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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Tuesday 28 April 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Tuesday 28 April 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Tuesday 28 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 Tuesday 28 April of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Tuesday 28 April see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he expects to reply to the letter of 27 February 2009 from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford on his constituent, Mr Paul Cook. | | (271671) | 2
N | Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when he plans to answer Question 264097, tabled on 16 March 2009 on complaints on handling of requests for mobile telephone service cancellations. | | (271613) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 3
| Justine Greening (Putney): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 406W, on financial services: standards to Question (a) 265933, (b) 265929, (c) 265934, (d) 265922, (e) 265925, (f) 265927, (g) 265924 and (h) 265926, when he expects the Financial Services Authority to write to the hon. Member for Putney. | | (271817) | 4
| Mr Oliver Letwin (West Dorset): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made representations to the Guernsey authorities with a view to providing a loan to progress payments to depositors affected by the collapse of Landsbanki Guernsey. | | (271805) | 5
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date he was most recently briefed by officials on the responsibilities of (a) the Governor of the Cayman Islands and (b) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in relation to (i) financial regulation and oversight and (ii) compliance with (A) obligations imposed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and (B) other treaty obligations in relation to financial regulation and oversight and disclosure in that territory; and if he will make a statement. | | (271789) | 6
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount which accrued to the Exchequer from tax on (a) income from sponsorship, (b) income from endorsements and (c) other income earned by overseas sports people competing in the UK. | | (271741) | 7
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of gross domestic product composed housing sector receipts in each year since 1997. | | (271584) | 8
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of revenue in each category of housing sector receipt in each of the next three years. | | (271585) | 9
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much housing sector receipts were as a percentage of all taxation receipts in each year since 1997. | | (271586) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 10
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which 15 local authorities have the (a) most and (b) highest proportion of schools assessed as inadequate by Ofsted. | | (271827) | 11
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which 15 local authorities have the (a) most and (b) highest proportion of special schools assessed as inadequate by Ofsted. | | (271828) | 12
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of pupils with statements of special educational needs consequent upon behavioural, emotional and social difficulties attended (a) special schools and (b) mainstream schools in each year since 1997. | | (271829) | 13
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils with statements of special educational needs who attended mainstream schools took an unauthorised absence from school in each year since 1997. | | (271830) | 14
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1317W, on special educational need, what the name and local authority area of each of the 10 schools is. | | (271832) | 15
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2009, Official Report, columns 671-2W, on children: protection, how many outstanding serious case reviews were followed up in advance of the last biennial overview report. | | (271833) | 16
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2009, Official Report, columns 577-9W, on pupil referral units, in which local authority area each of the pupil referral units is located. | | (271834) | 17
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much he has budgeted for the rebuilding of school buildings in each of the next six financial years. | | (271615) | 18
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which officials from his Department were present at the meeting of 17 June 2008 between the Minister for Schools and David Gee; who took the minutes of that meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (271802) | 19
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many sixth form places for schools in Lancashire in 2009-10 (a) were provisionally allocated and (b) have been confirmed. | | (271301) | 20
N | Mr Ben Wallace (Lancaster & Wyre): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department issues to local education authorities on the allocation of places at secondary schools to siblings of pupils at those schools. | | (271302) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 21
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what severance package has been agreed upon in respect of the departure of Damian McBride from the staff of his Department. | | (271804) | 22
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what guidance his Department has issued to recruitment agencies on security clearance procedures for recruitment to positions in the Civil Service. | | (271806) | 23
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many security breaches involving confidential documents left (a) on public transport and (b) elsewhere involved (i) Cabinet Ministers and (ii) advisers to Cabinet Ministers in each of the last three years. | | (271007) | 24
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the Charity Commission plans to update its Guidance for charitable status and sport booklet R11. | | (271739) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 25
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral Answer of 21 April 2009, Official Report, columns 140-1W, on violent extremism (prevention), when the Minister for Community Cohesion wrote to local authorities about the monitoring of preventing violent extremism funding. | | (271670) | 26
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses the South-East England Regional Assembly received to its consultation on gypsies, travellers and travelling show people; how many it returned on the basis that they contained discriminatory views; on what advice that decision was taken; and who gave the Assembly that advice. | | (271738) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 27
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason there was an underspend against his Department's estimated Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit in 2008-09 as referred to in the Budget 2009 Red Book, Table C11. | | (271820) | 28
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contribution he expects each of his Department's (a) agencies and (b) business areas to make towards value for money savings in 2010-11 as referred to in paragraph C71 of the Budget 2009 Red Book. | | (271821) | 29
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his most recent estimate is of his Department's capital expenditure in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. | | (271822) | 30
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his most recent estimate is of his Department's resource expenditure in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement. | | (271823) | 31
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, under which budgetary headings reductions to his Department's Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit for 2010-11, as referred to in Table C11 of the Budget 2009 Red Book, have been made. | | (271824) | 32
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was spent on staffing costs at the Gambling Commission in 2008-09. | | (271609) | 33
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much was paid in (a) salary and (b) bonus to the (i) chairman, (ii) chief executive, (iii) deputy chief executive, (iv) director of operations, (v) director of policy and communications, (vi) director of corporate services and (vii) director of licensing and compliance at the Gambling Commission in 2008-09. | | (271610) | 34
| Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had any recent discussions with (i) the Secretary of State for Scotland and (ii) Scottish Executive Ministers on National Lottery funding for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. | | (271826) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 35
| Mr Gerald Howarth (Aldershot): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what position the Government's delegation to the March OCCAR meeting took on adoption of the three month moratorium on a decision on the A400M programme; and what the reasons for that position were. | | (271814) | 36
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much he estimates his Department will spend on the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system in each of the next six financial years. | | (271614) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 37
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what investigation his Department has undertaken of the coolant incident that occurred at the high-activity liquid radioactive waste storage tanks at Sellafield on 1-2 April; when he was first informed of the incident; and when notification of the incident was made to (a) Euratom safety authorities and (b) the International Atomic Energy Agency. | | (271813) | 38
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the percentage of the UK's energy consumption accounted for by fuels sourced from the exploitation of oil sands in Alberta, Canada. | | (271062) | 39
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many of his Department's employees accepted corporate hospitality from E.ON in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; how many have done so in 2009 to date; and what hospitality was received in each case. | | (271825) | 40
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 357, what percentage of GDP the Government is allocating to measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 2009 and 2020. | | (271857) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 41
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the sums to be allocated to farming subsidies by his Department in each of the next six financial years. | | (271798) | 42
N | Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the reasons are for the time taken to publish the conclusions of the Essex Waste Plan; when he expects to publish them; and if he will make a statement. | | (271797) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 43
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consideration he has given to directing the Governor of the Cayman Islands to comply with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's requirements on tax disclosure, financial regulation and oversight; and if he will make a statement. | | (271787) | 44
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason responsibility for (a) financial regulation and oversight and (b) compliance with (i) obligations imposed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and (ii) other treaty obligations relating to financial regulation and oversight and disclosure are matters reserved to the Governor of the Cayman Islands. | | (271788) | 45
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, by what method it is intended to select the person to be appointed as the next Ambassador to the Holy See when the post is expected next to become vacant; and whether the post is to be advertised. | | (271790) | 46
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the post of Ambassador to South Africa was (a) advertised and (b) trawled before the recent appointment of a successor to the right hon. Paul Boateng. | | (271791) | 47
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the Rwandan government on steps to be taken following the judgment of the divisional court of 8 April 2009 on the extradition of four men to Rwanda. | | (271801) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 48
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many deaths from cancer there were in each (a) ward and (b) lower layer super output area in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (271808) | 49
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent guidance issued by his Department on infection control in care homes. | | (271809) | 50
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances there were at each type 1 accident and emergency department in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (271810) | 51
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to care homes on recording cases of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile occurring amongst their patients; and to whom care homes are expected to make notification of such occurrences. | | (271811) | 52
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were (a) overweight and (b) obese in the last period for which figures are available. | | (271740) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 53
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of those arrested in the course of Operation Pathway claimed asylum after being arrested. | | (271668) | 54
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what papers held by her Department on the Hillsborough disaster she plans to publish in addition to those which have been placed in the Library. | | (271669) | 55
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department uses the category of non-UK born UK nationals in its immigration (a) policy and (b) statistics. | | (271793) | 56
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2009, Official Report, column 1482W, on community relations: finance, what the title is of each of the 33 projects aimed at disrupting violent extremism. | | (271522) | 57
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 312W, on community relations, when she expects Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to report its findings in relation to its inspection of police Prevent activity. | | (271523) | 58
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applying for work as guards with the Security Industry Authority were asked to prove their immigration status in the latest year for which figures are available; how many of these did so; and how many of those found to be without the right to work (a) appealed, (b) appealed successfully and (c) had an appeal challenged by the UK Border Agency. | | (271831) | 59
| David Howarth (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were received against officers of the Territorial Support Group in (A) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how many such complaints have been received in 2009 to date. | | (271848) | 60
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the legal status of salvia divinorum. | | (271514) | 61
| John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Minister in her Department has policy responsibility for tackling racism on the internet; what funds her Department has allocated to tackling racism on the internet in 2009-10; what steps are being taken to tackle (a) racism and (b) anti-Semitic hate on the internet. | | (271850) | 62
N | Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when full public disclosure of all documents relating to the Hillsborough disaster will take place; and if she will make a statement. | | (270458) | 63
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) student visas and (b) tourist visas have been issued to Pakistani nationals in (i) the last 12 months, (ii) the last five years and (iii) the last 10 years. | | (271818) | 64
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been deported on the grounds of national security in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years; and how many such deportations were to (i) Pakistan, (ii) India, (iii) Yemen, (iv) Saudi Arabia, (v) Iran, (vi) Afghanistan, (vii) Bangladesh, (viii) Turkey and (ix) Oman. | | (271819) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 65
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of qualified (a) law and (b) medical graduates who are unemployed. | | (271009) | 66
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of students first educated at secondary level in (a) the state sector and (b) independent schools who did not complete the first year of a university undergraduate degree course in the latest period for which information is available. | | (271010) | 67
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the sum to be allocated by his Department to new college buildings in each of the next six financial years. | | (271800) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 68
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the publication of the Government's response to the consultation on the law on damages is not taking place in accordance with the originally planned timetable; when he plans to publish the response; and if he will make a statement. | | (271063) | 69
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures in lieu of enforcement restriction orders there are to provide relief for people in debt. | | (271064) | 70
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were given custodial sentences in magistrates' courts as a consequence of defaulting on council tax payments in England and Wales in each year between 1998 and 2008. | | (271065) | 71
N | Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who defaulted on their debts in 2008-09 (a) would and (b) would not otherwise have been affected by the provisions of enforcement restriction orders. | | (271066) | 72
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many licensed bailiffs there are in each parliamentary constituency. | | (271815) | Questions to the Leader of the House 73
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Leader of the House, what recent representations she has received on the submission of evidence to select committee inquiries via internet video websites. | | (271008) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 74
N | John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what provision she has made in the Olympic budget for the next six financial years for enterprises related to the London 2012 Olympics. | | (271799) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 75
| Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Scottish whisky industry in advance of the recent Budget Statement. | | (271847) | Questions to the Solicitor General 76
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for offences relating to acts of racial hatred in (i) West Chelmsford constituency, (ii) Essex and (iii) England in each year since 2000. | | (271794) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 77
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the provision of funding by the Transport Innovation Fund previously available for proposals to develop public transport strategy in Manchester in light of the recent decision by Greater Manchester authorities not to proceed with the proposed congestion zone. | | (271520) | 78
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to announce a decision on the proposal for a workplace parking levy in Nottingham; and what criteria will apply in reaching that decision. | | (271521) | 79
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to improve signs alerting motorists to speed limits and average speed cameras on the A130 Canvey Way in Castle Point. | | (269871) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 80
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to offer translations of job vacancies advertised at Jobcentre Plus offices which are written in European languages other than English; and if he will make a statement. | | (271792) | 81
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) complaints and (b) other representations his Department has received on the actions of bailiffs in the pursuit of child support arrears in the last 12 months. | | (271844) | 82
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid to bailiffs in fees and charges by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and its predecessor for the pursuit of child support arrears in the last 12 months. | | (271845) | 83
| Mr Denis Murphy (Wansbeck): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many licensed bailiffs are engaged by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission for the pursuit of child support arrears. | | (271846) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 84
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make it his policy that fossil fuel plants exported with support of the Export Credits Guarantee Department include integrated carbon capture and storage technology. | | [Transferred] (271812) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 85
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when the decision was taken to delay the publication of statistics on foreign visitor numbers to the UK for the first quarter of 2009. | | [Transferred] (271611) | 86
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, when his Department plans to publish international passenger survey statistics on foreign visitor numbers to the UK for the first quarter of 2009. | | [Transferred] (271612) | 87
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether any changes have been made to the methodology of the International Passenger Survey for 2009. | | [Transferred] (271795) | 88
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many babies (a) had a low birth weight and (b) were stillborn in each (i) ward and (ii) low layer super output area in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | [Transferred] (271807) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 89
N | Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many farms now have restrictions on land use as a result of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident in April 1986; what area of land is affected; and what evaluation he has made of the effect on the rural economy of these restrictions. | | [Transferred] (271796) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 90
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether provision for uprating the carer's allowance has been made in the 2009 Budget. | | [Transferred] (271803) |
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