what effect the redundancy of a family member in a household has on a young person's eligibility for education maintenance allowance if the redundancy occurs (a) at the start of the academic year and (b) later in the academic year | | (271213) | 62
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanism is in place for the assistance of young people in households where income changes significantly in the course of an academic year as a result of (a) bereavement and (b) redundancy within the household. | | (271214) | 63
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment he has made of the financial needs of young people in households where income is significantly reduced because of redundancy. | | (271215) | 64
| Jon Cruddas (Dagenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many representations his Department has received on the reassessment of the eligibility for education maintenance allowance following the redundancy of a family member in the last 12 months. | | (271223) | 65
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent assessment his Department has made of progress on the academy programme in (a) Kettering and (b) England. | | (271076) | 66
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what powers head teachers in maintained schools have to permanently exclude pupils. | | (271351) | 67
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what progress has been made towards achieving the target that at least 25 per cent. of pupils in faith schools should not be affiliated to the same faith as the school. | | (271354) | 68
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much time he expects trainee teachers to spend with pupils outside the classroom as part of their training. | | (271239) | 69
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what support is available to newly-qualified teachers to assist in the provision of teaching outside the classroom. | | (271240) | 70
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effects on the academic performance of pupils of educational field trips. | | (271241) | 71
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many copies of serious case reviews have been misplaced by Ofsted in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. | | (271242) | 72
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many serious case reviews were (a) conducted and (b) had their executive summaries published in each year since 2001. | | (271243) | 73
| Mr David Laws (Yeovil): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in respect of how many serious case reviews the executive summary was published within a month of completion of the review; and if he will make a statement. | | (271244) | 74
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the executive summary of the second Serious Case Review of the death of Baby P to be published. | | (271030) | 75
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what (a) statutory and (b) other obligations there are upon him to investigate allegations of child abuse in children's homes. | | (271031) | 76
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what correspondence he has had with (a) the Church of England, (b) Kent police and (c) Kent County Council on allegations of abuse at Kendall House; what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the matter; and if he will make a statement. | | (271067) | 77
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether allegations of child abuse at Kendall House have been investigated by his Department and its predecessors on any occasion. | | (271068) | 78
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he has taken following the recent allegations of child abuse at Kendall House. | | (271070) | 79
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, columns 271-2W, on special educational needs, what types of expenditure are accounted for within the category of inter-authority recoupment. | | (271469) | 80
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2009, Official Report, columns 540-1W, on the integrated children's system, who developed the requirements for local authorities to procure systems from IT suppliers to support the delivery of the model. | | (271470) | 81
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 233W, on children: databases, if he will place in the Library a copy of each letter and email. | | (271471) | 82
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1336W, on children: databases, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Framework Agreement. | | (271472) | 83
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils whose first language was not English achieved five grades A* to C at GCSE including English and mathematics in each year since 1997. | | (271473) | 84
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, at how many mainstream schools attended by pupils with statements of special educational need no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in each year from 1997 to 2007. | | (271474) | 85
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, at how many and what proportion of maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools fewer than (i) one per cent., (ii) 10 per cent., (iii) 20 per cent. and (iv) 30 per cent. of the fully-qualified teaching staff were male in each year since 1997. | | (271479) | 86
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many mainstream secondary schools were attended by pupils with statements of special educational need in each year since 1997. | | (271480) | 87
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, at which mainstream schools attended by pupils with statements of special educational need no such pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008. | | (271481) | 88
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much was spent on school transport in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (271263) | 89
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance is issued by his Department to local authority childrens' services in relation to the provision of accommodation and support services for young persons leaving care who are placed outside the borough with care responsibility. | | (271339) | 90
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities have children or young people in their care who are in placements outside the authority area; and how many young people in the case of each authority are so placed. | | (271340) | 91
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in which local authority areas children's services work directly with the Supporting People programme to commission accommodation support services for (a) young people at risk and (b) care leavers. | | (271342) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 92
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps his Department is taking to increase the effectiveness of the use of information communications technology in (a) the Cabinet Office, (b) 10 Downing Street and (c) the Civil Service. | | (271089) | 93
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office has spent on the provision of information communications technology for 10 Downing Street in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (271090) | 94
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much the Cabinet Office has spent on information communications technology training for staff based in 10 Downing Street in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. | | (271091) | 95
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Digital Engagement and Civil Service Issues on the use and provision of information communications technology in (a) the Civil Service, (b) Government departments and (c) 10 Downing Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (271092) | 96
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Government's online communications strategy in meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement. | | (271093) | 97
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Digital Engagement and Civil Service Issues on the Government's online communications strategy; and if he will make a statement. | | (271094) | 98
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discusssions he has had with the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service on changes to the code of conduct for civil servants and political advisers; and if he will make a statement. | | (271095) | 99
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on changes to the code of conduct for civil servants and political advisers; and if he will make a statement. | | (271096) | 100
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who is responsible for the line management of civil servants based in 10 Downing Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (271098) | 101
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many businesses have entered into administration in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 12 months. | | (271345) | 102
| Mr Mark Lancaster (North East Milton Keynes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people resident in North East Milton Keynes constituency earn over (a) £100,000 and (b) £150,000 per annum. | | (271190) | 103
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many times (a) acinetobacter, (b) pseudomonas and (c) burkholderia has been mentioned on death certificates in England in each year since 1997. | | (271188) | 104
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 252WA, on teenage pregnancy, if he will rank the wards in each local authority from highest to lowest in respect of their rates of conceptions to under-18 year olds. | | (271491) | 105
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning thrombosis have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271404) | 106
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning arteriosclerosis have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271405) | 107
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning gout have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271406) | 108
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning prostate cancer have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271407) | 109
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning osteoarthritis have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271408) | 110
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning sleep apnoea have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271409) | 111
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning (a) type 1 diabetes and (b) type 2 diabetes have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271410) | 112
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates mentioning high blood pressure have been issued in each of the last five years. | | (271411) | 113
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what support the Government is providing to social enterprise during the economic downturn; what steps he has taken to inform social enterprises of the availability of that support; and if he will make a statement. | | (271424) | 114
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people under the age of 19 years in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were unemployed in each of the last five years. | | (271260) | 115
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people have been made redundant in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the last six months. | | (271261) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1210W, on local government: referendums, whether guidance has been issued by the Cabinet Office to public authorities on the use of public funds by third party groups to campaign to influence a referendum or election. | | (271162) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people were employed in local government in each of the last four quarters. | | (271224) | 118
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what records the Office of National Statistics holds on the number of people employed by individual local authorities. | | (271225) | 119
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what his most recent estimate is of the number of third sector organisations; and how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to such organisations in each of the last five years. | | (271482) | 120
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to third sector organisations in (a) Leicester East constituency and (b) Leicestershire in each of the last five years. | | (271483) | 121
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent estimate he has made of the number of third sector organisations operating in Leicester East constituency. | | (271484) | 122
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of third sector organisations in receipt of public funds. | | (271485) | 123
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which third sector organisation received the largest allocation from the public purse in each of the last five years. | | (271486) | 124
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of funding from his Department for third sector organisations is allocated to organisations which operate only in the United Kingdom. | | (271487) | 125
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many third sector organisations with international operations receive funding from his Department. | | (271488) | 126
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what financial criteria are used to assess the eligibility of a third sector organisation for allocation of funding. | | (271489) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 127
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many applications for succession of tenancy under the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 on land owned by the Church Commissioners have been made in the last five years; and how many of them were opposed by the Church Commissioners. | | (271420) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 128
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been received from (a) tenants and (b) landlords regarding the tenancy deposit scheme since it became operational. | | (271274) | 129
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were valued in each council tax band in each region of England in each year from 1993 to 1997. | | (270824) | 130
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average change in property value was in each region of England between 1991 and March 2009. | | (270825) | 131
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, upon what percentage of house sales the Valuation Office Agency receives information in order to update valuation lists. | | (270826) | 132
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many planning permissions were granted to home owners for improvements to their residential property in 2008-09. | | (270827) | 133
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in implementing reform of the Local Government Pension Scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (271238) | 134
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will estimate how long it will take for 50 per cent. of homes to be at Standard Assessment Procedure 81 efficiency level or above. | | (270822) | 135
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Government Office for the South East to make a final decision on the South East Plan; and if she will make a statement. | | (271280) | 136
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes had been empty for more than six months in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (271348) | 137
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many refuse container fires in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire were recorded in each of the last five years. | | (271254) | 138
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997. | | (271258) | 139
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many refuse container fires in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire resulted in death in each of the last five years. | | (271259) | 140
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of (a) HSBC, (b) Nationwide, (c) Santander and (d) Barclays on their mortgage forbearance schemes. | | (271002) | 141
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of the mortgage market is represented by the mortgage lenders (a) taking part in the Government's Homeowner Mortgage Support scheme and (b) expected to join the scheme shortly; and what data she uses to calculate such market share. | | (271003) | 142
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much she expects the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme to cost in each of the next eight years. | | (271004) | 143
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance will be provided to homeowners in negative equity by each of the mortgage lenders participating in the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme; and if she will make a statement. | | (271006) | 144
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1505-6W, on the Homes and Communities Agency, what the keywords or search terms monitored in the press by (a) the Homes and Communities Agency and (b) the Tenant Services Authority were in each of the last three months. | | (271179) | 145
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of extending the Mortgage Rescue Scheme to households in negative equity; and if she will make a statement. | | (271371) | 146
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate has been made of the net cost to the public purse of the changes to the measures to support the housing market announced in the Budget 2009 in each of the next three years. | | (271372) | 147
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the proposed £20 million fund for local authorities to extend small loans to households at risk of homelessness through repossession will be administered; and if she will make a statement. | | (271374) | 148
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new social homes she expects to be built using the £100 million funding for local authorities to deliver new social housing at higher energy efficiency standards, as referred to on page 105 of the Budget 2009 Red Book. | | (271375) | 149
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether funding from the £100 million fund to deliver new social housing at higher energy efficiency standards referred to on page 105 of the Budget 2009 Red Book will be available to housing associations; and if she will make a statement. | | (271376) | 150
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is planned to be allocated to each local authority from the £100 million fund for new social housing at higher energy efficiency standards as referred to on page 105 of the Budget 2009 Red Book. | | (271377) | 151
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average level of financial support from the public purse has been for a home purchased under the Homebuy Direct scheme. | | (271378) | 152
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what additional funding will be provided to the Homebuy Direct scheme as a result of the Budget 2009; and how many additional homes it is expected to purchase. | | (271379) | 153
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes she expects to be purchased under the Homebuy Direct scheme in each of the next three years. | | (271380) | 154
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes to the eligibility criteria of the Mortgage Rescue Scheme have been introduced as a result of the 2009 Budget; and if she will make a statement. | | (271381) | 155
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, from what budgetary source the £20 million fund to enable local authorities to extend small loans to families at risk of homelessness through repossession or eviction as referred to on page 104 of the Budget 2009 Red Book will be provided. | | (271445) | 156
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been purchased through the First Time Buyers Initiative in each month since the scheme's inception. | | (271466) | 157
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households have received support under the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. | | (271467) | 158
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the average rate of mortgage interest on domestic properties charged by lenders in each of the last three years. | | (271468) | 159
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will review the eligibility criteria to enable young people leaving care aged 16 or 17 years to receive services funded by the Supporting People programme. | | (271341) | 160
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false fire emergency calls were received in (i) Greater Manchester and (ii) the North West in each of the last five years. | | (271175) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 161
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) total purchase price and (b) estimated current market value are of the works of art from the Government Art Collection displayed in the private offices of HM Treasury Ministers. | | (271200) | 162
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what inspections the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council undertakes of local authority libraries. | | (271227) | 163
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding (a) his Department, (b) Sport England, (c) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and (d) the Arts Councils is providing to each of the regional cultural observatories in 2009-10. | | (271228) | 164
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance has been issued by his Department to local licensing authorities on whether the installation of CCTV inside licensed premises may be a compulsory prerequisite of holding a premises licence. | | (271419) | 165
| Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidelines his Department issues to county councils on the provision of swimming facilities. | | (271413) | 166
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made in finalising the Government's response to the Community Pubs Inquiry Report; and when it will be published. | | (270909) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 167
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are in receipt of a war pension. | | (271245) | 168
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has provided training to the Colombian military in counter-guerrilla operations; and if he will make a statement. | | (271087) | 169
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1015-6W, on modern housing solutions: complaints, how many of the complaints made to Modern Housing Solutions originated in each region. | | (271256) | 170
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 153W, on RAF Welford, whether the security enhancements at RAF Welford have been completed; and whether a complement of Ministry of Defence Police remains stationed at the base. | | (271264) | 171
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) scientists, (b) engineers and (c) technicians the Atomic Weapons Establishment plans to recruit in the next five years; and what their areas of expertise will be. | | (271265) | 172
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of the Threat Reduction Division at the Atomic Weapons Establishment; and how many staff are employed in this division. | | (271266) | 173
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of cycle-to-work schemes to members of each armed service. | | (271290) | 174
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) civil servants in his Department participate in a cycle-to-work scheme. | | (271291) | 175
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual flying hours were for (a) C-130, (b) C-17 and (c) Tristar aircraft in each year since 2001. | | (271389) | 176
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what drug seizures were made by Royal Navy vessels since 1997; where the seizures took place; what the value of each seizure was; and if he will make a statement. | | (271390) | 177
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total nautical mileage undertaken by the Royal Navy surface fleet was in each year since 1997. | | (271391) | 178
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what analyses he has undertaken on the nature and origin of the component parts of improvised explosive devices found in Afghanistan. | | (271392) | 179
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enhanced blast munitions have been fired in Afghanistan in each year since 2007. | | (271393) | 180
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on the acquisition of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets in each year since 1997; and what plans he has for future acquisition of such assets. | | (271394) | 181
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of infantry personnel were (a) unable to deploy and (b) only able to undertake limited deployment for medical reasons in each year since 2001. | | (271395) | 182
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current percentage shortfall is of required spares for each helicopter type in the (a) Army Air Corps, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force. | | (271396) | 183
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances there were of spare parts lost in transit during each financial year since 2006-07; and what the monetary value was of the loss in each year. | | (271397) | 184
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent in employing private contractors in defence medical services in each of the last five years. | | (271398) | 185
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the expenditure incurred at the Atomic Weapons Establishment of £800 million in 2008-09, £900 million in 2009-10 and £950 million in 2010-11 is additional to (a) the capital cost of warheads included in the Defence White Paper, (b) the £5.3 billion 25 year AWEML and management contract, (c) the running costs of the current Trident programme and (d) settlements made under the Comprehensive Spending Review. | | (271399) | 186
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which budget the additional expenditure on the nuclear deterrent announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review is being drawn. | | (271400) | 187
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the infantry rank of (a) private and (b) lieutenant corporal became classed as an operational pinch point trade; and if he will make a statement. | | (271401) | 188
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria are applied in determining whether a position in the armed forces is classed as an operational pinch point trade. | | (271402) | 189
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what average distance from base to the location of search and rescue activities was in the last 12 months; and what the longest distance from base to such an activity was. | | (271459) | 190
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military bases have provided search and rescue cover in the last 12 months; and how frequently each has provided such cover. | | (271460) | 191
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military helicopters have been available to provide search and rescue cover in each of the last 12 months. | | (271461) | 192
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many search and rescue helicopters were available on average to provide cover for such activities in each year since 2003. | | (271462) | 193
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many search and rescue training exercises have taken place (a) in each year since 2003 and (b) in each of the last 12 months. | | (271463) | 194
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for troop deployments to Afghanistan in the next 12 months. | | (271355) | 195
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the monetary value is of the equipment to be left in Iraq by the armed forces on completion of Operation Telic. | | [R] (270949) | 196
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's budget for urgent operational requirements (UORs) was in each year since their inception; how much was spent on UORs in each such year; what the (a) budget for and (b) projected expenditure on UORs is for each year to 2011-12; and how much (i) has been repaid and (ii) is projected to be repaid to HM Treasury in respect of UORs in each such year. | | [R] (270950) | 197
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what timetable he has set for the introduction of the veterans' identity card; what functions will be associated with the card; to what benefits cardholders will be entitled; and if he will make a statement. | | [R] (270951) | 198
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of the proposed veterans' identity card to (a) the public purse, (b) bearers of the card and (c) others; and how many cards he expects to be issued. | | [R] (270954) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 199
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in what locations paper copies of his Department's published documents relating to the 11 possible sites for new nuclear plants have been placed. | | (271464) | 200
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions his Department has had with the management of Longannet power station on recruitment of engineering contractors during the shutdown for maintenance. | | (270830) | 201
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage employers in the energy sector to create new jobs in the UK. | | (270831) | 202
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which seminars and public events on tidal power in the Severn he and his officials (a) have attended since 26 January 2009 and (b) propose to attend before the end of the Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study Consultation. | | (271197) | 203
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what means he has engaged with (a) the general public and (b) those likely to be affected by the Severn tidal power schemes shortlisted for further consideration consequent on consultation on the Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study published on 26 January 2009. | | (271198) | 204
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many applications have been received for grants for solar photovoltaic technology under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (a) phase one and (b) phase two from organisations in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK since the start of the scheme. | | (269832) | 205
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many grants have been made for solar photovoltaic technology through the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (a) phase one and (b) phase two in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK in each year since the start of the scheme. | | (269833) | 206
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the Chairman of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority to discuss the security of nuclear sites. | | (270819) | 207
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he received the reasoned opinion from the European Commission in respect of the transposition and implementation of the Energy Services Directive; and if he will make a statement. | | (270820) | 208
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of homes he estimates will be supplied with electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. | | (271085) | 209
| Robert Key (Salisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of homes are supplied by electricity from renewable energy sources. | | (271086) | 210
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many grant applications have been received by the low carbon buildings programme in respect of (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) other public buildings in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in each year since the scheme began. | | (271262) | 211
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 404W, on the economic situation, which energy and oil ministers attended the meeting hosted by his Department on 18 and 19 December 2008. | | (271000) | 212
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 5 March 2009, Official Report, column 1806W, on the Green Neighbourhoods Initiative, for what reasons the scheme is still in development; how much funding will be allocated to the scheme; and what the timetable is for the allocation of funding to participating neighbourhoods. | | (271283) | 213
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department plans to undertake research into personal carbon (a) trading and (b) rationing. | | (271286) | 214
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 19 February 2009 on Warm Front. | | (270835) | 215
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what pilot projects his Department has undertaken on the use of alternative forms of energy generation for the alleviation of fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (271436) | 216
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what pilot projects run by organisations sponsored by his Department are designed to assess the suitability of alternative forms of energy generation for the alleviation of fuel poverty; which such pilots comprise part of his Department's assessment of the Government's future strategy on fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement. | | (271437) | 217
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the (a) age, (b) construction type and (c) Standard Assessment Procedure ratings are of each domestic dwelling included in pilot schemes on the suitability of air source heat pumps for the alleviation of fuel poverty wholly or partly funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (271444) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 218
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will estimate the level of over-fishing undertaken by foreign trawlers in the Bristol Channel. | | (271121) | 219
N | Charles Hendry (Wealden): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what volume of doorstep waste was collected by each local authority in the latest period for which figures are available, ranked in descending order; and what proportion of the total domestic waste generated in each local authority area that figure represents, ranked in descending order. | | (270955) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 220
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations in respect of statements about the state of Israel made by the President of Iran at the UN Durban 2 anti-racism conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (271442) | 221
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) he (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department plan to have with governments of Arab states on the statements about the state of Israel made by the President of Iran at the UN Durban 2 anti-racism conference; and if he will make a statement. | | (271443) | 222
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on which countries are the main arms suppliers to the government of Burma. | | (271107) | 223
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the new constitution for Burma that will be enacted after elections in 2010. | | (271108) | 224
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Japan on a global arms embargo against Burma. | | (271193) | 225
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what posts in each UK mission in Europe have been (a) downgraded and (b) ended in each financial year since 2000. | | (271450) | 226
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 131 of the 2009 Budget Red Book, what changes will be made to the (a) activities, (b) staffing and (c) priorities of the British Council to achieve the proposed £18 million of savings. | | (271451) | 227
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 131 of the 2009 Budget Red Book, what his Department's definition is of back office activity; and what the cost to his Department of such activity was in 2008-09. | | (271452) | 228
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 131 of the 2009 Budget Red Book, what effect the savings he expects to achieve through contract negotiations with his Department's existing telecommunications supplier will have on his Department's IT services; and if he will make a statement. | | (271453) | 229
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 131 of the 2009 Budget Red Book, what the (a) UK mission, (b) current grade and (c) planned grade is of each post which will be downgraded as part of achieving the £6.6 million of savings; in which year each downgrading will take place; and what the reasons are for each downgrading. | | (271455) | 230
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to page 131 of the 2009 Budget Red Book, what (a) improvement in procurement and (b) reductions in the cost of goods and services there will be to achieve the proposed £12.5 million of efficiency during the 2007 comprehensive spending review period; and if he will make a statement. | | (271456) | 231
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Sri Lankan government in respect of the political situation in that country; and if he will make a statement. | | (271057) | 232
| Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he has given to the report of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories concerning the Israeli attack on Gaza from 27 December 2008 to 18 January 2009; if the Government will review its obligations under the Geneva Conventions and other relevant aspects of international law as a consequence; and if he will make a statement. | | (271124) | 233
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 260887, tabled on 2 March 2009, on UK visas for sporting events. | | (271071) | 234
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 261736, tabled on 4 March 2009, on UK visas for sporting events. | | (271072) | 235
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to answer Question 246292, tabled on 17 December 2008, on Florence Chitauro. | | (271073) | 236
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate the BBC World Service has made of the number of people in the Russian Federation with internet access who (a) use the BBC Russian.com website and (b) are likely to use the website in each of the next five years. | | (271099) | 237
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the next review of the activities of the BBC Russia Service will take place. | | (271100) | 238
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has met experts on Russia, international affairs and broadcasting to discuss the BBC Russia Service since 2008; and what the outcome of such discussions has been. | | (271192) | 239
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when 1 Carlton Gardens ceased to be used as a ministerial residence. | | (271278) | 240
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Yemeni government on the security situation in Yemen. | | (271387) | 241
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UK contribution towards tackling terrorist activity in Yemen. | | (271388) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 242
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he has issued since December 2008 consequent on the provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (271438) | 243
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects to bring into force those provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 which are not yet in force; and if he will make a statement. | | (271439) | 244
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, columns 667-8W, on abortion, on what date and at what time the abortion statistics for 2008 will be published; when they will be uploaded to his Department's website; and if he will make a statement. | | (271440) | 245
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the NHS of reimbursing other countries for expenditure on provision of treatment for UK nationals living abroad was in each of the last five years. | | (271110) | 246
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to tackle mental health disorders associated with unemployment; and if he will make a statement. | | (271189) | 247
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the link between mental health disorders and rising rates of unemployment; and if he will make a statement. | | (271191) | 248
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bolton North East of 10 February 2009, Official Report, column 1923W, on alcoholic drinks: misuse, when he expects figures for alcohol-related admissions to hospital for 2007-08 to be available. | | (271414) | 249
N | Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to NHS organisations on the implementation of staff whistleblowing policies; who is responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of such policies; and if he will make a statement. | | (271055) | 250
| Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to restrict the prescription of antibiotics. | | (271246) | 251
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which working groups of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control the UK (a) is and (b) is not a member of; and what mechanism exists for UK representation in those working groups of which it is not a member. | | (271216) | 252
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms exist by which signatory countries to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control join its working groups. | | (271217) | 253
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the membership is of each working group of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control of which the UK is a member; and what recent assessment he has made of the progress of each such working group. | | (271218) | 254
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with European Union counterparts on the development of protocols and guidelines in respect of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. | | (271219) | 255
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the UK's progress in meeting its obligations as a signatory to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; and which of these obligations the UK has met to date. | | (271220) | 256
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of progress in the development of protocols and guidelines in respect of the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. | | (271221) | 257
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what effect he has given to the (a) obligations and (b) guidelines contained in the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control; and if he will make a statement. | | (271222) | 258
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his most recent assessment is of progress made by the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (a) working groups and (b) Conference of the Parties; and if he will make a statement. | | (271284) | 259
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's definition of (a) orphan and (b) ultra-orphan drugs is. | | (271194) | 260
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with eczema 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. | | (271343) | 261
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on (a) the treatment of and (b) research into eczema in each of the last 10 years. | | (271344) | 262
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many businesses selling food have been closed after visits from environmental health inspectors 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. | | (271346) | 263
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average ratio of nurses to patients was at each hospital in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) the Tees Valley in each of the last 10 years. | | (271347) | 264
| Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many marsupialisation operations have been performed to treat bartholinitis caused by neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in NHS trusts in England in each of the last five years. | | (271233) | 265
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, columns 510-11W, on hospital wards, how many staff at each grade are working in the operations team; and what programme governance infrastructure has been established. | | (271164) | 266
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, columns 510-11W, on hospital wards, what funding was released to each strategic health authority on 1 April 2009; and how much has been allocated to each project. | | (271165) | 267
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, columns 510-11W, on hospital wards, if he will place in the Library copies of each of the two-weekly update reports which have been received from strategic health authorities. | | (271166) | 268
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, columns 510-11W, on hospital wards, if he will place in the Library a copy of each strategic health authority plan which were to be submitted to his Department by 9 March 2009. | | (271167) | 269
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, columns 510-11W, on hospital wards, which NHS trusts were identified in March 2009 as requiring support from the improvement team. | | (271168) | 270
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2009, Official Report, columns 510-11W, on hospital wards, if he will place in the Library a copy of the communications strategy produced in March 2009. | | (271169) | 271
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what items of information are collected centrally from NHS organisations in respect of the critical care minimum dataset. | | (271183) | 272
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many teenage pregnancies there were in England in each year since 1997; and how many there were in each parliamentary constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (271184) | 273
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for a ruptured appendix in each hospital trust in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (271185) | 274
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were treated for a ruptured appendix in hospital in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (271186) | 275
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent nurses in each specialty there were working in the NHS in England in each of the last five years. | | (271187) | 276
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 874W, on hospital wards: gender, how many improvement teams there will be; what the size of each team will be; how much funding will be allocated to each team; and what qualifications members of teams will be required to have. | | (271202) | 277
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2009, Official Report, column 2186W, on patient rights, what the financial levers will be in the standard contracts from April 2010; and what the measures of and definitions for overriding clinical justification are. | | (271204) | 278
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1934-5W, on NHS: accountancy, what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects on the revenue of NHS organisations of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards from April 2009. | | (271288) | 279
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many obstetric consultants were employed in England in each of the last five years; and how many were employed in each hospital trust in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (271403) | 280
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many gastric bands have been fitted by surgery in England in the last 12 months; what estimate he has made of the cost of such operations; what guidance his Department has issued on the criteria to be applied in determining candidates for such treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (271235) | 281
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent progress has been made in the development of information-sharing protocols between NHS hospitals and the police to enable appropriate communications to take place in missing persons investigations. | | (271338) | 282
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, column 252W, if he will bring forward proposals for regulations to require that a patient must be examined by a prescriber before a prescription is issued for a controlled drug; and if he will make a statement. | | (271446) | 283
| Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, column 252W, on prescriptions, which primary care trusts have a procedure to report errors relating to the prescribing and supply of drugs to the National Patient Safety Agency. | | (271447) | 284
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individuals aged over 65 years resident in each local authority area in the North West were treated for alcohol-related health problems in each year since 1997. | | (271176) | 285
N | Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse reaction reports for routine vaccinations there have been in each year since 1985. | | (270911) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 286
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis consulted her on the policing of the demonstration in Parliament Square on 20 April 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (271270) | 287
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2009, Official Report, column 1519W, on driving under influence, what factors underlie the period of time elapsed between the collection of statistics on the number of breathalyser tests by month and region and the publication of that data; and by what date she expects the 2008 data to be published. | | (271052) | 288
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the level of risk of anthrax infection to workers in Government department postal sections arising from the terrorist action; and if she will make a statement. | | (271429) | 289
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has given to companies on the vaccination of key workers against anthrax infection arising from terrorist action. | | (271430) | 290
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether personnel in the 18 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear preparedness centres planned in the Government's Contest counter-terrorism strategy will be vaccinated against anthrax infection. | | (271431) | 291
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on public health of the release of anthrax spores on a platform at a deep-level London Underground station serving multiple Underground lines; and if she will make a statement. | | (271432) | 292
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which manufacturers of vaccines against anthrax are represented on (a) the security and resilience suppliers community (RISC) and (b) the RISC chemical, biological. radiological and nuclear industry advisory group. | | (271433) | 293
| John Cummings (Easington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took following the spreading of anthrax contamination by postal means in the US in 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (271434) | 294
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the London Borough of Bexley aged (a) under 18 and (b) between 18 and 24 years old have been (i) cautioned and (ii) prosecuted for alcohol-related behaviour in each of the last five years. | | (271069) | 295
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many orders have been made under section 40(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 in each year since 2006. | | (270933) | 296
N | Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many orders have been made under section 2A of the Immigration Act 1971 in each year since 2006. | | (270934) | 297
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals of each nationality were listed on the national DNA database on 1 April 2009. | | (271356) | 298
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 for trafficking for (a) sexual exploitation and (b) labour exploitation since the inception of the Act. | | (271357) | 299
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects local immigration teams to be operational. | | (271358) | 300
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the likely cost of local immigration teams in 2009. | | (271359) | 301
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role the police will play in local immigration teams. | | (271360) | 302
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of (a) local authorities and (b) police forces on the local immigration team scheme. | | (271361) | 303
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK Border Agency staff earned over (a) £60,000, (b) £80,000 and (c) £100,000 in 2008. | | (271362) | 304
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported to (a) Pakistan, (b) Afghanistan and (c) India in each of the last five years; and how many such persons were deported on the grounds of national security. | | (271363) | 305
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were deported to Pakistan on each ground for deportation in 2008. | | (271364) | 306
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated in respect of the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the national DNA database. | | (271365) | 307
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated in respect of (a) translation services and (b) advertising in job centres in respect of schemes to encourage migrant workers to return home. | | (271366) | 308
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated in respect of the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the Iris Recognition Immigration System. | | (271367) | 309
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the UK Border Agency were (a) investigated, (b) disciplined and (c) removed from duty in 2008. | | (271368) | 310
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the UK Border Agency based in the UK are partly or wholly responsible for examining student visa applications. | | (271369) | 311
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department allocated to the International Organisation for Migration in 2008. | | (271370) | 312
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts from vehicles were recorded in Staffordshire Police Authority area in each of the last five years. | | (271269) | 313
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate for crimes of (a) violence against the person, (b) robbery, (c) burglary in a dwelling, (d) theft of a motor vehicle and (e) theft from a vehicle was in each basic command unit in the Staffordshire Police Authority area in each of the last 10 years. | | (271271) | 314
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of vehicle crime were recorded in Staffordshire in each year since 2005. | | (271272) | 315
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the incidence of vehicle crime in rural areas since 2005. | | (271273) | 316
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of an amnesty for illegal immigrants. | | (271083) | 317
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of forced marriages which took place in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) East of England region in the last 12 months. | | (271426) | 318
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department is providing for specialist support for organisations dealing with forced marriage in 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (271427) | 319
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of human trafficking who are repeat victims. | | (271449) | 320
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish her Department's report on the Pentameter 2 operation against human trafficking; what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the operation in Bedfordshire; and if she will make a statement. | | (271454) | 321
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many violent crimes involving a firearm were recorded in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the last 10 years. | | (271257) | 322
| Joan Ryan (Enfield North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many dispersal orders have been issued in each London borough in each of the last five years. | | (271416) | 323
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether local authorities will be included in the list of public authorities which will have access to retained communications data under the provisions of EU Directive 2006/24/EC. | | (271229) | 324
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the functions will be of local authorities in the trials of identity cards in beacon areas. | | (271230) | 325
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the percentage yearly increases in the Band D police precept on council tax after capping were in each police authority area in England and Wales in each year from 1997-98 to date. | | (271267) | 326
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Band D council tax police precepts charged after capping were by each police authority in England and Wales in each year since 1997-98. | | (271268) | 327
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Lord West's review of powers of entry will extend to reviewing the existing powers of entry of bailiffs. | | (271281) | 328
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) young offenders aged 10 to 15 years, (b) young offenders aged 12 to 16 years, (c) released prisoners and (d) prisoners on bail in (i) Castle Point and (ii) Essex were electronically tagged in each of the last five years. | | (271207) | 329
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1236W, on genetics: databases, how many and what proportion of people with profiles on the national DNA database were recorded on the Police National Computer as having a conviction in each of the last 10 years; and if she will make a statement. | | (271074) | 330
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1236W, on genetics: databases, what her most recent estimate is of the number and proportion of people with profiles on the national DNA database who are recorded on the Police National Computer as having a conviction; and if she will make a statement. | | (271075) | 331
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what applications to use data from the national DNA database for research purposes have been submitted to her Department since 15 January 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (271101) | 332
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what applications to her Department to use data from the national DNA database for research purposes have been refused since 13 June 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (271102) | 333
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of profiles of children aged under 10 years old have been removed from the national DNA database (a) in total and (b) in each police force area; and if she will make a statement. | | (271104) | 334
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Chief Executive of the UK Border Agency to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 17 March 2009 regarding a constituent, reference M6652/9. | | (270952) | 335
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Macclesfield of 23 March 2009, Ref M7032/9, UKBA Ref M1368250, on indefinite leave to remain, sent on behalf of his constituent Mrs Chatellon Matibag. | | (271435) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 336
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 26W, on 14 Tothill Street, if he will place in the Library a copy of the memorandum of understanding between the House of Commons and House of Lords. | | (271161) | 337
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 26W, on 14 Tothill Street, what the length of the lease on 14 Tothill Street is; and what the annual rent will be when it is fully operational. | | (271163) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 338
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to finance and maintain levels of enrolment on higher education courses for speech and language therapists. | | (271078) | 339
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the construction projects at North Devon College. | | (271122) | 340
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the skills base of employees in the energy sector. | | (270832) | 341
N | Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide apprenticeships in the energy sector. | | (270833) | 342
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what the Government's plans are for the future of the cap on tuition fees. | | (271082) | 343
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment the National Weights and Measures Laboratory made of the accuracy and reliability of refuse bin weighing technology used by local authorities in monitoring levels of household rubbish. | | (271279) | 344
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 421-2W, on trading standards: weights and measures, what changes to enforcement guidance (a) have been made and (b) are being made in relation to the prosecution of traders using imperial scales by local authorities. | | (271282) | 345
N | Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the negative inflation figure for the Retail Prices Index in March 2009 on people with outstanding student loans who took them out (a) prior to and (b) since 1998. | | (271029) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 346
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of the Israeli wall for the well-being of Palestinian people in the West Bank, with particular reference to their access to water; and if he will make a statement. | | (271114) | 347
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of programmes funded by his Department to assist the reconstruction and development of Iraq since 2003. | | (270829) | 348
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the amount of money from the UK Environmental Transformation Fund which will be used to fund the development of new coal-fired power stations in developing countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (270821) | 349
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on development projects in Yemen in each of the last five years. | | (271382) | 350
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations are involved in the delivery of his Department's project in Yemen. | | (271383) | 351
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions his Department has had with the Islamic Development Bank on reducing levels of poverty in Yemen. | | (271384) | 352
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of UK assistance to Yemen. | | (271385) | 353
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Yemen. | | (271386) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 354
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce enforcement restriction orders in 2009. | | (271457) | 355
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of offences relating to bribery in each of the last 10 calendar years. | | (270957) | 356
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent companies from video-mapping cities. | | (271081) | 357
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal offences committed in (a) Stockport and (b) Greater Manchester in each of the last five years resulted in (i) a prison sentence and (ii) a suspended prison sentence. | | (271178) | 358
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many and what proportion of the criminal cases referred to appeal judges by the Criminal Cases Review Commission the original conviction was overturned in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (271103) | Questions to the Leader of the House 359
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to re-introduce a Sessional Order to require the Commissioner of the Police of the Metropolis to ensure that hon. Members are not obstructed in going to and from the parliamentary estate. | | (271253) | 360
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will bring forward proposals to provide more time for consideration of private Members' Bills. | | (271084) | 361
N | Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Leader of the House, whether she made an assessment of the system of daily allowance payments used by the European Parliament before deciding to propose a system of per diem payments for hon. Members. | | (270834) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 362
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2009, Official Report, columns 851-2W, on the Bloody Sunday Tribunal Inquiry, for what reasons the legal costs for February 2009 differ in comparison with the other months listed. | | (271028) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 363
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what steps she is taking to enable deprived children to attend events during the London 2012 Olympics. | | (271353) | Questions to the Prime Minister 364
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy that blind trusts operated on behalf of Ministers shall be managed by the Public Trustee. | | (270998) | 365
| Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire): To ask the Prime Minister, what his role is in the appointment of (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers to posts based in 10 Downing Street; and if he will make a statement. | | (271097) | 366
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has for the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Her Majesty The Queen; and if he will make a statement. | | (271058) | Questions to the Solicitor General 367
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Solicitor General, which authorities have powers to bring prosecutions for offences related to bribery. | | (270956) | 368
| Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of (i) men and (ii) women for acts of domestic violence there were in (A) Stockport, (B) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West in each of the last 10 years. | | (271177) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 369
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission plans to seek to keep the new CORE electoral registration database. | | (271287) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 370
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department received bonus payment in financial year (a) 2008-09, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 2002-03; how much was paid in bonuses in each of these years; and what percentage of his Department's civil servants received bonuses in each of these years. | | (270997) | 371
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on negotiation on the terms of premium payment obligations with train operating companies which indicate they may default on them. | | (270999) | 372
N | Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of (a) Dorset County Council and (b) each other county council on progress towards meeting road accident reduction targets for 2010 in respect of (i) adults and (ii) children killed and seriously injured. | | (271033) | 373
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what major improvements have been made to the UK rail network in the last 12 months. | | (271475) | 374
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what major improvements have been made to the UK road network in the last 12 months. | | (271476) | 375
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what major improvements have been made to the UK's airport infrastructure in the last 12 months. | | (271477) | 376
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what major improvements have been made to the UK's ports in the last 12 months. | | (271478) | 377
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to incentivise the use of recycled biofuel waste from road transport. | | (270823) | 378
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles from EU accession states on the road in the UK which have no tax or motor insurance; what steps he is taking to ensure that such vehicles are on the road legally; and if he will make a statement. | | (271490) | 379
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the effect of the extreme weather in winter 2008-09 on the condition of roads for which the Highways Agency is responsible; and what funding will be made available to assist with repairs. | | (271276) | 380
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued by his Department to the railway station operators on the provision of refuse bins at railway stations. | | (271285) | 381
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will investigate the effects of the signage of average speed check cameras on the A127 between Basildon and Southend on (a) the number of speeding offences on the road, (b) the number of cars using the road and (c) road user awareness of the cameras. | | (271234) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 382
| Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department plans to take to mark Armed Forces Day on 27 June 2009. | | (271077) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 383
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average (a) length and (b) cost (i) in total and (ii) per minute to callers of calls to each helpline operated by his Department and its agencies in each of the last five years. | | (271115) | 384
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a caller of a mobile telephone call to a helpline operated by his Department; and if he will make representations to mobile telephone network providers to seek to lower these costs. | | (271116) | 385
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the cost to callers of a telephone call to its helplines; and if he will provide freephones in Jobcentres for clients to call such helplines. | | (271117) | 386
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for which telephone callers to his Department's helplines spent in a queue in the latest period for which information is available. | | (271118) | 387
| John Battle (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies received on the cost of telephone calls to their helplines in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (271119) | 388
| Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge & West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what relevant interests were declared by those responsible for (a) advice on and (b) drafting of the Health and Safety Executive report RR624, Further measurements of fibre concentrations in CLASP construction buildings. | | (271120) | 389
N | Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed jobseeker's allowance in (a) the UK and (b) (i) Birmingham, (ii) Leeds, (iii) Glasgow, (iv) Sheffield, (v) Hull, (vi) Manchester, (vii) Bradford, (viii) Kirklees, (ix) Liverpool, (x) Bristol and (xi) London in (A) February 2008 and (B) February 2009. | | (270995) | 390
| Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede & Weybridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his estimate is of the number of temporary workers living in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of the national median. | | (271237) | 391
| Nick Harvey (North Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrangements the Health and Safety Executive has made for consultation on proposed changes to the nuclear licensed site boundary at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield. | | (271289) | 392
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed housing benefit at least once in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each of the last 10 years. | | (271349) | 393
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount paid to pensioner households in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in winter fuel payments in 2008-09. | | (271350) | 394
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been received by his Department on medical assessment interviews included in work capability assessments, in relation to (a) claimants' experiences of (i) the attitude of the doctor in conducting the interview and (ii) performing tasks at the request of the doctor as part of a physical examination and (b) the accuracy of the records made by the doctor of the (A) responses given by claimants during interview and (B) assessment as a whole. | | (271105) | 395
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the merits of introducing mechanisms for the monitoring by independent assessors of doctors conducting medical assessment interviews for the work capability assessments of vulnerable claimants. | | (271106) | 396
| Margaret Moran (Luton South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contracts his Department has with social enterprises; and if he will make a statement. | | (271421) | 397
N | Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on implementation of provisions relating to drug users in the Welfare Reform Bill. | | (270910) | 398
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive publishes on safety in municipal swimming pools. | | (271226) | 399
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many branches of Jobcentre Plus there are in (a) urban and (b) rural areas. | | (271231) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 400
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps the Government has taken to combat ticket touting. | | [Transferred] (271080) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 401
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which NHS Trusts in vitro fertilisation treatment is provided. | | [Transferred] (271232) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 402
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, columns 170-1W, on detainees: offenders, how many of those held on the immigration detention estate are of each nationality. | | [Transferred] (271255) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 403
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Prime Minister's response of 22 April 2009 to the e-petition submitted by Miss A Birt and others on the extension to Northern Ireland of the Abortion Act 1967, when he expects the Northern Ireland Assembly to assume responsibility for criminal law in Northern Ireland, including the law on abortion; what recent representations he has received on this issue; what recent discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the issue; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (271441) |
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