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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Thursday 7 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Thursday 7 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Thursday 7 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 Thursday 7 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Thursday 7 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
N | Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what assessment he has made of prospects for the manufacturing industry in the next three years. | | (273225) | 2
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate his Department has made of (a) the prevalence of counterfeit electronic components and (b) the extent of their inclusion in assemblies for military and civilian purposes; and what steps are being taken to inform users of the dangers of component failures. | | (273605) | 3
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Secretary of State plans to reply to the letter of 12 February 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr J. Parris. | | (273751) | 4
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many staff employed in London on work contracted to their employers by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (273116) | 5
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what consultation his Department undertook with the Public and Commercial Services Union before the decision was taken to outsource the national minimum wage helpline. | | (273117) | 6
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which organisations bid for the national minimum wage helpline contract; and what the monetary value of the contract awarded to BSS for the national minimum wage helpline is. | | (273118) | 7
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will place in the Library a copy of the business case for the decision to outsource the work of national minimum wage helpline. | | (273119) | 8
N | John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what training has been provided to BSS staff who will be employed on the national minimum wage helpline contract. | | (273120) | 9
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied the Secretary of State to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273969) | 10
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what car journeys were taken by the Secretary of State in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273970) | 11
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273971) | 12
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food was incurred by (i) the Secretary of State and (ii) officials in his Department in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273972) | 13
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much (a) his Department spent on furniture in 2008-09 and (b) his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273745) | 14
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273775) | 15
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what steps he has taken to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273554) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 16
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Bank of England Act 1998; what recent representations he has received about this Act; and what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he (i) has issued since October 2008 and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequent on the provisions of the Act. | | (274018) | 17
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many officials in his Department at each pay band have responsibility for the (a) formulation and (b) implementation of policy on the Bank of England Act 1998; what other posts in his Department each such official has held; and if he will make a statement. | | (274019) | 18
N | Mr David Anderson (Blaydon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for Royal Mail of the recent European Court of Justice ruling on value added tax liabilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (273170) | 19
N | Mr Simon Burns (West Chelmsford): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 15 December 2008 concerning his constituent, Ms Pippa Cuckson of Great Leighs, Chelmsford. | | (273480) | 20
| Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) employees of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and of the Department for International Development deployed overseas pay Class 3 national insurance after 12 months and (b) military employees deployed overseas pay Class 1 national insurance; and what consideration he has given to equalising their national insurance treatments. | | (273734) | 21
| Dr Evan Harris (Oxford West & Abingdon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of revenue lost to the Exchequer as a result of tax evasion in 2008-09. | | (273635) | 22
N | Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received on consumer protection matters relating to the mortgage industry; and if he will make a statement. | | (273176) | 23
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 January 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr E. Warne. | | (273753) | 24
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 10 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mrs E. Flint. | | (273762) | 25
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied (i) him and (ii) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273953) | 26
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what car journeys (a) he and (b) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273954) | 27
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273955) | 28
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he, (ii) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and (iii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273973) | 29
N | Mr Terry Rooney (Bradford North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations concerning IR35 were launched in each of the last five years; and how many of them resulted in (a) prosecution, (b) an increase in tax due and (c) no further action. | | (273420) | 30
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from (a) stamp duty land tax and (b) housing sector corporation tax in each year since 1997. | | (273632) | 31
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the deficit in the Local Government Pension Scheme counts towards national public sector debt. | | (273600) | 32
| Dr Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes South West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what requests he has made to the US administration for details of the evidence on the basis of which the US authorities designated Interpal as a global terrorist organisation in 2003. | | (273733) | 33
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273773) | 34
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273558) | 35
N | Steve Webb (Northavon): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish statistics on the take-up rates for (a) child and (b) working tax credit for (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08. | | (273424) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 36
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what funding his Department has allocated for the implementation of the latest Laming Report's recommendations; and from what budgets such funding has been drawn. | | (273664) | 37
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, on how many occasions schools have exercised the power to screen randomly pupils using metal detectors in arches or hand-held wands since October 2006; and how many weapons have been recovered as a result of such searches. | | (274076) | 38
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many searches without consent have been conducted by schools of pupils suspected of carrying a weapon since May 2007; and how many weapons have been recovered as a result of such searches. | | (274077) | 39
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much funding his Department provided for schools in Crosby constituency in the last five years; and what building projects relating to schools have been undertaken in Crosby constituency in each of those years. | | [R] (273609) | 40
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what results each local authority-supported school in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency achieved against the National Challenge criteria in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what percentage of children at each such school was eligible for free school meals in each such year; and where each such school ranked on these criteria among all local authority-supported schools in England in each such year. | | [R] (273612) | 41
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of computers per child in primary schools in (a) Crosby constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England. | | [R] (273613) | 42
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the number of primary school places required for the academic years (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (273857) | 43
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in each local authority will require temporary accommodation to be constructed in order to provide additional state sector primary school places in the academic year (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12. | | (273858) | 44
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the number of primary school children expected to transfer to the state sector from the independent sector in the academic year 2009-10. | | (273859) | 45
| Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the number of primary school children who will transfer to state education from abroad in the academic year 2009-10. | | (273860) | 46
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) schools, (b) academies, (c) further education colleges and (d) sixth form colleges participated in consortia responsible for diploma courses in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09. | | (273517) | 47
| Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average A-level points score per pupil was for secondary schools with sixth forms of (a) 50 or fewer, (b) 51 to 100, (c) 101 to 150, (d) 151 to 200, (e) 201 to 250 and (f) more than 250 pupils in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (273518) | 48
N | Sandra Gidley (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children of each (a) sex, (b) age group and (c) ethnic group were reported missing from local authority care in the last 12 months. | | (273287) | 49
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the End of Key Stage attainment levels achieved by pupils in schools in England who have been living in the UK for less than two years; and whether such attainment levels are included in results published by schools. | | (273136) | 50
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils enrolled in schools in England have been living in the UK for less than two years; and if he will make a statement. | | (273139) | 51
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which special schools (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have visited since June 2007; and on what date each such visit took place. | | (273285) | 52
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, for how long local authorities are required to keep records of children in care. | | (273286) | 53
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1148W, on special educational needs, to which departmental capital and revenue funding streams non-maintained special schools have access. | | (273425) | 54
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1387W, on the General Certificate of Secondary Education: young offender institutions, how many young people housed in young offender institutions achieved (a) one A* to G grade, (b) five A* to G grades, (c) five A* to C grades and (d) five A* to C grades, including English and mathematics at GCSE in each year for which the Learning and Skills Council holds figures. | | (273426) | 55
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273925) | 56
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273926) | 57
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273927) | 58
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273928) | 59
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what proportion of gross domestic product the Government has spent on education in each of the last 15 years. | | (273794) | 60
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273746) | 61
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints have been made about schools to Ofsted by parents in each of the last two years; how many of those were investigated; and if he will make a statement. | | (273417) | 62
N | Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley & Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in what circumstances a foundation school may be closed by a local education authority; what powers he has to prevent such a closure; and if he will make a statement. | | (273418) | 63
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273776) | 64
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he has taken to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273553) | 65
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department provides to schools on dealing with racist bullying. | | (273577) | 66
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's steps to tackle racist bullying in schools; and if he will make a statement. | | (273578) | 67
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, with which external organisations his Department works to assist schools in countering racist bullying. | | (273579) | 68
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what assessment he has made of the availability of professional development opportunities for teachers in relation to prevention of racist bullying. | | (273580) | 69
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many racist incidents were recorded in schools in (a) Leicester City local education authority and (b) England in each of the last five years. | | (273581) | 70
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many students were suspended from schools following racist incidents in (a) Leicester City local education authority and (b) England in each of the last five years. | | (273582) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 71
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many deaths from malnutrition and the effects of hunger there have been in settings other than hospitals and private and public care homes in each Government Office region since 1997. | | (273544) | 72
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) alcohol- and (b) illegal drug- related deaths there were in (i) Crosby constituency and (ii) Merseyside in the last 12 months. | | [R] (273608) | 73
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in households with a net income of less than £130 a week in (a) Crosby constituency and (b) Merseyside in each of the last five years. | | [R] (273614) | 74
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) men and (b) women over 50 years old became unemployed in (i) Crosby constituency, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) England in each of the last five years. | | [R] (273615) | 75
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many death certificates issued in each of the last three years ascribed the primary cause of death to the use of gamma butyrolactone. | | (272886) | 76
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will estimate the average annual cost to each Department of (a) a Secretary of State, (b) a Minister of State and (c) a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the last 12 months. | | (273142) | 77
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by the Cabinet Office on furniture for 10 Downing Street in each of the last five years. | | (273708) | 78
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much was spent by (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) its agency on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273709) | 79
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much (a) 10 Downing Street and (b) the Office of the Minister for the Olympics has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (i) internal and (ii) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273770) | 80
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps he has taken to reduce the levels of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) 10 Downing Street under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273551) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 81
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church Commissioners are taking to reduce the carbon footprint of their activities. | | (273275) | 82
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what the cost of (a) running and (b) maintaining Lambeth Palace was in each of the last three years. | | (273478) | 83
N | Mr Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what proportion of the Church of England's running costs in each of the last three years was met by the Church Commissioners. | | (273479) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 84
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the effect of the recession on the level of housing and planning delivery grant to be paid to each planning authority in 2009-10; and if she will make a statement. | | (273545) | 85
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to planning authorities on the definition of the term eaves used in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted) Development Order 1995, as amended. | | (273547) | 86
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to local authorities to assist them in discharging responsibilities to provide, manage and maintain parks, recreation grounds and other open spaces; and if she will make a statement. | | (273548) | 87
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of the new houses completed in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby constituency between 2003 and 2009 were vacant at the latest date for which figures are available. | | [R] (273610) | 88
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): 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) Crosby constituency and (ii) Merseyside in each of the last five years. | | [R] (273611) | 89
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what rights (a) parish and (b) town councils have to (i) comment on planning applications and (ii) make recommendations to the planning authority. | | (273477) | 90
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many reports the monitoring officer in each local authority has made in each of the last five years; in respect of which authority each report was made, and on what date; and what steps her Department took in each case. | | (273795) | 91
| Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) support, (b) advice and (c) training her Department makes available to local authority monitoring officers on the discharge of their duties. | | (273796) | 92
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing associations are yet to receive Government funding in respect of the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. | | (273700) | 93
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): 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) the London Borough of Bexley and (ii) Greater London in each of the last five years. | | (273701) | 94
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials accompanied her to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273917) | 95
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what car journeys she took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273918) | 96
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much expenditure was incurred by her Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273919) | 97
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) she and (ii) officials in her Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273920) | 98
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (273886) | 99
N | 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 1372W, on local government finance, on what date she expects to write to local authorities inviting bids for funding; what the maximum grant level will be; and when she expects to begin processing such applications. | | (273414) | 100
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her Department's end year flexibility entitlement was in 2008-09; what percentage of that entitlement has been taken up; for what programmes that funding will be used; and how much funding has been allocated to each programme. | | (273415) | 101
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average market value of a property owned by (a) a registered social landlord and (b) a local authority sold to a tenant was in each region in each of the last five years. | | (273416) | 102
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Decent Homes scheme has been funded through the Private Finance Initiative. | | (273732) | 103
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her latest estimate is of the number of empty dwellings in England. | | (273750) | 104
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many vacant social sector dwellings there were in each region in each of the last three years. | | (273763) | 105
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings in each region were empty for a period of longer than six months in each of the last five years. | | (273764) | 106
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many empty dwelling management orders have been enforced in each local authority area since the inception of such orders. | | (273765) | 107
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes have been made in the methodology used to compile the English House Condition Survey in each year since 1997. | | (273799) | 108
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many dwellings owned by (a) local authorities and (b) registered social landlords in each region were vacant in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the total number of unoccupied dwellings in each region that figure represents in each year. | | (273896) | 109
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First Time Buyers Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy in each region in each of the last three years. | | (273898) | 110
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been provided to the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) First Time Buyers Initiative, (e) MyChoice HomeBuy, (f) New Build HomeBuy, (g) Social HomeBuy and (h) Rent to HomeBuy scheme in each region in each of the last three years. | | (273899) | 111
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on the Decent Homes scheme in each year since 1997. | | (273976) | 112
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding the Empty Homes Agency will receive from (a) her Department and (b) the Homes and Communities Agency in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (274007) | 113
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for how long transitional relief for the 2010 business rates revaluation will last; and what assessment has been made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) equity of the 2005 rates revaluation transitional relief scheme after its implementation. | | (273568) | 114
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what her latest estimate is of the size of the deficit of the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (273569) | 115
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons information on the expenditure of executive agencies is not included in her Department's proposals for local spending reports under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007. | | (273570) | 116
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if she will use her powers under the Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 to reintroduce the pre-April 2008 regime of empty property business rate relief. | | (273571) | 117
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has for implementation in local government of the recommendations of the Operational Efficiency programme. | | (273572) | 118
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1279W, on departmental procurement, whether the green spaces database holds information on gardens. | | (273594) | 119
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1279W, on departmental procurement, what the title was of the digital mapping project; and what services that project was commissioned to provide. | | (273595) | 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 Brentwood and Ongar of 4 February 2009, Official Report, column 1293W, on mortgages: Government assistance, what criteria her Department uses to define an ordinary hard-working household. | | (273596) | 121
| 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 each full assessment from which her Department's eco-towns assessment summaries published in June 2008 were made. | | (273597) | 122
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which Minister is responsible for each regional spatial strategy. | | (273598) | 123
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the deficit in the Local Government Pension Scheme. | | (273599) | 124
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of money in the Local Government Pension Scheme is invested in equities. | | (273601) | 125
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statistics (a) her Department and (b) its agencies collect on the level of vacant (i) commercial and (ii) industrial property. | | (273602) | 126
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for each local authority to be inspected under the new Comprehensive Area Assessment; and whether authorities with a good or excellent rating under the previous Comprehensive Performance Assessment regime will receive fewer inspections than others. | | (273669) | 127
| 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 Bromley and Chislehurst of 6 November 2008, Official Report, column 654W, on domestic waste, what estimate she has made of the effect on the level of performance award grant allocated to local authorities which have been set local area agreement targets in relation to national indicator 191 on residual household waste of such local authorities not meeting those targets. | | (273670) | 128
| 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 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 740W, on the European Commission: financial corrections, what the monetary value is of the provision made for further financial corrections relating to audits carried out on the 1997 to 1999 round of structural fund programmes. | | (273684) | 129
| 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 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 736W, on council tax: valuation, how many domestic dwellings in England were assigned the code CL26 in each year between 1997-98 and 2005-06. | | (273685) | 130
| 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 12 March 2009, Official Report, column 737W, on councillors: Arun, what plans the Audit Commission has to require other local authorities to disclose the bank account details of councillors held in their payroll databases. | | (273686) | 131
| 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 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 470W, on council housing: rents, if she will place in the Library a copy of the consultation document. | | (273687) | 132
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the effect on the availability of local search information provided for home information packs of recent unitary local government restructuring. | | (273688) | 133
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what powers local authorities have to charge for building control services in relation to small household extensions. | | (273689) | 134
| 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 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 471W, on eco-towns, which external advisers conducted the eco-towns Financial Viability Study; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (273690) | 135
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for establishment of dispute resolution procedures for park home residents. | | (273717) | 136
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate has been made of the effect of recent changes to the planning appeals system in relation to extending the costs regimes on local authorities' expenditure for paying out cost claims to applicants who make a planning application and are refused but who win on appeal. | | (273718) | 137
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Valuation Office Agency is taking to comply with the EU INSPIRE Directive. | | (273719) | 138
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department and its agencies have provided to local authorities on conditions of tenancy applicable to social tenants running businesses from their homes. | | (273721) | 139
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timetable has been set for publication of the final version of her Department's planning policy statement on economic prosperity. | | (273735) | 140
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been assigned to the production of video content for her Department's YouTube channel in 2009-10. | | (273758) | 141
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many consultations on planning policy her Department has issued since May 2005. | | (273759) | 142
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of first-time buyers purchased a home at a price under £250,000 in the last year for which figures are available. | | (273761) | 143
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department plans to provide for work to be carried out by Building Design Partnership Ltd on a master plan for Canvey Island town centre; and if she will make a statement. | | (273522) | 144
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many units of social housing in each London borough are owned by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations; and how many there were of each in each of the last 10 years. | | (273634) | 145
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273777) | 146
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in her Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273552) | 147
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of local authority expenditure allocated to care home maintenance in (a) the last 12 months and (b) the last five years. | | (273699) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 148
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects have received more than £250,000 in funding allocated through the Football Foundation since 2000. | | (273232) | 149
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects have received more than £250,000 in funding allocated through the Community Club Development Programme since 2003. | | (273233) | 150
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding allocated by each of the National Lottery distributors was channelled through local authorities in each of the last five years. | | (273234) | 151
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many recommendations made by English Heritage in respect of the listing of buildings were rejected by his Department in each of the last 10 years. | | (273281) | 152
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints in each category have been received by the Office of Communications in each year since its establishment. | | (273476) | 153
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273937) | 154
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273938) | 155
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273939) | 156
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273940) | 157
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (273885) | 158
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) Arts Council England, (b) the Big Lottery Fund, (c) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (d) English Heritage, (e) the Museums and Libraries Archive Council, (f) Sport England and (g) UK Sport spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273737) | 159
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273778) | 160
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273561) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 161
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements his Department made for the transfer of the remains of Sappers Azimkar and Quinsey from Northern Ireland; whether the remains were transported in military aircraft; at which airfield the flight carrying the remains arrived, and on what date and at what time; what ceremonies were observed on arrival of the remains at the destination airfield; and who comprised the official party receiving the remains. | | (273223) | 162
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had with media outlets on the media coverage of arrangements made for the funerals of Sappers Azimkar and Quinsey. | | (273283) | 163
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) golden hello, (b) commitment bonus, (c) recruit an oppo bounty and (d) retention financial packages are available to members of the armed forces. | | (273583) | 164
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment his Department has authorised the armed forces to gift to other nations in each of the last five years. | | (273584) | 165
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the armed forces in each region have re-enlisted to each (a) service and (b) trade in each year since 2000. | | (273585) | 166
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much Army rejoin bounty has been paid in respect of each (a) unit and (b) trade in each year since its inception. | | (273586) | 167
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1024W, on rescue services, when he expects to announce the result of the competition for the provision of the harmonised UK search and rescue capability. | | (273587) | 168
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 2 February 2009, Official Report, columns 33-4WS, on Army nationality policy, whether he has received representations from other governments on the employment of their citizens in the UK armed forces. | | (273588) | 169
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Coventry South of 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1531W, on service personnel: retention, which pinch point trades his Department is monitoring; what the exit rates of such trades are; what steps his Department is taking to improve retention and recruitment in these areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (273589) | 170
N | Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many foreign nationals from each country of origin (a) serving and (b) who formerly served in the UK armed forces are estimated would become eligible for residency in the UK if there were an automatic right to residency as a current or former service person. | | (273352) | 171
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the use of service facilities by ex-servicemen's clubs. | | (273143) | 172
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much aid was given to Pakistan for military purposes between 1997 and 2008. | | (273848) | 173
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much aid was given to Israel for military purposes between 1997 and 2008. | | (273849) | 174
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273913) | 175
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273914) | 176
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273915) | 177
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273916) | 178
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many courses of influenza chemoprophylaxis (a) are held and (b) have been ordered by the Defence Medical Services. | | [R] (273427) | 179
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) masks and (b) pairs of gloves (i) are held and (ii) have been ordered by the Defence Medical Services for the purposes of preventing the spread of swine influenza. | | [R] (273428) | 180
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) members and (b) units of the armed forces would be provided with influenza chemoprophylaxis under the contingency plans of that service in relation to swine influenza; and in what circumstances such treatment would be given. | | [R] (273429) | 181
N | Dr Andrew Murrison (Westbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the reserve forces have in the contingency plans of the armed forces in relation to a swine influenza pandemic; and what mechanisms are in place to protect members of the reserve forces against infection with swine influenza. | | [R] (273430) | 182
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department spent on furniture in 2008-09 and (b) his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273747) | 183
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent to which the recommendations in the report Assessment of Arrangements to Comply with Best Practicable Means for the Handling, Movement, Processing, Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane have been complied with; and upon what data his assessment is based. | | (273541) | 184
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps have been taken at HM Naval Base Clyde to ensure that requirements on waste prevention and minimisation have been incorporated into waste generation procedures and training at the base. | | (273543) | 185
N | David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Comptroller and Auditor General to seek to ensure public access to the National Audit Office's 1992 report on the Al Yamamah arms deal. | | (273106) | 186
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273779) | 187
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273560) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 188
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress the Government (a) made during 2008 and (b) has made to date in 2009 towards meeting the targets in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (274029) | 189
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 on fuel poverty since July 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (274030) | 190
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) people and (b) households were in fuel poverty in each local authority area in each year since 2000; and what the Government's target for fuel poverty reduction was in each such year. | | (274049) | 191
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars, (c) consultation documents and (d) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequent on the provisions of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement. | | (274050) | 192
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department at each pay band have responsibility for the (a) formulation and (b) implementation of policy on the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; what other posts in his Department and its predecessors each such official has held; and if he will make a statement. | | (274051) | 193
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what arrangements have been put in place for nuclear safety policy and its implementation at nuclear installations following the disbanding of the Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee. | | (273894) | 194
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273929) | 195
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273930) | 196
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273931) | 197
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273932) | 198
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment since its inception. | | (273891) | 199
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use since its establishment. | | (273780) | 200
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the level of carbon dioxide emissions from ICT systems operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement. | | (273549) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 201
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the measures in the Animal Welfare Act 2006, with particular reference to the tethering of equines; and if he will make a statement. | | (273874) | 202
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he has issued since July 2008 consequent on the provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 2006; and if he will make a statement. | | (273875) | 203
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to bring forward those provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 which are not yet in force; and if he will make a statement. | | (273876) | 204
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government have (a) taken in the last 12 months and (b) plan to take in the next two years to protect (i) horses, (ii) ponies and (iii) donkeys from the effects of cruel tethering; who his Department consulted prior to seeking the repeal of the Protection Against Cruel Tethering Act 1988; and if he will make a statement. | | (273892) | 205
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has received since 2006 on the repeal of the Protection Against Cruel Tethering Act 1988; and if he will make a statement. | | (273893) | 206
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has paid back to the European Union following rulings in relation to breaches by the UK of requirements under the Common Agricultural Policy in each year since 1997. | | (273276) | 207
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) matched and (b) unmatched funding available to England from the EU agriculture budget was not taken up in each year since 1997. | | (273277) | 208
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 816W, on farmers: income, how many farm businesses had an income of less than £10,000 in 2007-08. | | (273351) | 209
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the average age of a hill farmer. | | (273419) | 210
N | Tim Farron (Westmorland & Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of farm holdings where dairy is the predominant activity in each year since 1997. | | (273421) | 211
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273905) | 212
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what car journeys he undertook in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273906) | 213
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273907) | 214
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273908) | 215
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each of his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273792) | 216
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Association of British Insurers on development in flood risk areas; and if he will make a statement. | | (273226) | 217
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1302W, on floods: property development, how many local planning authorities are considered by the Environment Agency not to have complied with planning policy statement 25 in each of the last five years. | | (273523) | 218
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273781) | 219
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273559) | 220
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects to announce the appointment of members of the Pig Industry Task Force; and what its objectives will be. | | (273769) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 221
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what records his Department holds on anti-Semitism in pre-war Nazi Germany which remain closed to the public; and if he will make a statement. | | (274026) | 222
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department had with the House of Commons authorities on the meeting held on the Parliamentary estate on 22 April 2009 involving a video link with a senior leader of Hamas; and if he will make a statement. | | (274027) | 223
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the government of Somalia on the number of piracy incidents in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. | | (273144) | 224
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to hold discussions with the Indian government on bilateral counter-terrorism activity. | | (273145) | 225
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Pakistani government on minimisation of civilian casualties during military operations in Buner and Lower Dir. | | (273146) | 226
N | Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to have discussions with the President of South Africa on the political and human rights situation in Zimbabwe. | | (273147) | 227
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will instruct diplomats from the UK mission in Beijing to visit in prison in China those Tibetans sentenced to death for alleged arson attacks in Lhasa in March 2008. | | (273789) | 228
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of China during the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue in mid-May on the recent death sentencing of six Tibetans for alleged arson attacks in Lhasa in March 2008. | | (273790) | 229
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on the Government's programme of counter-terrorism capacity-building in Yemen. | | (273723) | 230
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) priorities and (b) objectives have been set for the EU-Pakistan Summit. | | (273724) | 231
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Syria; and what discussions the UK and Syria have had on the issue. | | (273726) | 232
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of (a) tracking and (b) freezing the assets of pirates operating in Somali waters; and what the Government's policy on such steps is. | | (273727) | 233
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance the Government is providing to UN efforts to build national security institutions in Somalia; and if he will make a statement. | | (273728) | 234
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of Somali territory controlled by al-Shabaab and allied insurgent factions; and if he will make a statement. | | (273729) | 235
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency were last able to visit the Iranian nuclear sites at (a) Arak, (b) Natanz and (c) Bushehr; and if he will make a statement. | | (273730) | 236
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to paragraph 7 of the report of the UN Secretary-General on Somalia of 16 April 2009, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of foreign fighters to have entered Somalia in support of the al-Shabaab group. | | (273731) | 237
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 4-7WS, on General Affairs and External Relations Council, what reports he has received on (a) the recent contacts between High Representative Solana and Iranian representatives and (b) the outcome of those discussions. | | (273895) | 238
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on implementation of the EU Atalanta mission; and if he will make a statement. | | (273843) | 239
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) equipment and (b) personnel have been committed to the EU Atalanta mission. | | (273844) | 240
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been spent on UK involvement in the EU Atalanta mission. | | (273845) | 241
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on establishing diplomatic relations with the Republic of Kosovo; and if he will make a statement. | | (273846) | 242
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his latest assessment is of the state of relations between the UK and Colombia; and if he will make a statement. | | (273847) | 243
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what financial penalties have been imposed on the UK for non-compliance with a ruling by the (a) the European Court of Justice and (b) the European Court of Human Rights in each of the last 10 years. | | (274034) | 244
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has been asked to review a case before the European Court of Human Rights involving the United Kingdom in the last 10 years; and what conclusion was reached in each case. | | (274035) | 245
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions an interpretation of the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 by UK courts has been challenged at the European Court of Human Rights; and what the cost to the public purse was in each case. | | (274036) | 246
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on travel in each year since 1997. | | (273678) | 247
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidelines his Department has in place on train travel by its officials (a) in the UK, (b) between the UK and other countries and (c) overseas. | | (273679) | 248
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidelines his Department has in place on air travel by its officials (a) in the UK, (b) between the UK and other countries and (c) overseas. | | (273680) | 249
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidelines his Department has in place on the procurement of cars for official use (a) in the UK, (b) in UK Overseas Territories and (c) at diplomatic posts overseas. | | (273681) | 250
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what changes to services provided by his Department he anticipates following the efficiency savings outlined in the Budget Red Book 2009. | | (273682) | 251
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent on entertainment by each British (a) Embassy, (b) High Commission and (c) Consulate in 2008. | | (273702) | 252
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the names and addresses are of each organisation which has supplied goods and services to his Department in 2009. | | (273703) | 253
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on staff training in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. | | (273704) | 254
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals have claimed to his Department's staff in the last three years that they had been tortured overseas; and how many such cases have been investigated. | | (273705) | 255
| Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury & Atcham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, columns 188-9W, on departmental art works, in which of the official residences used by his Department each of the works of art mentioned is. | | (273706) | 256
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273949) | 257
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what car journeys he undertook in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273950) | 258
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273951) | 259
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273952) | 260
| Mr Chris Mullin (Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2008, Official Report, column 1855W, on Rizana Nafeek, if he will direct HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia to report on Rizana Nafeek; and if he will make a statement. | | (273766) | 261
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he instructed the UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe to vote for a particular candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the Council of Europe. | | (273481) | 262
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273736) | 263
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many officials in his Department are engaged in work relating to overseas territories. | | (273194) | 264
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on threats made against Oleg Gordievsky on the BBC Russia online forum. | | (273603) | 265
| Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission an independent investigation into the administration and operations of the BBC Russia Service. | | (273604) | 266
N | Mr Andrew Smith (Oxford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the government of China on human rights in Tibet. | | (273423) | 267
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273782) | 268
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273557) | 269
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what directions he gave to the UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe on voting in the meeting of Ministers' Deputies on the transmission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of the list of candidates for the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe. | | (273137) | 270
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe on the short-listing of candidates for the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe since the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the electoral process for the Secretary General adopted on 29 April 2009; what the UK's position at the meeting of the Committee of Ministers in Madrid on 12 May 2009 will be; and if he will make a statement. | | (273138) | 271
N | Mr Robert Walter (North Dorset): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East in his capacity as leader of the UK delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, before directing the UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe on the position to be taken in the meeting of Ministers' Deputies on the transmission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the list of candidates for the post of Secretary General of the Council of Europe. | | (273148) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 272
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that mechanisms for primary care trust commissioning provide co-ordinated strategies for the treatment of older people who have fallen and fractures in each local area in England. | | (273667) | 273
| John Austin (Erith & Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that clinical services in England adhere to treatments to prevent falls and fractures incurred by older people recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. | | (273668) | 274
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guideance his Department has issued on the treatment of borreliosis. | | (273621) | 275
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale West of 8 September 2008. | | (273622) | 276
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of prescribing anti-psychotic drugs to persons under the age of 16 years was in each health trust area in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (273861) | 277
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged under 10 years attended hospital accident and emergency departments where the primary or secondary diagnosis was alcohol-related in each health trust area in each of the last three years. | | (273862) | 278
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged under 10 years attended hospital accident and emergency departments where the primary or secondary diagnosis was a stab wound or other injury inflicted by a sharp or pointed instrument in each health trust area in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (273863) | 279
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of prescribing methadone was in each NHS trust in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (273864) | 280
| Mr Paul Burstow (Sutton & Cheam): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many completed cases have been brought against the NHS for incidents of negligence involving malnutrition and effects of hunger in each year since 1997; and at what cost to the public purse. | | (273546) | 281
| Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department provided for (a) primary care and (b) other health services in Crosby constituency in each of the last five years; and what infrastructural improvements have been made to healthcare facilities in the constituency in that time. | | [R] (273607) | 282
| Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has to provide (i) cancer and (ii) cancer-related lymphoedema patients equal access to specialist NHS treatment in each region. | | (273671) | 283
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much he has allocated for expenditure on material to inform citizens about swine influenza. | | (273841) | 284
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many households he expects to receive informational material on swine influenza. | | (273842) | 285
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doses of Tamiflu the NHS holds. | | (274045) | 286
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust has made discretionary dispensations in the last 12 months. | | (274046) | 287
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what contingency arrangements his Department has made for a re-emergence of swine influenza in the autumn. | | (274047) | 288
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the NHS capital budget for 2009-10 has been reduced by £100 million from the plans set out in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report. | | (273623) | 289
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to Table C11 of the Budget Report 2009, for what reason his Department (a) spent £1.5 billion less on its resource budget for 2008-09 and (b) spent £0.1 billion less on its capital budget than the planned expenditure set out in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report; and whether these sums will be available for spending in future years. | | (273624) | 290
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to Table 6.1 of the Budget Report 2009, how much each organisation for which his Department has responsibility will contribute to the £10.5 billion in savings proposed in relation to the new 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review target. | | (273625) | 291
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to Table 6.1 of the Budget Report 2009, how his Department plans to release (a) £500 million through reductions in average length of stay in hospitals and (b) £500 million through improved capability and planning capacity in commissioning; whether primary care trust allocations for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are to remain unchanged; and if he will make a statement. | | (273626) | 292
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to table 6.1 of the Budget Report 2009, what (a) cashable and (b) non-cashable savings his Department plans to make to meet the £10.5 billion savings proposed over the period covered by the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review; and in which year each saving is to be made. | | (273627) | 293
| Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial assumptions NHS organisations are using to plan spending in years after 2010-11. | | (273633) | 294
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273965) | 295
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273966) | 296
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273967) | 297
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273968) | 298
N | Mr Humfrey Malins (Woking): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the NHS budget which was allocated to services for those over the age of 60 years in the last 12 months. | | (273280) | 299
| Mr Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the (a) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and (b) Food Standards Agency have reviewed the effects on trade in food supplements and herbal remedies of the coming into force of the Mutual Recognition Regulation (EC) 764/2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (273975) | 300
N | Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what opportunities pharmacists working in (a) academia, (b) industry and (c) other areas, other than general practice, will have to register with the General Pharmacy Council under his Department's proposals for a draft Pharmacy Order 2009; whether his Department's proposals will allow retired pharmacists to be able to describe themselves as such; and if he will make a statement. | | (273141) | 301
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve foot care for the elderly. | | (273629) | 302
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to provide (a) high level alerts and (b) public health advice to those resident in areas prone to high levels of radon gas. | | (273618) | 303
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for data to be collected in future on waiting times for hospital treatment in order to monitor the performance of NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement. | | (273227) | 304
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 834-5W, on hospitals: infectious diseases, if he will make it his policy to conduct research into the effectiveness of patient-centred technologies in preventing healthcare associated infections. | | (273524) | 305
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273783) | 306
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273556) | 307
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes in (a) England and (b) Leicester are operated by (i) local authorities and (ii) private enterprises; and what estimate he has made of the number of persons over 60 years old resident in each category of home. | | (273693) | 308
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many care homes have transferred from local authority operation to private ownership in each of the last three years. | | (273694) | 309
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent from the public purse on the (a) operation and (b) refurbishment of care homes in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (273695) | 310
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether local authorities are required to consult the residents of a local authority care home prior to sale of the home. | | (273696) | 311
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average cost of a care home resident to a local authority in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (273697) | 312
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the average residence charge to a care home resident in the last 12 months for which figures are available. | | (273698) | 313
N | Mr Phil Willis (Harrogate & Knaresborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff on temporary contracts are employed at his Department's offices at Richmond House; and what entitlement such staff have to (a) sick and (b) holiday pay. | | (273224) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 314
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were recorded against the police in (a) Essex and (b) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; what the rate of complaints per 1,000 of population was in each such year; and if she will make a statement. | | (273865) | 315
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what written (a) advice and (b) guidance is provided by (i) her Department and (ii) the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to members of the public wishing to make a complaint about the police; if she will place in the Library a copy of each such document; what recent representations she has received from (A) members of the public, (B) hon. Members and (C) police forces about the adequacy of the powers of the IPCC to investigate the police; and if she will make a statement. | | (273866) | 316
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding she plans to provide to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in each of the next three years; what discussions she has had with the IPCC on its future funding since January 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (273867) | 317
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to require individual police forces to (a) accept, (b) respond to and (c) implement in full recommendations made by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC); and what (i) representations she has received from and (ii) discussions she has had with (A) police forces, (B) the IPCC and (C) members of the public on this issue. | | (273868) | 318
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the Independent Police Complaints Commission has received since 2005; how many such requests were (a) agreed to and (b) refused in each of those years; how many refusals were subject to appeal to the Information Commissioner in each of those years; how many such appeals were successful; if she will place in the Library copies of the material subsequently provided in each case; and if she will make a statement. | | (273870) | 319
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Independent Police Complaints Commission on the disclosure of information between a police force and a complainant since January 2008; and if she will make a statement. | | (273871) | 320
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of procedures in place for the investigation of alleged misconduct by the police; what recent representations she has received on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (273872) | 321
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has made to her Department on matters which it considers should be drawn to her attention by reason of their gravity or of other exceptional circumstances; how many were laid before Parliament; what discussions she has had with the IPCC on such matters since June 2007; if she will place in the Library copies of each such report produced by the IPCC which has not been previously laid before Parliament; and if she will make a statement. | | (273873) | 322
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many serving police officers at each rank in each police force have received words of advice by a senior officer following an investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each year since 2004. | | (273880) | 323
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of words of advice issued in a disciplinary context her Department uses; what representations on the definition she has received since June 2007; and if she will make a statement. | | (273881) | 324
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to monitor the responses of police forces to the findings of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which affect them; what recent discussions she has had with the IPCC on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (273882) | 325
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average police authorities have taken to make a response to recommendations of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in each of the last three years; what recent discussions she has had with (a) the IPCC and (b) police authorities on this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (273883) | 326
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have awarded compensation to complainants whose complaints have been upheld by the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each year since its creation; how much was awarded in each case; what guidance her Department has issued on the level of compensation to be awarded; and if she will make a statement. | | (273884) | 327
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislation currently regulates the Independent Police Complaints Commission; what amendments have been made to such legislation since its entry into force; what recent representations she has received on the operation of this legislation; which (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars, (c) consultation documents and (d) other documents she (i) has issued since February 2008 and (ii) plans to issue in the next two years consequent on the provisions of this legislation; and if she will make a statement. | | (273977) | 328
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars, (c) consultation documents and (d) other documents she (i) has issued since February 2008 and (ii) plans to issue in the next two years consequent on the provisions of counter-terrorism legislation passed since 1984; and if she will make a statement. | | (273978) | 329
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislation regulates Essex Police Authority; what amendments have been made to such legislation since its entry into force; what recent representations she has received on the operation of this legislation; which (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents she (i) has issued since July 2008 and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequent on the provisions of this legislation; and if she will make a statement. | | (273979) | 330
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what complaints to the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been upheld in each year since its inception; what (a) response was made and (b) steps were taken by the relevant police force to implement the recommendations; and if she will make a statement. | | (274008) | 331
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what occasions (a) evidence, (b) findings and (c) recommendations from investigations from the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been included in police performance and conduct systems; and what the outcome was of each case where proceedings have been completed. | | (274009) | 332
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) on (a) its target for conclusion of a complaint against the police from the date of registration of the complaint and (b) the average time taken per case; what representations she has received from (i) hon. Members and (ii) members of the public about the time taken by the IPCC to investigate a complaint against a police force; what response she gave; and if she will make a statement. | | (274011) | 333
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department (a) has undertaken, (b) plans to undertake and (c) has evaluated on the number of complaints that have been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) in each police force in England since the IPCC was established. | | (274012) | 334
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department (a) has undertaken, (b) plans to undertake and (c) has evaluated on the complaints made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) that have been upheld since the establishment of the IPCC; and if she will make a statement. | | (274013) | 335
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what research her Department (a) has undertaken, (b) plans to undertake and (c) has evaluated on the number of complaints that have been made against police officers in (i) Southend and (ii) Essex in each year since 1997; and what action was taken against each officer concerned when complaints were upheld. | | (274014) | 336
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints from (a) England and Wales, (b) Essex and (c) Southend were (i) made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), (ii) upheld and (iii) investigated by (A) the IPCC, (B) another police force and (C) another independent organisation since the IPCC's inception. | | (274015) | 337
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints were made against the police in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Southend between 1997 and March 2004. | | (274016) | 338
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officials in her Department at each pay band have responsibility for the (a) formulation and (b) implementation of policy on the Independent Police Complaints Commission; what other posts in her Department each such official has held; and if she will make a statement. | | (274017) | 339
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with representatives of police forces on the application of section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 to persons arranging or managing a meeting to be addressed via a video link by a person who belongs or professes to belong to an organisation listed in the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2001; and if she will make a statement. | | (274020) | 340
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff employed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission have been made redundant in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (274021) | 341
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission was appointed, and by whom; what process was followed in the appointment; and what qualifications the Chairman has. | | (274022) | 342
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when each serving commissioner of the Independent Police Complaints Commission was appointed, and by whom; what process was followed in each appointment; and what qualifications each has. | | (274023) | 343
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on (a) office accommodation, (b) staff costs, (c) staff travel and subsistence and (d) staff bonuses at the Independent Police Complaints Commission in each year since its inception; and if she will make a statement. | | (274024) | 344
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission research on the effects on the public of the closure of Parliament Square and surrounding roads by demonstrators on 20 April 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (274028) | 345
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to require the Independent Police Complaints Commission to inform her Department of the number of recommendations made by the Commission which have been (a) rejected and (b) implemented by the police force to which they are addressed; and if she will make a statement. | | (274052) | 346
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward proposals to establish an appeal mechanism for circumstances in which the Independent Police Complaints Commission decides not to uphold a complaint made against a police force; what recent representations she has received about this issue; and if she will make a statement. | | (274053) | 347
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces made requests before November 2008 to her Department to fund the purchase of Tasers. | | (273636) | 348
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the cost of implementing the Mastering the Internet Project; and if she will make a statement. | | (274069) | 349
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further plans her Department has to monitor internet use and telephone calls. | | (274070) | 350
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps are required for ratification by the UK of the European Convention on Cybercrime; and when she expects ratification to be completed. | | (274071) | 351
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which subjects her Department has commissioned opinion polling in each of the last two years; and at what cost. | | (274072) | 352
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children under the age of 10 years were murdered in each police force area in 2007-08. | | (274073) | 353
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders have been subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements in the last 12 months. | | (274074) | 354
| James Brokenshire (Hornchurch): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders are (a) required to register with the police and (b) registered with the police; and how many sex offenders have breached their registration requirements in the last 12 months. | | (274075) | 355
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for family visit visas from (a) India, (b) Nigeria, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Pakistan have been refused in each of the last six years. | | (273592) | 356
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of appeals against refusal of a family visit visa from (a) India, (b) Nigeria, (c) Bangladesh and (d) Pakistan have been dismissed in the last six years. | | (273593) | 357
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the volume of sales of liquid gamma butyrolactone for (a) illicit and (b) non-industrial use in each of the last three years. | | (272887) | 358
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the legal status of liquid gamma butyrolactone in the UK is; and if she will make a statement. | | (272888) | 359
N | Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice she received from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on the classification of liquid gamma butyrolactone in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (272889) | 360
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 5,589 suspected immigration offenders arrested in 2007-08 have subsequently been (a) charged, (b) convicted and (c) deported. | | (273738) | 361
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many days sick leave were taken on average by staff of (a) the UK Border Agency and (b) the Identity and Passport Service in 2008. | | (273739) | 362
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Gurkhas have been deported in each of the last five years. | | (273740) | 363
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in the UK Border Agency were working on cases involving Gurkhas on (a) 1 January 2009 and (b) 1 May 2009; and if she will make a statement. | | (273741) | 364
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which British embassies in Africa have the ability to collect biometric data. | | (273742) | 365
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 161W, on data protection, which of his Department's agencies plans to appoint a board level senior information risk owner; whether any salary increase is associated with the position; and what the responsibilities of each post holder will be. | | (273877) | 366
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff there were in the (a) Intervention Directorate, (b) Enforcement Directorate, (c) Corporate Services Directorate and (d) Intelligence Directorate of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency on the latest date for which figures are available. | | (274002) | 367
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency are based overseas. | | (274004) | 368
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Ministerial colleagues on Government policy in respect of Gurkha settlement rights. | | (274005) | 369
| Damian Green (Ashford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of retired Gurkhas expected to settle in the UK following the High Court decision of 30 September 2008. | | (274006) | 370
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former soldiers of Gurkha regiments are resident in the UK. | | (273853) | 371
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports she has received of allegations of information about environmental campaign organisations being passed by the police to energy companies. | | (273278) | 372
N | Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any members of the police have met (a) representatives of EDF Energy, (b) representatives of other energy companies, (c) Thierry Lorho and (d) representatives of Kargus to discuss (i) Greenpeace and (ii) other environmental campaign organisations. | | (273279) | 373
N | Mr David Jones (Clwyd West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in England and Wales (a) have and (b) have not adopted the procedure on reviews of injury awards set out in Annex C to Home Office Circular 46/2004. | | (273140) | 374
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letter of 19 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Sandra Vuso. | | (273752) | 375
N | Norman Lamb (North Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Border Agency plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for North Norfolk of 20 March 2009. | | (273397) | 376
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of her Department accompanied her to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273961) | 377
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what car journeys she took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273962) | 378
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much expenditure was incurred by her Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273963) | 379
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food she (i) incurred and (ii) officials in her Department in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273964) | 380
| Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 850W, on asylum: Bahrain, what sources of information about Bahrain were used in assessing the applications for asylum of (a) Abdul Raouf Shayeb and (b) Musa Abd Ali Mohammed, in the absence of UK Border Agency country specific guidance. | | (273800) | 381
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 37-8W, on Tasers, how many Tasers each police force has; and how much expenditure her Department has incurred in supplying Tasers to each police force in the last 12 months. | | (273525) | 382
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average total (a) direct staff cost, (b) operational support cost, (c) business support cost and (d) cost excluding sustaining overheads under activity-based costing analysis was for a police investigation relating to (i) a violence against the person offence, (ii) a sexual offence, (iii) robbery, (iv) deception or fraud, (v) a drugs offence, (vi) a criminal damage offence and (vii) other crimes in 2007-08. | | (273526) | 383
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many long-term absentee police officers of each (a) rank and (b) sex there were in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (273527) | 384
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hours on average a special constable worked in each police force area in each year since 1997. | | (273528) | 385
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what percentage of (a) domestic burglaries and (b) robberies included the theft of a vehicle in each year since 1997. | | (273529) | 386
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 5.2 of the Home Office Annual Report 2007-08, what the crime reduction resource budget has been spent on in each of the last five years for which figures are available. | | (273530) | 387
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arrested (a) in England and Wales and (b) in each police force area in England and Wales had been the subject of a deportation order in each of the last five years. | | (273531) | 388
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people subject to a deportation order have been arrested in (a) England and Wales and (b) each police force in England and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (273532) | 389
| Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions Taser stun guns have been (a) drawn, (b) arced as a demonstration warning, (c) applied in a drive stun and (d) fired by officers in each police force since 2003. | | (273533) | 390
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what arrangements her Department has with the authorities in the Slovak Republic to obtain checks on the criminal records of Slovakian nationals (a) entering and (b) resident in the UK. | | (273616) | 391
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protocols her Department has established with each EU member state on monitoring the movement of known criminals. | | (273617) | 392
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals have been refused entry to the UK on the basis of previous criminal convictions in each of the last three years for which figures are available. | | (273620) | 393
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273767) | 394
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) legal status and (b) residency rights Gurkhas who do not qualify to settle in the UK but who are not subject to immediate deportation have. | | (273542) | 395
| Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral Answer of 23 March 2009, Official Report, column 16 and to the Answer of 29 April 2009, Official Report, column 1349W, borders: personal records where the information referred to in the Answer is located on her Department's website; what categories of information on travellers and passengers will be collected for the purposes of the e-borders programme when the programme is fully operational; and whether the 10-year storing of information applies to all of these categories. | | (273683) | 396
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273787) | 397
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the deportation of women to countries where forced genital mutilation is practised. | | (274003) | 398
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in her Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273555) | 399
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many racist incidents involving persons under the age of 18 years were reported to the police in each of the last five years. | | (273575) | 400
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many reports police forces received of racist incidents in schools in each of the last five years. | | (273576) | Questions to the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission 401
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 26W, on audio recordings, what progress has been made in setting up a history area of the Parliament website; whether any decision has been made on sound recordings planned for inclusion in that area; and if he will make a statement. | | (273897) | 402
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the honourable Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the organisers of the meeting held on the Parliamentary estate on 22 April 2009 involving a video link with a senior leader of Hamas sought the approval of the House of Commons Commission beforehand; what representations the Commission received from hon. Members opposing the video link from taking place; what response the Commission gave; and if he will make a statement. | | (274025) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 403
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what guidance his Department has issued to the research councils on the expenditure of money which they save as a result of the value for money savings identified in the Budget 2009. | | (273121) | 404
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2009, whether Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham has submitted plans to the Learning and Skills Council for developing the campus in the Birmingham, Erdington constituency. | | (273122) | 405
N | Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton colleges arising from the freeze on capital spending on their Erdington campus. | | (273282) | 406
| Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what matters were discussed at the recent Ministerial meeting on the Bologna Process; who attended the meeting; and if he will make a statement. | | (273606) | 407
N | Mr Paul Goodman (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when the Learning and Skills Council and its external property advisers plan to meet representatives of Wycombe and Amersham college. | | (273431) | 408
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which colleges will receive funds from the £300 million allocated to Building Colleges for the Future in the 2009 Budget. | | (274038) | 409
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many projects will receive funds from the £300 million allocated to Building Colleges for the Future in the 2009 Budget. | | (274039) | 410
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many projects that had been approved in principle under the Building Colleges for the Future programme will receive funds from the £300 million allocated to the programme in the 2009 Budget. | | (274040) | 411
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people commenced level 2 apprenticeships in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08. | | (274041) | 412
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people commenced level 3 apprenticeships in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) the East Midlands in (i) 2005-06, (ii) 2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08. | | (274042) | 413
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding Birmingham City University was allocated from the Widening Participation fund in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08; and for what purpose such funds were allocated in each such year. | | (274043) | 414
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much funding was allocated under the Widening Participation programme to universities in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08. | | (274044) | 415
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which 10 skills courses are the most (a) over- and (b) under-subscribed. | | (274060) | 416
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what his policy is on the use of languages other than English and Welsh in advertising skills courses. | | (274061) | 417
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what training courses funded from the public purse are available to special advisers. | | (274062) | 418
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what facilities there are in his Department's buildings for staff to stay overnight. | | (274063) | 419
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which 10 skills courses cost the (a) most and (b) least per trainee. | | (274064) | 420
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assets his Department shares with the Department for Children, Schools and Families. | | (274065) | 421
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many staff his Department shares with the Department for Children, Schools and Families. | | (274066) | 422
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many of his Department's staff work overseas; and in which countries such staff are located. | | (274067) | 423
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which countries do not reciprocally recognise qualfications in skills training and apprenticeships funded by his Department. | | (274068) | 424
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273941) | 425
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what car journeys he undertook in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273942) | 426
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273943) | 427
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273944) | 428
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much each of his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273793) | 429
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each year since its creation. | | (273784) | 430
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273566) | 431
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many Learning and Skills Council-funded adult learners aged over 16 years were eligible for inclusion in statistics used to measure progress against the Skills for Life Public Service Agreement target in (a) 2002-03, (b) 2003-04, (c) 2004-05, (d) 2005-06 and (e) 2006-07. | | (274010) | 432
| Mr David Willetts (Havant): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of his Department's capital expenditure assigned to (a) further and (b) higher education in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11. | | (274054) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 433
| Mr William Hague (Richmond (Yorks)): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment he has made of levels of access to Gaza for humanitarian aid and reconstruction material; and if he will make a statement. | | (273725) | 434
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department allocated to civilian aid to Afghanistan between 1997 and 2008. | | (273850) | 435
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department allocated to civilian aid to Iraq between 1997 and 2008. | | (273851) | 436
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department allocated to civilian aid to (a) Israel and (b) Palestine between 1997 and 2008. | | (273852) | 437
N | Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress has been made on trade and investment in the Palestinian territories since the Palestinian Trade and Investment Forum in December 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (273115) | 438
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273909) | 439
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what car journeys he undertook in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273910) | 440
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273911) | 441
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273912) | 442
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (273889) | 443
N | Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist developing countries in relation to the global swine influenza outbreak; and if he will make a statement. | | (273349) | 444
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will instruct CDC Group to publish a financial review for 2008. | | (273628) | 445
| Mr Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow Central): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian aid his Department is providing to Somali and Ethiopian refugees in Yemen. | | (273619) | 446
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273722) | 447
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273785) | 448
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273565) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 449
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effects on the Department for Children, Schools and Families' long-term expenditure commitments of his Department's decision to reduce the budget for family legal aid. | | (273663) | 450
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to encourage local authorities to issue children protection proceedings. | | (273665) | 451
| Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he had with Treasury Ministers before the decision was taken to reduce the family legal aid budget. | | (273666) | 452
N | Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding from his Department has been allocated to the organisation Victim Support in each of the last five years. | | (273422) | 453
| Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria are applied to the selection of applicants to participate in the Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers; and if he will consider the merits of increasing the number of places available under the scheme each year. | | (273768) | 454
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers are employed at HM Prison (HMP) Ashwell; and whether any prison officers at HMP Ashwell have been relocated to other prisons following the disturbance on 11 April 2009. | | (273534) | 455
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the findings of the Prison Service investigation into the disturbance at HM Prison Ashwell on 11 April 2009. | | (273535) | 456
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff (a) employed in and (b) seconded to the Interventions and Substance Abuse Group of the National Offender Management Service have previously worked for (i) the Probation Service and (ii) the Prison Service. | | (273536) | 457
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of the Managing the Surplus Employee Scheme in the National Offender Management Service in financial year 2009-10. | | (273537) | 458
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department provides for employees of the National Offender Management Service redeployed under the terms of the Managing Surplus Employees Scheme. | | (273538) | 459
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many surplus employees as defined under the Managing Surplus Employees Scheme of the National Offender Management Service (a) have been redeployed, (b) have been made redundant and (c) have left the Service for another reason in the last 12 months. | | (273539) | 460
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many National Offender Management Service employees are registered as surplus under the terms of the Managing Surplus Employees Scheme. | | (273540) | 461
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on prisoner re-education in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | (273840) | 462
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which legal firms have received public money in support of an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in which the Government is a party since May 1997; and how much each has received. | | (274033) | 463
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probation posts are planned for (a) Dyfed Powys, (b) Gwent, (c) North Wales and (d) South Wales probation areas in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12. | | (273755) | 464
| Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trainee probation officers he expects to qualify in the South Wales probation area in 2009; and how many permanent posts for such trainees there will be in that year. | | (273756) | 465
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273957) | 466
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what car journeys he undertook in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273958) | 467
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273959) | 468
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273960) | 469
| Mr Gordon Prentice (Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how many hours per week on average high security prisoners have been confined to their cells (a) in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) over a similar period immediately before the introduction of core day standardisation. | | (273797) | 470
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273786) | 471
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273564) | 472
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many black and minority ethnic people were appointmented to the judiciary in each of the last five years. | | (273691) | 473
| Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applications to become a member of the judiciary were from black and minority ethnic candidates in each of the last five years. | | (273692) | 474
N | Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne & Sheppey): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent the unauthorised amendment for the purposes of fraud of house ownership information on the HM Land Registry website. | | (273350) | Questions to the Leader of the House 475
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Leader of the House, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials accompanied her to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273901) | 476
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Leader of the House, what car journeys she took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273902) | 477
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Leader of the House, how much expenditure was incurred by her Office in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273903) | 478
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Leader of the House, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) she and (ii) officials in her Office incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273904) | 479
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Leader of the House, how much her Office spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273707) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 480
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (273888) | 481
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273710) | 482
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273788) | 483
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273563) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 484
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 20, on Olympic legacy (young people), when the feasibility study into the proposed university on the Olympic site is expected to begin; who is to undertake the study; how much has been budgeted for the study; and when the study is expected to be completed. | | (273715) | 485
N | Mr Ian McCartney (Makerfield): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, pursuant to the contribution of 24 March 2009, Official Report, column 175, on international terrorism, who the lead Minister is for the consideration of a compensation scheme for UK citizens harmed in terrorist attacks overseas; what the terms of reference for that consultation are; and if she will make a statement. | | (273195) | 486
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much the Olympic Delivery Authority spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273744) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 487
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273945) | 488
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273946) | 489
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273947) | 490
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273948) | 491
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273748) | 492
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273771) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 493
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) buses and (b) coaches have been subject to recall under the provisions of EU Directive 2007/46/EC Article 32, and EU Directive 2001/95/EC since each such Directive came into force. | | (273900) | 494
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal road traffic accidents were caused by drivers aged (a) 70 to 79, (b) 80 to 89 and (c) over 89 years old in each of the last 10 years. | | (273573) | 495
| Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of testing drivers over the age of 70 years before their licences are renewed; and if he will make a statement. | | (273574) | 496
| Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road closures due to road traffic accidents there were in each local authority area in the South West in each of the last five years; and for how long the road or roads affected were closed in each case. | | (273760) | 497
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273921) | 498
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273922) | 499
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273923) | 500
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273924) | 501
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (273890) | 502
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements there are upon (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local authorities to conduct safety impact assessments prior to the installation of Trief kerbs. | | (273519) | 503
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents involving Trief kerbs have been recorded in the last 12 months. | | (273520) | 504
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance applies to the width of roads on which Trief kerbs are installed. | | (273521) | 505
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of congestion levels in the Torbay local authority area based on (a) reports from the Government Office South West and (b) the mid-term progress review of the local transport plan; and what support his Department is providing to Torbay local authority to (i) increase bus usage and (ii) reduce traffic congestion. | | (273974) | 506
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on furniture in 2008-09; and how much each of his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273791) | 507
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to establish whether the holder of a full UK driving licence is required to retake a driving test before the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency may accept an application to renew the licence. | | (273757) | 508
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273772) | 509
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273562) | 510
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines have been issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for failure to comply with the provisions of section 59 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 in each year since the Act came into force. | | (274031) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 511
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on furniture in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2008-09. | | (273749) | 512
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years. | | (273774) | 513
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273550) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 514
| Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many completed cases originating in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) England the Equality and Human Rights Commission has taken up on behalf of individuals since its inception; and how many such cases concerned (i) disability discrimination, (ii) sexual discrimination and (iii) racial discrimination. | | (273630) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 515
| Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the percentage change in the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance in (a) Wellingborough constituency and (b) the UK was in the last 12 months. | | (273798) | 516
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance his Department provides for newly unemployed young people. | | (273661) | 517
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent changes there have been to the financial support provided by his Department to those aged over 65 years. | | (273662) | 518
N | Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth & Camborne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the expenditure required from the public purse to raise personal allowances for council tax benefit to £193 per week for all households, excluding households with a couple where one or both are aged 65 years or over, in circumstances where the current level of capital allowance is (a) maintained and (b) abolished; and if he will estimate the number of households which would pay (i) a reduced rate of council tax and (ii) no council tax as a result of such a change. | | (273284) | 519
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed in London on work contracted out by his Department earn less than £7.45 per hour. | | (273878) | 520
| Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the £1.7 billion funding for Jobcentre Plus announced in the 2009 Budget will be allocated for (a) additional staff at each grade and (b) contractors. | | (273879) | 521
| Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to reply to the letter of 19 March 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr J. Harris. | | (273754) | 522
| Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department expects to save from the introduction of the employment and support allowance in place of incapacity benefit in the first 12 months in which the allowance is available. | | (273631) | 523
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) special advisers and (b) officials of his Department accompanied him to Glasgow for the Cabinet meeting on 16 April 2009. | | (273933) | 524
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what car journeys he took in attending the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273934) | 525
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure was incurred by his Department in respect of the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273935) | 526
| Mr Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expenditure on (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) food (i) he and (ii) officials in his Department incurred in connection with the Cabinet meeting in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (273936) | 527
| Anne Main (St Albans): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years. | | (273887) | 528
| Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on furniture in 2008-09; and how much its agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years. | | (273743) | 529
| John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to reduce the level of carbon dioxide emissions arising from the operation of ICT systems in his Department under the Greening Government ICT Strategy. | | (273567) | 530
| Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child maintenance cases are unable to be processed due to technical faults with the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission's computer systems; how many cases have been so affected in each of the last five years; and what the (a) longest and (b) average delay in processing claims due to computer system failures was in (i) North West Cambridgeshire constituency, (ii) Cambridgeshire, (iii) the East of England and (iv) the North West and Wales in each of the last five years. | | (274048) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 531
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether the rules against misleading omissions under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 will apply to property information questionnaires in home information packs. | | [Transferred] (273720) | 532
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what plans he has for the development of the Post Office network. | | [Question Unstarred] (273160) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 533
| Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to freeze the rate at which pension years can be bought back at the rate applicable before 6 April 2009 in respect of persons who have attempted to buy back one or more years and have not had their application processed by the deadline. | | [Transferred] (273716) | Questions to the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners 534
N | John Robertson (Glasgow North West): To ask the honourable Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what effect the financial situation has had on the investment policy adopted by the Church Commissioners. | | [Question Unstarred] (273152) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 535
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in (a) Devon and (b) Cornwall are employed in the defence sector. | | [Transferred] (273590) | 536
| Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the South West of England work in the defence sector. | | [Transferred] (273591) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 537
| Mr David Amess (Southend West): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what files are held by his Department on (a) the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and (b) the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill of Session 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (273839) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 538
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in which the Government is a party (a) in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) in 1997. | | [Transferred] (274032) | 539
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what costs have been incurred in each case in which the Government was taken to the European Court of Human Rights after the entry into force of the Human Rights Act 1998. | | [Transferred] (274037) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 540
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK nationals in UK prisons she expects to be deported in the next 12 months. | | [Transferred] (273854) | 541
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK nationals in UK prisons were deported in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. | | [Transferred] (273855) |
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