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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 6 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Wednesday 6 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 6 May of which previous notice has been given in the Notices of Questions paper. They are arranged in alphabetical order of answering Department. For other Written Questions for answer on Wednesday 6 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Wednesday 6 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many small businesses in England have received assistance from his Department in the last 12 months. | | (273299) | 2
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273443) | 3
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent reductions in scrap metal prices on the scrap metal industry and employment levels in that industry. | | (273341) | 4
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of likely levels of competition within the newspaper and magazine wholesale distribution market in the period up to autumn 2009. | | (273408) | 5
| Mrs Theresa May (Maidenhead): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter on redundancies sent by his Department to insolvency practitioners on 4 March 2009. | | (273218) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 6
| John Bercow (Buckingham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 27 February 2009 from the hon. Member for Buckingham on Lloyds TSB's sale of Abbey Life Financial Advisers in 2000. | | (273193) | 7
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the top rates of (a) income tax and (b) social taxes in OECD economies. | | (273103) | 8
N | Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount and proportion of child benefit paid to families earning more than (a) £100,000 and (b) £150,000 per annum in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. | | (272738) | 9
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs decided not to issue PA10 forms for the tax year 2008-09; and what measures are in place to ensure that taxpayers who are not required to file self-assessment returns do not pay an incorrect amount in tax. | | (273111) | 10
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed on work contracted out by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) each region of England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and what percentage in each case are paid less than £7.45 per hour for that work. | | (273112) | 11
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what percentage of full-time staff employed by the Crown Estate in (a) each region of England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland are paid less than £15,944 per annum. | | (273113) | 12
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273435) | 13
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table A1 of the Budget 2009 Red Book, item 49, how much HM Treasury received in value added tax from the bingo industry in each of the last five years. | | (273293) | 14
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean of 13 March and 26 March 2009 on Equitable Life, reference LT2480. | | (273102) | 15
| John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the rates of tax imposed on profits from bingo participation and other gambling activities differ; and if he will make a statement. | | (273125) | 16
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost is of information technology infrastructural changes associated with the implementation of HM Revenue and Customs Workforce Change programme. | | (273231) | 17
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people work at (a) Shrewsbury, (b) Ludlow, (c) Oswestry and (d) Welshpool HM Revenue and Customs office; how many jobs are expected to be lost with the closure of each office; and what assessment has been made of the economic effect of each closure on the local area. | | (273235) | 18
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the implementation of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) Workforce Change programme on the average yield per annum brought in by an HMRC compliance officer. | | (273236) | 19
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which HM Revenue and Customs offices are planned to close under the Workforce Change programme. | | (273237) | 20
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons no equality impact assessment was undertaken in respect of HM Revenue and Customs Workforce Change programme. | | (273238) | 21
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the closure of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC's) Shrewsbury office is expected to have on HMRC's costs, broken down by category of expenditure. | | (273326) | 22
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an equality impact assessment has been carried out on the proposal to close HM Revenue and Customs' Shrewsbury office. | | (273327) | 23
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans HM Revenue and Customs employees based in offices in Shropshire to be compulsorily relocated on closure of those offices. | | (273328) | 24
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to assist school leavers in Shrewsbury and Atcham constituency to apply for jobs in HM Revenue and Customs constitution following the closure of the HMRC office in Shrewsbury. | | (273329) | 25
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which HM Revenue and Customs offices originally scheduled for closure under the Workforce Change programme are now planned to stay open; and for what reasons in each case. | | (273330) | 26
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department plans to take to assist staff in Shrewsbury's HM Revenue and Customs office who have not secured alternative work by the date the office is due to close. | | (273331) | 27
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a review of the financial basis for the proposed closures of HM Revenue and Customs offices in the current economic circumstances. | | (273332) | 28
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change in the rate each duty on alcohol was in each year since 1990. | | (273264) | 29
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue from duties on alcohol has accrued to the Exchequer in each year since 1990. | | (273265) | 30
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the number of first-time homebuyers who paid stamp duty land tax in each year since 1997. | | (273348) | 31
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 25 February 2009 on behalf of Mr Bracey of Coalpit Heath, acknowledged by his Department with the reference: 1/67931/2009. | | (273378) | 32
| Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 18 February 2009 on behalf of Mr Drew of Coalpit Heath, acknowledged by his Department with the reference: 1/67589/2009. | | (273379) | 33
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 16 March 2009 concerning a constituent reference PO3/09295/2009. | | (272947) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 34
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding has been provided for schools in Leyton and Wanstead constituency in the last five years; and what building projects relating to schools have been undertaken in that constituency in each of those years. | | (273337) | 35
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what results each local authority-supported school in (a) Newcastle, (b) North Tyneside constituency and (c) Northumberland achieved against each of the new criteria included in the National Challenge in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what percentage of children at each school has been eligible for free school meals in each such year; and where each school ranked on such criteria among all local authority-supported schools in England in each such year. | | (273187) | 36
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what results each local authority in England achieved against the criteria included in the National Challenge in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what percentage of children met the criteria in each such year; what percentage of children were entitled to free school meals in each local education authority (LEA) in each such year, ranked from highest to lowest; what rank each authority achieved in each of the criteria included in the National Challenge; and for each local education authority what its rank order number was against the (a) National Challenge and (b) free school meals criterion. | | (273188) | 37
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of computers in primary schools in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London. | | (273201) | 38
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273442) | 39
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of schools with the capacity to provide education remotely in the event of school closure necessitated by a flu pandemic. | | (272906) | 40
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued to schools on contingency preparations for a flu pandemic. | | (272971) | 41
| Mr Andy Reed (Loughborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his Department's definition of community use in the Building Schools for the Future programme is in relation to sports facilities. | | (273470) | 42
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding from (a) the public purse and (b) the National Lottery has been spent on school sport in each of the last five years. | | (272765) | 43
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he plans to publish the Missing from Home and Care guidance; and if he will make a statement. | | (272885) | 44
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what mechanisms exist for parents to complain about the standard of teaching in a school; and if he will make a statement. | | (273398) | 45
| Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers have worked in (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) three or more schools in the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (273399) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 46
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the tonnage of carbon dioxide emissions from non-scheduled flights undertaken by (a) the Prime Minister and (b) other Ministers in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (273333) | 47
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the recession on not-for-profit organisations in the London Borough of Bexley. | | (273206) | 48
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the (a) issue and (b) content of departmental press releases is subject to a code of conduct. | | (273263) | 49
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the electoral registration rates are for each local authority, ranked from highest to lowest; and how much each such authority spent on electoral registration per elector in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (272732) | 50
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) men and (b) women over the age of 50 years became unemployed in (i) England, (ii) Essex and (iii) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (273372) | 51
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners with a net household income of less than £130 a week in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years. | | (273374) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 52
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Commissioners will make it their policy to increase the amount of agricultural and horticultural produce grown on land owned by the Church Commissioners. | | (272949) | 53
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how many vehicles the Church Commissioners (a) own and (b) operate. | | (273353) | 54
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the value of (a) securities available for lending, (b) securities lent and (c) securities lent to hedge funds by the Church Commissioners was in each of the last three years. | | (273444) | 55
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of the Church Commissioners' listed securities were invested overseas in each of the last three years. | | (273445) | 56
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, how much of the Church Commissioners' assets were held in real estate in (a) the UK and (b) overseas in each of the last three years. | | (273446) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 57
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of likely levels of compliance with the requirements of (a) part L and (b) part F of the Building Regulations following their revision. | | (273189) | 58
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of building control officers with the function of overseeing implementation of the Building Regulations. | | (273191) | 59
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from her Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273441) | 60
N | Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham & Amersham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in each local authority area in (a) Wales and (b) England have been prosecuted for non-payment of council tax in each year since 1999. | | (272911) | 61
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the address is of each site at which offices of her Department and its agencies are co-located with offices of the Homes and Communities Agency; and whether any further such co-location is planned. | | (273294) | 62
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department and its agencies have received recent representations from representatives of the Homes and Communities Agency on the co-location of staff. | | (273295) | 63
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether recent discussions have taken place between her Department and its agencies and representatives of the Homes and Communities Agency on the availability of office space leased or owned by her Department. | | (273296) | 64
| Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to reduce the use of (a) agency staff, (b) interim staff, (c) contractors, (d) consultants, (e) inward secondments and (f) outward secondments in her Department's headquarters building in the next six months. | | (273297) | 65
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions officials in her Department have had with the Homes and Communities Agency on the future location of its offices. | | (273409) | 66
| John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what equality impact assessments the Homes and Communities Agency has carried out on its options for relocation; and what consultation with staff and other stakeholders it has held on these options. | | (273410) | 67
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research her Department has commissioned on the (a) level of infill development in residential communities and (b) loss of garden space as a result of new residential development. | | (273216) | 68
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1181W, on Travelling people: South East, how many responses to the South East England Regional Assembly consultation were received; and how many were returned for being discriminatory. | | (272766) | 69
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1181W, on Travelling people: South East, from what source the South East England Regional Assembly took its legal advice on the treatment of responses to its consultation. | | (272767) | 70
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much initial equity homebuyers on average have purchased through the New Build HomeBuy scheme to date. | | (272760) | 71
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average amount of assistance provided to a home purchaser under the New Build HomeBuy scheme has been to date. | | (272761) | 72
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of people registering for HomeBuy to date have expressed an interest in New Build HomeBuy. | | (272762) | 73
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what costs her Department has incurred in the administration of (a) OwnHome, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) HomeBuy Direct, (d) Rent to Buy HomeBuy, (e) Social HomeBuy, (f) the First-time Buyers Initiative, (g) Open Market HomeBuy and (h) MyChoice HomeBuy on the latest date for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. | | (272763) | 74
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's total expenditure on (a) OwnHome, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) HomeBuy Direct, (d) Rent to HomeBuy, (e) Social HomeBuy, (f) the First-time Buyers Initiative, (g) Open Market HomeBuy and (h) MyChoice HomeBuy to date. | | (272764) | 75
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) registered social landlords and (b) local authority tenants were in receipt of housing benefit in each of the last five years. | | (273346) | 76
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing units were held by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords in each region in each year since 1997. | | (273347) | 77
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average annual income was of a tenant purchasing a (a) registered social landlord and (b) local authority property in each region in each of the last five years. | | (273400) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average net weekly income was of a household living in (a) registered social landlord and (b) local authority accommodation in each of the last five years. | | (273401) | 79
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new lets there were by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords in each year since 1997. | | (273402) | 80
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties have been sold under the Homebuy scheme in each of the last five years. | | (273403) | 81
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many statutorily homeless households were housed by (a) registered social landlords and (b) local authorities in each region in each of the last five years. | | (273404) | 82
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many registered social landlord properties were sold to (a) tenants and (b) non-tenants in each of the last five years. | | (273405) | 83
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average price paid by a tenant purchasing a (a) registered social landlord and (b) local authority property was in each region in each of the last five years. | | (273406) | 84
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1382W, on repossession orders, when she expects her Department to be in possession of the data for 2008-09. | | (273407) | 85
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which bodies will hold the records of local authorities which have been replaced under unitary restructuring for Freedom of Information Act 2000 purposes. | | (273209) | 86
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons funding for the Inspiring Communities programme is restricted to 64 local authority areas. | | (273210) | 87
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to publish details of the remuneration and redundancy packages for senior local authority staff arising from the recent unitary restructuring. | | (273211) | 88
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has provided funding to the National Secular Society in the last 12 months. | | (273212) | 89
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will be refunded under the new burdens principle for the cost of rebilling firms which defer 60 per cent. of their business rate increases in 2009. | | (273213) | 90
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to amend her Department's (a) investment advice to local authorities and (b) procedures for transmitting warnings about the risk profile of investments identified by the Financial Services Authority to local authorities in light of the Icelandic banking collapse. | | (273214) | 91
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes the East Midlands Regional Plan proposes to make to green belt designation and protection in the region. | | (273217) | 92
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers the city region pilots will have. | | (273219) | 93
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the National Brownfield Forum; and what the membership of the forum is. | | (273220) | 94
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in what areas simplified planning zones have operated; and over what period in each case. | | (273221) | 95
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of new dwellings were built on previously residential land in (a) England and (b) each Government Office region in England in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (273239) | 96
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the functions are of the regional neighbourhood training and resources centres. | | (273240) | 97
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance in her Department's staff handbook on the declaration of gifts, hospitality and financial interests. | | (273257) | 98
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's latest estimate is of the cost of unitary restructuring in the areas which have new unitary councils. | | (273259) | 99
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on single member wards in local government. | | (273325) | 100
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what external (a) companies and (b) consultants have been contracted by her Department to promote housing market renewal pathfinders; and how much had been spent on such contracts on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (273335) | 101
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Local Government on 26 March 2009, Official Report, column 473W, on council tax, what ideas were submitted to the Minister by the hon. Member for Southampton. | | (273339) | 102
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 130 of Budget 2009, what steps she plans to take in respect of local authorities which do not contribute adequately to the £600 million of additional recyclable savings required from local authorities in 2010-11. | | (273360) | 103
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 130 of Budget 2009, in what manner Housing and Planning Delivery Grant has been amended to provide a £20 million efficiency saving. | | (273361) | 104
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1102W, on departmental consultants, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the high-level seminar to engage senior leaders organised by McKinsey and Company. | | (273362) | 105
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1102W, on departmental consultants, how much her Department has paid to McKinsey and Company in the last 36 months; and for what projects. | | (273363) | 106
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1103W, on departmental ministerial policy advisers, whether her Department keeps a register of the (a) declared interests of and (b) gifts, hospitality and benefits in kind received by special advisers. | | (273364) | 107
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 18 March 2009, Official Report, column 1174W, on the economic situation, if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts provided at the event held on (a) 7 January 2009, (b) 5 February 2009 and (c) 26-27 February 2009. | | (273365) | 108
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1503-5W, on gardens, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter requesting data on planning provisions sent to local planning authorities. | | (273366) | 109
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1503-5W, on gardens, what timetable she has set for the report of the garden land review. | | (273367) | 110
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1503-5W, on gardens, what arrangements she has made for external analysis of the data. | | (273368) | 111
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what external (a) companies and (b) consultants her Department has retained for the purpose of promoting eco-towns; and at what cost. | | (273434) | 112
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1508W, on the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, on what date the unit plans to publish the first summary of board discussions on its website. | | (273449) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 24 February 2009, Official Report, columns 543-4W, on empty dwelling management orders, if she will place in the Library a copy of each ruling of the Residential Property Tribunal Service in relation to the issuing of each of the interim empty dwelling management orders with sensitive personal data redacted. | | (273450) | 114
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1509-10W, on regional spatial strategies, if she will revoke the elements of each regional spatial strategy which specify removal or undermining of green belt protection. | | (273451) | 115
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1505W, on the Homes and Communities Agency, on which projects the Homes and Communities Agency spent £54,000 on branding, broken down by category of expenditure. | | (273452) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1505W, on the Homes and Communities Agency, on what categories of stationery items (a) the Homes and Communities Agency spent £99,000 and (b) the Tenant Services Authority spent £17,000. | | (273453) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will prohibit (a) executive agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department from spending money on (i) lobbyists and (ii) public affairs agencies. | | (273454) | 118
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1505W, on the Homes and Communities Agency, which public affairs firms the Tenant Services Authority engaged; what the (a) duration and (b) monetary value of each contract is; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the (i) brief and (ii) contract for each item of work. | | (273455) | 119
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 784W, on the Tenant Services Authority: publicity, with which stakeholders the authority engaged through the expenditure on public relations activities; and what the output was of each project funded by the expenditure on branding. | | (273456) | 120
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1498-502W, on departmental conferences, if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentations and handouts produced for the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme workshop on 5 February 2009. | | (273457) | 121
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1498-502W, on departmental conferences, if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentations and handouts produced for the Arms-Length Bodies in Finance networking event on 4 December 2008. | | (273458) | 122
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 2 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1498-502W, on departmental conferences, if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentations and handouts produced for the Regeneration in Recession seminar on 18 February 2009. | | (273459) | 123
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1284W, on Shelter: eco-towns, if she will place in the Library (a) a copy of the agreement between Shelter and her Department to produce the literature on eco-towns and (b) the proposal from Shelter received by her Department. | | (273460) | 124
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what external (a) companies and (b) consultants have been contracted by her Department to promote home information packs; and at what cost. | | (273471) | 125
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1096W, on angling, if she will ensure that the review of planning application fees takes into account the effect on the construction of fishing lakes by commercial enterprises of changes in the levels of (a) planning fees and (b) mineral extraction charges. | | (273472) | 126
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1101W, on councillors: Arun, whether the Audit Commission plans to require local authorities to disclose the bank account details of councillors held in their payroll databases as part of the National Fraud Initiative exercise for 2010-11. | | (273473) | 127
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authority areas her policy of reducing social housing rents areas will be applied; and if she will make a statement. | | (273243) | 128
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2009, Official Report, column 147, if she will place in the Library a copy of the recent reassessment of protection against flood risk. | | (273256) | 129
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the new houses completed in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency between 2003 and 2008 were vacant in October 2008. | | (273371) | 130
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many home repossessions initiated by (a) building societies and (b) banks there were in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years. | | (273375) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 131
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many visits the Gambling Commission has made to Antigua in relation to the addition of that country to the White List of countries permitted to advertise online gambling services in the UK. | | (272759) | 132
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the sale of alcohol of the implementation of European Commission proposals on the introduction of online facilities for applications for the types of licence provided for by the Licensing Act 2003. | | (272844) | 133
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department provided for problem gambling services in each of the last five years; what estimate he has made of the funding provided for problem gambling services by the gambling industry in each such year; what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of such services; if he will use his powers under the Gambling Act 2005 to ensure that the Responsibility in Gambling Trust receives additional funding to treat adequately any increase in levels of problem gambling; and if he will make a statement. | | (273198) | 134
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of people being treated for gambling addiction. | | (273288) | 135
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress has been made on the proposal to establish international rules for the operation of English language websites; and what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the matter. | | (273291) | 136
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which types of activity are included in his Department's target of getting two million people more active ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games. | | (273292) | 137
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency spent on official hospitality in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (272809) | 138
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much staff at Senior Civil Service grades in (a) his Department and (b) its agency claimed in reimbursable expenses in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (272810) | 139
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's liability for unoccupied property rates was in 2008-09. | | (272811) | 140
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent (a) in total and (b) on (i) venue hire, (ii) food and drink and (iii) travel costs in respect of its Local Media Summit on 28 April 2009. | | (272812) | 141
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which (a) Ministers and (b) others attended the Local Media Summit on 28 April 2009. | | (272813) | 142
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how the funds raised by Team 2012 will be allocated to each sporting discipline. | | (272768) | 143
N | Hugh Robertson (Faversham & Mid Kent): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available for sportsmen and women training to participate in the London 2012 Olympics in disciplines which fall outside UK Sport's funding envelope to meet (a) medical insurance costs and (b) other essential costs. | | (272769) | 144
N | Helen Southworth (Warrington South): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase access to sport for young people in (a) Warrington and (b) the North West; and if he will make a statement. | | (272884) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 145
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-fatal UK military casualties there have been in Helmand province since 2006. | | (273308) | 146
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of shots fired by UK armed forces in Helmand province since 2006. | | (273309) | 147
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what date he expects Nimrod aircraft to be fully operational. | | (273310) | 148
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his latest estimate is of the cost of the two aircraft carriers on order; and what the total estimated cost was in 2006-07. | | (273311) | 149
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women were recruited into the armed forces in 2007-08. | | (273312) | 150
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women left the armed forces within six months of returning from service in (i) Iraq and (i) Afghanistan in 2007-08. | | (273313) | 151
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273440) | 152
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what seized property has been transferred to the Kenyan authorities by the EU-led naval force under the Provisions of Transfer of Suspected Pirates and Seized Property published the Official Journal of the European Union of 25 March 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (273355) | 153
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the award of each of his Department's current contracts on (a) the UK employment market and (b) the number of jobs in businesses which (i) have bid for or secured such contracts and (ii) are in the supply chain for such contracts. | | (273124) | 154
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will put in place contingency plans for the use of RAF Cosford in the event that Operation Borona does not coincide with the vacating of RAF Cosford as part of the Defence Training Review Programme. | | (273412) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 155
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of progress in the development of the technology to enable the burial of carbon captured from coal-fired power stations under the North Sea; and what his most recent estimate is of the cost of such operations. | | (273199) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 156
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles of British Waterways' canals have (a) leakage and (b) erosion. | | (273300) | 157
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of (a) honey and (b) bumble bees as a percentage of their total population in the next five years. | | (273301) | 158
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his most recent estimate is of the cost to agriculture in England of the likely change in the numbers of (a) honey bees and (b) bumble bees in the next 10 years. | | (273302) | 159
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take in the next two years to protect the bee population in England. | | (273303) | 160
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures British Waterways use to record the number of water vehicles using its canals. | | (273304) | 161
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of narrowboats which used British Waterways' canals in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2006-07. | | (273305) | 162
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of water companies on the potential need for hosepipe bans in the next six months. | | (273413) | 163
| Mr Peter Atkinson (Hexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the likely effects on the income of hill farmers of European Commission proposals to modify the criteria which define less favoured areas; if he will make it his policy to seek amendment of those proposals to ensure that the income of hill farmers is not reduced by modification of those criteria; and if he will make a statement. | | (273411) | 164
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to announce which areas have been chosen for the bovine tuberculosis wildlife vaccination pilot. | | (273462) | 165
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the veterinary profession and its representatives on (a) the Government's stategy for dealing with bovine tuberculosis and (b) means of communicating that strategy through the work of veterinary surgeons. | | (273463) | 166
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to tackle testing fatigue among (a) farmers and (b) veterinary surgeons in relation to testing for bovine tuberculosis. | | (273464) | 167
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has considered to increase levels of plastic and glass bottle recycling; if he will bring forward proposals to promote bottle return schemes in shops; and if he will make a statement. | | (273465) | 168
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to (a) prevent and (b) monitor the import and spread of bluetongue disease in summer 2009. | | (273342) | 169
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department held discussions with HM Treasury before the recent decision to make reductions in his Department's budget. | | (273343) | 170
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the National Farmers Union on action to be taken following the consultation on Responsibility and Cost Sharing. | | (273344) | 171
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent (a) representations he has received on and (b) assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of value added tax on non-fresh food products in shops on (i) food prices and (ii) the retail prices index; and if he will make a statement. | | (273130) | 172
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the latest Environment Agency maps of flood risk areas to be published. | | (273131) | 173
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of priority his Department gives to the completion of his Department's programme of work on the protection of critical infrastructure from flooding in relation to work on the implementation of the other recommendations of the Pitt Report. | | (273132) | 174
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the use of kitemarked products for the purposes of (a) flood defences and (b) household (i) repairs after flooding and (ii) flood resilience. | | (273133) | 175
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency has made on establishing the system for opting-out of flood warnings recommended by the Pitt Report. | | (273134) | 176
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to control the wild boar population in the Forest of Dean. | | (272879) | 177
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his latest estimate is of the amount of food waste not sent to landfill in the last 12 months. | | (273241) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 178
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to second any staff of his Department to the proposed European external action service. | | (273298) | 179
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the military and political situation in Pakistan. | | (273319) | 180
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens his Department has been informed are being held hostage abroad; in which countries they are being held; and for how long they have been held in each case. | | (273320) | 181
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the proposed European external action service. | | (273321) | 182
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the deployment of armed US Predator unmanned aerial vehicles from airbases within Pakistan. | | (273322) | 183
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the government of Pakistan on the deployment of armed US Predator unmanned aerial vehicles within Pakistani airspace. | | (273323) | 184
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the avoidance of civilian deaths among the Tamil population in the north of Sri Lanka. | | (273324) | 185
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions representatives of (a) the EU and the European Union-led naval force and (b) international humanitarian agencies have requested access to individuals transferred to custody in Kenya in connection with alleged acts of piracy; and whether each such request was granted. | | (273354) | 186
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of (a) illegal fishing and (b) depositing of toxic waste by international vessels in Somali waters; and what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on these matters. | | (273356) | 187
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1335W, on Kenya, what undertakings the UK has made under the December 2008 Memorandum of Understanding with Kenya on the transfer of persons suspected of committing acts of piracy. | | (273357) | 188
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the International Contact Group for Piracy off the coast of Somalia has taken steps to investigate allegations of illegal fishing in Somali waters; and if he will make a statement. | | (273358) | 189
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has commissioned research into the potential effects of illegal fishing in Somali waters on levels of piracy in that region. | | (273461) | 190
| Mr Mark Hendrick (Preston): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Brazilian government on public security in shanty towns in Brazil and the effects of lack of security on (a) children and (b) other residents. | | (273336) | 191
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) his officials have met representatives of the governments of (i) India, (ii) Iran, (iii) China, (iv) Pakistan, (v) Syria and (vi) Russia to discuss the conflict in Sri Lanka in the last three months; and if he will make a statement. | | (272924) | 192
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 620W, on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): war crimes, what further reports he has received on allegations that Bosco Ntaganda is playing a leading role in military operations in the DRC; and if he will direct his officials to make further high level representations to the Congolese government on the arrest of Bosco Ntaganda. | | (272737) | 193
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will encourage the Indian government to implement the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief arising from the report of her 2008 mission to India. | | (273273) | 194
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff work on issues related to the UK Overseas Territories; and if he will make a statement. | | (273267) | 195
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many visits to the outer Chagos Islands by members of the Chagossian community sponsored by his Department are planned in the next 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the cost per person to the public purse of each trip. | | (273268) | 196
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands first informed his Department of his concerns relating to allegations of corruption within the government of those islands. | | (273269) | 197
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) officials and (b) experts have been sent to the Turks and Caicos Islands as part of his Department's Emergency State Building Team; what the duration of their stay is; and what remit the team has. | | (273270) | 198
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of white Zimbabwean farmers who have been deprived of their land in each of the last five years. | | (273109) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 199
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the population in England were diagnosed with (a) asthma and (b) clinical depression in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (273306) | 200
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to assist (a) hospitals, (b) GP practices and (c) chemists in the event of a swine influenza pandemic. | | (273307) | 201
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS trusts in England ensure that the further assessment and management of fracture patients is co-ordinated by a fracture liaison nurse or a similar designated person. | | (273123) | 202
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding has been provided for (a) Whipps Cross Hospital, (b) primary care services and (c) other health services in Leyton and Wanstead constituency in each of the last five years; what infrastructural changes have been made to healthcare facilities in the constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (273338) | 203
N | Frank Dobson (Holborn & St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of the payments made to independent sector treatment centres has been since their introduction; and what cost would have been incurred in payments under the tariff set for comparable NHS procedures. | | (272004) | 204
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273439) | 205
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the clinical effectiveness of polypills combining statins for cholesterol reduction with low doses of other safe and effective medicines that reduce blood pressure. | | [R] (273359) | 206
| Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to consult on proposals for the regulation of clinical physiologists. | | (273274) | 207
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what studies his Department has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated on the effects on public health of long-term exposure to wireless internet networks. | | (272881) | 208
| Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the extent to which assisted fertility centres are following guidance from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on witnessing clinical and laboratory practices during in vitro fertilisation treatment; and if he will make a statement. | | (273251) | 209
N | Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's strategy for accelerating the delivery for the National Programme for IT. | | (272808) | 210
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1232W, on carbon monoxide: departmental co-ordination, whether Ministers from his Department attended the Health and Safety Executive-led Officials Group on Gas Safety and Carbon Monoxide Awareness on 5 September 2007; and if he will make a statement. | | (273110) | 211
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1232W, on carbon monoxide: departmental co-ordination, whether Ministers took part in meetings on carbon monoxide took place in the three years to September 2007. | | (273126) | 212
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that patients showing symptoms of swine influenza are able to receive anti-viral treatment within 12 hours. | | (273381) | 213
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests his Department has conducted of the system of (a) access to and (b) UK-wide distribution to the public of anti-viral drugs. | | (273382) | 214
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether primary care trusts plans for the location of collection points of anti-virals in the event of an influenza pandemic have been finalised; and whether a stock management system for the distribution of anti-virals has been established. | | (273383) | 215
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tests his Department has conducted on the proposed National Flu Line prior to its entry into service. | | (273384) | 216
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what arrangements his Department has put in place for the distribution of anti-virals before autumn 2009. | | (273385) | 217
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to Pacesetters programmes in each primary care trust for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement. | | (273386) | 218
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of calls to the proposed National Flu Line at peak times; and when he expects the proposed National Flu Line to reach this level of operability. | | (273387) | 219
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many call centres are planned for the proposed National Flu Line; and when he expects the National Flu Line to reach this level of operability. | | (273388) | 220
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the implications for the UK of an influenza pandemic in developing countries; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on healthcare assistance to developing countries affected by such a pandemic. | | (273389) | 221
| Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his statement of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 987, on the swine flu update, what plans he has to consult on the list of key infrastructure workers identified as potentially in need of a prophylaxis against influenza. | | (273390) | 222
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department's Rapid Review Panel uses in judging the suitability of products intended for use in the NHS. | | (273370) | 223
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted into the use of antimicrobial products for the purpose of preventing the spread of influenza viruses; and if he will make a statement. | | (273376) | 224
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to encourage the use of antimicrobial products for the purpose of preventing the spread of influenza viruses; and if he will make a statement. | | (273377) | 225
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many under 14 year olds were treated for alcohol-related health problems in each county in the East of England region in the last 12 months. | | (273244) | 226
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 years sought treatment for cannabis use in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Suffolk in the last 12 months. | | (273245) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 227
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants for asylum entered the UK via Spain and Gibraltar in the last 12 months. | | (273316) | 228
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were injured in the course of policing public protests in the last 12 months. | | (273317) | 229
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria apply in taking decisions on whether to (a) deport and (b) charge terrorist suspects from overseas following their arrest. | | (273318) | 230
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided to the Metropolitan Police in Leyton and Wanstead constituency in each of the last five years; and what initiatives have been introduced by the police in the constituency in each of those years. | | (273334) | 231
| Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Band A council tax police precept after capping was in each police authority in England and Wales in each year since 1997-98. | | (273107) | 232
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent work her Department has undertaken with local authorities in the provision of rape crisis services. | | (272688) | 233
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent work her Department has undertaken with local authorities in the provision of victim support services. | | (272689) | 234
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from her Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273436) | 235
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles carrying (a) gas, (b) oil, (c) liquified petroleum gas and (d) petroleum have entered the UK in each of the last 12 months; and what checks the UK Border Agency carries out on the drivers of these vehicles. | | (273271) | 236
| Chris Grayling (Epsom & Ewell): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of providing internet access to inmates of all immigration removal centres; and when she expects this work to be completed. | | (273272) | 237
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the IT resources provided to Metropolitan Police officers in policing fraud. | | (273253) | 238
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of how many people each police force in England and Wales has provided information to assist with basic disclosure checks being undertaken by Disclosure Scotland. | | (273255) | 239
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 78W, on official residences, how much the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside paid to cover rent at South Eaton Place; what period the payment covered; and what the estimated market rental value of the property was for the period. | | (273391) | 240
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been paid to Westminster City Council in council tax on the empty property of 62 South Eaton Place in each month since the right hon. Member for Sheffield Brightside vacated the Ministerial residence there. | | (273466) | 241
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on its advertising campaign Justice Seen, Justice Done to date. | | (272882) | 242
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost of policing the protests by Sri Lankan Tamils has been to date in Westminster Square. | | (272883) | 243
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget has been allocated for security technology for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; and whether this allocation is drawn from the Olympic security budget. | | (273215) | 244
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent estimate is of the number of police officers required to police the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (273246) | 245
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which companies will provide security technology for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (273250) | 246
| Patrick Mercer (Newark): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any technological security systems are being created for the purpose of security for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. | | (273252) | 247
| Dr John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much police community support officers cost in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (273266) | 248
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training police officers must undertake before being authorised to carry a gun. | | (273468) | 249
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers of each rank have been authorised to carry a gun in each region in each of the last 10 years. | | (273469) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 250
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions PICT has shut down the parliamentary (a) e-mail system and (b) intranet (i) wholly and (ii) partially in the last 12 months; and what the reasons for the shut-down were in each case. | | (273447) | 251
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many complaints the House authorities have received about the speed or reliability of the parliamentary (a) e-mail system and (b) intranet in the last 12 months. | | (273448) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 252
| Mr Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he has taken to improve skills in the house-building sector in order to assist progress towards the Government's 2016 target for zero carbon homes. | | (273190) | 253
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent representations he has received from training providers on the availability of (a) apprenticeships and (b) Train to Gain contracts in the 2009-10 academic year. | | (273202) | 254
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of candidates who have registered for Train to Gain courses and are yet to start their course. | | (273203) | 255
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate he has made of the financial contribution made to employee training by employers in each of the last five years. | | (273204) | 256
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of catalogued lists kept by (a) PPL and (b) the Performing Right Society of (i) featured and (ii) non-featured artists on sound recordings produced between 1950 and 1970. | | (273289) | 257
| Mr Don Foster (Bath): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what representations he has received from (a) the Radio Centre and (b) representatives of business organisations on Performing Right Society (PRS) public performance licences for radios in the workplace; what recent representations he has received from businesses which have ceased to used radios in the workplace because of PRS licensing requirements; and if he will make a statement. | | (273290) | 258
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent progress has been made on the reallocation of responsibilities of the Learning and Skills Council; and if he will make a statement. | | (273396) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 259
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support his Department has given to the government of Sri Lanka for the construction and maintenance of resettlement camps for Tamil refugees in northern Sri Lanka in the last 12 months. | | (273222) | 260
| Sammy Wilson (East Antrim): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have died of starvation in Zimbabwe in the last 12 months. | | (273108) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 261
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people per 10,000 of the population in Northern Ireland were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in each of the last three years. | | (273099) | 262
N | Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has made available for victim support services in 2009-10. | | (272690) | 263
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints his Department has received on (a) coroner Dr Paul Knapman and (b) deputy coroner Dr William Dolman in the last five years; and what steps have been taken in response to such complaints. | | (272880) | 264
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 667W, on legal advice and assistance: travelling people, how much grant funding was given in each case. | | (273260) | 265
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 667W, on legal advice and assistance: travelling people, what the (a) type of planning inquiry and (b) location of each development was in respect of each case in which funding was provided. | | (273261) | 266
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Stroud of 16 March 2009, Official Report, columns 951-2W, on financial services: electoral register, what the timetable is for the consultation. | | (273345) | 267
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many expatriate British electors are registered to vote in general and European elections. | | (273467) | 268
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Electoral Commission on underperforming electoral registration departments, as referred to in the Electoral Commission's recent report, Performance Standards for electoral registration officers in Great Britain; and if he will make it his policy directly to inform each hon. Member representing a constituency in an underperforming local authority area that their local authority is underperforming. | | (272731) | 269
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what local authority electoral registration departments (a) use and (b) do not use cross-referencing of other local authority databases to assist in increasing levels of electoral registration. | | (273101) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 270
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many racially-motivated assaults in Northern Ireland were reported in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how many successful prosecutions there were arising from such assaults. | | (273097) | 271
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many anti-Semitic assaults occured in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (273098) | 272
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects the Independent Monitoring Commission to publish its next report. | | (273100) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 273
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, for what reasons the construction of the (a) North Olympic site and (b) Olympic site has been delayed; and what steps she is taking to reduce that delay. | | (273127) | 274
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, if she will make an assessment of the potential for further delays to the (a) construction of the North Olympic site and (b) landscaping deadlines for growing the plants required for the Olympic site. | | (273128) | 275
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what recent representations she has received from the landscaping and horticultural firms contracted to provide services on the Olympic site on the effects on them of changes in the timetable for construction of the Olympic site. | | (273129) | 276
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on horticultural companies providing plants for the (a) North Olympic and (b) Olympic site of delays to construction at the Olympic site. | | (273135) | Questions to the Prime Minister 277
N | Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock): To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to discuss the matter of the protected persons status of persons in Ashraf City, Iraq under the Geneva Conventions with the Prime Minister of Iraq during his visit to London on 30 April 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (272770) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 278
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the concordats between the Government and the Scottish Executive. | | (273475) | Questions to the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 279
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission plans to take to increase levels of electoral registration. | | (272733) | 280
N | Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission plans to publish a list of local authority electoral registration departments that are not performing to national standards, with reference to the Commission's recent report Performance standards for electoral registration officers in Great Britain. | | (272734) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 281
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on road safety of a reduction of the 60mph speed limit to 50mph. | | (273200) | 282
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2009, Official Report, column 1223W, on departmental pay, what the equivalent figures are for each year since his Department was established. | | (273012) | 283
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many aeroplanes were subject to (a) carbon monoxide, (b) carbon dioxide and (c) ozone gas level monitoring in cabin air in 2008; in how many and what percentage of cases levels of each gas above acceptable levels were detected; and if he will make a statement. | | (273037) | 284
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors underlie the decision to allocate the research project on cabin air quality to Cranfield; and for what reasons EU public procurement procedures were not invoked in this instance. | | (273038) | 285
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department provides timely assistance and advice to local transport bodies seeking to introduce quality control measures. | | (273096) | 286
| Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of charges for priority security checks on the level of security at UK airports. | | (273192) | 287
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail services Southeastern Railway has cancelled in the last 12 months. | | (273205) | 288
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273438) | 289
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will request the Highways Agency to conduct a preliminary study of (a) the construction of slip roads at junction 5 of the M25 and (b) the effect this would have on the alleviation of heavy lorry congestion from cross-channel routes. | | (272948) | 290
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedures govern the retention by local authorities of unspent funds designated for highway and byway maintenance for use on highway and byway projects in subsequent financial years. | | (273262) | 291
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1603W, on M42: lorries, if he will consider the merits of prohibiting heavy goods vehicles from travelling in the outside lane on those stretches of the M18 where there are only two lanes. | | (272982) | 292
| Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to amend regulations for vehicle excise duty (VED) refund applications to prevent VED refund claims being made by a vehicle seller before the new registered keeper's details have been updated by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. | | (273258) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 293
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Welsh Assembly Government on the security of energy supply across the England/Wales border. | | (273474) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 294
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation has imposed new burdens on local authorities in relation to equality and diversity since 1997. | | (273392) | 295
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment has been made of the likely effect of the provisions of the European Commission's Draft Discrimination Directive on (a) faith schools and (b) public authorities procuring services from faith groups. | | (273393) | 296
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what assessment has been made of the effect of implementation of the provisions of the Equality Bill on the expenditure of local authorities. | | (273394) | 297
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding arrangements for rape crisis centres. | | (273395) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 298
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether aircraft (a) static on the ground and (b) travelling through UK airspace are subject to Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. | | (273036) | 299
| Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the (a) monetary value and (b) quantity of waste food disposed of from his Department's premises in the last 12 months. | | (273437) | 300
N | Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 26 January from the hon. Member for Manchester Central regarding TW (ref: GREA01009/GAB); and what the reasons are for the time taken to respond. | | (272983) | 301
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department collects on benefit claims to assist in detecting fraudulent claims. | | (273207) | 302
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit recipients live in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency. | | (273208) | 303
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency were in relative poverty in each of the last five years. | | (273373) | 304
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk claiming incapacity benefits had drug or drink dependency listed as their primary medical condition in each of the last five years. | | (273248) | 305
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Suffolk registered for the New Deal for Young People in the last 12 months. | | (273249) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 306
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people aged between 16 and 24 years old have never been employed. | | [Transferred] (273314) | 307
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who appoints the Chair of the Arts and Media Honours Committee. | | [Transferred] (273104) | 308
N | Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who the Chair of the Arts and Media Honours Committee is; on what date the appointment was made; and for how long a term. | | [Transferred] (273105) | 309
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who monitors the performance of local authorities under the (a) Customer Service Excellence and (b) Charter Mark schemes. | | [Transferred] (273254) | 310
| Mr Richard Spring (West Suffolk): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many alcohol-related deaths there were in (a) the East of England and (b) Suffolk in the last 12 months. | | [Transferred] (273247) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 311
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures he has considered to increase levels of plastic and glass bottle recycling; what consideration he has given to tax incentives for (a) companies who recycle, (b) companies who do not and (c) the promotion of bottle return schemes in shops; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (273380) | 312
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has carried out into the effectiveness of local authority recycling schemes; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (273242) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 313
| Mr Michael Ancram (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of indictments on charges of terrorism has resulted in convictions in the last two years. | | [Transferred] (273315) | 314
| Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the pilot of the national metal theft crime unit implemented in January 2009. | | [Transferred] (273340) | Questions to the Solicitor General 315
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment the Public Prosecution Service has made of (a) the circumstances surrounding the murder of Brij Sharma, (b) the evidence gathered and (c) the prosecution and conviction of Stephen McGlone for manslaughter; and if she will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (273197) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 316
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to assess the implications for optical health of the positioning at child's eye height of class 1 laser scanners in shops and supermarkets; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (273369) |
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