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Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Friday 8 May 2009
(the 'Questions Book')
Part 1: Written Questions for Answer on
Friday 8 May 2009
This paper contains only Written Questions for answer on Friday 8 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 Friday 8 May of which no previous notice has been given, see the Order Paper. For Written and Oral Questions for answer after Friday 8 May see Part 2 of this paper.
Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 1
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of General Motors on the future of GM Europe. | | (274337) | 2
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent discussions he has had with with his counterparts in other EU member states on the future of General Motors Europe. | | (274338) | 3
| Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, whether he plans to have discussions with Fiat on its interest in the future of GM Europe and the position of General Motors operations in the UK. | | (274339) | 4
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, on how many occasions in the last month (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of the Office of Fair Trading on the newspaper and magazine distribution market. | | (274398) | 5
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what estimate he has made of the effect on the average ticket price of a flight from East Midlands Airport of the use by that airport of administered incentive pricing for the aeronautical radio spectrum. | | (274094) | 6
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1446W, on motor industry: government assistance, whether his Department has received applications for the provision of guarantees for European Investment Bank loans to UK automotive companies under the Automotive Assistance programme. | | (274280) | 7
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department and its predecessor in each year since 2005. | | (274457) | 8
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many (a) full-time equivalent and (b) headcount officials at each grade are working in his Department's energy and climate change unit; and which Minister is responsible for the unit. | | (273649) | 9
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the budget under each sub-heading is of his Department's energy and climate change unit in 2009-10; and what the (a) responsibilities and (b) programme of work are of that unit. | | (273650) | 10
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274184) | 11
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what the cost to the public purse of the contribution of each regional development agency towards its regional office in Brussels was in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (274154) | 12
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, with reference to Table 26 of the Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 for Advantage West Midlands, what the nature was of the related party transaction made to (a) the Liberal Democrats, as declared by Ms Diane Rayner and (b) the Labour Party, as declared by Mr Gerard Coyne. | | (274341) | 13
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what recent steps his Department has taken to assist the retail industry in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency; and if he will make a statement. | | (274087) | 14
| Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, if he will make an assessment of the contracts (a) awarded in the newspaper and magazine wholesale distribution market in the last six months and (b) likely to be awarded in that market in the next six months for the purposes of monitoring levels of competitiveness in that market. | | (274235) | 15
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what contribution his Department has made to the cross-Government consultation, Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Children and to the development of Government policy in this area. | | (274231) | 16
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which review model was used by the Hampton Review Team in its assessment of the Gambling Commission; and on how many occasions the Review Team met the Gambling Commission for the purposes of the assessment. | | (274173) | 17
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made in providing face-to-face advisory sessions on business advice open days as referred to in the Government's response to the Anderson Review of Good Guidance. | | (274367) | 18
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made in piloting an insured advice helpline for employment and health and safety regulations as referred to in the Government's response to the Anderson Review of Good Guidance. | | (274368) | 19
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what progress has been made in simplifying the reporting of inconsistent or inaccurate guidance as referred to in the Government's response to the Anderson Review of Good Guidance. | | (274369) | 20
| John Penrose (Weston-Super-Mare): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many and what percentage of suggestions received on the Better Regulation website identified a regulatory conflict in the last 12 months. | | (274370) | 21
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 13 February 2009 on dormant companies. | | (273820) | 22
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 5 March 2009 on funding for pubs. | | (273821) | 23
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274209) | 24
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274211) | 25
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274455) | 26
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how many work placements his Department and its predecessor offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274493) | 27
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274513) | 28
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274550) | 29
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274551) | 30
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department and its agencies; on what date each category of information began to be collected; and if he will make a statement. | | (274174) | 31
| Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on members of the public; on what date each such database became operational; and if he will make a statement. | | (274175) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 32
N | Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effects on variance in top levels of (a) income and (b) social taxes in OECD economies on UK competitiveness in those economies. | | (273659) | 33
| Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham & Sale West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he proposes to publish his Department's factual paper on the operation of the Barnett Formula. | | (274359) | 34
N | Mr Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend HM Revenue and Customs' guidelines to allow charities with an annual turnover of less than £25,000 to pay honoraria tax-free to organisers of arts and music festivals. | | (273712) | 35
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the taxation of the testimonial benefits of sportsmen and women; and what assessment he has made of its operation by HM Revenue and Customs in respect of (a) cricketers, (b) rugby union players and (c) rugby league players. | | (273711) | 36
N | Mr Mark Harper (Forest of Dean): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to reply to the letter of 12 March 2009 from the hon. Member for the Forest of Dean on the merger between Lloyds TSB and HBOS, reference FD1238. | | (273657) | 37
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Department's press notice of 19 January 2009, on the asset protection scheme, what progress has been made on selecting eligible securities; and what amount of guarantees has been issued. | | (274281) | 38
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his Department's press notice of 19 January 2009, on the asset protection scheme, what criteria will be used to determine what proportion of the value of the security will be guaranteed. | | (274282) | 39
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274459) | 40
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274312) | 41
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents of Tamworth constituency have paid less stamp duty land tax from the stamp duty land tax holiday since it began. | | (274133) | 42
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of residents of Tamworth constituency who paid inheritance tax in 2008-09 who would have paid inheritance tax if the threshold had been increased to £1 million. | | (274135) | 43
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to bring forward proposals for a second package of fiscal stimulus measures for the UK economy. | | (274089) | 44
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what models of child care tax credit are being piloted through HM Revenue and Customs; when he expects the outcomes of such pilots to be available; and if he will publish the outcomes upon availability. | | (273814) | 45
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what models of child care tax credit are being piloted through the Childcare Affordability Programme 2009; when he expects the outcomes of these pilots to be known; and if he will publish such outcomes. | | (273815) | 46
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the tax information exchange agreements sought by the G20 to be in operation. | | (274411) | 47
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Financial Secretary plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 31 March 2009 on the abolition of IR35 reference: 3/09551/2009. | | (273822) | 48
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Economic Secretary plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 25 February 2009 on Lloyds TSB Bank staff bonuses. | | (273823) | 49
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices; and if he will make a statement. | | (274078) | 50
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274222) | 51
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274442) | 52
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274477) | 53
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274496) | 54
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274516) | 55
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274534) | 56
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274565) | 57
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274570) | 58
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the budget for HM Revenue and Customs' Workforce Change programme has been spent to date. | | (273637) | 59
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of HM Revenue and Customs' Workforce Change programme has been completed to date. | | (273638) | 60
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been made of the effect on HM Revenue and Customs' expenditure of its vacation of two floors in Crewe House, Crewe in the 12 months following vacation. | | (273639) | 61
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget has been set for HM Revenue and Customs' Workforce Change programme. | | (273640) | 62
N | Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe & Nantwich): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons HM Customs and Excise's offices in (a) Bangor, (b) Bedford and (c) Doncaster were withdrawn from the Workforce Change programme. | | (273641) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 63
| Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset & North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of registered child minders were (a) male and (b) female in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274288) | 64
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which local authorities will be assessed under national indicator 71 on young people who run away from home or care. | | (274179) | 65
| Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent representations he has received on making information on the location of children's homes available to police forces; and if he will make a statement. | | (274180) | 66
| Jeff Ennis (Barnsley East & Mexborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many maintained secondary schools of each type there are in England. | | (274287) | 67
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what his most recent estimate is of the budget required for school building provision in the academic year 2009-10. | | (273991) | 68
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many primary school children have (a) transferred to the state sector from the independent sector and (b) transferred to the state sector from abroad in each of the last 10 years. | | (273992) | 69
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of primary school places required in England for children (a) one of whose parents is non-UK born, (b) who were born abroad and (c) whose first language is not English in each year from 2009-31. | | (273993) | 70
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what estimate he has made of the number of primary school places required in England as a result of net migration in each local education authority in each of the years 2009-31. | | (273994) | 71
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what individual programmes and corresponding allocations are aggregated as Other Miscellaneous Programmes for the year 2010-11 in the Schools section of Table 8.3 of his Department's 2008 Annual Report. | | (274273) | 72
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants and corresponding allocations are aggregated as Other Standards Funds for the years 2007-08 and 2010-11 in the Schools section of Table 8.3 of his Department's 2008 Annual Report. | | (274274) | 73
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what grants and corresponding allocations are aggregated within Area Based Grants for the year 2010-11 in the Schools section of Table 8.3 of his Department's 2008 Annual Report. | | (274275) | 74
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which (a) schools and (b) consortia in each local authority are offering at least one diploma course to students. | | (274376) | 75
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools in areas in each decile of deprivation are (a) offering at least one diploma course to pupils and (b) part of a consortium offering at least one such course. | | (274377) | 76
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost to his Department of examination fees for each type of examination in maintained schools was in each of the last 10 years. | | (274582) | 77
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the cost of inspections of (a) schools and (b) nurseries and other pre-school provision was in each of the last 12 years. | | (274583) | 78
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what percentage of Graduate Teacher Programme places made available by the Training and Development Agency for Schools in 2008-09 were eligible for a salary grant. | | (274584) | 79
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much and what percentage of the dedicated schools grant was clawed back by each local authority (a) overall, (b) for spending by the local authority within the schools budgets and (c) for local authority central functions in the last year for which figures are available. | | (274585) | 80
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many schools which achieved a rating of good or outstanding in their last Ofsted inspection received a rating of satisfactory or inadequate for behaviour. | | (274586) | 81
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools were given a rating of (a) inadquate and (b) satisfactory for behaviour in their last Ofsted inspection; and what the date of each such inspection was. | | (274587) | 82
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many pupils were entered for A-level examinations (a) including equivalents and (b) excluding equivalents in each (i) local authority, (ii) constituency and (iii) area classified by decile of deprivation in the last year for which figures are available. | | (274588) | 83
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which schools were rated (a) inadequate in their latest Ofsted inspection and either inadequate or satisfactory in the inspection before that and (b) satisfactory in their latest inspection and either inadequate or satisfactory in the inspection before that. | | (274589) | 84
| Michael Gove (Surrey Heath): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what guidance his Department has issued on the education of highly obese children in each of the last three years. | | (274590) | 85
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department and its predecessors in each year since 2005. | | (274460) | 86
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many days of unauthorised absence were recorded in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (274134) | 87
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the average class size in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Tamworth constituency was in each of the last five years. | | (274136) | 88
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children in Tamworth constituency took up free nursery places in each of the last 10 years. | | (274374) | 89
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make dairy products other than milk eligible for distribution under the school milk scheme. | | (274171) | 90
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps his Department is taking to improve the teaching of (a) history and (b) British history in primary schools. | | (274086) | 91
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if his Department will bring forward plans to create a single unified examination board. | | (274088) | 92
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if his Department will bring forward proposals to make GCSE science courses more interesting and challenging for pupils. | | (274090) | 93
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational need for behavioural, emotional and social difficulties received (a) a fixed-period and (b) permanent exclusion from a mainsteam school in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (273642) | 94
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of permanent exclusions were given to pupils in mainstream schools with a statement of special educational need in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (273643) | 95
N | Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many and what proportion of pupils with a statement of special educational need were given (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine and (j) 10 or more fixed-period exclusions in the most recent year for which figures are available. | | (273644) | 96
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what timetable he has set for revising (a) statutory guidance on Working Together to Safeguard Children and (b) the guidance and systems used by hospital accident and emergency departments in relation to safeguarding children in response to Lord Laming's recommendations. | | (274249) | 97
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the remit is of Sir Roger Singleton in his role as Chief Adviser on the Safety of Children; and for what term Sir Roger Singleton has been appointed. | | (274250) | 98
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit will have powers to (a) examine local authority documentation and (b) intervene in children's services departments in local authorities. | | (274251) | 99
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to be fully operational. | | (274252) | 100
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, whether the Chief Adviser on the Safety of Children will be permitted to read full serious case reviews. | | (274253) | 101
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what timetable he has set for completion of the feasibility study on a revised Integrated Children's System. | | (274254) | 102
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to make its first annual report to Parliament. | | (274255) | 103
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what steps he plans to take with the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Secretary of State for Justice to implement Lord Laming's recommendations on the setting of explicit strategic priorities for the protection of children and young people. | | (274257) | 104
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to have developed guidance on referral and assessment systems for children affected by (a) domestic violence, (b) adult mental health problems and (c) drug and alcohol misuse. | | (274259) | 105
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who will be responsible for appointing staff to the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit. | | (274260) | 106
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which experts from (a) central Government, (b) local agencies and (c) the voluntary sector will be appointed to the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit; and how many regional representatives that unit will have. | | (274261) | 107
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit to (a) set and (b) publish a timetable for the implementation of Lord Laming's recommendations on safeguarding children. | | (274262) | 108
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, when he expects Ofsted next to report on lessons from serious case reviews. | | (274263) | 109
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department has spent on placing supplements in (a) Children and Young People Now magazine and (b) Community Care magazine in the last 12 months. | | (274264) | 110
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many people will be employed to work on the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit. | | (274283) | 111
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what the planned budget is of the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit; and from which departmental budgets the Unit will be funded. | | (274284) | 112
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, who has been appointed to the expert group established to assist Sir Roger Singleton in his role on the National Safeguarding Delivery Unit. | | (274285) | 113
N | Mrs Maria Miller (Basingstoke): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what recent research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on the attitudes of grandparents to providing childcare support for their grandchildren. | | (273816) | 114
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274207) | 115
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many complaints have been made about schools to Ofsted by parents resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (274239) | 116
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many young people were in young offender institutions in Essex in each of the last five years. | | (274240) | 117
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many children were in care in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (274241) | 118
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, if he will make it his policy to retain for community sport and leisure use school playing fields which are surplus to requirements. | | (274243) | 119
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, which services his Department and its predecessors have outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274453) | 120
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how many work placements his Department and its predecessors offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274491) | 121
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274511) | 122
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274530) | 123
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274548) | 124
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, how much his Department and its predecessors spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274553) | Questions to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 125
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many investigations there have been into alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers since 27 June 2007. | | (274178) | 126
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what the reasons were for the formation of the Cabinet Office's Strategy Committee; when it was established; on whose authority the committee was established; what its objectives are; who its members are; how often it has met; and if he will make a statement. | | (274183) | 127
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274456) | 128
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many members of staff in 10 Downing Street were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274310) | 129
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whether the Office for National Statistics' Sexual Identity Project has concluded; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the project's most recent report. | | (274079) | 130
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with reference to section 7.22 of the Ministerial Code, whether the gift of film DVDs to the Prime Minister from President Obama has been valued (a) above or (b) below the £140 threshold. | | (274080) | 131
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to the Answers to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 13 March 2009, Official Report, columns 800-1W, on departmental buildings, and of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 467W, on 10 Downing Street: repairs and maintenance, how much was spent on the renovation of lavatories in Downing Street properties in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08. | | (274142) | 132
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274206) | 133
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274213) | 134
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274454) | 135
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274492) | 136
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274512) | 137
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274531) | 138
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274549) | 139
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274552) | 140
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what budget has been allocated to the generation of outputs from the 2011 Census. | | (274196) | 141
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what arrangements have been made for the (a) retention and (b) maintenance of the address database compiled for the 2011 Census once the Census has been completed. | | (274197) | 142
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to box 3.A of the final report of the Operational Efficiency programme, what additional resources are to be made available to the Office of Public Sector Information to enable enhanced oversight of trading funds. | | (274198) | 143
| Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps the Minister for Digital Engagement has taken to promote the use of blogs within Government in the last 12 months. | | (274579) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 144
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of changing Building Regulations to introduce photoluminescent markings as a safety precaution in public spaces. | | (274393) | 145
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many eligible applications have been received under the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme. | | (274181) | 146
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2009, Official Report, columns 729-30W, on social rented housing, how much of the £100 million made available in 2008-09 was spent; and how much of the £300 million advanced to 2009-10 has been spent to date. | | (274186) | 147
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, columns 729-30W, on social rented housing, how many of the additional social rented homes are under construction. | | (274187) | 148
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2009, Official Report, columns 217-8W, on the HomeBuy scheme, how many transactions under her Department's HomeBuy Direct scheme have been completed. | | (274188) | 149
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in her Department and its predecessor in each year since 2005. | | (274461) | 150
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many members of staff in her Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274300) | 151
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contribution her Department has made to the cross-Government consultation, Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Children and to the development of Government policy in this area. | | (274230) | 152
N | Anne Milton (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to publish the final version of the South East Plan before the beginning of the restricted period outlined in the Cabinet Office guidance on announcements in an election period. | | (273990) | 153
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many right-to-buy sales there were in each local authority area in each year since 1997. | | (273645) | 154
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties previously available for social rent from registered social landlords were sold in each local authority area in each year since 1997. | | (273646) | 155
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what percentage of housing completions in each region was of affordable homes in each year since 1997. | | (273647) | 156
N | Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2009, Official Report, columns 1397-8W, on housing: low incomes, how many homes were purchased for use as social rented housing stock in each year since 1997. | | (273648) | 157
| Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the likely effects on local authorities of the ruling of the Court of Appeal in the case of Joyce Slack and others v Cumbria County Council in relation to equal pay claims in the public sector. | | (274272) | 158
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its predecessor spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274208) | 159
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its predecessor has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274236) | 160
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing units have been (a) bought and (b) sold in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point in each of the last five years. | | (274242) | 161
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which services her Department and its predecessor have outsourced in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (274452) | 162
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many work placements her Department and its predecessor offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274490) | 163
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its predecessor has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274510) | 164
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what procedure her Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via her Department's website. | | (274529) | 165
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its predecessor spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (274547) | 166
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much her Department and its predecessors spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (274554) | 167
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of major works voids in social housing in each (a) region and (b) local authority area in England. | | (274258) | 168
| Sarah Teather (Brent East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social homes have been empty for more than six months in each region in England. | | (274278) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 169
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent research his Department has commissioned to assess the effectiveness of the operation of premises licences. | | (273652) | 170
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of online gambling companies based overseas which operate in the UK which (a) contribute and (b) do not contribute to funding of problem gambling services; and if he will make a statement. | | (273653) | 171
N | Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many personal licences to sell alcohol are held. | | (273654) | 172
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274464) | 173
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many members of staff in his Department and its agency were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274301) | 174
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many voluntary community sports coaches have been recruited under the Recruiting to Coach scheme since its inception. | | (273802) | 175
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Community Fund has (a) committed and (b) distributed since its creation. | | (273982) | 176
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England awarded in grants in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09. | | (273983) | 177
N | Mr Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding the Big Lottery Fund has (a) committed and (b) distributed since its creation. | | (273984) | 178
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to the Big Lottery Fund of empty property business rates on its empty properties recorded on the Government's e-PIMS database was in 2008-09. | | (274082) | 179
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many licensed casinos were in operation in each local authority area under the provisions of (a) the Gambling Act 1968 and (b) the Gambling Act 2005 in each year since 1997. | | (274083) | 180
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 4 March 2008, Official Report, column 1587W, on the Big Lottery Fund: travelling people, what the purpose of each grant to each organisation was. | | (274140) | 181
| Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contribution his Department has made to the cross-Government consultation, Together We Can End Violence Against Women and Children and to the development of Government policy in this area. | | (274229) | 182
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will request that the Gambling Commission publish its (a) assessment of the regulatory risks relevant to each sector of the gambling industry and (b) methodology for (i) analysis of regulatory risk and (ii) prioritising its allocation of resources to gambling activities in relation to the level of regulatory risk posed by each such activity. | | (274293) | 183
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the recommendations of the Hampton Implementation Review of the Gambling Commission he plans to accept; and what steps he plans to take to implement those recommendations. | | (274294) | 184
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions has he had with the Gambling Commission on the implementation of recommendations of the Hampton Implementation Review of the Commission. | | (274295) | 185
| Mr Malcolm Moss (North East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the Gambling Commission (a) takes further steps to prioritise its activity according to the regulatory risks relevant to the gambling sector and (b) adjusts the level of fees it obtains through licensing and certification of the gambling industry to take account of regulatory risks. | | (274296) | 186
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will assess the (a) case for and (b) merits of a standardised national classification system for tourist accommodation providers. | | (274410) | 187
N | Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to announce his decision on the listing of the Edinburgh Sports Dome at Malvern St James School. | | (273658) | 188
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274205) | 189
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274212) | 190
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will commission research into the (a) financial viability of local newspapers and (b) number of journalists employed by local newspapers in each of the last five years. | | (274238) | 191
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274451) | 192
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274489) | 193
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274509) | 194
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274528) | 195
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274546) | 196
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274555) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence 197
N | Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what ceremonial formalities are observed on the return from (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan of the remains of service personnel killed on active service; and if he will make a statement. | | (273656) | 198
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what percentage of (a) service family accommodation and (b) service single living accommodation properties in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland there were in each grade in each of the last five years. | | (274593) | 199
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service single accommodation properties in Scotland are unoccupied. | | (274594) | 200
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of (a) service family accommodation and (b) service single living accommodation for armed forces personnel in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. | | (274595) | 201
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service family properties in Scotland are unoccupied. | | (274596) | 202
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on upgrading accommodation for serving personnel and their families in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland since 2000. | | (274599) | 203
| Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation properties in Scotland have been declared unfit for habitation. | | (274600) | 204
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female recruits to the Royal Navy Air Crew Pilot Branch were accepted with myopia of (i) -0.75 exactly, (b) less than -0.75 and (c) more than -0.75 are in both eyes in the last 12 months; and what the required eyesight standards for similar disciplines in other parts of the armed forces. | | (274348) | 205
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274463) | 206
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274302) | 207
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward plans to improve liaison between his Department and the Department for International Development on reconstruction in Afghanistan. | | (273672) | 208
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role of the British military is in effecting reconciliation in Afghanistan. | | (273713) | 209
N | Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the chain of command in Helmand province will be between US, UK and International Security Assistance Force forces following the United States' deployment of additional troops to the province; and if he will make a statement. | | (273714) | 210
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274204) | 211
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274210) | 212
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274450) | 213
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274488) | 214
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274508) | 215
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274527) | 216
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274545) | 217
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274556) | 218
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of British veterans of the Korean War who have not received each medal for military service in that war for which they are eligible. | | (274356) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 219
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since its creation. | | (274474) | 220
N | Simon Hughes (North Southwark & Bermondsey): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many (a) solar photovoltaic (PV) and (b) other projects have been completed under the Low Carbon Buildings programme Phase 2; how many solar PV projects are awaiting funding approval; and if he will make a statement. | | (273651) | 221
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he plans to have with his international counterparts on measures to tackle climate change before the meeting in Copenhagen. | | (274091) | 222
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges since its creation. | | (274203) | 223
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff since its creation. | | (274214) | 224
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many work placements his Department has offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates since its creation. | | (274487) | 225
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services since its creation. | | (274507) | 226
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274526) | 227
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation since its creation; and if he will make a statement. | | (274544) | 228
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department has spent on building maintenance since its creation; and if he will make a statement. | | (274557) | 229
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who the approved suppliers to the Warm Front scheme in the East Midlands are. | | (274364) | 230
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support is available to Warm Front customers to replace faulty domestic boilers fitted under the scheme. | | (274365) | 231
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many companies Eaga plc have removed from the approved supplier list for the Warm Front scheme in (a) the East Midlands and (b) England since the scheme's introduction. | | (274366) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 232
| Nick Herbert (Arundel & South Downs): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) prosecutions have been made and (b) fixed penalty notices issued by each local authority in England for (i) dropping of litter and (ii) dog fouling in each of the last five years. | | (274580) | 233
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1295W, on departmental public expenditure, what progress has been made by his Department in allocating the £25 million capital spending brought forward from 2009-10 to 2008-09. | | (274246) | 234
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274465) | 235
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274303) | 236
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) assessment and (b) research has been undertaken by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) the Waste and Resources Action Programme on the accuracy of bin weighing technology in relation to the collection of household waste. | | (274081) | 237
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 23 April 2009, Official Report, column 826W, on waste management, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of each meeting of the stakeholder group. | | (274340) | 238
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions for river pollution were brought by the Environment Agency in each of the last five years; and how many of those were successful. | | (274227) | 239
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much was spent by the Marine and Fisheries Agency on fisheries enforcement in each of the last 10 years. | | (274279) | 240
N | Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 15 urgent recommendations of the Pitt Review into the summer floods of 2007 have been implemented; and which ones are yet to be implemented. | | (272890) | 241
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274202) | 242
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274215) | 243
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274449) | 244
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274486) | 245
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274506) | 246
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274525) | 247
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274543) | 248
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274558) | 249
| Mr Roger Williams (Brecon & Radnorshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cattle were slaughtered as (a) reactors and (b) dangerous contacts in connection with the randomised badger culling trial in the last 12 months. | | (274375) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 250
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 1030W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what the dates were of the secondment of each UK official to the US-led review of American defence and security policy; and if he will make a statement. | | (274388) | 251
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Russian government on the trial of Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky; and if he will make a statement. | | (274597) | 252
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the trial of Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky; and if he will make a statement. | | (274598) | 253
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what occasions his predecessor met senior members of the US administration in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003. | | (274603) | 254
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274466) | 255
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274304) | 256
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1196W, on departmental buildings, to what use the ministerial residence within 1 Carlton Gardens has been put. | | (274141) | 257
| Dr Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the security of its databases; and if he will make a statement. | | (274085) | 258
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will encourage the Indian government to implement the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief in her report of her 2008 mission to India. | | (274096) | 259
| Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on levels of religiously-motivated violence in India in 2008; and if he will make a statement. | | (274097) | 260
N | Mr Keith Simpson (Mid Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the performance of the right hon. Dr Jack McConnell MSP in his capacity as the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Conflict Resolution Mechanisms since his appointment in October 2008. | | (273825) | 261
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274201) | 262
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274216) | 263
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274448) | 264
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274485) | 265
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274505) | 266
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274524) | 267
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274542) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Health 268
| Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for the development of policy on nutrition for children between the ages of one and three years; and what guidance on nutrition for such children the Government provides. | | (274592) | 269
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who the members of the Cross-Government Obesity Unit are. | | (273806) | 270
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's report Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On, which 122 local authorities selected (a) one and (b) both of the child obesity indicators in their local area agreements. | | (273807) | 271
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's publication Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On, which primary care trusts chose child obesity as a World Class Commissioning target. | | (273808) | 272
N | Mr John Baron (Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's report Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: One Year On, which 20 areas of the country the National Support Team visited. | | (273809) | 273
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when all colposcopy patients will be able to choose between local and general anaesthesia for their treatments. | | (274401) | 274
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which NHS hospitals have sufficient facilities to treat all colposcopy patients receiving (a) punch biopsy, (b) large-loop excision of the transformation zone and (c) other cervical treatments under local or general anaesthetic; and which such hospitals advertise both forms of anaesthesia in their patient literature. | | (274402) | 275
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each primary care trust spent on cancer services for each type of cancer in each year since 1997. | | (274403) | 276
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cancer patients with each type of cancer there have been in each primary care trust area in each year since 1997. | | (274406) | 277
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of the use of polypills combining statins and other medicines on levels of circulatory disease-related (i) deaths and (ii) disability in people over the age of 55 years. | | [R] (274092) | 278
| Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to make available to people over the age of 55 years a polypill combining statins with other medicines to reduce the risk of circulatory diseases. | | [R] (274093) | 279
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Pre-Budget Report of November 2008, Cm 7484, what progress has been made in allocating the £100 million capital spending to upgrade GP surgeries advanced to 2009-10. | | (274189) | 280
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274467) | 281
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274305) | 282
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the national clinical director for diabetes. | | (274182) | 283
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274200) | 284
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274217) | 285
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274447) | 286
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274484) | 287
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274504) | 288
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274523) | 289
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274541) | 290
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274559) | 291
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made through the revalidation process in identifying the measures required to regulate (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) pharmacists, (d) dentists and (e) other health professionals. | | (274344) | 292
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account is taken of (a) patient safety, (b) public protection and (c) standards of public service delivery in the framework for the revalidation of health professionals. | | (274345) | 293
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the framework for the revalidation of health professionals will cover self-employed locums registered with the nine UK professional health regulators. | | (274346) | 294
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what obligations there are on (a) employers and (b) patients to report concerns over the quality of services provided by self-employed locums working as (i) doctors, (ii) nurses, (iii) pharmacists, (iv) dentists and (v) other health professionals in the NHS. | | (274360) | 295
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance is provided to (a) employers and (b) patients on the reporting of concerns over the quality of services provided by self-employed locums working as (i) doctors, (ii) nurses, (iii) pharmacists, (iv) dentists and (v) other health professionals in the NHS. | | (274361) | 296
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure that the nutrition action plan is effectively communicated to (a) healthcare and (b) social care providers. | | (274362) | 297
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the primary care provided by the NHS in each of the last five years in England was publicly funded. | | (274363) | 298
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to guarantee access to general practice services for patients who wish to opt out of having their clinical information uploaded to the national database under the National Programme for IT. | | (274604) | 299
N | Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 31 March 2009 concerning a constituent. | | (273803) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 300
N | Tom Brake (Carshalton & Wallington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to limit the use by police forces of 0845 non-emergency telephone numbers. | | (273826) | 301
| Mr Douglas Carswell (Harwich): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the rate at which voluntary take up of identity cards will occur under the Manchester pilot. | | (274195) | 302
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the proportion of the working time of (a) all police forces in England and (b) Avon and Somerset Constabulary which was spent on (i) different types of non-frontline duties, (ii) frontline duties spent on incident-related paperwork and (iii) frontline duties not spent on incident-related paperwork in each year since 1997. | | (274404) | 303
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of roadside drug testing kits as an alternative to current testing methods. | | (273810) | 304
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 268W, what recent representations she has received on breeding of long-tailed macaques for research in Cambodia, with particular reference to the Vanny Bio-Research Centre. | | (274143) | 305
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on breeding of long-tailed macaques in Indonesia for animal research in the UK; and what her Department's policy on the matter is. | | (274386) | 306
| Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has (a) approved and (b) inspected primate supply centres in Indonesia as overseas primate supply and breeding facilities to export primates to the UK for the purposes of scientific research in the last 12 months. | | (274387) | 307
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in her Department in each year since 2005. | | (274458) | 308
N | Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the British Metal Recycling Association its proposals for restricting the activities of illegal scrap operators. | | (273660) | 309
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in her Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274306) | 310
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests for underage drinking there were in Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (274372) | 311
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were prosecuted for supplying alcohol to persons under the age of 18 years in Tamworth constituency in each of the last five years. | | (274373) | 312
N | Mr Mark Oaten (Winchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been waiting 12 months or more for a decision on their case; and how many of these (a) have sought permission to work and (b) have been granted permission to work under the provisions of the 2003 EU Reception Directive. | | (273980) | 313
| Mr James Plaskitt (Warwick & Leamington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many IRIS machines are installed at UK borders; how many were working throughout the first three months of 2009; how many instances of equipment failure have been recorded since the installation of these machines; and how many people have registered on the IRIS system. | | (274297) | 314
| Hon Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments the UK Border Agency makes to a single asylum seeker whose application is being processed in (a) the UK and (b) France; and what accommodation is provided for asylum seekers whose cases are under consideration in (i) the UK and (ii) France. | | (274413) | 315
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274218) | 316
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sex offenders have been subject to multi-agency public protection arrangements in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last three years. | | (274244) | 317
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her European Union counterparts on the European Convention on Cybercrime; and if she will make a statement. | | (274245) | 318
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which services her Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (274446) | 319
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many work placements her Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274483) | 320
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274503) | 321
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedure her Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via her Department's website. | | (274522) | 322
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (274540) | 323
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement. | | (274560) | 324
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274577) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 325
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many people are employed in each office of the (a) Learning and Skills Council and (b) Higher Education Funding Council for England. | | (274232) | 326
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what offices are (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) the Learning and Skills Council, (ii) his Department and (iii) the Higher Education Funding Council for England. | | (274233) | 327
| Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath & Crayford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting held on 29 April 2009 of the panel of college principals established to discuss prioritisation of further education capital funding. | | (274234) | 328
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, which 10 occupations have the largest number of unemployed workers undertaking retraining. | | (274055) | 329
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many former employees of Woolworths have undertaken government retraining courses; and how many of these have since been employed in the role for which they were retrained. | | (274056) | 330
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many persons who passed reskill courses were unemployed one year after the end of the course in each of the last three years. | | (274057) | 331
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many persons who completed apprenticeships were unemployed one year after the end of the apprenticeship in each of the last three years. | | (274058) | 332
N | Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many apprenticeships were terminated by an employer on economic grounds in each of the last 12 months. | | (274059) | 333
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since its creation. | | (274468) | 334
| Mr David Kidney (Stafford): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the latest research assessment exercise in assisting universities to develop centres of internationally excellent research. | | (274172) | 335
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each year since its creation. | | (274219) | 336
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each year since its creation. | | (274482) | 337
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each year since its creation. | | (274502) | 338
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274521) | 339
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each year since its creation; and if he will make a statement. | | (274539) | 340
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each year since its creation; and if he will make a statement. | | (274561) | 341
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each year since its creation. | | (274576) | 342
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what proportion of courses leading to (a) a higher national diploma qualification, (b) a higher national certificate qualification and (c) a foundation degree were taught in further education colleges in (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09. | | (274158) | 343
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, if he will make an estimate of the number of undergraduate places additional to those available in 2008-09 which would be required to increase the rate of participation in higher education to 50 per cent. of people between 18 and 30 years old. | | (274357) | 344
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the number of graduates with outstanding tuition fee loans who are resident overseas; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of such graduates who are repaying those loans. | | (274358) | 345
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, when he plans to announce the outcome of the bidding process for funding under the new university challenge scheme. | | (274581) | Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development 346
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274469) | 347
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many members of staff in his Department were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274307) | 348
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what mechanisms have been in place for the payment of expenses to Ministers and officials in his Department at regional meetings of the Inter-American Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank in the last 10 years. | | (274381) | 349
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance issued by his Department to Ministers and officials on the acceptance of expenses payments at the meetings of multilateral development banks. | | (274382) | 350
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was of producing the short film shown at his Department's White Paper consultation event in London on 5 May 2009; on how many future occasions the film will be shown in public; and if he will make a statement. | | (274383) | 351
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost was to his Department of (a) venue hire, (b) refreshments and (c) other expenditure in relation to the White Paper public consultation event held in London on 5 May 2009; and if he will make a statement. | | (274384) | 352
| Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of the public consultation process for his Department's forthcoming White Paper; and if he will make a statement. | | (274385) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 353
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals were convicted of each driving offence in each year since 1997. | | (273985) | 354
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving whole life tariffs are held in each Category A prison. | | (273817) | 355
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners sentenced to whole life tariffs are held in secure NHS premises. | | (273818) | 356
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many female prisoners are serving life sentences with a whole life tariff. | | (273819) | 357
N | Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the outbreak of swine influenza on the provision of healthcare in (a) adult prisons, (b) young offender institutions and (c) secure training centres. | | (273824) | 358
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to extend the two year term of Probation Service secondees in the National Offender Management Service. | | (274276) | 359
| Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the merits of ensuring that persons with a Probation Service employment background can apply for arising vacancies within the Interventions and Substance Misuse Group of the National Offender Management Service. | | (274277) | 360
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) British and (b) foreign national prisoners committed acts of self-harm in prison in each year since 1997. | | (274144) | 361
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of self-harm incidents in prisons in England and Wales were committed by (a) foreign national prisoners and (b) foreign national prisoners held beyond the expiration of their sentence in each of the last five years. | | (274145) | 362
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 68-9W, on HM Prison Ashwell, if he will place in the Library a copy of the representations from the Prison Officers' Association on the recent disturbances at HM Prison Ashwell. | | (274146) | 363
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many suicides within (a) adult prisons and (b) young offender institutions took place within the first seven days of custody in each year since 1997. | | (274147) | 364
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts Service spent on the maintenance of magistrates' courts in each year since 1997. | | (274148) | 365
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of each category of fixed penalty notices were (a) issued and (b) paid in each police force area in each month since their introduction. | | (274149) | 366
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged 21 years or over have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for offences related to sexual activity with a child under 13 in each year since 2004. | | (274150) | 367
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders aged 21 years or over convicted of offences related to sexual activity with a child under 13 received (a) immediate custody, (b) a suspended sentence, (c) a community sentence, (d) a fine, (e) a conditional or absolute discharge and (f) other treatment in the last year for which figures are available. | | (274151) | 368
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much expenditure has been incurred from the budgets of (a) prison governors and (b) his Department in subsistence payments to offenders in each of the last five years. | | (274152) | 369
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evaluation he has made of the effectiveness of use of penalty notices for disorder amongst 10 to 15 year olds in the six pilot areas. | | (274153) | 370
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been suspended from duty in each month since January 2007. | | (274190) | 371
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his most recent estimate is of the number of inaccurate records on the (a) National Offender Management Information System, (b) Offender Risk Assessment System, (c) Offender Management National Infrastructure and (d) Libra Case Management System. | | (274191) | 372
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people aged under 21 years have been convicted for offences related to possession of a knife in each of the last five years; and how many received (a) a caution, (b) an absolute or conditional discharge, (c) a fine, (d) a community sentence, (e) a suspended custody, (f) immediate custody and (g) another disposal. | | (274192) | 373
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 27 April 2009, Official Report, column 569WS, on prisons and probation, how many prison places will be built in each of the next three years. | | (274193) | 374
| Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of the prison population foreign nationals comprised in each of the last five years. | | (274194) | 375
| Mr John Hayes (South Holland & The Deepings): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which members of legal firms who have acted for those bringing cases against the Government in the European Court of Human Rights since May 1997 have received an honour. | | (274286) | 376
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department and its predecessor in each year since 2005. | | (274462) | 377
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274308) | 378
| Mrs Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many narrative reports he has received from HM coroners under Coroners Rule 43 since its revision in July 2008; which inquests gave rise to each such report; which coroner presided in each case; in which of those inquests the coroner sat without a jury; and to which Government department each report was referred. | | (274095) | 379
| Tim Loughton (East Worthing & Shoreham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Francis Plowden will be remunerated for leading the review of the effect of court fees in child protection. | | (274256) | 380
| Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions there were for offences of electoral fraud arising from elections held in 2008. | | (274248) | 381
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his letter of 27 April 2009 to the hon. Member for Torbay following the Answer of 31 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1067-9W, on departmental surveys, whether the budget for catering of £100 per celebration lunch for his Department's staff is for each event or per head. | | (274591) | 382
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274220) | 383
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which services his Department and its predecessor have outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274445) | 384
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many work placements his Department and its predecessor offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274481) | 385
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274501) | 386
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274520) | 387
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274538) | 388
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department and its predecessor spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274567) | 389
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274575) | 390
| Mr Mark Todd (South Derbyshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to box 3.E of the final report of the Operational Efficiency programme, by what means the Land Registry will develop opportunities for the provision of wider commercial services and products. | | (274199) | Questions to the Leader of the House 391
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Leader of the House, if she will request from the trustees of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund a report on the degree to which the pooled fund has participated in stock lending in the last 12 months. | | (273655) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 392
| Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answers of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 974W, on the Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry: legal costs, and 30 March 2009, Official Report, columns 851-2W, on the Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry, in which financial year the legal costs paid in relation to the inquiry in each month since August 2008 were incurred. | | (274156) | 393
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274472) | 394
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274309) | 395
N | Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedures his Department has in place to monitor compliance by its agencies with procedures on employment matters stipulated by the Civil Service Handbook; and how many cases of (a) unfair dismissal and (b) suspension have been upheld against the Youth Justice Agency by employment tribunals in each of the last three years. | | (273981) | 396
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274224) | 397
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274444) | 398
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274480) | 399
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274500) | 400
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274519) | 401
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274537) | 402
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274562) | 403
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274574) | Questions to the Minister for the Olympics 404
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much her Office has spent on IT training for (a) its staff and (b) staff of the Government Olympic Executive in each year since her Office was established. | | (274237) | 405
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much (a) her Office and (b) the Government Olympic Executive has spent on (i) conference services and (ii) banqueting services in each year since their creation. | | (274499) | 406
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Minister for the Olympics, how much (a) her Office and (b) the Government Olympic Executive spent on the purchase of (i) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (ii) printer ink cartridges in each year since her Office was established. | | (274573) | Questions to the Prime Minister 407
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of holding the meeting of the Cabinet in Southampton on 23 February 2009. | | (274176) | 408
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Prime Minister, what the cost was of holding the meeting of the Cabinet in Glasgow on 16 April 2009. | | (274177) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland 409
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many members of staff in his Department were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274315) | 410
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274225) | 411
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274479) | 412
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274498) | 413
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274518) | 414
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274536) | 415
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274563) | 416
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274572) | Questions to the Solicitor General 417
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Solicitor General, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments in each year since 2005. | | (274473) | 418
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Solicitor General, how many people have been prosecuted for a false claim for a council tax discount on a second home in the last year for which figures are available. | | (274084) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport 419
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the remit of his Department's communication directorate is; how many people were employed in this directorate in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2009-10; and what the budget for the directorate was in each such year. | | (273986) | 420
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who decided that his Department's communications directorate would gather information on those opposed to the planned expansion of Heathrow on environmental grounds; who decided that such information would be passed to the police; on what date each decision was made; and if he will make a statement. | | (273987) | 421
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the replacement of train franchises by fixed fee operating agreements. | | (273988) | 422
N | Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with National Express on its East Coast Main Line franchise; and if he will make a statement. | | (273989) | 423
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds were offered by his Department to Transport for London towards the costs of building the proposed Surrey Canal Road station on the East London Line extension; what progress has been made on that offer; and if he will make a statement. | | (274350) | 424
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of motor repairs made by (a) dealerships and (b) independent garages in the last 12 months. | | (274352) | 425
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the number of road deaths and injuries of raising the speed limit for light goods vehicles on single carriageway A roads by 10 miles per hour. | | (274353) | 426
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much capital expenditure (a) his Department and (b) others incurred on railways in each year since 1997. | | (274354) | 427
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of pedestrian crossing lights having an option for a longer crossing time for disabled pedestrians. | | (274355) | 428
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations his Department has received from train operating companies on the financial viability of extant rail franchises. | | (274389) | 429
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what topics were raised in the discussions his Department has had with Virgin Trains in the last six months. | | (274390) | 430
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the scope of his Department's powers is to alter the level of Control Period 4 funding; and if he will make a statement. | | (274391) | 431
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data sets his Department collects in respect of the ATOL-protected holiday scheme; and if he will make a statement. | | (274392) | 432
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of changing UK safety standards for buses in the light of EU Directive 2007/46/EC, with particular reference to the testing of seating and buggy space for passenger safety. | | (274394) | 433
| Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on (a) rail, (b) road and (c) bicycle transport in Coventry. | | (274578) | 434
N | Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclist deaths associated with a vehicular accident have occurred in respect of each type of vehicle in the last five years. | | (273995) | 435
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passenger miles have been travelled on railways in Great Britain in each year since 1979. | | (274399) | 436
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on capital funding for (a) railway infrastructure and (b) rail rolling stock from (i) the public purse and (ii) the private sector in each year since 1979. | | (274400) | 437
| Mr Mark Field (Cities of London & Westminster): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the financial subsidy to the running cost of railways in the UK paid from the public purse in each year since 1979. | | (274405) | 438
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatal road traffic accidents involved a person (a) whose driving ability was impaired by illegal drugs and (b) who tested positive for illegal drugs in each of the last five years. | | (273811) | 439
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Field Impairment Test in determining whether a person is fit to drive after taking illegal drugs. | | (273812) | 440
N | Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough & Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has commissioned studies of the effectiveness of roadside drug testing in other countries; and if he will make a statement. | | (273813) | 441
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1413W, on departmental capital expenditure, what progress his Department has made in allocating the £700 million capital spending advanced to 2009-10. | | (274185) | 442
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274470) | 443
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274311) | 444
| Mr Brian Jenkins (Tamworth): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents between junctions 14 and 16 of the M6 were reported in each of the last five years. | | (274371) | 445
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the level of overall demand for direct train services between Torbay and London. | | (274290) | 446
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the merits of a carbon reduction fund relating to transport. | | (274291) | 447
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of levels of road safety 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 assistance his Department is providing to Torbay local authority to reduce road casualties in the area. | | (274292) | 448
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of children travelling to school by car in each local authority area in the South West in the latest period for which figures are available. | | (274407) | 449
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to determine the minimum service provisions of train operating companies' franchise agreements; and what processes there are for consultation with passengers on any changes in these provisions. | | (274408) | 450
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received in the last five years on rail services in Torbay from (a) Torbay local authority and (b) the South West Regional Development Agency. | | (274409) | 451
| Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reason is for the time taken to publish the findings of the cross-industry working group assessing the case for electrification of rail lines. | | (274412) | 452
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) scheduled and (b) inclusive tour flights there were from British airports to (i) Cyprus, (ii) Ireland and (iii) Austria in each of the last five years. | | (272567) | 453
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274221) | 454
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274443) | 455
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274478) | 456
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274497) | 457
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274517) | 458
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274535) | 459
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274564) | 460
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274571) | 461
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the airline industry on the alleviation of the 80 per cent. use it or lose it practice regarding landing slots at UK airports; and if he will make a statement. | | (274155) | 462
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (b) representatives of the British Airline Pilots Association on the development of a customised redundancy package for airline pilots; and if he will make a statement. | | (274228) | 463
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to restrict aircraft leased to fly UK routes to those of UK carriers; and if he will make a statement. | | (274298) | 464
| Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the operation of age discrimination legislation on airline employers' selection of pilots for redundancy; and if he will make a statement. | | (274299) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Wales 465
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of staff in his Department were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274314) | 466
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many concerts he has attended at the Millennium Stadium in an official capacity. | | (274265) | 467
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of staff his Department employs who are over (a) 55 and (b) 65 years old. | | (274266) | 468
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has visited coal mines in Wales on official business in the last 12 months. | | (274267) | 469
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on health and safety training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274268) | 470
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on policy to encourage tourism to Wales. | | (274269) | 471
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps have been taken to ensure that Wales is ready for the digital switchover. | | (274270) | 472
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had on implementation of his digital inclusion responsibilities; and if he will make a statement. | | (274271) | 473
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on the impact of the recession on Wales. | | (274316) | 474
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on the development of small and technically-challenging oil and gas fields in Wales. | | (274379) | 475
| Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each of the last five years. | | (274380) | 476
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274226) | 477
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274476) | 478
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274495) | 479
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274515) | 480
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274533) | 481
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on building maintenance in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274566) | 482
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274569) | Questions to the Minister for Women and Equality 483
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, how many staff have resigned from the Equality and Human Rights Commission in the last 12 months. | | (274137) | 484
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the cost to the public purse of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has been in each year since its establishment. | | (274138) | 485
| Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for Women and Equality, what the cost to the public purse of (a) the Commission for Racial Equality, (b) the Equal Opportunities Commission and (c) the Disability Rights Commission was in each of the three years up to October 2007. | | (274139) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 486
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his Department's press notice of 6 April 2009, on recruitment and training subsidies, how many businesses have received a recruitment subsidy; and how many individuals have returned to employment as a result. | | (274247) | 487
| Mr Mark Hoban (Fareham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants in his Department in each year since 2005. | | (274471) | 488
N | Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the working age population in (a) the UK, (b) Northampton and (c) Kettering constituency is claiming jobseeker's allowance. | | (273804) | 489
| Chris Huhne (Eastleigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years. | | (274313) | 490
| Mr James Paice (South East Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability living allowance have had the mobility component of their allowance amended from the higher rate to the lower rate in the last 12 months. | | (274378) | 491
| Paul Rowen (Rochdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards he plans to put in place to ensure that those who are paid benefits in error under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Bill will not be subject to the sanctions proposed by that Bill if enacted; and if he will make a statement. | | (274347) | 492
N | Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to involve third party drug treatment providers in assisting problem drug users identified by Jobcentre Plus. | | (273801) | 493
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years. | | (274223) | 494
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274441) | 495
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. | | (274475) | 496
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) conference services and (b) banqueting services in each of the last five years. | | (274494) | 497
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedure his Department follows for dealing with complaints received (a) by e-mail, (b) by post, (c) by telephone and (d) via his Department's website. | | (274514) | 498
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on compliance with requirements of health and safety at work legislation in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. | | (274532) | 499
| Bob Spink (Castle Point): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on the purchase of (a) recycled office supplies in the last 12 months and (b) printer ink cartridges in each of the last five years. | | (274568) | 500
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) maximum and (b) average payment of the New Deal Allowance was to people who had reached the test trading phase of the New Deal in the most recent period for which figures are available. | | (274342) | 501
| David Taylor (North West Leicestershire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) maximum and (b) average duration of the test trading scheme element of the New Deal was in England in the last 12 months. | | (274343) | 502
| Stephen Williams (Bristol West): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce processing times for claims received for jobseeker's allowance in Bristol. | | (274157) | Questions to the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 503
| Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, what his policy is on whether the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (EC) 1400/2002 should expire in 2010; and what discussions he has had with the motor repair industry on this matter. | | [Transferred] (274351) | Questions to Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer 504
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance the Government offered to each of the Crown Dependencies to facilitate (a) the completion of tax information exchange agreements and (b) inclusion in the OECD list of jurisdictions that had substantially implemented the internationally-agreed tax standard before the G20 Meeting in April 2009. | | [Transferred] (274395) | 505
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance the Government offered each UK Overseas Territory to facilitate (a) the completion of tax information exchange agreements and (b) inclusion in the OECD list of jurisdictions that had substantially implemented the internationally-agreed tax standard before the G20 Meeting in April 2009. | | [Transferred] (274396) | 506
| Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent correspondence he has had with the administrations of the Crown Dependencies on removal of their tax haven status. | | [Transferred] (274397) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 507
| Mr Edward Davey (Kingston & Surbiton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he discussed the case of Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky with President Medvedev at the G20 summit; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (274601) | 508
| Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the possibility of formulating a long-term conservation framework with a natural conservation area in the British Indian Ocean Territory. | | [Transferred] (274602) | Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 509
| Lady Hermon (North Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who entered through Northern Ireland airports in the last 12 months have presented as (a) having no identification, (b) being juveniles without any identification and (c) being juveniles without any identification and have subsequently absconded from social services accommodation. | | [Transferred] (274349) | Questions to the Secretary of State for Justice 510
N | Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey & Wood Green): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which Commonwealth governments the Government has indicated a wish to discuss reform of male-preference primogeniture for the line of succession for the Crown; and if he will make a statement. | | [Transferred] (273805) |
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